Treasure Island 1992, starting from the Four Little Heavenly Kings

Chen Qiming called Zhang Weijian.

After receiving his call and learning that ATV planned to sign him for a TV series, Zhang Weijian was very excited.

It just so happened that during this time, he was still having trouble with Zhongshi in Baodao.

China Television planned to sign him to act in TV, but the conditions they gave him were very poor and he was still hesitating.

On ATV's side, Chen Qiming promised him that as long as the TV series has good ratings, remuneration is not a problem.

So, on the third day after Chen Qiming called, Zhang Weijian took the opportunity to fly back to Hong Kong from Taiwan.

On Zhang Weijian's side, Chen Qiming asked Xu Xiaoming to connect with him.

The contract signed by ATV and Zhang Weijian is not an annual contract, but based on the number of TV episodes.

The first TV series costs 30,000 yuan per episode.

If subsequent results are good, the pay per episode can continue to rise.

Regarding Dicky Cheung's arrangements, Chen Qiming arranged for people to plan the drama "Young Fang Shiyu".

In the dream, Nick Cheung will become a ratings guarantee in the next few years, starting from this drama.

After this drama was filmed by China Central Television, it became very popular on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

It just so happens that this drama can take over "A Date with a Zombie".

In mid-May, "A Date with a Zombie" officially opened auditions for all stars in Hong Kong.

On that day, many actors from ATV TV dramas came to the audition site, hoping to get a role.

Not only ATV TV drama actors, but also some movie supporting actors who often appear in Hong Kong movies came.

"Mr. Chen."

"Hello, Mr. Chen!"

"Mr. Chen, do you still remember me? We worked together in Fengyun before?"

At noon, Chen Qiming came to the audition area accompanied by TV series producer Xian Zhiwei, director Tan Youye and screenwriter Chen Shisan.

As soon as Chen Qiming arrived, all the actors who came to audition immediately gathered around.

Chen Qiming greeted some people he knew and then went directly into the audition room.

"Let's start! There are a lot of people here. If we don't start early, I'm afraid there won't be enough time."

After arriving at his seat and sitting down, Chen Qiming said to Xian Zhiwei.

Sin Chi-wai is also a well-known director in Hong Kong.

Filmed dramas for both ATV and TVB.

Among the more famous ones are classic TV series such as "The Gunslinger", "Silver Fox", and "Advanced Intelligence".

The year before last, in 1996, he was officially promoted to ATV producer.

After Chen Qiming took over ATV, he did not fire him and gave him this year's drama "A Date with a Zombie" as his producer.

Chen Qiming's high regard made him respect Chen Qiming very much. He is a staunch supporter of Chen Qiming's faction in ATV.

Well, it’s the factions.

As mentioned before, Chen Qiming joined ATV with 40% of the shares.

Although his shares are the largest among all shareholders.

But the combined shares in the hands of others are about 60%.

Among them, apart from Chen Qiming, Liu Changle holds the most shares in ATV, followed by Chen Yongqi.

Both of these people entered ATV at the same time as Chen Qiming.

The two of them also saw that the price of ATV TV had dropped to the lowest, so they stepped in to win a lot of shares.

Liu Changle and Chen Yongqi were Chen Qiming's biggest opponents in the competition for ATV's acquisition.

The two of them are not ordinary people.

Liu Changle, he is one of the most prosperous and richest people in the mainland in recent years.

His domestic and overseas investment projects include broadcasting, petroleum, infrastructure, property development, trade and cultural undertakings.

On March 1996, 3, Liu Changle first established Phoenix Satellite TV Co., Ltd. through Today Asia Co., Ltd., in which he owns 31% of the shares, together with Satellite TV Co., Ltd. and Huaying International Co., Ltd.

He has since become the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Phoenix Television Group.

Under his leadership, Phoenix TV has developed into several TV channels in just a few years, with industries involving entertainment, culture, broadcasting and the Internet.

As for Chen Yongqi, this is not a good thing.

He is the nephew of Chen Ruiqiu, the founder of Changjiang Garments, a famous Hong Kong group company.

He is currently the CEO of Yangtze Garment Group and a director of YGM Trading, China Travel Service Hong Kong, Times Retail and Phoenix TV.

Although the two bosses obtained shares in ATV, they were not able to run ATV.

How could they be willing to do so.

Therefore, in order to get rid of Chen Qiming and gain the right to run ATV, the two began to support their cronies in the company after joining ATV.

There are currently three camps in ATV.

One is the Pacific Entertainment camp headed by Chen Qiming.

This camp is the most powerful. After all, Chen Qiming owns the largest number of shares in ATV and is also the chairman and president of the group. With the power in his hands, he is naturally the most powerful.

Followed by Liu Changle and Chen Yongqi.

The two had previously founded Phoenix TV and were partners.

After joining ATV, the two naturally united again in order to fight against Chen Qiming.

The two collectively own about 30% of ATV's shares and are currently the second and third largest shareholders of the group.

The third camp of ATV is the old shareholders of ATV.

They are the remnants of the Lin Baixin era.

Among them is Lin Baixin.

When Lin Baixin sold the shares to Chen Qiming, he did not sell them all, but kept about 5% in his hands.

Led by him, there are many other shareholders with smaller shares.

These people, headed by Lin Baixin, formed the third camp of ATV.

However, compared to Liu Changle and Liu Changle, although this camp exists, it is mostly indifferent and can be regarded as the company's neutral camp.

Their goals are very clear. They will support whoever can make them make money and whoever can make ATV perform well.

At present, after Chen Qiming took over, ATV is booming, so they mostly support Chen Qiming.

After receiving Chen Qiming's instructions, Xian Zhiwei immediately arranged for the audition to begin.

The first person to come in was none other than Zhou Huimin, the head of Jade Girl.

"Hello, Mr. Chen. Hello, Director Xian and Director Tan!"

Zhou Huimin came in and greeted the auditioners first.

"Hello, Ms. Zhou."

Chen Qiming didn't speak. The person who spoke was Xian Zhiwei, the producer of the TV series and the leader of today's audition.

He looked through the documents in front of him and asked: "Ms. Zhou, as far as I know, your development has been very good in the past two years, especially in the music world, and you have become one of the most popular female singers in recent years.

You've also starred in box-office hits like Qiming Film and Television's "Death Comes."

Logically speaking, you should not be short of roles. Why do you want to film our TV series? "

Zhou Huimin glanced at Chen Qiming with a complex expression: "Mr. Chen has worked with me, and I know his sense of film and television very well.

Since he is so optimistic about this drama, I think this drama should become a hit.

I have always wanted to expand my acting career, and I would love to star in a TV series that has the potential to become a hit. "

"Okay, let's audition!" Xian Zhiwei nodded, and without asking any more questions, got down to the business of auditioning.

Vivian Chow tried out a scene at Xian Zhiwei's request.

how to say!

After all, Vivian Chow's main career is as a singer.

Although he has acted in many TV shows and movies in recent years.

But her acting skills are actually just like that.

If it were a simple and honest role like the little Jew in "Big Time", she might be a perfect match for the role.

But the character Ma Xiaoling is not.

The character Ma Xiaoling is a female Taoist priest.

She has a lot of fighting scenes in the play. At the same time, in terms of character and performance, Zhou Huimin is not suitable.

Therefore, after her performance, several auditioners made their own decisions.

After Zhou Huimin left, Tan Youye looked at Chen Qiming, "Mr. Chen, what do you think?" There is no airtight wall in the world.

Chen Qiming and Zhou Huimin have a close relationship, which is well known to many people in the industry.

Although according to Tan Youye's thoughts, since Chen Qiming arranged the audition, he should not be biased towards Zhou Huimin.

But in order to avoid leaving a bad impression on the company boss, Tan Youye still planned to ask Chen Qiming what he thought.

Chen Qiming certainly understands Tan Youye's thoughts.

Without hesitation, he said: "She is not suitable for this role, please choose another one!"

In fact, over the past two years, the relationship between Chen Qiming and Zhou Huimin is no longer that kind of relationship.

Since the end of "Death is Coming".

Because of their careers, the two rarely met.

There are many couples in the entertainment industry who have separated because they spent too much time together and separated too little.

Not to mention the unstable relationship between Chen Qiming and Zhou Huimin.

Therefore, it is almost normal for the relationship between the two to return to normal.

Of course, Chen Qiming actually understands why Vivian Chow came to audition for "I Have a Date with a Zombie" this time.

Maybe she just wanted to take this opportunity to renew her relationship with him.

Otherwise, with Vivian Chow's fame, she really wouldn't have to condescend to audition for a TV drama role.

audition.

Don't think this method will be very popular in the future.

But this way of selecting roles is actually a very shameless thing for first-line big names.

When it comes to frontline work, there is never a shortage of notebooks in hand.

Just like Chen Qiming, if he wants to act in that movie, he never needs to audition. As long as he agrees, even if the role is not suitable, the screenwriter of the crew will make changes to the movie character based on his characteristics.

For example, in "Swapping Identities", as soon as Chen Qiming suggested to Paramount that the character was not suitable, they immediately asked the screenwriter to make changes. The face-changing was directly changed to a body-swapping with a greater sci-fi feel.

Vivian Chow may not have reached the heights of Chen Qiming.

But in Hong Kong, with her achievements in recording in recent years, if she wants to act in a movie, there are actually many scripts sent to her.

The main reason why I came to this crew to audition was because of Chen Qiming.

It's a pity... Chen Qiming doesn't have this idea for the time being.

It doesn’t matter whether you call him a scumbag or a rotten person.

If you don’t like it, you don’t like it.

Why should he continue to delay others?

Therefore, when Zhou Huimin finished her audition and looked at him, he chose not to look at her.

He believed that Zhou Huimin would understand what he meant.

After Vivian Chow's audition, the audition continued.

Several actors who came later auditioned for different roles.

There are those who audition for supporting roles, there are those who audition for the second female lead, and there are those who audition for the female lead.

There was even a guy who went straight to the leading role.

In front of Chen Qiming, the default male lead, he actually auditioned for the male lead, which really made Xian Zhiwei and Chen Shisan feel funny.

The audition lasted three or four hours without eating or drinking.

Near noon, another heavyweight arrived.

Qiu Shuzhen is here.

She is also the heroine who came to audition.

Traveling with her was her boyfriend Shen Jiawei.

"Miss Qiu, we meet again."

After Qiu Shuzhen came in, Chen Qiming greeted her with a smile.

Chen Qiming and Qiu Shuzhen are also considered acquaintances.

When Qiu Shuzhen was still Wang Jing's lover, Chen Qiming had dealt with her through Wang Jing.

In addition, Qiu Shuzhen also appeared in his MV.

Although they didn't shoot together, they still have some overlap in their works.

"Mr. Chen!"

Qiu Shuzhen responded, and then greeted several other people politely.

After a casual chat, Xian Zhiwei directly asked Qiu Shuzhen to try out the role.

To be honest, the entertainment industry is indeed a very situation-dependent place.

Everyone's attitude towards different people will be different.

When Xian Zhiwei treated Zhou Huimin before, he spoke softly and acted like Miss Zhou, we respect you very much.

It's different when it comes to Qiu Shuzhen.

His attitude became obviously inhumane.

Chen Qiming, the person sitting next to him, also had a general understanding of this.

Qiu Shuzhen.

how to say!

She was indeed a pivotal actress in Hong Kong entertainment in the 1990s.

But in the final analysis, she is just a vase.

When she was Wang Jing's lover, she was treated very differently by Wang Jing both inside and outside the industry.

But since breaking up with Wang Jing, her resources have declined significantly, although she was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

But they are all based on the kind of borderline ethical movies that have no box office and no good reputation.

And Qiu Shuzhen's current boyfriend Shen Jiahui.

Although Shen Jiahui is a billionaire, his interaction with the entertainment industry is relatively small after all, and she is just a girlfriend.

These days, it is completely normal for a rich man to find a girlfriend and stop playing with her for a few days.

Therefore, Xian Zhiwei and others obviously began to ignore this former famous vase in Hong Kong.

Chen Qiming is not dissatisfied with Xian Zhiwei's promotion of his position.

Everyone has his own personality and his own way of doing things.

He would not do such a thing, but equally, he would not express dissatisfaction with such a person because of it.

Of course, it's best not to happen to yourself.

But thinking about it, it was unlikely to happen to him.

With his status, no one would dare to do this to him.

Qiu Shuzhen's acting skills are there.

In the past two years, without Wang Jing's support, she has finally improved in her acting skills and is no longer a simple vase.

In addition, she is actually very suitable for the role of Ma Xiaoling.

Sexy female Taoist priest with long legs and short skirt.

To be honest, if she were to act, it might be really good.

However, in the end, Chen Qiming still did not intend to use her.

Although Chen Qiming will only appear in the first part of "My Date with a Zombie".

But according to Chen Qiming's plan, there will be a second and third part of this drama.

And Qiu Shuzhen.

According to the information in the dream, Shen Dahao will propose to Qiu Shuzhen in October next year.

By then, Qiu Shuzhen, who married into a wealthy family, will announce her retirement.

If Qiu Shuzhen were to play this role.

When Qiu Shuzhen stops acting, will we find another actor?

Chen Qiming's non-acting will have a great impact on this drama. If Qiu Shuzhen does not act by then, this drama will not be able to be filmed in the second or third installments.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Chen Qiming decided not to use her.

(End of this chapter)