Top of the Great Era

Chapter 2277 Makeup Artist

In order to support his younger sister, Boss Zhou even made a special trip to Syfy's production center in Los Angeles, made a public appearance, and then took his younger sister away under everyone's envious eyes.

Zhou Nan was in high spirits, and he couldn't conceal his joy after getting into the car.

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "The deal is over? Got the copyright?"

Zhou Nan shook her head lightly, "There is no copyright."

"Huh?" Zhou Buqi raised his eyebrows, "Aren't you going to sell it?"

Zhou Nan said, "Why? I don't want to buy it."

Zhou Buqi was very surprised, "Don't want to buy it? Have you changed your mind?"

Zhou Nan said: "It hasn't been changed, but there is no need to copy it. If you want to change the form, there is no need to buy the copyright. What they are doing is a sci-fi type of special effects makeup, which does not match the country in terms of customs and policy environment."

"What?"

Zhou Buqi was amused by her.

Zhou Nan snorted and said, "That's right, don't look down on people. Their make-up for this show is mainly sci-fi themed, and many of them are alien make-up, which can be scary. Some make-up may scare children. It's not suitable. Broadcast domestically."

Zhou Buqi nodded, "Then what should I do? Don't do it?"

"Do it, why don't you do it?" Zhou Nan didn't want to back down, "I'm sure about this makeup variety show! It's just that I don't want to put on such scary makeup. Ancient costumes, fairy tales, martial arts, magic , cartoons are fine. Anyway, it’s a big competition for makeup artists.”

"Well, yes."

Out of his own understanding, Zhou Buqi felt that such a variety show would be difficult to popularize, and at most it could be regarded as a high-quality niche show.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Nan had some ideas of his own, "In today's film and television dramas, actors stand in the spotlight and enjoy all the honors and halos. But in a film and television drama, actors are just the means by which the production team realizes their ideas." Tools. Those excellent behind-the-scenes teams have been ignored. Now, many people are gradually realizing the important role of producers, directors, and screenwriters in an excellent film and television work, but makeup artists have always been in a relatively marginal field.”

Zhou Buqi felt that his sister's idea was quite sentimental, and said with a smile: "Good thing, this concept alone is enough to give you a place in the film and television industry, at least in the makeup artist industry, you will be respected. "

Zhou Nan became coquettish, and said very unhappy: "Brother, are you too utilitarian? I just want to do something, so it's not like what you think."

Zhou Buqi laughed and said, "Is there any program similar to makeup in China?"

Zhou Nan said: "As far as I know, no. In this industry, makeup artists have never been taken seriously, even worse than lighting and props. Many big directors have queen actors, production directors, and assistant directors in their royal teams. , screenwriters, props, costumes, etc., there has never been a makeup artist. It seems that the makeup industry is not important at all, it can come and go at will, and can be replaced at will.”

Zhou Buqi nodded, "The current CG technology is very high, and there is no need for physical makeup like in previous years, it is all makeup with computer special effects."

Zhou Nan said softly: "That's right, because of this, there is a show like "Special Effects Makeup Artist Showdown" in the American film and television industry. The purpose of the show is to show the outside world that although the current CG technology is very good, but the real Top makeup artists, they are no worse than FX!"

Zhou Buqi said: "Well, when all walks of life have reached a certain height, the competition is not actually professional ability, but the imagination of this profession. Just like playing football, the creativity and imagination of playing football are the key to the competition. It is the most important factor to measure a top player in the world. Domestic players are no worse than European, Japanese and Korean players at the youth stage, and everyone’s technical level is similar. But when they reach adulthood, their technical level has developed to a certain level. When you go up, you have to rely on your brain to play football, and at this time domestic players can’t do it.”

Zhou Nan nodded again and again, "Well, it's imagination. It doesn't matter if you use a computer for post-production makeup, or a makeup artist's physical makeup. In the final analysis, it is the embodiment of imagination. Hollywood has a very complete film industry system, and CG special effects makeup seems to be To replace the work of traditional makeup artists, some producers have launched programs like "Special Effects Makeup Artist Showdown" to build a platform to showcase the abilities of makeup artists. But in China, no one has ever paid attention to makeup."

Zhou Buqi didn't expect that this girl was quite pursuing, and she was doing something meaningful, "Okay, the idea is pretty good. However, makeup artist is not a popular profession after all. Don't compete with "Special Effects Makeup Artist Showdown" For comparison, Syfy itself is a sci-fi channel and a pay TV station. These two layers of screening greatly screened out many unsuitable audiences, so this program can become popular on Syfy. You create a public-oriented TV station in China. For makeup shows, you have to be mentally prepared."

"what?"

Zhou Nan was a little disappointed.

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "The most popular ones are actors. There are so many excellent actors now, but there are very few opportunities to be the protagonists. If we make a program to let these unknown but powerful actors show themselves , you will be more respected in the industry. This is the same as preaching and teaching, and everyone will respectfully call you 'Teacher Zhou'."

Zhou Nan blinked his eyes a few times, thinking silently.

In some trivial matters, she can sometimes mess around, but when it comes to serious matters, she still has to fully consider her brother's opinion.

……

My sister is following a reality show.

Brother is concerned about the film industry.

Zhou Buqi is still in Los Angeles and plans to conduct a further investigation of this industry.Not only that, he also sent Ziwei Star International's executives Lu Ji, Ross, Remy, Gary, Alex, including Xu Liangjie and Zheng Xiaoli, as well as Tang Binchen who came from Europe.

So many commands are issued at the same time.

It can be seen that boss Zhou attaches great importance to this matter.

It has long gone beyond the scope of movies.

This will be a decision-making concept at the strategic level of the group.

Of course, investigating the film industry is also related to Ziwei Star Global. The company’s prospectus has been sent out, and the road show is expected to start in September.

The development momentum of the film industry is closely related to the success of Ziweixing Global's listing.

On this day, Zhou Buqi went to meet the president of AMC Cinemas.

Before that, he had already greeted Wanda's boss Wang.

The self-service vending machines for movie tickets have launched new models that are more recognized by the market. As this model matures, more and more new ticket vending machines will enter movie theaters.

What Zhou Buqi talked with AMC theaters this time is to provide them with a batch of special self-service ticket vending machines.

The kind that can be connected to the Internet.

You can buy tickets online on Fandango, then go offline to verify your identity at the self-service ticket vending machine, and successfully get the ticket.

AMC Cinemas should not engage in any independent app, and then launch a membership card system, that is too unreliable, and the way out is to move closer to the more popular Internet media.

This kind of O2O business is inseparable from the combination of online and offline.

Wanda has acquired AMC Cinemas.

It's time for a wave of in-depth strategic cooperation with Ziwei Star Global and Ziwei Star International to change the centuries-old tradition of the North American film market to a certain extent.

(End of this chapter)