Chapter 646 Domestic entertainment shocks, box office record crusher
“Zhou told me that I must come to China if I have the opportunity. I have always been looking forward to it.”
Director James Wan returned to his ancestral home for the first time , a little excited: "I am very happy to bring "The Fast and the Furious" to meet the movie fans of China. Yesterday, Long took me to visit the Forbidden City. I was shocked."
"This is incredible. It’s a beautiful country, and everyone is very enthusiastic about us.”
The bald Vin Diesel is very good at things: “If I have the chance, I would like to visit the Great Wall. Thank you very much for the fans’ support for “The Fast and the Furious.” "Love of the movie series"
The main creators of the show, including Guo Dasen and Gal Gadot, all actively expressed their goodwill.
During the Spring Festival, China’s ticket sales surpassed those in North America and caused a sensation in Hollywood.
Now the six major Hollywood groups have increased their emphasis on the Chinese market.
Universal has designated China as the first Asian promotion stop for "Fast and Furious 7". Naturally, the crew and creators will find ways to close the distance with the audience in China.
Zhou Yutang was filming on the set and did not go to the press conference, but some media released what he said at the launch press conference of "Qing Yu Nian 3",
"Wen Ziren is a very capable director. This may be a phenomenal movie, and the Chinese film market will face a severe test."
I just finished a movie with the head of the Ming family played by Mr. Ning Li. During the filming, after lunch, Zhou Yutang came across the news of "Fast and Furious 7",
"The cast and crew of Fast and Furious appeared in Beijing, and the scene was crowded with people."
"Hollywood The goddess is sexy and shows her affection to Zhou Yutang from afar.”
“I’ll reveal the top luxury cars in Suji 7!”
"Director Zhou Yutang bluntly stated that the Chinese film market will face severe tests!"
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The news about the "Fast Furious 7" Chinese press conference has been posted on the most conspicuous page of the film and television information section Location.
Zhou Yutang clicked on the link sent by Zhang Ruojun and saw the details of a car.
He usually communicates with James Wan, and I only heard him say that more than 200 cars were scrapped during the filming of "Fast Furious 7".
What Zhang Ruojun was wearing was the Lykan Hypersport, a limited-edition sports car produced by WMotors that made a stunning debut at the press conference.
It is the car that hit the building in "Fast 7".
It only takes 2.8 seconds to accelerate to 100 kilometers, and the top speed can reach 395KM/h.
This is a true ejection start.
Zhou Yutang himself has a low sexual desire and is not keen on pursuing luxury cars. He bought a Lamborghini and a Ferrari and only drove them a few times.
Zhang Ruojun, who has always loved cars, felt sad for him when he parked his car in his garage and ate dust all year round.
But the car looked really good. After consultation, Zhou Yutang decided to buy one.
"Brother Tang, do you really want to buy it!?"
Zhang Ruojun likes to play with cars, so when he heard the news, he was even more excited than Zhou Yutang himself.
“After consultation, it’s not expensive. It can be done for about US$3.8 million.”
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"Just buy a figure and play with it. Even if you don't open it often, it's good to watch it."
Zhou Yutang's understatement made Zhang Ruojun choke up.
But when I thought about my good brother’s net worth, I felt relieved immediately.
Brother, even Liverpool is willing to buy it. Buying a luxury car is really low-key and a bit too much.
Money can make a fool of himself, and foreign devils are also devils. As soon as the money was received, people from WMotors Company soon came to contact him.
After understanding Zhou Yutang’s specific needs in detail, it will take a while to go through a series of processes such as hand-making and personalized customization.
Buying a car is just a small episode in life, and Zhou Yutang focuses more on filming.
The ratings and popularity of the second season of Qing Yu Nian are not low, and it firmly suppresses Wu Meiniang. However, many viewers reported that the plot was relatively dull.
There is nothing we can do about this.
After all, filming a TV series is just like making love, there must be foreplay and foreshadowing, and it is impossible to have a climax throughout the whole process.
Especially the film and television adaptation of such a long original novel is even more difficult.
On the basis of extracting the essence of the original work, the narrative rhythm should be adjusted to give the audience a better viewing experience.
The first season narrates that Lord Fan first entered Kyoto, which revealed a corner of the whole wonderful plot story.
Most of the content of the second season is that Fan Xian gradually grows up from a chess piece arranged and controlled by his father until he is able to stand alone.
What he pursues is to "go as he pleases" and does not want his life to be manipulated by others, so he gradually becomes involved in the struggle between various forces.
Secretly planning, cultivating cronies, controlling the internal treasury, and even establishing relationships with forces such as Northern Qi and Dongyi City.
This final season is the climax of the entire story. Fan Xian changes from a chess piece to a chess player, even overturning the chessboard and formulating his own rules.
This drama is all controlled by Jiangdong, there is no capital game, Zhou Yutang has the final say alone.
In order to prevent the chief screenwriter Wang Xun from letting himself go and making an unexpected mistake in adjusting the script at the beginning of the second season, Zhou Yutang specially asked the flat team to bring two other screenwriting teams to assist.
The peak and climax of the entire story are presented in the final season.
For example, the Jiangnan Dou Ming Family, the Battle of Dadongshan, and the Kyoto Rebellion are all classic scenes in the original work.
Although Sun Hao is the director, Zhou Yutang is actually the emperor of the crew, and there is a chair dedicated to him behind the monitor.
Today’s scene is a showdown between Chen Pingping and Chen Daoming. It is also the most important turning point in the story of this season.
Chen Pingping intervened with her own life and used her own death to make Fan Xian determined to kill Emperor Qing.
At this time, Zhou Yutang was still wearing Mr. Xiao Fan's costume, and he was sitting in an exclusive position behind the monitor.
Li Muge was filming with another group, and Sun Hao and the two assistant directors were beside him.
“The lights are in place!”
“Photography...OK!”
“Radio...no problem!”
"Action!"
In the Imperial Room.
Unit No. 2 began to push closer to Emperor Jing Qing’s expression.
Chen Daoming has no expression.
The emperor's heart is like the sea, deep and unfathomable.
As the big boss of the show, Emperor Qing held the secret scroll in one hand, picked up the teacup and took a sip with an expressionless expression.
But Zhou Yutang saw the gaze projected from his deep eyes. It was deep and complex, but concealed a sharp and murderous intent, which was extremely oppressive.
It makes people dare not look at him.
Zhou Yutang secretly praised in his heart.
Chen Daoming’s acting skills are indeed well-deserved.
The psychological state of the character Qing Emperor is quite well grasped.
The grand master + emperor's aura is fully activated, and there is no room for any disobedience. At this time, Chen Pingping is just a damn old dog in his eyes.
"Do you still remember Remember, those things in the past?”
“Why don’t you remember?” Chen Pingping looked calm.
"I remember that you did something very funny and glued your beard to your chin. Did you not want others to know that you were a eunuch?"
Emperor Qing opened Chen Pingping's scar coldly and indifferently, with a condescending look and ridicule in his tone.
Chen Pingping's face was as deep as water, and her tone was not wavering at all: "Yes, the old slave was once deeply ashamed."
"Once?"
"Yes, once. , but after many years, I understood a truth."
There seemed to be light in Chen Pingping's eyes: "I am just me, why should I hide it from the world?"
"You really don't have to hide it from the people of the world. I can sit on the dragon throne and have the world today."
Chen Daoming leaned forward and pointed at Wu Gang in front of him with full pressure: "You, I don’t know how many times I have died because of my great merits."
"That is my duty as a slave."
"But I have given you endless glory. Fugui, why are you still doing these things?”
Chen Daoming threw the secret book in his hand and looked at the head of the Supervisory Yuan whom he once trusted with a sharp look in front of him. Like a knife:
"On the Hanging Temple, you asked the shadow to take action. Do you want me to die!?"
There were so many people watching this scene. At this point, emotions exploded instantly. Not only Zhou Yutang was applauding in his heart.
Xie Junhao, the actor of Si Gu Jian, teacher Li Jianyi and others who were standing next to him also nodded slightly.
Wu Gang did not deny it, and even had a slight smile on his lips.
The king and his ministers are relative to each other, and everything is left unsaid.
"I ask you, what do you want to do when you come back?"
"I came back to the capital just to ask His Majesty a question."
Chen Pingping, who was originally silent, kept her head down. At this moment, he suddenly raised his head slightly, looked directly at the majestic emperor in front of him, saw the thunder in the calm place, and said word by word:
"Did you give her a way to survive back then? , why do you want to kill her!"
The woman Chen Pingping talks about is naturally Ye Qingmei, who is also the one who got the script of the heroine.
"Click!"
Sun Hao behind the monitor saw Zhou Yutang nodding slightly and shouted excitedly: "Passed! Two teachers, the effect of this scene is great."
Bang! Snap! Snap!
Zhou Yutang took the lead, and everyone else at the scene also applauded.
Wu Gang and Chen Daoming walked behind the monitor and began to discuss the effects of the performance just now.
A good actor has the ability to bring people into the drama.
The two are undoubtedly veterans with first-class acting skills in the industry, and it is their wonderful performances that support the quality of the entire drama.
Liu Feiren announced on Weibo The news of retirement exploded like a bomb.
When it comes to Liu Feiren, what many people remember most is that the peerless genius won the championship at the 2004 Athens Olympics and became a god, shocking the world.
But little did they know that since his debut, he has participated in a total of 48 international hurdles competitions, winning 36 championships, 6 runner-ups, and 3 third places. He has only withdrawn twice due to injury.
With his epic performance, he proved that Chinese people can also fly.
Unfortunately, he was forced to withdraw from the 2008 Olympics due to injury, which caused a lot of criticism.
It can only be said that injuries are also part of sports.
Now that Liu Feiren has retired, many fans have sent their blessings. Immediately, the Running Man official announced that Liu Feiren will officially succeed Bao Er as a permanent guest of the Running Man team, which immediately triggered an extremely extensive discussion on social media. .
Liu Feiren dominates the hot search list, but he gives Chen Chichi a thumbs up.
During this period of time, he was hemorrhaging money, managing various media outlets, and negotiating terms with his ex-wife.
By the way, Zhang Zixuan, a fool, was also given the title of the most successful mistress.
Yang Mi has been a little depressed recently. Last month, I won the Golden Broom Award and was ridiculed by the entire Internet.
Xin Xin Nian Nian relied on the movie version of the hit drama "Why Sheng Xiao Silence" this month.
As a result, Chen Chichi suddenly happened again.
It’s not hard to say that it will have a big impact on the movie. Chen Chichi doesn’t have much of a role in it, but the follow-up publicity plan still needs to be adjusted.
Originally, LeTV Pictures planned to use boy band member Chen Chichi as one of their publicity stunts, but now they have taken down his promotional posters overnight, and several subsequent roadshow plans have also been cancelled.
After the meeting at the company, we discussed the financing plan.
Zeng Jia drew a bunch of cakes, as if the company's listing was just around the corner, making Da Mimi's blood boil with excitement.
After the meeting, the executives of Mi Bank dispersed. Zeng Jia kept Yang Mi behind and asked eagerly: "Mimi, have you met with Boss Zhou recently?"
"Where am I?" Do you have time?"
Da Mimi asked weakly.
In addition to Chen Yao, Zeng Jia has also signed Gao Weiguang in the current Mihang Company.
Chen Yao is a little transparent who has just made his debut. He just bought "Wuxin Master" from PY and is still in the late stages, and he still needs to continue to devote resources to its cultivation.
Gao Weiguang graduated from the Chinese Opera Department and has solid acting skills, but his reputation is not great and he can only play supporting roles in some production crews.
The entire Mihang Company is carried on the shoulders of Yang Mi alone.
"You have too many announcements now, but things will get better in the future."
Zeng Jia rolled his eyes and thought carefully: "If you have a chance, talk to the boss next week "
"Sister Jia, you heard him say it too."
Yang Mi said with a helpless tone: "I don't care about the specific operation of Honey Bank."
If Honey Bank wants to grow bigger, the next step is to raise financing. If Zhou Yutang comes forward, let alone hundreds of millions, it will be billions. There is no pressure on the funds.
There are plenty of people who want to get on the bus.
Only Yang Mi and Zeng Jia, obviously there is no such thing.
Damimi also wanted to start the company on her own, but reality was not that easy.
She prides herself on having a strong heart, but no matter how strong a woman is, there will always be days when she is vulnerable.
At that time, Yang Mi also wanted to find a generous shoulder to lean on, and Zhou Yutang was the perfect candidate in her mind.
However, the Governor has too many sisters leaning on his shoulders
“Mimi, Boss Zhou doesn’t like this stall.”
Zeng Jia had other ideas. , continued to tease: "But if he leaks a few connections between his fingers and introduces us to several companies in the capital circle, it will be enough for us."
"Then I'll ask him again when I have a chance."
Yang Mi's mind changed slightly and she murmured: "Let's wait and see how the box office of "Pancake Man" goes. If it goes well, we You can get admission chips."
"Boss."
After another day of shooting, when Zhou Yutang and Sun Hao came out from the meeting, Ni Ni stepped forward and asked: " Invitations have been sent to this year’s Cannes International Film Festival and the Shanghai International Film Festival. What should I do?”
“Forget about Cannes in May. The schedule is tight and I really can’t go.”
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Zhou Yutang thought for a while and chuckled: "Please reply to the email for me. When is the Magic City International Film Festival?"
"June 13th."
"That time will be It’s finished.”
Zhou Yutang said calmly: “Tong Ju just said hello last night, I have to go there then.”
How to pull your hips at the Magic City International Film Festival, that’s A. Class, this time it was Tong Bureau who chose the general, and Zhou Yutang is the leading face of domestic entertainment, so some sophistication is unavoidable after all.
That North American box office beast has finally landed in domestic theaters.
Due to the accumulated reputation of the previous series and the high attention paid by Universal, James Wan and the main creators held press conferences in Beijing and Shanghai.
Coupled with the emotional marketing of Paul's death, the popularity of this movie has reached an all-time high.
In fact, most viewers in China do not recognize Paul, but forums and Moments are all retweeting it, so if you don’t follow the trend, it seems unsociable.
So a trend inexplicably formed.
In addition, Zhu Yilong also stars, and the beautiful sports car beauty shown in the previous trailer is also eye-catching.
The result is that the domestic pre-sale box office of "Fast and Furious 7" has reached 200 million. On the day of release, the midnight box office alone took in 46 million!
At this time, the film has been released in North America for eight days and has already swept the box office of US$211 million, and the global box office has also exceeded the US$500 million mark.
Even the crew was discussing this movie today. Work ended early in the afternoon. Zhou Yutang simply activated his money skills, found someone to book the movie, and invited several crew members to watch the movie in the cinema.
“James Wan’s talent is indeed not just in the field of horror films.”
Reba on the left and Li Yao on the right are happy and at ease, but their attention is entirely on the movie.
Putting aside everything else, this is definitely a commercial blockbuster with a high degree of completion.
The box office record of imported blockbusters previously held by "Transformers 4" was directly shattered, with a box office of 385 million on the first day.
It caused a sensation in the entire Chinese film and television industry.
The news spread to the other side of the ocean, and even Hollywood was shaken by it.
The next day was a working day and continued to close at 187 million.
On the third day, it still closed steadily at 167 million.
Such a strong performance has left countless people in the industry dumbfounded, watching helplessly as this box office beast wreaks havoc in the Chinese film market.
For three consecutive days, the market share reached an astonishing 90% or more.
All the Chinese movies released during the period were knocked away and no one was spared.
The most regrettable thing is Liu Tianwang's "The Lost Orphan" which has a good reputation.
It originally had some potential, but after encountering such a monster, it failed to complete its release period, and ended sadly with a box office of 225 million.
The next unlucky guy is Teacher Fan.
She worked with director Li Yu on "All Things Grow" to stand up and snipe.
The marketing press release previously released by the film studio said it was a Chinese version of "The Catcher in the Rye."
Zhou Yutang read the original work and found many explicit descriptions. In the words of director Li Yu, this story is a "heavy journey of youth."
Teacher Fan plays a sexy and beautiful mature woman.
Zhou Yutang, who has experienced all kinds of charms from Teacher Fan, thought about his mature and sexy appearance in his mind, and his calm heart seemed to be rippled.
Even the governor, who is used to having romantic affairs, is like this, let alone those youthful and restless boys. Who can stand up to the peak-looking Teacher Fan?
However, despite everyone's expectations, "Everything Grows" only grossed 21.46 million at the box office on its first day of release, while "Fast and Furious 7" continued to gross over 100 million that day.
It's not a heavyweight opponent at all.
Teacher Fan, who worked very hard to promote the movie, got angry.
From her phone call, Zhou Yutang heard the beauty's heartbroken voice.
Teacher Fan was also helpless.
Perhaps the entire Chinese film industry did not expect that "Fast and Furious 7" would be so strong.
"Zhou Yutang seems to have said that this year's "Fast and Furious 7" is particularly noteworthy. His vision is really accurate, and the box office is indeed a big hit."
"What did Pei Kang do? He lured the wolf into the house. "It's better to have a movie like this when Zuo Shandiao was in power!"
"Starting at 1.5 billion, it may hit 2 billion, or even higher." The film market is facing an unprecedented severe test and is about to be penetrated!”
Online discussions are boiling, followed by questions and complaints about La Pei Kang, the head of China Film Group.
Industry experts also began to write: "Since the release of Fast and Furious, there has been no enemy in the entire Chinese film market."
"This is still a relatively deserted schedule. If it is placed in a popular schedule, then this The box office will undoubtedly be even more terrifying. We must admit that the Chinese film market is facing an extremely severe test. "
" According to statistics from box office data agencies, the final box office of "Fast and Furious 7" will be at least more than 1.6 billion yuan, or even more. It’s not impossible to go higher.”
“This reminds me of last year’s summer vacation, when “Transformers 4” was also ravaging the Chinese film market. At that time, Zhou Yutang stood up and the right time and place created “Transformers 4.” The unreplicable box office miracle of "Chi Ling" prevents the box office record of Tianchao Movie from falling behind that of imported blockbusters.
"Now, who can stand up? ”
Zhou Yutang was lying comfortably on the sofa bed in the hotel and talking to Zou Zhongyan.
Zeng Li, who was wearing a nightgown behind him, was applying medicine to him with gentle and delicate movements.
The scene filmed today was about Fan Xian being intercepted and killed by Qin Ye, the head of the Qin family in the Daqing military.
The Qin family participated in the plot to kill Ye Qingmei. When Lao Deng saw Fan Xian's rise to prominence, he finally killed him.
In the entire drama "Celebrating More Than Years", everyone with names in the court are all veteran actors.
Qin Ye is also a key plot character, and teacher Feng Enhe was invited to star.
This is an old acquaintance of Zhou Yutang, and they worked together in "Latent". At that time, Teacher Feng played the role of Webmaster Wu, and he still left a lot of jokes.
Due to a lot of action scenes, Zhou Yutang accidentally fell down. After going to the hospital for a checkup, they said it was nothing serious except for a broken skin on his leg.
But in the eyes of the beauty in Qingyi, it is an extremely important matter.
Gently rubbing Zhou Yutang's body with his bare hands, he listened to him talking to Zou Zhongyan on the phone, listening to him report on the status of the North American project.
It has been more than a month since the filming of "The Conjuring 2" started. Because James Wan had to participate in the promotional activities of "Fast and Furious 7", he gave the remaining scenes to the assistant director to work on. However, most of the scenes have been completed and the rest have also been completed. It's a matter of checking for omissions.
"Speed up the progress, try to finish filming this month, and release it this year."
Zhou Yutang has his own plans in mind.
After this battle, James Wan has steadily risen to become a top Hollywood director. "The Conjuring 2" can use his gimmicks to create a wave of hype.
"Mr. Zhou, the early preparations for "La La Land" were not very smooth."
"What's the situation?"
Zou Zhongyan said: "Damien wants to ask Emma Watson to play the heroine, but she has a project in hand."
"Harry Potter" "Hermione" series, a popular Hollywood idol star, even in China, can be regarded as a very famous Hollywood star.
"Then let's change."
Zhou Yutang said directly without thinking.
There are many young stars in Hollywood who want to be in the spotlight, and Emma Watson is one of them.
The biggest gain this year is the popularity of "Fifty Shades of Grey".
Starting in North America, it continued to ferment, sweeping the world, and finally achieved a global box office of US$571 million.
The astonishing return on investment of more than 10 times continues Zhou Yutang’s fine tradition of using small things to make big things happen.
This is much better than some blockbusters with over 100 million investment.
(End of this chapter)