China Entertainment's Standout

Chapter 704: New Year's Eve, Ascension is imminent

The industry has exploded.

With his nearly perfect performance, Zhou Yutang proved to countless attentive audiences what the box office appeal of the leading domestic entertainment industry is.

"Detective Chinatown 3" has continued the popularity of the "Odds" series, and the discussion about it continues to rise.

Now, the pressure is on Lu Chuan.

Seeing the growing popularity of Detective Chinatown, Lu Chuan's heart sank to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

However, he did not speak, and the old man of the Lu family could not help it.

Lu Tianming, who had quite a few connections in the literary and artistic circles, finally couldn't help himself and took the lead in firing the cannon himself.

"Some people are showing films ahead of schedule in this way, which is completely irresponsible and completely disregards the film and television industry's release schedule agreement. It not only disrupts the market order, but also suppresses the box office potential of other films.

Relevant departments should issue policies as soon as possible to regulate and restrict such large-scale advance screenings, which is unfair to other released films. "

"Is this old guy suffering from Alzheimer's disease?"

Lu Tianming had had a passionate confrontation with Han Han before. At that time, he brought a small group of literati including Ai Dajin to besiege Han Han, who was a fledgling but very talented.

But Zhou Yutang is not Han Han.

His current influence and reputation are second to none in the domestic entertainment industry.

It is simply beyond the imagination of these old men in the traditional literary circle.

However, Zhou Yutang was too lazy to pay attention to this old guy.

He doesn't even have to do anything.

Lu Han’s fans directly attacked Lu Laodeng.

Since returning to China, Lu Han has become extremely popular and has had good film and television resources, but his focus is still on honing his acting skills.

His fans have seen his efforts.

Now that you have finally been taken away by the Grand Commander, what kind of monster are you, old man, jumping out to cause trouble at this time?

Lu Han’s fans disagreed.

With his extremely powerful fighting power, he gave Lu Tianming, who was preparing to fight against Zhou Yutang, a little shock.

As a result, Ai Dajin, who spoke up for Lu Chuan, also suffered a serious blow.

I don’t know where those fans found the negative information.

Including Lu Tianming, Ai Dajin and others, their Weibo accounts were attacked one after another, and even their blood pressure must have risen.

In fact, Zhou Yutang was not the first person in the entertainment industry to do preview screenings.

As early as 2002, Zhang Yimou was ahead of the crowd. In order to qualify for an Oscar nomination, the nationally sensation "Hero" was screened in Shenzhen for 7 days before its release.

Zhou Yutang followed the experience of his predecessors and came up with a new style of play that suits the current version.

"Those Years" had a preview screening, but at that time Governor Zhou was just a green newcomer and did not have the appeal he has today. However, it also accumulated early word-of-mouth for the film and laid a solid foundation for its subsequent box office explosion.

This time, the large-scale advance screening brought public opinion and attention to a climax.

"This is another classic example of film and television marketing that can be included in textbooks. The reputation and performance of the preview can itself become a promotional point for the film."

“This new marketing model will test the Jiangdong Group’s distribution and resource coordination capabilities.”

After industry insiders gathered together to analyze the situation.

Many film and television companies were eager to follow suit, but soon gave up helplessly.

An approach like Zhou Yutang's would disrupt the cinema's own screening schedule, and if they suddenly add preview screenings, all this would require negotiation.

Many interests are involved here. Only Zhou Yutang, who has close relations with cinema chains and controls the entire upstream and downstream of the film and television channels, can dominate the Chinese film market.

"Mr. Zhou, congratulations on the movie's box office success."

Han Han attended the premiere of "Detective Chinatown" held in Beijing and congratulated with a smile.

Zhou Yutang shook hands and hugged him in a friendly manner, "Congratulations to you too, the box office of 'Never Expected' is good."

Han Han is listed as the nominal art director of this online blockbuster produced by Wanhe Tianyi for the Lunar New Year, and his Tingdong Pictures is one of the investors behind the scenes.

Although it was firmly suppressed by the small steel cannon, this online movie with a cost of no more than 3 to million yuan and a bunch of unknown internet celebrities can achieve a box office of more than million yuan. What else does it need?

Zhou Yutang and Guo Xiaosi can't get along.

The relationship with Han Han is pretty good.

The two chatted for a while, and when they were talking about his racing movie, people came over one after another.

Whether familiar or not, everyone came up to exchange polite greetings and try to establish a relationship with him.

Han Han looked for an opportunity to find Zhang Ruojun.

They had a very pleasant experience working together last time on "See You Tomorrow" and have been very close recently. Zhou Yutang heard that Zhang Ruojun would be the male lead in Han Han's next movie.

Meng Ziyi, who followed Zhou Shufang to the scene, only greeted Zhou Yutang from a distance, and then returned to his seat.

Although she had a sweet smile on her face, she felt a little disappointed in her heart - for today's premiere, she went to the styling studio and dressed up carefully.

Although she is not as beautiful as a fairy, at least she deserves the title of the campus belle of Beijing Film Academy.

But Zhou Yutang just glanced at her indifferently, without lingering on her eyes, and continued to busy himself with his own things.

Meng Ziyi was feeling depressed, but after listening to Zhou Shufang's explanation, he couldn't help but be secretly shocked.

Many big names came today, including the ones talking to Zhou Yutang, leaders from the Film Bureau and bigwigs from the Long Propaganda Department, all of whom were present in person to show their support.

La Peikang was at the premiere of "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" on the other side. China Film Group was also one of the producers of that movie.

Although he didn't come, the former head of China Film Group, Han Sanping, had a rosy face and was talking intimately with his arm around Governor Zhou's shoulder.

Apart from these bigwigs, the premiere was also filled with stars and celebrities.

Li Dagou from Xiao Ma is a good brother of Governor Zhou. Wang Changtian from Guangguang is also here, as is Boss Yang from Yinghuang and Ren Zhonglun, the CEO of Shanghai Film Group.
Poet Chen and his wife, with their child Arthur, Ning Hao and his wife, Guangtou Xu and his wife, Lu Yang, Wen Muye, and Guo Fan, the three great generals of Jiangdong, were all present.

In addition, professors Zhou Xinxia and Wang Hongwei from the Film Academy, and directors Xie Fei, Chen Kexing, and Chief Jia are also big names.

The star lineup is even more exaggerated, with Empress Zeng Li and Ni Ni talking to each other, recreating a classic scene.

Zhang Ruojun and Tang Yixin, Li Binbin sisters, Teacher Fan, international Zhang, and Xu Jinglei only brought Li Gengxi and introduced her to producers and directors in the circle.

This kind of occasion also has social attributes.

Mr. Zhou and Liu Yifei were chatting and laughing. Among the four Dan actresses and two Bing actresses, only Zhao Yanzi was missing.

There are also Zhao Liying and Zhang Tianai who are very popular this month, Jiangdong's own Dilireba, Reyiza, Yang Zi, Li Jian and Chen Xiao, etc.
Huang Xiaoming was filming in the Wan Province, but Qin Lan was there for him, and Hu Ge, the top star of Tangren, led Jin Daxi.
Even Jay Chou brought his wife Kun Ling to the scene to show their support.

Meng Ziyi looked at the king's wife several times.

I heard that she was a young model and she recovered her figure well after giving birth to her daughter. She recently made a comeback and is preparing to develop in the film and television industry.

In the past few years, the media has been hyping up Jay Chou and Zhou Yutang as the two kings of pop. Meng Ziyi knows that the two have a good relationship.

Otherwise, Kunling would not have played a supporting role in a drama arranged by Jiangdong.

"There were fifty or sixty media outlets here alone!"

A Fei, a reporter who was listed as a friendly camp of Jiangdong Entertainment, got the admission ticket to enter the venue. Many of his colleagues squatting outside cast envious glances at him.

A new colleague said excitedly: "Brother Fei, I counted, there are more than 200 celebrities in the film and television industry, this is no worse than a normal award ceremony, the Grand Commander is so damn impressive."

"Calm down. Governor Zhou's premiere is basically like this."

My colleague had just started working, and this time it was Fei who led him on the field trip. He specifically told him, "Don't just watch. When the time comes, pay attention to the angles and take pictures of Zhou Yutang and Lu Han, as well as the reactions of Liu Yifei, Zhang Tianai, and Zhao Liying in the guest seats." "OK, Brother Fei."

The new colleague patted his chest and assured, "I am Teacher Chen from Yantai, and I will complete the task."

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Ah Fei's expression twitched slightly, and he felt that this fellow countryman was not very serious.

But he soon put it aside and continued to do his own thing.

The main creative team sat on the stage and faced the media reporters, sharing the behind-the-scenes stories of the filming and the original intention of creating the film.

After some behind-the-scenes revelations were released, Zhou Yutang and Lu Han were naturally the ones that media reporters rushed to interview.

Ah Fei got the chance to ask questions by virtue of his familiar face and the seat he had grabbed in advance. "Mr. Zhou, some professionals have raised objections to the large-scale advance screening of the movie. What do you think about this?"

"For commercial reasons, we did this advance screening."

Zhou Yutang was very calm: "I didn't expect the effect to be so good. Thank you to the audience for your support. It is normal to have different opinions. If the producers have enough confidence in their movies, they might as well give it a try."

Try and die.

Ah Fei was speechless.

If you want to do large-scale advance screenings, you have to build up relationships with theater chains and ask them to schedule screenings for you!

He thought of a highly-liked comment online, which was that it was like being in a relationship, where the boy always had to get the girl's consent before taking the next step, otherwise it would be considered sexual harassment.

"Director Ning, you are the producer of the film, what do you think of Lu Han's acting skills?"

"Well done to Xiaolu, you portrayed this role very vividly and have a bright future ahead of you."

The sedan chair was carried by people. Ning Hao took the microphone and praised Lu Han in a very social way, which caused Lu Han's die-hard fans at the scene to scream.

Including Zhou Yutang, everyone expressed their recognition of his acting skills, as well as the pure and lovely sister Zi Feng.

Lu Han was somewhat flattered and said modestly, "Thank you Mr. Zhou for your support, Director Ning for your affirmation, and thank you for giving me such a high evaluation. My acting skills actually still have a lot of room for improvement.

Since returning to China, I have been trying my best in everything I do. Under the arrangement of Mr. Zhou, I entered Shanxia School to receive basic training in acting. I am also grateful to Liu Tianchi and other teachers for their efforts.

I am honored to join Mr. Zhou's film and play the role of Qin Feng. As for the details, I will leave it to the audience to judge."

"In the future, I will continue to work hard and strive to bring a better version of myself to everyone."

The interview ended and the film screening began.

The scene gradually became quiet.

Qin Feng and Tang Ren.

One is silly and funny, the other is smart and calm.

This wonderful pair of detectives turned Tyrande's Chinatown upside down.

From beginning to end, the story was closely linked and there was constant laughter at the cinema.

At the end, Sinuo, played by Zhang Zifeng, suddenly looked up and gave a creepy smile.

There was another cry of surprise at the scene.

The audience was still discussing it until the end of the movie, and their emotions were only soothed by the ending song.

There was thunderous applause.

Zhou Yutang looked back and clapped softly.

A satisfied smile quietly appeared at the corner of his mouth.

This is not someone he hired.

Only media outlets with good relations with Jiangdong were invited.

Most of them are well-known film critics with good reputations, as well as people from various industries, and a small number of lucky Jiangdong navy.

The large-scale advance screenings have proved the quality of the film and have passed the test of the market.

After the screening, the media became even more frantic than before: "Mr. Zhou, this is a wonderful movie, but the smile on Zifeng's face at the end of the movie and the phone call from Gao Yuanyuan, do they mean that there will be a new story?"

"Chinatown Detective is a whole series of stories."

Zhou Yutang revealed some information: "If nothing unexpected happens, there will be plans for a sequel. When to move forward with it needs further discussion."

"Mr. Zhou, what are your expectations for the box office? Do you hope to break the 2 billion record set by The Devil Wears Praetor 23.25?"

"Box office is not what I care about most. Records are just numbers and cannot define whether a movie is successful."

Zhou Yutang said calmly: "What's important is whether everyone can feel happy while watching the movie and gain emotional value that they can't experience in other days."

"Pretend, keep pretending, you are really good at pretending!"

Lu Chuan exited the video clip of the premiere of Detective Chinatown on Bilibili, cursing.

"Grave Robbers' Chronicles" and "Detective Chinatown" premiered on the same day. The chairman of China Film Group and LeTV's boss Jia were both there to support the premiere. Huanrui's CEO, the famous director Gu Changwei and his wife also came to support their niece.

In addition, some senior veterans in the film and television industry also came to show their support.

The formation is not weak either.

After all, the Grand Commander of Jiangdong was at the peak of his power, and some old men did not buy his account and even looked upon him with displeasure.

——Usually everyone has a high status and can get whatever they want.

No matter how big a star in the film and television industry is, one has to be respectful in front of them.

However, as Zhou Yutang's voice in the film and television industry became more and more important, he did not listen to the requests made by some of his senior predecessors.

Sometimes, we even ignore them directly and don't take them seriously at all.

Therefore, some old guys mobilized their connections. Although "Detective Chinatown 3" took off in both box office and word of mouth after large-scale previews, a small number of media outlets worked hard to create the gimmick of a fight between dragons and tigers.

at this time.

Next to Lu Tianming, there was an old man with gray hair and many age spots on his face.

If there are people in the industry here, they will definitely recognize that this old man has a lot of say in many film and television associations in China.

When Lu Chuan saw the old man, he bowed slightly and said respectfully, "Mr. He, thank you for coming to my premiere."

"Now that Old Lu has spoken, it's time for me to move my old bones."

He Lao nodded slightly, patted Lu Chuan's shoulder, and smiled: "Xiao Lu, it's up to you from now on. The Chinese film market cannot let one person dominate the market. We need talents like you to stand up."

"With Uncle He's support, I have confidence."

Lu Chuan understood what he meant and grinned.

At this moment, he is like the one who is overcoming tribulation in the novels about cultivating immortals.

As long as you pass this level, you will truly ascend to the immortal class.

Mr. He has extensive experience, strong connections, and a loud voice in many associations.

As long as he supports it, maybe this movie will have a chance to win one or two mainstream awards.

By the time.

He is the representative of the young generation of directors who can compete with Governor Zhou.

(End of this chapter)