Chapter 378 The aroma of dollar bills, professional uncle

Chapter 378 The aroma of dollar bills, professional uncle

After the casting was confirmed, the cast of "Celebrating More Than Years" was quickly announced on the official website of Jiangdong Entertainment.

One stone stirs up a thousand waves.

It is a large-scale S-level costume drama production controlled by Jiangdong Entertainment with a total investment of over 100 million. It has been in preparation for more than half a year and has been hyped for countless rounds.

What is more surprising is that the previously hotly-hyped Liu Tianxian and Liu Shishi were not candidates for the female lead. Li Yao, a popular young actress from Jiangdong Entertainment, succeeded in taking the role.

In addition to these main actors, Du Yuming, Guo Jingfei, Li Shang, Cui Peng and other powerful actors have also joined.

Director Kong Sheng was specially invited from Noon Sunshine with the help of troops.

Such a lineup needs to have traffic and flow, and the rest of the team must be all capable.

Of course, it is inevitable that some people in the original work will be disappointed. Except for Zhou Yutang and Chen Daoming, who are not controversial, the other characters are controversial.

Some sunspots have already started.

I have never heard of Xin Zhilei, so he must have been chosen by Zhou Gou according to unspoken rules.

There is also Li Yan. During the Chinese New Year, I heard that a local from Magic City saw the two of them getting into the car and going home together.

The same goes for Ni Ni. At the Berlin Film Festival not long ago, an entertainment reporter photographed the two of them chatting happily in a hotel, and they were definitely having an affair.

Zhou Yutang didn't pay any attention to these comments from the outside world.

The cast schedule of "Celebrating More Than Years" has been communicated, and filming is scheduled to start in late March.

In the past few days, "Celebrating More Than Years" has caused a storm in the TV drama circle, but the film market is deserted.

The March schedule is basically dominated by low-budget films, but "Sister Tao" still made its way among the low-budget films.

After 4 days of release, the box office has exceeded 32 million, surpassing the Chinese films of the same period and creating the best performance in the history of director Xu Anhua.

You know, this is a box office that relies entirely on word-of-mouth without investing much publicity resources.

Now Liu Tianwang and Xu Anhua are leading the crew on road shows across the country. Zhou Yutang did not participate in the promotion of the film because he received the notice.

The post-production of "The Conjuring" he collaborated with New Line Company was completed. Zou Zhongyan, the spokesperson there, first sent an email to report the situation, and then New Line Company's major shareholder Bob also kindly invited Zhou Yutang to come over.

Zhou Yutang is one of the producers and investors, and has a certain say in the films that the two parties cooperate with. These are all written in the contract.

After arranging the things at hand, Zhou Yutang flew to the other side of the ocean.

This time, old man Bob personally picked him up at the airport and talked about the release of the movie along the way.

"Zhou, congratulations to Berlin for winning the Best Director Award. I am full of confidence in our cooperation."

Bob, the old man, had obviously seen the finished film, and he smiled like his mouth was curled up: "James did a great job, you will know when you see it."

The James the old man talks about is not the little emperor of the Heat's Big Three, but James Wan's English name.

Zhou Yutang followed the old man to the viewing room of New Line Company. People from Warner, including director James Wan and several main creators, were all there.

I simply said hello and started watching the movie without any more nonsense.

Zhou Yutang held his chin in his hand and looked attentively.

have to say.

James Wan is indeed the top talent in making horror films.

In the movie "The Conjuring", the use of light is very clever. It changes from bright warm tones to cold tones, and the light becomes darker, which invisibly creates a depressing atmosphere.

For several key horror scenes, handheld shooting was used with slight shaking, which can naturally convey emotions and give the audience strong psychological implications.

The total length of the film is 112 minutes. The entire storyline progresses step by step. It is weird and scary to watch, but it can give people a strong mental stimulation.

In the end, the Warrens succeeded in exorcising the demon, but there were still foreshadowings left.

After watching the movie, Bob grinned eagerly and asked, "How was it, Zhou?"

Everyone in the conference room looked very relaxed, and some were talking quietly with the people around them, but they all focused on Zhou Yutang.

"Excellent film."

Zhou Yutang chuckled and said, "When are you planning to schedule the release?"

"Warner has paid more attention to it and will continue to promote it for a period of time, probably in June."

"I have no opinion."

Zhou Yutang smiled and was in a happy mood: "If you have any questions, please contact Miss Zou."

He has a 40% share of this movie. The more Warners pays attention to it and invests more promotional resources, the higher the final box office will be and the more money he will make.

"Purge 2" is already in New Line's film project filings.

As long as "The Conjuring" performs well at the box office, then the Conjuring universe can be successfully launched, and there is so much content that can be explored.

Spent two days in Hollywood.

Discussed with James Wan the filming of the film and the follow-up story of the Conjuring universe.

James Wan is very interested in this series.

Zhou Yutang also felt that he had benefited a lot.

Then I went to Warner Bros. to see the top special effects team there.

Because of the strategic cooperation agreement signed, Zhou Yutang's Vision Media sends his team here every year for exchanges and learning. In addition, top-notch equipment is constantly shipped back to China, which is enough for his Vision Media to secure its position at the forefront of China's special effects companies.

"Zhou, you Chinese people are really rich. A company from China is already planning to spend money on AMC."

"AMC has a lot of debt."

"It is not expected to be less than 2 billion US dollars, so I said that the Chinese people are rich."

Bob has been around Hollywood for decades. He is a local snake and is very well-informed.

Before leaving, Zhou Yutang couldn't help but sigh at Wanda's wealth when talking about this matter.

Last year, Wanda King also signed an agreement with the Chinese Football Association to spend heavily to support the revitalization of Chinese football, prepare to acquire teams abroad, and send good domestic talents there.

Wanda Pharaoh has a true love for football.

The idea is beautiful, but the reality is certainly not that easy to implement.

However, we are now in a friendly and cooperative relationship. The stronger the friendly forces are, the better it will be for Zhou Yutang.

As we were about to arrive at the airport, we talked about Warner's side of things: "Zhou, director Nolan has officially decided not to direct DC movies anymore, but he recommended Zack Snyder."

Zhou Yutang has watched "Dawn of the Dead" directed by Zuckerberg, which is considered a classic zombie movie here in the United States. He also got inspiration from it and wrote several zombie movie scripts.

"After evaluation by Warner's senior management, he will be allowed to take charge of the "Superman" project."

Old Man Bob spread his hands and said a little apologetically: "You know, the water here in Warner is very deep, and what I say doesn't have much weight."

"Although the Joker is very popular, he is a villain after all. There are several senior executives there who strongly oppose it and think it is a terrible proposal."

Bob scolded: "Those damn fools, they only know about the internal struggle in their minds, and they don't understand what kind of miracles you can create. I will try my best to work on this matter..."

"If we get the copyright, we will do it together."

Zhou Yutang chuckled indifferently: "Bob, I am even more looking forward to the release of "The Conjuring" now. I can't wait to see how it performs at the box office."

"certainly."

Old Bob took out a bottle of champagne from the car refrigerator, opened it, and poured a glass for himself and Zhou Yutang. The glasses collided crisply:

“Here’s to our cooperation!”

All over the air.

It seems that the ink aroma of US dollar bills is freely diffused.

Zhou Yutang came back from the United States and flew directly to the Magic City.

The building of Mingjie Company is already in the finishing stage, and now the moving plan is on the agenda.

But this time we met in the old building rented by the company.

Zhou Yutang, Tian Ming and another investor from Bilibili discussed the development of the video website.

Bilibili, affectionately called a small website by netizens, is in its infancy after receiving investment from Zhou Yutang and Tian Ming. Of course, its size is not comparable to that of LeTV, Youku and other video website giants that are at their peak.

However, this cultural community with great interactive sharing and secondary creation has also found a new way and gradually entered the lives of the entire young people.

Have you seen the ghost video?

Tian Ming's head hurt when he saw it, and Zhou Yutang didn't quite understand what young people were playing, but he was shocked when he saw the barrage of crazy videos on the screen.

He put "Reply 1997" online exclusively on Station B, which also brought countless young viewers to the platform.

So far, each episode of this drama has been viewed in the millions, and there are tens of thousands of real-time comments floating above the video, which is already vaguely like the peak period of Station A in the past.

"I have always felt that although the second dimension is not mainstream culture now, it will definitely be among young people in the future..."

This man who wears glasses and looks like a standard programmer, although he is only in his thirties, looks extremely mature, like a harmless middle-aged uncle.

In fact, he was a general under Rebus. The year before last, he had set up his own business and co-founded Kingsoft Network, the predecessor of Cheetah Mobile, and almost achieved the leading position in the industry.

Now, he has another identity, that is, one of the shareholders of Station B.

It can be seen that Chen Rui has a deep knowledge and understanding of the two-dimensional circle.

He spoke in a neither hasty nor slow manner, and also used hand gestures. Several two-dimensional professional terms popped out of his mouth from time to time, making Zhou Yutang and Tian Ming nod frequently.

The two looked at each other with unclear expressions on their faces.

Now, this is called professionalism.

Tian Ming was born in the system, while Zhou Yutang focused on the entertainment industry.

Chen Rui’s experience in the Internet industry and understanding of the content ecosystem can help Bilibili optimize its content and user experience, thereby enhancing the value of Bilibili.

In short, this uncle is very professional and has the ability to run Bilibili.

"Mr. Zhou, Mr. Tian, ​​my idea is not very mature, that's probably it. Do you have any opinions?"

Chen Rui pushed up his glasses on the bridge of his nose. His mouth was almost dry. He stopped to take a sip of water and asked.

He also respected Zhou Yutang and Tian Ming's attitude enough.

One has a profound background, and the other has made it from scratch to where he is today.

Although Chen Rui also holds some shares and has a certain say, Zhou Yutang and Tian Ming are the big bosses behind station B.

"Xiaoyu, play the PPT."

Zhou Yutang gave an order, and Mao Xiaoyu, who had dark circles under his eyes, quickly released the ppt he had stayed up late to make in the United States. The movements were so familiar that they were so familiar.

"The price of copyrights is not high now. You can hoard a batch of copyrights. Don't consider commercial monetization capabilities first. Find ways to increase the content output capacity of the up master, optimize content production, and expand the user scale of the entire video website."

Zhou Yutang also did research in advance.

We set Bilibili to compete with foreign YouTube operations, and later spent money on creative incentives and so on.

All kinds of new ideas gave Uncle Chen a sense of enlightenment.

Completely fascinated, a look of admiration suddenly appeared on the chubby face: "Mr. Zhou, what you said makes so much sense!"

This time it was a bit unfortunate.

As soon as Zhou Yutang arrived in Shanghai, Liu Shishi joined the team.

It is a martial arts drama, and he will also participate in the major film project "Fuji Detective" controlled by Enlight.

Except for the fact that the heroine is Liu Shishi, the Kung Fu Emperor returns to the world in order to support his godson's coat of arms. There are also stars from all over the Taiwan Strait and three places to support the cast. It can be called a luxury cast.

Zhou Yutang thought the script was mediocre, but Cai Yinong was very moved because the money offered by the company was too much...

He picked it up immediately, and Zhou Yutang greeted Li Xiaoping. Li Xiaoping was the producer of "Fuji Detective", so she would naturally take care of Liu Shishi during the filming process.

"Boss, Sister Shi Shi is not here."

After taking his assistant to Lao Hu's Japanese food shop to get paid for sex, Mao Xiaoyu was satisfied: "Shall we go back directly? I'll book a flight."

"You're all here, let's go visit Tang Yan."

A slight smile appeared on the corner of Zhou Yutang's mouth: "Long time no see, let's give her a surprise."