Entertainment: I really want to make progress

Zhou Yutang is teaching Nazha to learn English in Los Angeles, and the Maple Leaf Country crew is also not resting.

Zhang Ruolan's individual scenes are concentrated in the past two days.

It can't be called smooth.

In fact, the scenes in Maple Leaf Country are easy for Zhou Yutang.

But for Zhang Ruolan, it is very difficult.

She has to show several different stages of Chi Eun-tak at the same time.

The first time she saw the innocent and sunny Chi Eun-tak, and came to Maple Leaf Country to find memories, and recovered the forgotten memories.

She has to use several different ways of expression to show the different stages of feelings. The key crew will stay in Maple Leaf Country for more than ten days at most.

So, Xiao Zhang is a little stressed.

But she is very motivated, and Zhou Yutang also gave her extra training.

In the foreign film market, "The Conjuring 2" is making great strides. The data department estimates that the global total box office will not be less than 300 million US dollars.

In the domestic film market, after Spectre broke the 500 million box office, Matt Damon's The Martian also broke the 500 million mark.

However, after entering December, the filming schedule was inevitably allocated to several domestic films that rushed to the Lunar New Year box office.

Chen Jianbin's self-directed and self-acted "A Spoon" was a terrible flop, with a total box office of just over 20 million, and it didn't even finish the release period.

The Vanishing Murderer, starring Sister Lu and Liu Qingyun, had a box office of 15 million on the first day, and it didn't make any splashes.

Yang Mi, on the other hand, made a big splash.

Da Mi Mi, who took a leave from the crew to participate in the film roadshow, was full of energy.

Coming out of a movie theater in Chengdu, she didn't forget to say hello to her fans before getting on the bus.

After getting on the bus, she took off her little boots, and her two beautiful legs wrapped in stockings sat cross-legged in an unladylike manner.

After taking a look at the box office on Maoyan APP, Da Mimi happily said to her female assistant: "The first day's box office is out, 28.96 million, very good."

"Wow, congratulations Sister Mi."

"Notify the group, I will treat everyone to hot pot tonight. There is a time-honored hot pot restaurant in Chengdu, which is very good."

"Sister Mi is generous!"

Lost in the rainbow fart in the WeChat group, Yang Mi smiled like a flower and took a selfie with her mobile phone.

That posture was so charming that even the assistant, who was also a woman, was almost dazzled.

Yang Mi, who is at the peak of her charm, has also developed rapidly in her career this year. After obtaining financing from SMG Shangshi Pictures, Mixing first co-produced "Dear Translator" with Jiangdong.

Then it blossomed in more places, and deepened its cooperation with film and television giants such as Shangshi Pictures, Cehua and Huanrui, and invested in several dramas.

"When did Chen Xiao take over this drama?"

Only after receiving Da Mimi's leg photo did Zhou Yutang find time to reply to the message.

To be honest, he doesn't pay much attention to the company's artist management business.

After taking a quick look at the film and television information, he found that this "Falling in Love with You" which was released in early December, was actually Yang Mi's partner with Chen Xiao, and the famous beauty queen Chen Shu in the circle.

Well, this is one of Da Mi Mi's dozens of works this year.

It can be regarded as a success in the Lunar New Year's Day box office, but it is a little less popular than Huayi's other movie "Ex-Files 2: The Backup Strikes Back" with a box office of 30 million on the first day.

But Da Mi Mi is already very satisfied.

After all, the total investment in this movie is only 40 million. According to this trend, there is no problem in recovering the cost, and it is not difficult to make a small profit.

Since Da Mi Mi is so happy, Zhou Yutang also shared his joy with her.

Forwarded the box office data of "The Conjuring 2" to Da Mi Mi.

Chi Eun-tak received the maple leaf under the maple tree.

Walking to the fountain where she and Kim Shin had left beautiful memories, she suddenly remembered everything.

Emotions were perfectly sublimated at this moment.

Zhou Yutang and Lin Yufen watched Zhang Ruolan's performance behind the monitor.

He nodded with satisfaction. Zhang Ruolan, wrapped in a red scarf, was the feeling he wanted.

There are also many international students in Canada. They have come to take pictures in the past few days, but they were all blocked.

After discussing the content of today's filming with Lin Yufen, Zhou Yutang looked at the time and said, "That's it for today. Zhang Ruolan, come to my room for a meeting in the evening."

"Got it!"

Zhang Ruolan made an OK gesture, full of energy.

This meeting was not reading the luminous script, it was a real meeting.

Even when Zhou Yutang went to Los Angeles for two days, director Lin Yufen would explain the play to her in the evening.

Now that Zhou Yutang has returned to the crew, he will naturally be in charge.

Including director Lin Yufen, deputy director Guo Hu, and the heads of various departments such as the photography team leader and the lighting team leader.

The scenes of Maple Leaf Country may be a little later than expected, but it is still within controllable range overall.

The crew of "The Lonely and Great God" is busy filming, and the domestic film and television industry is in turmoil again.

The cause of the incident is the recent Ali Pictures, which has been very popular.

Since announcing its entry into the entertainment industry, Ali has been making continuous moves.

At a film industry forum in Tianjin today, Xu, vice president of Ali Pictures, made a shocking statement,

"I am pointing out the way forward for the screenwriters present. The way information is disseminated is changing. If the information reaches the screenwriter effectively, the more people there are, the more it will become a super IP.

The way we operate the entertainment industry now is completely subversive. In the future, Alibaba will no longer hire professional screenwriters, but will adopt a killing game-like elimination method, inviting IP forums and online writers to create the initial script, and then the director will take charge of the entire project, giving the screenwriters here a way out.

Many international directors are like this now. This is the research and development process of creating a super IP. Many people are talking about IP now, but except for Zhou Yutang, not everyone has the ability to develop IP. In the future, Alibaba will use big data to redefine this concept. "

As early as the Shanghai Film Festival.

It has been a long time since Alibaba used big data to develop the entertainment industry.

In fact, the Alibaba big entertainment strategy formulated by Mr. Ma is very consistent with the current policy The general trend.

The concept of Internet+ has been formally proposed at the conference and has risen to the level of national strategy.

It can be expected that it will become a new engine of economic growth under the new normal.

Mr. Ma is a smart man.

Zhou Yutang can get inside information, so he naturally has his channels.

So he laid out and promoted Alibaba's big data entertainment strategy.

What is big data?

That is, the amount of data involved is so large that it cannot be captured, managed, processed, and organized into information that helps companies make more positive business decisions within a reasonable time through mainstream software tools.

Such as search data, ratings data, media hot discussion data, social networking site mention data, video site user data, online ticket purchase data, and theater audience consumption data, etc.

The hit American TV series "Paper "House of Cards" is the result obtained by Netflix through big data analysis of the film and television market, which made Netflix earn a lot of money.

Zhou Yutang has been deeply involved in this, and ByteDance has been developing for so many years, how could he not know?

Using big data analysis can indeed help make project decisions, select the main creative team, and promote marketing and distribution.

Jiangdong Entertainment has also been pursuing this new model of combining the Internet with the film and television industry, and the effect is very good.

But to say that it replaces screenwriters is a fantasy.

Many online writers have benefited greatly from Alibaba's big entertainment plan.

Alibaba is willing to spend money. As long as there is a historical performance, you can get the share guarantee given by Alibaba at a premium.

Tencent's Yuewen Group has a large number of excellent authors poached, and many authors are eating oil.

In fact, it is useless.

After being recruited by Ali, he started to lie down and live a lazy life, and was basically doomed to be wiped out.

However, Ali's Vice President Xu's remarks inevitably had a high and domineering attitude, and indiscriminately bombarded the entire screenwriter circle.

As soon as the news came out, it triggered collective anger in the screenwriter circle.

How can you sit still when your rice bowl is smashed?

Many famous screenwriters, such as Dong Runnian, the screenwriter of "Heart Flower Road" and "The Chef, the Actor, the Scoundrel", and Yu Fei, have stood up to speak out.

Tencent, which has always been sarcastic, took advantage of the screenwriter circle's verbal criticism of Ali and posted a data report in a timely manner:

"Cold knowledge: Ali Pictures' net loss in the first half of this year reached 150 million yuan, but Ali Pictures' predecessor, China Culture, has hundreds of millions of profits every year"

"Ali's gang is used to being overbearing."

Zhou Yutang glanced at WeChat, and several screenwriter groups were talking about this matter, and they were all indignant.

"Boss, President Xu mentioned you again. ”

Lu Yang was eating melons in the group, and he also @Zhou Yutang by the way.

The screenwriter circle collectively boycotted, and Vice President Xu quickly came out to clarify, saying that the screenwriter gold award Zhou Yutang held was a similar concept.

Zhou Yutang laughed, and posted a Weibo,

"President Xu confused a concept. The screenwriter gold award I did is not a killing game, nor is it raising poison, but a channel to inspire the passion of the grassroots screenwriters to create.

In the film and television industry, content is king after all.

The core is still storytelling, which must be interesting enough and resonate with the audience's emotions. This is the foundation. Alibaba wants to rely on Internet thinking to do the film and television industry. I think Alibaba is on the wrong path."

As soon as this Weibo was sent out, it was like cold water poured into a boiling oil pan, and it exploded instantly.

"Fuck, the Grand Commander is domineering!"

"Zhou Yutang is the youngest ace screenwriter in China, and he has won all three major awards in the drama circle. He is qualified to say this. "

"Teacher Ma, come out and get beaten!"

"I passed by and ate melons. I support the Grand Commander. ”

The industry was boiling instantly, and passers-by outside the circle just watched the excitement.

General Zhou couldn't help but feel upset because he couldn't beat Jack Ma on Double Eleven.

But that was an away game after all. Strictly speaking, he was just helping his good brother Dong Ge.

Ali wanted to go all out to enter the entertainment industry. General Zhou, who had the advantage of home court, had to teach him what the entertainment leader was.

Not to mention Ali's Vice President Xu.

Even if Jack Ma came, he had to stand at attention and listen to Zhou Yutang.

That Ali Vice President Xu soon posted another apology.

This time he was a coward, but Zhou Yutang ignored it and continued to immerse himself in the filming of "The Lonely and Great God".

"The wrap-up press conference for Chen Kaige's new film "The Great Wall" was held in Beijing. Director Chen Kaige and producer Chen Hong, starring Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal, Jing Tian, ​​Liu Dehua, Lu Han, Zhang Hanyu, Lin Gengxin, Wang Junkai and others attended to support. "

"The CEO of Legendary Pictures and the co-chairman of Universal Pictures both attended the event. The Sino-US co-production of the magical action epic is in post-production and is expected to hit the film market next Spring Festival!"

In early December, the news that the highly anticipated "The Great Wall" was completed occupied the headlines of all Chinese film and television information.

With the popularity of King Liu, Lu Han, Da Tiantian, and Wang Junkai of the Three Little Ones, there are even scalpers eyeing the tickets for this press conference.

The tickets for admission were sold for tens of thousands, which is simply outrageous. It's outrageous.

Because the event was too popular, in addition to the security team, riot police were also dispatched to guard the scene.

Da Tiantian has never lacked resources.

"The Great Wall" had just been completed, and Xingguang Canlan immediately announced that she would be the leading actress of the Hollywood A-level project "King Kong: Skull Island".

Although she is just a pendant heroine, not everyone can get it.

Seeing the news about Zhou Yutang in Los Angeles, Princess Tian was excited and sent a message to Zhou Yutang: "Brother Yutang, how long will you stay in Canada?"

"I'll be back in the next two days."

"Unfortunately, I'm receiving special training in Los Angeles. I wanted to see you."

"There's a long way to go. Nazha is also in Los Angeles. You can get together."

Princess Tian was not disappointed. She talked to Zhou Yutang about her next schedule.

The ratings of "Legend of Da Yuer", which has already been aired, are not outstanding. It was negatively affected by Nie Yuan and basically did no publicity for the drama.

Da Tiantian had just finished filming "The Great Wall" and had already flown abroad. She was about to prepare for joining the crew of "King Kong: Skull Island".

I heard that the filming would start in Australia and then cross three continents for field shooting.

Princess Tian is a hard-working person.

The filming in Maple Leaf Country finally ended. Zhang Ruolan was so tired that she didn't even have the heart to take selfies on the flight back to China.

After a deep sleep, when she woke up, she saw the tablet in front of Zhou Yutang, playing the online drama on station B.

"Being a crown princess is the most difficult job in the world: first, the prospects for promotion are not good. It is almost impossible for a crown princess, queen, and queen mother to be promoted step by step! Have you seen a few crown princesses who can survive until the queen mother?

Second, there is no guarantee for labor. Not to mention the lack of three insurances and one housing fund, you may be fired at any time, and you are not allowed to find a job again.

Third, the nature of the work is dangerous, and there is a risk of death at any time."

Seeing the heroine Zhang Tianai in the play complaining seriously, Zhang Ruolan pursed her lips.

After watching it again, she suddenly became unrestrained, "You are the spring tea, and I am the water that has just been boiled. I want to soak you."

Zhang Ruolan was shocked.

At that moment, she was no longer sleepy, and unconsciously approached, fascinated by the drama.

Zhou Yutang smelled the sweet fragrance of the girl, touched her arm, and asked with a chuckle:

"How is this drama?"

"It's a bit weird and a bit shocking."

Zhang Ruolan said truthfully: "It feels a bit like eating durian."

This wonderful metaphor made Zhou Yutang laugh.

The production cost of this online drama is not comparable to the "Celebrating Yu Nian" series.

To make an S-level "Celebrating Yu Nian", at least three or four "Go Princess Go" can be made.

In fact, as Zhang Ruolan said, it seems to be shocking, but this kind of aesthetic concept that breaks the traditional costume drama makes people unable to stop and can't help but want to watch it.

Zhou Yutang has received several calls from Chen Rui while filming in Maple Leaf Country.

Since the TV series was broadcast, the number of views on B station has exceeded 100 million per day, and the highest number of views per day has exceeded 200 million.

Good news came frequently.

"How can it be so popular?"

Jia Shikai has been following the broadcast of "The Princess".

He originally regretted letting Yang Yang take the role.

But he didn't dare to stand up Governor Zhou's project, so he could only let Yang Yang carry Zhang Tianai's sedan chair.

Unexpectedly, this drama became popular, and it was very popular.

At present, the drama has only been broadcast for half, and major forums across the Internet are boiling with discussions. The number of readings of related topics on Weibo alone has exceeded 1.5 billion!

According to the current trend, there is still a lot of room for growth.

"I heard that it was also popular in South Korea, and it was on the hot search there for several days."

The 800,000-strong navy coach Jia Shikai was convinced: "Governor Zhou is really amazing. He can make an online drama a super hit."

Yang Yang has attracted a lot of fans, but the biggest bonus is undoubtedly eaten by Jiangdong's own Zhang Tianai.

Li Jian himself is one of the popular Jiangdong young actors. This drama can only be said to be the icing on the cake, which has steadily improved his popularity.

But Zhang Tianai, it is a real step to the sky.

"This drama is addictive! I can't stop watching it. Can Zhou Yutang let Bilibili release all the dramas at once?!"

"It's terrible, and the costumes and makeup are not too exquisite, but at least the actors are good-looking and their acting skills are also acceptable."

"I highly recommend it. I can't stop laughing!"

"Isn't Zhang Pengpeng Ling Zhiyu, the Japanese military doctor with a northeastern accent in "The Gunners"? "

Netizens on major forums are discussing this drama everywhere.

Many marketing accounts have also dug up Zhang Tianai's acting experience.

She debuted as a model, served as Gong Huang's light stand-in, and played many minor roles.

It's no exaggeration to say that there are a lot of girls like her in the entertainment industry.

The turning point of Zhang Tianai's fate should be that she was admitted to the Film Academy and became the roommate of Li Xin and Zhao Liying, the favorites of Governor Zhou.

From then on, she got in touch with Jiangdong and began to appear frequently in Jiangdong-related film and television works.

It's definitely not that popular. The most impressive role is Zhang Yan, the female doctor in "Embroidered Spring Blade".

"This girl is very smooth" said Ding Xiu, a layman with money, referring to Zhang Tianai.

"Embroidered Spring Blade" has become a rare martial arts masterpiece in recent years, and Zhou Yiwei has been a supporting role for several years and no one cares about him. He became famous overnight and known all over the world.

However, Zhang Tianai became the background board for Brother Jiaqian's overnight popularity until she seized this opportunity...

Yang Tianzhen, who is responsible for Zhang Tianai's agency contract, did not expect it.

A web drama can make her directly rise to the first line.

"Xiao Ai, you are really popular now."

Just after hanging up the phone, Yang Tianzhen's face was full of smiles: "The movie of the same name adapted from Zhang Jiajia's novel "Passing by Your World" has sent you a film contract!"

"Sister Zhen."

With the overwhelming traffic, Zhang Tianai has recently accepted several commercial performances. Now on the way to the next notice with Yang Tianzhen, she is still a little confused:

"Is it the play with Liang Tianwang and Jing Chengwu?"

"No, that is "The Ferryman", a project of Sunglasses King and Zhang Jiajia. This drama is led by Zhang Yibai, and Deng Chao and Zhao Liying starred."

Yang Tianzhen was somewhat excited.

Zhao Liying was the first female lead who suppressed Bai Baihe. The producer had to buy shares in advance for "The Journey of Flower" to be a big hit.

This top little flower is still a family member, so it is reasonable to be suppressed.

Many little flowers are still fighting for this project, but the pie of this top film and television IP in the industry suddenly fell from the sky and fell into Zhang Tianai's hands.

The producers wanted to catch the overwhelming traffic of "The Princess" and gave generous remuneration.

This is not over yet.

Yang Tianzhen reported in detail.

Since the broadcast of "The Princess", business, endorsements, and film contracts have come like snowflakes.

Zhang Tianai's schedule has been scheduled until the end of next year.

It's so realistic.

It's so exaggerated.

Zhang Tianai was like being in a dream. When she heard Yang Tianzhen calling her name softly, she came back to her senses and said gratefully:

"Sister Zhen, without your help, I would not be here today."

After so many years in the entertainment industry, she deeply understood what this meant.

A drama became popular and soared on the spot.

"It's mainly because you have good conditions."

Yang Tianzhen squinted her eyes and looked at Zhang Tianai's figure. Her slightly plump face was full of affinity:

"Originally, Zhou Shufang wanted to push Meng Ziyi to take this role, and Director Liang was also very embarrassed. In the end, it was President Zhou who nodded in person and hired you."

"The group has notified that there will be a celebration banquet at the end of the month. By then, President Zhou should have finished filming the crew. You have to toast him a few glasses of wine and thank him well."

"Sister Zhen, I know."

Zhang Tianai nodded solemnly, and seemed to have made a decision in her heart.

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