Seeing Zhou Xingchi staring at him with a wide eyes, Song Zhichao stood up with a smile, then walked back to his desk, took out something from the drawer, and handed it to Zhou Xingchi and said, "This is the new contract I have prepared for you, please take a look first."

Zhou Xingchi took it suspiciously and looked it over.

Huang Zihua, who was sitting next to Zhou Xingchi, stretched his neck and took his eyes to look at it secretly.

When Zhou Xingchi found out, he moved his butt and took the contract higher.

Huang Zihua felt bored and muttered: "What awesome thing? I have such a contract too."

Indeed, the contract that Zhou Xingchi held at this moment was actually similar to that signed by Huang Zihua.

However, compared to Huang Zixia, Zhou Xingchi's contract autonomy is greater and his filming dividends are more popular. The same thing is that they are both affiliated with artists signed by Phantom World, but they are not selling their own bodies, but selling their own bodies, which is often said to sell their own skills but not selling their own bodies.

Zhou Xingchi can choose to film scripts in Phantom. Phantom does not force it. After each drama is released, in addition to paying Zhou Xingchi's million-dollar pay, dividends will be given according to the actual box office.

Of course, these are not the most important ones. The most important thing is that in the contract, Song Zhichao clearly stipulated that in addition to choosing the movies he likes to shoot, Zhou Xingchi can also serve as the director and producer of the movie, and is fully responsible for the shooting of a play. In other words, Song Zhichao gave Zhou Xingchi the power to director and producer.

You know, this is not a joke.

Anyone who works hard in the Hong Kong film industry knows who is the biggest filmmaker in Hong Kong? Director! Hong Kong filming is the most popular? Producer!

Actors are just tools in the hands of directors and producers, and they are just bargaining chips for filming, and they have no say or autonomy at all.

To put it bluntly, actors have no status in the eyes of directors and producers. No matter how glorious you are, no matter how popular you become, no matter how big a brand, the director and producers won’t miss you, and they can kick you out and ban you in minutes.

In addition to being an actor, Zhou Xingchi's biggest dream is to be a director.

But no one would give him such power.

Even though he is very popular now and has become popular all over the world with "The Gambling Saint" and "The Wild Scholar", no one dares to use him as a director.

In my previous life, when did Zhou Xingchi even have a conflict with Johnnie To, who directed "The Deadly Officer" in order to dream of being a director. Johnnie To thought he was in the way, and even pointed at the filming on the set, so he found an opportunity to tell Zhou Xingchi: "You are nonsensical, just do it well and you are nonsensical. Being a director is not suitable for you!"

Later, Johnnie To collaborated with Zhou Xingchi to film "Jigong". This time, Zhou Xingchi had many tricks and had conflicts with director Johnnie To escalated. In the end, the two of them didn't even talk much on the set. Such a relationship made the drama become a "bad movie". After it was released in Taiwan and Hong Kong, it was a big box office defeat.

For this reason, Johnnie To put the blame on Zhou Xingchi, saying that he was not careful in acting and had no market for nonsense. Zhou Xingchi didn't take the blame, and told the media how many suggestions he gave when filming, but was shot dead by Director Du. In short, because of this drama, Zhou Xingchi and Johnnie To completely broke up and there would be no cooperation in the future.

It was also from this incident that Zhou Xingchi completely had the idea of ​​moving from the front to behind the scenes to the back of the scenes as a director. The future "Shaolin Football", "Kung Fu", "Mermaid", "Journey to the West" and so on all prove that in addition to being an excellent comedian, he is also an excellent director and producer.

Song Zhichao is a person who has experienced it. He has a clear understanding of Zhou Xingchi's background and has the ability to predict. Of course, he dares to gamble and bet on Zhou Xingchi to promote him as director and producer.

But for Zhou Xingchi, Song Zhichao's actions are not only a way to win people's hearts, but also a great trust in himself and a recognition of his abilities.

What does this feel like?

It seems to be—

The whole world looks down on me, only you regard me as the brightest star in the sky.

"Song, Mr. Song--" Zhou Xingchi's lips were trembling, and he felt a little excited, "I completely accept this contract, but you asked me to be the director and the producer... Can I do it?" Zhou Xingchi began to doubt himself.

In fact, this is also a very normal situation. Think about it, everyone originally opposed you and did not recognize you, saying that you can't be a director or a producer, your best thing is nonsense. Keep making fun of it in the movie, don't think so much boring; suddenly, someone recognizes you and directly promotes you as a director and producer. At this time, you don't have doubts in your heart, and it's strange that you still have self-doubt.

Faced with Zhou Xingchi's self-doubt, Song Zhichao just smiled slightly and suddenly said: "If I remember well, Xingzai, your idol is Bruce Lee..."

Anyone who is a movie fan of Zhou Xingchi knows that Zhou Xingchi has been fascinated by Bruce Lee since he was a child, and has also learned Taekwondo and Nunchakus for this, and has been shown in previous life movies "Kung Fu" and "Shaolin Football".

Immediately, Zhou Xingchi nodded, "That's right, Brother Long is indeed my idol, I like him very much!"

"Then which drama do you like most?" Song Zhichao turned his pen in his hand, looking confident.

"I like his "Jingwu Gate"." Zhou Xingchi said.

"The Jingwumen OK, then we will shoot "The Jingwumen" in the next drama. Well, it should be called "New Jingwumen 1991". "Song Zhichao knocked the pen on the table hard, and without waiting for Zhou Xingchi to ask, he continued: "I already have the general plot, it's like this... It tells the story of the young hero Liu Jing's natural divine power in his right arm. After many twists and turns, he finally became the champion of the ring and got the beauty back."

Song Zhichao first briefly told the story core, and then began to explain the plot of the play in detail to Zhou Xingchi, which was roughly the same as the one starring Xingzai in his previous life.

At this time, whether it was the person involved, Zhou Xingchi, or Huang Zihua, who was sitting aside as an invisible person, was soon attracted by Song Zhichao's rich imagination and humorous storylines during Song Zhichao's talk.

You should know that in this era, qigong fever and special abilities are popular in mainland China, so this trend has also hit Hong Kong. Hong Kong has begun to shoot movies about special abilities and have sold well at the box office. Among them, the more famous ones are Zhou Xingchi's "The Gambling Saint", "Super Policewoman" starring Wan Ziliang, and "Modern Tathagata Palm" starring Liu Dehua.

Therefore, Song Zhichao added the special function gimmick to "New Jing Wumen 1991", which is definitely a big highlight and selling point.

Although Zhou Xingchi is an actor, he also knows how to grasp the audience's mind. Therefore, after listening to Song Zhichao's story construction and character arrangements for this drama, he immediately knew that if the drama was filmed successfully, the box office would definitely be very good. This is not a premonition, but intuition, the intuition of being an actor!

The difference between Zhou Xingchi's feeling is Huang Zihua. As a person who should have acted as an invisible person, Huang Zihua has no idea of ​​being an invisible person at all. At first, he compared the story arranged by Song Zhichao with his own script "Agent Dong Du". However, the more he compares, the more he feels that Song Zhichao is simply a shame to be a screenwriter.

Huang Zihua is also a very talented person, and he can tell the difference clearly.

Therefore, he knew that the "New Jing Wumen 1991" created by Song Zhichao for Zhou Xingchi is definitely worth a bet-

Immediately, Huang Zihua said, "Xingzai, if you don't like this drama, I can actually help you act!"

It seems that I don’t think this is enough, so I will say: “Even if I don’t receive a paycheck, I can act—sacrificing for art has always been my highest demand as an actor! Don’t look at me with that kind of admiration, I’m very proud of myself—please!”

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