Once again, he strengthened his belief in progress and did not waver, and Zhou Yutang ran to the offices of Teacher Yao and Teacher Tian more often.

Teacher Yao and Teacher Tian were also very pleased.

After being a teacher in a film school for so many years, what kind of people in the circle have you never met?

At Zhou Yutang's age, it is not impossible to be so popular, and there are big stars who are more popular than him!

The key depends on what those people are doing after they become popular.

One by one, they are either crazy and brushing their faces in various crews, or they are receiving various event announcements, flying everywhere across the country and making a lot of money.

These people are very focused on turning this "fame" into a profitable profit at once.

So most of the time and energy are spent on this, and very little time will come to school to precipitate themselves.

You may not even be able to see your teacher a few times a semester.

Zhou Yutang is different.

As far as the two teachers know, after the broadcast of "I Want to See You" became popular, he experienced a short busy period of announcements, and then pushed a lot of crew invitations, and most of the time he still took classes at the film school.

Several youth-type short dramas have been filmed, and the techniques are becoming more and more proficient, and the progress is rapid.

He doesn't seem to be affected by the glitz of the entertainment industry at all, and still adheres to a sincere and motivated heart, and chooses to settle down at the most appropriate time.

Every time I come to the teacher's office, it's like going home.

Humble and self-motivated, and speaks well.

This young man insisted on it.

Not only did the two teachers speak highly of Zhou Yutang, but also Senior Brother Ning Hao, who had just met because of the filming of Jing Tian's MV.

He also thinks Zhou Yutang is very good.

The two met during the filming of the MV, and chatted many times in private after that.

Zhou Yutang wants to make movies by himself, and befriending this famous senior brother is also to communicate more and learn from successful experience.

Ning Hao admired some of Zhou Yutang's whimsical ideas very much, and the relationship developed very quickly.

Today I had a small gathering at Ning Hao's house.

Ning Hao's wife, Xing Aina, went out to get her hair done after eating, leaving the battlefield to two men.

Zhou Yutang and Ning Hao drank wine with peanuts.

"Yu Tang, do you really want to make a movie?"

Ning Hao was a little curious: "From my personal point of view, in fact, the movie sounds quite lofty, and it may not make money from TV series." ”

"Crazy Stone" is considered a small cost and high return, but the total box office is more than 20 million, excluding the theater share, as well as publicity costs and miscellaneous expenses, and the box office income finally distributed to the investors is estimated to be several million.

"TV series are the basic plate of Jiangdong Studio, and making movies is to test the water first."

Zhou Yutang's thinking is very clear: "Last year's domestic film box office revenue was about 2.6 billion, and the comprehensive income of the film, including the mainland box office, overseas sales and channel advertising, has reached nearly 6 billion, a record high, I feel that this market may usher in a big explosion in a few years."

He always does things by taking one step and looking at three steps.

If you want to get out in this circle, you can't just make TV series.

Just like Tang Ren and Zhou Yi, these companies have also produced many high-quality TV series, but the company's development is still stagnant, and the accumulated resources are limited.

If you want to develop and grow, movies are always unavoidable.

Mr. Yao and Mr. Tian's office were not in vain.

Zhou Yutang got some inside information that had not yet been circulated.

In recent years, the above has been vigorously promoting industrial reform policies, and the most interesting is the latest "Outline of Cultural Development Plan" promulgated not long ago.

It talks about the construction of many systems and specific measures in the field of intellectual property protection, with the aim of promoting the film industry of the Celestial Empire to enter the fast lane of industrialization reform.

Mr. Tian Zhuangzhuang drew the key points for Zhou Yutang, which is to create more favorable conditions for the development of the domestic film and television industry in the future.

Therefore, Zhou Yutang is ready to lay out in advance, and this small-budget youth film in the plan is a test of Jiangdong Studio.

"Damn! You've done a lot of research. ”

said this one by one, Ning Hao was almost stunned by Zhou Yutang's words, and hurriedly drank a glass of beer to suppress the shock.

But thinking about what Zhou Yutang said just now, Ning Hao also tasted some taste, and then looked at Zhou Yutang with a different look.

What is this something that a college student can do?

"I do things, that's what it is."

Zhou Yutang threw a peanut into his mouth: "Lao Ning, why did you think about being a director at that time?" ”

"What do you think? Didn't think much about it. ”

Ning Hao grinned and said: "I studied directing, and I was also interested in this, and then the first time I really came into contact with film and television was when I was filming the TV series "The Story of the People", at that time, I followed Mr. Zheng Dongtian to write on the spot, and I really learned a lot, I feel that being a director is also very simple, sit behind the monitor, and do more wind?" ”

"I thought about making a movie myself, and then I made a script, which was "Stone", and then I looked for various investments to make the script."

Ning Hao shook his head and said with a smile: "At that time, the idea was actually very simple, I didn't think as much, for me, it was already a success to be able to make a movie, and after entering this industry, I realized that the domestic film market is still not very mature, and those foreign blockbusters are too ruthless." ”

"Hollywood movies are powerful, the industrial system is complete, but the moon in foreign countries is not particularly round."

"What does PwC's estimate in the National Entertainment and Media Estimates report show that the average box office growth of the American film industry in recent years has been -4.3%? At present, the development of the film market over there has encountered a bottleneck, and on the contrary, although the scale of our Celestial Empire film market is still small, the growth rate has been more than 10 times the growth rate of the film industry in the United States. ”

"Lao Ning, do you think there is a possibility, maybe in the near future, my country will become the world's largest film market?"

Zhou Yutang spoke eloquently, pointing out the country with a high-spirited expression, and his confident expression left a deep impression on Ning Hao.

No, you're really a freshman?

Wasn't that the case in my freshman year?

What was I doing in those years?

Well, it seems to pull a piece with a classmate, or study which girl is good-looking and which girl has long legs.

Ning Hao was in a complicated mood, so he stared at Zhou Yutang directly, like a monster.

He looked at it for a long time, and Zhou Yutang, who was looking at it directly, felt furious in his heart, and inadvertently pulled away slightly......

With this kind of look, if it weren't for his sister-in-law, he would almost suspect that this senior brother had some problems with his sexual orientation.

"It seems that you have done a lot of homework and are very optimistic about the prospects of domestic films?"

"Since I want to invest, of course, I have to do a good job of research, and my money is also earned by hard work, not so much that I am optimistic about the prospects of the film, but that I am always full of hope for the development of the Celestial Empire."

Zhou Yutang touched a glass of wine with Ning Hao, a little on the head.

Ning Hao's mood calmed down a little, lit a cigarette, and grinned: "It sounds like this, but in reality, the situation is too difficult, the market over there is very mature, and at present, the film industry of the Celestial Empire wants to compare with a giant like Hollywood in the United States, which is tantamount to a grasshopper shaking a tree, it is really too weak." ”

Zhou Yutang also knew that Ning Hao was not alarmist when he said this.

Last year, the mainland box office revenue share of domestic films of the Celestial Empire accounted for 55% of the total box office, and five of the top 10 films in the box office revenue list were imports.

This is also the result of the official end control.

At this stage, Hollywood blockbusters are indeed crushing for most domestic films.

Even some of the top directors in China are making movies that are consciously or unconsciously catering to Western consciousness.

"The technology gap can be bridged. I believe in the motherland, maybe it is still a little behind, but sooner or later it will catch up with that side. ”

"The ideologies on both sides are different, as long as we make movies that conform to the characteristic ideology of the Celestial Empire and tell a story well, we can still go out of our own way."

"That's a good point, I think so too!"

Ning Hao slapped his thigh, and his tone was slightly excited: "Yu Tang, how much money are you going to invest in this movie, do you want me to help you contact investment?" ”

A stone became a dark horse at the box office last year, and now Ning Hao is no longer an unknown person, and the CEOs of many film and television companies are waving banknotes to smash him.

It is a bit too much to say that he has ascended to the sky in one step, but at this stage, he has initially accumulated his contacts and relationships.

"Small cost, the investment will not exceed 10 million, the problem is not big."

Zhou Yutang is quite calm.

During this time, taking advantage of the popularity of the TV series, Jiangdong Studio was crazy to make money.

Zeng Li began to receive commercial performance activities on the third day of the Lunar New Year, and after the TV series hit the air, Sister Li also received several short-term business endorsements.

Counting the share, she earned more than one million for the studio during this time!

Zhou Yutang's own new book royalties + commercial performance + dream start-up capital provided by the little rich woman + song ringtone income and other miscellaneous income, the entire asset has exceeded 8 million!

That's why everyone has sharpened their heads and wants to squeeze into the entertainment industry.

As long as you are popular, you can earn money in a short period of time that ordinary people can't earn in a lifetime.

In fact, Zhou Yutang gritted his teeth and took out a loan, and he could get the money by himself, but if he wanted to mix in the circle, he couldn't eat alone.

According to Zhou Yutang's plan, the next step is to find a large company with mature distribution channels.

Looking at Zhou Yutang's light appearance, Ning Hao was secretly speechless.

The one who steps on the horse is still a star to make money quickly.

Zhou Yutang, this kid is really rich, he will pay for 10 million?

At the beginning, in order to shoot stones, he begged his grandfather to tell his grandmother, and later finally brought more than 3 million investment from Liu Tianwang to make the movie.

Ning Hao couldn't help but ask: "Yu Tang, you spent so much money to make your first movie, did you ever think that it would fail?" ”

"When you made stones, you thought the film would fail?"

Zhou Yutang asked rhetorically, and Ning Hao said with a smile: "To be honest, when I was filming, I was confident and a little apprehensive, afraid of not being recognized by the audience, and my mood was very complicated. ”

"I have been thinking about the script of "Stone" for several years, and if I hit the street, my mentality may be blown up, thinking that I can only shoot commercials, MVs or TV series when the time comes. But during the test screening, looking at the audience's reaction, I knew that this was all right. ”

"I'd like to try it too."

Zhou Yutang chuckled and said, "You read my script, how do you feel?" ”

"Those years of youth, regret. The story is simple, there are many details, and it can move people, but it's hard to say how the box office is. ”

Ning Hao said his opinion frankly.

At present, there is no film of this type in the domestic market, and there is no precedent to follow.

"I asked Mr. Tian this question, do you know what he said?"

"How?"

Mr. Tian didn't answer, but just told me what the play was, and the play was about people's feelings, and I suddenly became down-to-earth. I think it's a story that touches people. ”

Zhou Yutang smiled and touched Ning Hao again.

At this stage, the Celestial Empire film market is far from mature, and even the works of veteran directors with qualifications may fail, and it is even more difficult for newcomers to take the lead.

Because the veteran director has his own connections, even if he fails once or twice, it doesn't matter, as long as this signboard is still standing, someone will spend money to invest in his movie, and the audience will buy it.

But if a newcomer like Zhou Yutang does not take the first step into the film industry steadily, then he may fall directly into the quagmire, and the next road will be difficult.

Zhou Yutang is a human being, not a god.

He decided to make a movie, and he didn't make this decision with a pat on the head.

I have discussed the feasibility of this project with Mr. Yao and Mr. Tian Zhuangzhuang more than once, and during this time, Sister Shuang pushed most of the invitations to activities, and precipitated and filmed youth-type short dramas in school, which is to practice.

Since the decision is to do it.

Then do what you can do to the best of your ability.

Success is a real blockbuster.

Even if he failed, Zhou Yutang also made a plan in advance.

Temporarily retreat to the comfort zone of the TV drama market, hug Brother Liujiang's thighs, develop steadily, and accumulate enough experience.

Then, make a comeback.

In this circle full of glitz and glitz.

Ride the dust.

…………………………

In fact, there is no threshold for making movies.

As long as you have money, you can pull up a crew by finding some people.

Even more critical is the release of the film.

The distribution of a film is an intermediate link connecting production, distribution and distribution.

It can also be said that the correct decision-making and reasonable operation of the secondary investment in the film, and the quality of the distribution, are also directly related to the income of the producer, the projector and the distributor itself.

Zhou Yutang's Jiangdong Film and Television Culture Studio has just started, and it obviously does not have such ability.

But the opportunity he had been waiting for soon came to his face.

A café in the capital.

After Zhou Yutang finished greeting Xie Nan, the host of the light house, he turned his head to chat with the capable woman next to her with short ear-length hair and a black professional suit.

This is Li Xiaoping, the vice president of Guangguang Media, a very capable strong woman.

Today's meeting is Xie Nan's matchmaking, and Zhou Yutang's main purpose is to meet Li Xiaoping.

Li Xiaoping is now the general under the command of Changtian, the king of light, and she is the chief producer of the light's signature programs "Celestial Dynasty Entertainment Report" and "Music Billboard", Zhou Yutang was the nod of Zhou Yutang on these two shows at that time, and there is still a little fate.

Li Xiaoping was looking at Zhou Yutang's script and read it several times.

Zhou Yutang was not in a hurry, ordered a cake and snack for Xie Nan, and sat and chatted.

"Brother Nan, you still look good with short hair."

Xie Nan has a bold and cheerful personality, a bit boyish, Zhou Yutang is familiar with her, and sometimes he calls her Brother Nan directly.

"Huh? Look at what you're saying, I don't look good with long hair? ”

Xie Nan took a small spoon and dug into the cake and glared at Zhou Yutang.

"No, no, the main short hair looks heroic, if you are in ancient times, you are a chivalrous woman who does not let her eyebrows, and in the future, your husband will definitely be a hero with strong martial arts."

Zhou Yutang laughed and teased, Xie Nan was also helpless, this younger brother's thinking was too jumpy, how could he talk about the object.

Why, despise her as a single dog?

However, as the host of the light, Xie Nan's mouth and kung fu are also quite neat, and he immediately fought back: "Then which is your girlfriend?" Was it true that I was with Liu Yifei last year? Tell me about it. ”

Women are born to gossip, and even Li Xiaoping's eyes moved over and glanced at them.

Zhou Yutang shook his head and explained: "Brother Nan, you are my own sister, don't talk nonsense, people really came to visit her classmate Wang Jia, I happened to sit on the side and eat melon seeds, I don't know which guy was photographed, it's really unlucky." ”

"You are cheap and good, and you are on the entertainment headlines before you debut."

Xie Nan didn't think it was a big deal to eat melons, and said with a smile: "I said, no, let's work harder, take down the fairy sister, my sister is optimistic about you." ”

Balabala gossiped for a while, Li Xiaoping also read it almost, closed the script, smoothed the folds of the paper unsatisfactorily, and then looked at Zhou Yutang's eyes with some surprise:

"Your script is very well written, it turns out that the story of youth can also be told like this, and it should be good to make a movie."

"What about this project?"

Zhou Yutang asked tentatively.

"This project can be projected, what is the approximate investment budget?"

"10 million, half of my personal studio investment."

"Then the rest of the light comes out, and I'll be the producer."

Li Xiaoping's fingers tapped lightly on the tabletop.

The producer is the big steward of the film and television project, responsible for the overall project management, pre-preparation, including post-production and distribution and promotion.

"Sister Li, let me ask more."

Zhou Yutang couldn't help but ask: "Aren't you doing music programs, what?"

"Mr. Wang is going to focus on Light Pictures next, and I'm going to do a few projects to try."

Li Xiaoping stroked her short hair and said very imposingly, at this time, the mobile phone rang, nodded and said Wait, go out to answer the phone.

Xie Nan leaned into Zhou Yutang's ear and quickly explained.

It turned out that the person in charge of the light film department was Zhang Zhao, who was Wang Changtian's senior brother, who studied film production in the United States in his early years, and also won an award in the Oscar student unit.

After returning to China, Zhang Zhao and Wang Changtian hit it off, working together to make the light bigger and stronger, and create brilliance.

Now the key is that Zhang Zhao's ability is too strong, and his reputation in Light Pictures is becoming more and more prosperous, and even Mr. Wang can't intervene, so Li Xiaoping has entered the game.

Zhou Yutang understood as soon as he heard it, but all the old ministers who have always opened the dynasty and those who have high merit must be checked and balanced.

When he checked the information at the film academy, he also knew that some giant domestic entertainment companies wanted to go public, and Guangguang Media was no exception, so Mr. Wang had to grasp the part of Guangguang Pictures.

None of this has much to do with him.

Zhou Yutang actually chose to cooperate with Huayi through Huang Xiaoming's relationship, but he finally chose Guangguang Media.

The reason is also very simple, Huayi's main promotion is a big production, and in the past, it is to see Huang Xiaoming's face, Zhou Yutang is not his own person, and it is impossible to have as many resources as he wants.

Instead of owing Brother Xiao Ming this big favor, it is better to cooperate with the light.

The positioning of the light is very clear: low-budget films are also done, and they rely on distribution and marketing to win.

Guangguang has a set of ground-based distribution and marketing system, with distribution personnel in dozens of key box office cities across the country, and even set up local marketing and distribution offices to carry out ground promotion and publicity, cinema film scheduling, and local advertising.

In other words, it's grounded.

Guangguang Media has the largest terrestrial film distribution network in the country, which is where Zhou Yutang takes a fancy to it.

It is no exaggeration to say that at this stage, such a distribution system can at least help a film increase the box office by 30%-40%.

After chatting with Xie Nan for a few minutes, Li Xiaoping outside walked in in a hurry, put down her mobile phone, and took the initiative to stretch out her hand to Zhou Yutang:

"The distribution of this film is done by light, in terms of resources, you don't have to worry, I will be the producer, and I will definitely do it to the extent that you are satisfied."

"However, the preliminary preparation for this project will take a little longer, about three or four months, because I still have a very important big project in my hand, and I can't spare time for the time being."

An investment of several million is really a small project for a large company like Light.

It's okay to have a longer preparation period, anyway, you have to scout the location, set up a photography team, cast, and by the way, improve the script.

Zhou Yutang can also understand, but he still pretended to groan for a while, and finally put forward his own request: "I want to have the right to decide the release schedule of the movie." ”

Li Xiaoping was very talkative, and said with a smile: "This is easy to say, when the time comes, we will decide together, I am optimistic about this project, I must hope to succeed, as for other issues, we can discuss it slowly." ”

"It's a pleasure to work with."

Zhou Yutang did not hesitate and shook hands with Li Xiaoping.

After talking about cooperation, it was almost time for dinner, Li Xiaoping said to have a meal together, and Zhou Yutang also readily agreed.

Mixing in the circle, eating and socializing is unavoidable, and he also wants to deepen his relationship with Sister Ping, but as soon as he went out, he saw Li Xiaoping pointing at the Lanzhou ramen diagonally opposite the café:

"Eat whatever you want, that's it."

“？”

Zhou Yutang's expression twitched.

Sister Ping, you are the vice president of the light, please eat this?

Not to mention arranging courtesan public relations, then at least you have to book a high-specification hotel, right?

The result is a national chain of Lanzhou cuisine.

Xie Nan saw that his expression was a little strange, he smiled, and patted Zhou Yutang's shoulder: "What, Sister Li has a treat, you still don't like it?" ”

"That's not true, I like Lanzhou cuisine and Shaxian Hotel, and I often eat it at school."

Zhou Yutang shook his head and smiled.

"Lanzhou cuisine? What the hell is Shaxian Hotel? ”

Xie Nan's face was full of question marks, and Li Xiaoping also glanced at the signboard over there, it was Lanzhou ramen.

"It's a meme on the Internet"

Zhou Yutang explained simply, amused Xie Nan, and sighed by the way: "I have dealt with Huayi's people, and when I go, I have a high-level drinking party, and then I have all kinds of stars."

Li Xiaoping glanced at him: "We don't mess with this set of messy things." ”

"Haha, there are no female celebrities to accompany you, Yu Tang, are you disappointed?"

Xie Nan also teased.

"Sister Nan, aren't you a female star?"

Zhou Yutang smiled and said: "The hostess of the light master accompanies me to eat ramen, and it is more face-saving to say it." ”

"You stop."

Xie Nan was furious, but Zhou Yutang ran so fast that he pulled out a safe distance of more than 10 meters in an instant, and her Nine Yin White Bone Claws couldn't catch anyone.

Li Xiaoping also shook her head and smiled.

After all, he is still a young man in his 20s.

Well, it's good to be young.

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