Chapter 570 The impact of being shortlisted and the company going public
After looking over the Cannes nomination list countless times in his hand, Pei Kang dialed Zhou Yutang’s private number:
“Yu Tang , how is the filming progress of your crew here?”
“It’s okay, we’re having a little problem.”
“If you need any help, just ask.”
"Thank you for your concern, La Dong. The problem is not big and has been solved."
Zeng Li fell asleep watching TV in his arms. Zhou Yutang turned down the volume of the TV, changed his posture to answer the phone, and followed Pei Kang started chatting.
At the beginning of the shutdown, it took a little time to adjust the script.
There were no twists and turns after that, and the shooting went smoothly.
Same as the first season, we are still divided into two groups, A and B.
Director Kong Sheng led Li Muge and the Jiangdong elite team in charge of Group A, mainly focusing on the main shots such as Zhou Yutang.
Liang Shengquan and director Sun Hao were responsible for the secondary shots of Group B.
Having the basis of cooperation in the first season, the cooperation is quite tacit.
But in the end, Zhou Yutang’s nod was needed for the specific shooting effects of the two groups.
"That's good, how about the arrangements in Cannes?" La Pei Kang asked with a smile.
"It won't be over here in May, so I'll take a leave then."
This time the filming cycle is not that tight. It is not expected to be completed until August. All the actors on the crew have to cooperate with Zhou Yutang's schedule. .
As usual, Zhou Yutang’s scenes are mentioned in the previous shooting. He has at least two more movie projects next.
“The first time we met was in Cannes, and I will still lead the team this year.”
La Pei Kang said with emotion: “I wish you can win the trophy in advance.”
"Haha, borrow Dong Jiyan."
Then the two talked about the movie schedule and some inside information.
There will be big moves from above, and strict content censorship of American and British dramas will be carried out.
This does not have much impact on Zhou Yutang. Although Station B has also acquired many American dramas, it focuses on a two-dimensional one, plus the content channels of Jiangdong’s own film and television dramas.
On the contrary, Sohu, which has invested heavily in American TV series, may be hit by a knife.
The news of being shortlisted for Cannes was still brewing. Zhou Yutang was on the set and received a lot of phone calls and news.
Zhang Ruojun, Hu Ge, Huang Xiaoming, Deng Chao, Ning Hao and others congratulated one after another.
As the face of the film school, the news of being shortlisted for Cannes was quickly displayed on the homepage of the school’s official website.
Nazha graduated with Xiaoxue and Liu Xing this year. She is busy with the graduation drama and has not joined the group yet.
But there is no shortage of chatting with Wai Wai. According to her, she proudly said that the most talked about topic in the film school recently is Zhou Yutang.
Not only the film academy, but also the entire film and television industry are hotly discussing Zhou Yutang's nomination for Cannes.
Even Bob on the other side of the ocean made a special call: "Zhou, you always bring surprises to people. Congratulations on your Cannes nomination."
" Thanks, Bob."
Zhou Yutang is more concerned about another thing: "How was the conversation with Joaquin Phoenix?"
"Sauri, this guy is difficult to deal with."< br>
Bob regretted: "He didn't want to take a role in a movie adapted from a comic book. Marvel asked him to star in Doctor Strange in the Marvel Universe series, but he also refused. I'll think of another way."
Many people can use it Just add money and get it done.
But there are always a small number of people with artistic pursuits who don’t accept this.
The script of "Joker" has not yet been completed, but Zhou Yutang already has his ideal clown, Joaquin Phoenix, who won the Venice Best Actor two years ago.
“Take your time, don’t rush, this project won’t start so quickly anyway.”
Zhou Yutang shook his head and chuckled: "Now we are about to reach the harvest season, aren't we?"
"Of course!"
Bob laughed heartily: "The two of us join forces, from It has never failed, and we will definitely have a place in this year’s North American summer festival.”
Then we discussed the promotion of several movies.
To coincide with the global release of Warner's "Godzilla" in May, "Purge 2" and "Superman" have been moved to the summer schedule.
There is also a "Fifty Shades of Grey" post-production in progress.
Just wait for James Wan's "Fast and Furious 7" to end, and immediately start the sequel to The Conjuring Universe.
Fine knives are very good, there is no reason not to make money.
The crew of "Celebrating More Than Years" stopped playing awkward games and went directly to the plot line of Baoyue Tower.
According to the plot and setting of the original novel, although Fan Sizhe was a genius in business, he acted surly and unscrupulously because of his powerful background.
During Fan Xian's mission to Northern Qi.
He partnered with the third prince, who was his cousin, to open Baoyue Building, which is also the Fengyue Place business.
Using power to clear the way, he succeeded and in less than two or three months, he wiped out the entire industry in Kyoto.
Many people died during this period, and the innocence of many good women was ruined. Fan Sizhe knew what was going on, but didn't take it seriously. He was not clean himself, which broke Fan Xian's heart.
But the TV series version definitely can’t be shot like this.
Therefore, when the first season started, we had already discussed the character's personality, and it was determined that its comedy color would be enhanced.
The TV series version also has slight changes regarding the Baoyuelou incident.
Fan Sizhe was persuaded and coaxed into investing in Baoyue Building, taking the blame.
Miss Yuan Meng, the person in charge of Baoyue Tower, is the person of Li Hongcheng, the major shareholder of Prince Jing, but she is inextricably related to the second prince.
At this point, it is gradually becoming clear.
The second prince behind the scenes is an old coin, and wants to draw Fan Xian into the game. The eldest princess Li Yunrui, who lives in a secluded palace, is also scheming.
Wang Xiaochen, who plays Yuan Meng, brought quite a surprise to Zhou Yutang.
On the surface, she looks like a beautiful and gentle courtesan, but in fact, it is not an exaggeration to say that she has a snake-like heart.
Forced the vegetable seller Lao Jintou's daughter into Baoyuelou and forced her to sell herself. Then she turned around and blackmailed the vegetable seller Lao Jintou and forced her to death.
There are several chairs placed in front of the director's monitor.
In the center, one is where director Kong Sheng is sitting, and the other is for Zhou Yutang.
The rest of the director of photography, assistant director and others were sitting on the edge, watching the pictures captured on the monitor and communicating.
The plot of Baoyue Tower is the highlight of the early stage.
"Director Kong and I have the same idea. There is no problem with this, it's over."
Seeing Zhou Yutang nodding with satisfaction, Li Muge and others breathed a sigh of relief.
He has a detached status in the crew, but except for script issues, he didn't talk about it or interfere too much in the filming.
Basically give advice from the perspective of an actor and the audience.
As for the entire filming process, it was all discussed by the director team.
Sometimes actors have their own understanding and ideas about the role.
The occasional flash of inspiration can add a lot to the whole drama.
Mr. Wang Jianguo, the actor of Lao Jin Tou, is also a well-known veteran actor in the circle, and his performance is very good.
It is a good interpretation of the sentence "The hemp rope is cut at the thinnest point, a father's love is like a mountain and should not be looked down upon", and it also makes the character Yuan Meng more three-dimensional.
The shooting on this day went smoothly beyond expectations. During dinner, Zhou Yutang and Wang Xiaochen chatted a little more.
"Mr. Zhou, Shi Shi still remember me?"
"Why don't you remember? I was talking about you in our chat two days ago."
Zhou Yutang smiled: "In the version of "The Condor" played by Lao Hu and Lin Yichen, you played Mrs. Huang Yaoshi. At that time, I went to the crew to visit the class, but unfortunately I didn't meet her."
"It's really a pity." Wang Xiaochen was a little surprised, and even more flattered: "I have very few roles, and they were already completed by then."
"Teacher Li Chuanying must have taught you your lines."
“Well, Mr. Zhou, how do you know?”
Wang Xiaochen was stunned for a moment, and Zhou Yutang chuckled softly: "Mr. Li mentioned to me that your play is good."
Li Chuanying is a line teacher in the Department of Acting and Directing at Shanghai Theater Academy, and has taught Reba.
His lover Liu Wanling is even more powerful and is a professor in the Department of Acting.
A number of famous actors including Xu Zheng, Liao Fan, Yu Hewei, Li Binbin, Ren Quan, Lu Yi, Wang Jingchun, Hu Ge, etc. are all her disciples.
Zhou Yutang asked her to come out at that time and worked for Liu Shishi for several years, so that she now has a solid foundation in acting.
Both of them are specially appointed acting professors at Yamashita Academy.
Wang Xiaochen has some connection with the first sister, she is also senior sister Reba, but she was born in 1988, one year younger than Shi Shi.
Because of his outstanding talent, he entered theater at the age of 15 and is considered a man of the hour on campus.
But the most indispensable thing in the entertainment industry is beauties. After graduation, Wang Xiaochen has been playing supporting roles in various film crews.
Only in recent years have they begun to emerge, such as Jin Shanjiao in "The Miracle Doctor Xilaile" and Fang Yiyi in the recently popular "I Love My Boyfriend".
For her, the biggest cake is the role in "Qing Yu Nian 2".
When he received the notice that he had passed the audition, Wang Xiaochen almost suspected that he was dreaming and felt a little unbelievable.
I felt excited afterwards and received congratulatory messages from a circle of friends and classmates.
After being in the circle for so many years, Wang Xiaochen also knew how to deal with the world. When Zhou Yutang mentioned this, he came to his senses.
It seems that I can get this role. Teacher Li Chuanying helped me.
I immediately made up my mind to bring some gifts to express my gratitude later.
Late April.
The first listed company in the domestic social media field was born.
The closing share price of the bib on Nasdaq soared to US$20.24 on the first day, an increase of more than 19%.
Based on the first day’s closing price, the overall market value exceeds US$4 billion.
The market performance is not as good as expected, but the U.S. stock market is sluggish, and even Twitter's stock price has plummeted. It is rare for a bib to have such a size.
For domestic entertainment, this is another behemoth.
The news spread back to China, and everyone in the film and television circles turned their attention.
Then some sharp-eyed fans discovered that Zhou Yutang's name was clearly on the prospectus, and he and Tian Ming held quite a lot of shares.
“I’m curious how much net worth Zhou Yutang has?”
"He is so popular, he must have billions of assets, right?"
"What the hell are you kidding me upstairs? I don't think that last year's "Charlotte" had such a high box office, and the Spring Festival release of "The Secret of the Dragon" "With a box office of more than 2 billion, how much can Zhou Yutang earn? And he sold Huayi shares in order to improve his life and made a lot of money." "
"Isn't there anyone who doesn't even know who the big boss behind Mingjie is?"
"Insiders broke the news that Brother Dong had financial difficulties in the past few years. I invested a lot of money with Zhou Yutang, and now Jingdong is about to be listed on the market, and its size is at least several times that of the bib."
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The Internet is extremely lively. In the past few years, Zhou Yutang has continuously occupied the top spot on the Forbes celebrity list.
In the past two years, he has gradually disappeared from the list, but the discussion about his net worth has never stopped.
Among the beauties around him, Zhou Yutang showed Liu Shishi some of her underwear. She knew something about it and admired it from the bottom of her heart.
Liu Yifei also asked several times, probably because Aunt Liu was curious.
Only Damimi worked tirelessly to find answers and forwarded specious news on WeChat every day.
Zhou Yutang just smiled and said nothing about it, leaving Damimi scratching her head. She knew that Jiangdong Entertainment's popular film and television dramas could bring this man a very considerable cash flow.
For last year's "Charlotte Troubles", which was solely run by Soochow Pictures, the revenue was equal to Huayi's annual profit, or even more.
Jiangdong Entertainment produces more than one film and television drama a year.
Da Mimi felt very itchy.
In fact, after Zhou Yutang has increased his capital and his net worth has crossed the tens of billions threshold, it is really difficult to calculate the exact number of capital.
The first is the real estate under his name. In addition to several basic companies, part of Zhou Yutang's funds are invested and held in dozens of companies through venture capital companies managed by professional teams. How many companies are there? There are few.
Several companies including Netflix in America.
There is still quite an astonishing cash flow in hand, and Zhou Yutang is determined to imitate a certain boss.
Of course not a song and dance troupe
Last year, the man who waved banknotes and played gold and dollar football created a miracle for Evergrande to win the AFC Champions League.
People in the country are excited, and it seems that the golden age of Chinese football is about to come.
Zhou Yutang also has the idea of starting a team for fun.
It’s not interesting in China.
He is planning to directly spend money to acquire a team from the five major leagues.
It's just that this matter depends on the right time and place. The opportunity is not available for the time being, so I hired a professional manager to pay attention to it.
During this period, Zhou Yutang has always been the darling of the media.
But he himself is indifferent to what is going on in the industry and only focuses on filming Qing Yu Nian.
In order to speed up the progress, Zhou Yutang declined the kind invitations of several groups of lobbyists sent by the Beijing International Film Festival, including Tian Zhuangzhuang's old friend Li Shaohong.
After all, Zhou Yutang is now the traffic guarantee.
The year before last, he was awarded the title of Baihua Ticket Sales King, and he shot a series of tourism promotional videos, which even made the city of Shaoxing popular for a while.
I attended the Academy Awards this month, and the ratings hit a new high.
Zhou Yutang was busy replying to Tang Yan’s message.
The candidate list for the Hundred Flowers Award, scheduled for September, has also been announced.
The International Chapter still received nominations for Best Actress, including "Now You See Me", "Witness", "Charlotte", etc.
The selection of the Hundred Flowers Award is a bit interesting. Among the 100 films with a box office of 5 million and a TV broadcast of 30 million, 100 key theater managers under the China Film Distribution and Exhibition Association voted to select 10 candidate films.
The final result will be voted by the final judging committee composed of audience judges to select the winners.
"Yu Tang, do you think I have a chance?"
This is the first time that Tang Yan has been nominated for Best Supporting Actress in Baihua, so she is inevitably a little excited and longing.
Among the four beauties of the Immortal Sword, Liu Yifei is the queen of the golden horse, and she rides unparalleled.
With Magnolia in hand, Liu Shishi dominates the small screen, and the film's box office performance is also very good, and it has been nominated for three golds.
Yang Mi is black and red. Before winning the Golden Broom, she won the Best Supporting Actress of Baihua for "Search".
Tang Yan was a late bloomer last year with "Why Is the Shengxiao Silent" and "Witness the Witness", she was a late bloomer and couldn't compete with Tianxian and Yijie. Tang Yan didn't want to lose to Damimi.
"You want to take me hiking if you don't have a chance?"
"I hate it, don't joke, I'm serious, tell the truth."
The local girl in Shanghai started acting coquettishly, and Wu Nong's soft words were really urgent and sweet.
A smile appeared on Zhou Yutang's face unconsciously: "I think you are very promising."
"Then if you don't win the prize, you will make it up to me."
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Zhou Yutang's expression twitched and he choked.
This long-legged little girl from the magical city has a bit of a trick. It turns out that she is waiting for her here.
(End of this chapter)