Huayu: Starting from Fahrenheit

Chapter 130 You and Jay Chou are on the same level

"Of course I have my sources!" The reporter who spoke had an expression that said, "Don't ask, I just know it."

He passed the microphone to Wu Zhuo, "Can you tell me which role you will play?"

Wu Zhuo shook his head, "I didn't receive an invitation from the Red Cliff crew."

After chatting for a few minutes, Wu Zhuo began to leave under the arrangement of the staff.

During this time, I chatted with Li Yuchun for a while.

As soon as Wu Zhuo returned to the backstage, Chen Huiying came over with a look of surprise.

"We got a message from Red Cliff, asking you to go over for an audition."

Wu Zhuo took the water cup from Xiao An beside him and drank a sip of water. Then he looked at Chen Huiying and asked in confusion:

“I currently have The Strange Ladies of Liao Zhai and The Magic Sword: Life and Death Chess.

I have already signed contracts for both dramas, and the company is now arranging for me to star in "Red Cliff". Is that a good idea?
Will there be any overlap in the number of dramas at that time?
Besides, Fahrenheit will be released in late March, and I will definitely promote it.”

Regardless of whether "Strange Women of Liao Zhai" has a male protagonist.

Considering that Wu Zhuo had just released an album at the time, it was completely reasonable for him to take on that role.

However, no one would have thought that Wu Chao would become famous so quickly in mainland China.

But, anyway, the contract for that play has been signed.

Once you sign the contract you have to act.

Breach of contract not only requires paying high penalties, but also creates a bad reputation.

Therefore, Wu Zhuo will definitely star in these two TV series.

But now the company has brought Wu Chao into the movie "Red Cliff".

This can easily lead to overlapping of roles.

"Red Cliff" is no ordinary TV series, and John Woo is no ordinary director.

Acting in his crew.

At the very least, it would offend him, and at worst, it might be directly excluded and banned by several investors behind the show.

"Don't worry about that. We've communicated with Tangren already and they will focus on filming your scenes and try to finish it in about two weeks.

The same is true for "Magic Sword Life and Death Chess".

As for the album promotion, you will be responsible for the promotion for a few days, and the rest of the promotion will be left to others."

Chen Huiying explained the solution to Wu Zhuo.

After a pause, she said seriously: "This "Red Cliff" is the largest production with the largest investment in recent years.

The total investment is as high as 8000 million US dollars, and the cast is also extremely large.

For you, starring in this kind of drama is definitely a good opportunity."

As she said this, Chen Huiying couldn’t help but laugh and said, “You are now one of the new Four Heavenly Kings, on the same level as Jay Chou.

Jay Chou can act in Zhang Yimou's "Curse of the Golden Flower" and you can act in John Woo's "Red Cliff".

This is the same level.”

Hearing this, Wu Zhuo could not help but be speechless.

Others don’t know what his current situation is, and even I don’t know it!
They are called the new Four Heavenly Kings, but this mainly relies on marketing.

In terms of influence, he is far inferior to Jay Chou.

However, this is what Hong Kong and Taiwan companies are most skilled at: marketing first, then accumulating works.

Then there is the concept of status.

Marketing has reached this point, even if the actual status does not match, we have to find a way to raise it.

"Which role am I auditioning for? Zhao Yun?"

Wu Zhuo thought about it carefully and decided that the role that suits him best in "Red Cliff" would be Zhao Yun.

Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu are also suitable, but these two roles have actually been decided.

Tony Leung was originally set to play Zhuge Liang, but he quit the role some time ago and was replaced by Takeshi Kaneshiro.

Zhou Yu is played by Chow Yun-fat.

"You are auditioning for two roles, one is Zhao Yun, and the other is an original character named Sun Shucai.

The script has been sent to you. You should read it carefully in the next two days and go to Beijing for the audition on the 13th." Chen Huiying nodded and said, "We are focusing on the role of Zhao Yun. Your image is very suitable for this role."

“This character has a lot of fighting scenes!” Wu Chao recalled the drama and remembered that the character Zhao Yun seemed to have a lot of fighting scenes.

"You've boxed before, haven't you? This fighting scene shouldn't be too difficult for you."

Chen Huiying teased with a smile.

Fahrenheit has a very strange phenomenon.

Wu Zhuo, Jiro Wang and Calvin Chen often make appointments to go to the gym together.

Jiro Wang and Calvin Chen are just training for muscle.

Wu Chao is different. He will find someone to play boxing with.

“It’s just a hobby for me.”

After traveling through time, Wu Zhuo was very thin for a while. Later, after he picked up his original body's boxing skills, he gradually built up some muscles.

Don't be fooled by the fact that he looks a little thin.

In fact, he is the type of person who looks thin when he is dressed, but has muscles when he is undressed.

"It's not a real fight. As long as you have good physical fitness, other problems can be overcome."

Chen Huiying said comfortingly.

……

After finishing the Givenchy endorsement, Wu Chao accompanied Fahrenheit to shoot a commercial for Master Kong 3+2 biscuits.

After the filming, the other three members of Fahrenheit did not stay in the mainland for long and returned to Taiwan together.

Wu Zhuo went to Beijing with Chen Huiying to audition for the role in "Red Cliff".

Of course, this is not entirely the purpose.

After he finishes auditioning for the play "Red Cliff", he will stay in the capital until New Year's Eve.

He needs to participate in this year's Spring Festival Gala.

The other three members of Fahrenheit were very envious of Wu Zhuo for being able to participate in this year's Spring Festival Gala.

In recent years, the Spring Festival Gala in mainland China has become China's best publicity platform.

To know whether it is popular or not, you can find out by looking at whether you have been on the Spring Festival Gala.

Without exception, anyone who has appeared on the Spring Festival Gala will become famous in mainland China at a very fast speed.

The reason why Jay Chou, Wang Leehom and JJ Lin are loved by a large number of passers-by in the mainland must be that they appeared on the Spring Festival Gala, allowing thousands of households to see them.

Therefore, in recent years, singers from Hong Kong and Taiwan have actually been very eager to appear on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala.

But you can't get on this stage just because you want to.

If it hadn't been so popular back then, or if it hadn't had a strong background.

For example, Jaycee Chan last year.

Ordinary people have no chance to go on stage.

Just like Fahrenheit, they were so popular this year, but they still didn’t get invited.

Only Wu Zhuo was invited because his personal album was very popular and the song "Dou Xiang" was very positive.

……

On the 12th, Wu Chao landed in Beijing, rested for a day, and went to John Woo for an audition early the next morning.

The audition location was chosen at Beijing Chunqiuhong Cultural Investment Co., Ltd.

This company is also one of the investors of "Red Cliff" and the publicity planner of the play.

There were only two people who auditioned for the role of Wu Zhuo, one of whom was the film's director John Woo.

The other is Liu Yan, the boss of Chunqiuhong Culture.

This guy only officially entered the film and television industry last year, but the business model of film and television investment + advertising entertainment he pioneered is very influential.

"Go change your clothes first."

After Wu Chao came in, John Woo looked him up and down, nodded slightly, and then asked him to change his clothes.

Wu Zhuo nodded when he heard this and followed the staff to change into his costumes.

(End of this chapter)