Chapter 48 Che Xiao wants to retire from the entertainment industry

Since sitting down, Wang Jinghua has been praising Zhang Chen in various ways, sometimes calling him young and promising, sometimes he is considerate of women, sometimes he is a young talent, and sometimes he speaks up for justice. Zhang Chen feels that this scene is quite familiar.

Wasn't this the same tactic they used when they went to Haixin Group to trick Mr. Li, the only difference was that Mr. Li was just bragging at the time, but here it became Wang Jinghua's flattery.

Fan Binbin and Che Xiao play the same role, both of them are responsible for contributing expressions.

"Director Zhang, do you know how I know you?"

"Oh, that must be the time when Mr. Binbin was caught by the media watching my movie."

"Really not. Someone recommended your episode of Super Interview to me. Haha, those words you used to scold Zhang Weiping were so satisfying to hear."

Wang Jinghua said this not intentionally to get closer to Zhang Chen, but because she really didn't get along with Zhang Weiping.

"Sister Hua, did you have any unpleasantness with Zhang Weiping?"

"I won't go into details when filming Hero, but Zhang Weiping likes to eat alone. He won't get far in the industry with this kind of personality."

Wang Jinghua made a bold prediction, but Zhang Chen secretly complained in his heart.

He can’t go far, but he’s not in the circle either. He only plays with Zhang Yimou.

Didn’t you see that after the game failed, he went abroad directly?

However, having a common enemy brought everyone closer and they spoke more casually.

As they chatted, they talked about "Infernal Affairs 3"...

"I was confused by Mr. Daoming's role. It's not that he played it badly, but I just felt that it had nothing to do with the main plot, as if it was forcefully inserted."

Speaking of this, Wang Jinghua looked unhappy: "In fact, the role of Shen Cheng was very important in the original script. He was considered an undercover agent from the mainland. In order to capture Han Chen, the mainland and Hong Kong cooperated to capture the arms dealers in Taiwan and destroyed Han Chen's arms channels. Han Chen had no choice but to look for arms from other sources. Then Shen Cheng appeared as a mainland gangster to lure him into the trap.

This role was good, and Daoming had never worked with a Hong Kong team before, so he wanted to collaborate once, so we took it.

I didn’t expect that the final plot would change after filming. The whole film was originally about capturing Han Chen, but in the end it became Liu Jianming’s journey to whitewash himself…”

Wang Jinghua complained for about 10 minutes. Zhang Chen listened for a long time and understood one thing: Wang Jinghua was very dissatisfied with the Hong Kong production team of "Infernal Affairs" and the local gangs were really too rude.

Zhang Chen had probably heard of this matter in his previous life. It felt similar to the one in “Jiang Hu”, where a Hong Kong team was causing trouble.

He wants to earn money in the mainland and also wants to be a boss.

There is always a mentality that cooperation with the mainland is to help alleviate poverty.

Zhang Chen even imagined that if it weren't for the CEPA co-production qualification, Shen Cheng's scenes might have been deleted completely.

However, although Wang Jinghua was tricked by the Hong Kong team, her ability is still unquestionable. After all, the title of "Mainland's No. 1 Agent" is not for nothing.

Zhang Chen took advantage of the situation and said, "Sister Hua, what do you think of Zeng Li?"

Sister Hua looked at Zeng Li and nodded. "I have seen Ms. Zeng's acting skills. She performed very well in "Dark Invasion". She is also beautiful. She has the potential to be a big star, but her luck is a little bad."

Everyone understood that she was talking about the role being snatched away by Zhang Ziyi. Zhang Chen continued, "Sister Hua, can you sign her? She just has bad luck, but her acting skills are not a problem at all."

In fact, before coming here, Zhang Chen wanted to invite Cao Bingkun along. After all, Cao was closer to him.

But Cao Bingkun has no works yet, and his acting skills are just average, so Wang Jinghua may not be impressed by him.

Besides, Lao Cao has him and Ning Hao.

With the two of them around, Lao Cao will become famous sooner or later. "Miss Zeng, are you willing?"

Wang Jinghua appeared calm on the surface, but he was actually very happy. From the moment he entered the room and saw Zhang Chen bringing Zeng Li with him, he knew what the other party was planning, and had been waiting for Zhang Chen to speak.

How can you owe me a favor if you don't ask?

"Sister Hua is the top agent in the domestic entertainment industry. I am willing to join her."

"Then I wish us happy cooperation."

Sister Hua extended her hand to Zeng Li, who quickly stood up and shook hands with her, while Fan Binbin congratulated her from the side.

"I heard that Director Zhang's new film is a sequel to 'Dark Invasion', and Ms. Zeng is still one of the leading actors?"

Wang Jinghua asked this question after sitting down again. This was considered to be testing the bottom line, but it also showed his attitude. I, Wang Jinghua, am very generous in doing things. I am not trying to make a deal with you on this. I agreed first before asking.

Zhang Chen nodded.

"Zeng Li is one of the two female protagonists, the other one is Che Xiao. In my expectation, the story of the sequel is right after the first part, that is, after Xia La escapes from the cave, for some reasons, she must return to the cave again and fight the monster again, so the main actors will use the original cast..."

Zhang Chen described the general plot. He was not worried about anyone leaking it, and even filmed it in advance.

The plot of the sequel to "The Darkness" actually has nothing special to offer, and its success is entirely due to the endorsement of the first film.

When it comes to sequels to successful movies, they generally come in two forms.

One type is like "The Bourne Supremacy" and "The Darkness", where the sequel is closely related to the previous work and the plot is coherent, just like a TV series.

The other type is like "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" and "Die Hard", where the sequel takes place several years or even decades after the previous work, and except for the identity of the protagonist, it is basically a new story.

Zhang Chen obviously likes the former.

In fact, there is a third type, which is like "The Accidental Murderer". Except that the production company and the leading actors are the same group of people, everything from the story to the characters is new, and it has nothing to do with the previous work. This is pure hooliganism.

After Zhang Chen finished speaking, he found that Wang Jinghua was looking at him with a strange look.

"what happened?"

"Director Zhang doesn't know yet?"

"what do you know?"

"Che Xiao has decided to retire from the film industry."

"Retire from the entertainment industry? When did it happen?"

"Just today, I was going to sign her, but when I contacted her, she said she was going to retire from acting."

After hearing the news from Wang Jinghua, Zhang Chen and Zeng Li looked at each other with confusion in their eyes. Obviously, neither of them had received the news.

Wang Jinghua continued: "I was quite surprised when I first heard about it. I even advised her that it was a rare opportunity to become famous with her first movie. It would be a pity to retire from the film industry. But she was quite determined..."

Zhang Chen also found it unbelievable. He had talked about this with the other party during the celebration party that day. Che Xiao had a strong desire to star in the sequel, but how come she retired in the blink of an eye?

But he immediately thought of something. If that was the case, then Che Xiao's series of actions made sense.

(End of this chapter)

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