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Chapter 595 The best of us, creating a hit

The filming of "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils" has reached this point, and only the finishing work remains, and some shots need to be re-shooted.

This play is actually not a large-scale production with grand scenes. There are almost no special effects scenes, and only the massacre in the auditorium requires rendering.

After Zhou Yutang finished filming his scenes, he returned to Beijing in a low-key manner.

As soon as I came out of the airport passage, I saw the extremely conspicuous green words "One Step Away, 3, Jiang Wen" on the south side of Terminal T12.18.

Wow, it’s really novel to think of such a marketing method as planting grass at the airport.

Zhou Yutang stopped to look for a while, took a photo and sent it to Jiang Wen. Unexpectedly, the other party called him soon.
"came back?"

"Well, I just got off the plane and saw your poster, Director Jiang. It's quite eye-catching."

"It has to be eye-catching. Let's see how my brother performs during this Lunar New Year holiday."

It’s still Jiang Wen’s style, direct and domineering enough.

Today's Chinese film market is developing rapidly compared to a few years ago. Seeing Zhou Yutang reaching the pinnacle, movies with box office exceeding 1 billion have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou, Zhou Xingxing and others have all made big moves. Jiang Wen probably feels a little excited.

Zhou Yutang talked as they walked and hung up the phone only after getting in the car.

He did not forget to tell Ni Ni: "This is a good way to promote. Ask the publicity department to take note of it when we have the meeting later."

Communicate with Capital Airport in advance and the monthly price for this kind of grassland package will not exceed 10.

Compared with the bus shelter light boxes that cost millions of dollars, this price is not a loss and you won't be cheated.

"Director Zhou, congratulations on finishing "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils". I wonder when this movie will be released?"

"It depends on Director Zhang. After the crew has completely wrapped up filming, we'll see how the film progresses in post-production. It's hard to say at this point, but we'll try to get it out to everyone during the Spring Festival."

"Are you going to join the crew of Now You See Me 2 next?"

"Wait until I finish dealing with the company's affairs."

Zhou Yutang found the entertainment reporter with the name tag A Fei familiar, so he answered a few of his questions before entering the Jiangdong Building.

Back in the office, there was another stack of documents to sign.

After finishing the work at hand, it was time for lunch, so I had a long-missed bowl of noodles with soybean paste in the company cafeteria.

I looked up and saw the entertainment news.

Zhang Guoli held a press conference and apologized to the public on behalf of his son with a haggard look on his face.

“He feels a lot older.”

Ni Ni listlessly picked up the chicken breast in her salad meal with a fork.

"My hair has turned a lot greyer."

Zhou Yutang was mixing noodles. It had been just over half a year since they last met, but Zhang Guoli looked like he had aged by more than ten years.

As the only person in this circle who has won the second-class merit, Lao Zhang must be a great figure, but it's a pity that his son is not very ambitious.

The progress of the bet between Guoli Film and Television and Huayi was probably not smooth. Zhang Guoli was running around for various projects and had to clean up his son's mess, which exhausted him mentally and physically.

When mixed with noodles, the rich aroma of the sauce is very appetizing.

Zhou Yutang saw Ni Ni staring at her bowl.

"you want to eat?"

"I'm on a diet and don't want to eat."

Ni Ni shook her head to deny it, but she was so tempted by the deluxe version of noodles with fried eggs and beef that she swallowed her saliva.

"You have a perfect figure."

Zhou Yutang took a look.

Generally, for a girl with Ni Ni's weight, the panda wouldn't be too big.

But she was gifted, and her thin branches bore fruit, which made the snow-white lace shirt tight.

The shirt was tucked into her narrow waist, and her lower body was an A-line skirt. Her fair legs, wrapped in flesh-colored stockings, were crossed, and her feet were wearing shallow, soft-soled, bow-tied flat shoes.

This figure is probably the type that appeals to both men and women.

"I can't eat. Can you help me and eat half of it?"

"Well, if the king wants me to eat, I have to eat."

After struggling with her conscience for a long time, Ni Ni finally followed her heart.

It was just the appearance of that little tongue quietly licking the red lips.

It looks like a graceful and elegant ragdoll cat.

The meeting lasted until the evening, with Jiang Xueru mainly reporting on his work.

After "The Best of Us" was broadcast on Jiangsu TV, it received rave reviews, although the average viewership of 1.5% cannot be considered a big hit and cannot compare with the popularity and glory of "Gu Jian Qi Tan".

But considering the target audience of campus youth TV dramas, the fact that it has received a high score of 8.6 on Douban since its broadcast can be considered a great success.

Moreover, as the number of viewers increases, the rating actually shows a slow upward trend.

"Sister Xue Ruan, Love O2O will be aired on National Day. Please follow up on the subsequent promotional plans."

"Ok."

Jiang Xuejuan was full of energy and handed over another document: "Mr. Zhou, there are still a few roles left in the casting of "The Journey of Flower"

"You and Director Lin will handle this matter and bring the list over at the end."

Zhou Yutang took out the customized Tissot men's watch from the drawer and put it on without even looking at it.

"Mr. Zhou, I suddenly remembered that Director Lin still has something to discuss with me." Jiang Xuhun stood up and said goodbye sensibly.

"Well, let's go."

Zhou Yutang adjusted the time and got up to keep the appointment.

The dinner was lit by candlelight.

It also illuminated the pure and beautiful face of Liu Yifei opposite.

Miss Liu, who went to Rome some time ago, also went to Barcelona for a trip.

After returning from Paris Fashion Week, I was busy with a fashion magazine shoot. When I learned that Zhou Yutang had finished filming and returned to Beijing, we had a romantic candlelight dinner tonight.

It can be seen that she was very satisfied with Zhou Yutang's arrangements for tonight. She didn't talk much, but she was very excited to share interesting things in her work and life.

As cultivators of the Tao, it is our natural responsibility as cultivators to do so.

Liu Yifei lay quietly in Zhou Yutang's arms, listening to the sound of his heartbeat.

Suddenly thinking of something, he stood up abruptly, picked up the remote control and switched to the Jiangsu Provincial Channel. Zhou Yutang was slightly stunned: "You are still watching this?"

"The Best of Us" is playing on TV. This drama has a total of 24 episodes, which will be aired in the middle of the month and end at the end of the month.

Geng Geng finally met Yu Huai, and the two were destined to be together.

As for Lu Xinghe, it was destined to be a tragedy.

Miss Liu rested her head on Zhou Yutang's shoulder and watched the film very attentively. She also talked about the plot from time to time in combination with her life experiences.

She has lived in America with Aunt Liu since she was a child. The pace of school life there is very different from that in China.

Maybe it is more relaxed in terms of studying, but when students from different countries and skin colors are gathered together, there are all kinds of discrimination and hidden rules.

"I'm very curious, how do you live over there?" Zhou Yutang gently combed Liu Yifei's thick black hair with his fingers.

"For a while, I felt really uncomfortable, but I didn't want to tell my mom, so I had to hold on by myself."

Liu Yifei tilted her head and said nostalgically, "So sometimes, I really don't want to go to school."

"I remember you said that you were bullied by Korean girls?"

"That level is actually not bad."

Miss Liu continued to ramble: "There were a few South Korean girls who always made things difficult for me. I was sitting there in class and suddenly the South Korean girl came over and pulled my hair and drew something on my body with a pen."

"I told the principal right after class and called the parents, and they were all punished."

Zhou Yutang hugged Liu Yifei tighter, with some sympathy. As they were talking, Liu Yifei's cell phone suddenly rang. She thought it was Aunt Liu calling, so she made a "hush" gesture to Zhou Yutang.

When I picked up the phone, I found it was Jiang Xin.

The two women chatted for a while and then hung up the phone.

Zhou Yutang smiled and said, "You have a good relationship with Jiang Xin?"

"Not bad. Sister Xin took good care of me when we were filming Tianlong."

"We chat often. We haven't seen each other for a while. She was auditioning for a role in The Journey of Flower in Jiangdong."

Liu Yifei put her hair behind her head and said simply, "Xiao Zhou, you don't have to worry about me."

With the previous success of "Gu Jian Qi Tan", Jiang Dong's new drama "The Journey of Flower" also caused a sensation in the circle.

The supporting roles were being fought over by all the celebrities in the circle. Zhou Yutang picked up his phone and glanced at the casting report compiled by Ni Ni.

Jiang Xin played the supporting female role of Xia Zixun, who was one of the five fairies. She was deeply in love with Bai Zihua, but could not get his love, and ended up with a tragic ending. It was quite eye-catching.

However, she has many opponents, including Li Xiaoran, Huo Siyan, Jiang Yiyan and others, who are all strong rivals.

Zhou Yutang thought about it and decided to send a message to Jiang Xuhuan.

Since I have taken care of Miss Liu before.

It would be okay to give her a hand then.

"Ahhh, this drama is really good. Xiao Zhao is so cute and adorable. The key is that his acting is very realistic. It reminds me of my high school days."

"When I read their stories, I remembered a lot of my own experiences. I felt a little sad. Maybe this is the youth of ordinary people."

"Except for the "Classmates" series, the best youth drama I've seen in recent years has to be Jiangdong Entertainment."

"The one upstairs, me too."

"The long night begins with the sound of bells and drums, the stars are shining brightly in the sky, am I the only one who feels that Lu Xinghe is pitiful?"

After the finale was broadcast, the highest ratings that night reached 1.83, and the number of views of the topic #Best of Us# on Weibo that day reached 5.5 million, with hundreds of thousands of netizens reminiscing and discussing their youth.

Since its broadcast, it has remained in the top three of Baidu's TV drama rankings and has never fallen out of it. The number of exclusive online broadcasts on Bilibili has exceeded 4 million.

Zhu Yilong and Zhao Liying were already top-tier stars in the circle, and now it is just icing on the cake. Instead, the supporting actors in the drama received a wave of traffic.

Jiang Niannian, played by Yang Zi, is Geng Geng's best friend and a bit of a tomboy. She gave Geng Geng all kinds of advice in the play, and became a hot topic, which greatly increased her popularity.

On the way to the celebration banquet, Zhou Yutang looked through the comments on the Internet and a slight smile appeared at the corners of his mouth.

Since the response is so enthusiastic.

Then, August Changan’s "Unrequited Love in the South", the last part of the Zhenhua trilogy, can also be prepared.

He wants to personally create another hit youth IP after "Go Go Squid!"

"Congratulations, Director Zhou."

"Mr. Zhou, I'll toast you a glass."

"Red Angel" was successfully completed, with the final box office set at 20.18 billion. Zhou Yutang joined the crew directly after returning from Cannes.

We didn't even hold a celebration party, but we made up for it this time and invited a lot of people, including teachers from the Film Academy.

When Zhou Yutang saw Wang Jinsong holding his wine glass and smiling, he always felt that he was like an old fox.

Ever since "Red Ling" won the award in Cannes, the Film Academy has hung a big red banner for two months.

As soon as you open the homepage of the school’s official website, you can see Zhou Yutang’s bright smile on it.

Zhou Yutang tried his best to persuade them and finally did not arrange a human-shaped standee. However, Dean Wang had another idea and invited him to give a speech to his younger classmates at the beginning of this school year.

The reasons are very good and powerful.

I don’t know how many younger classmates chose the Film Academy because of Zhou Yutang.

But Zhou Yutang has always declined such troublesome things that require him to show off in public, and this time is no exception.

After arguing with Dean Wang for a while and saying that he had a plan in hand, Dean Wang was helpless - he couldn't delay Zhou Yutang's project.

"Ignore him."

Old Tian's face was rosy, and he was in great shape recently, looking a dozen years younger. He found his most proud disciple and said, "Just focus on your own things. If you have time, we can talk. If you don't have time, forget it."

"Teacher Tian is still considerate of me."

Zhou Yutang was somewhat touched.

"Cough cough."

Tian Zhuangzhuang covered his mouth and coughed twice: "But there is a commendation meeting at the Directors Association. You'd better take some time to come. It will only take half a day."

For the sake of his old lover, Lao Deng was willing to sell even his beloved disciple.

The flame of emotion in Zhou Yutang's heart was extinguished in an instant.

The current president of the China Directors Guild is Li Shaohong, and there is no need to elaborate on his relationship with Tian Zhuangzhuang.

The high-rise building was packed with guests, who were toasting each other at the table.

When life is good, you should enjoy it to the fullest. Zhou Yutang accepted everyone who came and drank quite a bit of wine tonight.

La Peikang was also very happy.

Although "Chi Ling" was a project led by Han Sanping at the end of his tenure.

But the box office performance came after he came to power. There are benefits to this system, as those who planted the trees will enjoy the shade.

Zhou Yutang was a little confused when La Peikang pulled him aside mysteriously.
"La Dong, what's going on?"

"I have a project I want to talk to you about."

La Peikang spoke incessantly.

Zhou Yutang suddenly realized that the martial arts classic that once shined in Hollywood was also the famous work of director Li An.

The sequel to the "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" project, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2: Sword of Destiny", has been launched.

The copyright was in the hands of Weinstein Company. Harvey, the profit-seeking fat man, saw that the Chinese film market was booming, so he sent people to contact China Film Group to prepare to make it a Sino-US co-production project.

"Boss La, has the contract been signed?"

"The conditions offered by the other party are very favorable and have already been signed."

La Peikang stared at Zhou Yutang with a somewhat excited expression: "Yutang, are you interested?"

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Zhou Yutang pondered for a while, then declined with a look of regret: "Boss La, my schedule is very tight, I really don't have time."

When he was in Taiwan, director Li An talked to him about the sequel to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

Weinstein originally approached director Li An, but Li An had another project on hand recently.

This IP can be regarded as the golden signboard of Chinese martial arts films, but in Zhou Yutang's view, it is undoubtedly a hot potato.

First of all, it is basically impossible to reach the height of the previous work.

The box office potential of this type of movie adapted from old-school martial arts may not be ideal.

The answer for the previous generation was novels by famous martial arts writers such as Jin Yong and Gu Long. Now that the times are changing, there are more and more entertainment options.

This generation and even future young audiences will inevitably be more influenced by online novels.

But everyone has a different stance.

From La Peikang's perspective, the cultural exchange program between the two countries is too tempting.

Now that the contract has been signed, Zhou Yutang can't pour cold water on him.

I can only mourn for him in my heart.

La Dong, I wish you good luck.

(End of this chapter)