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Chapter 700: Governor Zhou sits firmly on the Diaoyutai, Gao Yuanyuan's thoughts

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Yang Tianzhen had made her decision and unexpectedly found a "first-class flower".

Of course, this so-called first-tier status is only temporary.

Because Zhang Tianai's foundation is not solid, she needs follow-up resources to gain a foothold.

But since she was at the forefront of the trend, the money she earned during this period of time is definitely comparable to that of the top stars in the circle.

Watching Zhang Tianai take off.

Another new star from Jiangdong, Meng Ziyi, felt a little uncomfortable.

When they were all unknown, they huddled together for warmth, just like a pair of good friends.

But in the entertainment industry, when it comes to interests, how can there be any sisterhood?
Meng Ziyi naturally knew that Zhou Shufang had competed for this role for her.

Apart from Governor Zhou who holds an aloof position, Jiangdong Entertainment is not a united group. Rumors have long been circulating that Zhou Shufang and Yang Tianzhen are competing openly or covertly with each other.

Before "Ode to Joy" was aired, Meng Ziyi was still a little unknown. Originally, Zhang Tianai was better than her, but also limited.

But the situation is very different now. With the popularity of "The Princess Weiyoung", Zhang Tianai has gained hundreds of thousands of fans in recent days.

Her Weibo followers now exceed one million, and as the drama continues to gain popularity, her Weibo followers are still increasing rapidly.

Although I comforted myself in my heart that I didn't need to worry about it, I also sent a message of congratulations to Zhang Tianai.

But once you enter the entertainment industry, who doesn’t want to be a big star?
Especially someone like Meng Ziyi, who was singled out by Governor Zhou during the art exam and entered the circle with the name of the Fish Girl.

But later, Governor Zhou seemed to have forgotten about her, which made Meng Ziyi feel a little resentful.

"Xiao Meng, don't take it too seriously."

The hot searches on the Internet, including the discussions of people around her, were all about Zhang Tianai, who was very popular recently. Zhou Shufang felt a little depressed, but she still comforted him:

"The post-production of Ode to Joy will be finished before the end of the year, and it will definitely be scheduled to be broadcast on two first-tier satellite TV stations. You will be very popular."

"Yeah, I'm fine, Sister Fang."

Meng Ziyi forced a smile: "I am sorry to bother you. You always help me arrange these things."

“This is what I should do.”

After a pause, Zhou Shufang continued, "By the way, there is another project. I will take you to try it in a few days."

"Is this Mr. Zhou's play?"

Meng Ziyi's eyes lit up and he blurted out.

"Mr. Zhou is still filming The Lonely and Great God. His projects will not be finalized until the meeting at the end of the year."

Zhou Shufang seemed to be able to see through Meng Ziyi's thoughts: "Don't worry, there will be opportunities. This time it's the new "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" directed by Guo Jingyu and Huace."

"Didn't you say you were going to hold an online audition for the role?"

"That's the producer trying to stir up the hype."

Zhou Shufang laughed and said, "Several important roles and the behind-the-scenes team have almost been decided."

This is Jin Yong’s classic masterpiece "The Legend of the Condor Heroes"!
A classic among martial arts classics, it has been remade many times and has made many people famous.

For projects of this level, there are connections to get in, and the so-called auditions are just a way to entertain the fans.

In the end, fans found that all the people used were the producers’ own people, or they had connections with a vested interest in the company.

"Director Guo is the producer, Director Jiang Jiajun and Chen Manling are the screenwriters, and Chen Minzheng is in charge of the styling design. The professional capabilities of the behind-the-scenes team are very strong this time."

After explaining the ins and outs to Meng Ziyi, Zhou Shufang continued, "Director Guo has a good relationship with our CEO Zhou, but it's a pity that the female lead role is gone, and SMG wants to push someone else."

"Li Yitong?"

When hearing SMG, the first person that came to Meng Ziyi's mind was the pretty girl with the moon-like smiling eyes.

"Yes, you worked together in Ode to Joy."

"But the second female lead is not bad either."

Zhou Shufang continued, "I'll ask my assistant to send you the schedule for the end of the year. The most important thing is that Station B is holding a Starlight Awards this year."

"Starlight Awards?"

"It was arranged by President Zhou, similar to Weibo Night."

Zhou Shufang gave Meng Ziyi a brief introduction to the B station's Starlight Awards.

The main reason for the platform to show off its muscles is to set up a stage for the audience to review the excellent film and television works broadcast on B station this year.

At the same time, we will commend the stars and behind-the-scenes production teams who have made achievements and present various honorary awards.

Compared with the three major domestic awards, it naturally has little gold content.

But for celebrities.

Being exposed and showing your face is enough.

For example, Weibo Night, every year the audience complains and every year the popularity is high.

"This is the first year, and President Zhou has ordered that it should be done beautifully. The boss will attend in person, and there will be a star-studded red carpet and a star-studded show..."

"Starlight Show?"

Meng Ziyi was slightly stunned and a little confused.

"I heard that the boss got inspiration from a fashion show in Tokyo, and used a female celebrity catwalk to perform the stage."

"Should I borrow the dress in advance?"

"No need to borrow any high-end couture. These are hand-made dresses made by top designers signed up by Yu Sheng for each female celebrity who signed up for the show. The main thing is that I can show my face in front of the boss. This opportunity is rare."

"However, I have connections at Yu Sheng, so I can help you book a top designer first."

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After finishing the filming in the Maple Leaf Country and returning home, Zhou Yutang gave the crew of "The Lonely and Great God" a day off.

After all, we are human beings, not machines.

Not only the actors, but also the logistical staff of the crew need to adjust to the time difference.

After a short break, we quickly got back to filming.

During this period, we declined all media interviews and focused on filming Zhou Yutang and Zhu Yilong's scenes.

Brother Long is the second male lead Wang Li in "The Brilliant God", the messenger from the underworld, and the emperor of the Dafeng Dynasty in his previous life.

Young Wang Li is a good brother of Jin Xin, and he falls in love with Jin Xin's sister Jin Shan at first sight.

Later, he married Jin Shan into the palace as he wished, but was misled by treacherous officials, which led to this human tragedy.

Carrying endless resentment and grief, Jin Xin became a god lost in the human world, seeking a way to be liberated.

As the Emperor of Dafeng, Wang Li committed an unforgivable sin. With inner regret, he lost his memory after his death and became a messenger of purgatory.

He and Sunny, the barbecue restaurant owner who was Jin Shan's reincarnation in this life, were also destined to be together.

In addition to Zhou Yutang and Zhang Ruolan, the relationship between Brother Long and Gao Ye is also very interesting.

Another highlight is probably the bickering between Kim Shin and Wang Li from time to time.

Teacher Yu did not go with the filming in the Maple Leaf Country this time.

After returning to China, all the crew's logistics personnel, including lighting, camera, props, etc., had a precious day off, except Zhou Yutang.

I had an in-depth discussion about art with Teacher Yu in the evening. She was very satisfied with Brother Long and Gao Ye.

"I watched The Conjuring 2, it's pretty good. Judging from the momentum, the North American box office will hopefully exceed million, right?"

At noon that day, Brother Long used chopsticks to pick up the Lanzhou ramen in the bowl and chatted with Zhou Yutang in a casual manner.

"Brother Long, this movie hasn't even been shown in China."

The clever student Xiao Zhang discovered the blind spot: "Where did you see it?"

"You were abroad a few days ago, so I took a leave and took a notice and flew to Taiwan Province."

Zhu Yilong said calmly: "But what's going on between you and Anne Hathaway? They are both married women, right?"

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Zhang Ruolan's face looked a little strange, as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

Takano beside him pretended to concentrate on eating, but in fact his ears were perked up.

"Just friends."

Zhou Yutang's expression remained unchanged and he smiled calmly.

Good things don't go out, bad things pass thousands of miles.

One is a popular Hollywood actress, the other is a wealthy man in the Eastern entertainment industry.

The scandal between the two is topical enough, and I don’t know how the elusive paparazzi in Hollywood found the perfect angle to take secret photos.

Anyway, recently in North America, there have been rumors that an Eastern entertainment tycoon has connections and hooked up with a married woman, causing the marriage of the big-mouthed beauty to be in trouble.

As soon as Zhou Yutang left, Adam Shulman hurried to visit the crew and released the news to clarify.

Zhang Ruolan and Gao Ye didn't speak to each other.

The people around didn't dare to speak.

In such a large crew with hundreds of people, only Zhu Yilong dared to play such a joke on Zhou Yutang.

"You're going to take another leave, right? Detective Chinatown will be released soon."

"That can't be helped. We have a few interview programs and we have to ask them to come over to record them."

Zhou Yutang and Zhu Yilong have been brothers for almost ten years since college, and they have a perfect understanding of each other. Compared to acting with Zhang Ruolan, which required many NGs, the process was much smoother.

There was a minor problem with the filming in Maple Leaf Country, and we were three days late than the date on the production schedule, so we had to make up for it another way.

The crew worked overtime day and night, and there are not many scenes left in "The Lonely and Great God".

After the reshoots here are finished, the opening palace scene and the countless flashbacks of past life memories will be filmed last.

Zhou Ye has been looking forward to it for a long time.

She is usually keen on liking Zhou Yutang’s posts on WeChat Moments, and occasionally sends messages cautiously.

I typed a paragraph of text, then felt it was inappropriate, so I deleted it and attached some cute emoticons.

I picked up my phone from time to time, my heart full of anticipation, waiting for Zhou Yutang's reply.

No matter how busy Governor Zhou is, he will reply to the message.

Sometimes I had to wait for a few minutes, sometimes for several hours, and I never saw him reply to any messages at night.
Looking at the photo of gorgeous lights and dusk that I saved and set as the background of my Moments.

It was obviously a simple landscape photo, but Zhou Ye felt it was very special.

It has magical power like the magic in Harry Potter, allowing her to intuitively feel romance and beauty.

After looking at the calendar, Zhou Ye began to count on his fingers when he could join the group.
The popularity of "The Princess Weiyoung" is still rising, and it has played the most important role in promoting the development of China's online drama industry.

A professional company has roughly calculated Zhou Yutang's approximate profit range, which is definitely a very exaggerated number.

The heads of major video platforms held an emergency meeting at lightning speed, clearly formulated and promoted the production of their own dramas, and held a media conference for the public.

Many online drama projects have emerged on major video platforms.

Just started.

The fastest way to make money for video websites is to spend money to purchase the copyrights of movies and TV series.

But gradually, the prices of online copyrights for hit TV series and movies have risen sharply to an exaggerated level.

Zhou Yutang is making a fortune while several top video websites in the industry, such as LeTV, iQiyi, and Tencent, are gritting their teeth to follow suit.

They are also making second-hand preparations.

Transfer capital to the upstream production links, study the viewing market, investigate audience preferences, and invest in producing self-made dramas on their own video websites.

In this way, the cost of high-priced acquisitions can be saved.

The reputation of the drama "The Princess Weiyoung" is seriously polarized.

Some people like it, some people don't like this rebellious type.

The setting of a man dressing as a woman has never appeared in the film and television industry.

I have to admire the ideas of those online writers, they are indeed novel and interesting, but in the end they were not broadcast on satellite TV.

"The Journey of Flower", which will soon be broadcast in Jiangsu Province on the same TV show as Mango TV, has attracted nationwide attention.

Zhou Yutang and Zhu Yilong had rehearsed scenes together privately, and many of them were basically shot in one take.

During breaks in filming, crew members often get together to chat and gossip.

"Brother Long, everyone says you and Sister Zhao are dating, is that true?"

Zhang Ruolan is also very familiar with the place, so she even dares to ask this.

"Nothing."

Zhu Yilong has a good temper and said with a smile: "It's to hype up the popularity. Last time we had supper and sang together, the assistant and other crew members were there."

This is an unspoken hype in the industry.

Every time a major TV series is about to be released, you can basically see gossip about the main creators.

If the fans have another fight, the traffic will come in droves, and then it will be clarified afterwards.

Although it is cliché, it works and the audience likes to watch this kind of fun.

"Brother Long looks pretty handsome in the stills of The Journey of Flower. One of my best friends is a die-hard fan of yours."

Gao Ye smiled and said, "I saw that Alibaba is recently conducting a vote for the movie version of Eternal Love. Mr. Zhou got over a million votes, and Brother Long seemed to have over 300,000 votes."

"It seems that a vice president of Alibaba Pictures mentioned in an interview that he wanted to invite Liu Tianxian to star in the film."

"By the way, Mr. Zhou, when will the TV series version be made?"

"next year."

Zhou Yutang smiled and said, "It will be shown together with Ali's movie."

Of course, Alibaba spent so much money not just for show.

The contract includes the launch of the TV series version of "Eternal Love" controlled by Jiangdong Entertainment to cooperate with the marketing.

Alibaba is also hyping up Zhou Yutang and Liu Tianxian to star in the movie version of "Three Lives Three Worlds".

Of course, President Qiang really had this idea at the beginning.

Failing to convince Zhou Yutang, he settled for the next best thing and used this wave of popularity to build momentum for the film project.

Mr. Ma’s reputation has been on the rise recently, and Alibaba has also been making continuous moves.

First, the vice president of Alibaba Pictures publicly announced that he wanted to dig up the roots of the entire screenwriter circle, and then he did another big thing.

"Bona got in the car?"

Zhou Yutang took a look at the report compiled by Ni Ni.

Alibaba signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Bona CEO Yu Pangzi, Fosun International and Sequoia Capital.

The buyer consortium led by Alibaba completed the privatization of Bona Film Group in the form of a statutory merger.

"One hundred million US dollars, and you get about 10% of Bona's shares."

"Ali wants to enter the entertainment industry and is really willing to spend money."

"However, this size is still a little bit inferior to the well-established Jiangdong."

People inside and outside the circle are discussing this matter.

In fact, it is not so easy for Mr. Ma to lead Alibaba into the entertainment industry and make it bigger and stronger to shake Zhou Yutang's leading position.

Jiangdong in the left hand, Mingjie in the right hand, big and small king bombs.

ByteDance, Star Games, etc. are also beginning to emerge.

Governor Zhou sat firmly on the Diaoyutai, looking down on everything and looking down on all the heroes.

It's very interesting to watch the gossip about celebrities quarreling and fighting.

But watching the gods fight is also a very hot social topic and talk among friends.

At this stage, if I post a thread about who is more awesome, Zhou Yutang or Teacher Ma, there will be at least 800 replies below...

"Produced by Huanrui Century and adapted from Xiao Ding's novel, the TV series "Fighting Legends" starring Li Yifeng, Zhao Liying, Yang Zi, Cheng Yi, Qin Junjie and others held a press conference in Beijing, and the crew will start filming soon!"

"The official Weibo of the ultimate fantasy IP masterpiece "Zhu Xian Qing Yun Zhi", adapted from the fantasy martial arts novel "Zhu Xian" written by Xiao Ding, officially announced that the three little boys of TFboys will join together and lock in the exclusive diamond theater of Mango TV in advance!"

In mid-December, another super popular IP project was launched, and the entire film and television industry seemed to have been dropped a bomb!
It exploded in an instant!

"Wang Yuan plays the young Zhang Xiaofan, Wang Kaijun plays the young Lin Jingyu, and Sizi plays Xiaoqi."

The crew was also discussing this. Zhou Yutang glanced at the film and television information pushed on the headlines and turned to ask Ni Ni: "What does Yang Tianzhen think? Pushing Yang Zi to play Lu Xueqi?"

The reason why this project found Zhao Liying was to buy shares in the huge hit of "The Journey of Flower".

The Princess Diaries directly brought Zhang Tianai to fame, and this S-level drama produced by Jiangdong naturally attracted more attention.

"The Journey of Flower" did not disappoint. It was broadcast on both Jiangsu TV and Shanghai TV in the middle of the month, with very strong ratings. It ranked among the top three on the satellite TV ratings list as soon as it was aired.

There is no doubt that this is very likely to be a phenomenal hit drama.

Zhao Liying is very popular now and is one of the most outstanding 85 flowers. She has a very solid track record in her works.

The investor behind Zhang Jiajia's film "Passing By Your World" is Guangguang, which was attracted by Zhao Xiaojie's popularity and promoted Zhang Tianai to the second female lead.

But Zhou Yutang had different ideas about Yang Zi playing Lu Xueqi.

Yang Zi is a typical girl-next-door type, with good looks, temperament and great affinity.

This kind of affinity is also her secret weapon to attract fans, but it has nothing to do with her stunning beauty.

The character of Lu Xueqi in the original novel is a fairy with a cool and otherworldly appearance.

The new drama "Ode to Joy" will be broadcast at least next year. Letting her play this role seems to be a good choice, but in fact it is putting her on the stove.

Zhou Yutang basically wouldn't ask about the company's artist management business, but with his shrewdness, he probably knew what Yang Tianzhen was planning after a brief thought.
"Yang Tianzhen wants to hype it up in the opposite direction?"

Da Mimi's movie "Fall in Love Like a Star" has grossed over 100 million yuan in just four days since its release.

However, after a wonderful start, word of mouth quickly collapsed and the box office plummeted at the speed of light.

Douban has a score of only 5.2, which is enough to show that the quality of this movie adapted from the Jinjiang novel is not excellent.

However, "Ex-Files 2" produced by Huayi successfully got a head start in the Lunar New Year box office, with box office exceeding million yuan in the first weekend, surpassing the popular combination of "My Sweetheart" and Chen Xiao.

"Huayi has been quite strong recently. This series of predecessors has made a lot of money."

Zhu Yilong, whose popularity has exploded again because of "The Journey of Flower", sighed.

"Tian Yusheng is indeed a man with something."

Zhou Yutang made a comment that surprised Zhu Yilong.

Over all the years of their friendship, he had rarely seen anyone who could catch the eye of Governor Zhou. If Tian Yusheng knew this, he would probably be very proud of himself.

Tian Yusheng made his debut as the screenwriter of "Lost on Journey" and was later recruited by Huayi to work on the "Predecessors" series.

The total box office of "Ex-Files 1" was 1.29 million yuan. The box office growth rate of the second part is stable, and it is only a matter of time before it exceeds 2 million yuan.

Take one step at a time and proceed steadily.

It has never won in terms of reputation, but it has never lost money at the box office.

Huayi now has an extra trump card in his hand.

After all, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. The share price of Huayi Company has been cut in half, but the company still has its foundation.

In addition to Tian Yusheng firing the first shot for Huayi in the New Year's Eve celebration, "Old Cannon" directed by Guan Miao, a famous director in the Beijing circle, should not be underestimated.

In addition to Xiao Gangpao's own performance, Huayi also hotly promoted two top young actors, Li Yifeng and Wu Yifan.

Especially Li Yifeng, as the number one of Huanrui, the capital behind the scenes has invested countless resources in him, and even the super fairy IP pie like "Zhu Xian" fell into his hands.

Wu Yifan has his own popularity base with the Tea Egg Boy Group. Although he is not as popular as Lu Han, he is still invincible among the young actors of the same generation.

There is also "Bad Angels" by Deng Chao and his wife. Riding on the popularity of "Legend of Miyue", Deng Chao is also making every effort to mobilize his own connections to promote his own movie.

The rain is coming and the wind is all over the building.

The New Year's Eve battle has not officially started yet, but the smoke of war is gradually dissipating.

Zhou Yutang received news from Da Meiyuan.

During this period, Gao Yuanyuan was filming "My Dangerous Wife" in Taiwan Province, and Alyssa Chia took her daughter to visit her on set.

Back then, the two beauties in Yitian carved out a path for themselves in the entertainment industry which was filled with beautiful women. Now, both of them have entered their thirties, with an even more mature charm.

Da Meiyu also specially sent Zhou Yutang a photo taken by her assistant.

She was holding Jia Jingwen's little daughter, smiling like a flower, and her eyes were hooked, as if they could speak.

Zhou Yutang was a scheming person. Ever since he drank the first sip of Da Meiyuan's nourishing imperial medicine, he knew that she wanted to have a child.

In fact.

He did not reject it and knew that Sister Li had similar ideas.

Over the past six months, I never took any protective measures when working with Zeng Li and Da Meiyuan.

Unfortunately, I haven’t won yet.

At first Zhou Yutang suspected that there was something wrong with his body, and later he secretly went to the hospital for a check-up.

Confirmed by the top experts in related fields in the country, all indicators are normal, and they are even more energetic than ordinary people.

Gao Yuanyuan and Zeng Li pay special attention to maintenance and have necessary checkups every year, so there are no problems.

Since there is no problem.

The only solution is to work hard.

The rest is up to God.

(End of this chapter)