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Chapter 751: Governor Zhou, I exchange my brothers for my brothers

The first day's shooting was relatively easy.

In accordance with Zhou Yutang's style of doing things, he held a meeting with the main creative staff of the crew as usual.

By the time it was over, it was already past nine thirty in the evening.

Boss Zhou waved his hand and decided to pay for tonight's midnight snack.

"Mr. Zhou is awesome!"

The crew immediately cheered.

If you rely on the mountains, you will eat the mountains; if you rely on the sea, you will eat the sea.

Xiangshan is located on the coast of the East China Sea and belongs to Ningbo. The local specialty seafood barbecue stalls have fresh ingredients and delicious taste.

Ni Ni sat at a table with her assistant team.

Chirping, so lively.

Xiao Chen, who was sitting next to Ni Ni, took a bite of the crispy roasted yellow croaker and asked curiously, "Sister Ni, I saw that the boss had no problem communicating with Chiba Shinichi. When did he learn Japanese?"

"I am not sure as well."

Ni Ni tasted an oyster, which was sprinkled with chopped green onions and tasted very fresh. "By the way, Xiao Chen, how was your defense?"

It’s almost June, and it’s graduation season again.

Xiao Chen, who was hired ahead of schedule because of his outstanding abilities, is a top student at the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He has been busy with his graduation thesis for some time, traveling back and forth between Beijing and Nanjing.

"It's already been done. We'll have a farewell dinner at school next month."

Speaking of thesis defense, Xiao Chen became visibly happy and made an OK gesture: "Sister Ni, it's all thanks to you. That old professor took good care of me."

"I don't have that much face."

Ni Ni chuckled and brushed the hair by her ear, her eyes frequently looking in Zhou Yutang's direction.

My boss is from Jiangsu Province and has deep connections in the Jiangsu and Shanghai areas.

As the personal secretary of Governor Zhou, Ni Ni once sat at the same table to dine with several senior leaders in Jinling, which gave her some face.

For the sake of her favorite subordinate, after getting Zhou Yutang's approval, she gave a greeting to a school leader of NPU. It was just a simple task, and Xiao Chen's graduation defense became much easier.

"Xiao Chen, you should go back first and have a good rest at night. You have to get up early tomorrow."

"Yes, Sister Ni, I know."

Ni Ni stood up and left the table, unscrewed a bottle of Evian purified water and handed it to Zhou Yutang.

The latter drank most of it in one breath. Liu Yifei felt a little sleepy tonight and did not have supper.

Zhou Yutang came over and showed his face, then left.

In the car, he continued to talk to Joaquin Phoenix, and the two seemed to be arguing about something.

After finally hanging up the phone, Zhou Yutang replied to the message and suddenly raised his eyes to ask Ni Ni beside him: "Do you have anything to say?"

Ni Ni then spoke: "Boss, what happened just now?"

"Nothing much, it's just that Joaquin has his own understanding of Arthur."

Da Mimi posted a photo of her legs, and Zhou Yutang politely replied to the message and explained to Ni Ni at the same time.

Joaquin Phoenix is ​​already preparing for "Joker" in the second half of the year. As a top actor, he always has his own understanding of the role.

Some ideas are good, but some ideas deviate from Zhou Yutang’s original intention, which is a bit troublesome. It is necessary to find a balance between the two people’s ideas.

We have to continue communicating.

During this period, Zhou Yutang talked more with Joaquin than with the beauties around him.

Sometimes they even quarrel over a specific action of a character.

Ni Ni nodded thoughtfully, but she was thinking about other things.

She claims to have some talent for languages, but she has put in a lot of effort in private to be able to speak English well.

Because Zhou Yutang had business in South Korea, he gritted his teeth and learned Korean.

In the past few years, Ni Ni has been with Zhou Yutang almost around the clock, and has been in charge of most of his time management process.

What she was sure of was that apart from her busy work and fish farming, Zhou Yutang had little time to learn the language.

But he is not only fluent in English, he can also speak Korean and Japanese fluently, and can even speak a few words of French and German.

People are more mad than people.

What ordinary people can only do with great difficulty, geniuses do effortlessly.

This dealt a bit of a blow to Ni Ni's self-esteem. She secretly tried to guess Zhou Yutang's secret method of learning languages ​​and planned to learn a few from him.

When I leaned over to take a look, I saw Zhou Yutang holding the number two phone. He first sent a message to Nagasawa Masami, and then quickly replied to Yoona's voice message.

Yoona's birthday is on May 5th, and she and her sister Jessica organized a party to celebrate her birthday.

The South Korean goddess wears a diamond-studded crown on her head, which is sparkling.

With long hair draped over her shoulders, her face supported by her hands, and her lips pouted to look cute, she looks indescribably pure and sweet.

She posted a photo of herself wearing a crown on her social media account, which immediately sparked heated discussion among fans.

There are rumors that it was the work of Governor Zhou. Ni Ni can guarantee that this is definitely not a rumor.

Because it was a specially customized crown jewelry made by her, it is absolutely stunning as a birthday gift.

The perfume Ni Ni often uses recently has a light and pleasant floral scent, like a blooming rose or a fresh and sweet jasmine. Zhou Yutang was refreshed, but she finally asked, "Boss, how do you usually learn foreign languages?"

"Don't just talk about it, practice it."

"practice?"

"Didn't Teacher Hou teach you how to learn a foreign language?"

Looking at Zhou Yutang's serious face, Ni Ni's expression twitched slightly.

She knew that Zhou Yutang was talking about Mr. Hou Tianlai, a well-known veteran actor in the circle.

That is, Chen Qingquan in "In the Name of People", is known for his love of learning foreign languages.

This time, Mr. Hou has expanded his acting career and played Xuanyuan Dapan in "In the Snow", which can be said to be what everyone expected.
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"Senior Brother Zhou, Senior Sister Liu?"

When Wu Yuze came to Jiangdong Building, he happened to meet two acquaintances.

"Xiao Wu?"

When Zhou Shen and Liu Lu saw Wu Yuze, they were also slightly stunned, and then took the initiative to come forward to greet him.

This lucky junior fellow was recruited by the Grand Commander of Jiangdong last year, and he caused quite a stir in the Central Academy of Drama, making his junior fellow students from many schools very envious.

Everyone knows that entering Jiangdong Entertainment is like stepping onto the road to success.

However, in recent years, Jiangdong Entertainment has not shown a strong desire to develop its brokerage business and has rarely signed people from outside. The Central Academy of Drama only signed him and Jiang Qiming.

Last year, Liu Yifei joined Wu Yuze's team on a drama tour, and there was a lot of sour gossip in the school, saying that he signed the contract with Jiang Dong just to flatter Liu Tianxian and to get the wife's route.

"Congratulations, Xiao Wu. I heard that you got the job as assistant director for "Snowy"?"

"Good luck, good luck."

"The filming has started over there, why haven't you joined the crew yet?"

"Oh, the company has a contract to sign, so I asked for a day off."

Wu Yuze said with a smile on his face: "Brother Zhou, I heard that you and Sister Liu are doing the post-production of "Mr. Donkey Deshui"? "

"Well, I work at Vision Media. Come and see me later?"

"Won't you bother me?"

"What are you doing? Come and give me some advice."

"Opinion dare not."

Wu Yuze waved his hand and said modestly: "I just want to follow and broaden my horizons."

The three of them sat in the reception area on the first floor for a while, and then went to the editing room of Vision Media together.

The entertainment industry is a big world, and Jiangdong Entertainment is also a small world.

Zhou Yutang graduated from the Film Academy, and most of the artists in the company are also from the Beijing Film Academy, so they are naturally closer.

Among the artists who graduated from the Central Academy of Drama, apart from the Qingyi Lady Zeng Li, Chen Xiao is the one who carries the banner.

Zhou Shen and Liu Lu signed with Happy Twist after graduating from the Central Academy of Drama, and Da Dudu is a major shareholder of Mahua, so he can be considered half of its own.

Now that we have met, it is natural that we should keep in touch more so that we can keep each other warm in the future.

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"'Beijing Meets Seattle: The Unbreakable Love Letter' was fully released, and the final box office closed at 9.37 million, stopping just before the billion mark!"

"The final total box office of "A Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix" reached 1.25 million yuan, and director Wu Tianming's last work ended perfectly!"

Several movies scheduled for the May Day holiday have withdrawn from the theaters, and the next imported blockbusters such as "X-Men: Apocalypse", "Warcraft", and "Finding Dory" have begun pre-promotion.

"Unbreakable Love Letter" ultimately failed to break 1 billion. When Mr. Fan was interviewed, he expressed his regret, but he couldn't suppress the smile on his face.

The box office of 9.37 million is only slightly lower than that of "A Bouquet of Love".

No matter what, it is still the second largest domestic romance film. Together with the previous film, the series of films has grossed over 1.5 billion yuan!
——At least she is better than Sister Lianhua, who is known as the "Double Ice" together with her.

Li Lianhua has a very high status and has many big projects on hand.

As for the movie "Night Peacock" which was released at the end of the month, it was directed by the Chinese-French director Dai Sijie, and starred by superstar Leon Lai and the popular and talented mainland middle-aged actor Liu Huohua. However, the box office on the first day was only 1290 million, and the box office in the first weekend was only 2497 million, which was surprising.

As for another director of Jiang Dongjia, Jin Yukun, he also became a hot search.

He became a trending topic without any effort.

Two years ago, he co-directed a Sino-foreign co-production of a love film with Chen Shijie and Sivalo Konsaku, which was finally released this year.

As a result, the love rivalry between Aunt Wen Li and Taiwan's popular young actor Chen Bailin was performed outside the play, causing a sensation.

"I heard that Director Gu and Aunt Wenli are now playing their own games."

Zhang Ruojun, who had just joined the group, started gossiping mysteriously: "Brother Tang, is this true?"

Even though he often acts cool in front of his fans, his true colors show when he's with Zhou Yutang.

The thin dog was still the cheerful Husky, a little too cheerful. Zhou Yutang's mouth twitched slightly: "Why are you so gossipy?"

"Hey, just asking. Didn't you take a photo of Director Gu and Miss Zhang not long ago?"

It’s no wonder that Zhang Ruojun is overly curious. The media in the circle have always been keen on reporting the romantic anecdotes of famous directors in the circle.

Let’s not talk about Zhou Yutang, who has been on the hot searches almost all year round. Others such as Wang Anquan and Gu Changwei have also provided a lot of material for the onlookers.

She was full of spirit in Farewell My Concubine, and I felt pity for her. But now, Aunt Wen Li is becoming like Liu Xiaoqing.
"Boss Zhou, Brother Ruojun, it's your turn."

The two were chatting on the side when Wu Yuze, who had just joined the group, came over to call people.

Li Muge communicated with the director of photography about the shooting angles, and Wu Yuze, the assistant director, came over to convey and implement the intentions of the director and the director of photography.

The scene filmed today is the one between Xu Fengnian and Wen Hua. They are like father and son outside the play, and brothers in the play.

In the past, Xu Fengnian and Lao Huang were traveling around the world, drinking and drinking, and they met this wooden sword ranger. They had been through a lot together and had similar personalities, so they became close friends.

Wen Hua doesn't have many scenes in the original novel of Snow in the Snow, but he is undoubtedly a very popular supporting character.

To make this character stand out and show a convincing enough brotherhood in the limited screen time requires extraordinary tacit understanding.

Wu Yuze appears to be a scholar on the surface. He is emotionally stable, very patient, and speaks with clear logic.

After some communication, we rehearsed the movement twice and determined the mirror-image distance.

Zhou Yutang couldn't help but nodded. He had heard from Miss Liu that he was very thorough in leading the drama team. It can be seen that in addition to his professional ability, his emotional intelligence was also very high.

This is an all-round talent who can both direct and act. With a little training, he can be useful in the future.

"How are the camera crew, lighting crew, and other departments preparing?"

"OK, Director."

The lighting crew prepared the reflectors and the pole recorder was in place.

"Scene, quiet, 3, 2, 1, start!"

Wen Hua and Xu Fengnian, the good brothers, reunited after a long separation, made their official debut, and chatted happily.

Typically, there are two chairs in front of the monitor.

One is for the director and the other is for the director of photography.

The situation in Zhou Yutang's crew was rather special, as they added an extra chair.

Director Li Muge certainly didn't dare to let the Grand Commander stand, and even a highly respected director of photography like Bao Dexi didn't dare to put on airs in front of the Grand Commander.

Whether in terms of status or ability, Zhou Yutang firmly sits in the C position.

After he sat down, the two of them sat halfway up and discussed the images they had just shot in front of the monitor, and then made adjustments.

Despite the tacit understanding, problems are inevitable during the filming process.

After a scene that had to go through multiple NGs, Zhou Yutang took the initiative to call Zhang Ruojun over to explain the scene: "Xiaogou, pay attention to the sense of distance. What we are filming now is a state of two people reuniting after a long separation. You just acted as if you had just come out of my house after dinner."

"Calm down and don't be so frivolous. Wen Hua is a scoundrel with great ambitions, but he's not really a scoundrel."

Seeing Zhang Ruojun being scolded by Zhou Yutang, Wu Yuze next to him thought about all the sad things in his life and finally tried not to laugh.

Zhou Yutang also relieved the pressure on him and Li Muge.

Big-name actors like Zhang Ruojun basically enjoy privileges on the crew.

This is also the unspoken rule of the entertainment industry.

Zhang Ruojun is relatively easy to talk to. Some big-name stars would even bring their own screenwriters into the crew, directly changing the script and character settings and adding more scenes for themselves.

This is undoubtedly a harm to the structure of the entire play - but the director can only coax it.

If you dare to make comments, those with bad tempers will just give up and go back to the hotel to sleep, making you lose face.

Therefore, sometimes it is not necessarily that the director wants to make a bad movie to hurt the audience's eyes, many big-name stars in the circle may also have to take the blame.

This kind of thing is not a problem at all in Zhou Yutang's crew.

Who’s more famous than Governor Zhou?
Even Liu Yifei was slow to get into the mood and was almost scolded to tears by him.

Zhang Ruojun also followed the instructions and admitted his own mistakes frankly.

We all got together with no ulterior motives but one goal: to get the project done.

Before becoming a director himself, Wu Yuze had played supporting roles in many film crews and worked behind the scenes, and was well versed in the unspoken rules of the entertainment industry.

It is precisely because of this that I realize how rare an opportunity it is to film with Zhou Yutang, and I am naturally full of enthusiasm.

"It's time to eat!"

After the shooting ended in the morning, the staff pushed the cart over. Zhou Yutang's assistant team had specially asked a chef to prepare a special meal according to his taste, which was more sumptuous than the ordinary boxed lunches.

Paying attention to security is one thing, but Ni Ni is also very careful about what she eats and drinks.

Zhang Ruojun's eyes lit up, and he followed over to eat. Zhou Yutang saw Wu Yuze was still busy moving equipment, so he called out,

"Xiao Wu, let's eat first."

"Mr. Zhou, that's okay. I asked the boss to leave a box lunch for me." Wu Yuze wiped his sweat and smiled innocently.

"There are a lot of dishes today, please help me deal with them."

Since it was the Grand Commander who spoke, Wu Yuze went to wash his hands and sat down.

Salt and pepper shrimp, braised hairtail, dry pot cabbage, steamed yellow croaker, green vegetable beef, walnut soup
There are only seven or eight simple dishes, and the seafood fried rice is also cooked to perfection.

Zhang Ruojun grew up in Beijing and loves seafood, but he just doesn't know how to eat mantis shrimp.

In his haste, he was pricked by a mantis shrimp shell and gasped in pain.

Zhou Yutang smiled and demonstrated to him. He poked and lifted the shrimp shell with chopsticks to reveal the crystal clear and plump shrimp meat inside.

His hometown, Yancheng, is close to the sea, and he has eaten a lot of seafood since he was a child.

Seeing that Zhou Yutang didn't have anything to say, Wu Yuze relaxed. They ate and chatted, talking about Happy Twist's new movie.

Zhou Yutang and Wu Yuze met last year because of Liu Yifei's drama and have dealt with each other several times.

I have only met Zhou Shen and Liu Lu twice.

In the current domestic film and television market, just one hit film or TV work can directly bring a company to success.

Happy Twist also became famous because of the movie "Charlotte's Troubles" released two years ago.

"Happy Twist, save the unhappiness!"

As a major shareholder of Mahua, Zhou Yutang has never interfered with the operation of Kaixin Mahua.

It just nodded and allowed the state-owned Tianchao Cultural Industry Investment Fund to enter the market, invested 3.8 million yuan, and acquired 11.33% of the shares of Happy Twist.

After the hit of "Charlotte's Troubles", Mahua was not in a hurry to move forward with the next film and television project.

Instead, he made steady progress and continued to delve into drama. The current movie "Duds" was originally a drama co-created by Zhou Shen and Liu Lu, who graduated from the directing department of the Central Academy of Drama.

"Donkey Deshui, what a weird name, what the hell?"

Zhang Ruojun was a little confused and asked while peeling a shrimp.

“That movie is actually really interesting.”

Wu Yuze explained: "I heard that the inspiration for the story came from a local joke told by a friend of Brother Zhou Shen who was teaching in Gansu. It was said that in a local rural school, in order to solve the water problem, the principal used a donkey to falsely report a teacher's quota and named it 'Lu De Shui'."

"puff!"

Zhang Ruojun laughed so hard that he choked. He commented concisely, "What a talented person! This movie will definitely be interesting."

Zhou Yutang also found it very interesting.

It is humorous and absurd, yet also full of humor.

The most important thing is that the core of the film has enough depth and exposes some social reality problems in China, which is really worth looking forward to.

The filming of "In the Snow" was still divided into two groups, A and B.

Another director, Sun Hao, has strong professional abilities. In the final season of the TV series "Joy of Life", at least 40% of the shots were taken by him. Now he is leading Group B to shoot, which also includes a group of veteran actors, so the pressure is not too great.

It is now June, and Li Muge is leading Group A to focus on filming Wen Hua's scenes these days.

Today is another big show.

Wen Hua had the opportunity to meet Huang Longshi and had already achieved great success in the way of swordsmanship.

He went to the capital to compete in swordplay and defeated the Tangxi swordsman Lu Baijie. Since then, he has become famous in the capital.

Huang Longshi, who had calculated everyone's hearts, was sure that the wooden sword ranger, who came from a humble background, would not give up everything he was about to have for the sake of brotherhood for just one year.

His final move was to let Wen Hua kill Xu Fengnian.

"In my hometown, if you borrow ten taels of money from someone, you must pay back twelve or thirteen taels. You taught me how to use the sword.

Today, I will give up all my martial arts skills and give you an arm and a leg in return."

Blood kept flowing from the corner of Zhang Ruojun's mouth, but a tragic smile bloomed on his paper-pale face.

The Wooden Sword Ranger didn't hesitate at all. He gave up his martial arts and cut off one of his arms and legs.

Beauty and fame are not as important as the brotherhood in his heart.

Wen Hua, who had just entered the martial arts world, folded his sword and faded out of the martial arts world with the most resolute attitude.

Wen Busheng, who had never won in his life, defeated Huang Longshi, who had never lost in his life.

From now on, there may be a legend about the Northern Liang prince Xu Fengnian dominating the world, and there will no longer be such a nonchalant wooden sword ranger in the world.

"Click, passed."

Li Muge was so excited that his eyes were shining. This guy is very good at throwing knives - the death of Chen Pingping in "Joy of Life 3" made countless audiences cry, and it was also rated as one of the most classic shots in the entire series. It is his masterpiece.

After his excitement died down, Li Muge realized that the boss was next to him. He immediately calmed down and turned to ask Zhou Yutang for his opinion.

"no problem."

Zhou Yutang nodded slightly.

Zhang Ruojun's emotions just now were very well-crafted and his performance was impeccable.

Even Liu Yifei, who was watching nearby, had red eyes.

Sincerity is always a must-win.

In the play, Wen Hua treats Xu Fengnian with utmost sincerity.

In real life, Zhang Ruojun and Zhou Yutang also have a very deep relationship.

The two studied together and suffered together.

Everyone knows that the Grand Commander is famous throughout the world and has friends all over the world.

But the first crucial step was taken by Zhang Ruojun, who sacrificed his face and asked his father for a favor.

Of course, Zhou Yutang also gave his brothers great wealth.

Helping Zhang Ruojun become one of the most popular young actors in the circle is secondary. Zhou Yutang's private venture capital company has made many investments with Zhang Ruojun and Zhu Yilong.

This scene was a bit traumatic, and it took Zhang Ruojun a long time to adjust. Zhou Yutang handed him a bottle of water and asked, "How is your old man these days?"

"Still like that, too much trouble."

Zhang Ruojun curled his lips and said, "I thought it was more than ten years ago. That trick doesn't work anymore."

He simply wanted to use his son's way to get on the ship to Jiangdong.

"Snow Leopard", which made Zhang Ruojun famous, was led by Zhou Yutang, who had invested in it from his father. Later, Zhou Yutang led him to several A-level projects.

after that.

Zhang Ruojun's contract expired, so he went out to start his own business and did not allow his father to get close to Zhou Yutang.

He was very clear that at this stage, Zhou Yutang was cooperating with giant capitals such as LeTV and Tencent.

There are many resources that can be exchanged, but his father's connections in Beijing are not enough to qualify for a seat at the table.

However, this did not affect the brotherhood.

In recent years, virtual currency investment has become popular overseas. Zhou Yutang casually joined the market to play around, and also brought Zhang Ruojun and Zhu Yilong along. The two brothers each hold several thousand bitcoins.

The two talked about Bitcoin, and Zhang Ruojun grinned happily:
"Brother Tang, the stock price dropped so much last year, and it has risen a bit this year, so I sold it right away and made a small profit!"

(End of this chapter)