Chapter 538: Outsmart Weihu Mountain and dominate the Lunar New Year period

Chapter 538: Outsmart Weihu Mountain and dominate the Lunar New Year period

Zhou Yutang keeps a low profile, but the news that the film by a top-tier commercial director in the industry has been completed cannot be hidden at all.

As soon as I returned to the capital, various media reported on it.

Artists are very busy at the end of the year, and Zhou Yutang is no exception. He is fully following up on the post-production work of the two movies in hand.

"Mr. Huo."

"Well, hello there."

Huo Wenxi was wearing a professional skirt and high heels, and she walked with full aura.

Now her work focus is on maintaining her relationship with Zhou Yutang in the mainland, and she often comes to Jiangdong Building.

After going back and forth, I became familiar with the two girls at the front desk: "Xiaoxue, your boss is in the company, right?"

"Yes, let me ask."

One of the receptionists, Xiaoxue, called Ni Ni diligently and received a response quickly.

Ni Ni led Huo Wenxi directly to the ninth floor, and Ni Ni took her into the president's office. Huo Wenxi always had a smile on his face.

She glanced around and saw Liu Shishi and Shi Nansheng talking in the office, and was slightly startled.

Huo Wenxi naturally knew about the relationship between Liu Shishi and Zhou Yutang, but Shi Nansheng's appearance here surprised her.

"Sister Mani, come and sit."

Zhou Yutang waved, and Ni Ni had already poured her a cup of tea. Shi Nansheng and she were also old acquaintances, and they greeted her very familiarly when they met.

"Ah Tang, congratulations on wrapping up your new drama."

"Sister Mani, what do you want when you come here?"

"If you don't go to the Three Treasures Palace for nothing, there is something wrong."

Huo Wenxi chuckled and said: "The script of "Cold War 2" has been completed and is ready to be shot in the first half of next year."

"Sister mani."

Zhou Yutang nodded: "You can just call Ni Ni directly for this matter. There is no need to come all the way."

When people wander in the world, they can't help but be worldly.

The funding for the "Cold War" project is too big, and Boss Jiang is planning to rope in Yinghuang to do it together. Zhou Yutang had previously promised Boss Yang to make a guest appearance in "Cold War 2," and he will definitely not break his promise.

"Actually, I was passing by here too and brought you some tea."

Huo Wenxi took out a hardcover box that he had prepared in advance from his bag and said with a smile, "I'll trouble you then."

"Where is it?"

"Shi Shi, let's have afternoon tea together in Magic City when you have time. I know there is a newly opened shop with very good cakes."

Huo Wenxi held Liu Shishi's hand enthusiastically, and Zhou Yutang didn't know why the two had such a good relationship.

Some time ago, Liu Shishi finished filming "Return" and attended a business event. He met Huo Wenxi and took a group photo to post on Weibo.

After exchanging a few words, Huo Wenxi still had work in hand and didn't stay long.

Shi Nansheng also signed the contract in the conference room.

The specific details have been discussed many times before.

La Pei Kangcai took over and wanted to make a name for himself. This commercial blockbuster with the main theme, led by a talented director and joined by Zhou Yutang, is exactly what he wanted.

He nodded readily.

It's just that the director had countless meetings to hold at the end of the year, so he asked a vice president of China Film to come over and sign the contract.

The project "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom" has a cost budget of 200 million and will be jointly produced by Jiangdong Entertainment, China Film Group, Enlight, and Xu Ke Studio.

Among them, Jiangdong Entertainment took 30% of the share, China Film also took 30%, and the remaining two companies took half, and Xu Ke's director's salary was calculated separately.

Xu Ke serves as the director, Zhou Yutang supervises the production, and La Pei Kang and Wang Changtian are both producers.

“A pleasure to work with.”

Zhou Yutang shook hands with Shi Nansheng. Seeing her read the contract again, he asked, "Sister Shi, is there anything wrong with the contract?"

"No."

Shi Nansheng smoothed the wrinkles on the contract and put it away with a relieved smile on his face: "This movie is probably the last project I will do here. I hope it will leave a good memory by then."

Liu Shishi vaguely felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't quite figure out the situation and winked at Zhou Yutang frequently.

Zhou Yutang was slightly startled, nodded and said with a smile: "I am honored to cooperate with Sister Shi."

Shi Nansheng worked neatly and neatly, and agreed to help run "Chi Ling", which was her bargaining chip.

It can be seen that her marriage to Xu Ke is peaceful on the surface, but in fact there are undercurrents and it has almost come to an end.

Zhou Yutang suddenly remembered an interesting story. Shi Nansheng's best friend Lin Qingxia once visited her home and happened to see Xu Ke playing with the dog on the sofa.

At that time, Xu Ke suddenly thought of eating mangoes, but was too lazy to do so.

I don't even want to wash my hands.

Shi Nansheng asked his assistant to cut the mango while looking for wet wipes to wipe Xu Ke's hands.

And Xu Ke was sitting on the sofa, waiting leisurely to eat mangoes.

Zhou Yutang can feel that this movie, which Xu Ke has been thinking about wanting to make for many years, is most likely to bear witness to the couple's decent separation.

Women are probably the most amazing creatures in the world.

Sometimes, he is extremely smart, but sometimes he is very stupid.

"Husband, I suddenly feel so stupid."

Liu Shishi wrinkled his face and sighed worriedly.

Just now Huo Wenxi and Shi Nansheng were discussing a movie project, and she couldn't get in the conversation. She felt like she was not from the same world.

"My dear, I don't allow you to talk about Bingxue's smart self like that."

Zhou Yutang quickly held her in his arms and spoke softly, soothing her: "When the new drama starts next year, you will work as a producer on the crew. Then I will let Chen Xi take you. From now on, I will give you a respectful greeting when I see you." Producer Liu"

"Isn't this not good?"

Liu Shishi was a little moved, but he hesitated and asked: "Will it cause trouble to the crew?"

Although she is already a shareholder of Tangren, she has no practical experience in film and television projects.

"No, Chen Xi will be watching when the time comes and will help you become familiar with the entire film and television production process."

"Honey, you're so good to me."

Being close to her face, he could smell the orchid-like fragrance on Shi Shi's body. Zhou Yutang's heartstrings seemed to be touched. He picked up his light body and walked towards the inner lounge.

"Wait a moment!"

With the arrow on the string, Liu Shishi suddenly held Zhou Yutang's chest with both hands, his expression changing slightly.

Seeing the first sister holding a long hair in her hand and suddenly transforming into a detective, Zhou Yutang felt a little sweaty.

This is unscientific. How come Liu Shishi, who is usually quite naive and cute, suddenly becomes so smart?

However, the Governor of Jiangdong has been through many battles for a long time, and his face is still calm: "During this period, I have been on the set, and Ni Ni has been cleaning this room. How does she do things?"

"Shi Shi, don't get me wrong."

It took just one phone call to figure out the situation. When Zhou Yutang came out with Liu Shishi, Ni Ni was full of apologies: "I fell out of love some time ago, and I lost a lot of hair."

"You fall in love every day, but do you put your mind on work?"

Zhou Yutang's tone of voice was a little harsh, and Ni Ni's eyes turned red instantly and she bit her lip.

The two of them met each other perfectly.

Even Liu Shishi couldn't help but feel pity for him when he saw that miserable look on the verge of tears. He tugged on the clothes of the man next to him and whispered:

"It's nothing, I overreacted a bit"

To be fair, for a beautiful woman like Ni Ni to be Zhou Yutang's secretary, there were a lot of rumors in the circle, which made Liu Shishi a little worried.

But when he heard that she had just lost her love, she felt uncontrollably relieved. At the moment, she ignored Zhou Yutang and pulled Ni Ni to comfort her.

Ni Ni vomited bitterness.

During this period of time, Zhou Yutang was working very hard and was mentally tense, and he was criticized a lot by those around him.

Liu Shishi felt a little guilty.

Thinking that Zhou Yutang was so busy with filming some time ago that he still didn't forget to talk on the phone with him, Liu Shishi couldn't help but reflect on it secretly and became more gentle.

"Reply 1988" is scheduled to be broadcast in February, and the "Tuner" project has also begun preparations. It will be directed by Cao Baoping and is expected to start filming after the year.

She is not very ambitious, but her professionalism is unquestionable.

Zhou Yutang has long said that this movie is for awards, and she has to show convincing enough acting skills.

Therefore, during the period after the filming of "Return" was completed, except for the necessary announcement schedule, Liu Shishi spent most of his time in the capital, receiving special training on the role from several acting professors at Yamashita Academy.

Over in America, the Oscar shortlist will be announced in January. Harvey's confidence is a bit inflated and he only says that he is waiting for good news.

"With $10.29 million in box office opening weekend in Dallas, you made a lot of money."

Just after communicating with Zou Zhongyan, Bob, the old wall lamp, also made a video call, his voice full of envy: "If you have such an opportunity in the future, you have to take me with you."

This achievement is not an explosive one, but the total production cost of this film, excluding public relations expenses, was only over 5 million.

Judging from the current situation, at least it is a small and steady profit.

"Definitely next time."

Zhou Yutang thought that when he first picked up this movie, the old wall lamp had a look of disbelief on his face, probably thinking that he was a prodigal.

Looking at his expression now, it perfectly explains what reality is.

"Something happened with James' "Fast and Furious 7". Paul Walker died in a car accident. Now Universal is discussing a replacement."

"There are several companies that are approaching him for projects. Our plan for "The Conjuring 2" is scheduled to be in the second half of next year at the earliest. This guy's schedule is really too full."

"Then in the second half of next year, there will also be "Purge 2" and "Fifty Shades of Grey"."

Zhou Yutang was not surprised by this.

Top directors are so in demand, almost everyone has several projects in hand.

For example, the domestic poet Chen began to prepare "Kukai Kukai: The Ghost Banquet of the Tang Dynasty" a few years ago.

The same is true for Zhou Yutang himself.

After communicating with Warner, "Super Body" is scheduled to be released in the first week of May, which is also one of the most popular schedules there.

As for "The Purge 2", I have to watch it again. The main actor is the villain in "Wolf Warrior 2". This guy is an old unlucky guy who broke his bones and delayed a lot of filming time.

The news that "Charlotte Trouble" is scheduled to be released in December has triggered a series of chain reactions.

On the released promotional poster, the big characters of Zhou Yutang as producer and screenwriter were placed in front of the leading actors, making them particularly conspicuous.

Not to mention, the publicity effect is very good.

A considerable portion of the Jiangdong Navy is ready to go.

Some viewers who have watched the Happy Twist drama performance at the theater expressed their expectations.

There are also many passersby viewers, who are basically attracted by the traffic of Zhou Yutang and Yang Mi. There is a lot of discussion on the Internet:

"Da Mimi must have taken another bad movie."

"Isn't Shen Teng the funny brother of Zhang Ruojun in "Introduction to Architecture"?"

"It's still Guo Baokun in "Celebrating More Than Years", which is quite funny."

"Zhou Yutang has fallen. Judging from the title, it is undoubtedly a bad movie."

"Why did the boss arrange the schedule? This is going to coincide with Feng Xiaogang's "Private Customization"."

Faced with the promotional campaign for "Charlotte," online reviews have been mixed.

Yang Mi has followed the black-red route. In the past two years, in order to make money, she has made "Wu-Tang" and "Tiny Times", but neither of them has been successful.

It brings a lot of traffic, but there are a lot of black fans making trouble.

Some people took a second look because it was produced and written by Zhou Yutang, while others compared it to "Private Customization".

Feng Xiaogang returns to direct the Lunar New Year comedy. He and Ge You have been a gold medal team for more than ten years, and the older generation ace screenwriter Wang Shuo personally writes the script.

Even Zhang Ruojun, Bai Baihe, and Li Xiaolu are all popular niches and flowers in the industry.

Looking at "Charlotte Trouble" again, except for the producer Zhou Yutang and Yang Mi, who has received many bad movies, among the Happy Twist group, Shen Teng is the only one who is slightly famous.

The other leading actors, including Mary and Ellen, walked casually on the street, making sure no one recognized them.

The cast lineups of both sides are not on the same level at all.

The smoke of gunpowder is starting to rise during the Lunar New Year holiday, and the large conference room of Huayi Company,

"There are only 20 movies in this year's Lunar New Year season. Judging from the production costs of the movies, the main competitors are "Police Story 2013", "Big Four 2" and "The Storm"."

"The second is "Waiting for the Wind" directed by Teng Huatao. Regardless of the genre, chick flicks occupy a certain position because of their differentiation."

"Then there is the low-budget comedy "Charlotte" from Jiangdong, and Director Feng's "Private Order" are both comedy-type movies, and they are both scheduled to be released in mid-December."

The manager of Huayi Film Department is reporting on the detailed schedule layout of the entire Lunar New Year season.

This sounds like good news. Mr. Wang held a cigar in his mouth and said with a hearty smile: "If it's Xu Guangtou's "囧", I'm a little worried. I heard that Zhou Yutang sold the "囧" series. Such a one The golden chicken that can lay eggs is willing to cash out, but his situation is still small."

"Anyway, this year's Lunar New Year film is missing a strong opponent. Director Feng's "Private Customization" has a lot of promise. What kind of twist did Zhou Yutang cast?"

"Mr. Wang, it's Happy Twist."

The film department manager added.

"Ah, yes, yes."

Mr. Xiao Wang dusted off his cigar and said confidently: "It's okay to act in sketches. Anyone can enter the film industry?"

"Director Feng has decades of skill. Can this happy twist be compared to Director Feng?"

"Congratulations, Mr. Wang."

Everyone in Huayi's film department in the conference room had winner's smiles on their faces.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that as long as the quality of the sequel is passable, it will definitely make money based on the fact that the Jon series has exploded at the box office and reputation.

Wang Baorong has extremely high national popularity, and Xu Guangtou is also a popular Mesozoic actor. With the box office appeal of these two people, if the sequel of the "囧" series is placed in this year's Lunar New Year period, it will really be a strong enemy of "Private Customization".

But now this happy twist, a bunch of unknown people whose names I have never heard of, is unlikely to become a thing.

Mr. Xiao Wang pointed his finger on the table and said, "Manager Li, go and make arrangements for the premiere first, book a hotel by the way, and arrange the celebration banquet in advance."

Film and television companies in the industry have mixed attitudes.

Huayi was going to open the champagne in advance. Wang Changtian from Guangguang had made a special trip to Jiangdong Entertainment to watch the finished movie.

After returning, he moved the schedule of "Four Famous Catchers 2" to early December.

They also specially asked several variety shows on Guangguang's side to fully cooperate with Zhou Yutang's promotion.

"Mr. Wang."

The manager of Guangguang's publicity department reminded him responsibly: "In this case, subsequent publicity plans will not be used."

"hehe."

Wang Changtian pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose: "If it were released at the end of December, I wouldn't even be able to drink soup by then."

"That movie is so great?"

Lao Wang usually doesn't praise people very much. The manager of Enlight's publicity department was a little surprised, but when he thought of the names of producer and screenwriter Zhou Yutang, it seemed understandable.

"Just wait and see, this movie will not be worse than the "囧" series."

Wang Changtian smiled slightly: "By the way, forget about sending Zhou Yutang an invitation to the premiere. I'll give him a call."

Zhou Yutang will definitely go to the premiere of "Famous Catchers 2".

The later stages of this film were all produced by Vision Media, so Lao Wang’s money cannot be wasted.

Wang Changtian is very courageous in his work. By moving this film to early December, he is leaving the battlefield to "Charlotte" and "Private Custom".

There is no conflict between the schedules of the two parties, and Raytheon suddenly rushed away in order to capture the film market in the early Lunar New Year period.

In this way, when the two comedy-themed movies collide, the box office of Raytheon will be basically stable.

Wang Changtian's judgment is very accurate. The sudden release of "Famous Man 2" really had a miraculous effect. The box office revenue on the first day was 25 million, which was beyond expectations and made a small profit.

This movie is far behind "Xiu Chun Dao" in terms of quality and reputation, but it is the only one with the theme of ancient costume martial arts films in this year's Lunar New Year season, and has no similar competitors.

What was surprising to Zhou Yutang was that on the other side of the light, animation movies had also begun to be laid out.

The "Qin Shi Mingyue Movie: Dragon Soars Ten Thousand Miles" was produced in one step before "The Return of the Great Sage" and is expected to be released next year.

“I have to say, ginger is still spicy when it’s old.”

Before the premiere of "Charlotte", "Private Customization" was launched first.

Huayi made it a grand event, with a bunch of celebrities coming, just like a red carpet show.

Zhou Yutang did not go to the scene, but it did not prevent him from seeing Feng Xiaogang’s amazing speech on the news:

"Recently, young directors are very powerful in the industry. Director Zhou Yutang set a new box office record for Chinese movies. Xu Zheng's first film has a box office of over 1 billion. I always feel that my era has turned."

"In fact, I have been with movies for so many years, and I even feel a little disgusted with it. I have been lonely for too long, and I have thought about retiring early."

"There are talented people from generation to generation, but since I'm still here, I still have the final say during the Lunar New Year period. It won't be easy for anyone to do it."

The small steel cannon has been quiet for a long time since "The Great Earthquake". "1942" was well received but not a box office hit, causing Huayi Brothers' stock to plummet, and more than a dozen small targets disappeared.

This time I returned to the field of comedy commercial films, and I was very happy to see it.

at the same time.

Guo Shi, one of the three major directors, also officially announced the completion of "Return".

Poet Chen was not willing to be lonely. The studio officially announced that the male lead in "The Taoist Comes Down the Mountain" is Wang Baoyu, and he was photographed by passers-by. He made an appointment with Lin Chilin to discuss playing the female lead.

""Private Custom" grossed 80 million at the box office on the first day, surpassing the first-day box office of "Tiny Times". The film schedule remains high and we will continue to work hard!"

The first day's box office results were released, and many netizens lamented that Feng Xiaogang's sword is still young.

"Looking at this, are you really going for 1 billion?"

Ni Ni has followed Zhou Yutang for so long and has a deep understanding of the entire film and television industry.

Under normal circumstances, the first-day box office accounts for 8% to 10% of a film's total box office, so "Private Custom" has a real chance of hitting one billion at the box office.

"Did you pay attention to Huayi's stock price before the movie was released?"

"It seems to have fallen a lot." Ni Ni looked confused.

Zhou Yutang chuckled: "The stock price plummeted that day, which explains the problem."

Before the movie was released, Huayi held an exclusive viewing party for institutional investors. As a result, the stock price dropped to the limit after watching the movie.

It can only be said that those who play capital are not satisfied with the quality of this movie.

After four days of explosive growth, the first weekend box office of "Private Customization" reached 315 million.

This is already a quite astonishing figure. At this time, the box office of "Four Famous Catchers" was only 162 million.

But behind the box office figures, countless netizens questioned.

"The chapters are too fragmented and the rhythm is loose, like jokes pieced together."

"Teacher Fan Wei's part is really good, but I don't quite understand the rest."

"Are you sure this isn't a commercial?"

"Has Feng Xiaogang exhausted his talent?"

On his way to the premiere of "Charlotte", Zhou Yutang looked through the online comments on his tablet and couldn't help but laugh.

Xiaogangpao is also a talented person, and he has already earned more than 80 million from advertising placement alone.

Huayi coveted the variety show business of Mingjie Company, and cooperated with Beijing Satellite TV to create a reality show related to the movie, and received a share of the profits.

This doesn't have to rely on box office, just relying on derivative business can cover all the costs of the entire movie.

Compared to Huayi's fanfare, the premiere of "Charlotte" was relatively simple.

But there were also many big names and celebrities present. After all, Zhou Yutang's status was here. Huang Xiaoming, Deng Chao and his wife came to support him.

Zhou Yutang naturally attracted most of the media interviews.

"Director Zhou, what are your expectations for the box office of this movie?"

"At the box office."

Zhou Yutang pondered for a moment and made a joke: "Director Feng said he was very lonely, and I hope I can bring him a little surprise then."

"Then you mean that the box office of "Charlotte" can exceed that of "Private Order"?"

"The market will give the answer then."

The entertainment reporters were still trying hard to pull the trap, but Zhou Yutang did not fall into the trap.

After the topic was brought up lightly, an entertainment reporter suddenly asked: "Director Zhou, what do you think of the marriage between Wang Lihong and Li Jinglei?"

"I wish him happiness."

Zhou Yutang had already seen the gossip forwarded by Mao Xiaoyu in the internal group.

Wang Lihong, a popular singer in Bay Area, and Li Jianglei, who is 10 years younger than him, registered their marriage in America.

Countless female fans were heartbroken.

The key is that some media revealed that this female doctoral student at Columbia University is suspected of having a fiancé.

Pu Bajia, the long-lost brother, is really confused.