Entertainment: I really want to make progress

Cao Baoping takes his time when filming.

The filming of The Murderer started in June, but it was not finished until November.

I heard that the actors were tortured.

The post-production of the film was placed in Vision Media.

Zhou Yutang went to take a look.

The texture is very good.

At noon, I had lunch with Lao Cao in the company cafeteria.

It was just ordinary beef sliced ​​noodles. When Zhou Yutang picked up the chopsticks, he thought of Zhang Yi.

In this play, Zhang Yi played a five-star killer, which absolutely subverted the audience's perception of him.

Especially the scene of eating noodles, which is a classic.

"How will this year's Golden Horse Awards be arranged?"

Cao Baoping drank a mouthful of mutton offal noodle soup with a comfortable expression on his face.

Men in Datong, Shanxi, just like this.

There is a chef in the cafeteria of Jiangdong Company who is a master of noodles.

"I'm very busy this month. I'm going to Hong Kong soon. Director Zhang won't go either."

Zhou Yutang picked some chili oil in the bowl and said with a smile: "When the time comes, Teacher Cao, you can go there."

His schedule is very tight.

Jingdong has a big move, and there are meetings.

He will fly to Hong Kong soon.

He had promised Boss Yang to guest star in "Cold War 2". Zhou Yutang never regrets what he has promised.

It's just a few shots, and it can be done in one day. The main thing is to prepare for "The Lonely and Great God".

"There's not much hope if I go."

Cao Baoping sipped a mouthful of noodles and ate garlic cloves.

The Jiangdong faction is still very loud at the Golden Horse Awards.

Zhang Yimou's "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils" received seven nominations for Best Director, Best Actor, Best Action Design, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Art Design, and Best Costume Design.

But he is in Tyrande at the moment and will definitely not attend.

Deng Chao was also nominated for Best Actor for "The Sun Also Rises", while Liu Shishi was nominated for Best Actress for "The Tuner".

When the nominations were announced, some media in the industry joked that.

Jiangdong Entertainment took over half of this year's Golden Horse Awards.

The Executive Committee sent an invitation to Zhou Yutang in advance.

Zhang Aijia, the chairman of the Golden Horse Executive Committee, is an acquaintance and is not too familiar with him.

But this year, Chen Guofu, the chairman of the jury, is an old acquaintance of Zhou Yutang.

He went to Jiangdong Building twice and almost achieved the achievement of "visiting Jiangdong three times to invite Zhou Lang".

But Zhou Yutang's schedule conflicted with the Golden Horse Awards, so he had no choice but to give up.

When he first debuted, Zhou Yutang needed the Golden Horse Awards to help him.

But that was a different time.

Now Zhou Yutang has already risen in the entertainment industry.

If he attends, it will help the Golden Horse Awards.

The Magic Thieves Group was a great success, and the seminar is imperative.

Zhou Yutang received a personal call from Director Tong at the beginning of last month.

How can the film industry develop actively without the leadership to grasp the overall situation?

Only by summarizing experience and conveying spiritual concepts.

Can the creative transformation and innovative development of the entire industry be promoted...

Guo Fan attended for the first time and was a little nervous.

Some bigwigs who often appeared in official news attended the meeting.

People from the Film Bureau and Long Xuan also came.

Even the head of China Film La Peikang was relatively far back.

There were also big directors in the industry, CEOs of film and television companies, gold medal producers, experts from all walks of life, etc.

In a word, the standards were very high.

"It's been several hours, don't drink too much water."

Zhou Yutang, who was at the top of the main creators, kindly reminded Guo Fan.

The meeting process would probably last for several hours.

The leaders took turns to speak, the main creators shared their experiences, and then various scholars and experts asked questions and summarized, and the media reporters took pictures...

Xu Guangtou had suffered losses before.

That year, Lost in Thailand became a phenomenal hit. He dressed up to attend the seminar and drank a lot of water at the beginning, ready to show himself well in front of the leaders.

But halfway through the meeting, his face changed and he squeezed his legs together for fear of leaking.

When it was over, his bladder almost exploded.

Zhou Yutang is always present at the seminar every year, and he behaves quite calmly.

After the seminar, Guo Fan was relieved and admired him.

He remembered a popular joke on the Internet.

Even if Zhou Yutang did not work in the entertainment industry and went to screw, he could still be the head of a factory.

He felt that Zhou Yutang, wearing a pair of black-framed plain glasses, had a bit of the elegant style of an old cadre.

Apart from the fact that he was too young and handsome, he did not feel too out of place even among the big guys.

Those who can attend such occasions are all celebrities in the industry.

After the meeting.

Some people even came around to build relationships and talk about random things, and occasionally asked for autographs.

Zhou Yutang handled it with ease, and when he came out, he was pulled out by Section Chief Jia for tea.

The prosperous National Day movie market ended, and the November movie market was a bit quiet.

Domestic movies such as "My Virgin Land" and "Rainy Night Terror" are mostly small fish and shrimps, not worth mentioning.

The only big fish is Section Chief Jia's "Mountains May Depart".

However, after the movie was released, the box office can only be said to be mediocre.

In the four days since its release, the box office has been just over 20 million. It has only been released for 4 days and is about to be taken off the screen because of too low screenings.

With a glance, Zhou Yutang saw the disappointment in Section Chief Jia's expression.

If it was before "A Touch of Sin", he would definitely not be so disappointed.

After all, he makes all realistic-themed literary films, which have a high threshold for ordinary audiences to watch.

Our lives are hard enough.

When I go to the cinema to watch a movie, I just want to relax, so naturally I don't want to watch such a reality-heavy movie.

But at that time, Zhou Yutang helped broker the relationship, and "Destined" was successfully released in the Chinese Film Market. It attracted a lot of traffic with the gimmick of almost being banned.

Coupled with the online quality of the movie and the hot spot effect created by marketing, word-of-mouth and box office both took off, with a revenue of 193 million.

The producer went to the living room and knelt down, truly witnessing Governor Zhou's ability to turn decay into magic.

It also created the peak box office record of Director Jia Ke's career.

Chief Jia, who has both fame and fortune, has been held in a very high position by some movie fans.

Something had changed in his mentality.

For "Old Friends in Mountains and Rivers", there will be psychological hints and expectations of "at least going further than "Destined".

Especially now that the Chinese film market is taking off, with rising stars such as Lu Yang, Wen Muye, and Guo Fan emerging.

With a box office performance of several hundred million, I would be too embarrassed to hand it over.

One billion, one and a half billion, two billion

Xiaogangpao and other big directors are gearing up, but Lao Jia looks calm but can't help but have thoughts.

Just waiting for the box office to come out, Chief Jia woke up on the spot.

However, Zhou Yutang comforted him a little, and he quickly adjusted himself and talked about another thing: "Mr. Zhou, I am going to take the lead in setting up an international film festival."

"International Film Festival?" Zhou Yutang was slightly stunned.

"Yes, our Chinese films should be more diversified and have more innovative film types, so that the entire film industry will get better and better."

Section Chief Jia spoke eloquently with gestures, his eyes shining.

"this."

After hearing what he said, Zhou Yutang sighed: "I'm afraid it's not that easy."

China originally only had three international film festivals: the Shanghai Film Festival, the Changchun Film Festival, and the Beijing International Film Festival. This year, the Silk Road Film Festival was newly established.

Zhou Yutang felt that he did not have the energy to handle this matter.

With his identity and status, he is only suitable to operate behind the scenes, not in front of the stage.

But he still admired Section Chief Jia's idea.

At least it's not empty talk, it's really doing something practical for China's film industry.

With Chief Jia's connections, maybe he can actually get it done...

The film school’s anniversary last month coincided with the 110th anniversary of Chinese cinema, and it was also considered a grand event in the industry.

While Zhou Yutang was working on the post-production stage of the film, he also took time to attend the Nortel School Anniversary with Liu Tianxian.

But Poet Chen was not even present at that grand gathering.

This is not scientific.

Zhou Yutang guessed that he was in retreat, and it was a death barrier that could not be broken or established.

Chen Hong had been invited several times before, and he was quite curious. Now that he had finished the post-production of the movie in hand, he took the time to visit the crew of "The Great Wall".

Most of the scenes of this drama were shot in Qingdao Oriental Film Capital.

During this time, I happened to be filming exterior scenes at the Huairou Film and Television Base, which saved me a lot of trouble.

"We are blessed to have Mr. Zhou come to the set of "The Great Wall"."

Zhou Yutang sent a message in advance. As Poet Chen's royal steward of the crew, Chen Hong came out to greet him in person, greeting him a little too politely.

I don’t know which temporary worker it was, but they even put up a sign on the spot that read, “Welcome Mr. Zhou to visit the cast of “The Great Wall” and invite everyone to drink milk tea~~”

Milk tea has also been arranged long ago. It doesn't make sense to come empty-handed when visiting someone else's production team.

I shook hands with Chen Hong and took photos for two excited media before entering the crew.

"Sister Hong, I have benefited a lot from being able to come and communicate with Director Chen..."

Zhou Yutang's moderately thick lips revealed a bright smile just right.

One sentence made Diao Chan smile happily.

Not entirely politely.

Objectively speaking, Poet Chen's talent is really not just about speaking beautiful words.

His composition and use of colors are definitely at the top level among Chinese directors.

"Oh, let me take you to see it."

Chen Hong smiled happily and led Zhou Yutang inside: "Brother Kai should be in a meeting with people from Legend and Universal. It's really difficult..."

As soon as the Grand Governor appeared, the actors, extras, and others in the crew immediately cleared the passage for him to pass, and watched him off with respectful eyes.

Hearing from Chen Hong that there were guests on the set, Zhou Yutang looked up and saw that it was Wang Jing from Xiangjiang.

Does this fat man want to make progress too?

"Mr. Zhou?!"

"Director Wang is here too?"

"Hey, come here and learn Director Chen's shooting techniques."

This fat man is as greasy as ever.

He seems to be a little fatter than the last time we met.

The long-legged beauty was still following him beside him, smiling and saying hello:

"Hello, Mr. Zhou."

"Well, hello."

Zhou Yutang nodded lightly: "Let's go in and take a look together."

Princess Tian has been on the set for more than half a year for this drama, and there has been no draft from her for a long time.

At this moment, he was wearing silver and bronze armor and looked very heroic. When he saw Zhou Yutang, his apricot eyes widened with surprise: "Brother Yutang, why are you here?"

"Come see you."

Zhou Yutang smiled gently: "How do you feel?"

"I don't know how to put it, but it's quite fulfilling."

Da Tiantian smiled sweetly: "I heard from Director Chen that it seems to be almost finished."

"Howl, Zhou."

Matt Damon spoke in broken Chinese.

This popular Hollywood star looked a little sloppy at this time, like a savage.

This is also because of his character in the play, a mercenary who came to China to find black gunpowder.

"You speak Chinese well."

Zhou Yutang hugged him affectionately: "I heard that Casey's "Manchester by the Sea" has been completed?"

He had dealt with Matt Damon and the Affleck brothers several times at the cocktail party in Hollywood.

"Wow."

Matt Damon was amazed and laughed heartily: "If Casey knew that Mr. Miracle of the East was paying attention to him, he would be flattered."

Zhou Yutang's company's business in Hollywood is not limited to cooperation with Warner New Line.

At the same time, it is also evaluating suitable investment projects.

"Dallas Buyers Club" is a classic example of picking up bargains.

Unfortunately, when I later saw this "Manchester by the Sea", I was told that no additional investment was needed.

The entire film cost only 8.5 million US dollars. Matt Damon himself is the producer, and there are several other producers. There is no financial pressure at all.

Fatty Wang followed beside him, but he didn't say anything.

But the long-legged beauty next to him looked at Zhou Yutang with a glittering look in her eyes.

She felt that this popular Hollywood star treated Zhou Yutang in a deliberately intimate manner.

Without much chat, Zhou Yutang followed Chen Hong around and saw people from the Hollywood team everywhere.

"This is the design team that won the Oscar. In order to perfect the image of Taotie, a total of 746 versions were designed and produced."

"There is also ARRI's latest camera ALEXA 65, which can shoot up to 6.5K dynamic images. This is Stuart Draper, a photographer from the American Photographers Association."

Chen Hong proudly introduced to Zhou Yutang.

Apart from director Chen Shishi, the pre-production, post-production and visual effects departments are all professional production teams from Hollywood.

It can be said that "The Great Wall" was basically produced under the standardized industrial system of Hollywood.

After the meeting, Shishi Chen watched the previously shot shots of "The Great Wall" together.

Well, the pictures are beautiful, and the rest is hard to describe.

"After this play, we will start "Shamen Konghai: The Great Tang Ghost Banquet". I have been working as a scene in Xiangyang for five years. That play will be truly controlled by me."

Zhou Yutang felt that Shishi Chen's hair had turned a lot whiter, as if he had aged ten years.

It must not be that Diao Chan sucked his vitality, it was probably because of the hard work of making this movie.

Jingcheng Kaiye was very depressed.

No matter how strong this relationship is, it can't be stronger than the capital daddy?

"You graduated from Shanghai Theatre Academy, and you also played Gu Jian?"

"Yeah, but I didn't do very well. I played a stone monster. Maybe you don't even remember it."

Qiu Yinong didn't feel embarrassed and laughed openly.

"I have some impression. You all came this way. With Director Wang supporting you, you will definitely be famous... By the way, what kind of cosmetics do you use? How do you maintain your legs? Your skin is so good..." Ni Ni is quite good at comforting people. After a while, they gathered together to chat. Zhou Yutang glanced casually. Her face has been a bit technological, but her natural legs are very eye-catching, and they are not inferior to Ni Ni. Fatty Wang has always been fun. The red flag is flying at home, and the colorful flags are flying outside. He has seen people hitchhiking, but rarely hitchhiking on planes. This time they met was also fate. When they came out, they had a meal with Fatty Wang. He heard that Zhou Yutang had a trip to Hong Kong, so he shamelessly followed him. However, it was not boring to have someone to chat with on the more than three-hour flight. Fatty Wang graduated from the Chinese Department of Hong Kong University and was also a screenwriter. He has been in the film and television industry for decades and has a great eloquence. During the conversation, they naturally talked about what they saw on the set of The Great Wall.

The flight attendant opened a bottle of red wine, and Wang Jing asked with a smile:

"It seems that Director Chen's face is not very good, what do you think, Mr. Zhou?"

"What do you think?"

"Haha."

Perhaps because they were chatting happily, Fatty Wang let himself go a little.

"Director Chen's shooting techniques and camera images are impeccable, but the plot has a lot of problems, and there are foreigners providing opinions and guidance. I don't know how he will end it."

Zhou Yutang just raised his glass and took a sip of wine.

Smiled faintly.

Ni Ni and Qiu Yinong beside him looked sideways frequently.

In fact, as a director, you can see the quality of a movie when the project is halfway through.

In theory, the producer of this movie said that it will be completed in September.

But now Chen Shishi is still reshooting some parts, which is the result of the Legendary and Universal Airborne production team being dissatisfied with some parts of the film.

With these two teams following up, Chen Shishi was also quite constrained in his work, and the foreigners would not play that game with him.

"Director Wang, I heard that "The Storm Riders 3" will be released during the Spring Festival?"

"It just happens to coincide with Mr. Zhou's "The Mermaid."

Fatty Wang shook his head, with a look of pain on his face: "Wow, two weeks combined, too scary, I hope it won't be too ugly, otherwise I won't be able to explain to the bosses."

Zhou Yutang also found it funny: "I don't have much role, just a cameo."

"It doesn't matter if it's not much. Everyone knows that if Mr. Zhou's name is included, it means a box office of 1 billion. Every time Zhou Xingxing goes out for an interview, he always mentions Mr. Zhou. He wants to edit Mr. Zhou into the protagonist..."

Zhou Yutang listened to Wang Pangzi's chattering and recalled the old stories in the Hong Kong circle.

When Zhou Xingxing was still working at Yongsheng, he had worked with Wang Pangzi, and the two were even good friends.

Later, when filming "King of Gamblers 2000", Wang Pangzi invited Zhou Xingxing to play with Zha Zha Hui.

The schedule was for six days, but it ended up taking nine days.

After the movie was completed, Zhou Xingxing was edited into the male lead.

When promoting the movie, Wang Pangzi also put Zhou Xingxing, who only appeared for 15 minutes, in the center of the poster.

What happened during the period, others had no way of knowing.

But rumors in the world said that Zhou Xingxing felt that Wang Pangzi had set him up and gave a sedan chair to Zha Zha Hui, who was not well-known at the time.

At this point, the two fell out.

"Director Wang has been living in Beijing recently?"

"Yes, I'm used to it. I only go back to Hong Kong once every few months. This time, I'm going back to see my father with the help of Mr. Zhou."

Fatty Wang lives in Beijing most of the time.

In order to get closer to mainland audiences, he privately studied all the popular movies in the mainland in the past decade.

He often went to Jiangdong Entertainment for a stroll.

After a few visits, he became familiar with Wen Muye, Lu Yang, Guo Fan and others.

The Hong Kong circle is declining, and many big directors in the Hong Kong circle have failed. Fatty Wang is one of the few Hong Kong directors who can make money.

He made two "The Wind and Cloud" films in a row. Although the reputation is not very good, the box office data is quite good, and he really made a lot of money for the producer.

Otherwise, he would not have launched "The Wind and Cloud 3" and aimed at this year's Spring Festival.

Fatty Wang started from a paper-throwing boy and became the top commercial film director in the Hong Kong circle. Any project that has passed his hands rarely makes investors lose money.

But he made commercial films himself and invested in many art films privately.

This is what Zhou Yutang admired about Wang Pangzi.

This is also the reason why he was able to take this flight.