Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

Chapter 130 Friendship is worth more than a chest

"A very wise choice. Then, we can talk about the follow-up matters."

Zhou Ziheng stood up and shook hands with Li Qiang with a smile.

He was just about to have a detailed talk with Li Qiang when the phone rang.

Picking up the phone and glancing at the incoming call, he frowned slightly and looked at Florence Hui.

"Talk to Mr. Li about the follow-up. I'll take a call."

After walking out of the office, Zhou Ziheng answered the phone.

"Brother Zhiwen, it's so rare for you to call me!"

The person who called was none other than Liu Zhiwen.

"Ziheng, let's find a chance to talk about the album 'Newcomer He Jin'!"

Not surprisingly, Pacific also came for the album "Newcomer He Jin".

Zhou Ziheng looked back at the office and asked:
"What kind of conditions can you offer?"

"30%, let us issue it, and Hengdong can get 30% of the profit."

Liu Zhiwen said on the phone.

Zhou Ziheng shook his head and said directly: "Brother Zhiwen, we are old friends. Let me tell you the truth! New Era has already offered a 50% profit sharing condition.

We're sorry, but we may not be able to work together for the time being."

"Fifty percent? Is Li Qiang crazy?" Liu Zhiwen on the phone was obviously extremely surprised by the profit-sharing condition.

After a while, he took a deep breath and said, "This is indeed a condition we cannot offer."

In that case, there was naturally nothing to talk about. Zhou Ziheng chatted with him for a few words, and then both of them hung up the phone tacitly.

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Ziheng did not go back to the office.

The subsequent contract terms can be negotiated by Florence Hui, and he does not need to participate too much.

When he arrived at the company's lounge, he called Gigi Lai.

He has been so busy lately that he hasn't chatted much with his girlfriend.

"When will you come to Hong Kong? We haven't seen each other for several months."

It's quite noisy over there with Gigi Lai, probably because they are filming in the downtown area.

"I'll be in Hong Kong the day after tomorrow, so you should make some preparations."

"what to prepare?"

"What are you preparing for?" Zhou Ziheng asked with a smile.

"You're so boring, pervert..."

After chatting with Gigi Lai for a few minutes, she had to go to film a movie, so the two of them hung up the phone reluctantly.

This is what happens when both parties in a relationship are artists.

Either you are busy or I am busy.

Gigi Lai made her debut in Hong Kong last year with her roles in "New Hard Times" and "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" as Zhou Zhiruo.

This year, TVB invited superstar Aaron Kwok to star in a drama called "Burning Fire". Gigi Lai played the second female lead in the drama based on her performance last year, while the female lead is TVB's current leading actress Fennie Yuen.

This drama may take a while to shoot.

Zhou Ziheng will go to Hong Kong in a few days, and she may not have time to accompany him.

"The contract has been negotiated and will be executed according to the contract we negotiated before."

Florence Hui came over with a contract.

"Has Li Qiang left?" Zhou Ziheng asked.

"He left. He went back to arrange for the printing and processing of the tape."

Florence Hui handed the contract to Zhou Ziheng.

Zhou Ziheng took a rough look and found that the contract was basically signed according to the terms discussed within their company.

"New Era is a bit impatient, otherwise they might not sign this contract."

Florence Hui poured herself a glass of water and sat opposite Zhou Ziheng.

"Their talent pool is far behind Pacific Records and China Records. Except for Yang Yuying, other people's records are not selling well. It's normal for them to be anxious."

Zhou Ziheng smiled.

"If not for this, you wouldn't have gotten this bargain." Florence Hui smiled.

After a pause, she said hesitantly, "How will the company operate next? I heard that the Youth Song Contest will start soon. Should we send someone to follow up? If there are any good talents, we can sign them directly."

Zhou Ziheng nodded and said, "You can send someone to follow up, but don't take it too seriously.

The best talents for the Youth Song Contest have basically been reserved by Pacific Records and China Records, so it’s hard to find good talents.”

Florence Hui nodded to show that she understood.

……

Zhou Ziheng stayed in Guangzhou for two days and paid attention to the situation of "Newcomer He Jin".

On May 3rd, the group set off for Hong Kong.

"Brother-in-law!"

Just got off the bus.

Zhou Ziheng saw his brother-in-law Li Ying from a distance.

The showy brother-in-law was driving Zhou Ziheng's Mercedes-Benz, wearing sunglasses and patterned shorts, and looked like someone who wanted to be beaten.

Gigi Lai stood next to him. Because of the hot weather, she was only wearing a white T-shirt, with her jet-black hair casually draped behind her.

When Mani Fok and others saw Gigi Lai coming, they tactfully got into another car.

"You look so beautiful today!" Zhou Ziheng praised after kissing Gigi Lai's forehead.

"Brother-in-law, I'm still here! Can you please stop being a light bulb?"

Li Ying complained with a dissatisfied look on his face.

Zhou Ziheng doesn't care about these things.

"I haven't seen your sister for a long time. I can't get close to her."

As he spoke, Zhou Ziheng pulled Gigi Lai into the car.

"Brother-in-law, how about you drive?"

Li Ying asked carefully.

"Isn't it your favorite to drive? Why don't you want to drive today?" Zhou Ziheng looked puzzled.

You know, in the past, this guy's favorite thing was to shamelessly ask Zhou Ziheng to let him drive.

"During the time you were away, he drove your car out to pick up girls quite a lot. I think he must be tired of it."

Gigi Lai interjected.

"I knew you had bad intentions when you suggested I park the car at your house."

Zhou Ziheng was speechless and said directly:

"Drive quickly. If you keep talking nonsense, I will drive away next time I leave Hong Kong.

Anyway, I am planning to buy a house in Hong Kong, and I will lock my car in the garage and not let you touch it."

"Ah, brother-in-law, you are going to buy a house in Hong Kong, are you planning to immigrate to Hong Kong?

I think it should have been done a long time ago. Brother-in-law, you should immigrate here and develop directly in Hong Kong. With your current popularity, you might even be able to become the fifth king. "

When he heard that Zhou Ziheng was going to buy a house in Hong Kong, Li Ying immediately said excitedly.

Not only him, but even Gigi Lai looked at him with obvious excitement, wanting to confirm the authenticity of the matter.

"It's not immigration, it's just investment. The housing prices in Hong Kong will definitely go up. I have some spare money and I plan to buy some shops and houses here."

Zhou Ziheng pretended not to notice Gigi Lai's look.

He knew that Gigi Lai had always wanted him to immigrate to Hong Kong, or to develop his career in Hong Kong.

Especially immigrants.

There is actually a huge difference between immigrating to Hong Kong and not immigrating.

Hong Kong is an exclusive place.

Artists who are not from Hong Kong are often marginalized.

You can tell from the awards.

It is very rare for people who are not from Hong Kong to win any important award.

Look at Jet Li, his achievements are already top-notch in Hong Kong.

But till now, he has not won a single Academy Award.

The same is true for music awards.

If Zhou Ziheng was from Hong Kong, based on his performance last year, he would not have swept all the major music awards in Hong Kong this year, but he would not have won only a few small Cami awards like he did now.

You know, even Gigi Lai won some music awards this year.

She won the Silver Award for Best New Artist at the Top Ten Chinese Music Awards and the Bronze Award for Best New Artist at the Top Ten Songs Awards for her song "If You Really Love Me" which was produced for her by Warner last year.

but.

It is impossible to let Zhou Ziheng immigrate to Hong Kong.

He is now the top figure in the mainland.

If he immigrates, what will his fans think? What will CCTV think?
Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for him to immigrate.

Even if Hong Kong were to return immediately, he would not do so.

You know, even if they return, the gap between the two places will exist for a long time. Just look at the development of Hong Kong artists in the mainland.

Because of the arrogance in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, after the mainland developed, the mainland circles naturally began to exclude Hong Kong and Taiwan artists.

Don't even take them to play by themselves.

Zhou Ziheng is now a big boss in the mainland.

If he were to immigrate, he would definitely be regarded as a traitor by everyone.

……

As soon as Zhou Ziheng arrived in Hong Kong, he received a lot of calls.

Old friends in Hong Kong called to express their greetings.

Zhou Ziheng hasn't seen them for a long time.

So he simply got a private room at the Rich Hotel and called over his friends who he had a great time with.

Faye Wong, Leon Lai, Carina Lau, Tony Leung, Tony Leung Ka Fai, and Lizhi.

"Sister Lizhi, long time no see!"

Rich Man, Lizhi came alone. After arriving, she called Zhou Ziheng and others. Zhou Ziheng brought Gigi Lai to pick her up in person.

Zhou Ziheng walked up to her and shook hands.

"We haven't seen each other for over a year! You've grown so fast in the past year, you've become an international superstar."

Lizhi smiled.

"Haha, it's not bad." Zhou Ziheng responded with a smile.

"Sister Lizhi, let's go in first!"

Gigi Lai gently kicked Zhou Ziheng and walked upstairs holding Lizhi's hand.

Zhou Ziheng was stunned for a moment, then he realized that Gigi Lai was jealous!

No wonder she's jealous.

Lizhi actually doesn’t have a very good reputation in Hong Kong.

Before meeting Jet Li, Lizhi often hung out among the wealthy people in Hong Kong.

Having a hot relationship with many people.

I'm afraid that's why Gigi Lai felt jealous when she saw Zhou Ziheng and Lizhi chatting enthusiastically.

Smiling and shaking his head, Zhou Ziheng did not blame Gigi Lai for being jealous.

Everyone is like this.

Gigi Lai would be jealous because he gets close to beautiful women.

He is still the same, he would be jealous because Gigi Lai is close to other men.

But he really has no feelings for Lizhi.

After all, Lizhi is now Jet Li's wife.

As the saying goes, one should not bully his brother's wife. He is not that despicable.

Moreover, Jet Li has put a lot of effort into Lizhi. If he dares to poach her, it will definitely be a life-and-death feud.

There were a lot of big dramas in 1993.

Jet Li’s melon is definitely one of them.

After experiencing the ups and downs of love, Li Zhi, who was banned by the concubines of the gambling king, believes that it is better to concentrate on business than to indulge in so-called love.

So when faced with Jet Li's seemingly crazy pursuit, Lizhi just watched coldly and didn't care.

However, she didn't care, and Jet Li successfully became a big melon.

Last year, Jet Li spoke to the media with words that could be considered the ancestor of scumbags:

"When I was young, there was a girl who loved me, and I thought I loved her. If Huang Qiuyan's feelings for me were 80 or even 90 points, then I only had 20 points for her. Now I feel that that kind of feeling was not love, but just family affection.

Until I met another woman I would die for.”

This was the most pale explanation Jet Li gave to the media for abandoning his breastfeeding wife and for his great love.

This passage directly created a classic headline in Hong Kong media.

"Friendship is worth more than a heart"

This sentence made Jet Li a well-known ungrateful man across the country.

The ceiling among scumbags.

The only thing that can rival this is the future Jackie Chan's line, "I just made a mistake that all men in the world would make."

For Lizhi.

When Lizhi's business failed last year, Jet Li was even willing to take on tens of millions of debts for her.

In order to help pay off the debt, Jet Li, who was born in 93, was worth 6 million yuan from 1 movies, but in order to advance his salary to Lizhi to pay off her debts, he took a 7% discount and signed a contract to sell himself to the Xiang family.

He is willing to pay so much for Lizhi. If Zhou Ziheng dares to poach her.

Don't say it, we will really become mortal enemies.

"Hengzi, do you have any seats left for your concert the day after tomorrow? Give us some tickets."

When they returned to the private room, everyone in the group already knew each other and most of them were friends, so no one was too relaxed.

Those who need to sing should sing, and those who need to drink should drink.

Carina Lau also asked Zhou Ziheng for concert tickets.

"No problem. I have a few VIP seat tickets. I'll have someone deliver them to you tomorrow."

The tickets to Hong Kong have actually been sold out.

Not only Hong Kong, tickets to Taiwan, Singapore and other places have also been sold out long ago.

But Zhou Ziheng still has a few of his own.

For every show, he would reserve a few VIP seat tickets to give away.

"Why didn't you ask me for a few tickets when I was having a concert?"

Faye Wong felt a little jealous.

She also held a concert some time ago, but Carina Lau didn't ask for tickets.

"I still prefer Hengzi's brother, don't be jealous, sister."

Carina Lau said with a smile on her face.

She really likes Zhou Ziheng's songs.

She listens to all of Zhou Ziheng's records.

Her favorite is Zhou Ziheng's "Fairy Tale".

Tonight, she occupied the microphone and sang "Fairy Tale".

Although the singing is just average.

But it is undeniable that she can sing without looking at the lyrics.

“I heard that Chungking Express originally invited you?”

Sitting next to Zhou Ziheng is Tony Leung Chiu-wai.

This dull and introverted man rarely took the initiative to chat with Zhou Ziheng.

Zhou Ziheng and Tony Leung Chiu-wai have actually known each other for quite some time.

But from the time they met until now, Zhou Ziheng had only spoken ten sentences to him in total.

When we meet, we usually just say, "Long time no see", "Have you eaten?", "Yeah!"...

In his previous life, Zhou Ziheng had read a lot of news saying that Tony Leung Chiu Wai was introverted.

He didn't believe it at first.

Only after getting to know him did I realize that this guy is really introverted.

Since Zhou Ziheng met Carina Lau and others, they have actually had quite a few gatherings.

We get together whenever we have time.

When he was on the set of "New Hard Times", he often visited the set.

But after meeting, we often can't say more than a few words.

Even when he came to a nightclub like Rich Man, he would just sit alone and watch others having fun.

"I was invited, but I was busy with a concert at the time, so I declined."

Zhou Ziheng raised his glass and clinked it with him.

“Although Wong Kar-wai’s films don’t usually do well at the box office, they help you hone your acting skills and are more likely to win awards.

If you want to develop in the film and television industry, you can consider it next time you are invited."

Tony Leung Chiu Wai was silent for a long time and then spoke.

Zhou Ziheng looked at him carefully.

I felt that his reminder came from the bottom of his heart, and I couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

"Thank you! If I have the chance next time, I will definitely consider it carefully."

After a pause, Zhou Ziheng said, "I should set up a film and television company in Hong Kong next year, and I may invest in filming.

I hope you can help me when the time comes."

"Okay, if you need me, just deduct me."

Tony Leung Chiu Wai nodded.

(End of this chapter)