Chapter 639 I want to keep a low profile, but my strength does not allow it
Zhou Yutang stayed in North America for one more day.
Old Bob couldn't resist the hospitality and attended the celebration party of "50 Shades of Grey".
By the way, I shared the details of "The Conjuring 2" with James Wan.
He is indeed overflowing with talent in the field of horror films.
Just waiting for the crew to finish preparations, they will soon leave for filming in the UK.
For James Wan, shooting such a horror film is as simple as eating and drinking.
According to the schedule, the shooting date is 40 days, and then the post-production period must be released first.
Because James Wan has to devote himself to the promotion work of "Fast and Furious 7",
"Zhou, I am looking forward to our meeting in China."
Wen Ziren and Zhou Yutang hugged each other familiarly.
Universal attaches great importance to the Chinese film market, and the first stop of its global promotional tour in Asia is China.
At that time, James Wan, Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez will all be there, and Zhu Yilong, who starred in the movie, will naturally be there too.
"Welcome."
Zhou Yutang chuckled softly: "James, you will definitely have a different understanding of China by then."
James Wan's identity is somewhat complicated.
Both parents are Chinese, but they were born in Malaysia. When he was 7 years old, he immigrated to Tu'ao with his family and obtained Tu'ao nationality.
However, as far as he is concerned.
I am very interested in Chinese culture, otherwise I would not have chosen to major in Chinese-related majors when I was in college
Oscar has come to an end.
Domestic media were eager to report on it, and the audience was also talking about it.
The beauties and friends around Zhou Yutang naturally felt sorry for him and sent him comforting messages.
Some people in the circle were probably relieved to see that he did not win the award, and secretly gloated at his misfortune.
But this time Zhou Yutang is not the protagonist, and more people's eyes are still focused on Huang Shengyi.
Putting aside everything else, Mr. Yang’s saucy operation really sucked up the traffic for Huang Shengyi.
After some rhetoric and high-sounding words, he was rushed to the hospital in an emergency, which was as pitiable as it was possible.
It’s just that nowadays with the development of the Internet, how can there be any secrets?
Soon, some netizens with extraordinary abilities replayed the details frame by frame, revealing the whole matter.
“The case has been solved. There is something wrong with this invitation letter. It says In 2014, the Oscars officially announced the guest list, and there was no Huang Shengyi’s name at all!”
“The embarrassing mistake happened again”
"With this look in her eyes and this painful bitch, who dares to say that her acting skills are poor? This year's Best Actress Oscar should go to Huang Shengyi."
"Lao Mouzi was shocked: this is an experienced actor."
“When I was in elementary school, I didn’t do my homework and didn’t want to go to class. This was how I pretended to be sick.”
“…”
Netizens were very excited about it.
When I was talking on the phone with Liu Tianxian last night, I heard her ask more questions out of curiosity.
Zhou Yutang can't quite understand Mr. Yang's brain circuit.
I just wanted to have fun, but I received some inside information.
It is said that Huang Shengyi came here to cause trouble in order to promote "The Big Bomb".
This movie is what Mr. Yang calls a huge Sino-US co-production project.
"Why is he here?"
"Mr. Shi is an investor in "The Big Bang"."
At this time, another key figure involved in this matter surfaced .
This person is Boss Shi, the CEO of Kuailu Investment, a giant crocodile famous on the pig-killing list, and one of the big guys in the Shanghai circle.
He is one of the driving forces behind the Sino-US co-production blockbuster "The Big Bang". He jointly established Huo Entertainment with Young Master Yang, and they are partners with deeply tied interests.
Behind this matter, there is the shadow of this person.
Zhou Yutang has deep connections in Shanghai circles and has met this person once at a dinner party.
I just heard that this person was playing on the Internet financial platform, so I immediately stayed away from him.
We are not on the same path, so there is nothing much to say.
It can only be said that this guy is a bit brave, and he is not pure in doing film and television projects.
Huang Shengyi fainted on the red carpet, which made netizens see the limit of the hype and made him a laughing stock in the industry.
Zhou Yutang appeared at the "50 Shades of Grey" celebration party and was praised by the stars.
The media who have been paying attention to him have carefully analyzed that several producers of this film have the shadow of the Grand Governor.
The explosive news broke out immediately.
The Governor actually wants to keep a low profile, but his strength does not allow it!
I was jet-lagged on the plane, and when I saw the news from Liu Shishi, it was about this, Zhou Yutang almost stopped.
Zhou Yutang invested in cyan movies?
Soon, the news became that "50 Shades of Grey" was filmed by Zhou Yutang.
Later, I changed my words: Shocked! The governor went to the sea to make a cyan film, which caused a sensation all over the world.
What does it mean that three people become a tiger?
That's it.
Zhou Yutang rested on the journey, and Ni Ni did the public relations work for him.
In fact, with his reputation now collapsed into ruins, it cannot be said to be a collapsed house in any case, but a polite clarification is still necessary.
This movie is just a film and television project invested by Zhou Yutang in North America.
It is a commercial operation, as for the rest, it has nothing to do with the Governor.
As for more other information, it was not disclosed, and he still continued his low-key style of making a fortune in silence.
“I was scared to death. I almost thought that the Governor had really gone to sea to make a movie.”
“Isn’t that what I want?”
“I am in Xiangjiang and I just went to watch this movie. The movie is indeed exciting and exciting.”
“Let me go, why is the global box office so high? How much money does Zhou Yutang make?”
The movie was not released in the mainland, but there are also many Chinese people in Bay Province, Hong Kong, and abroad.
This part of the audience is blessed.
“The box office in South Korea is not very good.”
A temporary stop was added to the South Korean promotion plan. After Zhou Yutang broke out of the siege of Kimchi Girl at the airport, he watched "50 Shades of Grey" 》’s domestic box office in South Korea.
Similar to neon, it can be said that it has hit a brick wall.
It's not even as influential as "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils" here.
With Zhou Yutang’s super popularity, and the movie touches on the most serious problem of co-teaching in South Korea.
Since its release, it has been in the top ten hot searches on South Korea’s Naver search for several days.
CJ and Showbox are responsible for the distribution in South Korea, so they naturally spare no effort in promoting it. Zhou Yutang promoted "Runningman" and other South Korean variety show invitations.
Only participated in one stop of promotion in Jiangnan District.
"Ahhhhhhh! So handsome!"
"They say that if a handsome idol stands next to him, he will look like a pixelated figure. It is not an exaggeration at all."
"Axi, It would be nice if Zhou Yutang was from South Korea. "
Zhou Yutang on the stage is as tall and straight as a jade tree, with deep eyes and aloof temperament.
Kimchi Girl, who was shouting hoarsely in the audience, vented her enthusiasm to her heart's content.
Fortunately, the South Korean police had made a security plan in advance and sent extra manpower to maintain order at the scene.
It is estimated that the local police investigators are also sweating. Zhou Yutang may not come to South Korea to participate in an event a year.
This time, it exploded like this.
“Wow, Dafa, senior’s popularity is really terrifying.”
“It would be great if we had half or one-tenth of this popularity.”
Even the girls from Missa, who were invited to cooperate with the lively atmosphere at the scene, were speechless.
They looked at Zhou Yutang on the stage, and they looked at the idol with the same eyes as the fans, with admiration in their eyes.
When we met backstage after the event, several girls bowed 90 degrees again, achieving the ultimate in etiquette.
“Hello, senior, we are missA!”
“Hello, everyone.”
After receiving the albums respectfully handed over by several girls, Zhou Yutang was somewhat impressed by missA, which has a bit of girlish sexiness and GirlCrush style.
Actually, it cannot be said to be a first-line girl group. Compared with Tara and Apink, there are many gaps.
Recently, Yoona is still filming on the set, and Tara is going to Neon to hold a concert. Originally, the entertainment company recommended people and decided on another group to warm up Zhou Yutang.
It was Zhou Yutang who chose missA.
He heard Song Qian mention Meng Jia and Wang Feifei, who were also members of the migrant workers group. They were pretty nice people, and they chatted a few more words when they met.
"In the future, if you have the opportunity, you can consider returning to China to develop more. Domestic variety shows are in great need of talents like you."
There is no shallow talk, just Zhou Yutang's slightly caring words, but it is also heartwarming to listen to. It feels warm to the heart, like a spring breeze.
"Mr. Zhou, thank you."
Meng Jia and Cao Lu were flattered, looked grateful, and hurriedly thanked them.
The only popular member of the group is Bae Suzy. Their popularity is not high and they are in a very difficult situation.
Especially when the company is preparing to promote the next generation of new girl groups, it seems to be struggling more and more.
This is what girl groups are like, they look glamorous on the surface, but in fact the competition is extremely cruel.
The golden period only lasts a few years, and there are many young and beautiful girls waiting to take over.
"You're welcome, come on."
Zhou Yutang smiled gently and didn't care.
We are all from China, and when we meet a fellow countryman in a foreign country, we can lend him a helping hand, which is just a matter of words.
But what may change is their destiny.
"Are you Suzy?"
"Huh?"
The girl with a harmless white face was slightly stunned when her name was called. Stunned, his little mouth opened slightly, revealing his cute rabbit teeth, and he said obediently:
"Yes, senior, I am Bae Xiuzhi."
Having received professional etiquette training after all, she quickly regained her composure and greeted with a polite smile.
""Introduction to Architecture" has performed well, please continue to work hard in the future."
"Thank you, senior."
……
After the promotional event ended, Zhou Yutang didn't even have time to go back to the branch to visit. On the same day, the special forces flew straight to Shanghai to join the large team of domestic film roadshows.
I feel a little bit sorry for Lao Mouzi, an old man in his sixties, to perform such an intense road show. On the plane, I picked up Mr. Han’s call and talked about South Korea’s box office: “According to estimates, there should be no problem if the number of visitors exceeds 10 million.”
“The subject matter is limited. Going up, it will probably be difficult.”
“Haha, this box office is good, but the mainstream in the next few years will mainly be genre films that combine commercial films with main themes.”
What Mr. Han said was all inside information.
Although he has stepped down from his position, he still holds the title of senior consultant of China Film Group, and the foundation he has laid through so many years of network management is also there.
Last year’s Gold Award for Operation Screenwriting was considered a second spring.
"Congratulations, Mr. Han."
Zhou Yutang nodded thoughtfully.
South Korea's box office miracle "Myeongryang Battle" directly exceeded 17.6 million moviegoers.
Bangzi is such a big place, and the size of the film market has reached its peak. It may not be able to break this record within the next 10 years.
The same main theme + commercial blockbuster, if the content of the script is acceptable and the timing is right, if it is placed in the Chinese film market, the box office limit will only be higher.
After chatting with Han Sanping, he handed the phone to Ni Ni. After a while, she handed it over with her delicate hands.
“What?”
"Boss, Pei Xiuzhi has added you as a WeChat friend."
"Pass."
Zhou Yutang took the phone and clicked Verification Pass.
The cute rabbit avatar belongs to Bae Suzy.
Both Meng Jia and Wang Feifei added his private WeChat account. Maybe Pei Xiuzhi got the contact information through his teammates.
Having his contact information is also a manifestation of personal connections.
When used in some variety shows, it can even be used as a highlight of the show.
Li Zhien once called him on a variety show, and it was also trending in South Korea at that time.
Replying Pei Xiuzhi's polite greetings casually, Zhou Yutang had a good impression of the girl with the face of her first love.
"Introduction to Architecture" had two fishes at the time. The domestic version made Da Tiantian soar, and the South Korean version of the movie helped Suzy Bae become popular overnight.
This is also a kind of interest exchange.
After that, Zhou Yutang dumped Wang Jiaer and Fan Chengcheng to JYP, and the gorilla treated them with all their heart, and they were more affectionate than their own sons
Singers-songwriters like Wang Jiaer can naturally create material.
Fan Chengcheng has the same gender as him.
As for the others, it’s a pity.
She doesn't have the advantage of her sister's appearance at all, her singing and dancing are so-so, but she is optimistic and cheerful.
The key is that Teacher Fan paved the way for his younger brother, and he will definitely have a place in domestic entertainment in the future.
The box office trend of "Zhou Chu's Three Evils" has already created the director Lao Mouzi The pinnacle of career.
The seventh day of the Lunar New Year has just passed, and the total box office in the first week plus select screenings has dropped to 1.018 billion.
Yi Qi Jue Chen leads the Spring Festival stalls.
Following behind was Fatty Wang's "The Storm 2", which received 505 million, overtaking "Army of Heaven".
The single-day box office bucked the trend and exceeded 70 million, which also shocked all the production companies in the industry.
"Army", which had high hopes before and was believed to have the potential to rival "The Three Evils", only reported a box office of 503 million.
The box office has dropped by 40 million in a single day, which is inextricably linked to "Wolf Totem".
As for Sister Lianhua's "Zhong Kui Conquers the Demon", it only has 297 million, and it is still working towards the 300 million mark, and its potential has been exhausted.
"This movie is a genre that I have never tried before. Unexpectedly, it achieved unexpected success..."
The sixty-year-old man Zhang Yimou, who has returned to his peak, can be said to be enjoying unlimited glory these days. .
Zhou Yutang is a native of North America. As a director, Lao Mouzi has naturally become the focus of media pursuit.
However, the National Master is very humane and sophisticated. When interviewed by the media, his words were flawless:
“Thank you to the audience for their love. I don’t think I am the only one who can achieve this result. Credit goes to all the actors, including the crew behind the scenes, for their hard work on this film, especially Yu Tang.”
"His script and the wonderful performances he gives to the audience are the core of this drama. I already have ideas for the new drama..."
Faced with such a man who is crazy about making money in the Chinese film market The beast, who is not jealous of the film and television companies in the industry?
But when I think about the news about Zhou Yutang coming back from Hollywood, I feel a little numb.
He is making all the decisions in Hollywood, harvesting the global movie box office while chatting and laughing.
Just came out of a cinema.
Fans followed enthusiastically along the way.
Zhou Yutang waved greetings from time to time and chatted with two of the pretty female fans, making the little girl so happy that she almost fainted on the spot.
At this time, I received a call from Wang Changtian, "Yu Tang, congratulations on the box office success of 'Zhou Chu'. Are you still on the road show?"
Guang Guang Laowang's tone was With envy.
This movie was a huge hit at the box office, and its performance has been strong since then. It has exceeded one billion like drinking water. It obviously has the potential to hit higher box office in the future.
"Zhong Kui Conquers the Demon" invested by Enlight was a disaster.
The total investment is nearly 200 million yuan. Although Guangguang alone did not contribute the money, there are several producers.
But based on the current word-of-mouth and box office trends, it is extremely difficult to achieve a box office of 600 million, and it is basically a death sentence.
“It’s just finished, I have to catch up with the next one.”
The car window slowly rose, Zhou Yutang greeted the fans with an impeccable smile and said goodbye, and asked slowly:< br>
"Mr. Wang, what's the matter?"
"Yu Tang, has the share of "Detective Chinatown" been decided?"
"Mr. Wang, the investment in this drama is not large. , Jiangdong can make it himself.”
The car started, Zhou Yutang took the water handed over by Ni Ni and took a sip: “Let’s wait until we have the opportunity to cooperate again.”
Hearing this, Wang Even though Changtian was helpless, he said no more and congratulated "Zhou Chu" on its box office success.
After chatting for a few words, we hung up the phone.
Zhou Yutang sank into the comfortable leather seat and began to listen to Ni Ni's report on attendance rates and real-time box office in various places.
In the past, he was just starting out, so he had to give up part of his interests in exchange for various resources.
Now Jiangdong Entertainment has developed into a leading entertainment company, opening up all channels from top to bottom.
For film and television projects of the Jiangdong series, only if the internal evaluation is not in the first order, or the investment is too large, and the financial pressure needs to be shared, will it be possible to release the share.
Comedy and suspense movies like "Detective Chinatown", which are not very expensive, are basically exclusive operations.
The painstaking layout has created the "Crime Universe". This year's "Now You See Me 2" and the upcoming "Chinatown" series are about to bear fruit.
This year’s Asian Film Awards have already sent invitations. In the just-announced shortlist, “Chi Ling” once again competes with “Fireworks in the Day” and “Massage”.
Zhou Yutang was doing a road show in Star City. He saw the news and called Zhou Xun by the way: "Are you okay?"
"It's okay." Mr. Zhou cursed in his own unique voice. : "The paparazzi here in America really went too far, so they rode a motorcycle and followed closely behind"
Zhou Yutang had just returned from China, and Master Zhou had gone to North America.
It was said that he and Gao Shengyuan were on their honeymoon trip, but they were spotted by the paparazzi, and they staged a fast and furious scene.
These domestic paparazzi tend to be more restrained and follow the rules.
But the old Americans are different, what they play is real.
Every time Zhou Yutang went there, he would put a lot of thought into security. Mr. Zhou thought that he was not well-known in America, so he did not make any preparations in advance, so he suffered a loss.
"By the way, I went to watch "50 Shades of Grey" directed by Qi Xiahai. The film was pretty good."
"How about you play the heroine in the sequel?"
"What if you do? If you want to play the leading role, I can do it!”
Mr. Zhou, who wanted to tease Zhou Yutang but was teased instead, took the risk.
"Sauri, you know, I'm not interested in married women."
"The most brutal Spring Festival in history, "The Three Evils" has been in theaters for two weeks, and its total box office has exceeded 1.429 billion, continuing to lead the way!"
""The Storm 2" has a total box office of 727 million, Ranked second on the list during the Spring Festival. "
"The total box office of "Heroes" exceeded 600 million, and the box office dropped by 15 million on that day. Does Jackie Chan still have box office appeal?"
" "Wolf Totem" is making steady progress, with the box office exceeding 580 million, and the single-day box office is still close to 20 million,"
After entering March, the Spring Festival stalls are full of heroes, and all parties are fighting.
The box office of "Army of Heaven" was completely suppressed by "The Storm 2".
This movie by Jackie Chan tells the story of the Protectorate’s efforts to protect and unite all ethnic groups on the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty.
Although there are many flaws, because it is in line with the One Belt and One Road, it is quite supported by the official media and even appeared in the official news. This is a treatment that "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils" did not enjoy.
It’s just that if a movie wants to be a big hit, support alone is obviously not enough. The quality of the movie must also keep up.
After all, the copyright of "Heavenly Generals" was sold for a high price, but the total box office of "Zhong Kui Conquers the Demons" only exceeded 358 million, but the single-day box office has already dropped by 7 million. Compared with the investment cost of 200 million, the outcome of blood loss is foreseeable.
Someone is worried.
Of course some people are happy.
As far as "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils" is concerned, no matter from which point of view, this is an impeccable full score.
The media shouted the slogan of sprinting for two billion, and Pei Kang had already started to hold a celebration party and open the champagne.
The road show work was finally over, and when Zhou Yutang returned to the capital, his parents also had their own things to do.
The Queen Mother's clothing company is doing very well, and she has to go back to prepare for the new year and the season.
Comrade Lao Zhou also has a lot of things to do. He retired from his position in the school last year. Now, apart from fishing, he focuses more on the operation of the Jiangdong Charity Fund.
He needs to oversee the construction of the Jiangdong Youth Football Training School. It is estimated that he will have to travel back and forth between Northern Xinjiang and Guangxi Province this year.
Zhou Yutang contacted Tian Ming to prepare to strengthen security for his parents. He himself was not lonely either.
Back in the capital, Liu Shishi is still filming on the crew of "Xiu Chun Dao 2", and Liu Tianxian also has a schedule in other places.
It just so happened that there was a lady from Beijing.
The small world carefully arranged by Nazha welcomed an uninvited guest, and the door was closed for more than an hour.
After the in-depth exchange just now, Yang Mi felt very fulfilled.
Seeing Zhou Yutang doing his own thing, he stretched his legs naughtily and rubbed Zhou Yutang's trouser legs.
Zhou Yutang was not polite, grabbed one of Damimi's little feet, put it in his hand to play with, and looked through the documents.
Jiang Xuezhen was not idle and quickly got into work after the New Year.
The crew of "Qing Yu Nian 3" has basically completed the preparations. They are just waiting to find a master to choose a good date and the filming will start in March. "Is there any announcement today?"
"I have a schedule in the afternoon."
Yang Mi's eyes were watery and extremely moist.
While the two were flirting, Zhou Yutang received a call and said that Dong Xiaopeng was here.
"Tuk-tuk-tuk."
There was a knock on the door.
Yang Mi quickly stood up and went into the bathroom to straighten her skirt. Zhou Yutang sank into the large leather sofa and looked up:
"Come in."
" Happy New Year, Mr. Zhou”
Dong Xiaopeng, wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses, poked his head in.
When he saw Zhou Yutang, he walked forward quickly with a smile on his face.
(End of this chapter)