Island Tycoon

Chapter 25 Sign Zhou Xingchi

Sham Shui Po.

The landscape in this area of ​​Kowloon is very special. One second the road is lined with high-rise buildings, and the next second it becomes intricate cubicles. It is a combination of the city and the mountain village.

The main reason is that it is divided into rich and poor areas. The rich areas include Repulse Bay, Sai Kung District, Shek O, and Mid-Levels.As for other places such as Sham Shui Po and the tenement building areas in Kowloon, they are all poor areas.

The reason why Ye Jingcheng came here was to sign a future superstar.

In a narrow tenement building, Zhou Xingchi paced back and forth restlessly.As for the woman wearing glasses next to him, it was his mother Ling Bao'er.

Ling Baoer, who was originally knitting a sweater, saw her son so restless, put down her needle and said, "Xingzi, can you stop walking around."

Zhou Xingchi didn't seem to hear it, and muttered to himself with his fists: "There is no reason, even if there is a traffic jam, you should come here."

Ling Bao'er shook her head, obviously felt that it was unrealistic for her son to invent Xingmeng, so she couldn't help asking: "Xingzi, did you say that Ye Sheng lied to you?"

Immediately, Zhou Xingchi frowned, and said impatiently: "What's the possibility, you can go to the theater to see it now, they can earn at least three or four million for any one play."

ding dong -- ding dong --

"It must be Ye Sheng."

For the first time, Zhou Xingchi felt that the sound of his broken doorbell was so beautiful.

"leaf…"

Zhou Xingchi's words stopped abruptly, and his entire face also froze.The person who rang the doorbell was not Ye Jingcheng, but a four-eyed boy carrying a large stack of newspapers.

Four-eyed Boy smiled at him and asked, "Hello, can I order a newspaper?"

"I'm ordering your mother." Zhou Xingchi slammed the door shut.

The four-eyed boy outside the door pushed his glasses and complained: "If you don't order it, you can't order it. What does it matter to my mother? Why don't you be so fierce."

ding dong -- ding dong --

Just as Zhou Xingchi turned around, the doorbell rang again.Frustrated with nowhere to vent his anger, he rolled up his sleeves, opened the door and shouted, "I even said my family doesn't order newspapers!"

The people outside the door were stunned, and then said: "Xingzi, are you so angry?"

"Ah!!!" Zhou Xingchi panicked for a moment. The person in front of him was not the four-eyed boy just now, but Ye Jingcheng who he had been waiting for, and quickly explained: "Ye Sheng, I didn't know it was you. Say it to the four-eyed boy who was selling newspapers just now."

"I know, I heard him complain when I went upstairs just now." Stopping Zhou Xingchi's explanation, Ye Jingcheng continued: "What? Why don't you invite me in for a while?"

"Ye Sheng, please! Please!" Zhou Xingchi complimented.

Ye Jingcheng took a look inside the room, but there was actually nothing to see, or it could be seen at a glance.The entire house may be more than ten square meters, Zhou Xingchi's family of four are all present, except for two bunk beds, the remaining space can't even fit a table.

"Ye Sheng, this is my mother and guardian." Zhou Xingchi introduced to Ling Bao'er again: "Mom, this is Ye Sheng."

"Hello, Auntie. My name is Ye Jingcheng. You can call me Acheng or Chengzi."

Ye Jingcheng shook hands with the other party in good faith. He sincerely admired Zhou Xingchi as a mother.

Zhou Xingchi belongs to a single family, and Ling Baoer works three jobs at the same time in order to support the family.Although her family background is not good, she has always insisted on buying decent clothes for her children, further educating her children to be decent people.

"I'll call you Ye Sheng, I didn't expect Ye Sheng to be young and promising, Xingzi would regard you as an idol." Ling Baoer said.

"Auntie, you're joking. You know Xingzi's mouth better than I do, and it's [-]% credible."

Ling Bao'er nodded after hearing this, Ye Jingcheng gave him a solid impression, if his child had such achievements, he would like to let the whole world know.

"Ye Sheng, please drink tea."

Seeing Zhou Xingchi's impatient look, Ye Jingcheng took out a contract from his briefcase, cut to the point and said, "Auntie, Xingzi should have told you the purpose of my visit this time. The guardian's signature must be on the contract."

"Can I have a look at the contract first?"

Ye Jingcheng nodded, and Ling Baoer picked up the document to examine it carefully.After looking at it for a while, Ling Baoer pointed to one of the clauses and asked, "Ye Sheng, what is the guaranteed minimum salary stated in the document?"

Ye Jingcheng put down his teacup and said, "It's a kind of subsidy from the company to artists. The amount of subsidy is based on the average annual income of Hong Kong people."

"Can you pay in advance?" Ling Bao'er tentatively asked.

"All newly signed artists will be given a one-month subsidy first, as the cost of self-repairing image." Answering Ling Bao'er's doubts, the latter continued to check the contents of the file.

Ling Bao'er gently sealed the contract, and said, "Ye Sheng, I agree with Xingzi working at your place, it's better than him running around when he has nothing to do. It's just... eight years dating isn't too long?"

The time limit on the contract was eight years, so Ye Jingcheng naturally had his own hesitation in doing so.

Although Zhou Xingchi has a talent for being funny, he can't pass the test in several aspects of acting and image. It will take him at least two or three years of training before he can be promoted.If you sign a five-year contract, it is equivalent to giving other companies the opportunity to dig him out just after he became popular.

"Actually, Auntie, you should have known that most newcomers sign contracts with performing arts companies for ten years, and some even leave the content blank. Eight years have already been discounted. Because the company needs two to three years of training for newcomers, it is impossible As soon as this end makes you famous, let other companies have a chance to poach their corners." Ye Jingcheng explained.

At this time Zhou Xingchi came up, fearing that his mother would do something wrong, he urged: "Mom, why are you asking so many questions, just sign it, and I will bear the consequences myself."

"Oh!" Ling Bao'er looked at her son angrily, and then signed her name in the guardian column.

There are no overbearing terms in the contract, the only problem is the duration of the contract.But compared to this, it's better than his son running around with nothing to do, at least the guaranteed basic salary is enough for him to eat and drink. As for whether he can become popular, it depends on whether he has this luck.

After finally signing the future superstar, Ye Jingcheng chatted with the two of them for a while, and then he was about to leave.After Zhou Xingchi opened the door for him, he asked, "By the way, Ye Sheng. Sister Hua..."

Ye Jingcheng shook his head. Wei Qiuhua had already signed an artist contract with Li's TV station. Although it did not affect her development in the film industry, Ye Jingcheng could only sign a monograph contract with her.

If it's an insignificant role, it doesn't matter much, the key is that Ye Jingcheng will definitely become popular if he signs her, after all, his company doesn't have any artistes that he can sell.Right now, Wei Qiuhua didn't make any contributions, so naturally he didn't deserve this treatment.

First of all, Wei Qiuhua is not a big star, even if he is well-known in TV dramas, he is still a newcomer in the film industry.

Just like Zhou Runfa now, shooting several high-rated dramas in succession.Unexpectedly, I picked up several movies one after another, and the result was like throwing money into the sea of ​​salt water, except for the sound of 'dong', there was no echo.

Second, Ye Jingcheng has no shortage of heroines for the time being. Zhong Chuhong and Zheng Wenya, who have already signed contracts, and Pan Yingzi, a free agent, the first two are his women, and the latter is the woman who helped him. Let's talk about the play.

"I understand." Zhou Xingchi nodded, anyway, his problem has been solved, let her go to Wei Qiuhua's side.

"Well, Xingzi. The company may have a new film plan next week. You should hone your acting skills at home these few days, and then I will take you there to get used to it." Ye Jingcheng patted the other party's shoulder and said.

Zhou Xingchi didn't expect to have an arrangement so soon, and said excitedly, "Ye Sheng, don't worry, I won't let you down."

……

After leaving Zhou Xingchi's residence, Ye Jingcheng returned home by car.Seeing Zheng Wenya busy in the kitchen, she thought to herself that she was already good at literature and martial arts, and now she can cook, how many women are you going to compare to?

Seeing Zheng Wenya's embarrassed look, he thought the other party was just pretending.I went into the kitchen and smelled it, but I really don't want to talk about it.The pot of stew was indeed fragrant, and the smell had already whetted his appetite.

"Not bad, not bad. It will be even more fragrant if you add some star anise." Ye Jingcheng gave her a thumbs up in satisfaction.

"Okay, you go out first, you'll have something to eat later." Pushing Ye Jingcheng out of the kitchen, Zheng Wenya simply locked the door, and then carefully dug out a cookbook from the rice bucket.

After half an hour.

Zheng Wenya reopened the kitchen door, first brought out a large pot of stewed meat, and a dish of cabbage in clear soup that failed in appearance.

Every time Ye Jingcheng eats, he is used to eating the bad ones first, and then eating the good ones.So he put a chopstick of cabbage into his mouth first.After chewing a few times, his brows gradually wrinkled.Asked: "Aya, did you forget to put salt?"

"Ah! Is it tasteless?"

Zheng Wenya would never tell the other party that she wanted to clarify the stir-fried cabbage at first, but after seeing that the stir-fry was a bit burnt, she added some water, but felt that the added water seemed not enough, and after adding more, it became the current clear soup cabbage.

Zheng Wenya put a piece into her mouth, not to mention that this cabbage has no salty taste, even the original sweetness has been boiled away.

"Ah Cheng, you should eat stewed meat." This time, Zheng Wenya tasted the stewed meat first, and the taste was so-so.

Ye Jingcheng smiled at him, and brought up a piece of stewed meat.It was only when I picked it up that I realized that this piece of stewed meat was half the size of a palm.

Ye Jingcheng glanced into the pot curiously, secretly thinking that there must be too much difference in the size of the stewed meat.The small piece of meat is only the size of a nail shell, and the largest piece is as big as a palm.

However, seeing the other party's shocked appearance, these sarcastic remarks were still kept in his heart, and he said while eating: "Well, it tastes good..."

Before he finished speaking, Ye Jingcheng let out an "ouch" and covered his left cheek.It turned out that I was bitten by a hard object on my teeth, and only after spitting it out did I realize that it was...

(End of this chapter)