Chapter 89 Good News and Graduation
After signing the contract, Liu Zhou dealt with some matters in Beijing and returned to Guangzhou with Director Xie.

When Liu Zhou came to Zhujiang Factory again to recruit a filming team, people from various departments signed up enthusiastically.

Last time everyone thought that Liu Zhou was a young man and not very reliable. Who would dare to look down on him now?

Not to mention that Liu Zhou became famous, the treatment he received from the crew was also quite good. The boxed lunches were authentic and plentiful, there were occasional midnight snacks, and the wrap-up banquet was even held in a five-star hotel.

This time, Liu Zhou did not select new people, but directly contacted the team he cooperated with last time.

It is better to use familiar things than new ones, so as to avoid the trouble of adjusting them.

As for Liu Zhou's actions, the other people in Zhujiang Factory could only watch with envy as those people followed Liu Zhou away.

After the team was formed, Liu Zhou began to assign tasks and asked them to start preparing, while he took people to determine the shooting location.

Just when Liu Zhou was busy with the preparations before filming, the news of the launch of Liu Zhou's new film project had already spread in the circle.

After Huayi's two brothers learned the news, they immediately called Han Shanping.

Han Shanping also knew their purpose and told them directly that the investment had been finalized, thus putting an end to their thoughts of wanting to get a piece of the pie.

Seeing Wang Zhongjun hang up the phone, his younger brother Wang Zhonglei asked anxiously:
"Brother, how are you?"

"It's hopeless. They have already decided on the investment." Wang Zhongjun shook his head.

"So fast, I don't think Liu Zhou's grandson has ever considered cooperating with us."

"Liu Zhou is not just a director like Feng Kuzi. He also has his own studio that will participate in the investment."

"Since Liu Zhou is so ungrateful, why don't we teach him a lesson?" Wang Zhonglei said viciously.

"No, Liu Zhou is not an ordinary person now. He is now favored by China Film Group and Pearl River Film Studio. We can ignore Pearl River Film Studio, but we have to give face to Third Master." Wang Zhongjun quickly dissuaded.

He knows that his younger brother behaves a little eccentrically. It was okay to do so when he first started his business, but now that his career has stabilized, he has to abide by certain rules, otherwise who will play with him in the future?
"Our most important task now is to completely bring Feng Kuazi into Huayi, and then speed up the negotiations with Wang Jinghua to let her bring in the artists.

"Developing ourselves is what we should do most. We are not strong enough to suppress others at will. Besides, Liu Zhou has no conflict of interest with us now." Wang Zhongjun continued.

"Okay, I get it, bro."

"Don't focus on such trivial matters. We need to have a big picture when doing things. We don't know whether Liu Zhou can succeed this time. If he fails, it's fine. But if he succeeds, and we are at odds with him now, wouldn't that mean we have added a powerful enemy for nothing?"

Not to mention the Wang brothers, Deng Jianguo, who lived in Yangcheng, went to Liu Zhou in person.

Liu Zhou didn't know why he was suddenly interested in investing in movies, but the investment share had already been decided, so Liu Zhou had to politely reject him.

Deng Jianguo is a rather generous person. He was not angry at all when he was rejected and said that he should be remembered for the next project.

Liu Zhou did not comment on this. The only thing Deng Jianguo could offer was money, and that was exactly what Liu Zhou had the most. He was not his ideal partner at all.

To be honest, not only Deng Jianguo, but also Zhujiang Film Studio can provide the same.

When Liu Zhou was shooting his first movie, Zhujiang Studio did provide him with considerable help. It is impossible for Liu Zhou to kick him out now.

But it will not be possible for Liu Zhou to always bring Zhujiang Factory along for the fun in the future.

In the end, how the Pearl River Factory develops depends on themselves.

In addition to Deng Jianguo, other agents in the circle also found Liu Zhou's contact information in a roundabout way, wanting to recommend their own artists, but he rejected them one by one.

Liu Zhou now realized one of the benefits of being a director, which is that he can take the initiative instead of being selected. Time gradually came to the beginning of May, and Liu Zhou's preliminary preparations for the new film were finally completed, and then he returned to Beijing.

Just two days after arriving in Beijing, Liu Zhou received two pieces of good news from China Film Corporation.

One is that Andy Lau accepted the invitation to film "Only You" with a salary of 5 million, but was only given a one-month schedule. He could join the crew at the end of June and would leave at the end of July.

The timing was just right, as Liu Zhou should have graduated by then. As for the one-month schedule, Liu Zhou was confident that he could finish filming the movie in one month.

The movie "Only You" is relatively simple, and I am no longer a novice director. If I make sufficient preparations in the early stages, it will be no problem to complete it in one month.

The second good news is that "My Sassy Girl" has officially been taken off the screen in Hong Kong, and the box office has barely reached 20 million Hong Kong dollars, and this is the result of extending the screening for a few days.

But despite this, "My Sassy Girl" ranks third on Hong Kong's 2075 box office list with a box office of HK$2000 million, second only to "Tokyo Raiders" directed by Ma Chucheng and "The Forbidden City" directed by Liu Weiqiang and starring Andy Lau.

In the history of Hong Kong film industry, 2000 was a relatively glorious year for Andy Lau.

He starred in the top five, first, third and fifth highest-grossing movies on the box office chart.

But now Hong Kong films have hit rock bottom and are no longer glorious. This result is not very valuable, as the highest-grossing film only made more than 30 million Hong Kong dollars.

This box office result might not have ranked in the top ten when Hong Kong films were at their peak.

But even so, it can also reflect Hua Ge's popularity and appeal. He is now one of the few actors in Hong Kong who can single-handedly carry the box office.

Now that Brother Hua has accepted his invitation, Liu Zhou can finally feel relieved. His new movie can be said to have been officially prepared.

At this time, China Film Group also announced that the second film of the up-and-coming young director Liu Zhou was officially teamed up with superstar Andy Lau and popular mainland actress Zeng Li.

It caused a heated discussion for a while.

Reporters wanted to interview Liu Zhou, but they found that they couldn't find him, so they could only look for Zeng Li who often appeared in the Central Academy of Drama.

Faced with the reporters who continued to approach her, Zeng Li gave an affirmative answer and stopped accepting interviews.

Not only that, when the news spread to Hong Kong, many Hong Kong entertainment media went to interview Andy Lau and also received a positive response.

This makes the outside world unanimously optimistic about Liu Zhou's new movie.

Liu Zhou didn't pay much attention to the heated discussions about his new film. This was just the early promotion of the film. He was now in seclusion in his own courtyard.

There were less than two months left until graduation, and Liu Zhou spent a week completing his thesis.

Then he spent nearly another month writing the third part of the Ghost Blows Out the Light series, "Yunnan Worm Valley", and sent the manuscript to "Mengya" magazine.

The second part, "Longling Mystery Cave", has been published a long time ago, and Qu He has been urging me to submit the manuscript in a roundabout way recently.

Sending the manuscript of the third part to him now will allow Liu Zhou to concentrate on filming the movie.

As graduation was approaching, Mr. Huang wanted Liu Zhou to give a graduation speech as an outstanding graduate, but Liu Zhou refused because he thought it was too troublesome.

The highlight of the graduation ceremonies of the Central Academy of Drama and the Beijing Film Academy is the graduation performances of the acting classes, and Liu Zhou did not want to steal the show.

On June 25th, Liu Zhou received his graduation certificate from the president of the Central Academy of Drama in the small auditorium of the Central Academy of Drama. His university life in the Central Academy of Drama officially ended.

(End of this chapter)