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Chapter 956: Small victories add up to big ones, the strongest post-s
In addition to "Wushuang" and "Youth" which jointly broke the 10 billion box office, "Shameful Iron Fist" and "Ex-Files 3" also both broke the billion mark.

It can also be said that the right time, right place and right people are all there. The reputation and genre of the two Lunar New Year blockbusters "Wushuang" and "Youth" both tend to be realistic, and do not fully cover all audience groups.

However, the popular films such as "Legend of the Demon Cat", "The Demon Ring Bell" and "The Demon King: Resurrection" did not live up to expectations and their box office performance was disappointing.

In the last dance of the Lunar New Year trio, comedy films filled this market gap and pushed the entire Lunar New Year box office to a climax.

"Hua Yi is a bit lucky."

On the Jiangdong private plane heading to North America, Zhou Yutang switched to his secondary account to surf the Internet, muttering to himself.

With the support of Jiangdong and the promotion through multiple channels, as well as the endorsement of "Charlotte's Troubles", it was expected that Happy Twist would have a huge box office success.

But I didn’t expect that Huayi didn’t fall behind this time.

The accumulation of the first two films, plus the topic of ex-boyfriend was ignited.

After all, apart from those brothers who have never been in a relationship, who doesn’t have a few exes?
Marketing around this topic can easily trigger widespread resonance.

Douyin naturally wants to support its own project, and Huayi’s publicity base is placed on Kuaishou.

Just in the past few days, if you just scroll down, you can see short videos of audiences crying and sobbing while watching movies in the cinema, going viral online.

This was equivalent to Zhang Yimou's shocked face, as well as the Grand Commander's thumbs-up and Wu Jing's visit to the set, which greatly stimulated the audience's curiosity.

There are also people who imitate the movie Meng Yun pretending to be Zhizunbao on the street and shouting "I love you" to Lin Jia, and Lin Jia is allergic to eating mangoes.
It doesn’t matter whether it’s a sand sculpture or not.

The heat was just right, creating a spectacular effect.

As the discussion started to grow, audiences naturally flocked to the cinema.

No one could have imagined that a movie could produce two phenomenally popular songs.

"Dignity" sung by Yu Wenwen and "Say Goodbye" sung by Yuan Yawei, these two movie theme songs
It became an overnight hit and has already topped all major music charts.

"Breaking up should be dignified, no one should say goodbye."

Zhou Yutang didn't watch the movie, but he listened to these two songs. The melodies are indeed catchy and the lyrics are heartbreaking.

Since its release, "The Shameful Iron Fist" has topped the daily box office in the Chinese-language film industry.

After that, he was unstoppable and was far ahead of the contestants at the end of the month.

Hua Yijia's "Ex-Files 3" has been rising against the trend in box office sales for several days, reaching 10.23 billion.

There is still more than a month of buffer time before the Spring Festival.

This means that in the next month, "Ex-Files 3" and "Iron Fist" will have no competitors and will almost be able to reap all the dividends at the end of the Lunar New Year holiday.

"This year, Huayi has actually stood up."

Chen Xi went on a roadshow with the Mahua team, and it was a bit surprising when he told Zhou Yutang about it.

"Small victories add up to big ones, so you can't help but let others gain momentum."

Zhou Yutang smiled calmly: "It's good to have an opponent, otherwise it would be too boring."

Chen Duling felt that if anyone else said this, it would be considered as showing off.

Only when it comes from Zhou Yutang's mouth, it is very convincing.

As the face of the Chinese entertainment industry and the third place in the world's box office rankings, he has indeed been lonely for too long, and no one is more qualified to say this than him.

"Life is tiring enough. Most audiences go to the cinema just to relax. Comedy movies can help them escape from real life for a short time."

"Comedy movies are indeed prone to producing hits."

As a soldier led by Zhou Yutang, Chen Xi instantly understood what his boss meant.

Comedy movies are another basic part of Jiangdong Entertainment besides youth films.

Starting from the "Lost on Journey" series, including Happy Twist's phenomenal comedy movie "Charlotte's Troubles" which became a hit.

Even "The Mermaid", which marked Stephen Chow's comeback and created the annual box office myth, had Zhou Yutang's involvement behind the scenes.

Chen Duling sometimes feels that her boss is too romantic.

I don't agree with his greed in matters between men and women, but sometimes I admire his unique vision.

Whatever he said was always right.

It's mysterious, making people want to explore.

"It's a pity that the copyright of the Lost on Journey series was bought out by Xu Guangtou. Huanxi recently spread the word that Xu Guangtou is preparing to make the third installment in the Lost on Journey series."

"Let it rain if it wants to, and let my mother marry if she wants to. There are many projects that can make money."

"That's true. We can definitely make Mahua a signature dish for Chinese comedy."

Chen Xi and Zhou Yutang continued their conversation and talked about another project of Mahua, "The Richest Tomato".

When Yan Fei and Peng Damo, the golden pair of Mahua, came up with the script.

The content of the film is somewhat similar to Universal Pictures' 1985 film "Brewster's Millions". Zhou Yutang obtained the adaptation rights of "Brewster's Millions" through his connections in Hollywood to avoid being accused of plagiarism in the future.

The story of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" has been localized. The theme is how a loser counterattacks and spends 10 billion in a month. It also incorporates elements such as football and finance, which is quite different from the Universal version.

But after the preparations were completed, some problems arose.

It was originally planned to start filming around October, but Shen Teng is very popular now and has a lot of things to do.

In addition to the variety show, he took on another project, mainly because the other party was trying to make him lose money and offered conditions that were impossible to refuse.

Happy Twist discussed internally and decided to give newcomer Zhang Chenguang a chance to rise to the top, but in the end he was rejected by Zhou Yutang.

The reason is that there is a problem with role suitability.

Although Mahua is independently operated, Zhou Yutang is one of the major shareholders and his words carry a lot of weight.

I had to wait in line for Shen Teng's schedule.

In fact, Zhou Yutang can also understand that Mahua wants to train a few newcomers who can carry the box office in addition to Shen Teng, so that the company's future development will have more possibilities.

This year, Allen starred in "The Shameful Iron Fist" for this reason, but the effect did not fully meet expectations.

The movie's box office was very good, but in terms of quality, it was not as amazing as "Charlotte's Troubles".

According to netizens' comments, the jokes involving Allen were not even as funny as Shen Teng's brief appearance.

Sometimes, audience appeal is really hard to explain.

It’s not that Zhou Yutang doesn’t give newcomers a chance.

But from a higher level perspective, considering the interests of the entire project, there is indeed no one more suitable for this role than Shen Teng.

"There's no news from Thirteenth Sister. Shen Teng ended the road show ahead of schedule, and Mahua has started filming in Xiamen."

"Just go over and watch."

"Boss, you said that last time."

Chen Xi then took advantage of the situation and said, "There's a play going on over there. Please take some time to come over and make a cameo appearance."

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Zhou Yutang rubbed his forehead and turned to ask the secretary: "Is there such a thing?" Chen Duling, who was wearing a turtleneck sweater and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, answered meticulously beside him: "The last time Director Peng asked, you agreed."

The secretary is still too idle!

She needs to be given more responsibilities, such as preparing the speech for the opening of next year.
Once words are spoken, they can be spilled. Zhou Yutang nodded helplessly and said, "Wait a little longer. It may take until next month, or at most one day."

"It's February."

Chen Duling opened her big, clear eyes and said, "One day may not be enough. That scene is very complicated."

"Two days at most."

Zhou Yutang was speechless.

"walk slowly!"

Chen Duling lowered her head to note the time, a sly smile secretly appearing on her innocent face.

The plan goes through!
The movie starts shooting in Xiamen, so won't she be able to go back to her hometown for a paid vacation?
The flight lasted more than 12 hours.

It is enough to comfort the Grand Commander of Jiangdong who works day and night.

When the Jiangdong private plane landed at Los Angeles Airport, Zhou Yutang regained his former high spirits.

"My old friend, you are still so handsome."

"Get in the car first and go to the company."

Old Bob came up and gave Zhou Yutang a tight bear hug, and Zhou Yutang patted Old Deng's broad, bear-like shoulders expressionlessly.

At first, he was still a little uncomfortable with it.

Gradually, I got used to the old man's way of expressing enthusiasm.

In Bob's words, this is the respect that should be given to the mysterious Eastern bigwig who has made a lot of US dollars.

If Zhou Yutang hadn't resisted, Lao Deng would have kissed him hard on the face.
The two sat in the car and talked about the box office performance of "The Nun", a spin-off movie of the Conjuring series, which is currently being screened worldwide.

"The follow-up is a bit weak. After 10 days of release, the cumulative box office in North America and Canada is only 1.89 million US dollars, and the international box office is only 1.38 million."

Zhou Yutang shook his head.

At the beginning, the overwhelming marketing, coupled with the money to create the popularity of the IP, attracted a large number of audiences to pay to go to the cinema, so it became a hit.

But compared to the reputation of the entire Conjuring universe movie series, the movie has a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 48% and an audience score of only 62%, which makes it pretty watchable without too many surprises.

The reason for such box office success is entirely due to the support from its peers. There was not a single film that could compete during the Christmas season.

"Zhou, this is already an incredible achievement!"

Bob didn't care about that and grinned, showing his big white teeth.

If you think about it carefully, James Wan won by a small margin, Bob Damon won by a large margin, and Zhou Yutang won by an even bigger margin.
Soon, they stopped dwelling on it. Zhou Yutang listened to Bob continue to chatter, "The publicity plan for Fifty Shades Freed is ready. We're just waiting for the filming to start in February. Will you come over then?"

"I probably don't have time."

Zhou Yutang thought for a moment and said, "Just contact Zou. We can talk about any problems later."

"Ok ok, the party is already arranged for tonight!"

When it comes to parties, old Bob seems particularly excited.

During the Hollywood awards season, these cocktail parties are roughly equivalent to dinner parties in China.

The news about Zhou Yutang flying to Hollywood to attend the party has been posted in the most prominent position in the film and television information section of major domestic media.

"The Grand Commander flew directly to Los Angeles after the Jinling meeting, and photos of the airport were leaked!"

"Joker has been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards, the most promising year!"

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Zhou Yutang is not only a powerful figure in the Chinese entertainment industry, but he is also a prominent figure in Hollywood.

Not to mention his previous films, just the three works he produced and released this year are enough to dazzle the eyes of many Hollywood film and television professionals.

"Joker", which won the Venice Golden Lion Award, grossed over 20 billion US dollars worldwide, and ranked third in the world film history list, made Joaquin Phoenix soar on the spot and made Zhou Yutang undoubtedly a god in one battle.

Then came "The Meg", which nearly broke the $10 billion global box office, making Nazha an international star and allowing Warner to stand up straight in the head-on competition with Disney.

The film that made a fortune quietly was "Fifty Shades Darker" which was released earlier this year, with its final global box office revenue reaching 4.16 million US dollars.

The Conjuring series has laid golden eggs, and "The Nun" is currently heading towards a box office of 400 million yuan.

It is not difficult to understand if these movies, which are worthy of being included in the Hollywood annual list, are produced by different interest groups.

But all three projects were operated by Zhou Yutang behind the scenes. Even the Big Six in Hollywood would find it difficult to replicate such a miracle.

In addition, he started from scratch in ten years and achieved countless brilliant achievements. All the glory was concentrated on one person. He was simply the embodiment of personal heroism!
The Hollywood media previously called him a miracle director.

Now, the miracle has become a reality.

Therefore, many local reporters chased Zhou Yutang for interviews.

I am eager to know how this mysterious Oriental super-rich man feels about the Golden Globe nomination and his outlook on the Oscars.

Apart from the interactions with top Hollywood film and television industry figures, Zhou Yutang will soon have to deal with several interviews with heavyweight media outlets, even though he has asked the team around him to filter out many interviews.

The entire schedule is almost full.

Chen Duling was skeptical for a while.

The blonde female reporter who deliberately opened two buttons of her shirt and stuck out her butt did something unspeakable with Zhou Yutang in the small compartment of the villa where the party was held.

But thinking about it afterwards, it seemed like something didn't fit.

Because Zhou Yutang's casting time has never been less than half an hour, it is impossible to be finished in ten minutes.

Moreover, the number written on the business card by the pretty female reporter with lipstick was thrown into the trash can by Chen Duling herself.

"Wait, why should I care about this?"

While his mind was wandering, Chen Duling suddenly discovered a blind spot.

"Well, I'll help out a little bit with the task that Tianxian and Yijie assigned to me! It must be like this!"

"There are already too many fish in the pond. No more foreign fish can swim in, otherwise it will destroy the ecological balance!"

Chen Duling quickly found a reason and convinced herself. She also read the press release that the blonde female reporter from the Los Angeles Times had sent out overnight after a brief interview with Zhou Yutang.

"Miracle from the East arrived in Los Angeles and I had the honor of meeting him at a cocktail party the night before the Golden Globe Awards.

He is so young, so handsome, and yet so talented, with four Golden Globe nominations in his hands, shining like the sun.

Unlike the humility of most Oriental people, I could feel his outstanding vision and extraordinary knowledge, as well as the strong sense of oppression he brought to me, as if he was an emperor high above me.

It's predictable.

One day the stars in the dome of the Kodak Theater will shine for him."

(End of this chapter)