Chapter 805: Breaking the Lunar New Year stalls and breaking the ice
The charm of the two girls from Northern Xinjiang is irresistible.
Even the winter in the capital is burning for it.
After playing all night, Reba started a road show with the creator of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern 2". She was the main promotion force.
Nazha also reluctantly set off back to the crew.
"The Chosen One" will be finished before the end of the year, and the subsequent shooting schedule is very tight.
Zhou Yutang directly entered sage mode.
Poet Chen on the other side is probably doubting life at this time.
The road paved by Mr. Chen, coupled with the rise of being the first person to be crowned a god in domestic entertainment Cannes, is enough for Poet Chen to last a lifetime, and it is natural that the audience has high hopes for him.
After all, this is the top Chinese director who made "Yellow Earth" and "Farewell My Concubine".
The more expectations, the more disappointments.
As word of mouth continues to ferment, "The Great Wall" is destined to fail.
The weirdness and cynicism from all directions almost overwhelmed Director Chen.
The argument online that "Farewell My Concubine" was filmed by Mr. Chen has surfaced again.
pain!
It hurts so much!
Yesterday, Poet Chen lamented that great ambitions are difficult to achieve and there are many constraints.
Today, Mei Diaochan feels sorry for her husband again.
Countless people are staring at "The Great Wall", which is firmly in the entertainment headlines almost every day.
Although "The Great Wall" reached 925 million at the mainland box office on the 30th, it has firmly ranked first among the Lunar New Year movies.
However, neither the producer nor director Chen Kaige himself was obviously satisfied with this result.
Apart from "The Great Wall", news about the premiere of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern 2" can be found everywhere on major portal websites, hot posts on forums, hot searches on Weibo, and hot lists on Douyin.
Yesterday's premiere was very successful, including the first wave of feedback from various film and television industry uptakers, as well as some film critics, most of which gave positive reviews.
“How was the box office on the first day?”
“Over 100 million in 11 hours, and 243 million was reported on the first day!”
On the 31st, on the way to attend the seminar, Zhou Yutang took over the first-day box office data report that Chen Duling had stayed up late to prepare.
"Well, this result is not bad."
The number of films scheduled on the first day was as high as 36.3%. With the preliminary marketing work, it was slightly higher than expected.
Wang Changtian of Guangguang couldn't wait to call in, his voice couldn't conceal his excitement,
"Yu Tang, when will you start working on the sequel?"
On the first day of the movie's release, Enlight's stock price soared, and Lao Wang got a taste of the sweetness.
"Don't worry, let's wait until the movie is released."
“Boss, Sister Ni asked, how will we arrange this year’s annual meeting?”
"How about voting on the company intranet?"
"Girl groups are very popular, and TWICE is also very popular this year."
Girls always have the dream of standing on the stage and shining brightly.
Chen Duling is no exception
She really likes singing and dancing in girl groups.
I am still a loyal fan of the Kodong girl group and have bought many albums.
"TWICE?"
“It’s JYP’s girl group.”
"Gorillas are quite capable..."
Zhou Yutang thought about it, and there seemed to be a cute girl with rabbit teeth in that group.
He also knows that Yoona and IU are very smooth, but he is really not familiar with girl groups at this stage.
"That's Lin Nalian... The only one who can compete with our family now is TWICE..."
Seeing that Chen Duling was so lively and cheerful, Zhou Yutang teased: "How about you go and perform a show?"
"Huh?"
Chen Duling was a little confused. She seemed to have considered the feasibility and was a little nervous: "Well... I'm not very good at singing and dancing."
"Just kidding, just Wang Jiaer, let Cheng Xiao, Yang Chaoyue, and the SANA team come."
Zhou Yutang stopped teasing her and smiled:
"We can no longer invite popular people like Nogizaka...Ju Jingyi, we must spread positive energy."
Jiangdong also has a branch in Neon and has business dealings with local snakes there.
Restrictions on South Korea were issued earlier this year, so we must pay attention to the impact.
There are no restrictions on neon artists. It must be interesting to let Sakura Girl sing Chinese songs.
"Can I invite Tosai Asuka?"
"It's up to you."
Chen Duling nodded, his ponytail swaying.
In the past, she had only heard about the Kodong Annual Meeting online, and all the popular girl groups such as Girls' Generation, Crown, FX, and Apink had been there.
The performance was as good as the concert, and occasionally photos and videos leaked out, which is very enviable.
I didn't expect that she would have the opportunity to arrange these things herself this year, which was a bit dreamy.
Ni Ni is busy with the Starlight Awards at the end of the year at Station B. The starlight show held by Yusheng last year was very successful.
This year it is bound to bring a wave of goods on site.
While talking to Chen Duling about the arrangements for the Starlight Awards and the company's annual meeting, time passed quickly. The driver in front slowed down and said:
"Mr. Zhou, we're here."
"Yeah."
Zhou Yutang opened the glasses case and put on his glasses, instantly giving him a more refined and refined temperament.
Chen Duling glanced at it a few times, handed her makeup mirror over, and said in a strange way: "Boss, these glasses..."
"What happened to the glasses?"
Zhou Yutang tidied up his appearance a little, and Chen Duling pursed her lips and said, "It looks good with this suit."
"Just do what you just said. If you have something to do, go find Sister Shuang."
Zhou Yutang was slightly stunned when he saw Li Dagou as soon as he got off the car.
In the past, Big Dog Li usually wore a leather jacket and a pair of military boots. This elite look in suits and leather shoes was somewhat unusual.
He obviously didn't feel comfortable with it and loosened his tie.
Film office, conference room.
A seminar on the movie "Operation Mekong" was held in Beijing.
Leaders from the Long Propaganda Department, Film Bureau, Six Doors, Golden Shield, People's Daily Political and Cultural Department, People's Liberation Army Newspaper Cultural Department, Maritime Affairs, Air Affairs and other departments gathered together.
The CEOs of the top-ranked film and television companies are basically there, plus some industry scholars and experts, who can only accompany the last one.
Official media reporters brought equipment to record the entire seminar.
A big leader at Six Doors Headquarters said: "I don't understand movies. Xiao Zhou's movie is very well done. There is nothing to say about the theme or the story..."
It was Zhang Hongsen's turn to speak, and he did not hesitate to praise: "Whether it is from creation and shooting to post-production, visual effects, etc., the unity and cooperation are all interesting and show the style of a big country...
It also finds a new way to explore innovative expressions of main themes in commercial films and promote outstanding theme films in China's new era..."
"Operation Mekong", which was released on National Day, ended its delayed release, and the final total box office was fixed at 2.025 billion.
Another phenomenon-level commercial blockbuster with a main theme that exceeded 2 billion, aroused widespread public attention, and naturally has extraordinary significance.
The leader set the tone for the seminar.
As the MVP of the victory settlement stage, Zhou Yutang is undoubtedly the center of attention.
It was his turn to summarize and share the successful commercial experience of theme films. Zhou Yutang did not show any stage fright and gave an unscripted speech:
"First of all, on behalf of the crew, I would like to express my gratitude to the organizer of this special seminar, and also thank the leaders for their unswerving support, which has made this project the current achievements..."
In China, some things are never on the stage.
If you can get anything said at the meeting, they are all nice and auspicious words. Zhou Yutang is also affected by all aspects of this time, including rain and dew.
All the leaders present are very satisfied.
Director Tang from Hai Zheng was even more confident and couldn't hide his smile.
The Navy has passed the ball to Zhou Yutang. She is very optimistic about the prospects of "Operation Red Sea".
On the Kongzheng side, the director of the Television Art Center saw that Zhou Yutang was eager to stay by the leader of the Liumen News and Propaganda Bureau, and suddenly a hint of gloom passed through his heart.
The tasks assigned by the superiors were handed over to Li Cheng and Hua Yi, but they felt a little unsure.
What level is Li Cheng?
Can he...be compared with Zhou Yutang?
Governor Zhou's "Operation Mekong" was a big hit, and "Ghost Blowing the Lantern 2", which is still in theaters, is going straight to the box office of 2 billion, and it may even be higher!
Having built enough momentum in the early stage, now that the project has been launched and the project is done, there is no point in regretting it.
All we can do is, the road ends in darkness.
"That's right."
Bureau Liu poured a cup of tea for Zhou Yutang with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, have you read the news about Thunder's anti-drug campaign in 2013?"
Check out the 16-9 book bar and see the correct version!
"What does Bureau Liu mean?"
Zhou Yutang was naturally aware of this major case that shocked the whole country.
"The ministry has held a meeting and discussed that the anti-drug operation should be made into a TV series. You can do more work..."
"I will work on the script first, and then I will contact Director Liu."
Zhou Yutang nodded slightly, understanding in his heart, he did not refuse, and readily accepted the responsibility.
The director Liu he was talking about was the director of Jindun and Zhou Yutang's fellow Yancheng fellow.
They have worked together on "In the Name of the People" and he is also the producer and script consultant of "Operation Mekong".
He is responsible for the operation of the entire film and television project, and Director Liu is responsible for handling review troubles, and they have a tacit understanding with each other.
After returning to the company, after a brief communication, Zhou Yutang opened the word document.
After thinking for a while, he typed out the four characters "Ice Breaking Operation"!
……
After "Chasing the Dragon" was completed, the later stage was handled by Vision Media. As the director, Fatty Wang traveled to Jiangdong Entertainment every three days.
He bought a house in the capital a long time ago, but in recent years he has lived more in the mainland.
I heard that Zhou Yutang has taken on another main theme project for the Six Doors Headquarters. After learning about it out of curiosity, I couldn’t help but be speechless:
"Mr. Zhou, you are really having fun!"
Most of the film and television projects in Hong Kong involving profanity involve undercover gangs, policemen and gangsters fighting each other.
The prototype of this "Ice Breaking Operation" was a major case in which Guangdong Province assembled more than 3,000 police forces, launched a joint attack by sea, land and air, and seized nearly 3 tons of "flour"!
After all, Zhou Yutang couldn't take any time off, so he wrote an outline of the script overnight and formed a screenwriting team.
At the same time, the post-editing of "Joker" was also started.
Tian Zhuangzhuang took the lead, and professors and teachers from the college, including Wang Jinsong, Xu Haofeng, Meng Haojun, etc., all came over to join in the fun.
"What a shame last year's Venice."
""La La Land" is very promising for the Golden Globe Award."
"Which film festival will "Joker" be shown in?"
Zhou Yutang is the face of the film academy, and now his film has naturally attracted the attention of many academies.
This is not an honor that represents Zhou Yutang alone.
All the connections accumulated throughout the film school can be used by him.
In fact, a few days ago, Ren Zhonglun sent tea leaves in the middle of the snow, not specifically to please Pei Kang.
In addition to maintaining the relationship, there may not be any intention of inviting Zhou Yutang to attend the film festival.
With his painstaking efforts, he finally got through to the film festival, which was exactly what he needed to have a prominent figure.
“Let’s wait until the film is finished to watch.”
Zhou Yutang is not in a hurry to make decisions.
He more agrees with Tian Zhuangzhuang’s idea, which is to focus on the three major European companies.
The Berlin Film Festival will definitely be late, and the shortlist of films for the main competition will be announced soon.
The high probability is that you will choose between Cannes and Venice.
……
New Year's Day has just passed, and the single-day box office of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern 2" dropped to 156 million.
After all, they all have to go to work, but the box office has already passed the 800 million threshold.
At this time, the single-day box office of "The Great Wall" was declining along with its reputation.
Although it returned to glory during the New Year's Day holiday, it grossed 50 million for two consecutive days, and the total box office also exceeded 1 billion.
But after entering the working day, it was quickly knocked back to its original shape, and it had dropped to more than 10 million.
It's not even as strong as "Railway Tiger".
Of course, it’s also possible that emotional marketing plays a role.
The somewhat lonely interview with Jackie Chan was a hot search on the entire internet,
"I'm already old, and I can't do many of the moves I used to do.
I don’t know how much longer I can fight in the future, but as long as there are viewers willing to watch, I will definitely fight until the end..."
King Kaikai and Huang Zitao are quite popular, and they followed the crew's hard-working road show.
The box office grossed more than RMB 70 million for two consecutive days, bombing the Christmas season, and has already come from behind to complete the counterattack against "The Ferryman".
This time Alibaba bet on Zhang Jiajia and suffered a huge loss. The box office dropped by tens of millions in a single day.
I originally thought that the Chinese Directors’ Peak Competition during the Lunar New Year period would be a battlefield for several veteran directors.
No one expected that it was Governor Zhou who set up the stage to send his beloved general Guo Fan to the throne.
Killed through the Lunar New Year stalls as a dark horse.
As the starring role, Dilraba truly feels the huge benefits that the entire Ghost Blowing Lantern series has brought to her.
All marketing releases are false.
Works are the biggest source of confidence for a star.
Only blockbuster film and television works can prove that they are recognized by the market.
This is specifically reflected in the new business and endorsements provided by the starring artists.
Female celebrities are almost envious of Ma.
Reba is really lucky. She can live a lifetime just by relying on the "Ghost Blowing Lamp" series of movies.
The industry is no longer unfamiliar with Governor Zhou’s method of flattering people.
Nazareth was the hit of the Thieves series and immediately became a top star. The same is true for Dilraba, who has completely secured her position as a top star in domestic entertainment.
Liu Huohua, who was about to pass through the center of the earth, and Chen Minghao, who was basically unidentified, are now both commercial actors and receiving film offers.
After New Year's Day, Zhou Yutang attended the premiere of "The Lover".
The bosses of Xinli, Ruyi and Wanda are all here. The scene was quite lively.
Ke Liming smiled gently and sent congratulations: "Congratulations, Mr. Zhou, for the box office success."
A low-budget comedy movie like "The Lover" is positioned to steal and pick up the slack.
Moreover, the two movies are one week apart, so they will basically not pose much of a threat to a giant like "Ghost Blowing the Lantern 2".
This is a smart man who is well versed in the rules of the game. Zhou Yutang and Ke Liming had a great time cooperating in "The Meg" and they said a few scenes,
"Well, I also wish you a great box office success."
"Hello, Mr. Zhou."
Xiao Yang, who had worked with him in "Tang Detective", also came up to greet him, and Zhou Yutang smiled and nodded.
Xiao Yang's acting skills are indeed good for the Mesozoic era.
However, his eyes stayed on the woman in a red dress next to him for five seconds longer.
The biggest highlight of this movie is probably this woman in a red dress.
The clip of Clara dancing to music in the underground parking lot in front of a one-way mirror was shown in the trailer. It is really indescribably charming and sexy...
(End of chapter)