Chapter 333 The King of Comedy, the Leading Brother

Chapter 333 The King of Comedy, the Leading Brother

After only staying on the set of "Wei Sheng" for half a day, Zhou Yutang left.

On the way, I received a call from Zhou Shufang: "Mr. Zhou, I found out that the two people you mentioned are Xiu Rui and Qiao Bin, comedians."

"Is it from "Laughter Conference Room"?"

"Mr. Zhou, have you heard of it?"

“I’ve seen it a little bit and the response has been good.”

Listening to Zhou Shufang introducing the background of those people, Zhou Yutang raised his eyebrows slightly.

The program "Laughter Conference Room" is China's first close-up hilarious short-lived drama performance group program. Since it appeared on the screen last year, it has a high click-through rate on the Internet and is quite influential.

The show is hilarious and has been trending on Weibo several times.

Xiu Rui and Qiao Bin played supporting roles in the crew of "Wei Sheng", and they were the funny background just now.

Zhou Yutang chuckled and asked, "Do those two have a brokerage company?"

Zhou Shufang has obviously made complete preparations: "They have all signed with the company, but I got news that after "Laughter Conference Room" became popular last year, the agency arranged a very full schedule for them, with very little rest time. The team Many people have opinions.”

"Well, let's get in touch first. He's a pretty good comedy actor."

"Mr. Zhou, is the company going to start a comedy movie?"

Zhou Shufang asked, while writing down the names of Qiao Bin and Xiu Rui.

"Comedies will also be a popular movie genre in the future. They are very suitable for the Spring Festival. If I have the chance, I will definitely do it."

Zhou Yutang briefly explained the company's strategic goals to Zhou Shufang.

Comedy is a movie type that will never go out of style. This is a conclusion based on the most basic viewing needs of the audience.

There are many viewers who pursue the depth and connotation of movies.

However, a large part of the audience, limited by their own conditions and heavy realities, does not want to be educated or be made tearful when watching movies.

They just want to watch a funny movie.

As long as you can make them laugh, it will be a success.

Unfortunately, in recent years, there have been fewer and fewer comedies like this in China.

Mainly because after Zhou Xingchi, domestic comedy-type actors seem to have no successors.

That kind of actor who has his own sense of humor is rare and rare.

Just like Stephen Chow, as long as he stands there, he can make the audience want to laugh.

The era of Star Master has passed.

Who will be the new king of comedy?

A person's name gradually emerged in Zhou Yutang's mind.

There were no surprises in this year's Golden Rooster Awards, and the performance was still stable.

Feng Xiaogang, Xu Fan, Zhang Jingchu, Aaron Kwok, Jiang Wenli and other nominees probably knew the results, so they all did not attend.

On the way to the company for a meeting, Zhou Yutang listened to his assistant Mao Xiaoyu complain: "Boss, we seem to have won the best photography and best art awards."

"It's all scraps."

Zhou Yutang had already received the news and was not surprised by this result.

As a new commercial film director who has successively set box office records for Chinese films, Zhou Yutang has received many nominations.

But the movies he made were commercial in nature and did not meet the taste of the Golden Rooster judges. It is understandable that he did not win the award.

On the other hand, Xiaogangpao's "Tangshan Earthquake" can also be said to be the main theme movie. It received eight nominations and finally won one for Best Music.

Previously, Xiaogangpao thought that he was guaranteed to win the award this year, and he even licked the Golden Rooster Award on Weibo, saying that the Golden Rooster Award was advancing with the times and getting better and better.

It's embarrassing now.

He secretly deleted the original Weibo.

Probably the more I think about it, the angrier I get.

Scholars can tolerate it, but others cannot.

At the end of the Golden Rooster Awards ceremony, the small steel cannon fired directly, scolding the Golden Rooster judges bloody.

On the contrary, Lu Yang, the newly signed director of Jiangdong Entertainment, defeated Jiang Wenli and won the New Director Award for "Cinema for the Blind", which was an unexpected surprise.

"Boss, Director Feng is very angry."

"Let me see."

Zhou Yutang took the phone and had fun.

Mao Xiaoyu came over to take a look and was slightly stunned: "Boss, didn't you see Director Feng cursing people? Why did you post red carpet photos of female stars?"

"With Fan Binbin not here, this year's Golden Rooster red carpet is almost boring."

"Heh, man."

Mao Xiaoyu's expression twitched slightly, and she complained silently in her heart.

I have to say that the current red carpet atmosphere is really becoming more and more open.

Even Liu Xiaoqing came out to show off her career. There was a young model named Zhou Weitong, who even imitated Yuan Li who wore a see-through outfit on the red carpet of the Huabiao Awards.

Wrapped only in black gauze.

Faintly visible, attracting people's imagination.

The audience is in for a treat.

"The Great Cause of the Founding of the Party" finally completed its release period, with a final revenue of 518 million.

It is rare that Mr. Han did not extend the screening of this movie.

It's not that he has a bigger picture. The box office limit of "The Founding of the Party" is obvious. This year's KPI has been completed very well. The Hollywood blockbuster "War for the Planet of the Apes" will soon be released in domestic theaters. It is a task to challenge this imported blockbuster head-on. Let's leave it to another main theme movie "Revolution of 1911".

"Painting on the Wall" was subsequently released, with a total box office of 282 million.

"The Legend of White Snake" ended dismally, with a total box office of only 202 million.

The National Day holiday is gradually coming to an end, and the promotion of "Love Is Not Blind" has reached its final stage.

Zhou Yutang attended a meeting of industry film production and distribution companies.

"Director Zhou, are you almost done with the post-production of the movie?"

"Haha, it's almost done."

"Yu Tang, it's rare to see you."

The meeting I attended today was an exchange meeting for industry film CEOs led by New Picture’s Zhang Weiping.

The CEOs of several major film production and distribution companies such as New Picture, China Film, Huayi, Bona, Star America, and Enlight are all here.

Zhou Yutang's arrival undoubtedly made the scene more lively.

There are many meetings like this in the circle, but Zhou Yutang rarely attends them.

Because in this kind of meeting, there is basically no useful information. Most of them are eating, drinking, saying hello and me, and exchanging business blows.

But Han Sanping informed that there was big news today, and Zhou Yutang came to take a look.

"Mr. Han, what's going on?"

"You'll know then."

Han Sanping smiled and patted Zhou Yutang on the shoulder, pulling him to sit down.

Soon, the meeting officially began.

As the leader, Zhang Weiping made a big move at the beginning: "Everyone here is a colleague, and they must know that this year, Director Zhou won 1.1 billion in box office during the summer season, which made a good start for everyone and also showed the Chinese movie audience. maturity and further expansion of the market.”

After eating the melon, Zhou Yutang calmly took a sip of water and continued to listen to Zhang Dapao pointing at the PPT and firing off the cannon.

"I have been in this industry for many years. According to the current trend, I make a bold judgment. This year, the box office of the Chinese Film Market is expected to hit 15 billion yuan, becoming the world's largest film after North America and Neon. The third largest market, one step further.”

Zhang Weiping's voice became more and more impassioned, scolding Fang Qiu, and pointed out Jiang Shan: "Under such circumstances, I think the share ratio received by the producer should be changed, and there should be an appropriate improvement on the original basis. This requirement , absolutely reasonable.”

The scene was in an uproar, and Zhou Yutang was also surprised.

It’s really a heavy-hitting cannon.

With the reform of the domestic cinema chain system, the movie box office accounting model is very clear.

Zhang Yimou's "Hero" created the box office myth of domestic films. The producer Zhang Weiping also gained a say that producers did not have in the past, demanding that the producer's share of the bill be increased to 40%.

Later, in "House of Flying Daggers", the film studio's share of the bill increased to 41%.

During the production of "City of Gold", this figure increased to 42%. Later, General Manager Guang proposed that the producer's share of the account should not be less than 43%, and he set a rule.

Today, Zhang Dapao wants to raise it higher on the basis of 43%.

Such a major event involves almost the entire film industry, and the interests involved are huge, so it is naturally impossible to negotiate immediately.

Zhou Yutang did not speak at the meeting.

But based on his observations.

Wang Zhonglei expressed support on the spot.

Fatty Yu Dongyu was very excited.

Xingmei’s boss has been discussing with people around him

"Mr. Zhou."

When he got down to the parking lot, Zhou Yutang was unexpectedly grabbed by Zhang Weiping who was chasing him: "What do you think about this matter?"

"Mr. Zhang has a great layout."

Zhou Yutang complimented without showing any signs of it: "Only Mr. Zhang can handle such a big thing."

"So, President Zhou supports it?"

A hint of joy appeared on Zhang Weiping's face.

A major domestic first-line commercial film director and the CEO of Jiangdong Entertainment, these two dazzling identities combined.

If Zhou Yutang nods, then he will be confident in negotiating with the theaters this time.

Zhou Yutang smiled leisurely and said: "Mr. Zhang's proposal is a good thing for the entire industry. I have no reason not to support it."

"There will be a meeting with the theater company in a few days. Will Mr. Zhou come with you?"

Zhang Weiping was on the snake-killing stick, holding Zhou Yutang's shoulders and speaking in a very affectionate tone.

The boss, who can be a national teacher, has a very good way of doing things, and his voice is full of charisma: "With Mr. Zhou here, I am sure this can be done."

Zhou Yutang didn't take the bait, but politely declined: "Mr. Zhang, I'm very busy in the post-production period of the film recently, and I have to join the production soon, so I really can't spare the time."

"It's a pity."

"With the weight in Mr. Zhang's circle, it's enough without me."

After some pulling, he got in the car and ran away.

I just returned to the company and told the people in the film business department about this matter. Then I received a call from Han Sanping: "Yu Tang, is Zhang Weiping looking for you?"

"Um."

"What do you mean, what do you think?"

Zhou Yutang stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of his office, lit a cigarette, and looked at the bustling night view of the capital.

"Of course I have no problem with that."

"Have you agreed to join Zhang Dapao in taking the lead in meeting with the theaters?" Han Sanping sounded slightly surprised.

"He has experience, so let him come forward to talk."

It seemed that Han Sanping had a lot of resentment towards Zhang Weiping, and Zhou Yutang smiled.

Increasing the share ratio is naturally beneficial to the producers.

Especially today with the rapid development of the film market, the box office of movies will become higher and higher, and every increase in the share ratio will bring a lot of benefits.

But let him steal the limelight and benefit the entire industry and producers.

Zhou Yutang is not that great.

This matter is not as easy as imagined. It will definitely have to be pulled back and forth. It is impossible for the theater chain to transfer the interests so easily.

With this time and energy, he might as well go into time management.

Let's leave it to Zhang Dapao to take the lead.

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ps: The temperature dropped suddenly and I caught a cold again. Brothers, please keep warm.