Chapter 659 Mimi, please consider carefully!
"Who are you?"
Looking at the girl in the duck down hat curiously, Zhou Anan asked with some confusion.
He didn't know how the other party knew his last name.
"I'm Liu Mi, I saw you in Hengcheng before."
The young woman pulled down her mask, revealing a beautiful oval face, and said with a smile.
"Oh, Miss Liu, nice to meet you. This is the second time we meet."
Recognizing the other person's iconic face, Zhou Anan responded with a smile.
He had indeed met the other person once in Hengcheng before. It seemed that the other person was participating in the Running Man program produced by Blue Whale. They had no communication throughout the whole process and it was just a brief encounter at most. He didn't expect that the other person remembered him so clearly.
He was quite surprised that he met this Mimi by chance in this temporarily chosen restaurant. It seemed that the other party had encountered some minor troubles.
From what the other party said, it seemed that the seat had been booked in advance, but no relevant information was found.
Considering the five-star reputation of Qianbao Hotel, this mistake is a bit too low-level.
"Yeah, what a coincidence."
Meeting this heavyweight in the entertainment industry, Liu Mi felt a little embarrassed in the awkward situation and subconsciously pulled her agent.
"How many people can sit in the seat I reserved?"
Without waiting for the other party to speak, Zhou Anan asked the waiter next to her.
"Mr. Zhou, you reserved a seat for two people."
"Can we change to a table for four?"
"OK."
After receiving the waiter's affirmative answer, Zhou Anan smiled and said to the two beauties, "Miss Liu, if you don't mind, let's have dinner together."
"Thanks."
Seeing the other party change to a position so easily, Liu Mi, who considered herself to be quite famous, felt the huge gap between herself and the other party, but did not reject the other party.
Although these artists look glamorous on the surface, in front of these capital tycoons, they are just ordinary people with slightly more income, unless they can also become a part of the capital.
"Mr. Zhou, thank you so much. We had reserved a table earlier, but it didn't show up in the restaurant system. I didn't expect that a restaurant of the size of Huangji Hall would make such a low-level mistake."
Compared to her own artists who were a bit reserved, Li Ruoyao's attitude was much more enthusiastic and she didn't complain about anything.
She was very angry about what happened to her by the Huangji Hall, but it was definitely a blessing in disguise to meet this senior executive of Blue Whale Entertainment by chance.
"You're welcome, let's go. It just so happens that I have something I want to talk to Miss Liu about."
With a calm smile, Zhou Anan walked into the restaurant with the two beauties.
The Huangji Hall is similar to a revolving restaurant, with a circle of small private rooms and booths around the floor-to-ceiling windows. One can enjoy the scenery of the Magic City from any position.
This experience of having a bird's-eye view of everyone downstairs is very popular among young people in big cities.
Zhou Anan moved to a small private room with seating for four, which not only had a nice view but was also very private.
"I wonder what Mr. Zhou wants to talk to our Mimi about?"
After ordering the food, Li Ruoyao, who was still curious, finally took the initiative to ask.
Liu Mi’s most representative role nowadays is the young Guo Xiang a few years ago. She has had many roles in TV dramas since then, but none of them had much influence.
The current TV drama industry is undergoing sudden changes, with new talents emerging in large numbers. If you are not careful, you will be drowned in this big wave.
Upon learning that Tang Ren was going to produce The Legend of Sword and Fairy III, Li Ruoyao, who valued Liu Mi very much, finally found an opportunity and made an appointment with the production director of Tang Ren Film and Television, but the other party broke the appointment.
Not only that, the previously reserved seat in the Huangji Hall was still not available. This was extremely bad luck.
If Liu Mi could gain the appreciation of Mr. Zhou, then good things would have come.
"Our company is planning to make a movie and would like to invite Miss Liu to be the leading actress."
After taking a sip of light tea, Zhou Anan told about the movie shooting plan she had come up with on the spur of the moment.
As for this Mimi, Zhou Anan's most profound impression was the hit movie Once Upon a Time a few years later and the niche flop movie Far Cry.
But when I saw that the other person had already built up a pretty good figure, I suddenly remembered an entertainment time-travel novel I had read in my previous life, in which the male protagonist made his first fortune from a time-travel movie starring Mimi, and then went on to become a world-class director.
Now that he has met the other party, Zhou Anan doesn't mind testing out whether he can make a similar movie and make some profits for the company.
There is no way. Although the TV series produced by Blue Whale Entertainment this year were sold at good prices, due to the huge amount of money borrowed in the past to acquire Marvel shares, there is basically not much dividend at the end of the year.
When it comes to open source, Zhou Anan, who has a "heavy" task, is also very worried.
It would be nice if "The Shallows", which has no script, undecided lead actor and awaiting investment, could be as successful in both word of mouth and box office as that entertainment novel.
Even if it loses money, a movie like this with only a female lead and a few special effects doesn't require much investment, so the loss won't be much.
"It's really an honor for us, Mimi. I wonder what kind of movie your company is investing in?"
Li Ruoyao didn't expect that among so many female stars in the other company, they would think of her female artist in advance. She was quite flattered and asked the question in her mind carefully.
Of course, the biggest question in her mind was difficult to ask, and she didn't dare to ask.
“It’s a thriller.”
Regarding this question, Zhou Anan thought about it and gave an answer.
He was still very impressed by the movie with only a female lead. After all, the female lead played by the foreign beauty in the original version was in a bikini throughout the whole movie, and her beautiful figure was enough to make a single otaku press the pause button frequently.
At least, in her previous life, Zhou Anan stayed in bed and looked at her cell phone for more than three hours.
And to be honest, the plot is quite tense and there are no boring moments throughout.
"this."
She thought it was an urban drama or a costume drama or something, but it turned out to be a thriller. Li Ruoyao subconsciously wanted to refuse.
What a joke! The so-called horror and thriller movies in China are all made based on respect for science. They have little appeal to the audience and belong to a very niche genre.
Not to mention whether it has a good reputation or not, that thing definitely doesn't exist. Just talking about the box office, it was a huge flop.
Even if the investment is not small, it is a project that cannot be taken on.
Although Mimi has acted in two movies before, both were dispensable supporting roles. It cannot be blamed on her for the poor reputation and box office.
However, once a movie starring Mimi fails, it is likely to be labeled as "box office poison" and the difficulty of entering the big screen will increase exponentially.
No, it should be said that if you make a horror movie in the country, there is a 99.9% chance of it failing.
At that time, audiences and fans didn’t care about the reasons for the movie’s failure, they would just put the blame on the leading actor.
This kind of thing is common in the entertainment industry, and many people have left the big screen because of it.
Haven’t you seen that many top artists in the TV drama industry dare not easily step into the big screen, for fear of ruining their reputation with a single misstep?
Not only will his reputation decline, but his popularity will also decrease, and his pay will also decrease. In the end, he will become the old wave left behind by many new waves queuing on the beach, and will be lost in the rapidly changing entertainment industry.
"Thank you Mr. Zhou for your appreciation. I will take this movie."
While the agent was hesitant, Liu Mi, the person involved, was straightforward and took on this niche movie.
"Mi Mi, you should toast to Mr. Zhou."
She was about to persuade her agent not to be impulsive, but when she saw the other party's determined eyes, Li Ruoyao reacted immediately and continued to speak along with what the other party said.
Yes, she only thought about the negative impact that the failure of the movie would have on her own artists, but she did not consider that the person sitting in front of her was not an ordinary director, but a senior executive of Blue Whale Entertainment, which developed the annual box office champion and had achieved great reputation and revenue since its establishment.
Even if this thriller loses money or flopped, the other party would definitely compensate Mimi.
Therefore, whether to accept this invitation or not is not something that needs to be considered at all.
Not bad, not bad. This time, her own artist's brain worked much faster than hers. As her agent, she was almost blinded by the trees and failed to see the big picture.
Fortunately, she reacted quickly enough to make up for the slightly negative impression she had before and tried her best to secure this rare opportunity for her artist.
With their artists boarding the giant ship of Blue Whale Entertainment, their own artists are about to take off, and her status as an agent will naturally rise with them.
"No need to toast, just don't blame me when the time comes. This movie is not technically difficult, but it does require a lot of acting skills from the heroine, so it's going to be hard work."
Seeing how decisive this girl was, Zhou Anan's eyes showed a little more appreciation.
No wonder he was able to do so well in the future. Not only did he establish his own film and television company, he also discovered many outstanding artists under his company, gaining both fame and fortune, which is amazing and enviable.
"Boss Zhou, you're joking. It's hard work for every artist in this industry. Our Mimi is very hardworking."
After figuring out the key, Li Ruoyao's social skills came into play and she became adept at chatting.
During the meal, thanks to Li Ruoyao, a master of topic making, the relationship between the three of them was very harmonious.
When Zhou Anan went to the bathroom, Li Ruoyao stopped smiling and looked at her artist next to her seriously, "Mi Mi, there is something you need to think about. There is no love without reason in the world. Mr. Zhou chose you instead of a famous female artist from Blue Whale Entertainment. You should be careful in your consideration."
(End of this chapter)
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