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Chapter 730: The Immortals Form a Game, and the Stars Rise

"How about Liang Chaowei playing Cao Changqing?"

Zhou Yutang's simple words were like thunder out of the blue.

A great man of Chu would rather die singing in the rain than live under someone else's roof.

It is also an extremely eye-catching and important role in "Snow". Liang Chaowei can indeed perfectly substitute for Canjian in the green robe in "Hero".

Wu Wenbin looked embarrassed and hesitated to speak. Lin Liang coughed softly and said, "Boss Zhou, this... this may not be easy to handle."

Even though the Hong Kong entertainment industry has declined, King Liang's status is still very high. It is unlikely that he will come down to earth to act in a TV series, and he would only be a supporting role.

"Ask first."

Zhou Yutang continued browsing the tablet: "I'll go to Hong Kong to discuss it later. It doesn't have to be him."

He and Liang Chaowei are just acquaintances, and the relationship was purely based on the compatibility of the roles.

On the contrary, he has a close relationship with Ren Dahua and Lin Yu.

Simon Yam is completely within his comfort zone in playing this kind of overbearing hero and will certainly be able to handle the villain Tuoba Bodhisattva.

Lindsay's body shape makes it perfectly suitable for him to play the role of Lu Qiu'er.

As for Zhang Yuqi and Liu Yan, who took the initiative to audition for the role of the courtesan Yu Youwei, it was not easy to choose.
These are nothing. I heard Zhou Yutang say that Hu Ge will play Chen Wang and Chen Xiao will play Zhao Kai.
It was still a little cold in Beijing in March. Wu Wenbin opened the collar of his shirt and felt a little hot.

When others said it, he thought it was just a joke, but the Grand Admiral had the confidence to do so.

If this project in the snow is really successfully prepared, it will be a miracle that has never happened before.

Even the steady Lin Liang felt dry in the mouth. He drank a few more sips of wolfberry tea from the thermos cup and finally calmed down. His brain was working fast, and he gently reminded:

"Mr. Zhou, the pay may exceed the budget by then."

“Pay is not an issue.”

Zhou Yutang tapped his finger on the table and said, "Geely wants to enter the market, so let Jiang Xueluan go and negotiate."

For the film and television projects he personally participated in, many people wanted to give him money.

When Wang Changtian of Guangxian came to Jiangdong Building, he happened to meet Zhou Yiwei.

The latter got out of the business car with a smile on his face, greeted the fans who were shouting "Ding Xiu" and "Jia Qian Jushi" at the door, and then walked quickly into the Jiangdong Building with his assistant.

"Director Wang, what a coincidence?"

Zhou Yiwei paused.

"Come for an audition?"

"Haha, I'm lucky. I passed the audition and will sign the contract today."

"Congratulations then."

Zhou Yiwei had appeared in a Guangguang Film Studio before, and Wang Changtian was somewhat acquainted with him, so they chatted for a while when they met.

Since we are in Jiangdong, we can't help but talk about things related to Zhou Yutang.

"Joy of Life" ended perfectly, and new projects took over. Last night's live broadcast was firmly on the headlines. It can be said that it was a feast for the eyes and a blast.

Zhou Yiwei observed as he spoke.

It was discovered that the assistant behind Wang Changtian seemed to be carrying an exquisite gift bag.

What is this doing?
Give gifts to Governor Zhou?

He was right. Old Wang knew that Zhou Yutang liked to drink tea, so he brought some tea.

Watching a beautiful woman pouring tea with her bare hands is also a kind of enjoyment. Ni Ni's skillful and graceful movements are truly pleasing to the eye.

Zhou Yutang raised his cup and gazed at the clear, bright golden tea. The rich aroma filled the air and infused his sense of smell.

Take another sip and put it down immediately. You will feel the lingering fragrance on your lips and teeth, which makes you feel relaxed and happy.

Since Zeng Li cultivated the habit of drinking tea and he has a good understanding of the tea ceremony, it is clear that the tea that Lao Wang brought was indeed Anxi Tieguanyin.

Wu Jing took the teacup and gulped it down like a cow drinking water, then flipped through the budget project book for the movie.

The main reason I came here today is to discuss the investment share of "Wolf Warrior 2". In addition to Lao Wang and Wu Jing, there is also a vice president of China Film Group.

Zhou Yutang sank into the sofa chair in the reception area and casually placed his legs under the coffee table on the leather footstool.

"The investment scale of this movie is much larger than that of the first one."

"The cost calculation done by the team is 3 million, which can be reduced to 2.5 million."

After rereading the film budget twice, the vice president of China Film Group confirmed that he had read it correctly and swallowed his saliva: "Boss Zhou, are you going to do something so big?"

The first film had an investment of 1.5 million yuan and the final total box office was over million yuan, which was considered a small profit.

The second part directly increased by 100 million on the original basis. If a project of this level fails, it is possible to drag down a company.

"This is a budget based on the top commercial blockbusters. There are many scenes that need to be shot overseas, and 2.5 million is enough for all."

Zhou Yutang glanced at it casually and said, "If China Film has any objections, it doesn't have to follow."

"Boss Zhou, I need to ask for instructions from the director."

The vice president stood up and called La Peikang to report.

La Peikang, who was in a meeting, was still thinking about the main theme project. He frowned and asked, "Did Zhou Yutang participate in the performance himself?"

"No, Wu Jing directed and acted in it himself."

"Then you decide. Just ask for 10%."

...

Wu Jing participated in the entire script writing process and knew the general idea. At this moment, he was frowning and absent-minded, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Wang Changtian looked through the documents carefully and found that there were indeed more grand scenes and exciting action scenes than the previous work, including hundreds of cars exploding and tanks drifting and other spectacular scenes.

The three of them exchanged ideas on the script from time to time.

After about seven or eight minutes, the vice president came back and said with a smile, "Let's continue and talk about the share issue."

Wang Changtian put down the documents in his hand and sat up straight: "Yu Tang, what do you mean?"

He trusts Zhou Yutang 100 percent.

Guangguang has been following Jiangdong for the past few years. Zhou Yutang has been eating a lot of meat, and he has also been drinking a lot of meat soup.

Zhou Yutang raised his teacup and took a sip, then said lightly, "I'm in control, 100 million, and I want 60% of the share."

Wang Changtian and Wu Jing nodded, not thinking there was anything unreasonable.

Friendship is friendship, business is business.

If you want to get on a ship in Jiangdong now, the market situation is like this. If you don’t pay, there are plenty of people rushing to get in.

After discussing for a while, it was decided that this time, just like the first part, the four companies are still Jiangdong, Guangxian, Dengfeng, and China Film.

China Film only wants 10% of the share.

China Film Group invested in Wu Baige's "The Chase" and booked Chen Shishi's "The Legend of the Demon Cat" which is ready to be released.

This military film is considered a niche track, and it is not a project that Zhou Yutang himself is involved in. It focuses on stability.

The remaining two companies, Guangguang and Dengfeng, are supporting the company.

Wang Changtian was also a busy man. After the verbal agreement, he hurried back to the company as he had an important meeting to attend.

Wu Jing hesitated to leave. Zhou Yutang saw that his expression was a little subtle, so he took the initiative to ask, "Brother Jing, are you in trouble?"

"I can't hide anything from you."

Wu Jing scratched his head and said, "Yu Tang, I may not be able to come up with so much money at once. If not, I can mortgage the house. There are still procedures for loan issuance."

"Why did you mortgage the house?"

"Ugh."

Wu Jing shook his head and said with a wry smile: “It’s not as big as your family’s business.”

He entered the entertainment industry early, but made almost no money during those years in Hong Kong.

I was so impulsive at the time that I directed and starred in a movie called "Wolf Tooth", but ended up losing everything I had. It was only in recent years that things got better.

He takes 20% of the share, and after deducting the director and actors' salaries, he still has to pay another 50 million. Where can he come up with so much money at once?

"It is really unnecessary to mortgage the house."

Seeing Wu Jing's dilemma, Zhou Yutang patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "We need to find someone to endorse the newly released "PUBG" and future mobile versions. I think your image is quite suitable. I can advance the fee to you in advance."

Wu Jingwawa's face was filled with clear gratitude: "Yu Tang, thank you so much."

Ni Ni, who came in to deliver documents, always felt that Zhou Yutang looked like a fox when he smiled.

Jiangdong Entertainment is very mature in the overall development of the project. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is ready to go, and subsequent mobile game projects are already in preparation.

If you calculate the time, the PUBG mobile game will not be released until next year at the earliest. By then, when Wolf Warrior 2 is released, we can take advantage of the opportunity to invite Wolf Warrior Leng Feng to be the spokesperson. Wouldn’t that be great?
"Where do you want to jump?"

"Airport."

As the parachutes opened, 100 players were dropped by the plane onto an island called Erangel.

The wind was whistling, and Zhou Yutang's expression gradually became focused, controlling his character to dive down from the air.

A muscular man with a floral shirt, a pair of big sunglasses and a mohawk rolled to the ground.

He picked up an AK from the ground with smooth movements and fired continuously.

The sound of the bullet leaving the gun was like the roar of a wild beast.

Soon, a female character kneeled on the ground, waving a frying pan.
Players who didn't pick up weapons fled in all directions, some trembled and hid in the bushes under the building pretending to be dead.

There were gunshots in Building C and someone threw a grenade. It seemed like the whole building was shaking.

Wearing a level 2 helmet and level 3 armor, Zhou Yutang killed people with his AK, and the police station was littered with boxes.

Zhou Jielun, who jumped onto the viaduct, was a little depressed: "Brother, wait a minute, spare my life, don't kill me, I am Zhou Jielun."

"Are you Jay Chou? I'm still Zhou Yutang."

The person on the other end turned on the microphone and laughed at him in a very disrespectful manner. He squatted down and hit him to death with a frying pan.

"Fuck San Xiao!"

Milk Tea Zhou is usually quite well behaved. It’s rare that she gets so anxious that she swears, but she still saves her dignity:
"How unlucky he is. He was badly injured just now and was just one shot away." Seeing Zhou Yutang killed six or seven people and then was shot by a sniper rifle with a 98K that came from nowhere, he finally felt balanced and pretended nothing happened.

Zhou Yutang quickly exited the game and chatted casually with classmate Milk Tea Zhou while waiting in line: "You want to start an e-sports team?"

“Yeah, that’s quite interesting.”

Jay Chou is a veteran League of Legends player himself. He plays as a Juggernaut jungler and is ranked gold in the Taiwan server with ease.

Zhou Yutang's Jiangdong team won the global finals championship last year, and a lot of capital in the circle has set its sights on the blue ocean of e-sports.

Like Wanda Xiaowang, he has a loud voice and said that if he doesn’t make it to the world championship, he will eat that thing.

This year, Milk Tea Zhou signed a memorandum of cooperation with China Digital Culture, using the exclusive authorization of her own portrait and name and part of the funds in exchange for 1000 million shares of China Digital Culture.

Then it directly acquired the Taipei Assassins TPA, a strong team in the LMS zone exclusive to Taiwan Province, and prepared to recruit troops and make a big move.

Taking advantage of the launch of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, he made an appointment to play games with Zhou Yutang, actually with the intention of learning from him.

After all, Governor Zhou was the first person in China to develop the e-sports industry.

The Jiangdong team, which has now won two S-League championship trophies, is a recognized e-sports powerhouse with countless fans.

Moreover, this year Bilibili also operated a new team BLG.

It still continues the model of the Jiangdong team and uses several talented new players.

As a result, they emerged as a dark horse in the spring season, sweeping many veteran strong teams in the LPL and pointing their sword directly at the Jiangdong aircraft carrier.

"Release more songs, work harder on the tour, and stop thinking about playing games all the time. Do your fans know that you are not doing your job properly?"

"Come on, I work very hard, okay?"

While the two were talking, their game characters entered the queue hall and played passionately in a double queue for more than three hours, and finally got the first chicken of the night.

“PUBG is really fun.”

Milk Tea Zhou sighed.

He originally wanted to fight again, but he had a schedule tomorrow.

After agreeing to fight again another day, they reluctantly put an end to this game.

The Chinese gaming market is particularly lively this year.

Xingchen Games vigorously promoted the mobile game "Honor of Kings", which attracted many game players and finally took the throne of the mobile game king.

In March, the computer platform game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds brought many players back to Internet cafes, shouting and shaking their mice passionately.

This game is actually very simple.

It depends on both strength and luck.

In each game, up to 100 players will be dropped by plane onto an island called Erangel.

At the beginning, everyone has nothing and can freely choose their landing point by parachuting, and then collect weapons, equipment, medicines and other resources on the map.

Make yourself stronger, then compete for survival in an ever-shrinking safe zone until only one player remains.

When I saw “Winner winner, chicken dinner” appear on the screen, I felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction.

This is a line from the movie "21".

In Las Vegas casinos, there was a potato, vegetable and chicken fast food meal that sold for $1.79. At that time, the profit from winning a bet was $2, which was enough to buy a chicken meal for dinner, so this became a joke among gamblers after they won money.

The translation into Chinese is more straightforward: Good luck, and we’ll eat chicken tonight!

"Boss Zhou, it's exploded."

Even Chen Min's voice was filled with uncontrollable excitement: "28 copies were sold on the first day, and the total sales in three days exceeded 1500 million US dollars!"

The project team originally estimated that sales in the first month would not exceed 100 million at most, but with the current momentum, it will take less than half a month to break the one million mark. Such sales speed is very rare in the gaming industry.

"Game maintenance should be done well, and players' opinions should be sought more often"

Zhou Yutang was also in a good mood and talked to Chen Min about the next key points.

Ever since he came up with the concept of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds.

It has been nearly four years since we slowly built the basic framework and perfected the specific details.

The seeds that were carelessly sown in the past have finally grown and it is finally time to harvest.

Foreign media reported back to China that the Sino-US co-produced sci-fi thriller "The Meg" has officially started filming in New Zealand.

Nazha, looking cool and beautiful in a leather jacket, standing next to another leading actor, Jason Statham, is like a combination of beauty and the beast, with the beautiful one standing out.

Zhou Yutang was busy with the casting of "Snow" and did not go, but he sent two generals, Zou Zhongyan and Chen Xi, to take charge, and the crew ran smoothly.

By the end of March, the sales volume and number of online users of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds continued to grow steadily and rapidly, and finally on the tenth day, sales exceeded one million.

The official account of Xingchen Games updated the game’s sales figures on the Steam platform in real time.

Many people turned their attention to Zhou Yutang's Star Game.

Relying on Jiangdong Entertainment's powerful film and television hits, Xingchen Games, which has continuously launched web games and mobile games of the same name, has risen at an incredible speed and has carved out a path for itself in the gaming circle.

But no one expected that Star Games would hit the jackpot this time!

Once "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds", which was personally supported by Zhou Yutang, was launched, in addition to the strong support from Chinese players, a large part of the support came from the activeness of global users.

Marketing methods can only be said to be icing on the cake; the most important thing is the quality of the game itself.

The word-of-mouth accumulated from players from the bottom up has led to a rapidly growing number of players around the world.

This growth rate can be described as exaggerated in the PC gaming industry. The industry predicts that PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds will be a phenomenal tactical competitive shooting game.

"No one has ever done this before, and it has allowed foreign countries to see the technical strength and production level of China's game industry."

Ding Sanshi, the No. 1 IT pig farmer, publicly stated in an interview: "Only after years of accumulation can one achieve a stunning success. Chen Min fought a great battle.

This battle is enough to be recorded in the history of Chinese games, and it is also enough to make Xingchen Games famous.

Congratulations to Governor Zhou. As far as I know, he is the mastermind behind this project. Gaming is also a branch of the entertainment industry. No one in China can do this better than him.”

Today, Xingchen Games made a breakthrough and became famous, and held a media conference.

Chen Min, CEO of Star Games, spoke at the media conference, "This game was first proposed by CEO Zhou. I remember it was at a meeting in 2012. He came to our company to promote a movie and suddenly mentioned the inspiration he got from Battle Royale and The Hunger Games.

Then everyone gradually got this concept in their minds.

Without him, there would be no PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds today.

The entire game development process was actually a tedious and long process, with many difficulties, because we had no experience before, and it was a complete blank sheet of paper, including map making, and many details had to be improved little by little. Our team also put in a lot of effort for this, but fortunately, the game product was recognized by the players, the results were good, and it did not disappoint Mr. Zhou's expectations."

Chen Min, who has already become famous in the gaming circle, still couldn't help feeling excited. He looked up at the big screen, which listed a series of eye-popping sales data, and was filled with pride.

This game is enough to make the vast majority of gamers in China raise their heads with pride, and it is even a big shock to the entire gaming industry!

"You call this a good grade?"

Other domestic game manufacturers who watched the live broadcast of this press conference were almost stimulated to the point of fainting by the Versailles Chen Min.

As the producer, there is no doubt that Star Games made a lot of money.

But more important than the economic benefits is that for the first time a Chinese game has been recognized worldwide.

As a certain professional gaming website commented:
This is a new milestone in the history of Chinese games!

It’s late March and the Academy Awards are approaching.

Before going to Hong Kong, Zhou Yutang attended the Asian premiere press conference of "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" in Beijing.

Seeing that Marvel superheroes are in full swing, DC is getting anxious back home.

The current president of Warner attaches great importance to the advancement of this project and had already booked Zhou Yutang's schedule years ago.

The first stop of the film's global tour was in the capital, and media from many parts of Asia flocked to the event.

Director Zack Snyder was there with Batman Ben Affleck, Superman Henry Cavill, and Wonder Woman all on board.

The purpose is to build momentum for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and pave the way for the future of the DC Universe.

Today's Chinese film market has gradually caught up with the gap with North America. At the beginning of every Hollywood blockbuster project, full consideration must be given to the possibility of developing the Chinese film market.

Governor Zhou, who adheres to the principle of treating everyone equally, has been spending the past few days with Liu Yifei who returned to Beijing. He even brought little Liu to the press conference with him.

Today, Liu Tianxian was only wearing a black gauze dress and light makeup. Her skin, as white as snow, looked glowing against the black background.

She stayed quietly beside Zhou Yutang.

The man is handsome and the woman is beautiful, they are a perfect match.

After greeting Director Zack Snyder, Superman and Batman met Zhou Yutang, shook hands cordially, and then hugged each other - this is the usual way of greeting among foreigners.

Until he paused at Wonder Woman's side.

Zhou Yutang felt this woman stroke the palm of his hand, and he couldn't help but frown and his eyes turned.

When masters fight, a lot of information can be read from just one glance.

The long-legged foreign mare seemed to be aware that Warner executives were contacting him to take over the DC superhero project.

Is he placing a bet in advance to please the director?

In response, the Grand Admiral was very calm and said a few polite words. Gal Gadot gave him a warm hug as usual.

Zhou Yutang did not steal the spotlight. He just showed up and sat down in the audience with Miss Liu.

The Warner executive was passionately talking about the layout of the DC Universe. Looking at Wonder Woman, who was laughing so hard with her long legs crossed on the stage, Liu Yifei came up and suddenly asked:
"Xiao Zhou, who do you think is prettier, me or Wonder Woman?"

"She is far worse than you."

On issues like these, any hesitation for even a second longer would be disrespectful to Governor Zhou.

Sometimes women's intuition is really scary.

No matter from which angle you look at it, Wonder Woman's teasing action just now was very covert, but Liu Yifei still sensed it.

Even if she pretended not to care, Zhou Yutang could still sense her little emotions. This was Aquaman's passive skill.

Zhou Yutang quietly held Miss Liu's hand and said in a gentle and persuasive manner: "When you put on Wonder Woman's suit, you will be ten thousand times more beautiful than her."

"You bad guy."

Liu Yifei glared at him with her watery eyes, which were so moist.

(End of this chapter)