Chapter 20

Additionally, because she was currently from mainland China, her range of activities was also within the country, and she did not change her nationality until 2008.

As of now, she was one of the few people from mainland China in the early nineties who could compete with Xiangjiang actresses.

"Momo..."

At this moment, Chen Mu’s voice rang in his ears.

"Hmm? What is it, Mom?"

Chen Mo shifted his attention away from the television, looked up, and looked at Chen Mu with confusion in his big eyes.

"Momo, do you like acting? Or do you want to go to school?"

Chen Mu asked softly.

Hearing Chen Mu’s words, Chen Mo pondered for a moment and shook his head, saying, "Mom, I like acting, and I also want to go to school."

"Alright, Mom knows."

Chen Mu nodded after hearing this, then turned and began to whisper with Chen Fu.

Listening to their exchange, Chen Mo sighed in his heart.

His mother was asking him because she was considering whether or not to sign with Golden Harvest.

Although signing with Golden Harvest could allow him to earn more money and make his fame even greater.

But after careful consideration, Chen Mo decided not to sign with Golden Harvest.

Or rather, not to sign with any company!

Currently, Xiangjiang was known as the "Hollywood of the East," with influence covering Southeast Asia and even reaching North America!

But the almost exploitative filming speed in Xiangjiang, as well as the future development of Xiangjiang, were the reasons Chen Mo had to refuse.

Besides that...

In the nineties, neither Xiangjiang nor the mainland had any particularly popular films with children as the theme for Chen Mo to star in.

So, if he wanted better development in the future, he had to change locations!

Leave the country and go abroad!

Hollywood!

Hollywood in the nineties had quite a few classic films with children as the theme!

The most famous was the "Harry Potter" series!

And there was also "The Sixth Sense."

Right!

And there was "Home Alone," which was currently suitable for his age.

As long as he could participate in one of these films, he could open up the Hollywood market!

As a reborn person, and as a reborn person who had already decided to step into the film and television industry, he definitely had to venture into Hollywood!

Chen Mo thought to himself.

Knock, knock...

At this moment, there was a knock at the door.

Hearing the sound, Chen Fu stood up, walked to the door, and opened it, then saw the person in charge from Golden Harvest standing at the door.

"Haha, Mr. Chen, sorry to bother you."

"Hello, please come in..."

The Golden Harvest person in charge walked in.

After both sides were seated, the Golden Harvest person in charge first talked about the box office situation for the day and the audience’s evaluation of Chen Mo, and then inquired about the signing.

"Mr. Chen, the film 'Shaolin Popey' has had a great response, and the audience’s impression of Momo is also very good. If you sign with our Golden Harvest, we will tailor films for Momo, make him the hottest child star of the moment, and we can guarantee that his fame will break out of Southeast Asia within these two years!"

"Right! You must have heard of our company’s artist, Brother Long, right? We can let Momo star in Brother Long’s films."

The Golden Harvest person in charge stated his bargaining chips directly.

Then he took out the signing contract and a pen from his briefcase and handed them to Chen Fu.

In his view, these words of his were enough to move Chen Fu.

However, Chen Fu shook his head after hearing this and said, "I am really sorry, but our Momo is still too young, and he still needs to go to school."

The person in charge frowned after hearing this.

The child is too young? Still needs to go to school?

The Golden Harvest person in charge frowned and pondered.

A few seconds later, a smile appeared on his face as he said, "Mr. Chen, you have probably misunderstood. Signing with our company does not interfere with school; our filming time is basically only during holidays and breaks."

Chen Fu shook his head and said, "Sorry, if we sign with you, we would definitely have to move from Jingcheng to Xiangjiang. I still have some businesses in Jingcheng, and I have no plans to move here for the time being."

Hearing Chen Fu’s refusal, the expression on the Golden Harvest person’s face tightened, and then he said helplessly, "Then why don’t you consider it again, Mr. Chen."

"Hmm, okay."

Chen Fu nodded.

Then, after the person in charge chatted with Chen Fu for a few more sentences, he left the room.

Soon, a day passed...

The first-day box office for this day came out, and the total first-day box office in Xiangjiang was 500,000 Hong Kong dollars!

500,000 Hong Kong dollars on the first day!

For a low-budget film with a cost of only 600,000 RMB and no big-name leads, this could be said to have recouped its costs in one day!

In the hotel room...

When Chen Fu and Chen Mu learned of this news, they jumped up with excitement!

Recalling what happened before, the two of them felt like they were dreaming!

Because of their son’s request, they took him to the Zhuozhou Film and Television City to play for a while, and then, in a daze, their son bought a script for tens of thousands of yuan from someone, and then, in a daze, they invested in this script...

And in the end, it exploded in popularity!

"500,000 in one day! Wouldn’t that be 5 million in ten days! If it’s 54%, we’ll get at least 2.6 million Hong Kong dollars! Old Chen, how much is 2.6 million Hong Kong dollars in RMB?"

Chen Mu asked hurriedly.

Chen Fu said, "It’s about a little over 2 million."

"A little over 2 million! Is our family millionaires now?!"

Chen Mu’s eyes shone.

Chen Fu nodded with a smile.

Chen Mo, sitting on the bed nearby, looked at the excitement of the couple and couldn’t help but show a smile on his face.

Time passed quickly...

One day... two days... three days...

In the following time, the box office of "Shaolin Popey" grew day by day. The second-day box office was 650,000 Hong Kong dollars, the third day was 700,000 Hong Kong dollars, and the fourth day reached a staggering 770,000 Hong Kong dollars!

In this not-so-large Xiangjiang, a low-budget film with a single-day box office reaching 770,000 Hong Kong dollars could completely be said to have broken the record for low-budget films!

And with the explosion of the box office, the actors in it also entered the sight of some people!

Among them, Wu Mengda, who played the senior brother, was spotted by the quite famous Zhou Xingxing from last year, who sent him an audition invitation for his new work, "All for the Winner."

And Ye Zhen, who played Xiao Hong, also received constant film offers because of her pure and beautiful appearance!

Xie Miao, who played Xiao Long, signed with Golden Harvest Company!

And as the most attractive person in the play, Chen Mo, of course, gained the most!

Just from this one film, Chen Mo was almost a household name. Chen Fu, who was staying at the hotel, received countless audition invitations every day, as well as advertisements and endorsements.

However, these were all rejected by Chen Fu.

Mainly because his own son seemed to have lost interest and didn’t want to do endorsements or auditions, so Chen Fu was rejecting them.

September 13th.

It had been fourteen days since the release of "Shaolin Popey," and the total box office for the fourteen days was 5.9 million Hong Kong dollars!

In addition, the daily box office remained above 600,000!

According to this box office growth, the total box office of this film could definitely break 10 million!