Chapter 602: Zhou Yutang has done all the bad things
“China’s economic and cultural representatives Jack Ma and Zhou Yutang visited the Blue House and were received by Pak Kaka!”
”Vice President Han said with emotion: I hope Jack Ma and Zhou Yutang He’s from South Korea!”
“Korean media has the highest praise for Zhou Yutang: the king of Asian entertainment will bring hope to the South Korean entertainment industry!”
Following the crazy reports by Korean media, domestic media His work efficiency was also very high. Early the next morning, news about Teacher Ma and Zhou Yutang had been posted on various news information sections.
The most eye-catching ones are undoubtedly the photos of Pukaka shaking hands with Zhou Yutang and Jack Ma respectively.
As one of the parties involved, Mr. Ma made a big fuss in front of Mr. Li of Samsung yesterday and returned home overnight - Alibaba only went public this month, and he, the leading brother, has a lot of things to do.
Another client, Zhou Yutang, was on his way to the set of "Broken Tomb" at this time, sitting in the back seat of the car with his eyes closed and meditating.
He withstood the test last night and did not let the bad trends in the South Korean entertainment industry come in.
However, Lin Yoona's sudden airborne surprise is inevitably a bit wanton and indulgent.
After maintaining his full knight posture all night, he successfully unlocked many difficult poses.
As a direct result, Lin Yoona, who was in good physical condition, could not get up, so she had to pretend to be sick and take half a day off.
It was a long drive to the crew of "Broken Tomb". In the car, Zhou Yutang responded to Liu Shishi's news and brushed up on film and television information.
Every autumn begins, the awards season begins in the entertainment industry.
In the Huading Award some time ago, Chen Baoguo achieved a Grand Slam, and Tong Yaya won the Huading Award - this also added weight to her in the battle for the top spot in this year's Golden Eagle Goddess voting. He caught up with Yang Mi and Tang Yan who were leading the first echelon.
The Huading Award is an audience reputation award. Zhou Yutang was originally nominated, but the organizing committee adheres to the principle of not giving out the award if he is not present.
Zhou Yutang was still on the crew filming at that time and did not attend this Huading. Of course, it was impossible to award the award to him.
But this is not a heavyweight award. For Zhou Yutang, it doesn’t matter whether he goes or not.
Ning Hao is making a splash in Toronto. On the other side of the Venice International Film Festival, several Chinese-language films that were nominated failed to win.
Dear, directed by Chen Kexing, is scheduled to be released during the National Day, just in time to coincide with "Beautiful Heart".
Both movies star Huang Bo, but due to his relationship with Ning Hao and Zhou Yutang's influence, Huang Bo's promotional schedule is more inclined to "Heart Blossoms".
Even the latest special episode of Extreme Challenge has been arranged. Bald Xu and Shen Teng are guests, but Chen Kexing does not get such treatment.
Another piece of news that made Zhou Yutang suspicious came from the hard-working Boss Jia.
His PPT method has been perfected and has lured a lot of capital into the market. I want to suffocate for the dream with him and make LeTV bigger and stronger.
There has been a lot of action lately.
The biggest move is the announcement that it will take over the "Tomb Robbers Notes" tomb-robbing IP from Jiangdong Entertainment, which is comparable to the "Ghost Blowing Lantern" series.
And formulated a complete strategic plan for it.
The series of film and television projects is jointly produced by LeTV, Huanrui, and Jiangdong. The first season of "Tomb Robbers" was directed by Xiangjiang Zheng Baorui.
Previously, the topic of male protagonists was so popular that the original author of the novel, Nanpai Fourth Uncle, held an online casting event.
Zhou Yutang was elected as Wu Xie with an overwhelming number of votes, and his good brothers Hu Ge and Zhu Yilong were also highly vocal in starring as Zhang Qiling.
It was impossible to star in the show.
Now when Zhou Yutang takes over roles, he doesn’t look at the pay, only the script.
He has little interest in characters like Wu Xie, and his project evaluation of the entire tomb robbery series is not as good as Gui Chuideng.
Otherwise, the project would not have been directly transferred to LeTV in the form of a cash buyout plus future profit sharing, and then Huanrui would have been brought in.
But LeTV’s statement is very interesting. They only said that after hard communication, Zhou Yutang’s schedule could not be coordinated.
In the end, Li Yifeng, a young boy from Huanrui, was cast as Wu Xie, and Yang Yang, another young boy who became famous for "Ancient Sword", also successfully took the role of Zhang Qiling.
Tang Yan, a strong contender for the Golden Eagle Goddess, plays Aning, and she also brought in Chen Yuqi, a newcomer recently signed by her studio, to get a supporting role.
Zhou Yutang looked at the news on the tablet with interest.
Boss Jia is well versed in the art of hype. We will have to communicate with each other if we have the opportunity another day.
For this project, a special press conference was held to announce that the movie and TV series of the same name will be launched simultaneously with the game series.
Let Boss Jia do whatever he wants.
He may have gained, but Zhou Yutang will definitely not lose.
In short, just one sentence.
Zhou Yutang didn't want to give up the power, but he wanted the money.
When Zhou Yutang arrived at the filming location of "Broken Tomb", Showbox had already arranged for various media to prepare interviews.
Directed by Bong Joon-ho, it stars South Korea's veteran local actor Choi Min-sik, the new generation of queen Lee Ji-eun, and a powerful newcomer Yoo Ah-in.
With such a luxurious and top-notch lineup, the production cost is 14 billion won, which translates into about 70 million won.
This is not ranked at all in China, but in South Korea, it is already the most watched top-level production of the year.
Mainly because of the influx of capital into domestic entertainment, the industry-wide remuneration has soared.
A fairy like Zhou Yutang, with a starting salary quotation of 100 million, can directly suppress the entire South Korean film and television industry.
The market in South Korea is so big, and actors’ salary quotes are not high.
For example, Choi Min-sik and Bong Joon-ho are considered to be the ceiling of the South Korean film and television industry. Both of them received 600 million won for this movie, which is just over 3 million yuan.
IU is 400 million won, a cabbage price of two million.
The South Korean entertainment company strongly recommended Yoo Ah-in, which is not even worth the price of cabbage, and was spent on hundreds of thousands.
The biggest cost of the entire project turned out to be Zhou Yutang's script.
The price of 12 million is a friendly price given by Zhou Yutang for the sake of happy cooperation with Showbox.
Of course, this price does not include the box office share he enjoys as a proprietor.
The people in the Showbox film department are quite satisfied with the result.
The internationally renowned Palme d'Or director has become the king of commercial films in Asia. Today, three of the top five films in South Korea's box office list are still made by Zhou Yutang.
Zhou Yutang’s project is definitely worth looking forward to.
The crew has just started filming not long ago, but all the crew and creators are already present.
"Director Bong Joon-ho's "Memories of Murder" is a classic. Senior Choi Min-sik's acting skills are also very good. It was a pleasure to work with him last time."
Zhou Yutang took care of the Korean media's self-esteem: "This movie is a brand new attempt. As an investor, I hope it can bring you a different movie-watching experience."
"He is an incredible genius." Bong Joon-ho smiled. He squinted his eyes and praised Zhou Yutang profusely.
“It is my honor to be able to star in a movie directed by Zhou Yutang.”
Cui Minzhi is also very good.
He is the gang boss in "Super Body". He was originally considered to be used to cut leeks in the South Korean market.
The hard work pays off. Thanks to Choi Min-sik's box office appeal in South Korea, "Super Body" was released on the South Korean film market more than a month late. The total number of viewers reached more than 6 million, completely exceeding expectations.
After dealing with the media, Zhou Yutang watched from the side as Bong Joon Ho arranged the crew.
This is a great director who stands at the pinnacle of the South Korean film industry. "Memories of Murder", "Monster on the Han River", and "Snowpiercer" are all very good works.
There is certainly something worth learning.
But after finishing the media interviews in the morning and not taking a few shots, Zhou Yutang asked Ni Ni to prepare several coffee carts to support Li Zhien.
When I go to visit the crew in China, most of the time it’s KFC plus McDonald’s meal.
But South Korea has more tricks.
This coffee cart is a high-end support method. Book it in advance with a specialized company. Each coffee cart costs about 5,000.
IU posters were printed on the car. In addition to providing coffee to the crew, there were also snacks, hot dogs, sandwiches and other simple foods.
This is also a point that can be promoted. The producer of the showbox film department almost knelt down and insisted on dragging Zhou Yutang and IU to take a set of photos in seemingly intimate poses, preparing to use the scandal to hype up the situation. wave movie.
"Oppa."
After taking the photo, Li Zhien returned to his charming look and thanked you specially: "Thank you for your expense."
"Also Not much money.”
Zhou Yutang did not take it to heart, and said: "If there is anything you don't understand, ask the director and the seniors on the crew. If someone touches you, tell Pei Yun and I will handle it."
Judging from the few shots taken in the morning, Li Zhien's performance was a bit difficult.
Not to mention that compared to Cui Minzhi, the veteran actors in the crew, and even Yoo Ah-in in the crew, her talent is superior to hers.
After all, IU’s main business is a singer, so she transitioned to film and television, which took time to settle.
“Well, I will try my best.”
Li Zhien was a little touched when he heard the first half of the sentence, but when he heard the rest, he couldn't help but glance at Zhou Yutang with some resentment.
The mouth pouted.
Nowadays, South Korean entertainment companies are talking about JD's female artists' perversion, and they have strictly ordered their artists to control their lower bodies to avoid getting into trouble.
After all, Zhou Yutang is famous.
Various romantic affairs are well known even in the South Korean entertainment circle.
Zhou Yutang invested a lot of resources in Li Zhien and praised her as the first sister of JD. The industry almost tacitly accepted that this was Zhou Yutang's woman.
Not to mention touching, even the opposite sex who dared to show affection to IU has become extinct.
The sunshine in Seoul in the early autumn afternoon is just right.
Bae Zhuhyun and her teammates had just returned to the company from the filming trip, and then they saw a scene that shocked the pupils.
Li Xiuman, Jin Yingmin, and several senior directors of the company were waiting at the company gate, as if they were waiting for some big shot.
Several members of the group looked at each other.
As newcomers, they are not so big that they can be treated by the company's senior management with this attitude.
"President, director..."
The manager was also sweating profusely. After being reminded by the side, Bae Zhuhyun bowed and saluted with the members one by one, and then trotted away from the stressful scene. .
However, they did not go far. Sun Shengwan stuck his head out and peeked curiously at the corner of the first floor,
"My brother-in-law is a director of the company. I heard that Lu Han did not return to the team and wanted to terminate the contract. Today, the president of JD came to discuss this matter with our company in person."
"Axi, when did he come? ? ”
“Are you from the north? He went to the Blue House yesterday and was on the news. Don’t you even know about this? ”
The staff at S&M are talking about it. One after another.
Pei Zhuxuan got a lot of information and looked at the company door silently.
Since Wu Yifan ran away from Chadan, the few remaining Tianchao members in the group are in a delicate situation.
On the one hand, S&M Company must rely on them to attract money in the Chinese market, and on the other hand, it must prevent them from having disloyal intentions.
But there is no way to prevent this kind of thing.
Tianchao Entertainment is not stupid either. Everyone wants to pick peaches. The other members of the group, including Lu Han, have privately received olive branches from various companies.
After Wu Yifan, Lu Han also lost contact directly, citing poor health as an excuse to recover from illness. "Wow, it's coming!"
Jiang Seulqi had sharp eyes and saw two cars driving slowly one after another and stopped at the entrance of S&M Company.
First, Bae Yun, a well-known strong woman in the South Korean entertainment industry, got off the bus, and Min Hee-jung, a famous traitor from the S&M family, was also there.
Immediately, the rear door of the car behind opened, and a pair of long legs stepped out. Then another beautiful woman with excellent temperament wearing a professional skirt got out of the car and stood next to Zhou Yutang.
“President Zhou, long time no see.”
Li Xiuman walked forward with a vigorous stride, a smile on her wrinkled face, and greeted her enthusiastically.
“Hello.”
Zhou Yutang shook hands with him and responded calmly: “Teacher Li, long time no see.”
“This is not the place to talk, let’s go in Let’s talk.”
After a few words of greeting, Jin Yingmin and other S&M executives walked into the company surrounded by stars.
"Ah, sisters, this is a chaebol straight out of movies and TV shows."
The employees and artists who were watching had already dispersed and just ran back to the practice room. Hong Beibei was the youngest. Jin Yelin gasped for air with stars in her eyes.
The members of the group also felt the same way and started chatting about it.
After all, the chaebol princes in movies and TV dramas are all staged, which is a bit exaggerated.
Zhou Yutang is a real chaebol that exists in real life. His aura just now was so strong that it felt like Li Xiuman, Jin Yingmin and others were all dwarfed in front of him.
Even the female secretary next to him feels more outstanding than the artist.
S&M Company is not peaceful today.
The news that Li Xiuman and the company's senior executives came out to greet Zhou Yutang has spread through various internal channels.
Someone has already recorded the video, and then the news began to circulate in their small groups,
"Axi, he is really handsome."
"I didn't expect that this guy actually came to the company. What does he want to do?"
The trainees' discussion topics were all about Zhou Yutang.
Every illustrious achievement is like a dazzling halo, blessing this Asian top male god.
Making Zhou Yutang a legendary existence.
Zhou Yutang, who did not know that he had become the focus of the entire S&M company, followed Li Xiuman and others directly into the S&M company's large conference room.
Last time I came here to take a look around, everyone was still an ally.
Today, the position was different, and it was a bit of a push for the throne. Zhou Yutang directly turned against the customer:
"Teacher Li, we are old friends. I came to S&M Company today to do two things."
“Oh, tell me.”
Li Xiuman still had a smile on her face and her demeanor was calm.
"The first thing is that Lu Han has been doing high-intensity work, but has financial difficulties and physical health problems, so he hereby proposes to terminate the contract."
Zhou Yutang spoke in Chinese with a loud voice, and Ni Ni translated for him Read it again.
S&M Company really doesn’t treat artists as human beings.
As the most popular person in Chadan, Lu Han’s schedule is basically full.
High-intensity work coupled with insufficient rest resulted in him suffering from persistent neurological headaches at his age.
During this period, Lu Han was even so tired that his left eye and the left half of his face became inflamed and swollen, and he even participated in the first round of Cha Dan's Asian tour despite being ill.
Zhou Yutang understood the situation and after communicating with Lu Han's family, he directly asked him to ignore S&M Company and rest at home.
One of the purposes of his return to South Korea is to take down the S&M Company.
"Lu Han is still from our company. Isn't it too much for you to say this?"
Before Li Xiuman could speak, a middle-aged female manager sitting at the back of the conference room spoke up. cried angrily.
She spoke in Korean, but Zhou Yutang could understand it and glanced at her lightly.
"Shut up!"
The smile on Li Xiuman's face disappeared instantly, his face became gloomy, and he stared at the middle-aged female director.
The woman muttered and stopped talking.
The old man who built the S&M entertainment empire with his own hands seems like a tyrant at this time.
"Teacher Li."
Zhou Yutang leaned back on the chair, but his posture was extremely relaxed: "It seems that you are not in the company, and many things have changed."
"Sorry, I made you laugh. "
Li Xiuman turned his head and smiled again on his face: "Lu Han's matter is indeed a bit unexpected. The company's agent can't contact him. I heard that he has had physical problems recently. , and you went to the hospital. Are you feeling better?”
“You don’t have to worry about that.”
Zhou Yutang's expression remained unchanged and he said calmly: "He and his family have signed a power of attorney. If you still have any objections, then meet in court."
For this kind of old fox with eight hundred scheming minds, There's no point in playing imaginary.
Go straight to the point and Wang Zha started.
Ni Ni stood up and handed over the power of attorney that had been prepared in advance.
After looking through the power of attorney signed by Lu Han, the expressions of several senior directors changed instantly.
Speaking of which, Han Geng made a good start.
Then Wu Yifan learned well.
After running away and returning to China, I hired a professional team of lawyers to submit an application to terminate the contract with S&M Company directly to the Seoul Central District Court. The court ruled that the contract signed with S&M Company was invalid through the lawsuit.
"I understand."
Lee Soo Man took off his glasses and wiped them: "There is no problem in terminating the contract, but Lu Han has to complete the Asian tour, which can be considered a beginning and an end, and he has to make an announcement well. After careful consideration, I hope President Zhou can understand.”
In order to enter the Chinese market, Li Xiuman spent a lot of time studying Chinese culture and knew that there is an old saying in China, which is that those who understand current affairs are heroes.
S&M can't even move Han Geng and Wu Yifan, and Lu Han, who is now backed by Jiangdong Entertainment, is even more untouchable by him.
With Zhou Yutang's current connections and resources, if the two sides really conflict, the entire S&M Company's business layout in China may even be strangled by him.
"The announcement is easy to discuss. Regarding the tea egg tour, you have to ask Lu Han first."
Zhou Yutang is very satisfied with Li Xiuman's attitude. He wants to consider the draft, just for the sake of Consider the company's stock price.
At that time, Wu Yifan's termination of the contract had already caused S&M's stock price to drop a lot. Now that Lu Han has left, if precautions are not taken in advance, the stock price will definitely plummet.
What fell was not the stock price, but the flesh from his body.
We are not life-and-death enemies. As long as we can achieve our goals, Zhou Yutang has no intention of messing with Lao Li.
He turned to Ni Ni to make a call and received a quick reply, "Lu Han agreed, and he will cooperate with his teammates to complete the tour."
"So."
Lee Soo Man breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from his forehead: "What about the second thing?"
"The other is Jessica from Girls' Generation. After the contract expired, her agent signed a contract with JD. The members of the group continued their activities.”
Zhou Yutang still followed the requirements set before coming.
It is possible for girl group members to continue their activities as a group if they do not renew their contracts with their original companies. Just separate individual and team contracts.
YoonA has deep feelings for Girls’ Generation, and she wants the nine Girls’ Generations to go to the end together.
That week Yu Tang didn't mind stepping in to do a little bit of work.
This way, you get the best of both worlds.
There was an uproar in the conference room.
Girls’ Generation’s contract renewal is the company’s top priority during this period.
The less popular members were easier to handle and quickly signed contract extensions.
Jessica's contract has never been negotiated, and even if she was threatened to quit the group, she never relented.
Now seeing the domineering Zhou Yutang, the directors of S&M Company had a clear understanding in their hearts, and their heads ached: "Xiba, it turns out that you volunteered yourself and became his woman. No wonder you are so confident and dare to follow him. The company is challenging.”
“Wait a minute, what’s going on with Yoona?”
“Xi Ba, this guy has done all kinds of bad things and harmed two popular members of SNSD. Damn it.”
“Don’t let Kim Taeyeon touch him.”
The directors and senior executives were whispering.
Forget it, Lu Han actually got involved with Girls' Generation's Jessica, and he was very angry.
But apart from being angry, it seems like nothing can be done.
The directors of S&M are not fools either.
I just entered the Blue House yesterday and was able to chat and laugh with Kaka. I also went to SBS TV station with Chief Secretary Ahn.
The Chinese chaebol are so terrifying. If they really make him angry, they might really destroy the S&M company's layout in China, and then it will be over.
Zhou Yutang ignored the looks of these people and lowered his head to reply to Yoona.
She has woken up, but after all, she has become a mole in her own company and is not embarrassed to follow her to the company. She just pays close attention to the progress of the matter.
Lee Soo Man discussed for a while with Kim Young Min and several core senior executives around him.
Take a deep breath and finally nod dejectedly: "I can agree to your conditions."
"However, the specific contract cannot be disclosed. S&M Company hopes to develop deeper cooperation with Jd Company on film and television projects in the future."
From Lee Soo Man's point of view.
Right now it’s just a matter of how much you lose.
If Zhou Yutang's influence can be used to obtain some film and television resources, it can barely be regarded as a successful resource replacement and can make up for it.
“The heroine of the project “Mermaid” is the deposit paid in advance and my sincerity.”
Zhou Yutang raised his eyebrows slightly and said calmly: "Except for me, no entertainment company in South Korea can manage to get this role."
Sounds very reasonable, "Mermaid" However, there is no large-scale production of this level in the entire South Korean entertainment industry with a RMB 400 million project.
But Lee Soo Man is still popular.
Made, you can’t be so shameless.
Did you pay the deposit in advance to S&M Company to show your sincerity?
Do you need me to tell you what kind of relationship Lin Yoona has with you?
After finishing her busy schedule in Jeju Island last night, YoonA flew back to Seoul that night and packed herself up and sent it to the Shilla Hotel.
This morning, there was originally a pictorial shoot.
As a result, the agent reported that she still can’t get out of bed. Who did this?
ps: The Korean branch is temporarily closed and I will return to China tomorrow
(End of this chapter)