Chapter 243: Zhou Bai's route
There is such a thing as route planning, and it is the stars of the entertainment industry in Hong Kong and Taiwan who are more ahead, like as early as the eighties and nineties, they played this set perfectly, TVB Don't look at many actors, it seems that many actors have been exploited, but they are the first to take the route setting, and it has also benefited many artists.
To give a very successful example, when it comes to the word jade girl head, the first impression must be that the name Zhou Huimin pops up first, which shows that her team's operation in this area is very successful, and the plays she takes are basically of this type, and it is extremely rare to have a difference from this image.
The route is simple and is a character design, but it is not the same as a simple character design, because it covers a wide range, and the character design is purely to create an artist image in the eyes of the general public.
Like Fan Xiaopang, after becoming popular with "Huanzhu Gege" at the beginning, this one also did not have an accurate positioning and a clear route, although it was said that there was a pot with Qiong Yao's brokerage company, but even after the termination of the contract, the scenes she took on were all messy, and she acted in a lot of bad movies, and almost collapsed.
In 2000, she terminated the contract with Qiong Yao's agency and signed a contract with Huayi Brothers, and then in the past few years, Fan Ye has become a veritable "topic queen", when she left Huayi Brothers, she had a good reputation in the entertainment industry, but most of them were bad reputations, and the rhythm would collapse every minute.
If it weren't for the efforts planned for her by the newly changed agent, the strong woman route, and the vigorous improvement of the relationship with the media, Fan Xiaopang wanted to "turn over", it was simply whimsical, as for why not take the route of the powerful faction, the jade girl faction and the like, it was really because there were too many hidden dangers in the early stage, and she couldn't come back.
Zhou Bai doesn't care about such things as character design, but he has always had a plan for his own route, when Chinese films are in a downturn, he will shoot more works with good reputation, and then follow the trend of commercialization of Chinese films to take off, enhance his commercial value, and become a domestic first-line male star.
As for playing crossover, Zhou Bai himself has no ideas about the music industry, after the actor's path is good, he can do a good job as an investor, master a large number of resources, and when the time is ripe, he can try to be a director and shoot his favorite movies.
The right to speak in this industry has always been in the hands of a group of bigwigs, and Zhou Bai's efforts are to turn himself into a bigwig, not to control the fate of others, but to be able to grasp his own destiny, and not let people take it at will.
"You have to go the path of commercialization, it's too slow now, in the foreseeable future, movies will definitely rise, you can't wait until the industry is booming to slowly increase your own commercial value, so the first task is that you have to take a few more endorsements, only two endorsements do not match your status. Lin Chufang said firmly.
"Enhancing commercial value is destined to go hand in hand with increasing exposure, I think you definitely don't like the kind of days when you are surrounded by the media all day long, but now you receive some high-quality endorsements to increase your exposure and topic volume, and it will not affect your normal life. Lin Chufang looked at Zhou Bai a little hesitantly, and she analyzed.
"Yes, but I think there are up to five endorsements now, and then pick a few good quality, we are cooperating with companies, at least we must be worthy of the money people pay, and if their products have quality problems that lead to social news, it will also affect my image and reputation. Zhou Bai thought for a while and said.
"My original plan was to have seven or eight endorsements on you, but at this stage, you can say five or five, and then let's talk about your problem, to enhance the commercial value and exposure, you will take one literary film a year at most, preferably two years, and the rest will rely on mature and successful large-scale commercial films, and only commercial films can enhance your influence in the audience group. Lin Chufang said about Zhou Bai's drama problem.
"Isn't it a bit rigid, I think what we should pay attention to at this stage is the quality of the movie, as long as the quality of the movie is good and there is enough place to play, whether it is a literary film or a commercial film, there is no problem, and there are not many commercial films in China now, it is good for me to take some good books and exercise my acting skills, and actors still have to rely on acting skills to eat. Zhou Bai said hesitantly, and had a disagreement with his agent on this point.
"You may be right, of course actors have to rely on their works to speak, but just having works can't do it, if Uncle Ge only has an actor and no box office, his status will not be guaranteed in a few years. ”
"Do you think "The Story of the Editorial Department" has brought him more audiences or "Alive" has brought more audiences? Take the actor to enhance his coffee position, but "The Story of the Editorial Department" and "Party A and Party B", which countless people have seen, are the works that have achieved his audience base. Lin Chufang did not agree with Zhou Bai's statement.
Lin Chufang's question is really to the point, if you want to ask Uncle Ge about the works that impress the audience, you must be sure that "The Story of the Editorial Department" and "Party A and Party B" are popular commercial works, most people know Uncle Ge through these best-selling works, "Alive" is of course a classic, but it is not a big hit.
Lin Chufang's words made Zhou Bai speechless, because what she said was the truth, since Zhou Bai decided to take the road of acting, he has been walking his own path step by step without delay, and constantly working hard to improve his acting skills, but he himself knows that in the entertainment industry, acting skills alone determine a person's status.
"You and Zhang Ziyi's path is different, now Zhang Ziyi has gone international, but you are a lot inferior to her in this regard, although you have left a good impression in the West through two Berlin Film Festivals, but if you take the international road now, you will encounter many setbacks 100%, this is the difference between Oscar and Berlin. Lin Chufang continued.
"So you should move closer to the big domestic directors, just like Director Zhang's movie in the second half of the year, which has been rumored to be boiling now, you can't be clearer about how big the topic is, if "Fifty First Loves" is a box office hit, plus Director Zhang's movie, you will be firmly in the position of the first student in China. Lin Chufang concluded.
The two Berlin Film Festivals she said refer to last year's "My Father and Mother" and this year's "Chinese New Year's Eve Kiss", although this year Zhou Bai did not go to Berlin and Rotterdam International Film Festival, but Yu Feihong took Zhou Gongzi and Huang Xiaoming to go, at that time he was busy with the shooting of "Lan Yu", but "Chinese New Year's Eve Kiss" still caused a good response, Yu Feihong also won the Golden Tiger Award at the Rotterdam International Film Festival with "Chinese New Year's Eve Kiss".
"I know, now Sister Fang, what you mean is that I will take on more works with a lot of topics and more programs, if "Fifty Times of First Love" is successful, it can bring me a lot of benefits, and Director Zhang's movies are rarely unsuccessful, the whole investment is so large, needless to say, if it goes well, it will be able to improve my status in China. Zhou Bai said with a twinkle in his eyes.
Lin Chufang depicts these scenes Zhou Bai is also very excited, he himself does not refuse commercialization, in the entertainment industry, business is inevitable that every actor will come into contact with it, if anyone says that he doesn't want his works to sell well and make himself popular, it is either hypocritical or sick.
Now Zhou Bai has two Golden Rooster Awards, at least there are dry goods on hard honors, and now the Golden Rooster Awards are still valuable, and his participation in "My Father and Mother" won the Golden Bear again, and "Chinese New Year's Eve Kiss" did not perform badly in Berlin, and won the Jury Silver Bear Award, which is a real award in terms of gold content.
Berlin Film Festival "Chinese New Year's Eve Kiss" won the Jury Silver Bear Award, although not as good as Wang Xiaoshuai won the Jury Award Silver Bear Award and Best Film Golden Bear Award for "Seventeen-Year-Old Bicycle", but it is also very successful, and this is not a banned film, "Chinese New Year's Eve Kiss" is a serious review of the film, the media has desperately reported during this time.
No way, "Seventeen-Year-Old Bicycle" was banned from being released in the mainland because it was not reviewed and participated in the Berlin Film Festival, "Chinese New Year's Eve Kiss" has nothing large-scale, or signed up for the film festival after passing the review, and now if you don't report the award, the entire Berlin Film Festival will have nothing to report.
So in terms of hard honor, Zhou Bai is definitely a well-deserved first among the young generation in China, but there are doubts in business, after all, there are too few cases, and there are only two endorsements on his body now, or he signed last year, although the response is very good, and the company hopes to continue to renew the contract, but just these two endorsements, no one can be sure that he will succeed.
"Chinese New Year's Eve Kiss" brings many benefits, but some time ago Zhou Bai was at home, it can be said that he gave the halo to Yu Feihong and several other actors, this time is a lot of their news, after all, this movie can be described as a sideways, all of a sudden in Rotterdam and Berlin, gorgeous report card blinded many people.
Yu Feihong has become a famous female director in China, and Zhou Gongzi has received a lot of praise, even the newcomer Zhang Jingchu and Huang Xiaoming, who are barely a newcomer, their acting skills are also highly recognized, and Zhou Bai is naturally not without benefits.
In addition to receiving praise for his acting skills again, Zhou Bai also gained money, and the overseas copyright of "Chinese New Year's Eve Kiss" sold quite well, although it was not a million profits, but before and after combined, Zhou Bai also earned seven or eight million just by selling copyrights.
Success is success, but if Zhou Bai now has a good international appeal, Zhou Bai himself doesn't believe it, he is barely familiar with the Western audience, and it is nonsense to say anything about international appeal.
"Okay, just do what you say, Sister Fang. Finally, Zhou Bai's nod ended the whole conversation.