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Chapter 616: One Dragon and Two Phoenixes Missing Their Old Friends, Internationally Renowned Director

"He's such a genius!"

Zhou Yutang casually talked about his ideas, La Peikang listened carefully, thought about it for a while, felt even more amazed, and secretly kept them in mind.

"Maybe, I can try it later."

Zhou Yutang was now surrounded by a circle of almost divine light, and La Peikang had no doubt about what he said.

The two chatted happily. La Peikang suddenly remembered something and put down his teacup: "The main creators of the "Interstellar" crew will come to promote it. At that time, the top executives of Legendary and Universal will also come."

Hear the string song and know its elegant meaning.

Zhou Yutang had just received inside information from Old Bob, and he knew the answer well: "Boss La, are you saying that the Sino-US co-production project has been finalized?"

"Correct."

The gold-rimmed glasses on La Peikang's nose reflected a brilliant light, revealing more information: "Legendary and Universal are the two leading the project. The initial cost budget is at least 1.5 million US dollars, and it is not ruled out that the cost will be increased later.
Now the top executives of Legendary and Universal have evaluated the top domestic directors, and the final result has not yet been determined, but I personally hope that you can take over this project."

With two 20 billion box office hits in hand, he is an internationally renowned director.

When this Sino-US co-production project was first established, La Peikang thought of Zhou Yutang.

Just looking at Zhou Yutang's calm and composed expression, without any excitement as expected, La Peikang felt a little disappointed.

This is the first Sino-US co-production with an investment that reaches the level of Hollywood A-level movies.

Could you give me some feedback?

La Peikang pushed his gold-rimmed glasses and said, "Yu Tang, what do you think?"

"La Dong."

Zhou Yutang drank tea, considered his words, and finally spoke: "I want to ask, who has the leading power for this project?"

"This project was initiated by Universal and Legendary Pictures, but we also have a say."

La Peikang answered hesitantly, looking a little lacking in confidence.

Zhou Yutang knew what was going on.

Combined with the information obtained from Bob, the insider, he instantly deduced the whole picture of the matter in his mind.

The project was initially inspired by Legendary Pictures CEO Thomas Tull and World War Z author Marcos Brooks.

It was handed over to Edward Zwick, the director of "Legends of the Fall", for development.

At that time, Superman Henry Cavill and Benjamin Walker were chosen to star in the film, but the project was later suspended due to funding and other factors until Legendary and Universal took over and targeted the Chinese film market.

A large-scale co-production between China and the United States, with a foreign script and top domestic stars.

Sound familiar?
Miss Liu must have something to say.

The "Forbidden Kingdom" back then was a similar product.

La Peikang showed Zhou Yutang the first draft of the script.

A foreigner came to the ancient East to be the savior.

The first time I saw this script.

The subway, the elderly, the mobile phone.

It's so embarrassing.

"Yu Tang, what do you think?"

La Peikang's tone was somewhat anxious.

"Boss, let me tell you the truth."

Zhou Yutang pushed the script back, shook his head and laughed: "Americans don't understand what Chinese audiences want to see. China doesn't need foreigners to be its savior."

Americans are used to this kind of thing in their own country.

It is definitely not feasible to bring this model to the Chinese film market.

The ancient Chinese civilization has a profound foundation. The powerful Qin, Han, Tang and Ming dynasties all attracted people from all over the world to come and pay tribute. Would they need a white person to save them?

Not to mention the sense of immersion, many viewers would probably feel that their IQ has been insulted.

Zhou Yutang received a phone call and left early because of something urgent. La Peikang slumped in the large leather chair, his hands supporting his chin, his brows tightly twisted into the shape of the Chinese character "川".

The secretary came in from outside, saw the leader lost in thought, and tactfully poured him some tea.

I was just curious about what Zhou Yutang said to his leader. After he left with the bag of tea, his leader became like this.
The secretary tidied it up briefly.

The leader was very focused at the moment, so he didn't disturb him and quickly tiptoed out the door.

La Peikang looked over the script of "The Great Wall" over and over again, his heart in turmoil.

Zhou Yutang's words were relatively tactful and polite, but La Peikang could tell that he was not optimistic about the promotion of the "The Great Wall" project.

But at present, the letter of intent has been signed by China Film.

The press release has been sent out, so the arrow is on the string and has to be fired.

A myriad of thoughts surged into his mind. La Peikang let out a long sigh and murmured, "Script, leadership. Let's talk about it after Legendary and Universal come over."

Weibo's business has been developing very well recently.

A bunch of South Korean entertainment companies came over and bought annual packages for hot searches.

So we often see brothers who have practiced for two and a half years making their debut. They are good-looking and talented, and young kids who don’t know much about them love them.

And various Korean dramas buy hot searches.

The purpose is to increase influence and create a very popular phenomenon, which can be used as a bargaining chip to negotiate higher prices with video websites that introduce Korean dramas.

"The Battle of Myeongryang" broke Zhou Yutang's record and also became a hot topic on Weibo.

Domestic netizens then discovered that Zhou Yutang rarely issued press releases on this matter, and had quietly dominated the South Korean film charts for several years.

A Douban netizen made a list, and now among the top five in South Korea’s box office list, three are Zhou Yutang’s movies.

This is really impressive!

Korean wave has always led the trend, but Zhou Yutang went against the trend and achieved reverse output.

However, as far as the South Korean film and television industry is concerned, the emergence of this South Korean mainstream film is indeed very exciting.

Zhou Yutang, who is like a big devil, has dominated the South Korean film charts several times in the past few years.

It's like entering a deserted place.

this time.

South Korean President Park Kaka personally took part in the promotion, and major South Korean official media spared no effort to build momentum.

It attracted one-third of South Koreans to the cinema, which resulted in a box office of up to 1.67 million US dollars (about 10.27 billion RMB).

It finally regained the top spot in the South Korean film rankings that was previously occupied by Zhou Yutang, causing the South Korean film and television industry to go into a frenzy.

Zhou Yutang was very pleased.

After Choi Min-sik played Yi Sun-sin in "Myeongryang", this South Korean national treasure actor won the Best Actor awards at the South Korean Daejong Film Awards, Blue Dragon Film Awards, and Baeksang Arts Awards.

In terms of both achievements and honors, he can be regarded as the number one in the South Korean film and television industry.

There is no doubt that his reputation in South Korea will be unprecedented, which is bound to push the box office of the movie "Tomb Raider" even higher.

By then, you’ll be able to get more corn and leeks.

Wouldn't it be nice?

Zhou Yutang immediately stopped being happy.

Because he received a call from Zhou Xingxing.

He finally understood why people in the circle thought this guy had low emotional intelligence.

Stephen Chow called to talk about "Myeongryang" setting a new box office record in South Korea, without any regard for the feelings of the person involved.

He couldn't hide his excitement as he talked about the promotion of "The Mermaid" in South Korea.

You can tell that Zhou Xingxing is looking forward to it.

Because he felt that "The Mermaid" would have great potential in the South Korean market by leveraging the fame of Zhou Yutang and Lim Yoona.

"Boss Zhou, when will you come over?"

"It's already the middle of the month, and I have a lot of things to do."

Zhou Yutang agreed to make a guest appearance in "The Mermaid", playing the police officer that Deng Chao met when he went to the police station to report a case.

There is another police investigator colleague. Zhou Yutang asked Zhang Ruojun to make a guest appearance and they have already coordinated their schedules.

"The TV series Nirvana in Fire, produced by Jiangdong Entertainment and Noon Sunshine, has entered the final preparation stage."

"Produced by Dongwu Pictures, China Film Group, and Wanda, and directed by Lu Yang, "Blade of the Assassin II: Shura Battlefield" is officially open for auditions!"

Major directors are planning to compete against each other in the Lunar New Year box office, and Lu Yang's sequel to "The Blade of the Assassin" has also caused a small sensation in the circle.

That Embroidered Spring Blade was a hit during the National Day holiday two years ago.

The entire series has become Huang Xiaoming's box office hit.

The CP segment between Zhou Yutang and Liu Shishi in the movie has made fans obsessed with them until now.

Zhou Yiwei, who plays Ding Xiu, was a supporting actor for ten years and no one cared about him, but he became famous once he was paid more.

With this, Lu Yang was able to prove himself as an unknown new director and received numerous honors and applause.

This martial arts film, which links the rivers and lakes with the imperial court, ultimately takes a different path.

Beijing.

Meet the hot pot restaurant.

There was laughter and joy in the box.

Guli Nazha and Dilraba Dilmurat, who have become extremely popular recently and have rarely returned to Beijing due to their busy schedules, were sitting on Zhou Yutang's left and right.

The temperature in Beijing started to drop in November, entering winter mode early.

This kind of weather is perfect for eating hot pot.

The heater was on in the box, and Guli Nazha was only wearing a slightly tight, thin black sweater.

This is the new autumn and winter clothing of Jiangdong Xiyusheng brand.

After Nazha’s huge success in “Alluring”, she signed seven or eight endorsement deals in one go.

These are high-quality endorsements carefully selected by her management team, including the Yu Sheng brand.

Just look at her slender waist, the curve that allows the child to barely avoid starvation, and the sparkling diamond necklace on her chest, both of which are particularly eye-catching.

These are naturally all thanks to Zhou Yutang.

Going to Bazaar is not just for showing off. Sometimes when some brands release limited edition jewelry, Zhou Yutang will buy some.

Nazha just falls for it.

She played with the limited edition Tiffany necklace, unable to let it go, her eyes and eyebrows were full of smiles.

Reba also wore a limited edition Cartier bracelet inlaid with more than a hundred round brilliant-cut diamonds on her frosty white wrist.

But what is even more eye-catching is her figure.

The green cardigan was slightly open, revealing a white tight short-sleeved shirt underneath, revealing her fair shoulders and collarbones, unable to conceal her proud curves.

Nazha was laughing foolishly, not knowing what she was thinking. Reba first blanched a slice of beef for Zhou Yutang and put it in his bowl attentively: "Brother, you are going to join the crew of "The Mermaid" soon, right?"

"I have an event to attend the day after tomorrow."

Zhou Yutang replied: "Then I went to the crew of The Mermaid."

"Brother seems to have received many Golden Horse nominations." "Let's wait until the closing ceremony before going over."

Zhou Yutang didn't care much about the Golden Horse Awards, but he promised Li An that he would go anyway.

"Then I wish my brother a smooth victory in the Golden Horse Race."

Guli Nazha also came to her senses and picked up a beef ball for Zhou Yutang.

The three of them chatted about work and interesting things they encountered in life.

At this time, there was a knock on the door, and then the manager of the hot pot restaurant came in: "Boss, the princess is here too."

"Princess, why is she here?"

Zhou Yutang put down his chopsticks, looking a little surprised.

Guli Nazha and Dilraba Dilmurat both looked tense.

The news of the princess' divorce last year caused a sensation. Zhou Yutang broke into the queen's mansion at night, and then the "mahjong gate" scandal broke out.

At that time, there were outrageous rumors that Zhou Yutang was the mastermind behind the breakdown of the queen's marriage.

Although the storm was calmed down after clarification, Nazha and Reba still had some stress reactions when they heard the name of the queen.

The two women looked at each other and nodded imperceptibly.

We sisters are united and we can accomplish anything. Even Fan Binbin is no match for us. Why should we be afraid of the princess? Let her come!
"Mr. Zhou, Wang Fei is now a black card customer of our store. She often comes to take care of business. Today she came with Xie Tingfeng."

The store manager bowed slightly and spoke respectfully.

Dilireba was obviously relieved, and Guli Nazha smiled: "Brother, why not ask her to come along."

"Together?"

"Yes, Xiao Dajia invited us to dinner last time when he was on the set. It just so happens that we met, so I will treat you today."

Nazha, who has been making a lot of money recently, seems to be a wealthy woman.

Zhou Yutang also nodded and told the manager: "I sent her a message, go and bring her over."

He met the princess on "The Voice of China" and had a pleasant collaboration with Xie Tingfeng in "Now You See Me 2". Apart from his idol baggage, the prince of the Hong Kong circle is actually quite easy to get along with.

"Mr. Zhou, Nazha, long time no see."

"Reba is here too?"

Xie Tingfeng quickly pushed the door open, and he and the princess were wearing couple sweatshirts.

Seeing Reba and Nazha beside Zhou Yutang, the handsome guy's expression twitched slightly. He quickly greeted them and then sat down.

"Sister Fei, how do you maintain your health?"

"Wow, this skin condition is too good, right?"

Nazha and Reba, the two beauties from northern Xinjiang, stood on the left and right, and spoke sweet words to the princess. After a while, they started chatting with her.

When women get together, they always have endless things to talk about as long as the topic of skin care is brought up.

"haven't seen you for a long time."

Zhou Yutang smiled at Xie Tingfeng and said, "How do you feel about becoming the boss of a listed company?"

Many people call Zhou Yutang the youngest entertainment tycoon in China, but few people know that the Hong Kong entertainment circle's Yinghuang promotes the prince Xie Tingfeng, who actually has a good business sense.

At the age of 19, he started buying land crazily in Hong Kong and was nicknamed the Shop King of Central’s Flower Street.

As early as 2003, PO Chaoting Special Effects Production Company was established, occupying half of the Hong Kong advertising post-production market.

Xiao Gangpao's "1942" and Chen Kexing's "Chinese Partners" both had post-production special effects done by Po Chaoting.

It has also recently started to engage in capital operations. Last month, it injected 60% of PO Chaoting's equity into the listed company "Han Media".

At a share price of 0.35 yuan per share, he bought 3.5 million shares of Han Media and became the company's major shareholder. After No. 1 Han Media resumed trading, the stock price soared 0.35 times from 1.3 yuan before the suspension.

Xie Tingfeng made over 100 million overnight.

He is hailed by the Hong Kong media as the "future Hong Kong entertainment tycoon" and is comparable to Mainland China's Zhou Yutang. He is a role model for young people in Hong Kong to emulate.

"Compared to Mr. Zhou, my little business is nothing but a small one."

Having achieved a small goal, Xie Tingfeng waved his hand modestly. The princess next to him looked at her brother with some surprise, as he was so arrogant in nature. It was rare for him to be convinced.

Happiness is contagious, and life becomes more lively when there are more people.

Xie Tingfeng tasted it and praised it highly: "This is the best hot pot I have ever eaten in the mainland. No wonder it is so popular in South Korea."

"Boss Zhou, I heard you have opened dozens of new stores?"

He had no interest in the entertainment industry, but was eager to learn from others, so he discussed restaurant management with Zhou Yutang.

Di Lieba next to him smiled secretly in her heart, thinking that her brother was right in calling him the real Chef de Cuisine of Hong Kong.

Xie Tingfeng started to enter the catering industry two years ago and founded Fengche Catering with his friends. He also invested in a two-star Michelin restaurant known as the Michelin "Chef Demon".

After the mainland Chinese food show “12 Tastes of Chef Nic” hosted on Zhejiang Province’s Blueberry TV station received rave reviews, Xie Tingfeng immediately prepared to open his own Chef Nic Kitchen and plan to expand further in the future.

"I don't really manage it. I leave it to a professional business team to handle."

Zhou Yutang was just playing around with it at first and never expected the hot pot restaurant to become so big.

After sweeping South Korea, the product shifted from exports to domestic sales, and new stores were first opened in Beijing and Shanghai, with the main focus being "service".

Combined with online marketing, it unexpectedly became a hit.

The management team then formulated a strategic plan, and the next step was to fully expand into first-tier cities in China and create greater success.

Teacher Fan and Huang Xiaoming, who invested some money, have already made a lot of money.

The steam was rising, and a few people sat around and chatted about gossip in the circle. The atmosphere was very good.

When the show was over, the queen held hands with the little chef and watched Reba and Nazha get into the car, one on each side, following Zhou Yutang.

Xie Tingfeng's expression twitched and he choked.

Having worked together on the crew, he certainly knew the relationship between Guli Nazha and Zhou Yutang.

I just didn’t expect that Di Lieba seems to have a close relationship with Zhou Yutang.

As expected, he lived up to his reputation as a playboy. Seeing Zhou Yutang playing so much, he couldn't help but think of an old friend named Chen.
"What are you standing there for? Let's go."

The princess got into the car first, and watched the business car start and disappear into the night, muttering:
"One dragon and two phoenixes, can you handle it?"

early morning.

Zhou Yutang moved Nazha's arm away from his shoulders and pushed Reba's delicate and soft long legs aside.

He unsealed the seal and stood up, leaning against the back of the bed.

I lit a cigarette and looked at the mess scattered on the ground. I could imagine how crazy last night was.

The quilt had been kicked to the soles of their feet long ago, and the morning light shining directly in from the south window spread all over Reba and Nazha.

Nazha's schedule has been very busy recently, with various business endorsements. She must be really tired. It was a rare day of rest and she slept soundly.

Her long eyelashes trembled slightly, and I don’t know what she was dreaming about, but a sweet smile appeared at the corner of her lips.

Beautiful eyes, white teeth, natural charm.

Reba's body curves are even more stunning than Nazha's, and she is bright, beautiful and heroic.

The ancient kings conquered the Western Regions not for raisins.

In the past, Zhou Yutang often questioned the incompetent emperors in ancient times, but now he can slowly understand why the incompetent emperors did not attend the morning court.

With such beautiful ladies in my arms, who would still have the heart to go to court?
After the small gathering last night, we went back to Reba’s house in Beijing, which is also in Fanyue Community and she is Nazha’s neighbor.

The Grand Commander has a beautiful woman in his mansion and is very generous. Whatever Nazha has, Reba will also have.

The bowl of water is held very evenly.

Nazha hadn't woken up yet, but Reba opened her sleepy eyes and took the opportunity to sit astride Zhou Yutang, nestling contentedly in her owner's arms like a lazy kitten.

After regaining consciousness, he started to scroll through his phone.

"Brother, look at this list of directors."

Zhou Yutang rested his chin on Dilireba's shoulder, put his hands under her ribs, pressed against her softness, and took the phone.
"interesting."

I don't know who came up with this ranking of the most valuable Chinese directors.

The list is selected from Chinese directors who have independently directed three or more theatrically released works in the past twenty years.

The domestic film market had not yet developed in the early days, so it is difficult to count. We only count from the time when China's film box office revenue began to take off.

The return on investment for a director is calculated by dividing the average box office revenue of each of his works during this period by his personal director's fee, which is then taken into consideration in combination with the reputation of the works.

Among them, Zhou Yutang was far ahead and ranked first on the Heavenly Ranking.

With several statistical items maxed out, he can be called a hexagonal warrior.

He has repeatedly broken the box office records of Chinese films and even broke the pattern of the three major directors in Chinese films.

"It's only right that my brother comes first."

Reba happily gave a thumbs up, hugged Zhou Yutang, and continued to look down. She was surprised: "No way, the second one turned out to be Teacher Xue Xiaolu."

“The investment return ratio is very important.”

Zhou Yutang smiled and was not surprised.

As the saying goes, those who are good at fighting do not necessarily have great achievements.

Although Teacher Xue Xiaolu is low-key and usually teaches at school, her achievements are truly impressive.

Among her works, except for Ocean Paradise which is an art film and did not do well at the box office, the rest of her works, including a series of excellent works such as Love Is Not Blind, Introduction to Architecture, and Beijing Meets Seattle, which she collaborated with Jiang Dong on, were all low-budget productions.

Moreover, the box office revenue of each movie can be at least twenty times more.

There is no doubt that he has become one of the top directors in the industry.

Next came Ning Hao and Jiang Wen.

Ning Hao has the foundation of two crazy series, "Stone" and "Racing", and he has just entered the 10 billion club with "Lost in Thailand", and is a big commercial film director whose box office is about to soar to 15 billion.

Jiang Wen ranks behind Ning Hao in this director ranking.

The owner of the original post also gave an explanation. "Let the Bullets Fly" is undoubtedly a masterpiece for the World Heritage application, but Jiang Wen's previous films all lost money. In terms of investment return ratio, the points were reduced a lot. The specific details will depend on the adjustment of the ranking of "One Step Away" this year.

Feng Xiaogang is ranked behind him, and Zhang Yimou is actually ranked behind Beijing princess Xu Cainv.

Brother Chen Kai is even worse off. As one of the top three directors in China, he relies on the fame of "Farewell My Concubine" and receives the highest director fee, but each of his movies has been consistently mediocre and he has fallen to the back of the list.

Wu Baige is not much better. Although he is also a veteran international director, after returning to China, several of his projects were a mess.

Not only is he not as good as another big Hong Kong director, Chen Kexing, he is even not as good as Chen Musheng.

This kind of list made by netizens is somewhat subjective and cannot be said to be authoritative.

But the data listed is reasonable and well-founded from a certain perspective, at least it allows the audience who are not familiar with the current situation of the Chinese film and television industry to have a more intuitive understanding.

"The Heavenly Director Ranking is really well-reasoned and convincing."

"For a list like this, it's absolutely correct to have a weekly selection week."

"With the power of one person, he suppressed the three major directors. That's awesome."

“I feel very happy to be a fan of Zhou Yutang.”

"Chen Kai-ge has "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain", Zhang Yimou has "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils", let's see which of the three major directors will stand out first."

Just when the discussion was heated on major online forums.

Zhou Yutang, who topped the Chinese film list, has met the most acclaimed and influential international director in Hollywood, who has countless fans in China.

(End of this chapter)