Chapter 53: Boot Ceremony
Zhou Jieyu's delicate little face seemed to be smiling, and her smooth and full forehead was exposed under the coiled screw head, which shimmered with dazzling luster in the soft light emitted by the electronic fireplace next to her.
Beside her, Zhou Jiaming stood there, the white handkerchief in his hand still wiping his sweat as usual, which was already his habit these days.
From time to time, he looked at the decorations in the house, and his eyes were helpless.
This residence of Emperor Yushanhe is a mansion personally selected by Zhou Jiaming according to the requirements of Princess Jieyu.
The boss of Jingxiu Industrial Group, who is in charge of the imperial mountain and river development project, learned that it was the little prince who wanted to buy it, and he waved his hand without saying a word, and the contract was marked with the words free of charge, which made Zhou Jiaming satisfied at the same time, he couldn't help but sigh secretly that it was another favor.
The power of the imperial family is very huge today, because of the constitutional monarchy that has been retained for more than a thousand years, during the thousand years of the Zhou family's rule, the common people saw the members of the royal family with a posture of admiration.
And the hierarchy within the royal family is even stricter, even if Zhou Jiaming is two or three years older than Zhou Jieyu, but because it is not a direct lineage, compared to the identity of the royal princess, Zhou Jiaming, the little prince, can only stand aside, in ancient times, Zhou Jiaming's father can only be regarded as a vassal king with no real power.
But even if he has no real power, just relying on Zhou Jiaming's surname, it is also everyone's stumbling stammer.
On the other side of Zhou Jiaming, there is a middle-aged man in a black shirt standing respectfully, who is Mu Qinian, the director of "Journey to the Empire".
"Your Royal Highness Princess, according to your orders, "Imperial Journey" has opened a village in Aoshan with Mr. Zhang Heng's "People in the Rivers and Lakes", and now there are nearly one billion yuan of gambling funds, of which the funds for betting on "People in the Rivers and Lakes" have also reached ...... 30%"
Mu Qinian's hands drooped naturally, and his eyes were slightly complicated: "Forgive Qinian's reckless and blunt words, although Zhang Heng has achieved great success on the mini-series, but the movie is not a nonsensical drama like "Never Expected" after all, Zhou Xingxing of Xiangjiang is known as the king of nonsensical comedy, but he does not dare to guarantee that he can be a big success in this form!" ”
Zhou Jieyu frowned, and her expression was faint.
"Director Mu, this time I bother you to cooperate with this play, the effect is very good! Hehe, you can shoot your "Journey of the Empire" well, and you don't have to worry about other things! ”
Noticing the change in Zhou Jieyu's expression, Zhou Jiaming suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, he hurriedly patted Mu Qinian's shoulder, and secretly scolded this old boy for being so uninteresting, Zhou Jieyu's relationship with that Zhang Heng, even he was confused and couldn't understand, he didn't say anything yet, did you have a chance to interject!
The corners of Mu Qinian's mouth were slightly bitter, this sacrifice can be described as unprecedentedly huge, "The Journey of the Empire", which was originally going to be filmed secretly, was forced to be made public, he was a successful person in his forties, and he had to make a bet with a new director at the age of twenty as if he was stupid, and he lost his face, and he didn't get any benefits.
Mu Qinian was unwilling, but no matter how unwilling, he didn't dare to make trouble with the royal family.
"Director Mu is at ease, I know it in my heart."
Zhou Jieyu said lightly: "But there is one sentence, I want to tell Director Mu, it is better to withdraw the 50 million you pressed yourself in the casino, otherwise by then, you will lose more than 100 million." ”
Zhou Jiaming's movement of wiping his sweat froze, and he looked at Mu Qinian angrily.
The latter was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly said: "This is withdrawn." ”
Zhou Jieyu shook her head: "You don't have to listen to me, I'm just building you, I know Zhang Heng better than you, the box office of "People in the Rivers and Lakes" may not be able to surpass "Journey of the Empire", but with the talent he is showing now, the final box office figure may be higher than we imagined." ”
Zhou Jieyu couldn't help but think of the results of the recent investigation in her mind, including more than a dozen songs registered by Zhang Heng in the Music Association, and "Breaking the Sky" serialized on the Singularity Chinese Network, coupled with those dazzling achievements on the surface, the Nirvana Studio behind the scenes, all kinds of measures converged into a huge wealth empire prototype, even she couldn't help but admire Zhang Heng's ability.
Writing songs, singing, filming mini-series, writing scripts, and writing novels are the most popular entertainment categories after being tested by the market, but Zhang Heng is a lotus step by step, and every time he stretches out his hand, he will lead the entire market to be active.
The five songs he released totaled nearly 20 million through online sales channels alone. The two songs he wrote helped the four-star singer to be promoted all the way to the six-star, and his worth continued to rise, and Zhang Heng's share of the benefits was as high as 11 million!
And what made Zhang Heng directly gain hundreds of millions of net worth was the online sales of the miniseries "Never Expected", a terrifying 1. 4.5 billion!
Even if it was a handwritten script, Zhang Heng directly obtained 15 million creative fees, and he also successfully became an assistant director, with indisputable real power command ability!
In the silent serialization of Singularity Chinese, the income of electronic remuneration has reached 5 million, and the royalty after physical publication is also as high as 40%, obtaining more than 8 million! The 2 million wireless network reading, as well as the online game adaptation and other channel income that is being negotiated, have made the income of Zhang Heng's handwritten novels reach an unprecedented 22 million, driving the development of the entire online novel industry chain!
Counting carefully, the benefits generated by Zhang Heng in the past three months have been as high as 200 million!
That's a scary number!
Now, Zhang Heng's new film "People in the Rivers and Lakes" is about to be filmed, and Nirvana Studio is steadily preparing, with Zhou Jieyu's critical eyes as a princess, I can't help but sigh that in the trend of the rise of Chinese entertainment in the future, as long as Zhang Heng still maintains such a rapid pace of expansion, it may not be impossible to shed his name in the continuous reproduction and renewal of the empire's history.
Looking at the back of Zhang Heng focusing on the code words in the display screen, Zhou Jieyu smiled brightly, and she had an inexplicable confidence in Zhang Heng.
She seemed to see Zhang Heng break through the last barrier of Hollywood, kissing the golden Oscar trophy on the podium with excitement on her face!
Looking at Princess Jieyu's quiet smile, Mu Qinian's face was full of doubts.
But Zhou Jiaming shuddered for no reason, and he had a deep fear of Zhang Heng, who had never been masked......
Xiangjiang, the north bank of the center.
On Fu Xiu Mountain, the crowd is surging, and the three layers inside and the outer three layers surround the black and oppressive flow of people.
In the periphery, there are firecrackers ringing in unison, and the stage is constantly beating gongs and drums, a thriving and lively scene.
In the crowd, there were spotlights flickering from time to time, and some invited media reporters looked at the scene in front of them excitedly.
In the early days, because the plot of the drama usually angered the local gods or good brothers and so on, basically, the crew filming in Xiangjiang would carry out the ceremony of worshipping the gods before filming, on the one hand, to announce to the media to take the opportunity to do publicity, and on the other hand, to pray for protection in the face of the gods of all parties.
The plot of "People in Jianghu" takes place in Causeway Bay and other places in Xiangjiang, so Zhang Heng carried out an ancient worship ceremony in accordance with Xiangjiang customs, invited local media and made the news public.
Zhang Heng and Mu Qinian's bet made a lot of noise in the entertainment industry, so there are a lot of people who come to visit the worship ceremony today.
People rubbed shoulders and watched this scene with joy.
Among the innermost onlookers, dozens of young men and women from Xiangjiang were holding huge banners with gold letters on a red background, which read, "Zhang Heng Xiangjiang's official fan website congratulates the launch of "People in the Jianghu", and wishes the box office a big hit in advance!" and so on.
In the center, all the members of the crew of "People in the Rivers and Lakes" watched this scene with a smile, a pig scalded in boiling water had already been placed on the incense table, and the hideous pig's head was stuffed with red apples in its mouth, which symbolized prosperity.
Under the stage, Zhang Heng was in front, holding three sticks of incense, raised to the center of his eyebrows, followed by Zheng Yinjian, Chen Xiaochun, Wu Zhixiong and other crew actors and crew members, all of whom looked pious and bowed three times with Zhang Heng, and then, Zhang Heng solemnly inserted the three sticks of incense on the incense case.
This scene was captured by countless cameras.
Suddenly, all kinds of LED lights flashed, accompanied by the roar of firecrackers, and people's applause, Zhang Heng smiled, folded his hands to return the salute, and thanked the media reporters and fans present for their support.
The next day, the crew of "People in the Rivers and Lakes", who were ready for everything, officially started filming under the high-profile situation!