Entertainment: I really want to make progress

Back at the company, even the two Beijing girls at the front desk were eating Yang Mi's melons, and immediately restrained themselves when they saw their boss.

As soon as Zhou Yutang entered the elevator, he received a call from Yang Mi.

Damimi's tone was apologetic.

She simply posted on Weibo as a circle of friends, and she did not expect that the popularity would be so high. Now many netizens are following the trend and ridiculing that this is a good thing done by Zhou Yutang.

Although this is true, there are some things that cannot be said on the table.

"What should we do now?"

She checked her Weibo again and found that the number of retweets and comments had increased by several thousand. Damimi was also a little dumbfounded: "Do you want to delete Weibo?"

"Don't worry."

Compared to Da Mi Mi, who was a little panicked, Zhou Yutang, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, was as steady as an old dog.

The elevator dinged, and when they reached the ninth floor, they walked into the office. Zhou Yutang took a bottle of water from the refrigerator and took a sip, then said leisurely:

"I asked the company's public relations team to communicate with your director to hold a media open day for the crew and call it a day. When you went to exercise, you accidentally fell."

I fell down while playing badminton, landed on my knees, and suffered minor injuries. Is this reasonable?

"Can it be done?"

Yang Mi was a little doubtful.

"As long as I say yes."

As the culprit, Zhou Yutang didn't pay much attention to this.

It is not difficult for him to manipulate public opinion now. He can distract the public relations team and release some other explosive information, and the heat of the matter will soon pass.

Guo Xiaosi is a master of hype. There is no reason to miss out on such overwhelming popularity.

In fact, as Zhou Yutang expected, the public relations team of Jiangdong Entertainment hit it off with Guo Xiaosi that day.

The crew of "Tiny Times" held a press conference that day, and Guo Xiaosi once again boasted about his movie.

Who cares about your big and small times? The entertainment reporters present pointed their microphones at Yang Mi: "Mimi, how did you get the injury on your knee?"

"One day I finished work early and went to play badminton with Xie Yiling from the crew, but I accidentally fell."

Yang Mi's unique sweet voice said with a smile: "Actually, I just took a photo casually, but I didn't expect so many fans and friends to pay attention. Thank you for your concern. I will be more careful when exercising in the future."

"Xie Yiling, is this really the case?"

"Yes, I can testify that Mimi loves me."

As Damimi's new best friend on the set, Xie Yiling stood up and supported the entertainment reporters very loyally.

In fact, the two actually went out to play badminton, and she couldn't remember whether Yang Mi fell down.

But it doesn't matter.

The important thing is that now the entertainment reporters have turned their microphones on her, and Xie Yiling has taken advantage of the trend and said nothing but good things about Yang Mi.

Damimi's leg-showing incident was quickly suppressed by another incident.

"Celebrating More Than Years", which was a hit at the beginning of the new year, has reached its final stage.

The plot of the first season of the TV series was explosive.

The Niulan Street assassination incident, the Hongmen Banquet at the emperor's house, and then Fan Xian's mission to the Northern Qi Dynasty, where he planted the Daqing flag on the roof of his car and looked down upon the people of the Northern Qi Dynasty, all left a deep impression on the audience.

In particular, the plot of Fan Xian's hundreds of poems about drinking and shocking the famous Confucians was called the king of forcing, which made the audience extremely happy to watch, and the ratings of several TV stations that night also soared.

The first season of the new year drama "Celebrating More Than Years" has finally come to an end.

Fan Xian finally found out that the eldest princess was Li Yunrui and the second prince behind the smuggling in Beijing. Li Yunrui, who appeared to be from the prince's faction, was actually the second prince's true ally.

The plot of the last episode ended with Fan Xian being stabbed by Yan Bingyun and falling down.

There is no plot of Yan Bingyun stabbing Fan Xian in the original novel, but the TV series is different from the novel.

According to the plot carefully set up by Wang Hao, the author of the novel Mao Pang, and the screenwriters of Jiangdong Entertainment Creation Center, this is equivalent to a hook, raising the audience's expectations for the second part.

At the same time, we are also laying the groundwork in advance. In the second season, Zhu Yilong's plot will be added as appropriate. The brilliant appearance of Zhou Yutang, the hand blade, will undoubtedly deepen the audience's impression of Yan Bingyun.

"After the show is over, I have to say that Zhu Yilong is quite suitable to play such a cold-faced handsome guy."

"666, brothers off-screen, love and kill each other, Brother Long, are you really willing to do this!?"

"Looking at Zhou Yutang's eyes when he fell, my heart was broken. Is he going to die?"

"How is it possible? Dilraba even spilled the beans on Running Man. The script for Season 2 is already being written."

"According to my frame-by-frame analysis, Yan Bingyun should have chosen to trust Fan Xian on his way back to Nanqing. Haven't you noticed that the position where Yan Bingyun struck could not kill Fan Xian, so all this is extremely It may be that Fan Xian and Yan Bingyun planned a scheme to deceive the second prince."

"Kneel down to the great god upstairs."

The Internet is full of discussions about the plot of "Celebrating More Than Years".

Since the broadcast, the Baidu Index has ranked first in this year's TV series list, and the WeChat Index has also topped the list.

The number one trending topic on Weibo today is # Fan Xian is dead # .

In addition, including Ye Qingmei, including Emperor Qing, the eldest princess, including Wuzhu, the discussion was not low.

This is the influence of a phenomenal hit TV series.

Big-budget costume dramas such as "Legend of Chu and Han", "Heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties 2", "The King of Lanling", and "Mountains and Rivers - Beauty Without Tears" that were broadcast at the same time had no room for survival at all, and they were all beaten into disgrace. .

This year, Lantai can be considered to have taken off.

Since this TV series was launched, it has been firmly in the top 5 of the first-line TV ratings list.

Although there is still a certain gap compared to Yusanjia, this is already the best ratings of Blue Channel in several years.

can only say.

Jiangdong's productions must be high-quality, and Zhou Yutang will never disappoint the audience.

Amid the expectations of millions of fans, and in conjunction with the conclusion of the TV series, Zhou Yutang led the team to receive an exclusive interview with friendly media.

"Welcome Zhou Yutang, Li Yao, and Dilraba Dilraba to participate in our exclusive interview program. "Celebrating More Than Years" is really great. I followed it from the first episode to the last episode."

The female host sent a rainbow fart: "Li Yan, the girl with chicken legs you played is so beautiful, she really feels like a fairy."

"Thanks."

Li Yao smiled sweetly and said modestly: "Actually, it's not that good."

"And Reba's Fan Ruoruo is so cute."

The female host first praised each other a few times. Dilraba glanced at Zhou Yutang and said in awe: "Actually, when I was filming, I was very naughty many times and was criticized by Director Zhou."

"Director Zhou's requirements are still so strict."

"Yes, Director Zhou has stricter requirements on himself. He has communicated with Director Kong Sheng for every scene he takes."

Li Yao and Dilraba nodded together.

The female host naturally focused the topic on Zhou Yutang: "Director Zhou, I'm actually quite confused about how to address you. You are a director, an actor, and the boss of an entertainment company. Which identity do you prefer?"

"Director, you can also call me Yu Tang."

"Yu Tang, how did you feel during the filming of "Celebrating More Than Years"?"

"I have filmed many movies, but "Celebrating More Than Years" gives me a very special feeling."

Zhou Yutang took the microphone and spoke eloquently: "First of all, this is a film and television adaptation of an online article. The original work is very exciting. When I changed it into a script, I specially invited the original author Mao Pang to work with me."

"Then there is the character Fan Xian, who is also very interesting. He originally wanted to live an ordinary life, but the world did not allow him to fulfill his destiny. Since there was no reason to speak of it, he just followed his heart and followed his own way. Hence this wonderful story."

"This is also the first time to work with director Kong Sheng. The entire crew configuration is a brand new attempt. A large number of seniors, first-class actors, and drama actors have been invited. Of course, the performances of Li Yao and Reba are also worth it. praise."

"Indeed, as a viewer, I can feel that this is a work with heart."

The female host nodded in agreement, and then asked: "During the filming of "Celebrating More Than Years", was the kiss scene with Yu Tang that impressed Li Yao the most?"

"ah?"

Li Yao was a little confused.

She didn't expect that the female host suddenly asked a question that was beyond the scope of the question, and a wisp of rouge flashed on her face.

Dilraba was also secretly looking at her.

After pondering for a while, Li Yao replied generously: "Although I am the heroine, my role is not too important. That scene is indeed unforgettable."

Even now, sometimes at night, she still thinks of the warm wind in the mountains and fields that afternoon, as well as the warm embrace and gentle kiss.

"This scene was voted by netizens as the best kiss scene in a TV series this year and the best kiss scene in a movie. It was Director Zhou's wonderful performance in "Bouquet"."

The female host smiled and said: "Yu Tang, how do you feel?"

"I am honored to be recognized by netizens."

Zhou Yutang said calmly: "Fan Xian has more than 800 scenes in the entire drama. Among these 800 or so scenes, Fan Xian is the eye of the entire drama. He must be relied upon to drive the mood of the entire drama. I personally think that, The scene of reciting poems in court was the most enjoyable to shoot."

"That scene was shot for three days!"

Dilraba interjected.

"It took three days to shoot?"

"right."

Zhou Yutang smiled calmly and said: "The first day was a panoramic shot, the second day was a partial rivalry scene, and the third day was just memorizing poems."

"Because that scene had the most actors in the Qingguo camp. Everyone was gathered in one scene, and Reba and the others were watching from the side. Then we basically watched Fan Xian's performance alone."

"The director's aura was really strong in that scene."

Dilraba transformed into a little fangirl and said with a smile: "And she's super, super handsome!"

"Actually, the reason why everyone likes "Celebrating More Than Years" is not just because of Fan Xian, but because this drama is more like a group drama."

Zhou Yutang smiled: "In the more than 800 scenes with Fan Xian, such as the Hongmen Banquet of the Emperor's Family with Teacher Chen Daoming, he is the absolute protagonist."

"Also Lin Waner, Fan Ruoruo, Wang Qinian, Teng Zijing, Chen Pingping, etc. all have similar shining moments. These characters are also very important to impress the audience."

"Hearing what Yu Tang said, it makes it clearer. I believe many viewers will be curious about whether there will be a sequel."

"There will definitely be a sequel."

Zhou Yutang calmly revealed some information: "Due to the length of the original work, "Celebrating More Than Years" will be filmed in several seasons. The overall cost will not be less than 500 million."

The female host covered her mouth and exclaimed: "I heard that the investment in this drama was nearly 200 million, and it was later sold for a sky-high price. Can Yu Tang reveal the profit situation?"

"This involves business secrets, so it's not convenient to reveal too much."

A smile broke out on Zhou Yutang's face: "I can only say that as long as it is a phenomenal hit TV series, there is no possibility of losing money."

In fact, when looking at the profitability of a drama, we only need to look at how much cost it can recover during its popular period.

Generally speaking, if a drama can recoup more than 70% of its cost during its hit period, it is a guaranteed profit.

The first-run broadcast rights of "Celebrating More Than Years" alone were sold for 174.8 million, directly recovering the cost.

Then, the online broadcast rights are shared between Bilibili and Tencent, plus the next two or three rounds.

All are real profits.

Including the long flow of TV dramas in the later stages cannot be ignored.

Jiang Xuezhen has already paid off. This drama can at least make the company earn more than two small goals.

"Thank you all for taking the time from your busy schedule to accept the exclusive interview with "Drama Circle"."

The female host asked a few more questions. She probably felt that the interview material was enough, and finally ended: "Finally, does Director Zhou have anything to say to the fans?"

"Wish you all a happy New Year in advance."

Zhou Yutang thought for a while and said with a smile: "I wish you all good luck in the rest of the year."

At the end of the interview, Zhou Yutang exchanged a few words with Li Yao and Dilraba Dilraba.

Dilraba's performance in "Anarhan" is good and deserves recognition. This drama with a mission is expected to be launched on CCTV next year.

After drinking her boss's chicken soup, Dilraba looked full of energy and bright. Even Zhou Yutang couldn't help but look sideways several times: "Reba, are you and Nazha going to participate in the Magic City TV Spring Festival Gala this year?"

"Yeah, boss, you know that too, right?"

Dilraba smiled with her eyebrows crescent and a look of surprise on her face.

"Come on, I'm optimistic about you."

Zhou Yutang encouraged.

This year's Jiangsu Province and Taiwan are going to show off their talents, and the Magic City TV Spring Festival Gala is also coming.

Not only did the Northern Xinjiang sisters Reba and Nazha perform folk dances, but they also invited Uncle Psy to perform a horse-riding dance with Sister Zhilin, which was also full of gimmicks.

Li Yao stood next to Zhou Yutang and said with regret in his tone: "Boss, it's a pity that I can't go home with you to celebrate the New Year this year."

"Is the family coming over?"

"Um."

Li Yao smiled and said: "My parents will come over to accompany me then."

"Come on Spring Festival Gala."

Zhou Yutang encouraged: "I will watch it when the time comes."

It is said that beauty nourishes people, and Li Yao now has a bit more charm than his innocent appearance at the beginning.

After just a few brief chats, the agent started to urge me.

Luckily for Dilraba, Li Yao is also one of the most popular actresses, participating in various fashion and business events at the end of the year.

Lanterns have been hung on the streets of the capital.

The flavor of the New Year is getting stronger and stronger. On the way to catch up on his next trip, Zhou Yutang talked to Ni Ni and took a look at the movie information:

""Zodiac" has officially ended, with a total box office revenue of 882 million. Jackie Chan's box office appeal remains strong!"

""Now You See Me" came to a perfect end, with a final box office revenue of 1.692 billion, and the total box office in Asia reached 2.674 billion, making it the highest-grossing Chinese-language film in the world!"

""The Grandmaster" has been in theaters for three weeks, with a total box office of 287 million in three weeks, and the breakthrough of 300 million is just around the corner!"

In addition to the two films that competed for the Lunar New Year period, there is also an imported Hollywood blockbuster coming to theaters in late January.

Zhou Gongzi's "Cloud Atlas" had a box office of 16 million on the first day, which can be regarded as a Lunar New Year soup.

Zhou Yutang came across a piece of news. The great director Wu Baige is back in shock. The epic blockbuster "The Wheel", which is said to be the "Titanic" of the East, is jointly produced by China Film, LeTV, Huayi, Media Asia, etc., and it has finally been released. Officially entered the preparatory stage.

"Mr. Han, why are you involved?"

Zhou Yutang was a little surprised when he saw the news. He remembered telling Han Sanping that this project was a bit reluctant.

"Yu Tang, Boss Jia has been talking to me personally for a long time."

Han Sanping seemed confident: "I think what he said is quite reasonable. The current capacity of the entire Chinese film industry can fully support an Oriental "Titanic". This time Wu Baige has made great preparations." It’s enough, I’ll watch it when the time comes.”

"As long as you nod, the leading actor is yours, and the pay will definitely satisfy you."

"Mr. Han, I'd better forget it."

Zhou Yutang's expression twitched and she politely declined.

He could only say that Boss Jia was indeed outstanding. I don’t know what kind of ecstasy soup he poured into Mr. Han, and he actually persuaded China Film Group to enter the scene.

He even encouraged Han Sanping to become a lobbyist in an attempt to get him to join the group.

At present, this project has begun to invite big names in the industry to audition and select roles. Zhang Ziyi, who has just become famous again with "The Grandmaster", is the confirmed lead actor.

"Yu Tang, I've accepted a movie, I heard it's an epic blockbuster in China."

Today's time management arrangement was to learn foreign languages ​​at Base No. 7. Zhou Yutang was sighing that Nagasawa Masami's Chinese was becoming more and more authentic when he suddenly heard the news from her mouth.

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A question mark slowly appeared on Zhou Yutang's face, and he suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

"The office arranged it for me."

Nagasawa Masami said excitedly: "I heard that we are going to build an Eastern Titanic, which will be an epic blockbuster."

"Has the contract been signed?"

"Signed."

Masami Nagasawa put her hands around Zhou Yutang's neck, showing her signature sweet smile.

"Then good luck to you."

Zhou Yutang shook his head and laughed, feeling sad in his heart.

Even if he didn't like Wu Baige very much, he had to admit that the director who became famous in Hollywood did have a strong background.

Poet Chen also once made movies in Hollywood.

That erotic film "Killing Me Tenderly" had a bad reputation. Poet Chen failed there and returned home. When he came back, he came back with "Butterflies Dance in the World", which turned Teacher Huang into a tauren.

In terms of awards, Wu Baige is not as good as Poet Chen who became a god in one step.

But when it comes to box office performance, Poet Chen is far behind Wu Baige.

Wu Baige made "Broken Arrow" in 1996, which grossed US$150 million at the global box office.

Then there was "Face", which grossed US$246 million at the global box office.

At the beginning of the century, "Mission: Impossible 2" even took an astonishing box office of US$546 million, becoming the global annual box office champion that year.

Although the Hollywood A|level production "Wind Talker" was later screwed up by Wu Baige, after returning to China, the reputation and box office of "Red Cliff" both collapsed.

But there will still be capital willing to pay for him.

because.

This is the background of great Hollywood directors.

The news of Wu Baige's return to the world caused an explosion in the entire circle.

Of course this has nothing to do with Zhou Yutang.

Business is business.

Han Sanping is running the China Film IPO and was on the IPO preliminary list last month. He has a hand in any major commercial film production in the industry as long as it has potential.

Time has entered February.

When Liu Yifei arrived in America, she immediately sent a selfie to Zhou Yutang.

"Xiao Zhou, I'm in Los Angeles!"

The front camera of her mobile phone could not block her peerless beauty. Qiongbi put on a pair of sunglasses and made a scissor hand gesture with her delicate white fingers.

The background is free blue sky and white clouds.

Zhou Yutang took the time to send her a message during a break at the last script study session for "In the Name of the People" before the year.

After half a day, the meeting here ended. He opened the thermos cup and took a sip of water. He carefully read several messages sent by Miss Liu:

"Hey, it passed, Xiao Zhou/kiss/kiss!"

"After the New Year, I will start preparing immediately. I will start working out in advance, and I will also join a martial arts class/crying on the floor!"

Below is a group photo of her, Aunt Liu, Luc Besson, Zou Zhongyan and others.

"This movie has a lot of action scenes, so be careful and don't go too hard."

Zhou Yutang pursed his lips in a gentle arc and replied to her message.

This time Liu Yifei went to America to audition, but it was more of a formality than an audition.

Zhou Yutang's version of the "Super Body" script was slightly modified. One of the prerequisites for handing over the project to Luc Besson was that he would be in charge of selecting the heroine.

This involved the commercial layout of the entire film. As one of the investors, Bob also believed in Zhou Yutang, and Luc Besson finally nodded and agreed.

Although it had been decided in advance, he also had a request and wanted to meet Liu Yifei first.

Ms. Liu has postponed a lot of schedules during this period, just to prepare for this movie.

As soon as the contract was signed, preparations for the project began immediately. Zou Zhongyan would report the latest progress to Zhou Yutang every day, and it would probably start production after the year.

The press release about Liu Yifei's meeting with Luc Besson and others quickly appeared on domestic entertainment news pages.

Immediately afterwards, there was an official announcement directly: "The Hollywood movie "Superbody" will be directed by Luc Besson, with Zhou Yutang as screenwriter and producer, and starring Liu Yifei and Morgan Freeman."

The two parties had obviously communicated in advance. On the day of the official announcement in Hollywood, Aunt Liu held a press conference simultaneously in the capital on behalf of Hongxingwu, smiling throughout the process:

"Thank you for your concern. The contract has just been signed and it has been finalized. I will be the heroine of Hollywood's science fiction action film "Superbody""

"The immortal is so impressive!"

"This is a script written by Zhou Yutang. I heard that he is cooperating with New Line on a project. The total investment in the film is US$30 million."

"Hollywood's leading heroine movie, Liu Yifei will soon become an international star."

This earth-shattering news has detonated the domestic film and television circles. Fans of Tianxian were inspired and started celebrating the New Year early.

Even Wu Baige's plan to build the Eastern Titanic was overshadowed.

When "Love Like a Bouquet" became a love classic in the middle of the year, many actresses in the circle envied Liu Yifei.

Now that I heard the news, even those big flowers were numb.

At this time, Fan Binbin was filming "Beijing Meets Seattle" abroad, and he looked a little tired.

Wrapping a blanket around him, he sat on a chair and took the time to rest.

As the most popular diva in the industry, she has a very busy schedule at the end of the year. During this period, the crew rushed to shoot day and night in order to finish filming early. There will be an Oscar red carpet soon, and there are a lot of announcements waiting for her.

The agent looked strange and came over and whispered: "Binbin, Zhou Yutang's role in the Hollywood movie has been finalized."

"So fast?"

Teacher Fan woke up from a hazy sleep state in an instant, sat up straight unconsciously, and started to browse the headlines on his mobile phone:

"Red Starwood officially announced that Liu Yifei will star in the science fiction action film "Superbody"!"

"The contemporary battle between young ladies may have concluded in advance!"

Looking at the smiling Liu Yifei and Fan Binbin in the report, they couldn't help but murmur with envy: "That bitch, he really wants to lift her up to the sky."