Chapter 664: The Great Sage waved his golden cudgel, and the flying clouds crushed the sky!
"Li Gengxi, AA"
"Zhuang Dafei, A"
"Guan Xiaotong, A+"
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The final audition for Tang Tan’s little girl Sinuo was finalized. Throughout the morning, Zhou Yutang’s mobile phone calls and messages never stopped.
It’s all related households trying to figure it out.
He simply turned on airplane mode and turned to ask Lin Liang:
"Which family does this Zhuang Dafei belong to?"
"My family does business. Her mother is a TV host.”
"It's a bit clever, but I don't have a performance foundation, so I won't consider it."
Zhou Yutang didn't give any face, turned the pen with his finger, and tapped it on the table.
Guan Xiaotong and Li Gengxi both made their debut as child stars. The former even appeared in the movie "Little Steel Cannon". After not seeing each other for a few years, he looked slim and graceful.
The latter is Xu Jinglei's goddaughter, whom Zhou Yutang personally took care of in "Big Shot".
Last night Xu Cainv even said hello in person.
But it's not that they are not good enough.
In terms of roles alone, the overall performance rating of the two young girls Zhang Zifeng and Zhao Jinmai in the few audition scenes was as high as "AAA".
“This scoring system is a bit interesting.”
Ning Hao, who is working as a supervisor, is thinking about the trial scoring system specially developed by Zhang Yiming’s team for Jiangdong Entertainment on the tablet.
Except for Da Meiyuan who let the governor go through the back door, the rest have to follow the rules honestly.
Even Lu Han had to improve his acting skills a lot before he was given the role of Qin Feng.
Only this Sinuo is left.
The audition clips of two young girls, Zhang Zifeng and Zhao Jinmai, played back and forth on the screen.
Lin Liang was also discussing in a low voice with the other creators of the crew, and it was hard to make a decision. In the end, he set his sights on the Governor.
Zhou Yutang pondered for a long time and rubbed his forehead:
"Go and notify Zhang Zifeng's parents, it's her."
As July enters, the summer movie season begins, and the movie market becomes full of smoke.
Er Dongsheng is really a genius.
Being the first to use all-stars to market a zero-star movie.
"I Am a Passerby" did not perform well at the box office on the first day. A large number of Hong Kong stars such as Shu Qi, Wu Yanzhu, Hui On-hua, Mak Zhaohui, Zhuang Manqiang and Liu Weiqiang cheered for him.
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Mr. Zhou has a good relationship with Er Dongsheng, and he also sent articles to promote a series of movies for him.
Although Passerby A completed a counterattack over the weekend, with a first-week box office revenue of over 38 million, it still inevitably became cannon fodder in the summer season.
Director Chen Da, who originally had high hopes in the industry to regain his glory, also suffered a big setback.
The box office of "The Taoist Comes Down the Mountain" in its first week was 223 million, which was better than Er Dongsheng.
However, the box office did not even beat director He Ling's debut film "Gardenia Blossoms", which undoubtedly shocked the entire film and television industry.
"Gardenia Blooms" grossed 257 million at the box office in its first week.
The reputation is also bad.
But as a low-cost movie, several producers have undoubtedly made money, and Lao Wang is already ready to open champagne to celebrate.
Zhou Yutang received a video call from Zou Zhongyan. After talking about the later stages of "The Conjuring 2" for a while, he suddenly heard this sister gossiping:
"Boss, I have some news for you. Universal's co-chairman and legendary CEO are about to take their team to the set of "The Great Wall" to re-evaluate the project."
Zou Zhongyan's gossip made Zhou Yutang sigh with emotion.
Capital is so realistic.
Think more from a business perspective.
If you can make money, then you are awesome.
If the project is messed up, it will not be possible for the great director who has won the Palme d'Or in China.
It is foreseeable that Brother Chen Kai’s right to have a say in the entire project will be questioned.
Chen Hong also invited him to visit the crew of "The Great Wall". He really wanted to experience the latest camera ALEXA65 used in filming "The Great Wall".
After chatting about the casting progress of "La La Land" for a while, Zou Zhongyan suddenly said:
"Boss, for the project you asked about, Jing Tian's team is already on the Tianchao side. Contacted.”
"Oh?"
Zhou Yutang suddenly nodded: "Forget it."
Last year, Liu Shishi's "Godzilla" was a box office hit in China, and he took advantage of the situation to receive several business deals. , making many female celebrities in the industry so envious that they broke up with her.
This year, Sweet Princess’s team launched the banknote ability.
First win "The Great Wall", and then PR Warner and the legendary monster movie "Kong: Skull Island".
Zhou Yutang has always regarded Da Tiantian as one of his own, and there is no need to cut off his beard.
However.
We can’t treat our good sister Naza badly.
Salting fish every day is not enough to maintain health.
Zhou Yutang suddenly thought of another movie, which would be suitable for Nazha.
The final box office of "Jurassic World" stopped at 1.391 billion.
The local snake "The Tuner" turned out to be a powerful sniper, destroying the box office potential of this super blockbuster in the Chinese region.
However, this blockbuster earned more than 1.6 billion US dollars in box office in the global film market!
Being able to compete with such a phenomenal movie and fight its way out further illustrates the gold content of "The Tuner".
After two weeks of release, the trend is very stable, with a cumulative box office revenue of 789 million.
On the first day of release of "The Taoist Comes Down the Mountain" and "Gardenia Blooms", the film schedule was affected to a certain extent.
But it has great stamina. In the second half of the second week, the single-day box office of "The Tuner" continued to rise, making steady progress.
To date, the single-day box office has still exceeded 25 million, even though its own "The Return of the Great Sage" is about to have a final battle with Guo Xiaosi's "Little Times".
But there are still nearly two weeks of release period. According to the movie's reputation, there is still some box office potential that can be realized.
“The schedule given by Mr. Zhou is good, and I hope to hit one billion!”
Senior executives from all departments of Soochow Pictures are very excited.
Inside the company, including Chen Xi, the original box office expectation for this movie was about 400 million.
Everyone knows very well that if the boss wants to praise his woman, he cannot treat it as an ordinary film and television project and just want to recover the cost.
The results really exceeded expectations.
Being able to reach this point is mainly due to the excellent quality of the film, but part of the reason is also due to the advantage of the schedule.
It's like selecting restaurants on a certain food app. If one restaurant has rave reviews and the food is delicious and delicious, while the other restaurants have low scores, diners will subconsciously choose the one with more favorable reviews.
The same is true for most viewers with normal aesthetics.
I would rather watch "The Tuner" for the second time than go into the cinema and waste money and time on bad movies.
"Hubby, I am so tired."
Movie The road show of the creator of "The Tuner" is finally coming to an end.
In the evening, looking at Liu Shishi's plain and tired face in the video, with his eyelids fighting, Zhou Yutang felt a little distressed:
"How about I go say hello and forget about the rest of the trip? ”
This is what running road shows continuously is like, the rhythm of a city every day, and a lot of time is spent on the road.
"No."
Producer Liu held his head high and said firmly: "We agreed on a three-week promotional schedule, and there is only one week left. I have to stand on the last shift. .”
"Professional, admire me, I asked Sister Shuang to arrange a celebration banquet for Producer Liu."
"Glib."
Liu Shishi smiled and said coquettishly: "I didn't expect that "The Taoist Comes Down the Mountain" would be so Not good enough. "
Not only Liu Shishi, but no one in the film and television industry could have imagined that Brother Chen would pull the big one.
There were lofty words before the release, and the premiere was said to be explosive, with thunderous applause from the audience.
The show stalled, and during the road show, the poet was so relieved that he shed tears.
Leave my dear friends LeTV Pictures, Xinli Media, and several Colombian producers to go around.
The production cost is 200 million. Taking into account the post-publication and distribution, it is conservatively estimated to be more than 300 million. The recovery of the cost is far away.
There was a video on the hot search that attracted Zhou Yutang’s attention.
Chen Kaige accepted the letter of appointment from President Luo Hongjie at the founding ceremony of the Shanghai Film School of Shanghai University, announcing that he would serve as the first dean of the Shanghai University Film School.
"This title is very important and weighty. I will not be a short-term dean. I will take classes in person in the future to cultivate more talents in the film and television industry for China."
"Director Chen, "The Taoist Comes Down the Mountain" The movie is very controversial, and some viewers can’t understand it. What do you have to say about it?”
“Due to the editing, the narrator has lost his identity. I want to apologize to the audience for this. It could have been better.” Do better.”
During the media interview session at the ceremony, Brother Chen Kai sighed with emotion, but the media seemed to have no intention of letting him go.
There are few reporters who are interested in causing trouble. Zhui Meng Da: "Director Chen, why did you not cut out Prince Long's scene in "The Taoist Comes Down the Mountain"?"
"A lot has been cut."
Poet Chen's face darkened instantly: "Originally, there was an independent story line about this character, but it was all cut off later."
"Director Chen , what do you think of what you said at this year's conference? Anyone who engages in blasphemy should not be in this circle and should not appear in front of the audience. Is this a serious issue?"
"No comment. "
Poetry Chen's expression was a bit off. As Poets Chen's official producer, Chen Hong immediately answered and came to the rescue: "Director Brother Kai just came back from the crew of "The Great Wall" and he is a little tired. What's next? Let me answer the question for him..."
"This boomerang hurts a bit."
Watching the fun, Zhou Yutang did not forget to communicate with Li Shuang: "Sister Shuang, how are the arrangements for the screening of "The Return of the Great Sage" going?"< br>
“Don’t worry, the theater chain has already said hello.”
Li Shuang made an OK gesture and was full of enthusiasm: “The production of the movie’s derivative peripherals has also been arranged.”
"The love movie "Beijing Meets Seattle 2", written and directed by Xue Xiaolu and starring Fan Binbin and Pan Yueming, recently held its opening ceremony at the Chongqing Golden Buddha Temple!"
Teacher Xue took the crew to Yuqing.
After completing the domestic part of the filming, we will immediately transfer to Haojiang, and then go to overseas locations for filming.
As the first domestic female director, Xue Xiaolu’s new project naturally attracted a lot of media attention.
Pan Yueming, who had hit rock bottom but only one movie to return to the top, attracted many fans to watch and take photos.
Mature male actors of the "handsome uncle" type are extremely popular in the industry nowadays.
Pan Yueming and Wu Xiubo are both known as "Shquan Tiancai".
Originally, Tang Tanli's adoptive father was to be played by Pan Yueming, but due to scheduling conflicts, the cake ended up in the hands of teacher Ning Li.
Ning Li is from Jiangdong's own family, and he also teaches part-time at the Yamashita School.
Nazha, Reba, Li Jian, Lu Han, Yang Zi, these new generation artists from Jiangdong, he has taught them all.
With his acting skills, he has no problem nailing this role.
The other side.
Zhou Yutang attended the media launch press conference of Jiangdong's main project "Ode to Joy" held in Beijing. The scene was very lively.
The momentum of the five female leads, Zeng Li, Jiang Xin, Yang Zi, Meng Ziyi, and Li Yitong, completely overwhelmed the male leads in the play.
The TV series that The Empress in Tsing Yi has appeared in in recent years are all excellent and have great popularity with the audience.
The filming of the TV series has not even started yet, but Meng Ziyi and Li Yitong, two little transparent ones, have already reaped the dividends.
They deeply realized what Jiangdong's influence was. The number of followers on Weibo is rising rapidly, and many passers-by have already bought shares in advance.
"Sister Yitong, you are on Jiangdong's show, waiting to take off!"
The assistant beside him smiled happily, Li Yitong listened absently, but his eyes frequently turned to the person being Zhou Yutang was surrounded by people.
I heard that it was the Grand Governor who called her name that gave her this opportunity.
"Letitgo, letitgo
Can't hold itbackanymore~~~"
Hoarse and emotionally invested, this song "LetItGo", the theme song of the Disney animated film "Frozen", is the song of Miss Liu in A must-have track in ktv.
Every girl has a princess dream, and Liu Yifei is no exception.
Listening quietly to her singing, Shu Chang and Zhang Liangying were cheering for her.
In terms of rapping and dancing talent, Miss Liu is by no means top-notch, but at least she also studied at Sony and has a basic idea.
The song "Like a Fish" written by Zhou Yutang for her once topped all major domestic music charts.
"Xiao Zhou."
Liu Yifei handed the microphone to Shu Chang, walked over and asked, "How was the high note just now?"
"It's perfect."< br>
Zhou Yutang sat on the sofa with a relaxed posture: "It's a pity that there is no chair, otherwise I would have to turn around for you."
"Do you think it is a good voice?"
Liu Yifei took a sip of fresh food Squeezing orange juice to soothe your throat, you couldn't help but laugh.
Zhang Liangying, who was next to her, also suppressed her lips and chuckled.
As a close friend, it was not the first time for her to go to Miss Liu’s house, but it was the first time to Zhou Yutang’s house.
It would be a lie to say I'm not curious.
The Governor has risen rapidly in domestic entertainment, and there are often revelations about his net worth on the Internet.
There are different opinions, and it is difficult to distinguish between true and false.
But netizens recognize that Wanda is the younger brother in front of this brother.
Even tying the high-profile kings of Huayi and Huayi together is not enough.
Zhang Liangying debuted as Super Girl, and she is also a veteran in the industry.
Boss Zhang from Sohu, Jia from LeTV, and even Mr. Ma from Alibaba have all met.
But Zhou Yutang is very different from the wealthy entertainment industry people she has met.
In addition to his appearance that has reached the top of Asia, his identity is also a bit special. He is the boyfriend of his best friend.
When I arrived, I saw many luxury cars parked in Zhou Yutang's garage.
What opened her eyes the most was the custom-made Suji 7 sports car.
I heard from Miss Liu that Zhou Yutang had not driven once since he bought it, and he just parked there to eat dust.
After singing, Liu Yifei suddenly had the idea to go see " Advance screening of "The Return of the Great Sage".
Zhou Yutang greeted the manager of his theater.
When the movie was over, several girls were very excited.
Shu Chang rubbed his arms and chirped:
"Chinese animated movies can actually achieve this level. I feel that they are not inferior to Hollywood animated movies at all. I got goosebumps when I watched them."
>"It's really exciting. I want to go to the cinema to watch it again."
Zhang Liangying also said sincerely: "The song "Wukong" is also very good."
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There was a one-stop singing and movie dinner party, and Zhou Yutang made the arrangements clearly.
After the fun is over, everyone goes back to their homes to keep the program of cultivating immortals.
"Xiao Zhou, Ali has recently sent people to contact Hongxingwu..."
"After negotiating the copyright, I want to ask you to film "Three Lives, Three Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Blossom"?"
< br>“How do you know?”
Surprise was written on Liu Yifei's face.
"The copyright belongs to Jiangdong. Li Jie from Alibaba Pictures talked to Li Shuang about this matter at the Shanghai Film Festival last month..."
Zhou Yutang leaned against his pillow On Liu Yifei's plump thighs.
Open your mouth, and the angel peels a grape and brings it in.
Tianxian has not taken on roles recently, but as a top domestic entertainment star, she is basically the first priority of the top big productions in the industry.
"Three Lives, Three Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Blossom" is one of the top fairy tale popular IPs in the industry.
But Ali didn’t bleed a lot, and Jiang Dong didn’t let go so easily. Zhou Yutang wanted to make a TV series version, and the film rights were issued.
"It's better not to accept this kind of project. It won't do much good. Just let someone carry the sedan chair..."
While eating grapes peeled by angels, he told her about his itinerary.
"Are you going to join the cast of "Detective Chinatown" soon?"
"Let's wait until The Great Sage is released. There are a few crew meetings to be held, and we will go to Tyrande in a week at most...hiss!"
When he said this, Zhou Yutang's handle was already on Liu Tianxian within the control of.
Those beautiful, shining eyes are still speechless
Liu Yifei, Zhang Liangying and Shu Chang all spoke highly of the movie "The Return of the Great Sage".
Large-scale screenings for two consecutive days are all about word-of-mouth.
With the support of Jiangdong Entertainment's omni-channel marketing, the film schedule provided by theaters is not low, and the cumulative box office of the screening has exceeded 30 million.
This on-demand box office seems to be quite far away from those movie on-demand box offices that easily cost 60 to 70 million yuan.
But it has also set a peak box office record for domestic animated films.
After being warmed up for a long time, "The Return of the Great Sage" finally hit the big screen on the 9th.
Film and television companies in the industry are still thinking about following Jiangdong Entertainment’s crime dramas, but unexpectedly Zhou Yutang has opened up a new track.
Domestic animated movies.
And it is a mythological animated film different from the "Bear Bears" series specially released during the Spring Festival.
Even though "The Tuner" has a strong reputation at this time, it is entering the final stage in the third week of its release.
As for "The Taoist Comes Down the Mountain" and "Gardenia Blossoms", there is no need to say more.
The reputation of these two movies fell at the speed of light after the first week, and the filming has already dropped.
The only one who can be called the great rival of the Great Sage is Guo Xiaosi's final dance in "Little Times".
LeTV Pictures CEO Zhang Zhaocai issued a military order in front of Boss Jia, and then went back to have another meeting with Guo Xiaosi: "Have the road shows been arranged?"
"Already arranged! ”
Guo Xiaosi was sitting on a chair, wearing height-increasing shoes, but his feet could not reach the ground.
Although he is not tall, he is full of confidence: "This time Yang Mi's schedule has been negotiated, and the road show schedules of Chen Xuedong, Guo Biting, Guo Caijie and Li Xianzai have all been negotiated!"
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"How can it be so easy to make a domestic animated film?"
"It's not a big problem. Judging from the publicity plan, there is no doubt that we have an absolute advantage!"
"Tiny Times" 4》This movie has its own specific fan audience, which cannot be calculated based on common sense.
"The Return of the Great Sage" is not fake. After the step-by-step trailer promotion, it focuses on the emotional marketing of Journey to the West.
In China, around the time the film was released, behind-the-scenes stories about the creative team suddenly spread on the Internet.
These contents mainly describe the arduous process of the entire October Culture team in producing "The Return of the Monkey King".
Under such difficult conditions, the main creator still persisted in his ideals and brought you such a wonderful animated film. Discussions on the Internet were boiling,
"With tears in my eyes, it turns out that "The Great Sage" It’s really not easy for “Return” to be released.”
“It’s really not easy. The main creators have been preparing for 8 years. During this period, animators resigned en masse, and investors withdrew their funds because they were rejected when they wanted to change the script. Good thing Zhou Yutang has taken over.”
“I will never blackmail the Governor again.”
"Zhou Yutang is indeed sentimental. Our Chinese animated films are getting better."
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There is no doubt that this is a kind of marketing.
But this kind of sentimental and attitude-based film marketing will undoubtedly resonate more with the public than the exaggerated money-worshiping values of "Tiny Times".
On the other side, Guo Xiaosi, who is busy preparing for "Grand Trail", personally leads the team.
Stars such as Damimi, Guo Caijie, Chen Xuedong, Guo Biting, Xie Yiling, Li Xianzai and other stars collectively broke their legs to build momentum for the film's promotion.
On the first day of release, the film schedule was very different, and "The Return of the Great Sage" was slightly defeated.
The ultimate performance of "Tiny Times" was an overwhelming success on the day of its premiere, with a box office of 92 million.
The box office revenue of "The Return of the Great Sage" was 62.63 million.
LeTV Pictures cooperated with Guo Xiaosi during the road show, and there was an overwhelming amount of press releases.
However, since there is no precedent for animated films before, "The Return of the Great Sage" only had 24% of the films scheduled, while the final film schedule of "Tiny Times" was as high as 41%.
The schedule of other movies such as "The Taoist Comes Down the Mountain" and "Gardenia Blooms" has dropped by 10%!
The next day, "Tiny Times 4" reported a box office of 85.6 million, and the box office of Monkey King was 72.8 million, still temporarily at the disadvantage.
However, the film schedule has improved slightly, and the film's reputation is also fermenting, and the box office gap between the two sides is narrowing.
It’s Sunday.
The great sage waved his golden cudgel, soared into the clouds and mist, and crushed the sky!
The box office that day was 105 million, beating the 72 million of "Tiny Times 4" with almost the same film schedule!
On the 13th, a working day, the box office of "Tiny Times 4" has dropped by 50 million, while "The Return of the Great Sage" still has a stable revenue of 102 million that day!
That’s it.
"The Return of the Great Sage" finally showed its prominence in front of everyone.
The public opinion confrontation between the two sides escalated, and a large number of movie viewing comments appeared on the Internet.
Many celebrities and professionals in the film and television industry were also curious about Zhou Yutang’s previous talk about the rise of mythical animation, and went to the cinema one after another.
After watching the movie, my face was full of shock.
They all posted positive comments related to the film on their respective social media.
This undoubtedly made "The Return of the Great Sage" become a hot topic on Weibo.
Of course, it is also indispensable that the first wave of movie-watching users spread their word-of-mouth among the small WeChat circle.
"Recommended for cracking the wall, passers-by go in, best friends come out."
"It's hard to imagine, is this really a domestic cartoon?"
"No matter the character setting , art design and detail characterization are all very attentive. What Zhou Yutang said about the rise of domestic cartoons is true. "
"In this world, besides Transformers and Spider-Man, there is another one that is more awesome. The unparalleled hero is Sun Wukong! The great sage rushes to the duck! ”
"I watched it with my children. I originally wanted to watch it with my son, but after watching it, I may like this movie more than my son, because our generation grew up watching Journey to the West, and now we can It’s really worth it to see such a good picture.”
“You must watch it on the giant screen! That’s one word!”
Zhou Yutang read the reviews on the Internet. By the way, I listened to Li Shuang report the income of the "The Return of the Great Sage" project with a happy face.
In addition to the surging box office, it also signed more than ten brand licenses and various derivatives, and sold more than 30 million in a few days.
“The piracy problem is a bit serious.”
Li Shuang felt heartbroken when he said it: "Based on the peripheral sales, it is possible that we have made tens of millions less."
Making less money means losing money.
The Jiangdong Legal Department was arranged to do the work, but by the time the process was completed, I didn’t know it would be the year of the monkey or the horse.
For now, according to the unique national conditions of China, it is not easy to make genuine derivative peripherals.
The vast majority of the audience is used to free prostitution. Today, the genuine version will be launched, and overnight, tomorrow there will be a bunch of copycat replicas on a certain treasure
Zhou Yutang is more concerned about another thing: "Sister Shuang, I asked you to talk about the game team from Tencent. Do you have any news?"
"The boss of Youke, I want to meet and talk with you. Talk.”
(End of this chapter)