Chapter 236: Step by step, invest in movies
Hengdian.
The next day.
Assistant Momoko, who participated in the launch ceremony of "Step by Step" with dark circles under her eyes.
Like a cabbage that has been damaged by the sun, it is wilted and drooping.
Her eyes were full of resentment, looking at the energetic Zhou Yutang and Liu Shishi, who was more radiant than before.
Liu Shishi saw Peaches' panda eyes and took the initiative to care: "Peaches, didn't you sleep well last night?" ”
You also asked.
Is that interesting?
Momoko's expression twitched slightly, but she said, "It was too late to chase the drama last night."
Liu Shishi said with a pleasant face: "Then you can rest in the car for a while, it just started today, and there shouldn't be many scenes." ”
"Shi Shi, I thank you"
Peaches was a little speechless, but couldn't help but glance at Zhou Yutang.
The hotel room booked by the Tang people does not seem to have very good sound insulation.
Her room is next door to Liu Shishi.
Violent movements were heard last night, and it lasted like a storm until 3 a.m.
This brother usually looks quite gentle, why is he so powerful in that kind of thing?
Can Shi Shi withstand it?
Peaches had color in her head, and the start-up ceremony of the thrilling crew officially began.
A table was set up, and the on-site producer and scene reporter had prepared an incense burner, a pig's head, and some fruit.
Li Guoli is a native of Xiangjiang, and every drama will come to this process, and the main purpose of the start-up ceremony is to seek peace of mind.
After the main creators finished the incense, the crew began to move the shooting machines and equipment in an orderly manner, and there were not many scenes filmed on the first day.
After Li Guoli discussed with the production team, he walked over to find Zhou Yutang, shook hands and hugged each other: "Yutang, you are getting more and more handsome." ”
"Director Li, long time no see."
Zhou Yutang also greeted enthusiastically: "This drama should speed up the filming progress, and I will talk to the TV station when the time comes, and arrange it to be broadcast after "The Legend of Zhen Huan". ”
"I've already told the production team about this, and thank you for communicating with the crew of "The Legend of Zhen Huan", otherwise this drama may not start for a while."
Li Guoli's tone was grateful.
Filming costume dramas is much more troublesome than modern dramas.
The preparation period of the project "The Legend of Zhen Huan" is more than half a year, and all of them are exquisite and special according to Zhou Yutang's standards.
Anyway, it's a Qing palace drama, and many costumes and props can be used.
So as soon as "The Legend of Zhen Huan" was completed, Zhou Yutang transferred the costumes and props over there to the crew of "Step by Step".
"By the way, Yu Tang, your movie "Big Man" is about to be released, right?"
"Well, it's going to be at the end of September."
"I wish you a big box office hit."
Li Guoli smiled with a smile on his face.
In fact, I felt a lot of emotion in my heart.
A few years ago, when filming "The Legend of Sword and Fairy 3", Zhou Yutang, who was still by his side to learn shooting skills and control the crew's experience.
Now not only is it the king of small screen ratings, but even movies are doing well.
He is also the owner of a very large entertainment company.
Even you need to look up.
As an investor in this drama, he didn't need Zhou Yutang to say hello to the actors in the crew, he just sat and chatted with Liu Shishi, and their agent would naturally mention it.
Soon.
The actors in the crew came up to greet Zhou Yutang respectfully.
"Mr. Zhou, hello."
Lin Gengxin is still the sunny and cheerful boy.
But compared to when I was shooting the same student series, I was a lot more mature.
Yuan Hong played the thirteenth elder brother this time, his acting career development was not smooth, last year Tang Company opened a play for him with a male lead, but in the end, the ratings hit the street, after this battle, it is estimated that he can only play a supporting role in the future.
In addition to these old acquaintances, the actresses in the crew are also bright-eyed.
Before coming to say hello to Zhou Yutang, he specially tidied up his makeup.
Most of them saw Zhou Yutang, probably similar to the psychology of an amateur seeing a star.
However.
Seeing Liu Shishi sitting next to Zhou Yutang, smiling, he was a little stunned.
This time, the actor of the fourth child invited mainland actor Nie Yuan.
The Seven Nights Demon Lord in the TV series version of "A Chinese Ghost Story", Zhao Zilong in the New Three Kingdoms, and Luo Cheng in the Legend of Heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
In the early years, he played the young Qianlong in "The Granary of the World", and his acting skills were quite solid.
Knowing that it was Zhou Yutang who named him, Nie Yuan was also very grateful: "Mr. Zhou, thank you for giving me this opportunity." ”
"Brother Yuan, just call me Yu Tang, and we'll have a meal together at noon later."
Zhou Yutang chuckled and said, "How is your role in "The Great Cause of the Founding of the Party"? ”
Nie Yuan also made a cameo appearance in "The Great Cause of the Founding of the Party", playing Chen Qimei, a veteran of the Alliance.
"There aren't many scenes over there, it's over."
Nie Yuan complimented, "By the way, Mr. Zhou, you have been very busy with movie promotion recently, I watched the trailer, it is really exciting, I wish you a big box office hit." ”
"Hehe, then borrow Brother Yuan's words."
Zhou Yutang smiled slightly.
Nie Yuan glanced at his eyes and saw that Liu Shishi unconsciously grabbed Zhou Yutang's arm, and leaned into his ear to say something with an affectionate expression.
Smart people don't need to ask much, they already know it in their hearts.
It turned out to be this woman.
No wonder the drama didn't start filming, and it was directly notified that the intimate scenes in the play were all stand-ins
This is the little willfulness of the investor's father after he has grasped the power.
What to say about letting his women make sacrifices for the sake of art in filming, Zhou Yutang can't quite understand and accept it.
In this glitzy Vanity Fair.
What kind of artists are there who are not all chasing fame and fortune?
Of course.
If it were him who had an intimate scene with a beautiful woman, he wouldn't resist.
The entertainment industry is well-known for its double standards.
Zhou Yutang showed up on the crew's side, and was going to leave in the morning after saying hello, and returned to the magic capital to continue the propaganda work.
But Cai Yinong directly killed the crew, and instead of saying that he wanted to invite guests to dinner, Zhou Yutang stayed longer.
I just started today, and I didn't have any shooting tasks, so I asked the crew to get together at noon.
"Yu Tang."
Cai Yinong pulled Zhou Yutang and asked very eagerly: "What will happen if you watch the film "The Legend of Zhen Huan"? How much did it sell? ”
Zhou Yutang smiled and said: "Sister K, don't worry about this, the viewing meeting is scheduled for next week." ”
Cai Yinong muttered: "That's not a few days, I hope it will sell at a high point by then." ”
Liu Shishi looked at Cai Yinong's eager expression, and suddenly felt a little funny.
Usually Cai Yinong is on the side of Tang Film and Television, and she is still a strong woman full of prestige, which can make the company respectful.
But in front of Zhou Yutang, the gap is reflected.
Speaking of "The Legend of Zhen Huan", Zhou Yutang's expression was calm and calm, but she was a little anxious.
What is the saying?
It seems that the emperor is not in a hurry, the eunuch is not right, it is the palace maid who is in a hurry.
Liu Shishi hugged Zhou Yutang's arm, and Zhou Yutang first gave Cai Yinong a reassurance: "Don't worry, I have seen it in advance, and the quality is definitely above the level line." ”
Before the film viewing meeting, a period of time was deliberately set aside for the internal meeting and discussion of powerful first-line TV stations, and the process of mobilizing funds also had to be followed.
"The Legend of Zhen Huan" is a 76-episode court drama, even if it is Mango Terrace, Magic Capital Terrace, Su Province Terrace and Blue Terrace with strong financial resources, they dare not say that they can eat it in one bite.
The S-level production jointly produced by Jiangdong Entertainment and Beijing Art Center, according to the evaluation given by the company's TV drama business department, the starting price of a single episode is basically impossible to be less than 1.5 million.
The total price of the first round of this drama will undoubtedly exceed 100 million.
There must be pressure on a TV station to eat alone, and most of it is the way of joint broadcasting by several stations.
When Zhou Yutang returned to the magic capital, it was already more than five o'clock in the afternoon, and he went to Tian Ming's house for a meal in the evening.
You can see it.
The old man of the Tian family attaches great importance to the significance of the fact that the copyright of the program can be sold abroad, and he is even more happy to see Zhou Yutang, and he has eaten a bowl more than usual.
After eating, he also pulled Zhou Yutang in the study for a long time, mainly to encourage Zhou Yutang to let go and do things.
On this day, the running man program was recorded.
Zhou Yutang came early, just after the meeting with the running man's program team, there was still a period of time before the guests arrived, so he sat on the side and brushed the news.
"Wang Quanan announced the launch of a new film project "White Deer Plain", and plans to invite Sun Honglei to play the role of 'Black Baby', and Sun Honglei directly offered 200,000 a day."
200,000 a day, this special director Wang is ready to polish this movie, and if it takes two years to shoot, he has to pay 140 million yuan for him.
Zhou Yutang's evaluation of this is that if you don't want to act, you can not act.
"What are you looking at?"
Soon, Fan Xiaopang also came over, and she happened to see Zhou Yutang concentrating on Weibo.
She suddenly felt curious, and came over to take a look: "If you want to make a historical theme that tests your skills, or a commercial blockbuster with a historical theme, not everyone can have fun."
"Are you scolding Lu Chuan again?"
How shrewd Teacher Fan was, he could see at a glance that Zhou Yutang meant something, and he was ordering grass and Lu Chuan.
Because Lu Chuan just issued a statement full of confidence, saying that his next film epic commercial blockbuster has been approved, telling the story of the Hongmen Banquet, this time the script has been worked hard for a year, ready to start next year, and is ready to prove that he has the ability to become a big director.
Zhou Yutang didn't raise his head: "He is the one who scolds." ”
Fan Xiaopang held his chin with both hands and ate the melon: "Bofu KKK, this is your trumpet, why don't you go to the tuba?" ”
"I scolded him on the tuba, didn't I bring him traffic?"
Zhou Yutang put down his phone and glanced at it lightly, Fan Xiaopang was wearing a black dress decorated with florals today, and the neckline was a little low, revealing snowy skin, and the whiteness was shocking.
Probably thinking that what he said was very reasonable, Fan Xiaopang was speechless, and then took out his mobile phone.
Zhou Yutang said strangely: "What are you doing?" ”
"I'll give you a thumbs up, he still wants to ask me to act, the script is not done, so he ran the train and said that he was going to win the award, I felt that this person was unreliable."
Teacher Fan lowered his head and muttered.
“.”
The corners of Zhou Yutang's mouth twitched slightly.
Fan Xiaopang during this period can be regarded as the top female star, not only Zhou Yutang, many directors in the circle like to cooperate with her.
First, the traffic is guaranteed, and secondly, the acting skills are quite reliable.
Brother Chen Kai's "Zhao's Orphan" invited Fan Xiaopang.
The two sat and chatted about the movie, and it didn't take long for the members of the running men's group to arrive one after another.
After a brief introduction, the recording of the program began shortly after.
The overall shooting went well.
After this period of running-in, everyone was still a little rusty at first, but it was obvious that they were familiar.
The tacit understanding of the members of the Running Man Brothers Group has improved a lot, and Chen Chichi has already dared to say to Deng Chao, "Brother Chao, are you a pig?" ”
The premise of engaging in variety show effects is to be open-minded.
The position of several fixed hosts is also becoming clearer.
Deng Chao is the big brother who is "afraid of his wife" and is responsible for controlling the field.
Chen Chichi is a game black hole, a little slippery head, and Sha Yi form a combination of old and weak, and run the funny role in the men's team.
Da Tian Tian is set by the goddess of luck, but where the lottery is drawn, a good lot will be drawn, and she is also beautiful without makeup, bright and generous, there is no baggage when playing games, and she is very down-to-earth Miss, the only weakness is the fear of insects.
Zhang Ruojun is the atmosphere in the group and the king of connections, he loves to pretend to be cool and handsome, but he often gets embarrassed, opens his mouth and closes his mouth "Zhou Yutang is my brother", he has a strong adaptability, and it is also very easy to mingle with the guests.
Bao Qian seems to be a conscientious and honest person, but he has a wonderful chemical reaction with Deng Chao, known as "betraying brother", which has a funny feeling of contrast.
The big black bull is a diligent and hard-working force, and he usually has no sense of existence, but he does all the dirty work.
Not only has the tacit understanding between the members of the running men's team improved, but also the PDs who are matched with each other have become familiar.
To a certain extent, the PD of the follow-up is the perspective of ordinary audiences, and through the interaction with the stars at close range, it can also increase the sense of novelty and substitution.
This issue of the "Big Man" movie promotion related planning.
This time double agents are set up.
Deng Chao and Fan Xiaopang cooperated with the undercover agent.
Because the first episode of the show Bell Demon King left a psychological shadow on the members of the running men's team, the members of the running men's team were very wary of Zhou Yutang at first.
Deng Chao is also a traitor, with excellent acting skills, fanning the flames on the side, but pretending to be good for everyone, and the show is full of effect.
Finally.
In the classic game of tearing off the famous brand, Fan Xiaopang seized the opportunity and hugged Zhou Yutang to death.
Zhou Yutang seemed stunned.
If Fan Xiaopang participates in general variety shows, he usually has some top-notch actresses.
But in front of Zhou Yutang, he was very open.
Then.
Da Tian Tian made a decisive move and eliminated Zhou Yutang from the game, and afterwards Jing Tian was also stunned, he eliminated his teammates, and he was busy apologizing.
After a few links of the game, Deng Chao was recognized and finally sacrificed, but under his continuous pitfalls, he also cleared a lot of obstacles for Fan Xiaopang.
The double agent was victorious in the end.
Zhou Yutang and the brothers of the men's group complained to each other for a while, and the effect of the show was also very good.
promoted a wave of the movie "Big Man", and Fan Xiaopang had a lot of fun.
Not only did she win, but she also won the specially customized gold medal of the big man on the part of the program team.
The two-day shooting time ended quickly, and in the end, Fan Xiaopang was still unsatisfied: "I will come to play in the future." ”
She still had an event to attend that night, so she flew directly to Rongcheng, and Zhou Yutang had a small gathering with the brothers of the men's team.
During the banquet, the men's group frequently toasted.
Because of this show, Jing Tian has attracted countless fans, and the careers of the rest of the people have also developed to varying degrees.
Sha Yi drank a lot, and his face was flushed: "Yu Tang, it's rare for you to come, everyone won't get drunk tonight." ”
After he starred in "The Story of the Cooking Class" and "Wulin Gaiden", his acting career development was actually not smooth, but because of his manly popularity, he received a lot of film appointments and commercial activities.
The evening was very happy, and when the dinner was over, I didn't expect Wang Baoqiao to take the initiative to find Zhou Yutang.
His eyes narrowed into slits, and he smiled and showed a mouthful of bright white teeth: "Yu Tang, I have a script, you can help me read it." ”
"Hello! Mr. Tree?" After receiving the script handed over by Wang Baoqiao, Zhou Yutang's eyebrows rose slightly.
"Yes, that's it, I have several books in my hand, and the agent said that this book is not good, but I think it's interesting, please help me take a look."
Wang Baoqiao rubbed his hands and grinned.
He has successfully counterattacked after "Soldier Assault", and now there is a running man show, which is very popular, and it can also be said that there are continuous film appointments.
Zhou Yutang carefully read the script.
tells the story of a rural youth named "Tree", who is not doing his job, and gradually collapses and goes crazy step by step in the midst of family tragedy and practical difficulties.
The overall atmosphere is very depressing, and even the plot behind it is weird and detached from reality, probably trying to analyze from Mr. Tree's psychology about the fate of the little people at the bottom of society.
"It's kind of like 'Mulholland Drive.'"
After Zhou Yutang read it carefully, he smoothed out the folds of the script: "Bao Hao, who wrote this book, it's very good." ”
"Hehe, you think it's good, too."
Wang Baoqiao scratched his head, and opened his mouth a little embarrassed: "It's a book made by Director Han Jie, he talked to me for a long time, but he is not famous, and he has no money to shoot, I said that the salary can be given casually, and he can't afford to pull the crew, now the book is written, I just don't know when I can get the investment, Yu Tang, are you interested in investing?" ”
I see.
It is said that Bao Qian is an honest person, but it really doesn't mean that he is stupid.
The front is just throwing bricks and attracting jade, and the real purpose is to attract investment.
Wang Baoqiao is not stupid, and Zhou Yutang is even more thoughtful: "In this way, Baoqiao, you give me the director's phone, and I will let the company's film business department talk to him." ”
"Thank you, Yu Tang."
Wang Baoqiao was overjoyed and took his mobile phone and sent Zhou Yutang the number.
"Hey, Jiangdong Entertainment Film Business Department, yes, yes, I'm Han Jie."
Han Jie, who was lying on the bed, suddenly received this call, and got up quickly, holding the mobile phone in both hands, and his voice trembled with excitement:
"Mr. Zhou confirmed the investment, that's great, I made a cost budget, about two million, mainly Wang Baoqiao's salary"
"Good! Good! Good! Then I'll go to the capital and talk to the company again. ”
"Yu Tang, do you really want to invest in this film?"
Li Shuang's phone call was also able to come quickly: "I heard from the film department that it is a literary film, and it basically doesn't make money." ”
"It's a good book, that's enough."
Zhou Yutang said with a smile: "When the time comes, you can send it to the exhibition, maybe you can win the award." ”
The profit model of literary films is different from that of commercial films.
Generally speaking, the box office of literary films is definitely not too high, and they usually rely on major film festivals and film exhibitions to sell various copyrights to return to their original costs.
If you win the prize, you can still make a lot of money by selling copyrights.
The left and right are small investments, and Zhou Yutang should have bought a scratch ticket.
After the recording of the running man show, Zhou Yutang took the time to go to the game company.
Chen Min took Zhou Yutang for a walk around the game company.
In the second half of the year, a lot of planning, numerical values, and artists were recruited, Chen Min took Zhou Yutang to the conference room and took the initiative to introduce: "Mr. Zhou, according to your instructions, the first web game "Sword Rain Jianghu" made by the game company is still under development, and the product development cycle is expected to be five months. ”
"Waiting until early next year?"
Zhou Yutang nodded with satisfaction.
There are two directions for browser games at this stage.
The first type is "farm", "grab a parking space" social game, players can invite friends to participate in and interact.
According to the statistics of authoritative departments, the number of Internet users in the Celestial Empire has reached 457 million, and the monthly active users of QQ Farm have reached 320 million!
Quite exaggerated figures.
Even Ms. Wang Fengqin, who doesn't have much access to the Internet, is playing QQ Farm, pinching the time to collect vegetables and grow vegetables, and she is having a lot of fun.
But this kind of game is biased towards socialization, and what Zhou Yutang wants to do is the second type of browser game that is more confrontational and consumer.
"Sword Rain Jianghu" is such a page game, listening to Chen Min's report on the operation of the project, Zhou Yutang is still quite satisfied.
Mobile games are the future of the gaming sector, but most people are still using their mobile phones at the touch of a button, and they can only accumulate experience while working on web game projects.
In the studio of the miHoYo team, several people are still typing code.
These people are still a little immature, mainly accumulating experience and developing silently.
But Zhou Yutang didn't expect them to produce results immediately.
But.
The team has participated in several game development competitions and has decided on the idea of doing ACG.
Zhou Yutang will communicate with Cai Haoyu, the core of this team, from time to time, and usually focus on encouragement.
It's a long-term investment.
He believes.
Sooner or later, there will be the day when "Genshin Impact Launch".
(End of chapter)