Chapter 616: One dragon and two phoenixes miss their old friend, an internationally renowned directo

Chapter 616: One dragon and two phoenixes miss their old friend, an internationally renowned directo

"He's such a genius!"

Zhou Yutang casually talked about his thoughts, and Pei Kang listened carefully, thought about it for a while, and was even more surprised, so he secretly remembered it in his heart.

"Perhaps, we can try it in the future."

Zhou Yutang was now surrounded by an almost divine light, and Pei Kang had no doubts about what he said.

The two chatted happily, and Pei Kang suddenly remembered something and put down his teacup: "The main creator of "Interstellar" is coming to promote, and Legend and Universal executives will also be coming."

Hear the string song and know its elegant meaning.

Having just received inside information from Old Bob, Zhou Yutang knew it all: "La Dong, are you saying that there is a plan for that big Sino-US co-production project?"

"right."

The gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of Pei Kang's nose reflected the light, revealing more information: "Legend and Universal are taking the lead, and the initial cost estimate is at least US$150 million, and we do not rule out additional additions in the future.

Now the top executives of Legendary and Universal have evaluated the domestic first-tier directors. The final result has not yet been decided, but I personally hope that you can take over this project. "

With a box office of double 2 billion, he is a famous international director.

When this Sino-US co-production project was first established, La Pei Kang thought of Zhou Yutang.

Just looking at Zhou Yutang's calm and calm expression, without any excitement at all, Pei Kang felt a little disappointed.

This is the first film co-produced by China and the United States that has reached the level of a Hollywood A-level film.

Could you give me a little feedback?

Pei Kang pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses: "Yu Tang, what do you think?"

"La Dong."

Zhou Yutang drank tea, considered his words, and finally said: "I want to ask, where is the leadership of this project?"

"This project was initiated by Universal and Legendary Pictures, but we also have a certain say in it."

La Pei Kang answered hesitantly, looking a little unsure.

Zhou Yutang knew it well.

Combined with the information obtained from Bob, the mole, the whole story was instantly deduced in my mind.

This project was originally inspired by Legendary Pictures CEO Thomas Tarr and "World War Z" author Max Brooks.

It was handed over to the director of "Love Day" Edward Zwick for development.

At that time, Superman Henry Cavill and Benjamin Walker were selected to star, but the project was later suspended due to various factors such as funding, until Legendary took over the deal with Universal and aimed at the Chinese film market.

A large-scale co-production between China and the United States, a foreign script, with top domestic stars.

Sound familiar?

Miss Liu must have something to say.

The "King of Kung Fu" back then was a similar product.

Pei Kang showed Zhou Yutang the first version of the script.

A foreigner came to the ancient East to be the savior.

The first time I saw this script.

Subway, old people, mobile phones.

It's really embarrassing.

"Yu Tang, what do you think?"

Pei Kang's tone was a little anxious.

"La Dong, let me tell the truth."

Zhou Yutang pushed the script back, shook his head and laughed: "Americans don't understand what the Chinese audience wants to see. China does not need crooked nuts to be its savior."

The Americans are used to this trick on their own side.

If you want to bring this model to the Chinese film market, it will definitely not work.

The ancient Chinese civilization, the Qin Dynasty, the Han Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty all brought barbarians to the dynasty. Will they need a white skin to save them?

Not to mention the sense of immersion, it is estimated that many viewers will feel that their intelligence is insulted.

Zhou Yutang answered the phone and left temporarily. Pei Kang sank into the large leather chair, supported his chin with both hands, and frowned tightly into the character "Chuan".

The secretary came in from the door, looked at the leader deep in thought, and poured tea for him with great discernment.

I'm just curious about what Zhou Yutang said to his leader. After he went out with the fine tea bag, his leader became like this.

The secretary tidied up briefly.

The leader was very focused at the moment, so he didn't interrupt and quickly walked out the door quietly.

Pei Kang looked back and forth at the script of "The Great Wall" and his heart was in turmoil.

Zhou Yutang said it relatively politely, but Pei Kang could tell that he was not optimistic about promoting the "Great Wall" project.

But at present, the contract of intention has been signed by China Film.

The draft has been sent out, so I have to send it out.

Thousands of thoughts came to his mind, and Pei Kang took a deep breath and murmured: "Script, dominance. Let's wait until the people from Legend and Universal come over to discuss it."

Weibo’s business has been developing very well recently.

A bunch of South Korean entertainment companies came over and bought Hot Search for a year.

So you can often see an older brother who has been practicing for two and a half years making his debut. He is good-looking and capable, but young kids who don’t know why fall in love with him.

As well as various hot searches for Korean dramas.

The purpose is to increase influence and create a very popular phenomenon, which can be used as a bargaining chip to negotiate with video websites that introduce Korean dramas to raise prices.

"The Battle of Ming Liang" broke Zhou Yutang's record and became a hot search on Weibo.

Only then did domestic netizens discover that Zhou Yutang rarely published press releases in this regard, but had quietly dominated the South Korean film charts for several years before.

Some Douban netizens made a list, and surprisingly there are three movies by Zhou Yutang among the top five in South Korea's box office list.

This is so impressive!

Korean Wave has always led the trend, but Zhou Yutang went against the trend and achieved reverse output.

However, as far as the South Korean film and television industry is concerned, the appearance of this South Korean mainstream movie is indeed very exciting.

Zhou Yutang, who is like a big devil, has swept the South Korean film list several times in the past few years.

It is like entering a no-man's land.

This time.

President Park Kaka personally promoted it, and major South Korean official media spared no effort to build momentum.

It attracted a full one-third of South Koreans to go to the cinema, which created a box office of up to 167 million US dollars (about 1.027 billion RMB).

Finally, the first place in the South Korean film list that was previously occupied by Zhou Yutang was regained, which made the South Korean film and television industry fall into a carnival.

Zhou Yutang was very pleased.

After Choi Min-sik played Yi Sun-sin in "Myeongryang", this South Korean national treasure actor won the best actor crown of the South Korean Daejong Award, Blue Dragon Award, and Baeksang Arts Award.

Whether in terms of achievements or honors, he is the number one in the South Korean film and television industry.

There is no doubt that his reputation in South Korea will be unprecedented, which will surely push the box office of the movie "Tomb Raider" to a higher level.

At that time, he will be able to get more Koreans and leeks.

Isn't it great?

Zhou Yutang was no longer happy immediately.

Because he received a call from Zhou Xingxing.

He finally knew why people in the circle said that this guy had low emotional intelligence.

Zhou Xingxing called to talk about "Myeongryang" creating a new box office record in South Korea, without considering the feelings of the parties involved.

In the words, it was hard to hide his excitement and talked about the promotion of "The Mermaid" in South Korea.

It can be heard that Zhou Xingxing is looking forward to it.

Because he thinks that by then, "The Mermaid" will have great potential in the South Korean market with the fame of Zhou Yutang and Lin Yuner.

"Boss Zhou, when will you come over?"

"It will be after the middle of the month. I have a lot of things to do."

Zhou Yutang agreed to guest-star in "The Mermaid", the police officer that Deng Chao met when he went to the police station to report the case.

There is also a police colleague. Zhou Yutang asked Zhang Ruojun to guest-star and has coordinated the schedule.

"The TV series "Nirvana in Fire" produced by Jiangdong Entertainment and Noon Sunshine has entered the final preparation stage."

"The "Blade of the Assassin II: Shura Battlefield" produced by Dongwu Films, China Film Group and Wanda and directed by Lu Yang is officially open for auditions!"

All major directors are planning to compete in the Lunar New Year period, and Lu Yang's sequel to "Blade of the Assassin" has also caused a small sensation in the circle.

That Blade of the Assassin was a hit in the National Day period two years ago.

The entire series has become Huang Xiaoming's peak box office work.

The CP slices of Zhou Yutang and Liu Shishi in the movie have also made fans continue to love them until now.

Zhou Yiwei, who plays Ding Xiu, was a minor actor for ten years, but he became famous once he was paid.

Lu Yang also proved his worth as a new director from an unknown director, and received numerous honors and applause.

This martial arts movie, which connects the rivers and lakes with the court, finally took a different path.

Beijing.

Encountering a hot pot restaurant.

Laughter and joy in the box.

Guli Nazha and Dilireba, who have been very popular recently and rarely return to Beijing due to their busy schedule, are sitting on the left and right of Zhou Yutang.

Beijing starts to cool down in November and enters winter mode in advance.

This kind of weather is perfect for eating hot pot.

The heating is on in the box, and Guli Nazha is only wearing a slightly tight thin black sweater.

This is the new autumn and winter season clothes of Jiangdong Xi Yusheng brand this year.

After the big hit of "The Allure of the City", Nazha signed seven or eight endorsements in one go.

This is the high-quality endorsement selected by her management team, including the Yu Sheng brand.

Just look at her waist, the curve that makes the child barely avoid hunger, and the sparkling diamond necklace on her chest are particularly eye-catching.

These are naturally all Zhou Yutang's credit.

Going to Bazaar is not just to show off. Sometimes when some brands of limited edition jewelry are released, Zhou Yutang will buy some goods.

Nazha is just like this.

She played with the limited edition Tiffany necklace and couldn't let it go, her eyebrows and eyes were full of smiles.

Reba's white wrist like frost and snow also wore a limited edition Cartier bracelet inlaid with more than 100 round brilliant cut diamonds.

But what is more eye-catching is her figure.

The green cardigan is slightly open, with a white tight short-sleeved shirt inside, revealing her white shoulders and collarbones, and it is difficult to hide her proud curves.

Nazha was thinking about something, but she was still laughing foolishly. Reba first blanched a piece of beef for Zhou Yutang and put it in his bowl attentively: "Brother, you are going to join the crew of "The Mermaid" soon, right?"

"I have an event to attend the day after tomorrow."

Zhou Yutang replied: "Then I will go to the crew of "The Mermaid."

"Brother seems to have received many Golden Horse nominations."

"Wait until the closing ceremony before going."

Zhou Yutang didn't care much about the Golden Horse Awards, but he promised Li An that he had to go.

"Then I wish you a sweep of the Golden Horse Awards in advance."

Guli Nazha also came back to her senses and picked up a beef ball for Zhou Yutang.

The three chatted about work and interesting things they encountered in life.

At this time, there was a knock on the door, and then the manager of the hot pot restaurant walked in: "Boss, the princess is here too."

"Princess, why is she here?"

Zhou Yutang stopped eating with a slightly surprised look.

Guli Nazha and Dilireba both looked tense.

Last year, the news of the princess' divorce was a sensation. Zhou Yutang broke into the queen's mansion at night, and then the "Mahjong Gate" scandal spread.

At that time, there were outrageous rumors that Zhou Yutang was the mastermind behind the breakdown of the queen's marriage.

Although the storm was calmed down after clarification, Nazha and Reba still had some stress reactions when they heard the queen's name.

The two women looked at each other and nodded slightly.

We sisters are united, and our strength can break metal. Even Fan Binbin is not afraid of us. Why should we be afraid of the princess? Let her come!

"Mr. Zhou, the princess is now a black card customer of our store. She often comes to take care of business. Today she came with Xie Tingfeng."

The store manager bowed slightly and spoke respectfully.

Dilireba was obviously relieved, and Guli Nazha smiled: "Brother, why don't you ask her to come with us?"

"Together?"

"Yes, Xiao Dajia invited us to dinner last time on the set. We just happened to meet, so I'll treat you today."

Naza, who has been making a lot of money recently, has the consciousness of a rich woman.

Zhou Yutang also nodded and told the manager: "I sent her a message, go and bring her over."

He met the princess on "The Voice of China" and had a pleasant cooperation with Xie Tingfeng in "Now You See Me 2". The prince of Hong Kong circle is actually quite easy to get along with after removing some idol baggage.

"Mr. Zhou, Nazha, long time no see."

"Is Reba here too?"

Xie Tingfeng quickly pushed the door open and came in, wearing couple sweatshirts with the princess.

Seeing Reba and Nazha beside Zhou Yutang, the handsome guy's expression twitched slightly, and he quickly took the initiative to greet them, and then sat down separately.

"Sister Fei, how do you maintain your skin?"

"Wow, your skin is so good, isn't it?"

Naza and Reba, two beauties from northern Xinjiang, were on the left and right, and they were as sweet as honey. They chatted with the princess in a short while.

When women get together, as long as they talk about skin care, they always have endless things to say.

"Long time no see."

Zhou Yutang smiled at Xie Tingfeng: "How do you feel about becoming the boss of a listed company?"

Many people call Zhou Yutang the youngest entertainment tycoon in China, but few people know that Hong Kong's Yinghuang strongly promotes the prince Xie Tingfeng, who is actually quite business-minded.

At the age of 19, he bought land crazily in Hong Kong and was nicknamed the shop king of Central Flower Street.

As early as 2003, he established the po Chaoting special effects production company, which occupied half of the Hong Kong advertising post-production market.

Xiao Gangpao's "1942" and Chen Kexing's "Chinese Partners" were all post-production special effects made by po Chaoting.

Recently, he has started to play with capital operations. Last month, he injected 60% of PO Chaoting's equity into the listed company "Han Media".

At a share price of 0.35 yuan per share, he bought 350 million shares of Han Media and became the company's major shareholder. No. 1 Han Media resumed trading, and the price soared 1.3 times from 0.35 yuan before the suspension.

Xie Tingfeng made over 100 million overnight.

He was praised by the Hong Kong media as the "future Hong Kong entertainment tycoon". Compared with Zhou Yutang in the mainland, he is a model for young people in Hong Kong to learn from.

"Compared with Mr. Zhou, my little business is just a small fight."

Xie Tingfeng, who made a small goal, waved his hand modestly. The princess next to him looked at this arrogant brother with some surprise. It was rare for him to be convinced.

Happiness is contagious, and it is lively when there are many people.

Xie Tingfeng tasted the food and praised it highly: "This is the best hot pot I have ever eaten in the mainland. No wonder it is so popular in South Korea."

"Mr. Zhou, I heard that you have opened dozens of new stores?"

He was not interested in the entertainment industry, but he was willing to learn from Zhou Yutang and exchanged ideas on catering management.

Dilraba Dilmurat next to him smiled secretly. Her brother was right. This is the real Little Chef of Hong Kong.

Xie Tingfeng started to enter the catering industry two years ago. He founded Fengche Catering with his friends and invested in a two-star Michelin restaurant known as the Michelin "Chef".

The mainland food program "12 Tastes of Fengwei" hosted by Zhejiang Blueberry TV was well received. Xie Tingfeng immediately prepared to open his own Fengwei Kitchen and expand further in the future.

"I didn't manage it much. It was all handled by a professional business team."

Zhou Yutang was just playing around at first. He didn't expect the hot pot restaurant to be so big.

After sweeping South Korea, the export was turned back to domestic sales. New stores were opened in Beijing and Shanghai, focusing on "service".

Combined with online marketing, it became unexpectedly popular.

The management team then formulated a strategic plan. The next step is to fully expand into first-tier cities in China and create greater glory.

Teacher Fan and Huang Xiaoming, who invested some money, have already made a lot of money.

The steam was steaming, and several people sat around and talked about gossip in the circle. The atmosphere was very good.

When the show was over, the queen and the little chef held hands and watched Reba and Nazha get into the car with Zhou Yutang on the left and right.

Xie Tingfeng's expression twitched and he choked.

Having been together in the crew, he certainly knew the relationship between Guli Nazha and Zhou Yutang.

But he didn't expect that Dili Reba seemed to have a close relationship with Zhou Yutang.

As expected, he lived up to his reputation as a playboy. Seeing Zhou Yutang having so much fun, he couldn't help but think of an old friend named Chen.

"What are you standing there for? Let's go."

The princess got into the car first, watched the business car start and disappear into the night, and muttered:

"One dragon and two phoenixes, can you handle it?"

Early morning.

Zhou Yutang removed Nazha's arm from his shoulder and pushed Reba's soft and long legs aside.

He unsealed the seal and stood up to lean against the back of the bed.

He lit a cigarette and looked at the mess scattered on the ground beside him. One could imagine the madness of last night.

The quilt had been kicked to the bottom of the feet long ago, and the morning light directly from the south window was sprinkled all over Reba and Nazha.

Nazha's schedule was very full during this period, with various business endorsements. She was probably really tired. It was a rare day of rest, and she slept very soundly.

The long eyelashes trembled slightly, and I don't know what she dreamed about, and a sweet smile appeared at the corner of her lips.

Beautiful eyes and white teeth, charming by nature.

Reba's body curves are even more explosive than Nazha's, and she is bright and beautiful with heroic spirit.

The ancient kings conquered the Western Regions, not for raisins.

Zhou Yutang used to question the ancient tyrants, but now he can slowly understand why the tyrants did not attend the morning court.

With two beautiful women in my arms, who would still want to go to court?

After the gathering last night, I went back to Reba's house in Beijing, which is also in Fanyue Community and is Nazha's neighbor.

The Grand Commander has a beautiful woman in his golden house and is generous. Whatever Nazha has, Reba will also have.

A bowl of water is served very evenly.

Nazha hasn't woken up yet, but Reba opened her sleepy eyes and took the opportunity to sit on Zhou Yutang's body, like a lazy kitten, nestling in her owner's arms with satisfaction.

After regaining consciousness, she began to swipe her phone,

"Brother, look at this list of directors."

Zhou Yutang rested his chin on Dilireba's shoulder, put his hands through her ribs, pressed against her softness, and took the phone,

"It's interesting."

I don't know which talent made a list of the value of Chinese directors.

The list is selected from Chinese directors who have independently directed three or more theatrically released works in the past twenty years.

In the early days, the domestic film market had not yet developed, so it was difficult to count. It was only counted from the time when China's film box office revenue began to take off.

The return on investment of directors was obtained by dividing the average box office of each work by the personal director's fee during this period, and the reputation of the work was considered comprehensively.

Among them, Zhou Yutang was the first on the Tianbang.

Several statistical items were full, and he could be called a hexagonal warrior.

He repeatedly broke the box office record of Chinese movies, and even broke the pattern of the three major directors of Chinese movies.

"Brother should be ranked first."

Reba happily gave a thumbs up, hugged Zhou Yutang, and continued to look down, and was surprised: "No way, the second one turned out to be Teacher Xue Xiaolu."

"Investment return ratio, this proportion is very important."

Zhou Yutang smiled, but he was not surprised.

As the saying goes, those who are good at fighting have no glorious achievements.

Although Teacher Xue Xiaolu is low-key and usually teaches at school, her record is really impressive.

Except for Ocean Paradise, which is an art film and not very popular at the box office, her other works, such as Love Is Not Blind, Architecture, and Beijing Meets Seattle, which she collaborated with Jiang Dong, are all low-cost productions.

Moreover, the box office revenue of each movie can be at least 20 times.

It is natural that she has become a top director in the circle.

Then there are Ning Hao and Jiang Wen.

Ning Hao has the foundation of the two crazy series of Stone and Racing, and he has just entered the 1 billion club with Heart Flower Road, and is a commercial film director who is about to soar to 1.5 billion box office.

Jiang Wen is ranked behind Ning Hao in this director ranking.

The owner of the original post also gave an explanation. Let the Bullets Fly is undoubtedly a masterpiece for the World Heritage Application, but Jiang Wen's previous movies have all lost money. In terms of investment return ratio, it has lost a lot of points. It depends on the adjustment of the ranking of this year's One Step Away.

Feng Xiaogang is behind him, and Lao Mouzi is actually ranked behind Xu Cainv, the princess of the Beijing circle.

Chen Kaige is even worse. As one of the top three directors in China, he made money from Farewell My Concubine and received the highest director fee. However, each of his movies was a sluggish one, and he fell to the bottom of the list.

Wu Baige is not much better. Although he is also a veteran international director, he has done a mess in several projects after returning to China.

Not only is he not as good as another Hong Kong director, Chen Kexing, he is even worse than Chen Musheng.

This kind of list made by netizens is somewhat subjective and not very authoritative.

But the data listed is reasonable and well-founded from a certain perspective, at least it allows the audience who don't know the situation to have a more intuitive understanding of the current situation of the Chinese film and television industry.

"The Chinese Directors' Heavenly Ranking is really reasonable and convincing."

"This kind of list, Zhou's Choice is absolutely correct."

"With one person's strength, he suppressed the three major directors, the boss is awesome."

"I feel that being a fan of Zhou Yutang is still quite happy."

"Chen Kaige has "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain", Zhang Yimou has "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils", let's see which of the three major directors will stand out first."

Just when the discussion was heated on major forums on the Internet.

Zhou Yutang, who topped the Chinese Film Heavenly Ranking, has met the most acclaimed and influential international director in Hollywood, who has countless fans in China.