Entertainment: I really want to make progress

After the opening ceremony in Cannes, there were red carpets and domestic news was busy.

Seeing all kinds of actresses competing for beauty, none is more dedicated than Fan Xiaopang.

Almost every red carpet was missed.

Soon, at the closing ceremony, the news came back to China that "Mr. Tree" did not win the award in the end, but it was shortlisted for the main competition, which did attract the attention of many foreign film producers.

"Sister Shuang, how much did you sell it for?"

"There are about seven or eight regions in France and the UK, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, total, sold for a total of 1.6 million US dollars."

Li Shuang's voice was full of joy: "Chief Jia has helped a lot."

"not bad."

Zhou Yutang nodded with satisfaction.

After a simple calculation, I couldn't help but feel very good.

This movie is solely owned by Jiangdong Entertainment, with a cost of only 2 million. The overseas copyright was sold for 1.6 million U.S. dollars, which is almost 11.1 million U.S. dollars based on the current exchange rate.

Participating in film festivals abroad is a promotional method. Through the display platform, more people, mainly foreign film producers, can see the film in order to expand its influence.

It doesn’t mean that you can only sell overseas copyrights if you win awards. It’s important to have connections and a professional team behind you.

Chief Jia is indeed very interested in his old brother. He also produced the first movie directed by Han Jie and personally followed the crew of "Mr. Tree".

He started out by making literary films and had distributor relationships abroad, helping to contact many foreign film producers.

Of course, it also has something to do with the quality of the "Mr. Tree" movie itself.

Overall.

The first literary film produced by Jiangdong Entertainment can be regarded as a remarkable achievement.

"By the way, when will you come back?"

"It's over here. We have a flight tomorrow. Bao and the others will fly directly to the Magic City. Then there will be the Magic City International Film Festival."

"Thank you for your hard work, Sister Shuang."

Zhou Yutang chuckled and continued talking to Li Shuang for a few words before hanging up the phone.

At the Magic City International Film Festival at the end of May, "Mr. Tree" also received many nominations.

He was looking forward to it.

Maybe there will be surprises then.

Before leaving for the Magic City.

Zhou Yutang first received good news from overseas from his agent Zou Zhongyan.

"Congratulations, Ah Tang. The box office of "The Purge" has exceeded 100 million. It should be very difficult next. There are many blockbusters here, otherwise the box office should continue to rise. This time, you really made a lot of money. ”

"Sister Zou."

In the office, Zhou Yutang sank into the comfortable leather boss chair, put her legs on the table, and corrected her statement: "It's us, we made a lot of money."

"Yes, it's us!"

Zou Zhongyan smiled heartily when he heard this.

In fact, she had already made a movie with a box office of hundreds of millions of dollars nearly 20 years ago.

In her early years, she participated in the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" project that Zou Wenhuai became famous for, but at that time she was stuffed into it by her father and plated with gold.

I witnessed with my own eyes Zou Wenhuai's shocking gambling in his prime.

At that time, the total investment in "Ninja Turtles" reached an astonishing US$15 million. That was US$15 million in the 1990s!

The two movies are of different sizes, so market expectations are naturally different.

This time, as a producer, she participated in the entire production process of "Human Purge Plan".

Seeing this movie take off at the box office with my own eyes gives me an indescribable feeling.

"During this period, New Line has been very active in communicating with me about box office splitting, and they have been very sincere, but it will take some time for the money to arrive."

"Haha, when it is confirmed there, you can contact James Wan. If there is no problem with the script of "The Conjuring" series, then filming can begin. In addition,"

"OK."

After writing down Zhou Yutang's instructions one by one, Zou Zhongyan was full of fighting spirit after finishing the call.

Many media are ridiculing that Zou Wenhuai gave birth to a useless daughter, and Adou was unable to support her, causing the Jiahe Film Dynasty to decline.

Now that "The Purge" is a blockbuster hit at the box office, the Hong Kong media is mocking her sourly for hugging Zhou Yutang's thigh.

Zou Zhongyan also understood.

As long as it makes money.

What's wrong with hugging your thighs?

"The thriller "Purge", which cost only US$3 million, has accumulated a global box office of US$118 million, with a return rate of nearly 400%. It is the biggest dark horse in the North American film market!"

The split between last year's "Sword Rain" and "Big Shot" has recently come down, and it will take some time for "Let the Bullets Fly" and "People on the Road" to be released.

With such a large sum of money in their accounts, the financial department of Jiangdong Entertainment Company felt like it was a Chinese New Year.

The people in the film business department were as excited as if they had been given a shot of chicken blood.

Very simple reason.

The better the company's performance and the more money they make, the more year-end bonuses they can get in addition to business commissions.

Zhou Yutang led Jiangdong Entertainment to a strong rise, treated the company's employees well and attracted many talents.

Lin Xiong, the manager of the film business department, was full of energy and actively ran to Zhou Yutang's office to give a work report: "Mr. Zhou, Liu Tianwang took leave from the crew of "Sister Tao" to reshoot the last scene. Today The crew of "Rescue Mr. My Life" has finished filming, would you like to come over and have a look?"

"It's been arranged. I'll be there in the afternoon."

""Love Is Not Blind" will be finished at the end of this month. The company has received news from China Film Group and has informed the relevant departments in Thailand. There will be no problem with filming and filming of "囧" there. Xu Zheng , Wang Bao'er and Huang Bo's schedules have also been coordinated."

"Go and inform Xu Guang and Xu Zheng. If there are no surprises in the preliminary preparations, the filming can be started in July."

"Okay, Mr. Zhou, Lu Yang and Chen Shu brought their team over to sign the contract. The project "Embroidered Spring Knife" has also begun preparatory work. Regarding the casting, Lu Yang has some ideas and would like to ask. Mr. Zhou next week, do you have any schedule in the second half of the year?"

"Why did you decide on me?"

Zhou Yutang shook his head and laughed: "Tell him that my schedule for the second half of the year is full."

"Then I'll go back and tell him."

Lin Xiong also smiled.

There is a saying in the film industry now.

As long as Zhou Yutang is involved, the box office of this movie will start at least 100 million.

There are also many big directors and production companies in the industry who have come to inquire about his schedule.

Some of them were directly scared off by Zhou Yutang's sky-high salary offer of more than 20 million yuan.

But there are also many production companies with capital support and strong strength behind them that are even more excited.

He even spoke out.

As long as Zhou Yutang nods, the artistic director, literary planning, and script development of the crew can be left to him. The price can be calculated separately, and there will be additional box office dividends.

I met Poet Chen and his wife at the College Student Film Festival a few days ago.

Sister Chen Hong, probably inspired by Poet Chen, took the initiative to inquire about Zhou Yutang's schedule and the copyright issue of the script "Search".

The successive failures did not let Poet Chen down.

After learning from the pain.

Poet Chen finally had inspiration. This time he set his sights on real public opinion topics, hoping to join forces with Zhou Yutang to make a big splash and restore his reputation.

As a result, Chen Meiren used her sharp tongue and still failed to deal with Zhou Yutang.

He and Chen Hong's sister still have some friendship. They met several times at award ceremonies and various cocktail parties. Chen Hong spoke softly and was very polite.

This time, I don’t blame Zhou Yutang for not giving Chen Meiren face. He really agreed to Gao Yuanyuan first.

The script "Search" was tailor-made by Zhou Yutang for Gao Yuanyuan.

certainly.

The main reason was that he had asked Da Meiyuan to try out the scene in professional attire.

"Zhou Yutang is here!"

With a scream and a cry of surprise, the crew of "Rescue Mr. My Life" burst into excitement.

The crew members turned into melon-eaters and gathered around to watch Zhou Yutang get out of the car.

His eyes were shining, he was screaming, and then he took out his cell phone and started filming.

As one of the top handsome men in the entertainment industry, Zhou Yutang is much rarer than a giant panda.

After all, if you go to the zoo, you can see pandas doing business in a cute manner.

The Governor of Jiangdong is the only one in the world who can brag to his friends for a year after meeting him once.

"Ah Tang, congratulations on winning the award."

As soon as they met, Liu Dehua and Zhou Yutang hugged each other familiarly: "My bed scene is finally over."

Huazi was arrested and Liu Tianwang was rescued, leaving only a few scenes in the detention center, mainly Wang Qianyuan's role, leaving little room for Liu Tianwang to show off.

After chatting for a while, Zhou Yutang asked: "Brother Hua, how was the filming of "Sister Tao" over there?"

"Director Xu is very good and can finish it quickly."

Liu Tianwang smiled and said: "In the next July, I have reserved ten days of road show time for "Thieves"."

"Thank you for your hard work, Brother Hua."

Zhou Yutang was slightly startled and laughed softly.

The movie "Rescue Mr. Wu" is the first movie directed by Wen Muye. The filming period was a bit long, and there was no way around it.

The main issue is Liu Tianwang's schedule.

His movies have not been very popular in recent years, but his popularity base is very strong, and various business announcements are inevitable.

As soon as Liu Tianwang asks for leave, the entire crew will have to adjust the shooting plan. After all, for Zhou Yutang's sake, it is extremely rare to be able to reduce the salary to join the crew. You can't ask others not to make money.

The process was arduous, but fortunately, the day of completion finally arrived.

Hua Zi, played by Wang Qianyuan, is a real gangster. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a daring madman. In broad daylight, he pretends to be a hat uncle and kidnaps the famous star Liu Tianwang.

He was taken to the wilderness, ready to vote after getting the money.

But in the end, due to Uncle Hat's bravery and wit, Huazi was arrested on the spot.

Wear a silver bracelet and send him to the detention center, ready to eat peanuts.

The last scene.

It was taken in the detention center.

period.

King Liu Tian specially came to give apples.

The most important thing is the scene where Hua Zi bids farewell to his mother in prison.

Before the filming started, Wen Muye communicated with Wang Qianyuan and put forward some shooting requirements.

Wang Qianyuan wore a crew cut that was standard in the detention center. She wore a silver bracelet on her hand and a prison uniform, but the look on her face was completely different from before.

This look shows that this former madman and gangster is at the end of his life.

"Every crew member is in place."

"Camera OK."

"The lighting is fine."

"The recording is normal."

"Action!"

Following Wen Muye's angry shouting, the filming of today's last scene began.

Zhou Yutang sat behind the monitor with him, watching the actors perform.

When Hua Zi was imprisoned, his elderly mother came to the detention center to see him.

At this time, the madman was like a child who had done something wrong, with a ridiculous feeling of being at a loss.

The prison guard patted him on the shoulder: "Control your emotions, don't get too excited."

Wang Qianyuan had a smile on his face, pretending to be relaxed, but in fact, his movements and eyes had already released panic.

Seeing the white-haired old man sitting opposite, Hua Zi's eyes already filled with tears, and his voice was choked with sobs: "Mom, I'm quite at ease now, and I don't have to worry about it anymore."

"Son, mom can't educate, and she's also guilty."

"Okay, pay more attention to your health while I'm away."

"Don't do such things in your next life."

"Forget it in this life, I will be filial to you in the next life."

Wang Qianyuan seemed relieved, liberated, and reluctant to give up.

You can hear him crying, and you can also intuitively feel that his emotions are on the verge of collapse.

But the amazing thing is that I didn't cry.

The slightly long and rough face was flushed red from congestion.

The veins on his neck popped out.

finally.

The accumulated emotions poured out like a flood from a dam.

Wang Qianyuan stood up and seemed to be crying, but also smiling: "My son kowtows to you."

boom! boom! boom!

His forehead hit the transparent protective plate in front of him hard.

It's like a heavy hammer hitting a person's heart.

Hua Zi's mother had already burst into tears and put her hands on the transparent protective board.

She wanted to touch her son again.

It's just that the two of them are so close to each other, but they seem to be separated by an insurmountable natural chasm.

Behind the monitor.

Zhou Yutang was also extremely moved when he saw it.

Wang Qianyuan is indeed a good actor.

But only for a few minutes.

Using expressions that look like smiling but not smiling, and looking like crying but not crying, the complex emotions are vividly interpreted.

As fierce and crazy as the first half of the movie is, the ending will be as tragic and desolate as it is.

The before and after comparison is more impactful and thought-provoking.

"Okay, that's it, it's done!"

Wen Muye was also very excited, and the last scene was very exciting.

The weather is getting hotter in May, but the movie takes place in winter, so Wang Qianyuan was still wearing a sweater, and there was sweat on his forehead when he came out.

After checking with Zhou Yutang that there were no problems with the captured images, Wen Muye clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Everyone go back and tidy up. There will be a closing banquet tonight, and Mr. Zhou will be there by then. Don't go home until you are drunk!"

"Finally finished!"

"The literary director is awesome, long live Mr. Zhou!"

There was a burst of cheers from the crew.

At the finals banquet.

Many people from the crew came to toast Zhou Yutang.

But he didn't drink much, so he let the people around him block him.

Lin Liang is Zhou Yutang's imperial wine general.

This senior from the film school has an unfathomable drinking capacity. At his peak performance, he once made Mr. Liu Huan drunk from a large wine barrel.

Everyone was welcome, and the scene was extremely lively.

"Mr. Zhou, I'd like to toast you too."

A girl gathered up her courage and stepped forward.

Zhou Yutang was a little surprised when he saw this familiar face.