Global Movie Emperor

After parking his car in a nearby parking lot, Lu Ze looked up and took a look at the teahouse. It was very large and looked like a place where consumption was very high.

The antique decoration inside and the aroma of tea that could be smelled when entering made Lu Ze fall in love with this place instantly. The waiter not far away came over and showed surprise when he saw Lu Ze, but he was not too rude. It should be okay. I have received some high profile celebrities.

"Hello Mr. Lu, are you drinking alone or..."

"Oh, I made an appointment with someone. He should have arrived first. Mr. Hu, is he a regular visitor here?"

"Mr. Hu? Of course you are a regular customer. Please come with me."

Following the waiter slowly upstairs, I saw from the corner of my eye a girl in ancient costume walking up to the center of the lobby... It must be a girl. She was sitting in Taichung and played the guzheng gently, and instantly a mood came to her. Woke up.

Go up to the second floor and walk past the antique screen with the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal painted on it. Beside the coffee table, a girl used a sharp tool to scrape off the sandalwood fragments. She flattened the incense burner with something that Lu Ze didn't know what it was, and then put it into the incense burner. Sandalwood was lightly spread on it and lit, and the incense burner lid was put on. The fragrance filled the air. Lu Ze could only sigh...it's so exquisite.

When Hu Zhiguang saw Lu Ze arriving, he pointed his hand at the chair and waved. When Lu Ze sat down, the girl stood up from the incense burner, walked to the coffee table, picked up the small purple sand pot that was boiling on the small fruit wood charcoal stove, and made tea. The technique was very professional. .

"Come on, smoke this, Yunsi, it's a good thing."

Hu Zhiguang handed over a small smoking gun with a copper pot and wooden stem. It was about four inches long. It was a new item and should not cost much. Lu Ze did not refuse. He held it in his hand and played with it for a while, then opened the small jade on the table. The box was picked up with sterling silver tweezers and stuffed into the pot. The girl picked up a piece of agarwood from another small box, cut it off, leaving only about one centimeter, put it into the charcoal fire, lit one end, and inserted it upright into Lu Ze Smoke pot in hand.

One puff enters the lungs. First, there is a strong aroma, and then the strength of shredded tobacco comes over. The mixture of roasted shredded and sun-dried shredded tobacco has a strong taste, which is more suitable for the taste of a long-time smoker like Lu Ze.

"You go out first, we will do the rest ourselves."

Hu Zhiguang waved his hand to the girl, who nodded, stood up and straightened her cheongsam, opened the bamboo curtain and walked slowly away while Hu Zhiguang reached out to iron the tea cup.

Lu Ze stretched out his head and looked out the wooden window. Cars were coming and going outside, and pedestrians were passing by in a hurry. It was very comfortable upstairs. He was listening to the guzheng, smoking a pipe, and drinking good tea. If it hadn't been like this today, it might have been Lu Ze's place. A good place to spend time in the future.

"You just finished shooting a scene recently, right? It's your blessing to receive such a meaningful scene so quickly. Come on, have a try, a serious tiger run."

Lu Ze picked up the tea cup. It was a little hot. He put it under his nose and smelled it. He only felt it was fragrant. He could only be regarded as arty about tea. In fact, he did not have a very thorough understanding. After all, he only started in the past few years and did not have such a deep foundation. He knows that he will definitely encounter this situation, and he is studying hard now, but he doesn't have so much time to devote himself to it.

Seeing Hu Zhiguang looking at him, he nodded and took a small sip. His tongue felt a little hot, but the aroma of the tea soup could be felt even if his tongue was a little numb. It was really good.

"It is indeed a blessing, and it can also be considered luck. If I had not acted in a drama, I might not have had this opportunity. I cherish it very much. Now that the filming is finished, I feel that my performance is pretty good."

"That's good. If your ability feels good, then it means it's really good. I still believe this. When it is released, I will take my whole family to support it."

"Don't reserve the venue?"

"Now that I no longer have a job and no source of income, it may be difficult to book a venue."

Can Hu Zhiguang be poor? It's a complete joke. As long as you don't gamble, the money will be enough to spend a lifetime even if you spend it lavishly. This joke is quite funny. The two looked at each other and laughed, and the atmosphere became much more relaxed. No Lu Ze was as depressed as he was when he first came in.

"I really didn't expect you to get to this point so quickly. No, I should say I didn't expect you to encounter a work that has promoted you to a high status so quickly. You are so lucky that I am speechless. The domestic award I got it all... When I signed you, I couldn’t even think about it.”

Lu Ze was still not used to taking several sips from such a small cup of tea. After swallowing a little too much, the tea cup reached the bottom. Hu Zhiguang refilled it, took a puff from the cigarette bag, and exhaled thick light blue smoke before talking.

"Who knew, I didn't even dare to think about it at the beginning. Let alone winning them all, even if I won just one, I would wake up laughing in the middle of the night. I never expected that I won so many awards, but I wasn't as excited as I originally imagined."

"Aren't you happy? You won so many awards."

"I'm still happy, but... I'm not as excited as I imagined. I thought it might be embarrassing and cried on stage, but I didn't expect that even my heartbeat would not speed up now."

Hu Zhiguang stared at Lu Ze for a long time and saw that he kept looking out the window and occasionally taking a puff of a cigarette. Comparing it with when he first met Lu Ze a few years ago, he suddenly felt that Lu Ze was much more melancholy than before.

"I have always been on the decision-making side before, and I really didn't think too much about your feelings. Actually, thinking about it now, it shouldn't feel good to be dominated by others, right?"

I didn't expect that Hu Zhiguang would be so sensational when he came up. After burning out his tobacco, he knocked lightly in the ashtray, thought for a while, and then answered slowly.

"I used to be very jealous. When I saw what others had, I was envious, and I wanted to have it myself. But now that I have it, I find that I also have something worthy of their envy. But now, those things that make others envious are not I lost it myself, but there are gains and losses. At least I now have the opportunity to be here, drink tea with a billionaire, and have so many people across the country know me, so it’s not a loss.”

Lu Ze was very honest. He had indeed lost a lot along the way. He also clearly recognized the changes in himself. But what he really meant was that he wanted Hu Zhiguang to get to the point quickly. After all, over the years, not only Lu Ze Lost a lot of things, Hu Zhiguang... the same is true.

Hu Zhiguang's smile slowly disappeared from his face, and then he fell silent. He looked at Lu Ze and waited for a while before speaking.

"Since you know why I came to you, I won't beat around the bush. I don't deny my feelings for Qian Sega. So when I heard that the first movie project was approved, I had some expectations because it was something I had always wanted to do. This movie really needs a backbone to help you do something that you don’t have the chance to do, and the most suitable person to be the backbone is you. After all, this is a movie with newcomers.”

"But Mr. Hu... the problem is not with the newcomers. I can lead the newcomers. It's okay to shoot slower. I will ensure that the performance can be polished well. But this is not an actor's problem, but a fundamental problem." The fatal flaw is that the script is not good, so why is it necessary to establish a project? And the newly signed director... I really don't think he really has any talent or the ability to turn decay into magic."

"Yes, you are right, but the script is currently only in the preliminary stage, and there are still many areas for improvement."

What Hu Zhiguang said is on point. It is indeed true. A script is usually delayed in the initial stage. It needs to be deleted and modified to make the plot more full and the rhythm more compact. But the problem is that this film The movie has already been approved, does it look like it's in the early stages?

"Mr. Hu, you are right. The script needed to be revised when it was first launched, but now that the project is about to be approved, isn't it too late for you to talk about revisions?"

Lu Ze's rhetorical question did not choke Hu Zhiguang, nor did it make Hu Zhiguang angry. Instead, he calmly took a sip of tea and lit a cigarette for himself.

"This is why I can put down my shame and come to you. Li Shanjun gave me a promise. You will fix this script."

"Shall I fix it?"

Lu Ze was a little stunned. The matter of modifying the script has always been discussed between the director and the screenwriter. Of course, there are exceptions, but the exceptions all occur in the TV drama circle. Only big-name stars can discuss with the TV drama director. Revise the script.

As for a movie, it is the director's personal work after all, and the actors are just soldiers in it. Movie directors usually have a strong possessiveness over their works, and I have never heard of them being able to make actors move.

"Yes, you can do it. Li Shanjun actually doesn't trust leaving the movie completely to Baek Xiqun, so he hopes you can join. The crew will check it. His promise to me is that you can do it, and there is no time limit. You can Keep revising until you are satisfied. I believe you have been working for so long. The screenwriter and director must have deep connections. You can come to discuss with them. Their remuneration is paid by the company. As long as you participate, you can change the script to what you want. look like."

"But can Baixiqun be willing?"

"This is his first movie with the company. Does it matter whether he wants to... or not?"

Hu Zhiguang's words were very rude, and he completely rejected Bai Xiqun. However, it is also the case. Before you prove your own strength, you are no different from all the unknown directors. Bai Xiqun did not leave Zhuang Yu to sell houses and cars. If you are making a movie for yourself, this is a desperate way, and you don't have many years of experience as an assistant director, so you have to be prepared to be a puppet director.

If it weren't for Han Chen, the director of "Forensic Qin Ming", who couldn't stand the wall and could only make comedy TV series, otherwise it wouldn't be Bai Xiqun's turn to be the director.

If this is the case, Lu Ze can still consider it. After all, what he dislikes is not that the actors are all fresh meat, but just a script. And now that Li Shanjun can give him this promise, it is not impossible for Lu Ze to accept this job.

"Is this true?"

"certainly."

The two didn't say much more. Lu Ze didn't know what to say. Anyway, he didn't agree or refuse. He would go to his friends to discuss the script, but before that, he couldn't give the result, so he just went downstairs. , holding several boxes of gifts and placing them on the table.

"It's for your kids. If you don't know what to buy, don't be picky."

After saying that, he stood up and left, leaving Hu Zhiguang sitting on the chair with a complicated expression, frowning and looking at the gift. He knew that starting from today, Lu Ze would cancel his relationship with him, which would be regarded as repaying the favor of the promotion. Not settled yet, but basically.

He silently picked up the phone and dialed, and was answered after more than ten seconds. Hu Zhiguang's throat suddenly became tight, but he still spoke the first sentence.

"Chairman, I have already finished talking with Lu Ze, but he has not agreed yet. If the script is not revised well, Lu Ze will definitely refuse. If the new script is good, then there is still a good chance."

"Yes, my son's side, the company is still far from being listed, and there is no need for financing yet. Thank you, Chairman. Okay, bye."

After hanging up the phone, Hu Zhiguang did not relax his brows because he had finished the work. Compared with his own promotion of young people, his biological son was definitely more important. As for Lu Ze, Hu Zhiguang actually didn't know. Li Shanjun had done something to Lu Ze. How big a net to open.

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