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Chapter 517: The dragon's head is on top, and the flowers are blooming in the future
"Yu Tang, congratulations on the box office success."

"Brother Xiao Ming, thank you for your hard work on the publicity."

When Huang Xiaoming received the call, Zhou Yutang and Guo Fan were finishing a meeting with several special effects teams on the set.

It has been nearly two months since the filming started in May, and the day when "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" will be completed is getting closer and closer.

"It's your job."

Huang Xiaoming laughed heartily: "When will you finish filming?"

Zhou Yutang is busy filming, and Liu Shishi is also very busy with his schedule. He only participated in a few variety shows, and the main promotion work of "Jing Zhong Yue Fei" still fell on Huang Xiaoming and Fan Binbin.

The studios of these two are also the producers of this drama, and they are very active in their work.

He only appeared at the premiere of Hui Province Satellite TV in the afternoon the day before yesterday, and rushed to the premiere of Zhejiang Province early yesterday morning. He also paid homage to Yue Fei at the Yue Fei Temple in Hangzhou, which made him a hot search.

"Soon, it will be over this month."

During the following period, Zhou Yutang continued to join the crew for filming. Huo Wenxi led the crew such as Wu Jing and Zhang Jing to run road shows one stop at a time, and good news came frequently.

There is smoke everywhere in the movie market.

"One week after the release of "Slay Wolf 2", the mainland box office exceeded 4.48 million, leading the summer season. The box office has grown steadily. The most intense action movie is an unstoppable hit this summer!"

With "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" and "Tiny Times" feeding the audience, "Slaying the Wolf 2" originally had an 80-point score, but it achieved at least a 90-point box office performance.

In the circle, familiar and unfamiliar people all sent congratulatory messages.

This was also suppressed by "Slaying the Wolf 2", with only 20% of the films scheduled on the first day, and the box office performance was not as expected.

Zack Snyder took control of DC's first game, and "Man of Steel" grossed 3764 million at the box office on its first day.

"In one week after its release, "Tiny Times" grossed 3.2 million yuan at the box office, but only 1250 million yuan at the box office in a single day. The film schedule was severely cut. Director Guo Xiaosi cried bitterly and accused the film industry of being xenophobic, and was suppressed by theater chains!"

After "Sha Po Lang 2" joined the battlefield, the battle for the summer release has already decided the winner.

Zhou Yutang only selected some friends who were relatively close to him to reply, and ignored the others who were flattering.

As for "The Detective" produced by Enlight, it was also released at the end of June, with a box office of about 2400 million on the first day.

Many people have Zhou Yutang's work mobile phone number, but many friends have also sent messages to his personal number.

Originally, according to Soochow Pictures' internal assessment, the box office target for this movie was probably around 4 million.

But the expected fight between the dragon and the tiger did not happen. After all, "Tiny Times" hitting the box office record of "Love in a Bouquet" was just a joke.

Then he threw all his mobile phones to Ni Ni and left the rest to her.

Who wouldn’t want to eat something good if given the choice?

Zhou Yutang felt a little surprised when he saw the box office data that Ni Ni compiled and sent every day.

Since its release, this most explosive action movie in recent years has strongly ended the discussion that Chinese movies have entered an era of inferiority.

Zhou Yutang chatted with Huang Xiaoming for a few words, then looked at the messages on his phone.

Again, it all depends on peers.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that "Slaying the Wolf 2" is another blockbuster movie, sweeping the summer movies without any rivals.

Compared with the production cost of over 100 million, the box office performance was somewhat dismal.

The entry of these two new films into the war has further weakened the film schedule of "Tiny Times", which is an unexpected surprise.

The filming of the "Ghost Blowing Lamp" crew is still in progress. The crew is highly concentrated and is nearing the final stage.

"Reba, pay attention to your position."

"I adjusted the angle of the second camera to reflect the exciting and tense feeling of hanging by a thread."

Zhou Yutang wore a mask, sat behind the monitor, and kept giving orders: "Attention all units, it's time to start!"

The recorder slapped the board: ""Ghost Blowing the Lamp" Scene 58, Shot 6, Action!"

There is still a dark mist in the air.

Several members of Hu Bayi's protagonist group walked through a long and narrow stone beam.

The coffin of the exquisite queen is in sight.

At this moment, the corpse-scented amorphophallus on the coffin began to bloom.

A demonic and mysterious power began to spread.

The protagonists seemed to be in a dream, as if they had seen something unbelievable. They all took a breath and looked horrified.

Dozens of resurrected Japanese soldiers climbed up from the abyss of purgatory.

Like a hundred ghosts walking at night.

In fact, this is just an illusion caused by the corpse-scented konjac.

Those who come into contact with Queen Jingjue, whatever they are most afraid of and most eager to see, the corresponding scene will appear in front of them.

This scene went wrong many times. When the ghost soldiers took off their hoods, they were all sweating.

The capital in July is no joke, so Ni Ni quickly arranged for the venue to provide iced drinks to cool down.

Taking advantage of the crew's break, Zhou Yutang and Guo Fan discussed the shooting effects. During the chat, Guo Fan asked curiously: "Director Zhou, I heard that there will be a TV series after Ghost Blowing the Lamp?"

"If nothing else happens, we will make a TV series."

Zhou Yutang nodded. Ba Chang himself is also on the screenwriting team and was deeply involved in the creation of the script. According to him, "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" was just a writing practice at the beginning.

The first volume can basically be divided into two parts.

In the first half, which ends at the underground military fortress at the Black Wind Gate of Yerengou, there are no clear clues related to the main plot. It is similar to the tone of folklore and country talk.

The second half is about the main plot. It can only be said that Ba Sing is extremely talented. He has been upgraded every time, and his skills have gradually become more and more proficient. From now on, he will get better and better as he writes.

It would be unrealistic if the movie were to be completely based on the novel.

The entire movie is only two hours long, with about sixty or seventy scenes, each of which lasts about two minutes. To tell a complete movie story, a certain degree of magic modification is necessary.

Ding Sitian plays a role in connecting the plot of the movie.

Hu Bayi and Wang Pangzi always remember Ding Sitian who stayed deep in the Forever Grassland.

They had never really seen Queen Jingjue, but were affected by the corpse-scented konjac and subconsciously projected Ding Sitian's appearance.

Zhou Yutang took a sip of ice-cold pear soup, turned around and asked, "What do you think after finishing "Ghost Blowing the Lamp"?"

Guo Fan's face became solemn and he began to think seriously.

The way Zhou Yutang usually treats him is not like a leader treating his subordinates, but more like a friend.

But Guo Fan knew what he was doing and set his position correctly.

He scratched his head and grinned: "Thank you, Director Zhou, for giving me this rare opportunity."

"One of our own."

Zhou Yutang shook his head and laughed: "Don't do this."

"Then I'll just say it casually."

"Making a special effects blockbuster like "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" is very time-consuming and energy-consuming. Many things have been decided before the filming starts, including early preparations, communication with actors, and coordination with the coordinator, special effects team, and art during filming. , docking of lighting team”

"Every step requires a lot of effort. If you want to achieve the desired artistic effect, the entire process is very important. Compared with the shooting period, I think the entire post-production special effects will take longer."

"There are no shortcuts when it comes to visual effects."

Zhou Yutang nodded and said with a smile: "It means investing time and capital, and putting more thought into it than during the filming period."

With an investment of 2.5 million, only a small part of the actors' remuneration was spent on special effects and scenes.

"Being able to work with Director Zhou as an assistant director, I really learned a lot."

These words are not flattery, they come entirely from Guo Fan's heart.

After working in several dramas with Zhou Yutang, I realized that his control over the crew was indeed outrageous, which made Guo Fan extremely admired.

“I’ll leave it to you to make the follow-up movie of Ghost Blowing the Lantern.”

Zhou Yutangneng patted him on the shoulder, and seeing his confused look, he suddenly felt a little funny.

For this project, he deliberately handed over many scenes, including the docking with several groups, to Guo Fan to practice, and he spent most of the time subtly guiding and observing.

The result was a big surprise. Guo Fan was probably born to eat this kind of rice. It can be said that he has made rapid progress.

One of Jiangdong's three generals, Zhou Yutang's attention and training to Guo Fan was no less important than that of Lu Yang and Wen Muye.

Now he keeps planting seeds.

In the near future, there may be Chinese Nolans and Spielbergs growing up in this land of China.

"The movie "Blind Detective", the trio of Johnnie To, Andy Lau, and Sammi Cheng, has a box office success of 1700 million on its first day of release!"

"The new film "Man of Tai Chi" directed by Keanu Reeves only took in 500 million at the box office on its first day. The directorial debut of a Hollywood star failed miserably at the box office!"

""Man of Steel" grossed 1.6 million at the box office in its first week, with a total box office of nearly 3 million in two weeks. The film schedule has dropped to 9.9%!"

"The total box office of "Tiny Times" was 3.58 million, and the single-day box office has dropped to 600 million. Guo Xiaosi boldly said that he will come back!"

The war has been raging all over the summer holiday recently, and Guangguang Laowang is not in a good mood.

After "Fuji Detective" took in a box office of 1.1 million in the three days of its first weekend, its daily box office plummeted.

Liu Shishi is one of the female protagonists, but her role is not many. It is mainly because the Kung Fu Emperor is trying to praise his godson. Unfortunately, the audience did not pay for it.

The failure of this large-scale commercial film project directly caused Ray's stock price to fall for several days.

Du Qifeng is also an old hapless man.

Strictly speaking, his "Blind Detective" can beat "Fuji Detective" and "Tai Chi", and it also beats "Tiny Times". It can be regarded as a movie of good quality.

It's just that the lead actor Liu Dehua was affected by the reputation of "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains". At this time, "Slaying the Wolf 2" was still raging in the film market, so it seemed a bit lackluster.

"Slaying the Wolf 2" was released for two weeks, with a total box office of 5.74 million. The single-day box office inevitably dropped to just over 28 million, but the theater schedule is still as high as %!

It is only one step away from the 600 million box office.

Guo Xiaosi originally shouted slogans, preparing to hit the box office record of Love Myth.

Now people in the industry look at him like a clown who is just trying to make people laugh.

Zhou Yutang didn't even take action himself. He just supervised the production of "Slaying the Wolf 2" and easily suppressed it.

The outstanding performance of "Slaying the Wolf 2" has completely established Jiangdong Longtou's top position.

Whether the summer season is chaotic or not, Zhou Yutang has the final say.

(End of this chapter)