China Entertainment's Standout

Chapter 626: Meeting an Amazing Person When I Was Young, Jiangdong Tower King Zhou Bancheng

Legendary Pictures and Universal Pictures joining forces to develop the Chinese film market is certainly not a rash move.

There are professional data research agencies that have already conducted market research in advance.

This year, the global film market box office was approximately 375 billion US dollars, of which America accounted for 27%, still maintaining its absolute dominant position.

The Chinese film market also accounts for 20%, ranking second in the world.

Considering that the total number of screens in China has exceeded 2.5, and the number of moviegoers and screens is surging, the market potential has not yet been fully tapped.

It is expected that within the next three years, China is likely to overtake the North American market and become the world's number one voting base.

The Chinese film market is taking off.

Just around the corner.

Ning Hao and Xu Ke have both entered the billion box office club, and the three older generation of domestic directors can no longer sit still.

Brother Chen Kai has been visiting all the flowers in Chang'an recently.

Not long ago, he was awarded the French Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters, and then he took on such a fantastic resource as "The Great Wall".

Zhang Yimou, one of the three major directors, has already started pre-promotion for his new film "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils".

The only one left is a young Cannon, who also plays himself in "Old Cannon", an old man reminiscing about his youthful passion.

Everyone has a bright future.

"Congratulations to Tiantian for finishing the filming."

"Thank you, director, and thank you everyone."

Jing Tian received the notice from her assistant when she finished reshooting scenes for "The Legend of Ban Shu" on the set.

She handed the flowers given by the director to the assistant beside her.

With a sweet smile on her pretty oval face, she politely bowed and thanked the crew members.

Jing Tian found a secluded place, read the contract, and called Lu Zheng.
"Uncle Lu, I received the contract."

"Glad to hear you get it, this role is yours."

Lu Zheng smiled and said, "Has the crew finished reshooting?"

"Ah."

"Don't be in a hurry for this project. Director Kai Ge has another drama on hand. It will probably be next year before he arranges it. By then, you need to join the crew for training in advance." Lu Zheng taught earnestly.

"Uncle Lu, I understand."

Jing Tian wanted to ask more about Zhou Yutang, but when the words came to her lips, she couldn't say them. She just forced a smile and said thank you: "Thank you for your trouble, Uncle Lu."

"Oh, silly girl."

Lu Zheng put down the phone and felt a little headache.

It is not a good thing to meet someone too amazing when you are young.

He is also an experienced person, how could he not understand the little girl's thoughts.

Taking Zhou Yutang's appearance, wealth, and sophistication into consideration, he is absolutely the best choice, and can even be said to be the best among his peers.

After all, even senior leaders have commented that this is a figure that China has not seen for decades, and he will play an extremely important role in China's future cultural strategic layout.

Even with Jing Tian's background and conditions, her family elders would certainly have nothing to say.

But no one is perfect, and Lu Zheng knew about Zhou Yutang's romantic affairs.

How can a playboy be a good match?

After "Introduction to Architecture", Jing Tian's popularity skyrocketed and he became a top star. Lu Zheng also consciously arranged Jing Tian's work to reduce the number of times they met.

We can only hope that time will allow the thoughts in Jingtian's heart to fade away.

Watching his phone screen go black, Lu Zheng murmured in his heart: "Tiantian, Uncle Lu is doing this for your own good. You can't control this man."

The phone vibrated.

Da Tiantian's beautiful eyes lit up, and her slender hands quickly unlocked the screen.

But when he found out that the news was not from Zhou Yutang, he pursed his lips in disappointment.

The assistant beside him was grinning from ear to ear: "Congratulations, Tiantian, this is a $1.5 million co-production between the two countries. I heard that several big actresses such as Fan Binbin, Li Binbin, Zhao Yanzi and Zhang Ziyi are vying for the female lead."

It may sound like exaggeration, but it is indeed the fact.

The head of Legendary Pictures said that this is a groundbreaking attempt.

Perhaps in the next 10 years, there will be no movie more worth looking forward to than this.

The project has just been finalized and the female lead has already been chosen before the audition has even taken place.

Not an exaggeration.

It’s the contract in Jingtian’s hand.

All the big stars in the entertainment industry are jealous.

But even though this was obviously an excellent resource, Jing Tian didn't feel happy.

The image of the playground that afternoon, when the sun was shining brightly, flashed through my mind.

Zhou Yutang, wearing a red and black jersey, sweated profusely and strode across the green field with a strong and agile posture.

The people on Mo are like jade, and the son is unparalleled in the world.

It should be him who was talking.

The sweet princess frowned slightly and sighed. She looked at her phone and saw that she hadn't replied to the message yet, and she felt empty inside.
New Year's Day is approaching.

The Lunar New Year movie market is in full swing.

The capital city is also very lively.

Dozens of clansmen, led by Long Wu, arrived in Beijing in a low-key and solemn manner.

Soon, news came out that the head of China Star had died of illness at Union Hospital in Beijing.

Mainland audiences may not be familiar with China Star, but Gome's Mr. Huang invested 5.5 million yuan this month to become a major shareholder of China Star.

The predecessor of this company was Yongsheng Film Company.

The films produced by it have always dominated the rankings of Hong Kong films in the golden age, such as "Fight Back to School", "God of Gamblers", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "Justice, My Foot", "Flirting Scholar", etc., which are still the top of the overall ranking of Hong Kong films.

The Long family quickly released the obituary to the public, and many domestic entertainment audiences discussed the matter.

This time the incident caused quite a stir. In addition to members of the Long family, Hong Kong stars led by Chow Yun-fat, Andy Lau, and Carina Lau also gathered in Beijing to pay tribute to this big boss.

Putting aside the background of Long Wu's family, Ah Sheng can also be called a tycoon in the film industry.

Some netizens made a table to count the film projects he had worked on.

I was surprised to find that all the film projects he had worked on had never failed, the only difference was the profit, and there were many Hong Kong classics among them.

“Is this the Xiangjiang Zhou Yutang of the last era?”

"Oh my god, Zhou Yutang never seems to lose money on film and television projects."

"It's a bit too much to touch the boss. The Grand Commander has a double 20 billion box office and is invincible. Ah Sheng is at most a bankrupt version."

"It's useless to have money, health is still the most important."

"A lot of celebrities came. Things were so tense a while ago. I didn't expect that Stephen Chow would come too."

In addition to Hong Kong stars such as Chow Yun-fat, Stephen Chow also withdrew from the Mermaid crew and flew directly to Beijing.
"Xiangsheng has been kind to me. Without him, I wouldn't be able to do this."

This is what Zhou Xingxing said to Zhou Yutang.

Stephen Chow is a very complicated person, and no one knows what he really thinks.

He came and left in a hurry, and did not have time to communicate much with Zhou Yutang. He flew back to Shenzhen that night after paying his respects.

The Lunar New Year box office was in full swing. As the producer of "Tiger Mountain", Zhou Yutang participated in a film roadshow at Huaqing University, which received a very enthusiastic response.

Director Xu Ke, who has just joined the 10 billion box office club, sighed inwardly.

At this stage, when it comes to influence among young people, there is probably no one in the entire entertainment industry who can match Zhou Yutang.

After finishing the roadshow, Zhou Yutang flew to Shanghai to participate in the publicity work of "Joy of Life 2" with Li Xin, Tian Yu and others.

As soon as the plane landed, I received a message from Zou Zhongyan saying that "Red Ling" was on the list of this year's Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film.

"Congratulations to Director Zhou for being nominated for an Oscar for the second time."

Zhou Yutang's phone was on speakerphone, and Tian Yu asked a few more questions and gave his blessings on the spot.

"Congratulations, boss."

Li Xin smiled gently, with a soft light in his eyes.

"Searching" was nominated two years ago, and with this year's "Red Dead Redemption", this is Zhou Yutang's second Oscar nomination.

“It’s just a nomination.”

Zhou Yutang waved his hand and said modestly: "The final result is still uncertain."

Next, the nine films will enter the next round of voting together to compete for the final five nominations, and may need to do some public relations.

"If President Zhou takes action, then it will definitely be a sure thing."

Tian Yu's smiling face looks a bit funny.

In fact, this guy is a very humorous and interesting person in private.

After working together in "My Love from the Star", he maintained a good relationship with Zhou Yutang. Zhou Yutang even attended his wedding and gave his blessings in person.

I was in Shanghai and met Ms. Wang Fengqin after a long time.

The Queen Mother's career is now getting bigger and bigger.

We have a clothing factory in Kunshan and a company in Shanghai.

Considering that she had to travel back and forth between the two places on a daily basis, Zhou Yutang arranged an apartment for the Queen Mother in Shanghai.

Originally, they had booked a villa at Shimao Sheshan Manor, but the Queen Mother had reached her rebellious phase and had her own ideas.

She usually lives with Comrade Lao Zhou in his hometown of Yancheng. She thinks the villa is too big and since she doesn't live in Shanghai all the time, she bought a flat with her own money.

Zhou Yutang let her go.

This year, The Rest of Your Life took advantage of the popularity of Love O2O. Photos of Chen Xiao and Guli Nazha as the spokesperson went viral, and the new season's clothing became a big hit.

Ms. Wang Fengqin benefited from the first wave of online store benefits. With the support of the Jiangdong brand, she now has a net worth of at least a few small goals.

But although they are rich, the older generation has experienced hardships and is used to being frugal, so many of their consumption habits are difficult to change.

Apart from buying this house, Ms. Wang Fengqin never spends money on luxury goods and basically has no large expenses, saying that she wants to save money for her son to get married.
Zhou Yutang was sweating profusely.

The Queen Mother's few small goals may not be enough
He has his own solo schedule and basically lives in the western suburbs of Shanghai, which is close to the airport and convenient for him to catch up with his schedule.

It was a luxurious villa purchased a few years ago for nearly 2000 million yuan. It was located on the lakeside and had a very large area. It was also the love nest of Zhou Yutang and Liu Shishi.

There is also a house in Tangchen Yipin, the landmark luxury residence in Shanghai, which is the honey tasting base.

Da Mimi likes to put her hands on the window and overlook the Huangpu River.

However, the two met in Beijing most of the time, and Tomson Yippin's honey tasting base was only used a few times a year.

But with the skyrocketing housing prices in the country, even if the property is only used for investment and financial management, the appreciation alone will make tens of millions of dollars.

The sugar base is a 500-square-meter flat in Xuhui.

Dilraba Dilmurat lives in an art apartment on Hengshan Road, which is a little smaller, only about 160 square meters.

At that time, the daughter of a professor at the Shanghai Theatre Academy who settled abroad had a baby, and Zhou Yutang had to go abroad to take care of her. So Zhou Yutang took over the welfare housing allocated to the old professor.

It just so happens that Reba is still in school, and living nearby is more convenient.

People in the outside world call him the King of Jiangdong Tower, also known as Zhou Bancheng, and that refers to Zhou Yutang.

From Beijing in the north to Hong Kong in the south and Yunnan in the west, Zhou Yutang has top-notch luxury homes in all of them. Because there are so many properties, apart from the golden house where he hides his mistresses, even he himself can't remember the rest clearly. Anyway, he has a professional team to help him take care of these things.

During this period, China's real estate industry was growing wildly, and buying a house was also a stable investment method for asset appreciation.
The battle of the Lunar New Year box office has come to an end, and the smoke of war in the film market is gradually dissipating.

Apart from Gu Changwei's "Micro Love", which came from behind, it was neck and neck with the imported blockbuster "Night at the Museum 3".

As for the other movies, "The Crossing" only grossed 1.92 million and ended dismally, and "One Step Away" had dropped one million in a single day, and its fate has also come to an end.

"One Hundred Thousand Bad Jokes", "Xu Sanguan", "Evaporating the Pacific", "The Lucky Guys" and other films have gloriously become cannon fodder before the Spring Festival.

Only the 3D versions of "The Grandmaster" and "Kung Fu" specially made for fans are still somewhat popular, after all, what they consume is sentiment.

Zhou Yutang stayed in Shanghai for several days. After he was busy promoting the drama on Bilibili, he met with Tian Ming and listened to the work report of Chen Min, the CEO of Xingchen Games.

After finishing the recording of "Kefan Listens", Zhou Yutang flew back to Beijing to attend the celebration banquet for "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" hosted by China Film Group Corporation.

La Peikang, who has been blamed, urgently needs such a grand ceremony to show off his muscles.

The box office figures of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" finally settled at 12.08 billion, sweeping this year's Lunar New Year box office and becoming the third film of the year in the entire Chinese film industry to exceed one billion.

The "Mojin" at the beginning of the year, "Lost in Thailand" during the National Day, and "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" during the Lunar New Year.

Ning Hao and Xu Ke ascended one after another, and Zhou Yutang also completed a gorgeous three-kill streak.

With such brilliant achievements, Jiangdong Entertainment has firmly sat on the leading throne and shocked the entertainment industry.

Almost all the first- and second-tier celebrities who are still in the film and television industry have been invited to this grand ceremony.

Those artists who were not invited were extremely anxious and tried to use all kinds of connections and find ways to solve the problem.

If you can't enter this world of fame and fortune, it means you are not big enough.

The scene of the celebration banquet.

The crazy flashing lights in the audience never stopped.

Several people on the stage were humble.

In the end, La Peikang and Xu Ke were pushed to the center position.

Zhou Yutang and Wang Changtian, the CEO of another producer, Guangxian, stood next to him.

While chatting and laughing, they smashed the ice sculpture that symbolized the brilliant box office numbers.

The applause at the scene suddenly broke out like thunder.

Xu Ke drank a lot of wine tonight, but the one who accompanied him to receive flowers and honors was not Shi Nansheng, but the young female assistant.

"It seems that this mistress is just of average appearance..."

Ni Ni looked at him a lot and muttered to herself.

In this respect, I am not as good as my own boss.

It's a bit of a scumbag, but the taste is trustworthy.

Whether it is Tianxian, Yijie, Nazha, etc., they are all first-class beauties
Besides, the boss is not married, he is just playing around, but Xu Laoguai has abandoned his wife.
But Ni Ni has no problem with her emotional intelligence, so she only complained in front of Zhou Yutang.

Zhou Yutang smiled indifferently.

Xu has been in the film industry for decades and has experienced the most glorious period of Hong Kong films.
What kind of beauty have you not seen?

Men of this age may not necessarily value a woman's appearance the most, but the fragrant youthful scent of a girl can help them find their younger self.

Xu Ke is a well-known figure in the Hong Kong circle, and many Hong Kong directors and celebrities also came tonight.

But the one who attracted the most attention was undoubtedly Zhou Yutang.

Seeing Zhou Yutang talking with two big directors in Hong Kong, Chen Musheng and Lin Zhaoxian, many artists at the scene were moved.

The news that "Operation Mekong" has passed the review and has been approved for project approval has also been a hot topic on various entertainment portals recently.

The celebrities who can attend this celebration banquet all have some background. According to the information revealed so far, the production cost of this mainstream crime action film starts at 200 million yuan, which is a commercial blockbuster!

Maybe it will be as successful as "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy", both at the box office and in terms of word of mouth.

For artists, being able to participate in such a project is definitely an opportunity for advancement.

As a result, a steady stream of celebrities and artists began to come and greet Zhou Yutang.

"Mr. Zhou, congratulations."

After Li Binbin left, Fatty Wang took the opportunity to come up with a glass of wine to congratulate him, his eyes narrowed into slits as he smiled.

"'Zhou Chu' is scheduled for this year's Spring Festival, so you'll have to wait and see."

"It's fate that I can meet Director Wang."

Zhou Yutang smiled and clinked his glasses with Fatty Wang.

"Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils" will face off against "The Storm Riders 2" produced by Fatty Wang next month.

"I hope Mr. Zhou can show some mercy and not beat me too badly."

Fatty Wang acted helpless: "Otherwise I'll be in trouble and won't be able to explain to the bosses."

"hehe."

Zhou Yutang smiled and thought he was joking.

Fatty Wang is a man who is addicted to alcohol, sex, money and power. He looks a bit greasy.

But there is one advantage that Zhou Yutang admires very much.

That is to read the four great classics of the entertainment industry, "Positions".

Hong Kong has not been peaceful recently, and some people with ulterior motives are stirring up trouble.

There are also many people with crooked buttocks in the Hong Kong entertainment industry.

It is rare that Fatty Wang, Jackie Chan, Liu Dehua, Chen Baixiang and others stepped forward at this time and stood on the side of the mainland despite the pressure.

It was precisely because Fatty Wang knew how to deal with the situation that Zhou Yutang chatted with him for a few more minutes.

"Mr. Zhou, Director Chen and I have reviewed the files these days."

Lin Chaoxian had a serious expression on his face: "I have a few immature ideas that I would like to discuss with you."

The three of them started chatting.

During this period, Zhou Yutang was very busy, and Lin Chaoxian and Chen Musheng were also busy.

They each led a team, who not only went through the files of the Six Gates headquarters, as well as some recordings and videos that had not been disclosed to the public, but also made a phased summary and confirmed that the film would be shot entirely on location.

Just as he was talking about finalizing the cast before going to the Golden Triangle for a field trip, Zhou Yutang glanced at a familiar face walking towards him.

"Mr. Zhou, I'd like to toast you."

Zhang Hanyu drank a lot of wine tonight, and his dark face was glowing red.

"Ah."

Zhou Yutang looked him over and asked calmly, "Do you have a schedule next year?"

"!?"

Zhang Hanyu's body trembled, and then he opened his eyes wide, with a look of surprise on his dark red face:

"Of course, what are Mr. Zhou's plans?"

"I think your image is very suitable for the male lead in the drama Operation Mekong. You can come and audition when the time comes."

"Boss Zhou, I don't need to say much about thanking you. It's all in the wine!"

Zhang Hanyu did not hesitate and drank three glasses of red wine in succession. He did not forget to toast the two directors each. His high emotional intelligence also attracted the attention of others at the table.

"What do Director Chen and Director Lin think?"

After he left, Zhou Yutang took a sip of red wine and asked sideways.

"You can give it a try."

"Mr. Zhou has a sharp eye for people."

Chen Musheng and Lin Chaoxian looked at each other.

They all nodded.

This is not flattery. Zhou Yutang's brilliant record is the best proof that he is indeed right in judging people.

As for Zhang Hanyu's image, he is upright and has a tough military temperament.

Moreover, he just scored 10 billion in the box office for Tsui Hark's movie, which was somewhat auspicious.

Yinghuang's related actor Xie Tingfeng, plus Zhang Hanyu, and the Jiangdong young actress Li Xin who is also confirmed, the main cast is basically set if there are no accidents.
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"Director Li, what happened?"

To be honest, Zhou Yutang was a little surprised when he received a call from Li Shaohong right after working out early in the morning.

But after hearing that Teacher Tian's old classmate had stayed up all night and patiently listened to her story, Zhou Yutang was a little amused: "Director Li, do you mean that Yang Yang is not going to renew his contract with Rong Xinda and has sent a letter to Rong Xinda to terminate the agency contract between the two parties?"

"That's true. The Grave Robbers' Chronicles is a contract he signed in his personal capacity."

"You said he was planning to switch to Jiangdong Entertainment?"

"According to what I understand, this is the case." Li Shaohong's voice was filled with fatigue.

"Director Li, don't worry, this is absolutely not the case."

"That's good"

Li Shaohong heaved a sigh of relief only after hearing Zhou Yutang's firm voice.

Zhou Yutang is wealthy and powerful. If he really wants to snatch someone away, to be honest, she doesn't have much to do.

Zhou Yutang called Zhou Shufang immediately.

Jiangdong Entertainment's operating system is quite mature, and he never interferes in the affairs of the artist management department.

Zhou Shufang also said that this was indeed the case.

Rong Xingda is indeed petty in his work, but the boss Li Shaohong also truly loves Yang Yang.

Jia Baoyu, who was chosen to star in Dream of the Red Chamber, was trained to be the top star in the future.

But what can we do? People go to high places and water flows to low places.

Zhou Xun, Chen Kun and Yang Mi ran away one after another because they couldn't get good resources if they stayed in Xingyunda.

Yang Yang's popularity is gradually rising and he has the potential to become a big star, so it's normal for him to look down on Rong Xingda.

However, when Yang Yang's team contacted Jiangdong Entertainment, they also put forward a condition, which was to guarantee that he would play the leading male role in a Jiangdong film or TV series every year.

"He has someone capable behind him."

Zhou Yutang raised his eyebrows slightly and saw through it at a glance.

"Now he is very close to Jia Shikai." Zhou Shufang is also a smart person and had already done background checks.

"No wonder."

Zhou Yutang sneered and said, "Want to borrow Jiangdong Entertainment to help you?"

It would be best if he could get on board with Jiangdong, but at the same time he also had a way out by flirting with first-tier film and television companies in the industry such as Huanrui and Cehua.

"Mr. Zhou, I think Yang Yang has great potential. Do you want to try?"

"Forget it. After all, she is Director Li's favorite."

Zhou Yutang directly set the tone: "Issue a public announcement to clarify and tell Jia Shikai to stay away from it."

Zhou Shufang understood what he meant and went to do the job.

The company has four young actors, Zhu Yilong, Kaikai Wang, Chen Xiao and Li Jian, to support the company, and there is top star Lu Han waiting to be fed.

There is always a Yang Yang.

(End of this chapter)