Chapter 730: A magical game, the stars rise

Chapter 730: A magical game, the stars rise

"How about Tony Leung playing Cao Changqing?"

Zhou Yutang's simple words were like thunder from the ground.

It is better to die singing in the rain than to live under the fence of others.

He is also a very eye-catching and important role in "Snow". The green robe worn by Liang Chaowei as the sword in "Hero" can indeed be perfectly replaced.

Wu Wenbin looked troubled and hesitated to speak. Lin Liang coughed lightly: "Mr. Zhou, I'm afraid this won't be easy to handle."

Even if the Hong Kong scene is declining, Liang Tianwang's status is still very high. It is unlikely that he will act in a TV series and he will still be a supporting role.

"Ask first."

Zhou Yutang continued to browse the tablet: "When the time comes, I will go to Xiangjiang to discuss it. It doesn't have to be him."

He and Liang Chaowei are just acquaintances, but they are based purely on the suitability of the roles.

On the contrary, he has a close friendship with Ren Dahua and Lin Hedong.

Simon Yam is completely in his comfort zone in playing such a domineering hero, and he will definitely be able to control the villain Tuoba Bodhisattva.

Lin Hu's body type would not be inappropriate for the role of Lu Qiu'er.

As for Zhang Yuqi and Liu Yan who took the initiative to audition Oiran Youwei, it was not easy to choose. One was older than the other.

These are nothing. I heard from Zhou Yutang that Hu Ge came to play the guest role of Chen Wang and Chen Xiao played the role of Zhao Kai.

It was still a bit cold in Beijing in March. Wu Wenbin opened the collar of his shirt and felt a bit hot.

Others said that he just thought it was a joke, but the Governor had such confidence.

If this project in the snow is really successful, it will truly be an unprecedented success.

Even Lin Liang, who was as steady as an old dog, felt his mouth was dry. He took a few more sips of the wolfberry tea in the thermos cup and finally calmed down. His brain was working quickly and he reminded her tactfully:

"Mr. Zhou, the salary may exceed the budget by then."

"Remuneration is not an issue."

Zhou Yutang tapped his finger on the table: "Don't Goose Factory want to enter the market? Let Jiang Xueluo negotiate."

There are many film and television projects that he personally participated in, and people want to give money to them.

When Guangguang Wang Changtian came to Jiangdong Building, he happened to meet Zhou Yiwei.

The latter got off the business car with a smile on his face, greeted the fans who shouted "Ding Xiu" and "Add Qian Jushi" at the door, and quickly walked into Jiangdong Building with his assistant.

"Director Wang, what a coincidence?"

Zhou Yiwei paused.

"Come to audition?"

"Haha, good luck. I passed the audition and signed the contract today."

"Congratulations then."

Zhou Yiwei once acted in a drama called Guang Guang, and Wang Changtian and Wang Changtian were also acquainted. When they met, they chatted for a few words.

Since we were in Jiangdong, it was inevitable to talk about things related to Zhou Yutang.

"Celebrating More Than Years" has come to a perfect ending, new projects have been launched, and the live broadcast last night firmly made the headlines. It can be said that flowers are blooming, and fire is cooking oil, but that's it.

Zhou Yiwei was talking and observing.

It was discovered that the assistant behind Wang Changtian seemed to be carrying an exquisite gift bag.

What is this doing?

Give a gift to Governor Zhou?

He really guessed right. Lao Wang knew that Zhou Yutang liked to drink tea, so he brought tea leaves specially.

Watching a beauty pouring tea with bare hands is also a kind of enjoyment. Ni Ni's skillful and graceful movements are a feast for the eyes.

Zhou Yutang raised his glass and stared at the clear and bright golden tea. The rich aroma overflowed and infiltrated his sense of smell.

I took another sip and then put it down steadily. I felt the fragrance lingering on my lips and teeth, which made me feel relaxed and happy.

Since Zeng Li had cultivated the habit of drinking tea, he also had a good understanding of the tea ceremony. There is no doubt that what Lao Wang brought was Anxi Tieguanyin.

Wu Jing took the tea cup and drank it all in one gulp, drinking water like a cow while looking at the movie's budget project book.

I came here today mainly to talk about the investment share of "Wolf Warrior 2". Apart from Lao Wang and Wu Jing, there is also a vice president of China Film.

Zhou Yutang sank into the sofa chair in the reception area, casually placing his legs under the coffee table and resting them on the leather footstool.

"The investment scale for this movie is much larger than the first one."

"The cost calculation done by the team is 300 million, which can be reduced to 250 million."

After reading the film budget project document twice, the vice president of China Film Group confirmed that he had read it correctly and swallowed: "Mr. Zhou, are you playing this big?"

The first part invested 150 million in box office, and the final total box office was more than 700 million, which is considered a small profit.

The second part directly increased by 100 million based on the original. If a project of this level fails, it may bring down a company.

"This is a budget based on the top commercial blockbusters. The main reason is that there are many scenes that need to be shot overseas. 250 million is available in one step."

Zhou Yutang glanced lightly: "If China Film has any objections, you don't have to follow."

"President Zhou, I want to ask for instructions from my boss."

The vice president got up and called Pei Kang to report.

Pei Kang, who was in a meeting, was still thinking about the big theme project. He frowned and asked, "Did Zhou Yutang himself participate in the performance?"

"No, Wu Jing still directed and acted."

"Then it's up to you, just ask for 10%."

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Wu Jing participated in the entire script creation process and knew the outline. At this time, he frowned and was lost in thought, not knowing what he was thinking.

Wang Changtian looked through the files carefully and found that there were indeed more big scenes and exciting action scenes than the previous game, including spectacular scenes such as hundreds of cars exploding and tanks drifting.

The three exchanged scripts from time to time.

After about seven or eight minutes, the vice president came back and said with a smile: "Go on, let's talk about the share."

Wang Changtian put down the documents in his hands and gradually straightened his posture: "Yu Tang, what do you say?"

He has 10,000% trust in Zhou Yutang.

In the past few years, Guang Guang followed Jiang Dong and Zhou Yutang to eat big meat, and he also drank a lot of broth.

Zhou Yutang raised his tea cup and took a sip, saying simply: "I am in control, 100 million, and I want a 60% share."

Wang Changtian and Wu Jingding nodded, not thinking there was anything unreasonable.

Friendship is friendship, business is business.

Now if you want to get on Jiangdong's ship, the market situation is like this. If you don't pay the money, there will be many people rushing to get in.

After discussing for a while, this time it was the same as the first one, it was still four companies: Koto, Guangguang, Dengfeng, and China Film.

China Film only wants 10% of the share.

China Film Group has invested in Wu Baige's "The Hunt" and has booked Poet Chen's upcoming "Legend of the Demon Cat".

This military movie is considered a niche film, and it is not a project that Zhou Yutang is involved in. The main focus is to seek stability.

The remaining light is supported by the Dengfeng family.

Wang Changtian was also a busy man. After the verbal agreement, he hurried back to the company because he had an important meeting to hold.

Wu Jing hesitated to leave. Zhou Yutang saw the subtle expression on his face and took the initiative to ask: "Brother Jing, are you having trouble?"

"I can't hide anything from you."

Wu Jing scratched his head: "Yu Tang, I may not be able to come up with so much money at the same time. If not, I will mortgage the house and there are still procedures for lending."

"How come you still have to mortgage the house?"

"well."

Wu Jing shook his head and said with a wry smile: "It's not as big as your family's business."

He entered the entertainment industry early, but he basically made no money during those years in Hong Kong.

At first, I was so hot-headed that I directed and acted in "Spike", but ended up losing money until I was left with nothing but my underpants. It wasn't until the past few years that I got better.

He takes 20% of the share, including the director's and actors' remuneration, and also pays another 50 million. How can he get so much money at once?

"There is really no need to mortgage the house."

Seeing Wu Jing's confusion, Zhou Yutang patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "The "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" just released, as well as the future mobile game versions, need to be endorsed by someone. I think your image is quite suitable. , the fees can be advanced to you in advance.”

Wu Jingwa's face was filled with clear gratitude: "Yu Tang, thank you so much."

Ni Ni, who came in to deliver documents, always felt that Zhou Yutang smiled like a fox.

Jiangdong Entertainment is very mature in the overall development of the project. "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" is ready to go, and subsequent mobile game projects are already in preparation.

Calculating the time, the chicken-fighting mobile game will not be released until next year at the earliest. By then, when "Wolf Warrior 2" is released, wouldn't it be nice to take advantage of the situation and ask Wolf Warrior Leng Feng to endorse it?

"Where to jump?"

"Airport."

As the parachutes opened, 100 players were dropped by plane onto an island called Erangel.

The wind howled, and Zhou Yutang's expression gradually became more focused, and he controlled his character to swoop down from the air.

The muscular man wearing a floral shirt, large sunglasses, and a mohawk rolled over and landed on the ground.

With smooth movements, he picked up an ak from the ground and raised his hand to fire.

The sound of the bullet coming out of the barrel was like the roar of a beast.

Soon, a female character holding a pan and waving it was kneeling on the ground.

The players who had not picked up the weapons were running around, and some were shivering and hiding in the grass under the building pretending to be dead.

Gunshots rang out in Building C, and grenades were thrown, as if the whole building was shaking.

Landing on level 2 and level 3, Zhou Yutang killed them randomly with an AK, and the police station was littered with boxes.

Jay Chou, who jumped onto the viaduct over there, was a little depressed: "Brother, wait a minute, keep someone under the gun, don't kill me, I am Jay Chou."

"Are you Jay Chou? I'm still Zhou Yutang."

The person on the other side turned on the microphone and laughed at him without giving face. He squatted down and smashed him to death with a frying pan.

"Fuck Sanxiao!"

Classmate Milk Tea Zhou is usually quite capable. It’s rare that she gets so anxious that she swears, but she still doesn’t forget to show respect:

"It's quite unlucky. He was seriously disabled just now, just one shot away." Looking at Zhou Yutang after killing six or seven people, he was killed by a 98K shot from someone who didn't know where he came from. I finally felt balanced and pretended that nothing happened. .

Zhou Yutang quit the game at the speed of light. While waiting in line, he casually chatted with fellow student Milk Tea Zhou: "You want to start an e-sports team?"

"Yes, it feels quite interesting."

Jay Chou himself is a veteran player of League of Legends. He is a master of swordsman and jungler, and he is able to win gold in Taiwan server with ease.

Zhou Yutang’s Jiangdong team won the global finals last year, and a lot of capital in the industry is eyeing the blue ocean of e-sports.

Like Little King Wanda, who has a loud voice and talks about what he will do if he doesn't enter the World Championship.

This year's Milk Tea Week students signed a memorandum of cooperation with China Digital Culture, using their exclusive rights to their portraits and names and some funds in exchange for 10 million shares of China Digital Culture.

Then they directly acquired Taipei Assassins TPA, a strong team in the Bay Province's exclusive LMS division, and prepared to recruit more troops and start a big fight.

Taking advantage of the launch of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds", I made an appointment to play the game with Zhou Yutang, and actually wanted to learn from him.

After all, Governor Zhou was the first person to lay out the e-sports industry in China.

The Jiangdong team, which now holds two S-League championship trophies, is recognized as an e-sports giant with countless fans.

Moreover, this year Bilibili also operates a new team BLG.

It still continues the model of the Kodong team, using a team of several talented newcomers.

As a result, they emerged as a dark horse in the Spring Split, sweeping many established teams in the LPL, with their sword pointed at Jiangdong Aircraft Carrier.

"Put out a few more songs, tour harder, and don't think about playing games all day long. It's so unprofessional. Do your fans know?"

"Please, I work hard, okay?"

While the two were talking, the game character entered the queuing hall. After queuing passionately for more than three hours, they finally had the first chicken of the night.

"PUBG is really fun."

Classmate Milk Tea Zhou sighed with emotion.

He originally wanted to fight again, but he still had a schedule tomorrow.

They agreed to fight another day, and then they reluctantly brought this game to a successful conclusion.

The Chinese game market is particularly lively this year.

Xingchen Games promoted the mobile game "Honor of Kings" to attract many game players, and finally took the throne of the mobile game category.

In March, the computer platform game "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" brought many players back to Internet cafes, shouting and shaking the mouse with passion.

This game is actually very simple.

It depends on both strength and luck.

In each game, up to 100 players will be dropped by plane onto an island called Erangel.

At the beginning, everyone has nothing. They can freely choose their landing point by parachuting, and then collect weapons, equipment, medicine and other resources on the map.

Make yourself stronger, then race to survive in an ever-shrinking safe zone until only one player survives.

When I saw "Winner winner, chicken dinner" appearing on the screen, I felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction.

This is a line from the movie "Blackjack".

In the Las Vegas casino, there is a potato, vegetable and chicken fast food that sells for US$1.79. At that time, the profit from winning a gambling game was US$2, which was enough to buy a chicken rice for dinner, so this became a popular choice among gamblers. A joking way of saying something after winning money.

Translated into Chinese, it is more straightforward: Good luck and good luck, eat chicken tonight!

"Mr. Zhou, it exploded."

Even Chen Min's voice was full of uncontrollable excitement: "280,000 copies were sold on the first day, and the total sales in three days exceeded US$15 million!"

The original project team estimated that the sales volume in the first month would not exceed 1 million at most, but according to the current momentum, it would not even take half a month to exceed one million sales. Such a sales speed is very rare in the gaming industry.

"Game maintenance should be done well and players should be consulted more."

Zhou Yutang was also in a good mood and chatted with Chen Min about the next key points.

Since he proposed the concept of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds.

It has been nearly four years since we slowly built the basic framework and refined the specific details.

The seeds that were casually scattered in the past have finally grown vigorously, and now it is finally time to harvest.

Foreign media news has returned to China that the Sino-US sci-fi thriller blockbuster "The Meg" has officially started filming in New Zealand.

Nazar, who is sassy and beautiful in a leather jacket, stands next to the other leading actor Guo Da Statham. She looks like a combination of beauty and beast, and her beauty is a bit outstanding.

Zhou Yutang was busy with the casting of "In the Snow" and did not go through with it. However, he sent two generals, Zou Zhongyan and Chen Xi, to take charge, and the crew ran smoothly.

By late March, the sales trend and number of online users of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" still maintained steady and rapid growth, and finally on the tenth day, sales exceeded one million.

The official account of Star Games updated the sales figures of the game on the steam platform in real time.

Many people have set their sights on Zhou Yutang's star game.

Relying on Jiangdong Entertainment's powerful film and television hits, it has successively launched web games and mobile games of the same name, Star Games, which have risen at an incredible speed and carved a bloody path in the gaming industry.

But no one expected that Xingchen Games would hit the king bomb this time!

Once "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds", which Zhou Yutang personally supported, was launched, apart from the strong support of Chinese players, a large part was due to the activity of global users.

Marketing methods can only be said to be the icing on the cake. The most important thing is the quality of the game itself.

The reputation accumulated by players from the bottom up has created a rapidly growing number of global players.

This kind of growth rate can be described as exaggerated in the PC game industry. The industry predicts that "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" will be a phenomenal tactical competitive shooting game.

"Before this, no one has done such a thing, allowing foreign countries to see the technical strength and production level of our Chinese game industry."

Ding Sanshi, the number one IT pig farmer, publicly stated in an interview: “Only through accumulation and hard work can you become a blockbuster. Chen Min fought a very good fight.

This battle is enough to be recorded in the history of Chinese games, and it is also enough to make Star Games famous.

Congratulations to Governor Zhou. As far as I know, he is the one behind this project. Games are also a branch of the entertainment industry. No one in China can do this better than him. "

Today, Xingchen Games jumped into the dragon gate, became famous in one battle, and held a media conference.

Chen Min, CEO of Star Games, spoke eloquently at the media conference, "This game was first proposed by Mr. Zhou. I remember it was at a meeting in 2012. He came to the company for a meeting to promote a movie. Look, I suddenly mentioned the inspiration I got from "Battle Royale" and "The Hunger Games".

Then everyone slowly came up with this concept.

Without him, there would be no "PUBG" today.

The entire game development is actually a boring and long process, which has many difficulties, because we had no experience before, and it was a complete blank sheet of paper, including map making, and many details that had to be improved bit by bit. Our team also made a lot of efforts for this, but fortunately, the game product was recognized by the players, and the results were good, and it did not disappoint Mr. Zhou's expectations."

Chen Min, who has already become famous in the game circle, still couldn't help but feel excited. He looked up at the big screen, which listed a series of eye-popping sales data, full of pride.

This game is enough to make the vast number of game players in China raise their heads with pride, and it is even a big shock to the entire game industry!

"You call this a good result? ”

The other domestic game manufacturers who watched the live broadcast of this press conference were almost stimulated by the Versailles Chen Min to the point of fainting.

As the producer, Xingchen Games undoubtedly made a lot of money.

But more important than the economic benefits is that for the first time, a Chinese game has been recognized worldwide.

As a professional game website commented:

This is a new milestone in the history of Chinese games!

In late March, the Academy Awards are imminent.

Before going to Hong Kong, Zhou Yutang attended the Asian premiere press conference of "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" in Beijing.

Seeing that Marvel superheroes are in full swing, DC is anxious in its hometown .

The current president of Warner Bros. attaches great importance to the advancement of this project. He had already booked Zhou Yutang's schedule years ago.

The first stop of the global tour of this film was in the imperial capital, and media from many parts of Asia flocked to it.

Director Zack Snyder brought Batman Ben Affleck, Superman Henry Cavill, and Wonder Woman to the scene.

The purpose is to build momentum for "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" and pave the way for the future DC universe.

Today's Chinese film market has gradually caught up with the gap with North America. Every Hollywood blockbuster must fully consider the possibility of developing the Chinese film market at the beginning of the project.

Adhering to the principle of keeping a bowl of water even The principled Governor Zhou has been hanging out with Liu Yifei who returned to Beijing these days, and even brought Miss Liu to the press conference.

Today, Liu Tianxian was wearing only a black gauze dress and light makeup. Her skin, as white as snow, was so white that it glowed against the black background.

She stayed quietly beside Zhou Yutang.

The handsome man and the beautiful woman were a perfect match.

After greeting Director Zack Snyder, Superman and Batman saw Zhou Yutang, shook hands cordially, and then hugged each other - this is the usual way of greeting for foreigners.

Until they paused at Wonder Woman's side.

Zhou Yutang felt that this woman had stroked the palm of his hand, and he couldn't help but frown and turn his eyes.

Master During the fight, a glance can reveal a lot of information.

This long-legged foreign horse seemed to know that Warner executives were contacting him to take over the DC superhero project.

Is he betting in advance to please the director?

In response, the Grand Commander was very calm and said a few polite words. Gal Gadot gave him a warm hug as usual.

Zhou Yutang did not steal the show. He only showed his face and took Miss Liu to sit down in the audience.

The Warner executive was passionately talking about the layout of the DC universe. Looking at Wonder Woman, who was laughing and shaking with a pair of slender legs on the stage, Liu Yifei came up and suddenly asked:

"Xiao Zhou, who do you think is prettier, me or Wonder Woman?"

"She is far worse than you. "

If you hesitate for a second on this kind of question, it would be disrespectful to Governor Zhou.

Sometimes women's intuition is really terrible.

No matter from which angle you look at it, Wonder Woman's teasing action just now was very hidden, but Liu Yifei still sensed it.

Even if she pretended not to care, Zhou Yutang could still sense her little emotions. This is the passive skill of Aquaman.

Quietly holding Miss Liu's slender hand below, Zhou Yutang said in a gentle and persuasive way: "You must be ten thousand times more beautiful than Wonder Woman's suit when you put on it."

"You bad guy."

Liu Yifei glared at him with her watery eyes, which were very moist.