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Chapter 708: Hidden Rules, S+'s New Project
What should I do?
Zhang Tianai's body trembled suddenly, her legs came together, and a blush appeared on her crystal white face.

Should I push him away tactfully?
Or say something to show loyalty?
Just at this moment.

Many thoughts ran through Zhang Tianai's mind.

I was at a loss and forgot to resist.

She was still thinking about how to respond appropriately, when Zhou Yutang had already placed his hand on her leg and changed the subject in a calm tone:
"It's okay. There are objections to the drama now. The higher-ups have held a meeting to discuss it. It may be temporarily removed from the shelves and edited, but it won't affect you.
I heard that you also took on "Passing By Your World"? "

Even if "The Princess Weiyoung" is temporarily deleted and removed from the video website, the traffic has already been brought to the table.

Uncle Chen was so happy that his hair fell out in clumps, and he worked on data statistics until midnight every day.

During the broadcast of this drama, the number of views by B station members reached 4 million, attracting more than million new members to B station. Combined with embedded advertising, it brought in at least million in revenue.

What’s more important is that “The Princess Weiyoung” is also very popular on the international version of Bilibili.

Domestic audiences have never seen such a novel and interesting TV series, and the same is true abroad.

It has attracted widespread attention in Southeast Asia and topped the list of online broadcast volumes in South Korea. It is a phenomenal level of popularity. TVN TV station has already sent people to negotiate for the remake rights.

Both Ma Ge and Pony Ma were almost crying with envy. The two companies showed their talents and once again demonstrated their sincerity in investing in Bilibili.

"Scared me to death."

Zhang Tianai, however, forced herself to remain calm and patted her bear, breathing a sigh of relief, but it sounded like she was acting like a spoiled child: "Sister Tian Zhen got me a role, and Xiao Zhao is also here."

“When will you join the group?”

"It seems that the press conference will be held at the end of this month. We will wait for the notification from them."

While chatting with Zhang Tianai, we soon arrived downstairs of her house.

After all, Zhang Tianai has just become famous and still lives in an apartment arranged by the company, in the same community as Zhang Ruolan.

Zhang Tianai lowered her head slightly, hesitated for a moment, and suddenly blushed. She took the initiative to invite: "Mr. Zhou, do you want to come up and sit for a while?"

It rained heavily and the wind was strong last night.

The weather in Beijing today is exceptionally fresh, just like Zhou Yutang's mood.

On the way to the company, a smile appeared on his face, and he recalled the pleasant night.

Including Zhang Tianai's expression that seems both happy and painful, and her delicate and graceful figure trembling gently.

It is easy to see the difference in body shape between a woman who maintains long-term aerobic machine exercise and a woman who never exercises.

The waist, abdomen and hip curves of the former are incomparable to the latter.
Everything replayed before his eyes like a kaleidoscope.

Zhou Yutang was not a gentleman. In most cases, he could control himself, but there were always times when he could not resist temptation.

It’s just that the night was too beautiful last night.

"After 16 days of release, the box office of Detective Chinatown has exceeded 28 billion yuan, and the single-day box office is still stable at million yuan. Domestic films are about to enter the billion era!"

"Wang Baoqi returns to the roadshow, unaffected by the car accident. Justice will eventually come!"

"The Tomb Raiders has a Douban score of 4.2, the main creators cut the film at lightning speed, and the director cried in frustration!"

The controversy surrounding the censorship of the online drama "The Princess Weiyoung" was quickly put behind Zhou Yutang.

Speaking of which, we have to thank our rival director Lu. If he hadn't revealed it himself, which added another wave of popularity to "Detective Chinatown", it would have been impossible for the box office to rise against the trend and exceed 50 million for two consecutive days.

According to the rules of the film market, the box office potential of a commercial film will basically be realized in the first two weeks.

But the situation this year is a bit special. Zhou Yutang released the news in advance and locked in the Lunar New Year period.

Other production companies are avoiding it like a tiger or a wolf - many films have been moved up or postponed.

The deterrent power of the top star in the domestic entertainment industry is also most directly reflected in Lu Chuan.

Whether it's "Everything is Fine" with Zhang Guoli and Yao Dazui, or "Vanishing Lover" with Leon Lai and Wang Luodan, these domestic films released in early January were no match for "Detective Chinatown" and were easily crushed at the box office.

Even the imported blockbusters "Sherlock Holmes: The Abominable Bride", "The Last Witch Hunter" and "The Psychic" could not stop the rapid growth of "Detective Chinatown".

It was not until the globally popular "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" landed in the Chinese film market and grossed 1.96 million yuan on the first day that it took over the throne of the daily box office champion in China from "Detective Chinatown".

"This Star Wars series is a real cash cow."

Even Zhou Yutang felt a little jealous.

According to data analysis provided by professional box office organizations, this movie’s global box office is expected to exceed 20 billion US dollars!
The smoke of the New Year’s celebration has dissipated, and it is less than a month away from the Spring Festival.

The animated film "War of the Nian Beast", produced by Youku and led by Ning Hao Bad Monkey, also targeted the Spring Festival period and began to be promoted on various programs.

"Director Ning, you have something, do you want to knock Zhou Xingxing off?"

Zhou Yutang couldn't help but tease him, and Ning Hao said with a bitter face: "Brother, you are about to make 3 billion at the box office, don't joke with me, how can we beat this?"

The most anticipated film during this year's Spring Festival is naturally Stephen Chow's "The Mermaid".

With the sentimental marketing of "I owe Stephen Chow a movie ticket" and the mutual appreciation between the two hotly hyped weeks, it is conceivable that the traffic will go through the roof.

Wang Pangzi’s “The King’s Avatar 3” is no pushover either.

Although the previous movie did not have a good reputation, the box office was close to 1 billion, so it was still sharpening its knife.

Gong Huang's "Journey to the West: The Monkey King 3 Strikes Back the White Bone Demon" is also working hard on marketing in order to take advantage of the popularity of this year's "The Return of the Great Sage".

In comparison, Ning Hao's "The War between the Nian Beast and the Nian" seems a bit dull and can only be said to be a sip of soup from the Spring Festival period.

“I watched Detective Chinatown, it was really great.

Stephen Chow began to promote The Mermaid, saying publicly: "Wang Baoqi and Lu Han are both excellent actors, it's a pity that Governor Zhou didn't act in the film himself.

However, don’t feel too bad, he already had a wonderful performance in The Mermaid, you can look forward to it, he is the king of comedy.”

Lim Yoona, who plays the mermaid, also appeared on various variety shows to promote the movie.

There is also a rehearsal for B Station's Starlight Awards. This year, Yoona Lin has also received an invitation to B Station's Starlight Show.

"Oppa, the temperature has dropped a lot recently, please wear more clothes! (*￣3)(ε￣*)"

Yoona posted a selfie taken backstage. She was wearing a dress specially customized by the designer. Her face was as pure as a deer, and her makeup was delicate yet a little sexy.

Zhou Yutang, who was full of righteousness, found it difficult to control himself and took the bait: "See you next week."

"The TV series The Journey of Flower directed by Lin Yufen continues to be popular, topping the ratings and leading the entire network. It is another phenomenal hit drama in Jiangdong!"

"The TV series 'The Lonely and Great God', co-directed by Lin Yufen and Yu Feihong and starring Zhou Yutang, Zhu Yilong, Gao Ye, and Zhang Ruolan, has wrapped up filming, but Governor Zhou was not seen at the wrap party."

Zhao Xiaogu is extremely popular now. Liu Tianxian and Liu Shishi did not attend this year's Weibo Night. She won this year's Weibo Queen with an absolute advantage.

After the filming of "The God of Splendor" was completed, Brother Long gained countless fans with the role of Bai Zihua and was punished to stand on the entertainment news page for more than a month.

It was no surprise that he won the title of Weibo King.

Brother Long didn’t care much about this kind of award, but Wu Yifan and Li Yifeng couldn’t help but feel disappointed.

These days, Zhou Yutang has been busy with various meetings, the financial staff of Jiangdong Entertainment are very busy, and the employees' faces are filled with joy.

The revenue share from the film and television projects in the middle of this year has been gradually paid in, and the year-end bonus is much more generous than last year.

At this time, Dongwu Pictures CEO Chen Xi flew back to Beijing from abroad to attend the year-end meeting at the Jiangdong headquarters.

"Except for "Wu Xin: The Monster Killer" and "Go Princess Go", the company's main projects such as "Pretty Li Hui Zhen", "Nirvana in Fire", and "The Journey of Flower" which is still being broadcast have all achieved returns beyond expectations."

Jiang Xueluan is doing the annual work summary of the TV drama business department: "In addition, the company's investment in "The Disguiser" also achieved remarkable results."

After a pause, her voice suddenly rose a few degrees: "Mr. Zhou's starring role in "Celebrating Yu Nian 3" is scheduled to be broadcast after the Spring Festival, and the crew of "My Dangerous Wife" may not finish shooting until a few days before the New Year."

"As for "Signal" and "Ode to Joy", post-production is almost complete and we plan to hold a screening after the New Year."

In fact, Jiangdong Entertainment has participated in many projects. Some of them are not the main producers, but only participate as investors and receive subsequent dividends.

For example, "The Legend of Miyue", the ratings of this drama can compete with the earlier "The Journey of Flower", but with the success of "The Legend of Zhen Huan", its reputation is much worse, and it is estimated that the long-tail effect is not very good.

There is also Mi Xing's "Dear Translator". Da Mi Mi worked overtime day and night and finished the whole drama in more than a month. It is now in post-production. Lemon Film and Television's "Mr. Good" is also being filmed in full swing.

Ni Ni looked at the executives in the conference room with interest.

Internet funds have poured into the entertainment industry. Since Xu Ming, many senior executives of Jiangdong Entertainment have been poached for large sums of money to take up important positions in companies such as Huayi and Bona.

There is also a lot of fresh blood joining in.

Everyone in Jiang Xueluan's TV drama business department holds their heads high and chests puffed out, with the spirit that Governor Zhou is first and I am second.

No wonder they are proud.

Just looking at the performance report of Jiangdong's TV drama business department, it can defeat several leading film and television companies such as Huanrui, Huace, and New Classics Media.

Wow! Wow! Wow!
The applause in the conference room was muted by Zhou Yutang who raised his hand, as if he had pressed the mute button.

Ni Ni held her chin with both hands, watching Governor Zhou begin to drink chicken soup passionately, and smiled quietly.

Everyone was so excited that they wanted to cancel their annual leave and get to work right away.

The dark circles under her eyelids were concealed by foundation and were not very obvious. She just looked at Zhou Yutang with a sense of accomplishment, arranging the next stage of work for the exquisite PPT that she had worked overtime on all night.

This PPT has been revised many times according to Zhou Yutang's ideas. Ni Ni has memorized the contents by heart, but she is still a little expectant.

Because he saw Commander Zhou with his shirt sleeves rolled up to his elbows, commanding this group of elites with great authority.

——This gave her a sense of joy and satisfaction in her spirit.

Her legs were crossed in flesh-colored stockings, and her toes were tiptoeing on a pair of satin silk flat shoes.

"Next year, the S-level project "Three Lives Three Worlds Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms" will be launched, and Lin Liang will be responsible for the early casting preparations."

"In addition, we will start preparing for the Snow Blade project next year."

"We're going to shoot in the snow!?"

The Jiangdong executives in the conference room were all excited, and all turned their heads to the projection screen. "The entire series of "Snow Swordsman" will be divided into three seasons, with a total budget starting at 900 million, with no upper limit. It has been preliminarily confirmed that Zhou Yutang will play the male lead, and Zhang Ruojun will play the male supporting role Wen Hua. It is planned to invite an all-star cast, and some roles will be selected through auditions..."

"The project will be officially announced after the new year and the preliminary preparations will begin. It is expected to start filming in the second half of the year at the earliest..."

Chen Xi leaned back in his chair, glanced at Jiang Xueruo, whose smile was harder to suppress than AK, and crossed his arms around his shoulders, pouting.

The entire TV drama department was buzzing with excitement. The popularity of the IP series "Snow" was no less than that of "Celebrating Yu Nian".

This was Governor Zhou’s debut work, and it was originally proposed for film and television adaptation at the same time as “Joy of Life”. It was a jackpot among jackpots.

However, considering that the special effects and other production conditions were not yet mature at the time, the less difficult "Joy of Life" series was operated first.

Now that the entire "Joy of Life" series has been a huge success, it is only natural to turn around and promote "Snow in the Snow".

Zhou Yutang stopped to drink some water, leaving everyone enough time to digest.

Seeing that Lin Liang looked a little strange, he asked, "Old Lin, what's your problem?"

"Mr. Zhou, this is it."

Lin Liang stood up and said earnestly: "My ability is limited. I have to push forward the casting work for "Three Lives Three Worlds". I am afraid that I will be too busy by then. Why don't we give the project of "Snow" to Wu Wenbin? He is very capable and has experience."

Everyone's eyes fell on Wu Wenbin.

Lin Liang was a loyal minister, while Wu Wenbin joined Jiangdong halfway through.

But he has done well and has risen quickly. Now he has become the deputy manager of Jiangdong Casting Department. He is a rare and powerful person.

"Manager Lin really takes good care of me!"

When Wu Wenbin's name was called, his back suddenly straightened up. At this moment, he probably thought about all the sad things in his life, but he still couldn't help but smile.

In the entire entertainment industry, how many people can participate in major TV drama projects with S+ positioning?
Moreover, Zhou Yutang is the lead actor and these three films are top-notch productions with a starting cost of 900 million yuan!
"We need to give Wenbin more responsibilities, like this."

Zhou Yutang glanced at Lin Liang calmly: "You work with Wenbin. When the time comes, come up with a plan first, and then talk about this misty theater..."

In addition to these two S-level dramas which are key projects for next year, Jiangdong Entertainment also has other TV drama plans.

"My Dangerous Wife", which is still being filmed in Taiwan, and the upcoming "Day and Night", are the future works of Misty Theater.

Perhaps, in terms of scale, it is inferior to those two large-scale fantasy productions.

But this year Zhou Yutang has made the entire suspense and crime film and television category popular, which is now one of the hottest TV drama genres, and its positioning is at least A+ level.

"Sister Fang, please coordinate Pan Yueming's schedule for the first half of the year."

Zhou Yutang propped himself up on the table and said, "He is the male lead in this drama, and the other roles are to be determined."

"Okay, Mr. Zhou, I'll arrange it."

Zhou Shufang wrote it down in her notebook.

You finish your performance and we will take the stage. After the TV drama business department finishes their summary, the big show will begin.

Chen Min, who went to Beijing to report on his work and meet the Grand Commander, pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose and gave a simple report very calmly. However, the achievements he revealed were astonishing.

"Oh my god, the mobile game "The Journey of Flower" has a monthly revenue of 2.2 million!?"

"There's a photo online. Cook came to Xingchen for an inspection last month."

The expressions of several arrogant executives in the TV drama business department changed slightly, and everyone looked at Chen Min with awe.

"The Journey of Flower" is just one of Jiangdong's hit projects this year. There is also the web game "Nirvana in Fire" and the web game of the same name "Wuxin: The Monster Killer", both of which are quite popular.

This is fucking faster than making money by robbing a bank, right?
There were many senior executives at the meeting, some of whom were even playing "Honor of Kings", including Feng Ji, who participated in the Jiangdong headquarters conference for the first time this year.

He knew that this was the mobile game that Xingchen was pushing hard this year, and it was slowly getting on the right track, so the future was definitely promising.

After the meeting, Zhou Yutang stayed with Chen Min and Feng Ji to chat.

After being recruited, You Ke upgraded his weapons and became more regular.

The company's headquarters is in Sucheng, and Zhou Yutang has a villa in Sucheng.

It is right next to the Humble Administrator's Garden, with a quiet environment and pleasant scenery, but it has been idle for a long time and is just the right base for the game science team.

The Youke team originally had only a few people, and it was obviously unable to support a team for a 3A masterpiece.

We continued to recruit people this year and transferred a few elites from Xingchen, finally forming a team of more than 30 people.

But according to Feng Ji, the early development of Black Myth was not smooth, and the project cycle would take at least three to four years.

"That means it won't be released until the second half of 18 at the earliest?"

"Mr. Zhou, this is just the best possible outcome of the ideal situation."

Feng Ji explained with his hands moving, "After discussion, our team decided to set up a team to work on the mobile game project while promoting Black Myth. This will help solve some of the funding issues and also help us accumulate experience so that we don't lose touch with the market."

Zhou Yutang nodded slightly, probably understanding Feng Ji's thoughts.

Just by his words, the group of scattered soldiers in Game Science got an investment of 20 million from the governor.

Because the Black Mythology project did not reveal much information to the public, many people had privately explored the team's background.

Some even suspected that Governor Zhou was finding ways to funnel money to a third-generation entrepreneur with a strong background in Game Science who wanted to start a business.

It is not an easy task to make a domestic 3A masterpiece.

This initial investment of 20 million is just a drop in the bucket, and more funds will definitely be needed in the future.

For Feng Ji, this is pie in the sky, but also a pressure.

No reward for no merit.

He is eager to achieve results to prove his ability.

Feng Ji is also a talented person similar to the leader of the miHoYo team.

How is it possible that there is no arrogance in my bones?

"I said I would not interfere with your decision-making."

Zhou Yutang laughed and said, "As long as you are sure it will not affect the progress of the Black Myth project, I have no objection."

"Thank you, Mr. Zhou."

"Let's go check out the progress of October Culture. You can communicate more with Lao Tian and the others when you have time."

Zhou Yutang got up and took Feng Ji and Chen Min to visit October Culture.

When I came out, I had a casual meal in the company cafeteria in the evening.

Feng Ji was eager to return home and rushed back to Hangzhou to gather the team to make a planning plan.

When I heard that Zhou Yutang had a meeting with Zhang Yiming in the evening, I couldn't help but sigh at the great energy of the commander-in-chief.

Working from morning to night, Ni Ni just said that she has a date after the meeting.
Chen Min went back with him. Xingchen Games was such a big business that his business was much busier than Feng Ji's. He had many confrontations with both Ma and Xiao Ma.

Jiangdong's driver took them to the airport and they chatted on the way.

Seeing the Grand Commander's attitude towards Feng Ji and the obvious importance he attached to the project being run by Game Science, Chen Min was extremely enthusiastic.

After failing in a palace fight at Sohu and being severely beaten, he followed Zhou Yutang for a few years and learned the ways of the world. He took the initiative to show his kindness to his younger brother.

"Mr. Feng, we are all family. If you encounter any trouble in the future, you can always ask me. I will definitely help if I can."

"Mr. Chen, just call me Xiao Feng. I still have a lot to learn from you guys."

Facing this senior who has already become a giant in the gaming industry, Feng Ji also maintained the necessary courtesy and humility.

He was more interested in the "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" that was about to be launched by Star Games. When he heard Chen Min say that it was Zhou Yutang's idea, he was curious and admired him.

"You can come to Xingchen Company when you have time. Sucheng is not far from Shanghai. It is said that Suzhou and Shanghai are like one family. Let's communicate more in the future."

"It's a great honor to be able to communicate and learn with Mr. Chen. I heard that miHoYo is in the same building as Xingchen?"

"You asked the right person. I had dinner with Xiao Cai yesterday."

——Familiar memories began to attack Chen Min, and he thought of Jiangdong’s biological son Mihoyo.

The Grand Commander of Jiangdong gave money and people when they asked for them, and also used his own connections to pave the way for them.

Last year, I finally made a big splash, and this year I’m playing bigger and bigger. I’ve put all the money I earned in previous years into new projects.

Both of them are insiders, so they inevitably mentioned the black myth that Youke was doing. Chen Min knew the funds needed to complete such a project, and couldn't help but sigh,

"Mr. Zhou is sentimental."

"Yes."

Feng Ji also sighed: "Boss Zhou said that all the resources of the Jiangdong system can be mobilized, and he only cares about the results."

"Mr. Zhou does things like this, just work hard."

Chen Min patted the junior on the shoulder.

The two people had different thoughts, but they could both feel it very intuitively.

Jiangdong's complete content industry chain enables mutual resource sharing and has created a healthy ecosystem.

The TV series and movies produced by Jiangdong Entertainment have amazing profits in themselves.

However, the revenue generated by film and television derivative products is even greater than the revenue brought by the film and television series themselves.

Stellar Games is just the tip of the iceberg, and game science is still in its infancy.

There are also other companies invested by Zhou Yutang.

In most of the equity ratios of these companies, Zhou Yutang holds the dominant position behind the scenes.

For example, the Yu Sheng brand has grown from an online store to the top level in the industry in just a few years, but it was helped by Jiangdong Entertainment.

Deeply embedded in Jiangdong's film and television dramas, the stars in those hit film and television dramas all wear Yu Sheng's clothes, and their influence and recognition among young people are very exaggerated.

There is also a real behemoth hidden beneath the surface, ByteDance.

It seems that Zhou Yutang has built a huge entertainment empire based on Jiangdong Entertainment.

ps: I will update the typos first and then correct them, watch the game...

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