Chapter 675 Dominating the global market, the attentive Hollywood beauty

Chapter 675 Dominating the global market, the attentive Hollywood beauty

They say you have to become famous early.

Han Han, who is in the millennium, left campus, published the novel "Three Gates", and entered the altar.

Also in the same year.

Now why is he famous in just one book?

"The Legend of Wukong" was originally serialized in Jin Yong Inn. Those who know this website may already have a family.

At that time, this book was so ground-breaking that it aroused the praise and worship of countless netizens, and was hailed as a classic among Internet literature classics.

Zhou Yutang has naturally seen it too.

In 2007, I made my first pot of gold and started to lay out copyrights.

After some further inquiry, I found out that China Film Group had acquired the rights to adapt the movie "The Legend of Monkey King" as early as 2002, and had no plans for a film or television shoot.

Last year, Xinli Media obtained the adaptation rights through Motie Books and was ambitious to do something big.

For a big project like this, it is impossible to hang from a tree. There are usually several plans.

After Reba's management team declined, Xinli Media quickly launched a backup plan and officially announced that it would promote the film and television version of the project.

"Directed by Guo Zijian, produced by Huang Jianxin, and written by Jin Hezai, Taiwanese handsome man Peng Yuyan plays Sun Wukong, Yu Wenle plays Erlang Shen, Wen Yongshan plays Azi, Ou Hao plays Tianpeng, Zheng Shuang plays Ah Yue, and Qiao Bin plays Juan curtain!"

"The total investment in the epic mythical film will be over 150 million, so the audience is welcome to look forward to it!"

After this big news came out, many fans of "The Legend of Wukong" exploded, and discussion posts could be seen everywhere in major online forums.

Speaking of actors and casts, it can be said that they are luxurious.

Even here in the company, Lu Yang and Wen Muye were talking about this matter.

"How is the later progress of "Xiu Chun Dao 2"?"

"It's still early, we have to wait until December at the earliest." Lu Yang took a bite of the apple.

"Take your time, don't rush."

Zhou Yutang nodded slightly: "This year's National Day, Lunar New Year, and Spring Festival are all planned."

"Now You See Me 2" on the National Day schedule, "Detective Chinatown" scheduled for the Lunar New Year schedule are still being edited overtime, and Zhou Xingxing's "The Mermaid" is on the Spring Festival schedule.

"It's a bit scary. This is the rhythm of a bloody internal entertainment."

Lu Yang shrank his neck: "Lao Guo has been on a lot of variety talk shows recently, and I'm just waiting for the National Day."

"Tell him to give out the red envelope first."

Guo Fan, Lu Yang, and Wen Muye, the three Jiangdong generals, all graduated from film schools.

I have been working with Zhou Yutang for several years, and we work and live together every day. We are close personal friends.

Lu Yang and Wen Muye have already become famous. Apart from joking, they also sincerely hope that their friends can take off.

There are many doubts about Guo Fan in the industry.

——A director born in the 1980s with a non-professional background.

Before that, his biggest achievement was serving as assistant director for Zhou Yutang.

Many people in the industry pointed out Guo Fan's lack of practical experience.

Some people also insinuated that the governor of Jiangdong was nepotistic. Guo Fan might have blocked the bullet for him, which was not enough to be as famous as the other two of the three generals of Jiangdong.

Guo Fan laughed off all the doubts from the outside world.

In his words, he has seen the tsunami-level public opinion battle Zhou Yutang has experienced, and this can be regarded as a small disturbance at best.

Rather than arguing with the media, Guo Fan is more willing to devote his energy to special effects production.

"Now You See Me 2" still has several magic shows supporting the entire movie, and the special effects shots are no less than those in the first film.

Just the special effects shot of the magic in the rain on the streets of London was changed no less than 200 times.

Many times, even Zhou Yutang would be woken up by him from his warm and fragrant nephrite just to exchange a few versions of special effects shots.

So much so that Zhou Yutang couldn't help but wonder if he was a Virgo.

But people who always get things done.

There is always some persistence and stubbornness.

While in the post-production of "Tang Detective", Zhou Yutang asked about the announcement of the movie "Now You See Me 2".

"Sister Shuang, have you decided on the publicity plan?"

"It's decided."

Li Shuang did things neatly and neatly: "America, you have to communicate again."

Zhou Yutang glanced at the itinerary and nodded slightly: "I just want to go to America."

The first part of "Now You See Me" is wildly harvesting the Asian market.

It was tentatively released in the North American market at the beginning, and the result was very good both in terms of box office performance and reputation.

The thrilling and dazzling magic show also left many Americans dumbfounded.

Now this second film in the series has received S+ level publicity resources in China.

Zhou Yutang's ambitions are not limited to this.

He wants to take over the global market.

"The 2015 Hugo Awards were announced in Seattle, Washington, America. Congratulations to Chinese science fiction writer Liu Cixin for winning the Best Novel Award for her novel "The Three-Body Problem"!"

On the flight to Los Angeles, Zhou Yutang came across such a piece of news.

This award for "The Three-Body Problem" is the first time a Chinese writer has won an award at an international science fiction award.

Liu also achieved great success in one step, breaking the gap of no Chinese writer winning awards in this field for many years.

He suddenly felt the joy of investing in low-priced potential stocks and reaping the daily limit.

Including "The Three-Body Problem", the film and television copyrights of Liu's works such as "The Wandering Earth", "Micro Era", and "Ball Lightning" are all in the hands of Jiangdong Entertainment.

Early copyright investment, millions of dollars bought it all over China.

Except for phenomenal IPs such as "The Legend of Wukong" and "Zhu Xian" that have long been capital-locked, the rest are basically missed.

There has never been a shortage of discussions in the industry about Zhou Yutang's capital marketing and other fields, and recently there has been a lot of discussion about copyright operations.

The price of "The Three-Body Problem" alone, which single-handedly brought Chinese science fiction literature to the forefront of the world, increased a hundredfold in an instant.

"Boss, are we going to make science fiction movies in the future?"

Ni Ni watched Zhou Yutang flip through it and asked curiously.

"In the past, the conditions were not met, but now that the conditions are met, we must do it."

Zhou Yutang was not idle either, sending messages happily.

Science fiction movies are a niche genre, at least compared to fairy tales.

But the film and television industry has diverse attributes.

If Chinese movies want to be big, they can’t all be youth romance films, nor can they all be comedies and crime suspense dramas.

Only this kind of heavy industry film can make the entire Chinese film market more prosperous.

After a flight of more than ten hours, Ni Ni and I both slept for a while to avoid jet lag. While chatting, we received a message from Huang Xiaoming.

"Brother Xiao Ming, are you done over there?"

"That's almost it. The wedding is scheduled for the 8th next month, don't forget it."

"Definitely arriving."

Huang Xiaoming also took on a Journey to the West-themed movie "Xuan Zang of the Tang Dynasty", which was led by China Film Group Corporation and his studio also invested.

I joined the team last month and are still filming in Dunhuang.

After talking to Huang Xiaoming, Ni Ni had already handed over the tablet without Zhou Yutang having to say anything.

Xian Xianyu pointed out the schedule she had compiled.

"It seems like a lot of people are getting married recently. Apart from Huang Xiaoming, Brother Dong and Milk Tea's wedding is also scheduled for the beginning of next month."

"When the time comes for the road show, I'll take a leave of absence. Brother Dong has already told me when he got his certificate."

"Boss, if you were asked to choose one of Liu Yifei and Liu Shishi to get married, who would you choose?"

Probably due to the difference in thinking between men and women, Mr. Zhou once asked this boring question. When talking about the wedding itinerary, Ni Ni also asked curiously.

She works with Zhou Yutang and is not an ordinary secretary.

Knows almost all Zhou Yutang's romantic anecdotes.

A woman who wants to be the wife of the Governor of Jiangdong can probably be queued from the magical capital to the capital.

But from the perspective of a bystander, Ni Ni has the greatest hope for Liu Yifei and Liu Shishi, just like Bai Yueguang and Cinnabar Moles.

"No ifs, I want them all."

Zhou Yutang was lying on the leather seat and received a message from Cai Yinong.

Some time ago, people in Tang Dynasty took advantage of the popularity of "The Ten-Year Promise of Sword and Fairy" to hype "Fairy Sword and Cloud" and the Fairy Sword movie project, and will soon hold a media launch press conference in Beijing.

"Sister K, when is the press conference?"

"Tomorrow, are you free?"

"Thank you for the invitation. I'm in America. I'll get off the plane immediately."

Zhou Yutang, who was in a good mood, joked with Cai Yinong: "When the time comes, I'll ask Sister Shuang to come over."

"There's one more thing."

Cai Yinong didn't feel disappointed and spoke hesitantly.

She wants to make the Fairy Sword movie, which has caused quite a stir. Many film and television companies are interested, but it has also caused dissatisfaction with Daewoo Group, a Bay Province game manufacturer.

The other party directly sent a letter warning, and Lao Cai cut the mess quickly and even held a press conference for the movie.

Daewoo has not tolerated Lao Cai, and has already gone to court.

Zhou Yutang couldn't help but ask: "Sister K, I have a question."

"you say."

"Does Tangren have any experience in successfully running film projects?"

"No."

"The project budget of the Sword and Sword movie is no less than 150 million, right? Are you sure about the cast and cast?"

"Currently, it's just Lao Hu, Shi Shi, and my own people, the prices are cheap."

Cai Yinong continued: "If you have a schedule, then..."

If the project is endorsed by Zhou Yutang and released to the public, hundreds of millions of investments will be just like playing.

This plan was so calculated that Zhou Yutang heard the sound over the Pacific Ocean.

Sighing softly, he advised tactfully: "The film market is very deep. Tangren can just do well in the field of TV dramas. If you really want to develop the film business, you have to do it steadily and start with small-cost production."

I taught Lao Cai a lesson, and my mouth was almost dry.

"Mr. Cai may have seen the Chinese film market taking off, breaking over one billion at every turn, and he was eager to get in and get a piece of the pie."

Taking the ice water handed over by the stewardess, Zhou Yutang drank most of it in one breath, turned to Ni Ni and said: "She is a typical person who only sees thieves eating meat, but not being beaten."

Ni Ni pursed her lips and chuckled.

She knows everything about Zhou Yutang since his debut.

I heard that when he first debuted, the Governor went to Cai Yinong La for investment.

Now Cai Yinong has to listen to Zhou Yutang's class.

It feels pretty interesting too.

Los Angeles.

The crew of "Fu Er Love Letter".

The name of this movie is "Beijing Meets Seattle: A Love Letter", but in fact the filming location has nothing to do with Seattle.

It started in Yuqing first, and then transferred to Haojiang.

The heroine Jiaoye played by Teacher Fan immigrated to Haojiang with her father at the age of 15 and settled in the gambling city. Later she became a casino publicist and lived in the old neighborhood of Haojiang.

The male protagonist Daniel played by Pan Yueming came to Los Angeles alone at the age of 14 due to his parents' divorce, and lived in Los Angeles.

So the movie includes the streets of Los Angeles and the working environment of real estate agents.

Fan Binbin had just finished her fashion activities and joined the group. When she received the news that Zhou Yutang had arrived in Los Angeles, she became visibly lively.

"Teacher Fan, why are you so happy today?"

On the crew side, Pan Yueming asked casually with the script in his hand.

"Haha, the weather is pretty good today."

Teacher Fan replied with a smile, which made Pan Yueming a little confused, until the assistant beside him leaned over and whispered a few words.

Oh, the boss is coming.

Pan Yueming understood instantly.

The news that Jiangdong Grand Commander landed at Los Angeles Airport has made the headlines in China.

Of course he knew the relationship between the two.

A few years ago, there were rumors about the two being in a sister-brother relationship, and he had heard about it to some extent.

During the filming of the "Beijing Meets Seattle" series, Pan Yueming saw Teacher Fan calling Zhou Yutang more than once, laughing so hard.

The eyes that were about to be drawn and the tone of coquettishness obviously exceeded the scope of ordinary friends.

——Teacher Pan remembered the past, and there was also a little white flower-like girl who laughed so happily for him.

Thinking of it, it was all tears.

It was precisely because of the reality that Pan Yueming cherished the hard-won opportunity now.

During the filming, pay special attention to the degree of contact between the two people.

On the other side.

After more than ten hours of flight, Zhou Yutang landed at Los Angeles Airport.

Chen Xi was talking to Zou Zhongyan, and there was a white woman in an OL suit waiting next to him.

"Natalie, you are getting more and more beautiful."

Zhou Yutang was naturally familiar with this female executive of New Line Company, and took the initiative to greet her.

"Thank you."

After a gentle hug, Natalie made an elegant gesture of invitation, smiled and led the way: "Bob is in a meeting at Warner headquarters, and may arrive later. He specifically asked me to receive you."

"It's just right, let's go to the crew first."

After getting in the car, Zhou Yutang began to listen to Chen Xi talking about the operation of the "Unbreakable Love Letter" crew.

After the filming of "Detective Chinatown" was completed, Chen Xi immediately parachuted into the "Unbreakable Love Letter" crew.

Teacher Xue's filming speed is not fast, and the current progress of the entire movie is about 60% to 70%.

When I came to the crew, I was warmly welcomed and greeted the main creators one by one.

Zhou Yutang held a meeting with Xue Xiaolu,

"It is estimated that we will have to wait until the end of the month to wrap up."

"That's perfect."

Zhou Yutang smiled and said, "By then, Teacher Xue can rush back to school for classes."

The crew was running normally. Today was all Pan Yueming's play, and Teacher Fan had nothing to do. She said to Xue Xiaolu and prepared to ask for another leave.

Directors are at the top of the pyramid in the Chinese entertainment industry, but there are some top big names in the circle who also have great say.

Some even have to bring their own screenwriters into the group.

Teacher Fan didn't do those tricks, but there were some business activities during the period that were inevitable.

This was all agreed upon when signing the contract, and coupled with her relationship with Zhou Yutang, Xue Xiaolu nodded very readily.

"What are the arrangements next?"

In the car, Teacher Fan took Zhou Yutang's arm.

Fan Ye, who was domineering in front of others, was indescribably petite at this time.

"Let's go to the company first. There will be a cocktail party in the evening."

"Can I go then?"

A soft and delicate touch came over her. Teacher Fan licked her red lips, with a light of hope and expectation in her eyes.

"You are the boss, you have the final say."

Zhou Yutang felt the roundness and softness through the thin fabric with almost blasphemous force.

"Hate it."

Teacher Fan slapped the mischievous hand away, twisted her body, and indicated that the driver in front was still there.

But almost out of instinct, she took out her mobile phone and sent a message to her assistant to arrange a dress.

According to her, Zhou Yutang must not be embarrassed. She must be beautiful and outshine those big horses.

"What dress are you wearing?"

"It doesn't have to be so formal. Wear anything casually."

Zhou Yutang calmly lowered his head to reply to the message. Teacher Fan glanced at him with infinite charm, and his heart was throbbing.

Wealth and status are the best outer clothes for men.

Even if Zhou Yutang is wearing ordinary casual clothes, he is definitely the focus of attention in such a flashy and vanity fair.

This trip to North America is mainly to get the huge returns from those movies, and to see the finished film of "The Conjuring 2".

To see the project being negotiated with Warner.

It was purely coincidental that I came to visit the set of "The Unbreakable Love Letter" today.

I took Teacher Fan to the headquarters of New Line Company, and James Wan took the initiative to hug him, "Zhou, it's nice to meet you and this beautiful lady."

"Thank you." Teacher Fan smiled back.

"Thank you for your hard work."

Zhou Yutang said lightly: "I was able to complete the post-production of "The Conjuring 2" in such a short time."

Compared with meeting in China a few months ago, James Wan now has an inexplicable aura.

Red energy nourishes people, not only actors, but also successful directors.

However, in front of Zhou Yutang, he still has the same attitude as always.

As an internationally renowned top director, Zhou Yutang's capital is comparable to that of Warner's boss, and people can only look up to him.

His producer, Pete Safran, also showed extraordinary enthusiasm.

"Zhou, I saw your animated film, it was great."

"Thank you, Pete."

Zhou Yutang said calmly: "I think we should watch the finished film of The Conjuring 2 first, and talk about reminiscing in the evening."

James Wan's director studio also has a share in this film.

Both James Wan and Peter Safran only greeted Mr. Fan politely.

Mr. Fan also knew this.

He was a top star in China, but he had no status in Hollywood, otherwise there would not be a special edition of Iron Man.

The two-hour movie watching was over.

Whether it was the atmosphere of the camera language or the degree of horror, the overall quality of the film was better than the previous series movie "Annabelle".

"Zhou, how do you feel?"

"James is worthy of being a contemporary horror movie master."

James Wan couldn't help but chuckled when he heard Zhou Yutang's words.

Peter and Natalie also laughed heartily.

To be recognized by Zhou Yutang was better than ten thousand compliments from others.

They seemed to have smelled the aroma of US dollars.

Los Angeles at night was like a unique bitch, showing its charm to the rich without restraint.

The common social activities in the domestic entertainment circle are dinner parties, while in Hollywood, they are parties and cocktail parties.

Zhou Yutang will not stay in Hollywood for too long this time, but Old Bob still took the lead in organizing a private cocktail party: "Oh my god, the lady next to you is so beautiful, you two are so well matched."

Old Deng said this to Liu Yifei and Liu Shishi.

"Thank you for the compliment, Mr. Bob."

Teacher Fan was instantly overjoyed when she heard this, and she liked Old Deng very much.

When Bob came to such an occasion, it was like a mouse falling into a rice jar, like a fish in water.

She was not a young girl who had just debuted. She held her head high and entered the venue with Zhou Yutang's arm.

"Zhou, it's nice to meet you."

Legendary Pictures CEO Thomas, who is also an old acquaintance, smiled and gave a hug: "If you have a chance, go to the crew of "The Great Wall". Director Chen really hopes to communicate with you."

"If I have a chance, I will go there."

Zhou Yutang was also a little curious.

I wonder what kind of movie Chen Kaige, who has been keeping a low profile during this period, has made.

Teacher Fan didn't have many acquaintances at the social reception, but when she was around Zhou Yutang, people came to greet her one after another.

Apart from the bosses of the film and television companies here, some famous producers, and fashion celebrities...

The most enthusiastic ones were the female stars and supermodels who were dressed up in fancy clothes.

Teacher Fan felt that if she wasn't there, some unrestrained foreigners would even stick their snow on him.

The man next to her had a calm and deep expression, as if emitting a dazzling light, attracting these coquettish bitches to fly into the fire.

"Damien, it shouldn't be you who feels sorry, but the woman who rejected you."

Zhou Yutang comforted the wounded heart of Damien, the director of "La La Land".

"Alas, it's a pity to miss it."

Damien smiled bitterly and drank the red wine in the glass.

He imagined that the heroine of "La La Land" was Emma Watson.

However, after several persistent contacts, Miss Watson lost interest in the passion of licking dogs and chose Disney's big production live-action version of "Beauty and the Beast".

"She will regret it."

Zhou Yutang's impression of Miss Watson was not very good.

In reality, she is not as obedient and cute as Hermione in the childhood filter.

There are constant scandals, and recently she seems to be busy waving the flag for women's rights.

"Of course, she won't know what kind of opportunity she missed."

While Teacher Fan was chatting with a fashion celebrity, Bob came over mysteriously, put his arm around Zhou Yutang's shoulders, and said with a sly smile:

"Zhou, there is a beautiful girl who is very interested in this role and you."

"Who?" Zhou Yutang raised his eyebrows.

"Amber Heard."

"Saury, Bob, I'm not interested in married women."

Zhou Yutang refused righteously.

This old Deng doesn't understand the profoundness of the culture of the Celestial Empire, and doesn't know that the Grand Commander hated Cao the most in his life.

That woman was also at the cocktail party tonight, wearing a deep V red dress that revealed half of her snow-white body.

Whether from the perspective of appearance or figure, she is indeed a stunner.

Amber Heard took the initiative to come over, sending her a wink, and was quite attentive.

Even Teacher Fan, who was at the peak of her charm, felt the threat from Amber Heard. On the way back to the hotel, she sighed with some fear:

"Too coquettish."

She was talking about Amber Heard, who was a little too enthusiastic tonight and didn't take her seriously at all.

Zhou Yutang was interested in the mature woman's scolding.

It was actually a bit cute.