1982 Started from Hong Kong

Chapter 173 First Meeting with Zhong Chuhong

At last year's Academy Awards ceremony, Zhai Yuan met Zhong Chuhong from a distance.

Later, she and the football king Pele shot a set of Puma TV commercials, which were broadcast on major TV stations. She looked quite charming in a black suit in the camera.

Today was the first time that Zhai Yuan had close contact with Miss Zhong.

Hollywood Road, Central.

The road was separated by a section of road and the staff on site were busy. The photographers held their cameras and captured different angles of the heroine as she walked with confident steps.

The 24-year-old Zhong Chuhong wore a white T-shirt, her beautiful legs were smooth and well-proportioned under her denim shorts, and she wore a pair of sneakers.

The simple outfit was all to highlight the Swiss Tissot watch on her wrist provided by the advertiser, which sparkled brightly under the reflection of the reflector.

"Director, is this correct?"

Less than ten meters away from the scene, Zhai Yuan and Wu Yusen were sitting in the car, both looking at Zhong Chuhong who was shooting a commercial.

Wu Yusen shook his head in disappointment, touched his chin and commented: "The lips are too thick, and the eyes are electric. But I think Ruan Wen should have thin lips and a bit of bitterness, this girl almost feels the same."

Did you really rate it?
Zhai Yuan glanced at him and thought, I can’t even find a Zhang Jingchu for you now.

But when he saw Maggie Cheung, he had one more candidate in his mind to serve as a vase in building the zombie movie universe.

The projects we have now include "Wushuang", "God of Gamblers" and "The Invisible Woman". If we can find a director to make a zombie movie, our film mission for September 1 will be completed this year.

With Shi Nansheng as the housekeeper, he could just be a hands-off boss for a while and focus on the factory in Yuen Long, producing some CDs to give the pirated market a little shock.

"I don't know how Guan Weiming is doing in Japan. I'll have to give him a call later."

Zhai Yuan thought about this year's plan from Zhong Chuhong, and at this time the on-site advertising shooting had also ended.

Under the director's command, personnel on the scene were quickly evacuated and road traffic was restored.

The weather in February and March was slightly chilly. After finishing the shoot, Chung Chu-hung greeted and interacted with the staff with a smile on her face, but her hands unconsciously stroked her fair arms exposed by her short-sleeved T-shirt.

"Let's go, get off the car and say hello to Miss Zhong."

Ignoring Wu Yusen's harsh look towards Zhong Chuhong, Zhai Yuan got out of the car, grabbed the windbreaker on the seat and walked towards Zhong Chuhong.

Coming in front of Zhong Chuhong, he smiled and handed her the windbreaker: "Sister Hong, it's cold, put on a coat first."

Zhong Chuhong looked at Zhai Yuan curiously, thinking he was a member of the crew. She smiled, said thank you, took the windbreaker and put it on.

She asked, "Are you from the traffic team? Why haven't I seen you before?"

Zhai Yuan smiled without comment and handed her a bottle of Watsons distilled water that he had prepared. After Hong Gu unscrewed the bottle cap and took two sips, he began to introduce himself.

He said: "I am Zhai Yuan from Jiuyi Entertainment. The movie God of Gamblers that Sister Hong just signed is a project of my company."

Zhong Chuhong widened his eyes in surprise when he heard this, and quickly swallowed the water, with an apologetic smile on his face: "I'm sorry, Mr. Zhai, I thought you were from another group."

As he spoke, he took the initiative to extend his hand and shook hands with Zhai Yuan.

Jiuyi is very popular now, and the name Zhai Yuan is well-known in the circle, and Zhong Chuhong is no exception.

This company had previously snatched away Wan Ziliang's film "Man and Woman", which led to the suspension of Zhao's film. As a result, Zhong Chuhong lost a film contract, so she is currently in contact with a fashion comedy called "God Help Me".

But I was actually not very satisfied with this movie, not only because of its low production cost, but also because I was not satisfied with the film's leading actor, Zeng Zhiwei.

It was just that because the movie was under the name of New One City and was directed by film industry veteran Jiang Dawei, she found no reason to refuse.

At this time, Chen Lan came to the studio with the script of "God of Gamblers". She was asked to play the role of Chen Xiaodao's girlfriend. Although the male lead had not been decided, it was clear from the script that he was at least much better than Zeng Zhiwei. In addition, New One City's movies were always large-scale, with breasts and legs exposed at every turn, which was one of the reasons why she was dissatisfied. However, she did not see these scenes in the script of "God of Gamblers". Of course, she chose the latter.

Just when Zhong Chuhong was still comparing "God Save Me" to "God of Gamblers" and felt that it was not as suitable for her, Zhai Yuan poured cold water on her with his next words.

Zhai Yuan said to her, "Ms. Zhong, you may not be able to act in the God of Gamblers for the time being."

Zhong Chuhong was startled: "Why?"

Zhai Yuan said: "We just decided to use a new actor, so it's a pity."

Zhong Chuhong frowned immediately upon hearing this, looking somewhat displeased.

The impact of temporary replacement of roles on actors is still very large, especially among female stars, where competition is more intense. If it is reported in the newspaper, people will feel that they are not as good as others.

She was about to ask who had changed her role.

Suddenly, a man's voice sounded beside me.

"That's great. I originally thought that Ah Hong, you shouldn't have acted in the movie God of Gamblers."

A young man with slightly buck teeth and wearing a pair of black-framed glasses walked quickly over, followed by a bald middle-aged man.

Zhai Yuan looked in the direction of the voice. He didn't recognize the young man who was speaking, but the bald middle-aged man looked somewhat familiar.

"Mr. Huang, what a coincidence to bump into you."

Zhai Yuan took the initiative to greet the middle-aged man.

The other party is Huang Ziming, the Hong Kong region manager of Tissot watches, one of the sponsors of "Wushuang".

"Mr. Zhai?" Huang Ziming was also startled when he saw him, then he smiled and greeted him, saying nice to meet you, and told Zhai Yuan, "Our company invited Miss Zhong to shoot a commercial today."

The young man who spoke first frowned and looked at Zhai Yuan, then turned his gaze to Zhong Chuhong and said, "Ah Hong, I have checked the company of God of Gamblers. If you shoot their movies, you can't enter the Formosa market. But I have helped you contact the Sampo Electric Company in Formosa for advertising. You'd better be careful not to lose the big picture for the small one."

While speaking, he glanced at Zhai Yuan with hostility, as if he thought he was trying to trick Zhong Chuhong.

Zhong Ronghong looked at the bucktoothed young man and smiled at him, then turned his gaze to Zhai Yuan and said in an unhappy tone: "Mr. Zhai, I have already signed a contract with Sanhe Studio. I'm afraid it's a bit inappropriate for you to suddenly say you want to change the role now, right?"

Zhai Yuan explained: "It's like this, Sister Lan told me that after signing you, Sister Hong, I felt that the drama "God of Gamblers" was not a good match for you, so I prepared another drama for you."

"You said so? Besides, Ah Hong is such a pretty girl. Do you know if you let her act in a gambling movie, it will affect her image?"

As soon as Zhai Yuan finished speaking, the bucktoothed young man's voice rang out again: "If she is not allowed to play in gambling movies now, will she be replaced with roles like a prostitute or a dancing lady? That's why I always look down on you people in the film industry. You don't know what to shoot except pornography, gambling and drugs."

Zhai Yuan didn't want to pay attention to him at first, and he was a little unhappy about being provoked repeatedly. He stared at him for a moment and asked Huang Ziming beside him: "Mr. Huang, your friend?"

Huang Ziming smiled awkwardly: "This is Mr. Zhu Jiasheng, a top student from California University of Architecture. He is now working in the advertising industry and is helping us plan our watches this time."

Zhai Yuan nodded: "Oh, so he is a top student from California State University."

Zhu Jiasheng was furious: "What are you talking about!"

Zhai Yuan smiled at him and said, "No, I just don't know why Mr. Zhu is so hostile to me when we first met."

Zhu Jiasheng looked at him, then at Zhong Chuhong, his eyes wandering on the windbreaker the woman was wearing.

Zhai Yuan then understood why this person was jealous.

(End of this chapter)