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Chapter 615: A real man is born between heaven and earth, so how can he be depressed and inferior to others for long?
A real man is born between heaven and earth, how can he be depressed and inferior to others for long?
Zhou Yutang never thought of becoming a footnote to Teacher Ma's public appearance.

In terms of career layout.

With Jiangdong Entertainment and Mingjie Company's big and small trump cards, he is able to enter the entertainment industry smoothly.

ByteDance and Star Games are also developing secretly.

He provided strong support behind the scenes, paving the way with funds and connections, and the development of ByteDance was much smoother than in the original time and space.

This year, the company first recruited Yang Zhenyuan, a senior general from Baidu, and also recruited a number of machine learning algorithm engineers from core departments of Baidu and other companies.

Today's Internet companies are still recruiting mobile and iOS technicians.

ByteDance has already offered high salaries of millions of dollars and is frantically recruiting algorithm talents.

Byte big stage.

Come if you are able.

If you spend a lot of money, there will be a response.

At present, ByteDance has become the first choice for a large number of technical talents to change jobs.

It even recruited several high-end technical talents working for large companies such as Google, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, laying the groundwork for ByteDance to enter overseas markets in the future.

As for the layout of the gaming industry, Star Games has become a striking new player in the industry.

In addition to the internal beta test of "Honor of Kings" to be launched next year, the development of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" has entered the late stage and is expected to be launched on PC and mobile phones within the next two years.

MiHoYo Studio, which is independent of Star Games, generated over 100 million yuan in revenue last year, and then turned around and took out all the revenue to continue betting.

This year, this young team has devoted all its energy to the development of the "Honkai Impact 3rd" project.

"Boss, there's news about the manager of the Jiangdong Gaming Team."

On the way to the Peace Hotel, Ni Ni reported on the progress of the reshuffle and reorganization of the Jiangdong Gaming Team.

"Oh?"

Zhou Yutang took the tablet from Ni Ni and started flipping through it.

Last year, at a conference in Beijing, Pony Ma officially announced that the number of simultaneous online players of League of Legends has exceeded 500 million, making it the world's largest online game.

This year, Riot released the latest player statistics again.

The game has approximately 2700 million daily active players worldwide, with a maximum of 750 million players online simultaneously.

The data has increased significantly compared to last year.

Now if you go to any Chinese university and pick 10 boys in the boys’ dormitory, you will find that at least 7 of them are playing League of Legends.

This game has an unparalleled influence among this generation of young people.

Zhou Yutang's original intention was to build the Jiangdong gaming dynasty and further expand the influence of the Jiangdong group.

But the effort was in vain and things in the world did not go as we wished.

The big boss gave a strict order to carry out drastic reforms, which soon produced results.

Several top talents from the Computer Science Department of Huaqing University were invited to serve as analysts at high salaries, which supplemented the game's behind-the-scenes management team.

Then, the top laner and jungler players who were addicted to women and had no focus on the game were all cleared out of the team.

While making targeted reinforcements in the same position, we also recruited a group of very talented young players.

In short, the situation is stable and improving, and the future is promising.

"take it easy."

Zhou Yutang glanced through the information, said a few words, and soon didn't take it to heart.

As the mainstay of the Su-Hu Gang, Zhou Yutang feels like he is back home every time he comes to the Magic City.

Unable to avoid various dinner invitations, Zhou Yutang's appointment today was with Wu Heru from the New United Cinema Line, and Tian Ming was also there to accompany him.

It was still the Peace Hotel, but the person sitting next to Zhou Yutang was not the long-legged Miss Sugar from Shanghai, but Liu Shishi, the top actress of Tangren.

The eldest sister, who just attended a brand event with South Korean goddess Son Ye-jin, was visibly happy.

The fact that I was lucky enough to draw all the golden equipment that was extremely difficult to get in the game "Qingcheng" was secondary. The main thing was that I saw the man I loved again.

Her face was filled with a happy smile and she radiated a gentle and moving glow, making everyone at the table feel very happy.

"Did you really faint?"

"Indeed, he was dancing on the stage and suddenly fell to the ground. I was shocked, but luckily he was fine."

"It's okay."

Jin Daxi felt that Yijie was a little too generous.

What does the outside world say?

The Iceberg sisters got pregnant by the Grand Commander...

Even though it was just a scandal, if she were Zhou Yutang's woman, she would definitely get angry and make a fuss.

Cai Yinong doesn't pay attention to these things at all.

She was toasting with a smile to Tian Ming, Wu Heru, and a vice president of Shanghai Film Group.

Normally, she doesn't have many opportunities to sit at the table with these Shanghai bigwigs, so now she has to perform well and try to leave an impression.

"Xiao Cai can drink quite well."

The vice president of Shanghai Film Group nodded with a smile.

China is a society based on personal connections, and dinner parties are a very effective means of socializing.

Often, many projects are decided while drinking and chatting.

Zhou Yutang chatted with Tian Ming about variety shows, and from time to time he also chatted with the deputy director of Shanghai Film Group, who was responsible for following up the progress of the filming of "The Mermaid".

Cai Yinong had no chance to join in the conversation, so she waited until the show was over before pulling Zhou Yutang aside and saying, "The lead actors for Wu Xin: The Monster Killer have been decided. The male lead is Jiang Jingfu, and Jin Daxi."

"Sister K, you can handle this matter on your own. You can contact Jiang Xueruan when the time comes."

Lao Cai truly loves Kung Fu Boy and has invested a lot of resources in him, hoping to make him the second Hu Ge. Jin Daxi is also a rising star that Tangren is promoting at this stage.

"And the Chen Yao you mentioned."

"What happened to Chen Yao?"

Zhou Yutang said leisurely, "She is quite suitable to play Yue Qiluo."

"I also feel that way."

Old Cai sighed: "Why did she sign with Yang Mi's company? What a pity."

"Sister K is also optimistic about her?"

"I got in touch with you during the art exam, but I was busy at the time and didn't discuss it in depth."

Cai Yinong muttered, "I don't know what kind of magic potion Yang Mi gave her, she actually went to the honey shop."

It is very common in the circle to make promises to poach people.

Cai Yinong has done a lot of this, Jin Daxixi and Jiang Jingfu both came this way.

Zhou Yutang was also familiar with the job, and it was almost entirely thanks to the Tang people who contributed the basic team of Jiangdong.

Missing out on Chen Yao was at most a small regret for Cai Yinong, but she was really upset that she didn't catch hold of this true god of domestic entertainment.

When thinking about the shockingly high price of "Joy of Life 2" and then looking at his own annual key project "The Legend of Qin", Lao Cai felt uncomfortable.

We all receive nine years of compulsory education, so why is Zhou Yutang so outstanding?

The topic returned to "Wuxin: The Monster Killer".

After entering the Internet age, entertainment methods have become diversified and the overall ratings of TV stations have been declining.

In the future, online dramas will become more and more important, and even surpass TV dramas to some extent.

Cai Yinong still has a basic understanding of the industry's direction.

Therefore, great expectations are placed on "Wuxin: The Monster Killer", a web drama project co-produced with Bilibili.

She even cared more about the project than Zhou Yutang. Not only did she serve as the producer herself, she also sent director Li Guoli from Tangren Company to take charge of the project.

Zhou Yutang is a powerful and wealthy man with a trump card in his hand. Even if the project does not meet expectations, at most he will lose some money. If Tangren messes up a project, it may take a long time to recover.
"Bob, why are you calling at this time?"

Zhou Yutang was woken up by a phone call from Bob early in the morning. He put Liu Shishi, who was sleeping soundly in his arms, aside, feeling somewhat unhappy.

"Saury, Zhou, I was so excited that I forgot there's a time difference between us."

Bob smiled and said, "On the 10th of this month, the creative team of Interstellar will come to Beijing for promotion. I will also come with a friend from Legendary Pictures. In addition, I have good news for you."

"You mean the co-production project that Legendary Pictures and Universal are promoting?"

"Oh, Zhou, you are really well-informed."

Bob didn't find it strange, because he knew how powerful his young partner was.

Based on the grand strategy of promoting cultural exchanges, many cross-border co-production projects have emerged.

Any co-production project of this kind will inevitably involve China Film.

After La Peikang came to power, he was determined to expand his power and relied heavily on Zhou Yutang for any major moves.

"Zhou, according to reliable information I have received, this large-scale co-production project led by Universal and Legendary is currently evaluating all Chinese directors."

"You know again?"

"Of course. I haven't been in Hollywood for so many years as your good partner for nothing."

Bob's tone was a little arrogant.

Zhou Yutang probably understood.

The eight-year financing cooperation between Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures came to an end last year.

There are still many film projects that have not yet been filmed or are waiting to be released, such as "Superman vs. Batman" and Christopher Nolan's new work "Interstellar". The two companies still have a close relationship.

"Zhou, you are very high on their list of candidates to be considered."

After listening to what Lao Deng said, Zhou Yutang remained calm and smiled calmly: "So what?"

"Well, you are calmer than an old man like me."

Bob muttered to himself, then got down to business.

In addition to the box office revenue from "Annabelle" that has been coming in one after another, director James Wan, who has just finished working on "Fast and Furious 7", is finally going to start planning the sequel to the Conjuring Universe.

"no problem."

Zhou Yutang agreed: "I'll let Zou Zhongyan come to contact you."

As the pioneering work of "The Conjuring" universe, it achieved great success in both word-of-mouth and box office, and successfully became the highest-grossing horror film of the year in North America.

"Annabelle", which was released this year, continued the popularity of its predecessor. Although the word of mouth was not very good, it still raked in more than 2 million US dollars in the global market.

This is definitely the top movie in the horror film industry, a fierce money-making monster.

Especially since it is directed by James Wan, who is known as the master of Hollywood horror, this sequel to The Conjuring is worth looking forward to.

The US dollar is very attractive, and there is absolutely no reason to miss it.

Jiangdong Entertainment.

The large conference room on the seventh floor. After finishing his trip to Shanghai, Zhou Yutang did not linger in the gentle land of the first sister, but flew directly back to Beijing to preside over the company meeting.

He sat high up in the main seat, and to his left sat Jiang Xuehun and the senior executives of the TV drama business department.

On the right, the best and brightest of Dongwu Pictures are in their positions.

The leader, Chen Xi, quickly twirled the pen on her fingertips, listening to Jiang Xuerong's boasting with an uneasy look on her face.

Old dish, "Joy of Life 2" is so record-breaking and expensive?
Do you know how much the box office revenue of "Mojin: The Lost Legend" and "Red Star" produced by Soochow Film Group this year was?

In addition, the movie "Lost in Thailand" in which I participated is about to break 15 billion. Why are we still talking about the long tail effect? ​​"Love OO" has boosted the ecological chain of Jiangdong Entertainment
The servants of the two families who only know how to seek credit are nothing but empty names.

"Mr. Zhou, Director Liang's "Go Princess Go" will start filming next week. I asked Tangren, and Director Li has something else on his plate, so "Wu Xin: The Monster Killer" will have to wait until next month."

"The promotional plan for Joy of Life 2 has been finalized. Please review it."

"The Nirvana in Fire, a collaboration with Noon Sunshine, has entered the final preparation stage. As for Joy of Life 3, it is expected to start preparations at the beginning of next year."

Jiang Xueru finished his speech concisely and glanced at Chen Xi.

The TV drama business department has been very active recently, leaving aside those two web dramas.

Whether it is "Nirvana in Fire" or "Joy of Life 3", they are all S-level productions.

After Zhou Yi's downfall, he took his old subordinates and defected to Zhou Yutang.

Jiang Xuehuan has now reached the peak of his career and is standing at an unprecedented height.

On the big platform of Jiangdong, all TV stations are vying to please.

Even Cai Yinong, who was once as famous as her, is not as good as Jiang Xuru today.

Chen Xi is just a little girl, but she has achieved such results today, most likely because of Zhou Yutang's support.

Jiang Xuehuan didn't take her seriously.

When she finished speaking, Zhou Yutang nodded slightly.

Chen Xi was too lazy to look at her. He stood up and said crisply, "I just went to see Director Xu's "Master". At this rate, it will be finished next month. The company currently has several film projects."

"I'm working with Xiao Ma on 20 Again. Boss, please check the release date."

"Director Wen's "The Accidental Murderer" and Director Guo's "Now You See Me 2" are currently in post-production."

"Director Cao's "The Burning Sun" and "The Piano Tuner" are also the top projects for next year. How will you arrange your schedule next year?"

"There's no rush for next year's schedule, we can take our time to arrange it."

Zhou Yutang tapped the table with his fingers. "Right now, the focus is still on promoting Director Xu's "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" and Director Zhang's "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils."

Xu Ke's "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" has long been scheduled for the Lunar New Year holiday.

The film "Zhou Chu" benefited from the internal competition of the national master during the filming and part of the editing work has been completed. The post-production work will be completed this month at the latest and it will be released during the Spring Festival with basically no accidents.

Lu Han’s “Back to 20” also has publicity resources, but the investment is relatively small.

"Lu Yang, how is the preparation for "Blade of the Assassin 2" going?"

“Still auditioning.”

When Lu Yang's name was called by Zhou Yutang, he instantly restrained his lazy expression and became serious.

"I'll add one more thing."

Zhou Yutang stood up by holding onto the table. The top executives of Dongwu Films, led by Chen Xi, straightened their backs and concentrated their attention.

After pressing a button, Ni Ni's carefully prepared PPT was played: "Apart from Lu Yang's "Blade of Assassination 2", I have a movie in the first half of next year, which is the key to the next stage of the Q organization's criminal universe."

"Boss, are you talking about 'Detective Chinatown'?" Chen Xi thought of something, and his eyes immediately showed a light of surprise.

"It's time to move on to the next step in this criminal universe."

A faint smile gradually appeared at the corner of Zhou Yutang's mouth.

The plane roared across the vast sky.

A wide overhead shot fully presents the magnificent appearance of "Wohu Mountain", the core battlefield in the movie.

The continuous sound of gunfire shocked the whole area.

After the exploding plane flew out of the forest and snow, a tank roared and drove into the bunker battlefield.

The actor Zhang Hanyu plays Yang Zirong, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, full of masculine charm, while Liang Jiahui plays Zuo Shandiao, cunning and domineering.
"The king of heaven covers the earth, and the pagoda suppresses the river monster!"

“See you on December 12th!”

In just one and a half minutes of the trailer, the grand scenes are breathtaking and dazzling, and the familiar codeword at the end completely ignites the audience's passion and blood.

"The trailer is exciting! Explosive! It looks so cool."

"Director Xu Ke, plus producer Zhou Yutang, the quality of this film is definitely worth looking forward to."

"I'm surprised. It turns out that China can also produce such good special effects."

"This is the work of Zhou Yutang's Vision Media. I heard that this special effects company spent a lot of money on it, and it can definitely match the top special effects standards of Hollywood."

"It won't be until next month. It'll be a long time."

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Zhou Yutang looked through the online reviews and feedback on the theme trailer of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy".

Overall, I am mostly looking forward to it.

The current movie promotion model is different from that of previous years.

In the past, Jiangdong Entertainment’s film promotions were basically a combination of poster posting, hard advertising, and traditional promotional channels such as bus stops, subway stations, and cinemas.

In addition, there is the support of variety shows and the roadshow of the main creative team of the crew.

In addition to traditional promotional channels, there are also omni-channel content matrix pushes on the Internet such as Toutiao, Bilibili, and Weibo.

In addition, special pre-sales are expected to be launched on the Maoyan APP.

For a big production like this, the final publicity cost may exceed 100 million yuan.

After the glorious National Day period, the film market in November was somewhat deserted.

Only "Lost in Thailand" stood out and was slowly moving towards 15 billion.

Bao Qie's "A Man's Martial Arts" has grossed 1.02 million in seven days, and it seems that there is hope of reaching the 1.5 million threshold, but according to the "three-one principle" of movies, in order to recoup the 4.5 million investment cost, a box office of at least million is needed, which is basically impossible.

Yinghuang established its presence in the mainland early on, but its development was not ideal.

Apart from several projects that were a big hit in collaboration with Zhou Yutang, this year's "SPL 2" delivered a satisfactory answer, and Yinghuang's project once again failed.

The strong woman Huo Wenxi is also overwhelmed.

The movie undoubtedly lost money, but few people scolded Wang Baoqi.

Bao Qi has the foundation laid by Xu Sanduo and the "囧" series, as well as the blessing of Running Man. He is very popular among the people and his health bar is incredibly thick.

According to opinions from inside and outside the circle, basically everyone recognizes Wang Baoqi's acting skills, and some even feel sorry for him.

There are quite a few criticisms against the Universe Pill.

After all, after Zhen Zidan fought ten people in "Ip Man", all his subsequent film projects failed.

In order to increase his pay, he had some unpleasantness with Yinghuang and also had a fight with Zhao Wenzhuo, which greatly damaged his popularity among the public.

Audience favorability plummeted, which also cast a shadow on his prospects.

There were no surprises in domestic films. The foreign language blockbuster "Gone Girl" grossed 1.65 million yuan in just one week after its release.

After all, the quality of this movie is there, and there is no shortage of audiences in China who are able to appreciate it.

At this time, films such as "Fleeting Time", "Once Upon a Time in China II", "My Early-Mature Girlfriend", and "The Fortune Is Best for Women Who Act Like a Baby" that were planned to be released before the Lunar New Year holiday have all released materials.

In addition to "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy", several other big productions have also begun to carry out extensive marketing promotions.

It is worth mentioning that Jackie Chan’s new film "Dragon Blade" announced that it would withdraw from the Lunar New Year holiday.

The explanation given to the public was that the release date was postponed to the Spring Festival due to commercial considerations.

In fact, everyone in the industry knows that it is all because Prince Long is not doing his job well and has had a negative impact on his father's project.

Now that this matter has not been resolved, Jackie Chan really cannot carry out promotional activities.

There is no doubt that those media with no moral standards and love to stir up trouble will probably shove the microphone in his mouth and ask him what he thinks of the Dragon Prince.

In addition, "Monster Hunt" produced by Enlight Films and "Tiny Times 4: The Soul" directed by Guo Xiaosi were also implicated by the "ban on bad artists" and announced the postponement of their release dates.

This is the end.

The pattern of this year's Lunar New Year and Spring Festival period has gradually become clear.

Jiang Wen's "One Step Away" looks down on everything, and Xu Ke's "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" shocks everyone.

Wu Baige's "The Crossing" is going to overturn the entire Chinese-language film industry, revive the glory of international directors, and write his own rules and order.

"Boss La, how come there's a movie called 'Myeongryang'?"

Zhou Yutang was looking through the schedule rivals of "Back to 20" and "Zhou Chu" in La Peikang's office. While leisurely flipping through the schedule of China Film, he suddenly saw a discordant shadow.

"It is the movie that broke the South Korean box office record this year."

La Peikang knew that Zhou Yutang liked it, so he made tea for him: "How is it, are you feeling stressed, do you want to change your schedule a little?"

"Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" is scheduled to be released on December 12th, with Wu Baige's Oriental Titanic on the top and the Korean "Myeongryang" on the bottom.

The two huge ships joined forces to attack, and the situation seemed serious.

"hehe."

Zhou Yutang's face was full of confidence: "Don't move, just wait and see."

What a joke!
With the advantage of playing at home, the film had over 100 million yuan in publicity funds, which was higher than the production cost of "Myeongryang".

Zhou Yutang is not weak at all.

Through Pei Yun, he learned about this movie that completely set off the South Korean film industry this year.

It tells the story of how the famous South Korean general Yi Sun-sin led the only 12 remaining warships to defeat the huge fleet of 330 Japanese warships.

It is somewhat different from historical records and has undergone certain artistic processing and beautification.

The scale and results of the historical Battle of Myeongnyang were less than one-tenth of the subsequent Battle of Noryang.

The main force in the Battle of Noryang was the Sino-Korean joint navy, with the core carry being the Ming navy. The overall strength of the Korean navy was far inferior and it could only play a supporting role.

In that battle, more than 10,000 elite naval forces of the Ming Dynasty, riding huge warships, crossed rivers and seas, and killed more than 10,000 Japanese devils.

"If there is a chance, we can also make this kind of movie."

"Yu Tang, do you have any ideas?"

"Just a few half-baked ideas."

Zhou Yutang chuckled and said, "Movies with this kind of subject matter will have great potential in the future."

The Koreans have probably read all their history books to pieces, racking their brains to find Yi Sun-sin, who is almost being hyped up as the greatest general of all time.

Throughout the five thousand years of the Celestial Empire, there have been countless famous generals.

Take the Ming Dynasty for example, all nations came to pay tribute to it with great fanfare.

Historical allusions such as the Battle of Noryang and Zheng He's Voyages to the West are all film themes that can be deeply explored, and the core selling point is national sentiment
(End of this chapter)