Chapter 675 Exotic Customs
Fan Wumian is not very old, but his image in the outside world is too "domineering", so it is difficult for him to play in a campus youth movie like "Your Name". It is too distracting for the audience and easily reduces the viewing experience.
Compared to continuing to promote his own fame, from a businessman's perspective, it is obviously more in his current interest to make the actors under him famous.
After the artists under their control become famous, they have to hand over most of their profits to the company.
It is much easier to rely on them to help make money and build a platform to monetize the resources in hand than for Fan Wumian to run around himself.
What's more, with his current strength and status, it is no longer appropriate for him to continue endorsing other brands. In addition, mobile phone ringtones are not that profitable anymore, and his personal income from his celebrity status will definitely shrink. There is no need to spend a lot of time and energy on this.
The income you earn from being a star throughout the year is probably not as good as investing in some stocks. Since you can make money just lying at home, why waste your precious time?
It's not a big problem to occasionally shoot some TV dramas, release albums, hold concerts, etc., just treat it as a hobby. Therefore, there are some very good projects, but Fan Wumian does not plan to star in them himself.
In addition to "Your Name", he has recently planned three new projects based on "3 Idiots", "Dying to Survive" and "Chinese Partners", directly attacking the two major issues of "education" and "medical care". He hopes to try to indirectly convey some of his own views through his works.
Another issue that he focused on was the crazy internal competition in various industries, where people work very hard but their income levels are very low.
However, Fan Wumian cannot interfere too much in this regard. Once the economy develops to a certain scale, industries are upgraded and transformed, and more high-paying job opportunities emerge, the wallets of a group of people will naturally become fatter.
Unlike before when he was only busy making money, after completely solving his material worries, he now hopes that the world will see a little change because of him.
Late May.
The temperature in Hong Kong is already very hot, and the national school beauty contest organized by the Penguin Group is also quite popular.
The first batch of truly talented campus beauties have fought their way through the competition this week and made the list of the top 100 campus beauties in the country. The other contestants were ruthlessly eliminated and their voting windows were closed.
What Fan Wumian didn't expect was that the Milk Tea Sister, whom he favored, has not even made it into the top 20. It is not known whether it is because she is young and has not fully grown up, or because her photos are not beautiful enough, but she is far behind many contestants.
Since one QQ account can only cast three votes and there are restrictions on QQ levels, this school beauty contest is relatively fair. The boss of Sanliuling Antivirus Software personally served as the notary, which basically eliminated the possibility of behind-the-scenes manipulation.
now.
In the mansion on Repulse Bay Road, the crew had a day off today and Fan Wumian was sitting in front of the computer in the study, checking the contestants' photos and information one by one.
Pu Jiajing brought him some fruit, glanced at the screen and asked:
"Are you admiring pretty girls again? The quality of the school beauties selected this time seems to be much higher than that of the previous session. The top girls are often interviewed by the media and can even be on the Penguin Weibo hot search list. A relative's child who is in junior high school even sent me a message on QQ and asked me to help vote. I guess he saw his dream girl online."
Fan Wumian calmly said after hearing this:
"I'm trying to find good talents for the company. What's so good about a bunch of yellow-haired girls? Many of them are not even adults yet."
Inadvertently, he discovered a face that looked extremely familiar to him. After clicking on it and taking a closer look at the screen, Fan Wumian realized that it was indeed Dilraba Dilmurat.
The profile shows that she is studying at the Secondary Art School affiliated to Xinjiang Art College. With her natural exotic advantages, she is temporarily ranked 18th on the list.
Sighing that gold really shines everywhere, Fan Wumian began to consider the possibility of setting the story of "Your Name" in the Northwest and letting Dilraba Dilmurat be the heroine instead.
The advantage of letting Dilraba Dilmurat be the heroine is that she can choose a scenic location to shoot, making the movie's pictures more beautiful and adding some unique charm to the entire work.
Not only that.
The originally favored Milk Tea Sister comes from a wealthy family. Even if Fan Wumian is willing to sign this girl, her family may not agree to delay their daughter's studies for this.
It is very likely that in the end, Milk Tea Sister will become famous with the help of Fan Wumian's resources, but will not be able to be controlled by his company. Just like Liu Yifei once did, she opened her own company like a personal studio.
Dealing with those rich girls who have capital, resources and connections is obviously much more troublesome than signing Di Li Reba. Fan Wumian attaches great importance to "Your Name" and certainly does not want to make wedding dresses for others and only earn a little money in the end. Therefore.
After considering for a while, Dilireba successfully squeezed out Milk Tea Sister and temporarily became the number one candidate for the female lead of "Your Name" in Fan Wumian's mind.
In her previous life, Dilireba was just starting to make a name for herself when she was signed by Yang Mi's company. Thanks to her super high looks, she was easily remembered by the audience. Naturally, she became one of the most popular young actresses and her career was smooth sailing.
Compared with her, Guli Nazha, who also comes from the Northwest, is often involved in negative news because of her love-brain and lack of emotional intelligence, but her appearance is indeed impeccable.
Fan Wumian had seen both of them in person. They were even more beautiful in person than in the photos, enough to make countless men unable to take their eyes away.
All we can say is “Zuo Gong will live forever”. Back then, he worked so hard to recover the Northwest, obviously not just for those raisins and lamb skewers.
There are many beautiful girls on the list, and they all have pretty good looks.
But Fan Wumian knew nothing about them. He had no idea about their personalities or tempers, let alone whether their values, values and emotional intelligence were correct.
Among the country's population of more than one billion, there are countless beauties who are picked from thousands. If you want to avoid unnecessary trouble, you can't just look at the face and figure. This prompted Fan Wumian to only focus on Di Lieba, whom he knew better.
I casually sent an email to Ji Qiao, who was in charge of public relations, asking her to send someone to find Di Lieba, change her rustic look, take some photos, contact reporters to help promote it, and preferably sign a long-term contract in advance.
It just so happens that Dilireba is currently studying at a technical secondary school and will be able to work after graduation. If she is really allowed to film "Your Name", she can then take the college entrance examination to gain experience, so as to avoid being ridiculed for her low academic qualifications and delaying her chance to take on advertising endorsements for luxury brands.
Now, with just a thought, Fan Wumian can completely change the fate of many people.
The same goes for Pu Jiajing. She recently got a secretary role with a relatively large number of scenes in "The Youngest Son of a Chaebol Family". She has been favored by the male protagonist in the play and is willing to go through fire and water for him. She has also had a crush on him since she was a child.
This made Pu Jiajing very depressed. She was always followed by little followers both on and off the stage. More than once, Pu Jiajing had been whispering in Pu Jiajing's ear that she wanted to play a concubine in a palace fighting drama, or a rich family's daughter.
Sometimes when I was about to rest at night, I would see Pu Jiajing walking towards me in her pajamas. Even if it was just for health reasons, it was indeed necessary to start keeping some distance.
There are already many girlfriends around me, and now she is thinking about me all the time, which makes what should be a lot of fun become a bit like a drudgery of punching in and out at work on time.
--------
The crew took a holiday because Andy Lau's movie "Wushuang" will hold its Asian premiere in Hong Kong tonight.
As for North America, it was first released three days ago. After watching the finished film, the executives of Paramount Pictures attached great importance to the film and spent a full $1000 million on publicity and promotion.
After three days of release in North America, the film grossed over 2200 million U.S. dollars at the North American box office. Both film critics and audiences gave "Wushuang" high praise. This popularity was fed back to other overseas markets, and many audiences are already looking forward to it.
After having his hair done by a stylist, Fan Wumian changed into formal clothes and made an appointment with Xingzai and Zhuang Muxi to go to No. 10 Poole Road, The Peak to discuss buying a house.
In order to develop the land at No. 90 Repulse Bay Road, Xing Zai was put into a desperate situation. Not only did he plan to sell the mansion at No. 10 Poole Road and the shop, but he also had to mortgage the mansion at No. 12 Poole Road, which he had originally intended to keep for his own use, to the bank to cash out.
The original intention was to take advantage of a bargain, but in Xingzai's eyes, this was considered as Fan Wumian doing him a small favor.
Without asking for too much, Stephen Chow offered HK$10 million for the mansion at 2.3 Poole Road, and the subsequent balance of approximately HK$2500 million for decoration would be borne by Zhuang Muxi.
The market price is roughly the same.
Zhuang Muxi found that she liked this house very much after reading it, and immediately agreed to sign the contract (End of this chapter)