China Entertainment's My Artistic Career

Chapter 266
On the set, the area that had long been decorated like a hotel luxury suite was finally put to use today.

Inside, the floors are paved with black and gold marble, and the rooms decorated with tiles as bright as mirrors are full of luxury. There are also gorgeous crystal hammered chandeliers, pure black fragrant wood tables with glass, and other items that Xu Jiang would say he can’t afford to use. A large plasma TV is placed among them.

There is a set of sofa seats placed in the middle of the entire area, and Liang Jiahui is currently sitting on one of the single sofas.

I saw him wearing burgundy silk pajamas, with some gray beard on his chin. The most eye-catching thing is his hairstyle. At this moment, he is no longer the domineering Zhou Yaoxian with short and greasy hair in suits and short hair in "Black Gold". He grew his hair long and tied it into a braid at the back, making him look even more like the 'Black Boss'.

However, this boss is obviously a bit playful. At the moment, he is wearing headphones and listening to the rock songs inside.
His hands remained motionless because the stylist and props were giving him the illusion that they were being penetrated by knives.

He Hua sat alone behind the camera. He had already found the angle and was just waiting for the other teams to be ready to start shooting.

Behind the monitor on the side, Lao Mouzi is patiently explaining the scene to Liu Yifei. In fact, Liang Jiahui's acting task is obviously heavier in this scene. Liu Yifei only needs to make her cool expression, but obviously Lao Mouzi had higher requirements for her.

Of course He Hua didn't care, since he wasn't the director of this scene anyway, and he didn't need to work.

After the two of them collaborated on this scene, He Hua will take the team to Paris to shoot the street chase scenes and the fancy car destruction scene.

He gets excited just thinking about it. These are things he has never been exposed to before, and he is particularly interested in them.

Of course, he didn't go into battle blindly and confidently. For this reason, he specially asked the Emperor to find several action directors who were good at this kind of speeding scenes to join him.

As for why it is this time, of course their application for shooting at the Paris City Hall in France was approved. Moreover, the streets of Paris in July and August are the least crowded time in the summer, because most people are on vacation, and shooting at this time is the most time-saving and labor-saving. when.

So they urgently arranged for people to rent a car and find a car to make preparations before shooting.

While He Hua was looking down and thinking about how to shoot those scenes, four or five people in the studio came towards them, and there were people at the entrance holding bags of stuff.

Cao Dun on the side touched He Hua with his shoulder: "It seems to be Ni Ni."

He Hua looked over there and then looked away, showing no interest.

Instead, Cao Dun was still looking around. He Hua raised his eyebrows and asked, "Why, do you like this type?"

"Don't you think she has that kind of feeling about her? She's so charming and has all kinds of charms. I think she's very suitable for taking the literary route."

He Hua quickly interrupted: "Stop, stop, stop, I have a boyfriend."

Cao Dun choked for a moment: "Damn, who do you think I am? I am just appreciative. What do you know?"

"Besides, look at Teacher Zhang's treatment. Popular actors come to visit the class all the time. As for you, you have already filmed three movies. One of you came to visit the class. It's true."

Damn, I must have been right, otherwise this grandson wouldn't have reacted so bigly, but is it true that all old men with a bit of literary and artistic temperament are good at this?He Hua secretly guessed in his heart.

Isn't Zhang Jingchu this type?

Ni Ni said a few words beside Lao Mouzi, said hello to Liu Yifei, got to know each other, and then walked to He Hua and Cao Dun.

"Teacher He, it's our first time meeting you. Nice to meet you." Ni Ni stretched out a white and tender hand in front of He Hua.

He Hua glanced at Cao Dun, then stretched out his hand to shake her hand cheerfully: "I have seen your performance in "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling", and it was very good."

"Really? Thank you, I've always felt that I'm not very good at acting." Ni Ni's face was filled with surprise.

Cao Dun on the side showed his true nature as a dog-licker and stepped forward to answer: "It's really a good performance. I remember there was a scene where you smoked and looked up."

"Ahem!" He Hua coughed twice, secretly pulled Cao Dun, and then introduced to Ni Ni: "This is Mr. Cao Dun, our assistant director and photographer."

Ni Ni hurriedly stepped forward to shake hands: "Ah, Teacher Cao, I have heard of you. I like "Wang Gui and Anna" and "Snail House" both."

Cao Dun was so happy now that the wrinkles on his face were squeezed out.

The two soon started chatting in a lively manner.

He Hua stood aside a little embarrassed, thinking about how to escape from here, when someone suddenly called Cao Dun, and now he didn't have to think of a solution.

Ni Ni smiled and asked Cao Dun to go ahead and talk later.

After Cao Dun left, she turned to face He Hua, who suddenly felt a chill.

I saw Ni Ni flipping up her hair, looking around the studio, and then bit her lip gently: "I really envy Sister Yifei, I hope I have the opportunity to cooperate with Director He."

"I think my acting skills will definitely improve under your guidance."

He Hua laughed and typed a few words, "There will be a chance." As he spoke, He Hua picked up the walkie-talkie and started urging:
"Are the other groups ready? Why are they so slow?"

Ni Ni left wisely.

In fact, with just a casual look in his eyes, He Hua had already discovered the source of his discomfort: Liu Yifei, who was sitting on the other side of the monitor, was looking at this side with burning eyes.

Although He Hua is not very afraid of her, it is better not to offend her if he can avoid causing trouble to himself.

But when she got home at night, she didn't know whether Liu Yifei was jealous of what happened during the day or worried that He Hua would be unable to bear it after being out for more than ten days without eating meat. She squeezed He Hua's public food severely.

Of course, He Hua also got what he wanted and saw the Hai N Airlines uniform that he had always wanted to see, complete with a thin 'rose'!

The next day, He Hua went directly to catch up on his sleep on the plane.

Group B was shot on the streets of Rivoli in Paris.

He Hua led a group of people and quickly determined the shooting method. The camera truck was equipped with a RED EPIC camera.

"Six RED cameras are installed on a camera truck, one in the front, one in the back, and two on each side."

He Hua told the staff around him as he walked.

"Have you found an actor yet?"

The casting director quickly said: "We've found it. We've contacted the local actors union, but the price will be a little higher."

This is inevitable, but although this formal channel is expensive, it can also ensure the interests of the crew.

He Hua nodded and stood still, asking the set manager to bring over the printed footage, and emphasized to them the key points of the shooting bit by bit:

"Every shooting point requires the actors to coordinate simultaneously. You must make it clear to them."

Seeing others nodding, He Hua continued.

Print out the footage and hang it directly on a large cardboard. Once He Hua explains it, the entire team knows what the crew is filming and has a better understanding of what they should do.

After talking for a while, he stopped: "Okay, go down and get ready. We will try to start shooting the day after tomorrow." The circle of people gradually dispersed.

After everyone left, assistant Xiao Xu quickly handed over the boss's phone number. He Hua took it, looked at it, and called back directly.

Zhang Yiming called, but they hadn't contacted each other for a long time, so they didn't know what was going on this time.

"Lao Zhang, I was just on the set, so I didn't receive the call. I'm not in China, and I'm filming in Paris. Come and play when you have time."

After chatting for a while, the two got to the point. It turned out that ByteDance had once again encountered a development bottleneck. As the saying goes, it didn't have enough money, and now it wanted to start Series A financing.

He Hua is a shareholder, and the management of this shareholder ByteDance is very satisfied. If it weren't for the large amount of money he gave from the angel round, they wouldn't be able to survive now, so of course they have to ask his opinion now.

He Hua thought for a while and thought that it was definitely impossible not to let other companies enter. The funds needed for the future development of such a unicorn company were simply not something that he, a film and television entertainment company, could afford.

But now, since I have become the first person to eat crabs, of course I have to take a big bite.

"You don't have to think about it. I'll just add how much money you need. When I can't hold it anymore, I'll have to trouble you to find someone else."

After hanging up the phone, He Hua immediately called his asset management team:

"Establishing a company to specialize in VC is mainly to be optimistic about ByteDance. As long as the financing is less than 1 million, we will follow it. As long as they allow it, we will increase our holdings."

Zhang Yiming made it very clear on the phone just now that they want another 1000 million this time, and the product he said before that is based on data mining and recommends information to users and provides services that connect people and information is about to be released. Maybe Soon we will enter the money-burning stage.

He Hua looked at the crossroads where no one was walking around and there were no cars at the moment, and a thought suddenly came to his mind:

"I don't know if Zhang Yiming and others will allow themselves to increase their holdings by more than 50%."

"How many rounds of financing can this asset of mine support?"

"Ugh."

Busy time always passes quickly, and in the blink of an eye, more than half of the summer season has passed. During this period, domestic films have finally swept away the decline in the first half of the year, and several works with good results have appeared one after another.

"Painted Skin 2" is about to be released. Piracy is everywhere on the Internet, and daily revenue is already very low.

The media also reported heavily on its achievements:

""Painted Skin 2" was a box office hit and ranked second in the Chinese film box office rankings, second only to "囧""

""Painted Skin 2" stumbling and stumbling, finally overcame the 'bullet'"

"A new director creates another box office miracle, setting a new box office record for domestic films"

Although the movie fell before 7 million, its box office result of 6.91 million still made countless companies in the industry jealous.

Wuershan also became famous in one fell swoop and became a commercial film director that attracted much attention in the industry.

Chen Kun, Zhao V, and Zhou Xun also once again proved their box office appeal and became the only figures in the mainland.

In addition to "Painted Skin 2", the other more outstanding ones are "Famous Catchers" and "Search"

"Famous" has a cumulative box office of 1.73 million.

According to the investment cost of the crew's publicity of 9000 million, this movie should be a small loss, but for some reason Wang Changtian and Chen Jiashan soon announced that they would start filming the sequel of the movie.

It seems there is quite a lot of moisture in here.

Yang Mi is in a good mood, because she has two more masterpieces on her resume. Regardless of whether she has made a loss or not, over [-] million is considered an achievement as an actress.

"Search" directed by Kai Ge also achieved a box office of 1.47 million.

Compared to the cost, it would definitely be a huge profit.

Xinli Media has also made its name in one fell swoop. I heard that they will be deeply tied to Chen Kaige in the future, just like the relationship between Huayi Brothers and Feng Xiaogang.

The reputation and performance of this movie have finally made Chen Kaige feel proud. Not only has he been ridiculed by netizens since "The Promise", but his subsequent works have also been unfavorable. Now of course he has to stand up and speak:
“Chinese films have had collective escapism from reality for quite some time.”

"The most difficult thing is not the technology, but whether we understand the human heart of this era."

"I never deliberately cater to others, and I don't know how to cater to them."

Judging from what he said, he is such an aloof artist. Everyone is drunk and I am alone.

In addition, Zhao Youting also has three summer works: "The First Time" with Da Baobei, "Ruffian Heroes: All-out War" with Huang Bo, and this "Search", as well as the romance with Gao Yuanyuan. Developed his own reputation.

Otherwise, who would know who he is if he really relies on the movie "Monga" which is only shown in Wanwan.

"Zootopia" has also entered the countdown to its domestic release.

After earning 1.43 million yuan in box office in the three days of its first weekend, it has also attracted 3.16 million yuan in the domestic film market, with a cumulative box office of 4.59 million yuan.

The same is true in the North American market. With its good reputation, the film has always maintained a low box office decline. After four weeks of release, the film has a cumulative box office of US$2.17 million.

It is worth mentioning that the screening system of North American theaters is not the same as that of mainland China. A good movie can be released for 3 or 4 months. There may be more than 3000 theaters when it opens, and there may be less than 50 theaters when it is released. .

For example, Lao Mouzi's "Hero" was released in North America for 14 weeks that year.

Therefore, the results of "Zootopia" may be better than the results Yu Yang predicted before.

At the same time, the global situation of "Zootopia" is also very gratifying. It set multiple box office records upon its release and won the global weekly box office championship with a box office of US$1.08 million in its first week.

The current overseas box office performance is US$7.74 million. I believe that exceeding US$8 million should not be a big problem. Domestic box office is also included.

The movie was a hit. Not only the protagonists Rabbit and Fox were popular, but the supporting characters were also famous.

The most popular ones are of course the sloth 'Lightning' who is so slow that it drives you crazy; there are also the fennec fox 'Finnick' who can play the role of a baby even though he has an old face, and the donut-loving fennec fox , the Leopard Police Officer with a pink girl’s heart.

The popularity of these characters makes the movie derivatives and peripherals extremely valuable. Every year, Disney’s animated movies bring huge profits to Disney.

The peripheral market for domestic animated films is not yet mature, and Lighthouse Animation also lacks experience in this area. He Hua could only authorize Blue Sky Studio to operate this area early.

Therefore, "Zootopia" will not only bring more than 1 million US dollars in cash sharing to He Hua, but also follow-up continuous sharing of accounts.

I just need to find someone to keep a close eye on this profit.

(End of this chapter)