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Chapter 320: With both fame and fortune, Sister Jing doesn’t want to work hard anymore.

The Venice International Film Festival is one of the three major international film festivals in the world.

The gold content is very high.

This time the Golden Lion went to "Faust" directed by Maozi director Alexander Sokolov.

But it is a rare honor to win the Silver Lion Award for Best Director.

"Director Ann Hui shed tears on the spot. In an interview after the award ceremony, he said frankly that without Zhou Yutang, this movie would not have been possible."

"Spent 3000 million to invest in literary films. Zhou Yutang is willful when he has money."

"The most important thing is that I won an award and the copyright was sold for a high price."

"Jiangdong Entertainment has achieved both fame and fortune."

The news is sent back to the country.

Without any suspense, it made the headlines of major entertainment portals and caused extremely extensive discussions.

There are flowers outside the wall and fragrance inside.

Everyone knows that Jiangdong Entertainment started out by making youth films and became big with commercial films. Unexpectedly, it even won awards for its literary films.

After Zhou Yutang received the news, he also sent a Weibo message to express his congratulations.

It's a photo taken with Andy Lau and director Xu Anhua.

The comment area was instantly flooded by netizens.

He was just promoted to a major director of commercial films last year, and this year he has also made many achievements in the field of artistic films.

First there was "Mr. Tree", then "Sister Tao" also brought surprises to people, and now I have "Search" which is in the post-production stage.

"It seems that Zhou Yutang has made a film called "Search". It is also a literary film and has a chance to win awards."

"Although literary and artistic films are of high quality, I still like commercial blockbusters. There is news about the sequel of "Thieves" every two days. When will it be released?"

"I remember Director Zhou said, wait until next year to shoot."

"Tsk, tsk, look at Mr. Yang, he's stepping on Zhou Yutang again."

Mr. Yang, as netizens call him, is the one from Juli Pictures.

In order to promote Huang Shengyi, who is the weakest among the four little beauties, to the top position, a lot of effort was put into it.

I don’t know how many drafts were published for this "Legend of White Snake".

Later, it was said that Huang Shengyi would walk on the red carpet with the Kung Fu Emperor Li Lianjie. The foreigner was shocked, but it turned out that the Kung Fu Emperor did not go at all.

Later, it was rumored that the copyright of "The Legend of White Snake" was sold for a sky-high price in Venice, even higher than the award-winning "Sister Peach".

Zhou Yutang has never responded to Young Master Yang in front of the media.

However, Huang Shengyi himself said that he was close to joining Zhou Yutang's movies several times and wanted to cooperate.

Faulttop popularity is no joke.

The scale of the Jiangdong Navy was so large that it destroyed the official WeChat account of "White Snake".

All kinds of cynicism is indispensable.
"Young Master Huang Shengyi is here to get involved."

"Young Master Yang, no matter how good he is, he comes to meet the Governor of Zhou Dynasty."

"Mr. Zhou, congratulations."

Jiang Xuezhuo called to congratulate her. Zhou Yutang laughed softly and said, "Sister Xuezhuo, how is the progress over there?"

"It's okay. Shi Shi's scenes were filmed first, and she was asked to receive special training from the martial arts teacher of "Xiu Chun Dao"."

"I'll trouble you over there."

"It's all part of the job."

After chatting for a few more words, he hung up the phone. Since Xu Ming resigned, this position has become vacant.

Li Shuang currently holds the position of interim TV drama business department manager.

Several deputy managers of the TV drama business department under the company are gearing up and are very active.

Everyone knows that whether they can rise to the top depends on their performance this year.

As a boss, Zhou Yutang is naturally happy to see the results.

However, according to the short-term assessment, among the several candidates, Jiang Xuezhen's ability is the most outstanding.

When his thoughts returned to the front, Zhang Songwen poured him a glass of wine. After he returned from the filming of "Border Storm", he has not taken on any more roles.

At the same time, he held acting classes at the mountain school and gave small lessons to Zhu Yilong, Li Yao, Zhao Liying and others.

At the same time, I am busy with the drama promotion work of "The Art of Mind".

Today's Zhang Songwen is not the unknown little actor he was a few years ago.

Yu Zecheng of "Latent" has raised his national popularity very high, and he is also a representative of the Mesozoic acting school of Jiangdong Entertainment.

The drama "The Art of Mind" is about to premiere, so he will naturally have to play a certain promotional role.

"Yu Tang, thank you very much for Yi Wei's matter."

After he finished the call, Zhang Songwen held the wine glass and smiled slightly gratefully.

"Brother Songwen, why are you talking about this?"

Zhou Yutang smiled: "It's not a big deal. Brother Yiwei is also my senior brother. His acting skills are very good. I think he is very suitable for that role."

"You just wanted to eat fish, so you called me and I came over just in time to have a meal."

This time, Zhang Songwen came back and took the initiative to have a meal with Zhou Yiwei to express his thanks.

The place to eat was still the grilled fish restaurant where he and Zhang Songwen first met.

It's not a high-end restaurant, but the grilled fish tastes really good.

"Mr. Zhou, just call me Yiwei."

Zhou Yiwei knew it well: "I'll give you a toast."

Zhang Songwen could just call Zhou Yutang by his name. That was the friendship between the two people.

But he adjusted his position, holding the wine glass with both hands, the rim of the glass was slightly lower than Zhou Yutang's, and then he raised his head boldly.

Zhou Yutang had very high requirements for "Xiu Chun Dao". He hired experts on Ming history, professional martial arts instructors, and specially customized costumes and props.

The first batch of props are not ready yet, and it may take some time before they can be launched.

"Eat fish eat fish."

Zhang Songwen greeted warmly.

When the food was almost gone, Zhou Yiwei stood up to pay. Zhou Yutang didn't stop him. He just smiled and asked, "Brother Song Wen, the company has a new drama in the second half of this year. Are you interested?"

"TV drama?"

"It's this workplace drama called "Misheng"."

Zhou Yutang handed over his mobile phone: "Read the script first."

The story of the drama "Misheng" is actually very simple.

Nothing grand at all.

The main plot basically revolves around a foreign trade company.

In this simple workplace world, there is no cool and handsome second-generation chaebol from a well-known family, nor is there a silly and adorable person who falls in love with his boss.

The story is neither exaggerated nor exaggerated, and is extremely realistic and close to workplace life.

Every character in it, including the protagonist.

They are all pawns on the chessboard of society.

We are all migrant workers who work hard.

Everyone can find their own shadow in the characters of this show.

Zhou Yutang wanted Zhang Songwen to play the manager of the male protagonist Zhang Kejie.

An ordinary middle-aged man doing foreign trade.

Zhang Songwen was so absorbed in looking at the script on his phone that he didn't even notice when Zhou Yi came around to call someone.

This was obviously not the first time this happened. Zhou Yiwei was very experienced and sat aside and chatted with Zhou Yutang about the embroidered spring knife.

Ding Xiu, played by Zhou Yiwei, is set to be the strongest master in the Xiuchundao series, so before joining the team, martial arts instructors and coaches were specially arranged to give him special training.

A master must look like a master.

Zhou Yiwei is also very concerned about it. In addition to special training, he is also doing more fitness training.

About 20 minutes later, Zhang Songwen handed the phone back. Before he could speak, Zhou Yutang smiled and said: "Brother Songwen, come to the company later to pick up the script."

"I'm OK."

Zhang Songwen laughed and took a sip of tea: "Yu Tang, your script is really good."

"Mr. Zhou, what do you think of the male protagonist of the drama "Wei Sheng"?"

"Li Jian is good."

At the internal meeting of Jiangdong Entertainment Company, Zhou Yutang took the initiative to put forward his opinion: "The character Zhang Kejie is set to be a grassroots person at the bottom, and Li Jian has the flavor of a grassroots person at the bottom."

The company has done internal planning and evaluation. Li Jian's costume appearance is indeed not interesting, but he plays the role of an urban man with a grassroots atmosphere, and his adaptability is very high.

It is normal for actors to have limited image.

Huang Bo can't play the role of a tall, rich and handsome man.

From now on, just let it develop in the direction of urban drama.

"Goodbye, Mr. Zhou." "Brother Liang, don't flatter me."

Zhou Yutang smiled leisurely and said: "How long will his role in "Reply 1997" last?"

"It will be completed at the beginning of next month at the latest."

"Let him speed up the process a little bit. When the film is over, let him receive special training for half a month, and then directly join the cast of "Misheng"."

"What about the heroine, Mr. Zhou?"

Lin Liang asked the most critical question, while also observing Zhou Yutang's expression: "Should we still use the company's own people?"

Li Yao, a fellow from Jiangsu Province, was undoubtedly his favorite.

This year, I also want to praise Zhao Liying.

Needless to say, Yang Mi has a solid leg.
Although Lin Liang was used to observing people's emotions, he was not sure about Zhou Yutang's taste.

Ask if you don't understand.

This is the law of the workplace that he has understood.

"Let the hot clothes be tied up."

Zhou Yutang tapped his fingers lightly on the table.

He suddenly thought of a scene from an episode at the beginning of the script.

Reyza seems to have a good figure, and her OL short skirt should be pretty good too.
The time is September.

Recently, Liu Tianxian and Gao Yuanyuan are busy shooting fashion magazines in other places.

However, after "Border Storm" was completed, Zeng Li returned to the capital.

The teahouse she opened with her best friend Hu Jing found a manager to look after it.

Zhou Yutang's company always goes here to discuss business.

The business cannot be said to be good, but it is still decent.

Hu Jing looked at Zeng Li's radiant face, her eyes constantly drifting between her and Zhou Yutang, and smiled teasingly:
"Li Zi, you are so beautiful recently. What tonics did Boss Zhou give you?"

"You want to eat, I don't mind."

"Are you kidding me?"

"I really don't mind."

Zeng Li didn't even raise her head, choosing a dress on the tablet.

She also received an invitation to the Huabiao Award two days later.

"I'm really convinced."

Hu Jing raised her hands in surrender. She had not been so open-minded.

Seeing that Zhou Yutang's phone call never stopped, he leaned in front of Zeng Li and whispered: "This guy of yours has just broken the box office record of Tianchao movie. The artistic film he invested in won an award in Venice, and the TV series has also been sold at a high price. How much money do you need to make from this?”

"how could I know."

Zeng Li brushed the hair beside his ear with a soft smile: "If you want to know, ask him yourself."

"Just ask."

Hu Jing was also familiar with Zhou Yutang. After seeing him hang up the phone, she asked directly: "Boss Zhou, I just heard you say that a single episode of "The Art of the Mind" sold 180 million?"

"Sister Jing, your ears are really good."

"The TV series has a total of 36 episodes and sold 6480 million in the first round."

"Hehe, almost."

Zhou Yutang threw the phone aside, shook his head and smiled: "I didn't make this money alone."

The person who just called was Huo Wenxi.

This lady is a little excited. She hasn't even decided on her role in "Slaying the Wolf 2" yet, but the show "The Art of Mind" has already made a lot of money.

This drama is jointly invested by Shanghai Film, Yinghuang, and Jiangdong Entertainment.

The first-round broadcast rights were jointly won by Huizhou TV, Suzhou TV, Shanghai TV, and Zhejiang TV.

The luxurious lineup produced by Zhang Songwen + Hai Qing + Zhang Jiayi + Zhou Yutang, screenwriter Liuliu's "Dwelling" is also a hit drama, and director Yang Yang is not a great director, but he has strong professional ability.

The four-star network was booked and a lot of preliminary publicity work was done.

After the TV series was broadcast, the ratings of each TV station were above 1.8%. Four of the top ten first-tier TV stations in the ratings immediately caused a sensation in the film and television circles.

It is a hit drama that can be seen by the blind eye, and it has also opened up a new field of workplace drama.

With the popularity of the TV series, the online broadcast rights naturally increased accordingly. After several rounds of bidding, it was finally won by Sohu.

The price of a single episode of this online drama is more than 120 million yuan, with a total price of nearly half a billion yuan. It is also the most expensive TV series purchased by Sohu Video in the past two or three years.

Sohu spent so much money, of course it will not be a loss-making business. This is all money spent after market evaluation.

Zhou Yutang received news that Sohu had negotiated advertisements for more than a dozen well-known pharmaceutical companies such as Dyne Pharmaceuticals, Shuanghe Pharmaceuticals, Sunflower Pharmaceuticals, and Huggies Diapers. The advertising revenue created a peak for Sohu's video advertising marketing.

"I heard that after starring in this drama, Hai Qing's salary increased to 36."

Hu Jing made a gesture of stroking her forehead and sighed: "Mr. Zhou, please take care of me from now on. My salary is low and my acting skills are not bad either."

I knew this sister was joking, but I could hear it, and I felt a little envious.

Before "The Art of the Heart" aired, Zhang Songwen's salary was around 25 per episode, and Hai Qing's salary was around 20 per episode.

The TV series is still airing, and the salaries of several leading actors have already skyrocketed.

Jiangdong Entertainment received Zhang Songwen's latest single-episode salary quotation of up to 45, and Hai Qing's salary has almost doubled, which is enough to show how popular this workplace drama is right now.

"Sister Jing, do you also want to take a shortcut?"

"Yeah, I don't want to work hard anymore."

"That's fine."

Zhou Yutang was also happy when he heard this: "Based on the relationship between you and Sister Li, I must take care of you."

"Really?"

Hu Jing's big eyes flashed brightly.

"Must be true."

Zhou Yutang chuckled softly: "Next time I have a suitable role, I will definitely take you with me."

"A man's mouth, a liar."

Zeng Li rolled her eyes charmingly and said, "Jingjing, please ignore him and come over and help me take a look at this dress."

"Show your good brother."

"He can tell what's going on, and every outfit is beautiful."

"Sister Li looks beautiful in anything she wears."

"Tsk tsk."

Hu Jing rubbed her arms with goosebumps on her face: "I really can't stand you two."

Eating dog food, moving around, I went over to help Zeng Li with her wedding dresses for the Huabiao Awards for two days.

This time it was Zhou Yutang and Zeng Li walking the red carpet together.

Female artists walking on the red carpet look glamorous on the surface, but behind the scenes, even their teams have to be busy for a long time.

The styling team has to communicate with the brand in advance, and the target is naturally the latest season show models and high-end styles from high-end luxury brands.

Then the styling team had to prepare several different styling plans to try on and choose the one that best suited the artist.

The tailor is also asked to make some size adjustments to the borrowed dress according to the artist's body shape to make the dress fit better and add accessories.

The biennial Huabiao Awards, together with the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers, are known as the three major mainland film awards.

It is also known as the highest government award for Chinese films, but it is of a government nature, and its professional evaluation in the industry is not very high.

But there are definitely not a few celebrities who come back every time.

Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Feng Xiaogang, Li Lianjie, Jiang Wen, Ge You, Zhang Ziyi, Zhou Xun, Fan Binbin
Even the eldest brother Jackie Chan took leave from the crew of "Twelve Zodiac Signs".

The stars shined and the media caroused.

When Zhou Yutang and Zeng Li walked out of the car onto the red carpet, they immediately aroused a roar of screams and cheers from the audience.

Zhou Yutang's silver-gray casual suit shows off the ceiling of Asian appearance.

Zeng Li was wearing a black dress today, with wavy hair and gorgeous red lips. She not only exuded the charm of a mature woman, but also looked a bit more like a queen.

"Sister Li, is it your first time to come back to the Huabiao Awards?"

"Did you have an affair with Zhou Xun the last time you came to Huabiao?"

"That's what the media is reporting all day long."

Zhou Yutang had a calm expression on his face and was slightly sweating in his heart.

Why does this sister have such a good memory?
Smiling and waving to the enthusiastic fans present, he and Zeng Li entered the venue.

After entering the venue after the usual procedures of signing autographs and interviews, as soon as I took my seat, I noticed that the venue was in an uproar.

Something seems to be wrong.

Turned to look.

Zhou Yutang was stunned.

　The drama "Misheng" is worth watching if you haven't watched it yet

　　
　
(End of this chapter)