"Okay, I understand. If there's a new play, please be sure to contact me."
Ding Pei hung up the phone. She had already lost count of how many times she had been rejected.
Now people outside are not only discussing the cause of Bruce Lee's death and its relationship with Ding Pei, but some media even question her mental state.
After waiting for a year without any news from Shaw Brothers, Ding Pei finally realized that no one dared to use her because of public opinion.
“Ding ding ding~”
Hearing the incoming call, Ding Pei hurriedly picked up the phone.
"Ms. Ding Pei, we have a movie about Bruce Lee and we would like to invite you to play the leading role."
The voice in the microphone had a strong foreign accent.
"Which company are you from?"
"No, we are not a company. You may have heard of our director."
The other party gave a name, Ding Pei repeated it, and the agent quickly checked it based on the name.
"Miss, it's from India making a Category III movie."
"Go to hell."
Ding Pei hung up the phone angrily, and before she hung up, she was still shouting, "Our boss is willing to pay, and he wants to meet you."
Ding Pei rubbed her brows. She had contacted almost all of her previous friends. Seeing that the bills for maintaining life were getting longer and longer, she would have to move out of her current home if this continued.
"Miss, your contract is about to expire. Why don't you leave the company and find another job?"
"Do you think the company still cares if I stay or go?"
"Miss, actually, the company asked me to support other artists, maybe..."
Ding Pei looked at the person in front of her. It was natural for her to feel angry, but she also had a feeling of love and hate.
"After all, you've been with me for so long, pick a gift you like."
Ding Pei turned around and put on makeup in front of the mirror.
"Then I'm leaving, miss."
The agent left the room and took away the red evening dress that Ding Pei had worn before.
Ding Pei looked back and saw that the room was empty, with a cutout piece of newspaper stuck on the door.
"he?"
Ding Pei bit her lip, thinking that she had to try every possible method.
Wu Changyun originally wanted to finish the things at hand and fly back to Prague, but the incident at the airport made it seem like the whole of Hong Kong knew he was back.
"Director Wu, I've heard about your achievements in film. Now you've started your own company. Congratulations."
"Thanks."
Wu Changyun took the business card from the man. The man in front of him was a famous builder in the neighborhood, and this time, Wu Changyun's film company building was also handed over to the other party.
"Director Wu is busy with work. Actually, our boss has always been optimistic about the film industry, but he just hasn't found a good investment target."
"Your boss? You have a boss behind you."
"Of course, I'm just a worker."
Wu Changyun was not very interested in this topic. What was the difference between asking others to invest and working for them?
For now, he is only working on making movies, so he doesn't need too much money. Instead, he needs other things.
Things like building decoration, talent recruitment, post-production equipment, and artist signing, etc. If you really want to compete with the big film companies, you cannot do it without a cinema chain.
Calculated in this way, the amount of money required to invest is an astronomical figure.
Today's cinema chains are not like the ones that were dominated by Shaw Brothers before. Now the number of cinema chains has increased, and each company has invested heavily in order to have its own films released in its own cinema chains.
The most important thing for Wu Changyun this year is to boost the box office.
Both of his films, "Saw" and "Wrong Turn", could not be released in Hong Kong.
"Let's discuss this later. Once the company is established, I'll consider what you say."
Wu Changyun answered politely that it was mainly because he didn't want the other party to cut corners in the project, but that didn't have much effect.
At the same time, far away in North America, Wu Changyun's "Saw" was banned by the Motion Picture Association because of the killing scenes in the film and the disrespectful behavior towards American actors.
In Massachusetts, which is home to many famous universities, including Harvard, MIT, Boston College, etc., college students who had just finished class walked into a cinema at the entrance of an alley.
After the boss's repeated questioning, he confirmed that the college students did not have heart disease or other sudden illnesses, and finally agreed to play the tape known as the urban legend for them.
Blood plasma and close-up killing shots, various strong-style trap props, behind this naked visual stimulation, there is a complete logic.
In the 70s, this kind of movie was more deadly than poison.
The association's report had the opposite effect. At a time when the concept of Ethernet was just being proposed, people needed something new for their spiritual entertainment.
"We need to import that film. You'll understand after watching this."
The owner of another small cinema across the street pointed at his counterpart who was doing a booming business. In front of him was a special delivery person from the Film Association.
"But then you can't play our film."
The boss gave him a middle finger and snatched the film tape from his hand.
In fact, neither of them cares what movies are playing in the theaters. Money is the most important thing to them.
"make a deal."
In fact, apart from the law, no one can restrict what films these freedom-loving people can show.
Wu Changyun has returned to Hong Kong for some time, and Du Qifeng seems to be more comfortable with his work without Wu Changyun.
Wu Changyun is mainly worried that he will turn a horror film into a suspense film.
"Don't worry, most of the film has already been shot. Besides, I've been with you for almost a year now. I can't say I've learned it to the bone, but at least on the surface, there won't be any problems."
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