China Entertainment's Standout

Chapter 646: Domestic Entertainment Shocks, Box Office Record Shatterer
"Zhou told me that I must come to China if I have the chance, and I have been looking forward to it."

Director James Wan was a little excited when he returned to his hometown for the first time: "I am very happy to bring "Fast and Furious" to meet the fans in China. Yesterday, Long took me to visit the Forbidden City, and I was shocked."

“It’s an incredibly beautiful country and everyone has been so welcoming to us.”

Vin Diesel, the bald guy, is very good at handling things: "If I have the chance, I would like to visit the Great Wall. I am very grateful to the fans for their love for the Fast and Furious series of movies."

Several main creators of the crew, including Jason Guo and Gal Gadot, have actively expressed their goodwill.

During the Spring Festival, China's box office surpassed North America, causing a sensation in Hollywood.

Now the six major Hollywood studios have collectively increased their attention to the Chinese market.

Universal has designated China as the first stop for the Asian promotion of "Fast & Furious 7", so the crew and creators will naturally try every means to narrow the distance between them and the Chinese audience.

Zhou Yutang was filming on the set and did not go to the press conference, but some media released what he said at the press conference for the launch of "Celebrating Yu Nian 3".

"James Wan is a very capable director. This could be a phenomenal movie. The Chinese film market will face severe tests."

Having just finished a scene with Mr. Ning Li, who played the head of the Ming family, Zhou Yutang saw the news about Fast and Furious 7 while having lunch.

"The Fast and Furious crew showed up in Beijing, and the scene was packed with people."

"Hollywood goddess is sexy and hot, showing her affection to Zhou Yutang from a distance."

"Revealing the top luxury cars among the 7 vegetarian chickens!"

"Director Zhou Yutang bluntly said that the Chinese film market will face severe tests!"

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The news about the "Fast and Furious 7" Chinese press conference has been posted in the most prominent position in the film and television information section.

Zhou Yutang clicked on the link sent by Zhang Ruojun and saw the detailed information of a car.

He also communicates with James Wan on a regular basis, and he said that more than 7 cars were scrapped while filming "Fast and Furious 200".

What Zhang Ruojun posted was the Lykan Hypersport, a limited edition sports car produced by W Motors that made a stunning appearance at the press conference.

That's the car that crashed into the building in Furious 7.

It only takes 100 seconds to accelerate to 2.8 kilometers, and the top speed can reach 395KM/h.

This is a real launch.

Zhou Yutang himself has low personal desires and is not keen on pursuing luxury cars. He has only driven the Lamborghini and Ferrari he bought a few times.

It had been parked in the garage at home gathering dust for years, and Zhang Ruojun, who had always loved cars, felt very sad for him.

But the car looked really good, so after consulting, Zhou Yutang decided to buy one.

"Brother Tang, do you really want to buy it?!"

Zhang Ruojun likes playing with cars. When he heard the news, he was even more excited than Zhou Yutang himself.

"I've consulted, and it's not expensive, $380 million will do the trick."

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"Just think of it as buying a figurine for fun. Even if you don't open it often, it's nice to put it aside and admire it."

Zhou Yutang's nonchalant reply made Zhang Ruojun choke up.

But when he thought of his good brother's wealth, he immediately felt relieved.

My buddy even said he would buy Liverpool, so buying a luxury car is really too low-key.

Money makes the devil work, and foreigners are also devils. As soon as the money arrived, people from W Motors contacted us soon.

After learning about Zhou Yutang's specific needs in detail, it is estimated that it will take some time to wait as it will go through a series of processes including hand-crafting and personalized customization.

Buying a car is just a small episode in life, and Zhou Yutang still focuses more on the filming of the crew.

The ratings and popularity of the second season of Joy of Life are not low, which has completely overshadowed Empress of China, but many viewers also complained that the plot was relatively bland.

There is nothing we can do about this.

After all, filming a TV series is just like making love. There has to be foreplay and preparation, and it is impossible to have climax throughout the whole process.

Especially the film and television adaptation of such a long original novel is even more difficult.

On the basis of extracting the essence of the original work, we need to adjust the narrative rhythm to give the audience a better viewing experience.

The first season tells the story of young Master Fan's first visit to Kyoto, which reveals a corner of the whole wonderful story of power struggle.

Most of the content of the second season is about Fan Xian's gradual growth from a pawn arranged and controlled by his parents to one who can stand on his own.

What he pursued was "having his heart's content" and he did not want his life to be controlled by others, so he gradually became involved in the struggle between various forces.

He made secret plans, cultivated his confidants, controlled the inner treasury, and even established relationships with forces such as Northern Qi and Dongyi City.

This final season is the climax of the whole story, and it is also the time when Fan Xian changes from a chess piece to a chess player, and even overturns the chessboard and makes his own rules.

Jiang Dong is in full control of this drama. There is no capital game involved. Zhou Yutang has the final say.

In order to prevent the chief screenwriter Wang Xun from letting himself go and causing the mistake of temporarily adjusting the script before the second season began filming, Zhou Yutang specially asked Ping to bring two other screenwriter teams to assist.

The climax and peak of the whole story are presented in the final season.

For example, the fight between the Jiangnan and Ming families, the Battle of Dadongshan, and the rebellion in Kyoto are all classic scenes in the original work.

Although Sun Hao is the director, Zhou Yutang is actually the emperor of the crew. He has a special chair behind the monitor.

Today's scene is the showdown between Chen Pingping and Chen Daoming, which is also the most important turning point of this season's story.

Chen Pingping intervened in the game and used his own death to prompt Fan Xian to make up his mind to kill Emperor Qing.

At this time, Zhou Yutang, still wearing the costume of Lord Xiao Fan, sat in his exclusive seat behind the monitor.

Li Muge was filming with another group, and Sun Hao and two assistant directors were beside him.

"Lights in place!"

“Photography…OK!”

"Radio... no problem!"

"Action!"

In the imperial room.

Unit 2 began to move closer to see Emperor Jing Qing's expression.

Chen Daoming had no expression.
The emperor's heart is like the sea, deep and unfathomable.

As the big boss of the show, Emperor Qing held the secret scroll in one hand, picked up the teacup and took a sip with an expressionless face.

But Zhou Yutang saw the look from his deep eyes, which was deep and complex, yet concealed a murderous edge and extremely oppressive.

It's hard to look at him.

Zhou Yutang secretly praised in his heart.

Chen Daoming's acting skills are indeed well-deserved.

The psychological state of the character of Emperor Qing is grasped quite well.

The aura of the Grand Master + Emperor was fully open, and he would not tolerate any disobedience. At this moment, Chen Pingping was nothing more than a damned old dog in his eyes.

"Do you still remember what happened in the past?"

"How could I not remember?" Chen Pingping said calmly.

"I remember that you did something very ridiculous at that time. You glued a beard to your chin. Did you not want others to know that you were a eunuch?"

Emperor Qing coldly and indifferently exposed Chen Pingping's scars in person, his tone full of condescendingness and ridicule.

Chen Pingping's face was as dark as water, and his tone was calm: "Yes, I was deeply ashamed of it."

"once?"

"Yes, once, but many years later, I realized something."

Chen Pingping's eyes seemed to light up: "I am just me, why should I hide it from the world?"

"You really don't have to hide it from the world. I am able to sit on the throne and have the vast empire I have today."

Chen Daoming leaned forward and pointed his finger at Wu Gang in front of him, full of pressure: "You have made great contributions. Without you, I don't know how many times I would have died."

"That's the duty of being a slave."

"But I have already given you endless wealth and glory, why do you still do these things?"

Chen Daoming casually threw the secret scroll in his hand over, and stared at the head of the Overwatch Council whom he once trusted, his eyes suddenly became as sharp as a knife:

"In the Hanging Temple, it was you who ordered Shadow to take action. Do you want me to die!?"

There were quite a lot of people watching this scene, and the emotions exploded instantly. Not only Zhou Yutang was cheering in his heart.

Xie Junhao, Li Jianyi and other actors who played Si Gu Jian nearby also nodded slightly.

Wu Gang did not deny it, and even had a slight smile on his lips.

When the king and his subjects meet, everything is implied.

"I ask you, what do you want to do when you come back?"

"I returned to the capital just to ask your majesty a question."

Chen Pingping, who had been silent and had been keeping his head down, suddenly raised his head slightly and looked directly at the majestic emperor in front of him. He saw thunder in the calmness and spoke word by word:
"Back then, you gave her a chance to live. Why did you kill her?"

The "she" that Chen Pingping was referring to was naturally Ye Qingmei, who was also the one who got the script of the heroine.

"Crack!"

Sun Hao, who was behind the monitor, saw Zhou Yutang nod slightly and shouted excitedly, "Passed! Teachers, this scene was great."

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!
Zhou Yutang took the lead, and the rest of the people at the scene followed suit and applauded.

Wu Gang and Chen Daoming walked behind the monitor and began to discuss the performance effect.

A good actor has the ability to bring people into the play.

The two are undoubtedly veteran actors with first-rate acting skills in the industry, and it is their wonderful performances that support the quality of the entire drama.
The news that Liu Feiren announced his retirement on Weibo exploded like a blockbuster bomb.

When talking about Liu Feiren, many people's deepest impression is that the peerless genius won the gold medal at the 04 Athens Olympics and shocked the world.

Little did people know that since his debut, he has participated in a total of 48 international hurdle competitions, won 36 championships, 6 runner-up titles, 3 third place titles, and only withdrew twice due to injuries.

With his epic performance, he proved that Chinese people can also fly.

Unfortunately, he was forced to withdraw from the 08 Olympics due to injury, which attracted a lot of criticism.

All I can say is that injuries are part of sports.

Now that Liu Feiren has retired, many fans have sent their blessings. Then the Running Man official announced that Liu Feiren will officially replace Bao Qi as a permanent guest of the Running Man team, which immediately sparked widespread discussion on social media.

Liu Feiren dominated the hot searches, which actually helped Chen Chichi.

He spent a lot of money during this period, dealing with various media and negotiating terms with his ex-wife.

By the way, the unknown Zhang Zixuan also won the title of the most successful mistress.

Yang Mi has been feeling a bit depressed lately. She just got over the hype of being mocked by the entire internet for winning the Golden Broom Award last month.

Xin Xin Nian Nian saved her reputation this month by starring in the movie version of the hit TV series “Fall in Love with You”.

Then suddenly the Chen Chichi incident happened again.

It won’t have much impact on the movie, as Chen Chichi doesn’t have many roles in it. It’s just that the subsequent publicity plan still needs to be adjusted.

Originally, LeTV Pictures was planning to use Running Man member Chen Chichi as one of its publicity gimmicks, but now its promotional posters have been removed overnight, and several subsequent roadshow plans have also been cancelled.

After the meeting at the company, we discussed the financing plan.

Zeng Jia painted a lot of pie in the sky, as if pushing the company to go public was just around the corner, and the whole Da Mimi was a little excited.

After the meeting, the executives of Mi Bank dispersed. Zeng Jia kept Yang Mi and asked eagerly, "Mi Mi, have you met with Boss Zhou recently?"

"Where do I have time?"

Da Mimi asked weakly.

At present, in addition to Chen Yao, Zeng Jia has also signed Gao Weiguang at the Mixing Company.

Chen Yao is a little-known person who just debuted. He only got one movie, "Wuxin: The Monster Killer", through a PY transaction. He is still working on the post-production and needs to continue to pour resources into his training.

Gao Weiguang graduated from the Central Academy of Drama and has solid acting skills, but he is not well-known and can only play supporting roles in some crews.

The entire Mihang Company is carried on the shoulders of Yang Mi alone.

"You have too many announcements right now, but things will get better in the future."

Zeng Jia's eyes turned and a plan came to mind: "If there is a chance, find Boss Next Week."

"Jia Jie, you've heard him say that, too."

Yang Mi said helplessly, "I won't manage the specific operations of Mi Bank."

If the honey business wants to expand, the next step is financing. If Zhou Yutang is in charge, it will be no problem to raise billions of funds, let alone hundreds of millions.

Some capital wants to get on board.

It is obvious that there is no such arrangement if it depends on Yang Mi and Zeng Jia alone.

Da Mimi also wants to build a company on her own, but the reality is not that easy.

She prides herself on being strong inside, but no matter how strong a woman is, there will always be days when she is weak.

At that time, Yang Mi also wanted to find a broad shoulder to lean on, and Zhou Yutang was the perfect candidate in her mind.

But the Grand Commander has too many sisters leaning on his shoulders
"Mi Mi, Boss Zhou doesn't like this stall."

Zeng Jia had other ideas, and continued to instigate, "But if he can get some of his connections and introduce us to a few companies in the capital circle, that would be enough for us."

"Then I'll ask him again when I have a chance."

Yang Mi's mind turned slightly, and she murmured, "Let's wait and see how the box office of "The Pancake Man" is. If it goes well, we can get the chips to enter the market."

"boss."

Another day of filming ended. When Zhou Yutang and Sun Hao came out of the meeting, Ni Ni came up and asked, "The invitations to the Cannes International Film Festival and the Shanghai International Film Festival have been sent this year. What should we do with them?"

"Forget about Cannes in May. The schedule is tight and I really can't leave."

Zhou Yutang thought for a moment and chuckled, "Please reply to the email for me. When is the Magic City International Film Festival?"

"November 6."

"It's time to wrap up."

Zhou Yutang said calmly, "Director Tong just gave us a heads-up last night, so we'll have to go over there when the time comes."

No matter how bad the Shanghai International Film Festival is, it is still Class A. This time it was Director Tong who appointed the general. As the signature face of the domestic entertainment industry, Zhou Yutang cannot avoid some social conventions.

That North American box office beast has finally hit domestic theaters.

Due to the accumulated reputation of the previous series and Universal's high attention, James Wan and the main creators held press conferences in Beijing and Shanghai respectively.

Coupled with the sentimental marketing of Paul's death, the popularity of this movie has reached an unprecedented high.

In fact, most domestic audiences don’t know who Paul is, but forums and WeChat Moments are all forwarding it, and if you don’t follow the trend, you will seem unsociable.

Thus, a trend was formed inexplicably.

In addition, Zhu Yilong is also starring in the film, and the beauty in the sports car shown in the previous trailer is also very eye-catching.

The result is that the pre-sale box office of "Fast & Furious 7" in China has reached 4600 million, and on the day of its release, the midnight show alone grossed million!
At this time, the film has been released in North America for eight days and has grossed $2.11 million, and the global box office has also broken the $5 million mark.

Even the crew was discussing this movie today. They finished work early in the afternoon, so Zhou Yutang simply used his money to find someone to book a theater and invited several crew members to go to the cinema to watch the movie together.

"James Wan's talent is indeed not limited to the field of horror films."

Reba on the left and Li Xin on the right seem happy and relaxed, but his attention is all on the movie.

Regardless of other things, this is definitely a highly completed commercial blockbuster.

The box office record for imported blockbusters previously held by "Transformers 4" was directly shattered, with the first-day box office raking in 3.85 million yuan.

It caused a sensation in the entire Chinese film and television industry.

The news spread across the ocean, and even Hollywood was shocked.

The next day was a working day, and the market closed at 1.87 million.

On the third day, it still closed stably at 1.67 million.

Such a strong performance left countless people in the industry dumbfounded, as they watched helplessly as this box office beast wreaked havoc in the Chinese film market.

For three consecutive days, the market share reached an astonishing 90%.

All Chinese movies released during that period were knocked away, without exception.

The most regrettable thing is King Liu's film "Lost and Love", which has a very good reputation.

The film originally had some potential, but it encountered such a monster and could not complete its theatrical period. It finally closed with a box office of 2.25 million yuan and was a failure.

The next unlucky guy is Teacher Fan.

She collaborated with director Li Yu on the film "Everything Grows" and stood out to sniper.

The marketing press release released by the film company previously said that it was the Chinese version of "The Catcher in the Rye".

Zhou Yutang read the original novel and found many explicit descriptions. In the words of director Li Yu, this story is a "heavy-flavored youth journey."

Teacher Fan plays a sexy and beautiful mature woman in the film.

Zhou Yutang, who had experienced all kinds of charm of Teacher Fan, thought of her mature and sexy appearance in his mind, and a ripple seemed to spread in his calm heart.

Even the governor who is used to experiencing all kinds of romantic scenes is like this, let alone those young and restless boys. Who can resist the handsome teacher Fan?

However, as everyone was looking forward to it, "Everything Grows" only grossed 2146 million on its first day of release, while "Fast & Furious 7" continued to gross over million on the same day.

They are not opponents of the same level at all.

Mr. Fan, who had worked very hard to promote the movie, got angry.

From the phone call she made, Zhou Yutang heard the heartbroken voice of a beautiful woman.

Teacher Fan was also helpless.

Perhaps the entire Chinese film industry did not expect that "Fast and Furious 7" would be so powerful.

"Zhou Yutang seemed to have said that this year's Fast & Furious 7 was particularly noteworthy. His vision was really good, and the box office was indeed a huge success."

"What did Pei Kang do? He let the wolf in by showing such a movie."

"It's worse than when Zuo Shandiao was in power!"

"Starting from 15 billion, it may be expected to hit 20 billion, or even higher. The Chinese film market is facing an unprecedented severe test and is about to be broken through!"

The internet was abuzz with discussions, followed by questions and complaints about China Film Group’s head, La Peikang.

Industry experts also began to post articles saying: "Since the release of Fast and Furious, the entire Chinese film market has had no rivals at all."

"This is still a relatively quiet period. If it were during a popular period, the box office would undoubtedly be even more terrifying. We must admit that the Chinese film market is facing an extremely severe test."

"According to statistics from box office data agencies, the final box office of Fast & Furious 7 will be at least 16 billion yuan, and it is not impossible that it will be even higher."

"This reminds me of last summer when Transformers 4 was also taking the Chinese film market by storm. At that time, Zhou Yutang stepped forward and the right timing, location and people created the unrepeatable box office miracle of Red Agents, which prevented the Chinese film box office record from falling to imported blockbusters.

“And now, who can stand up?”

Zhou Yutang was lying comfortably on the sofa bed in the hotel while talking to Zou Zhongyan.

Zeng Li, who was wearing a nightgown, was applying medicine to him gently and carefully.

The scene filmed today is about Fan Xian being killed by Qin Ye, the head of the Qin family, a big military boss in Daqing.

The Qin family was involved in setting up a plan to kill Ye Qingmei. When Lao Deng saw Fan Xian's rapid rise to prominence, he eventually decided to kill him.

Throughout the entire drama “Joy of Life”, all the famous actors in the court are veteran actors.

Qin Ye is also a key character in the plot, and Mr. Feng Enhe was invited to play the role.

This person is an old acquaintance of Zhou Yutang. They had worked together in "The Disguiser". At that time, Mr. Feng played the stationmaster Wu, and many jokes were left behind.

Because there were a lot of action scenes, Zhou Yutang accidentally fell down. After going to the hospital for a check-up, he was told that there was nothing serious and only the skin on his leg was broken.

But in the eyes of the beautiful lady in green, it is an extremely important matter.

She gently massaged Zhou Yutang's body with her bare hands and listened to him talking to Zou Zhongyan and listening to his report on the status of the North American project.

It has been more than a month since the filming of "The Conjuring 2" started. Because James Wan had to participate in the promotion of "Fast & Furious 7", he handed the remaining shots to the assistant director. However, most of the shots have been completed, and the rest are just some work to check for omissions and fill in the gaps.

"Speed ​​up the progress and try to finish filming this month so that it can be released this year."

Zhou Yutang had his own plans in mind.

After this battle, James Wan has firmly ascended to become a top Hollywood director, and "The Conjuring 2" can use his gimmick to hype itself up.

"Mr. Zhou, the early preparations for La La Land were not going very smoothly."

"what's the situation?"

Zou Zhongyan said: "Damien wanted to invite Emma Watson to play the leading female role, but she has a project on hand."

Hermione from the "Harry Potter" series is a popular idol star in Hollywood. Even in China, she can be considered a well-known Hollywood star.

"Then change someone else."

Zhou Yutang spoke without thinking.

There are many young actresses who want to make it to the top in Hollywood, and Emma Watson is no exception.

The biggest achievement this year is undoubtedly the popularity of "Fifty Shades of Grey".

It started in North America, continued to ferment, swept the world, and finally earned a global box office of 5.71 million US dollars.

The amazing return on investment of more than 10 times continues Zhou Yutang's fine tradition of making a small profit with a big investment.

This is much better than some blockbusters with investments of over 100 million yuan.

(End of this chapter)