From starting as a host on Phoenix TV to starring in a TV series and two hit movies, Zhou Xingchi has saved more than 300,000 yuan. But now Zhou Xingchi and his family are still living in the old house, and he plans to save money for another year.
Buy a renovated house and buy yourself a car.
Zhou Xingchi has a relatively withdrawn personality. He is eloquent when he is a host, but becomes taciturn when he is away from work. Over the past few years, he has made two friends, Mao Shunyun and Wu Mengda.
If Wu Mengda hadn't forced him to come out to play cards today, Zhou Xingchi would have stayed at home alone and watched TV. He felt that he was not familiar with Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui, and there really was nothing to communicate with.
After playing cards for several hours, it was getting dark. Anita Mui left them at home to eat, but Zhou Xingchi insisted on going back.
Wu Mengda had no choice but to drive Zhou Xingchi home. The Chinese New Year would be tomorrow, and it was not easy to take a taxi at this time.
Zhou Xingchi's family only has his mother, one older sister, and one younger sister. As for his father, his parents divorced after Zhou Xingchi said something when he was a child. At that time, Zhou Xingchi said to his mother: "I saw my father hugging a woman in the cinema..."
"Axing, there is a gentleman looking for you. He has been waiting at home for a long time." Zhou Xingchi heard his mother Ling Bao say as soon as he returned home.
Zhou Xingchi was a bit troubled by reporters during this period, and whispered: "Mom, why do you let people into your house randomly?"
Ling Bao helped Zhou Xingchi take out his slippers, pointed to the living room and said, "He's from Jiahe Pictures. He seems to be a big shot."
What are the people from Jiahe doing here?
Zhou Xingchi didn't think that Jiahe was here to poach someone, because the liquidated damages for poaching him were too high, and even Zhou Xingchi felt that he was not worth the price.
Cai Yongchang was sitting in the living room drinking tea, telling stories about the film industry to Zhou Xingchi's sister from time to time. As for Zhou Xingchi's sister, he was already married.
Seeing Zhou Xingchi come in, Cai Yongchang stood up, shook hands with Zhou Xingchi and said, "Mr. Zhou, I'm sorry to bother you."
"Who are you?" Zhou Xingchi didn't know who Cai Yongchang was.
"I, Jiahe Cai Yongchang." Cai Yongchang handed him a business card.
Zhou Xingchi took the business card and looked at it, then put it in his pocket and asked, "Does Mr. Cai have anything to do with me?"
Cai Yongchang smiled and said: "That's right. Our chairman appreciates your talent very much, Mr. Zhou, so he asked me to come and visit you."
Most withdrawn people are more sensitive. Zhou Xingchi is like this. When he was a child, he never played with his friends. He would stand alone behind the bars and watch the people on the street, and then think randomly in his mind.
Cai Yongchang only mentioned it briefly. Zhou Xingchi heard that the other party wanted to recruit him, and said in surprise: "Mr. Cai, my contract still has more than nine years."
"Liquidated damages are not a problem. We at Jiahe will naturally find a way," Cai Yongchang directly took out a check and said. "As long as Mr. Zhou comes to Jiahe for development, these 3 million will be yours. To be honest, since DreamWorks was banned
, actors like Zhou Xingchi will not have much future if they stay there, because no one will ask you to make movies except DreamWorks. How many movies can you make in a year just by being at DreamWorks? Two at most.
Damn it. DreamWorks still has some resources left for other actors, which is very detrimental to your development..."
Cai Yongchang's eloquence is indeed good, but he relied on money to recruit Cheng Long. At that time, Cheng Long was just an actor who had never seen the world. He fainted with a bunch of zero checks and couldn't count them for a long time.
How much was it? (At that time, Cheng Long only received 1 million, and Luo Wei took the rest as ransom money)
Zhou Xingchi was a little dizzy when he saw the string of zeros on the check. His hands began to tremble, and an impulse tempted him to take the check.
3 million, all kinds of luxury houses and luxury cars.
Calm down, be sure to calm down!
Zhou Xingchi took a few deep breaths. Swallowing his saliva, he glanced at the check again, resisting the urge to ask: "Mr. Cai, I haven't been like that before, why did you come to me?"
"Haha, Mr. Zhou still underestimates himself." Cai Yongchang laughed, "There are not many movies with a box office of over 30 million in Hong Kong. Judging from the current situation of "The Gambler", the box office will definitely exceed 30 million. Like
It’s such a pity for an actor like you to be banned from working in DreamWorks. If you come to Jiahe, the money you make every year will be at least double that of DreamWorks.”
Zhou Xingchi must be grateful to Kang Jianfei. It was Kang Jianfei who promoted him to become a host and a TV actor, and now he has finally become a big movie star. But apart from gratitude, Zhou Xingchi has no loyalty to Kang Jianfei and DreamWorks.
3 million is enough to impress him.
Carefully weighing the pros and cons, Zhou Xingchi's mind became more and more confused, while Cai Yongchang encouraged him to change jobs from time to time.
A few minutes later, Zhou Xingchi, who felt his mouth was dry, took a sip of water and said hesitantly: "Well, you guys should talk to DreamWorks first and see if they can let me go."
Zhou Xingchi signed a brokerage contract with Oriental Entertainment. Compared with later generations, many of the contents of this kind of brokerage contract were equivalent to overlord clauses. Within ten years, Oriental Entertainment was responsible for packaging and promoting Zhou Xingchi. Zhou Xingchi wanted to make a movie.
All album releases and announcements are handled by Oriental Entertainment, and Zhou Xingchi is not allowed to accept any private advertising, movie, or record contracts.
This is the agency contract for young actors. If you sign it or not, get out. There are countless people waiting to sign this kind of contract. As for actors like Alan Tam and Zheng Shaoqiu who are already famous for their abilities, their agency contracts must be free.
It's a lot, so it's so cool to terminate the contract.
In addition to the agency contract, Chow Sing-chi also signed a ten-year film contract with DreamWorks. The rights and obligations of both parties are that Chow Sing-chi will make at least one film at DreamWorks every year. This contract also has traps, because the final interpretation rights rest with DreamWorks.
.If Zhou Xingchi has no box office value, then DreamWorks has fulfilled its obligation by letting him play a supporting role casually. But if Zhou Xingchi becomes popular, then Zhou Xingchi must be the protagonist to be considered as filming a movie for DreamWorks.
Anyway, the contracts are all dirty and shady, all made up by the lawyers of DreamWorks Legal Department. Young actors do not have any right to raise objections when signing a contract. You can only choose to sign or not to sign.
Zhou Xingchi is trapped by two overlord contracts with nine years left. If he wants to change jobs to any company, the total liquidated damages will exceed 10 million, which is definitely a sky-high price.
It has to be said that Kang Jianfei's heart is still very dark. He has already become famous and can't control it. Any star he has cultivated who wants to betray will definitely have to pay the corresponding price.
Not to mention Zhou Xingchi, even Wen Bixia's current contract is this, because it has not been changed since it was originally signed.
Seeing that Zhou Xingchi was moved by what he said, Cai Yongchang continued to persuade: "Mr. Zhou, if you want to terminate the contract with DreamWorks, you must agree to this first, and then we can arrange for lawyers to do the remaining work. If you don't trust us,
You can accept this check first."
Zhou Xingchi's character is very cautious. In the end, he resisted the temptation of a huge sum of 3 million and said with a reluctant smile: "Mr. Cai, let me think about this first."
Cai Yongchang smiled and said: "Of course, Mr. Zhou has a lot of time to think carefully before the Spring Festival holiday is over."
After Cai Yongchang left, Zhou Xingchi walked around the room anxiously. Even when Zhou's mother called him to eat, he didn't respond at all.
After worrying for more than three hours, Zhou Xingchi dialed Wu Mengda's phone number.
"Hey, who's here so late?"
"Brother Da, it's me, Axing."
"What's the matter? It's a little early to say New Year greetings. Let's talk about it tomorrow."
"Brother Da, I have something to ask you."
"Why are you being polite to me? Tell me something."
"If, I mean if, someone comes to poach me with 3 million, what do you think I should do?"
"Who is crazy to poach you? Two contracts worth more than 10 million."
"I mean if."
There was a sudden pause on the other end of the phone, and then Wu Mengda's voice came: "Is someone really poaching you? Jiahe or Xinyi City?"
"Hey, don't ask so many questions. Do you think I should leave?" Zhou Xingchi said irritably.
"The Gambler" also made Ng Meng-tat famous. He felt that he was suitable to co-star with Zhou Xingchi. He did not want to lose a good partner, so he naturally tried hard to retain him. He said: "You are mentally ill. DreamWorks just switched jobs after they made you famous.
Will Mr. Kang let him go?"
Zhou Xingchi said: "If I have to leave, Mr. Kang has no choice. Even if I go to court, someone will help me pay the liquidated damages."
"Mr. Kang will sue you to court? Just ask someone to kill you!" Wu Mengda began to threaten, "He praised you in two consecutive movies. Where will you put his face when you leave? Mr. Kang has plenty of money and doesn't care about you.
That’s more than 10 million in liquidated damages, but I will treat you as a traitor for the rest of my life. If you leave at this time, no matter which company you go to, you will be looked down upon.”
Zhou Xingchi said: "I live my own life and don't need anyone to look down on me."
Wu Mengda said with a smile: "If you go to Jiahe or Xinyi City, I am 100% sure that if Mr. Kang doesn't find someone to kill you, he will use all means to ruin your reputation. As long as you can bear it,
Feel free to change jobs."
Zhou Xingchi seemed to be really frightened, holding the microphone and saying nothing for a long time.
Wu Mengda continued: "Besides, if you go to other companies, which director can tailor-make a nonsensical comedy for you like Mr. Kang? Don't take the success of "The Gambler" as your own credit. Think carefully about it.
Think about it, I’ll hang up first.”
Zhou Xingchi was even more confused as he held the phone, not knowing what to do.
Wu Mengda quickly dialed Zeng Bolin's phone and said, "Assistant Zeng, someone wants to poach Ah Xing... Yes, I don't know which company it is. Ah Xing is a little interested, but he hasn't made up his mind yet.
Well, I will stabilize him, don't worry..." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian () to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users
