My Songwriting Was Rejected, But I Became A Superstar

The film industry is a big pie, and he will not give up the film industry so easily.

Chapter 213: Hard fight with Taobao Factory?

Zhou Yu himself is also a very ambitious person. If he wants to do it, he must be the best and the first!

He will not let go of the big cake of the film and television industry so easily. Now in the music sector, he is almost at the top. Even if he has to retreat behind the scenes, for the development of the company and to make more money, he will not give up the film and television sector.

He replied to Yang Qian: “Since it has been reviewed, let’s discuss the release date with Penguin Video.”

Yang Qian had just finished filming a scene and received the news, so she quickly notified Zhou Yu and Wen Shiyi. This animation can be regarded as a big investment for them. With tens of millions of dollars invested, they naturally hope that it will have good results when it goes online.

“Then let’s go online at the beginning of next month, on the first Friday of December, and update once a week for the time being?”

Penguin has already told Yang Qian that it can be online at the end of this month or the beginning of next month. The specific time of the launch depends on their arrangements. Penguin has always valued the cooperation with Yang Qian and Zhou Yu. Especially Zhou Yu, now Penguin sees extremely high value in Zhou Yu. Just in the music section alone, Zhou Yu has brought them an immeasurable amount of income and user traffic.

So in other sections, they also want to see Zhou Yu’s ability. If he is able, it is not impossible to have a deeper cooperation later.

Zhou Yu thought for a moment and said, “Then let’s do it on the first Friday of December. We will update once a week for now. If the results are good, we will recruit some more people and do the plot after The Bad Guys together.”

“Okay, I’ll talk to Penguin. We should start promoting it during this period.”

It’s already the middle of the month. If it’s scheduled for early December, there’s only about half a month left. Although it’s an animation, there should still be some publicity.

“Okay, you’re going to finish filming, right?”

If Zhou Yu remembers correctly, Yang Qian’s new drama is about to be finished. In addition to post-production and submission for review, it will probably be online at the beginning of next year if it’s fast.

“Well, it will be finished by the end of the month. You’re in the semi-finals. Alas, it’s a pity that I can’t come.”

Yang Qian actually wanted to see Zhou Yu’s live performance. This time in the semi-finals, he invited Wen Shiyi to be his guest singer. Just thinking about it, this semi-final is very exciting.

“It’s okay, you can watch the live broadcast when the time comes.”

In fact, Zhou Yu had planned to ask Yang Qian if she could spare some time to help him if Wen Shiyi was not free either. He didn’t have many friends in the circle, only a few, but fortunately, Wen Shiyi, a professional singer, was free.

“Okay, I won’t talk to you for now. I have to start work. I wish you first place in advance.”

Yang Qian was very confident in Zhou Yu. Even in the fiercely competitive semi-finals, Yang Qian believed that Zhou Yu could win first place!

“Then you go ahead.”

Just as she was about to put away her phone, Yang Qian sent two more photos. They were photos she took on the set. She was wearing a red costume, holding a long sword, facing the sunset, and looking heroic.

“Show you two beautiful photos of me. I wish you a successful start (proud).”

Zhou Yu also smiled and silently clicked Save. Well, I must dig them out for her as black history when I have the chance in the future.

He and Yang Qian are already very familiar with each other. This woman often sends some photos to him, even in the group where he, Wen Shiyi and the other two are. But it must be said that Yang Qian’s appearance is really good. Especially her life photos when filming are completely different from those pictures she posted on her Weibo account, more natural and full of life.

After confirming the release date of the animation of “The Bad Guys” with Penguin, Zhou Yu and his team also started to promote it.

First, his, Wen Shiyi and Yang Qian’s company, as well as the official account of Penguin Video, were the first to release the poster of the official release date of “The Bad Guys”, and then they were accompanied by promotional video clips.

Then, Zhou Yu, Yang Qian and Wen Shiyi, three big stars, began to repost and promote the news on their personal accounts. Zhou Yu directly edited a text message: “This is my first time as a screenwriter. Please support me!”

Originally, there was nothing much to discuss about the official release date of this anime. Except for the anime adapted from popular novel IPs, there are few animes that can be released.

There is popularity.

But this time, “The Bad Guys” is a little different. When the official release date was announced, three big stars, Zhou Yu, Yang Qian and Wen Shiyi, reposted on Weibo to promote it. All of a sudden, the popularity rose and the attention soared. Especially when everyone saw the news about Zhou Yu and read the information about the animation, they were stunned for a moment.

“Oh my god! What’s going on? I didn’t think anything of the investment of Zhou Yu’s company, but the screenwriter turned out to be Zhou Yu!”

“Oh my god! Zhou Yu is the screenwriter of this original animation. This is too amazing!”

“I never expected that Zhou Yu would cross the line to become a screenwriter, and he was still doing original animation. It’s interesting. I’m looking forward to this animation.”

…

This news directly rushed to the hot search list, and the popularity of the animation “The Bad Guys” also rose.

“Zhou Yu crosses the line to become an animation screenwriter!”

“Animation The Bad Guys!”

…

More and more people are paying attention to this news, and many people in the circle are also a little surprised to see this scene. Nowadays, the domestic animation industry has a good development prospect, and everyone knows that it is just in the starting stage and the market is still huge. Many companies have set their sights on this piece of cake. It is understandable that Zhou Yu and Yang Qian have entered the animation sector.

But what surprised everyone the most was that Zhou Yu crossed over to become a screenwriter.

He is a musician, a musician, and he suddenly crossed over to become an original animation screenwriter. This span is really a bit big.

Many people sneered and always felt that Zhou Yu was fooling around. Or, this is purely burning money. Although everyone knows that it is normal for Zhou Yu to start a company and involve other industries. But this professional matter should be left to professionals, which is a truth that everyone understands. You are a singer, a musician, don’t make music well, and go to write original animation scripts?

Do you think you can do it?

There is a specialization in the profession, and this truth will not be understood by adults. Everyone thinks that Zhou Yu is already a monster in music, and even close to the top of the mountain, and it is only a matter of time before he crosses over. But he was so anxious that he directly changed his profession to become a screenwriter. This is a bit exaggerated. Aren’t you afraid of making a fuss?

Many artists and celebrities like to change their professions, especially some singers, who always want to go to the entertainment industry. This kind of change is understandable. After all, you are handsome, and you can just shoot your face in the filming. Even if you Zhou Yu can’t act, you can still be a vase in the entertainment industry.

But you have to choose such a difficult industry, to be a screenwriter, and an original Chinese comic screenwriter. Everyone knows how difficult it is.

Let’s put it this way. Even if a screenwriter of an original script works hard and is appreciated and filmed, it may not be recognized by the market. Even some scripts created by screenwriters with a strong star lineup will fail.

Not to mention original Chinese comics. Although Chinese comics have developed in the past two years, I have never seen any original Chinese comics among the popular Chinese comics. The popular Chinese comics in the past two years are all adapted from classic popular novel IPs.

It can be said that original Chinese comics are more difficult than original TV series.

TV series and movies have star lineups, but anime has nothing. If it is not anime adapted from classic IPs, and there is no fan base of the original works, then the probability of failure is very high.

Zhou Yu is not just bragging about this cross-industry.

“This guy is too bold.”

This is what many people think in their hearts, or is Zhou Yu floating and can’t recognize himself?

On Zhou Yu’s side, the animation “The Bad Guys” was just officially announced, and Tao Factory iQiyi Video and Star Entertainment also issued a message, officially announcing the release of an animation adapted from a popular novel IP, “Against the Sky” in early December.

When this news came out, it was nothing, but Zhou Yu and Penguin just announced an animation, and Star Entertainment and iQiyi Video also announced the release of an animation.

Is this a coincidence or deliberate?

Moreover, Star Entertainment, Taobao Studio iQiyi Video, and Zhou Yu plus Penguin Video, just looking at these names, you can feel a strong smell of gunpowder.

Let’s not talk about Penguin and Taobao Studio, they have been old rivals for many years.

As for Zhou Yu and Star Entertainment, they are also grudges. Before, Zhou Yu asked Zhao Lei to beat down Li Xingyu, who was strongly supported by Star Entertainment, causing Star Entertainment to lose a lot. Now that they have finally recovered a little, they are going to face each other head-on again?

And what everyone is most looking forward to is Zhou Yu’s affairs with Taobao Studio this time.

Since “Idol Son”, those who targeted Zhou Yu

The mastermind behind the scenes, except for Taobao, Starlight Entertainment and Huatian Entertainment, were all greeted by Zhou Yu one by one. He alone suppressed the two major companies and couldn’t raise their heads. Now that so much time has passed, is it finally Taobao’s turn?

Starlight Entertainment and Taobao didn’t expect that they would collide with Zhou Yu’s animation.

Before, they had decided to announce the news today, and even the time of their official announcement was only two or three minutes later than Zhou Yu’s. This time it was really a coincidence.

However, when Mr. Wang saw this news, he became a little excited.

“Haha, Zhou Yu, I won’t let you get your wish this time.”

In music, he admitted that he lost to Zhou Yu, but this time in animation, they couldn’t lose again!

On the Taobao side, Mr. Jiang was a little confused when he saw this hot search on his phone. The animation project that the company cooperated with Starlight Entertainment collided with the animation of Zhou Yu and Penguin?

However, seeing that Zhou Yu was the screenwriter of this original animation, Mr. Jiang showed a comfortable smile.

“Haha, young man, you are too anxious.”

He could understand the feeling of crossing over, but crossing over to become a screenwriter, or to make original animation, isn’t this courting death?

He really didn’t think that Zhou Yu, a musician, could write a good script.

And it’s an original Chinese animation. These days, it’s hard for original Chinese animation to rise. In the past two years, because the animation sector has a large market, many companies have entered the market, and many of them have made original animation. But now, how many original animation companies have survived?

Nowadays, those who remain in the market are those who make IP adaptations, which are the most profitable and the most stable.

“We are not Xingguang and Huatian. If you want to play, you have to pay the price this time.”

Zhou Yu wanted revenge and wanted to control their Taochang like Huatian and Xingguang. Haha, that’s really a foolish dream.

(End of this chapter)