Huayu Entertainment: Who let him be the director!

"Xiao Liu, book me a flight to New York."

At the end of April, Zhou Qing personally went to the United States and met with the production team.

It took a week to resolve all the issues that required Zhou Qing's approval.

"Director Zhou, the preparations in New York are almost complete. We will fly to Vancouver starting next month."

The production director and Zhou Qing were having the final communication.

After careful evaluation and comparison by the team, the main filming location of "Now You See Me" was finally chosen as Vancouver.

Zhou Qing naturally had no objection to this and nodded to show that he understood the situation.

However, the assistant director will have to stay in America for a while because some key supporting roles have not yet been decided.

As for the candidates who had been tentatively selected by the assistant director, Zhou Qing decided to take all the information and videos back and review them slowly.

Therefore, Zhou Qing’s work content in the following May and June was very clear.

He worked with the production team to complete the preparations for the film, and also finalized the remaining actors.

In addition, Zhou Qing also gave himself an extra task: to write the script of "33 Days of Broken Love".

It would be best to reach a cooperation with Xue Xiaolu before the filming of "Now You See Me" starts.

Naturally, this kind of thing should be done sooner rather than later.

So why did Zhou Qing choose "Love Is Not Blind" first among so many classic low-budget romance movies?

After a careful comparison, he found that this movie was indeed the most suitable.

The first is cost.

"Love Is Not Blind" was a dark horse released in 11. At that time, the cost was only 900 million. If it was filmed at this time, the cost would only be lower.

Although as a reborn person, Zhou Qing knew Xue Xiaolu's abilities, but after all, the other party had not filmed any works yet and had no experience.

Then Zhou Qing naturally prefers small productions.

For larger productions with a budget of over 10 million yuan, it would be safer to wait until Xue Xiaolu's skills become more sophisticated before moving forward.

In addition, there is another very important reason.

"Love Is Not Blind" is the classic love movie that Zhou Qing likes, and the one with the closest timeline to the present.

This movie was released in 11.

Other dramas like "Beijing Meets Seattle" and "Time Raiders" will have to wait a little longer.

So after comprehensive comparison, it is more reasonable to give priority to the production of "Love Is Not Blind".

What?
"Love Is Not Blind" is a novel written by Bao Jingjing based on her own experience, and then adapted into a movie?
Zhou Qing said that was not a big deal.

At most, when the movie was released, Bao Jingjing felt that the story in the movie was so similar to herself, that's all.

The other party will just treat it as a coincidence and won't think too much about it.

What's more, Bao Jingjing underwent gender reassignment when she wrote this novel.

She projected her own experience onto a male protagonist.

In this case, there will be no problem at all, and it will just be considered a coincidence.

There is absolutely no need to worry.

Zhou Qing did what he said. While he was busy with matters related to "Now You See Me", he also started writing the script for "Love Is Not Blind".

On May 5, "The Forbidden Kingdom", which has made a strong presence in the entire circle, started filming grandly.

It has attracted great attention in the circle.

Cheng Long, Li Lianjie, Zhou Xun, Li Bingbing and other main actors all appeared in the film, which attracted a lot of attention.

Li Lianjie also accepted an interview and shared his feelings about working with Brother Cheng Long.

"In fact, I planned to cooperate with my eldest brother three years ago, but I never had the chance. This time I can be regarded as fulfilling one of my dreams."

The two superstars also hugged each other intimately on the spot and seemed to have a very good relationship.

It provided the media with a lot of publicity gimmicks and also raised everyone's expectations for the movie "The Forbidden Kingdom" infinitely.

But Zhou Qing didn't pay attention to these.

Compared to this, he was more interested in the candidate for Golden Swallow.

Well, the person who replaced Liu Yifei to play Golden Swallow was Zhou Xun, and Zhou Qing was not surprised.

After all, with resources of this level, the only actress Huayi is qualified to hire is Zhou Xun.

This person has just signed with Huayi and is being promoted by Huayi.

Even if we put this point aside, among so many female stars in Huayi, there is no one else who is worthy of this role.

It's okay for Fan Bingbing, but he has already decided not to renew the contract.

How could Huayi consider Fan Bingbing again?

No matter how you calculate it, it really is Zhou Xun.

The only one who might be depressed is Li Bingbing.

This person has been fighting openly and secretly with Fan Bingbing for so many years. Now he has finally defeated Fan Bingbing, but a Zhou Xun suddenly appears out of nowhere!
The position of the number one sister was directly taken away by someone else.

Now he has to play a supporting role to Zhou Xun in a movie like "The Forbidden Kingdom". He must be feeling very depressed.

As for Zhou Xun, she has become extremely popular in the past two years and her career has been booming.

First it was Feng Xiaogang’s blockbuster “The Banquet”, and then it was his own blockbuster “Painted Skin”.

Next up is the blockbuster "The Forbidden Kingdom".

Wow, these resources are unmatched in the entire circle, right?

Even so, Zhou Xun is still thinking about "Now You See Me".

Fortunately, he didn't take it down, otherwise Zhou Xun would have been in big trouble.

The casting for "Ip Man" has been completed.

Ye Weixin came with the list and had the final confirmation with Zhou Qing.

"Director Zhou, these are the preliminary lists of personnel. Please take a look and see if you have any comments."

After the two sides exchanged polite greetings, Ye Weixin handed the list to Zhou Qing.

Zhou Qing took a quick look.

There is no need to say much about the male lead, Zhao Wenzhuo.

The female lead is still played by Lynn Hung, and Simon Yam plays Zhou Qingquan, one of the Four Little Dragons of Foshan.

However, the important role of policeman Li Zhao was not played by Lin Jiadong, but by mainland actor Xia Yu.

It seems that what Ye Weixin said about selecting only actors from Hong Kong was just talk.

The other party is not that ignorant.

"Wu Jing?"

This person also attracted Zhou Qing's attention.

He really didn't expect to see Wu Jing's name here.

This future "box office jackpot" is now still a small and frustrated character in Hong Kong Island, right?
In any decent production, Wu Jing would not be able to get the leading role and could only play a supporting role.

I finally got to play two leading roles, but both were such failures that even my grandma didn't recognize me.

How sad!

Take the role in "Ip Man" for example, it is still a supporting role.

Ye Weixin assigned him the role of the owner of a martial arts school, Master Liao.

Frankly speaking, his role was not too small. He was beaten at the beginning when he challenged Ip Man, and was beaten again when he challenged Jin Shan. Finally, he was beaten again when he dueled with Japanese soldiers.

Wu Jing certainly didn't want to take on such a role. But there was nothing he could do. He was not qualified to be picky about food now.

"Wu Jing's Wolf Fang should be filming soon, right?"

After Zhou Qing complained inwardly for a moment, he began to think about this problem seriously.

Zhou Qing doesn't care about the flopped movie "Wolf Tooth". He is interested in the two subsequent "Wolf Warrior" movies.

Zhou Qing is definitely going to make these two movies, after all, this series of movies is really scary.

As for "Wolf Warrior 1", it's not too difficult, 5.5 million.

It's eye-catching, but it's normal.

But the box office of "Wolf Warrior 2" actually soared to 56.9 billion, which is really a bit exaggerated.

As a reborn person, Zhou Qing naturally would not miss such a movie.

At that time, you can shoot it yourself or ask someone to shoot it, but it must be done.

"If Director Zhou has any opinions, feel free to speak up."

Ye Weixin's voice sounded from the other side, interrupting Zhou Qing's thoughts.

Zhou Qing smiled and waved his hand: "I said I would not interfere with Director Ye's casting. Besides, the actors Director Ye found are all very suitable. I have no objection."

Ye Weixin finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, Director Zhou is not just talking, he really does not interfere with my work.

That's quite comforting.

"By the way, Director Zhou, I plan to give Zhao Liying from your studio the role of a hawker."

"Ip Man defeated Jin Shanzhao, and when he went to the market to buy things, his neighbors didn't charge him. Zhao Liying appeared at that time and had lines to say."

"What do you think, Director Zhou?"

Ye Weixin specifically mentioned Zhao Liying's role and asked Zhou Qing for his opinion.

"Director Ye will take care of the arrangements."

Zhou Qing naturally had no objection, but it was his martial arts instructor who asked about it specifically.

After all, the success of the "Ip Man" series of films is inseparable from the spectacular fighting scenes in them.

"For martial arts guidance, I plan to ask Sammo Hung. We are currently in contact with him and he is also very interested. What do you think, Director Zhou?"

Ye Weixin did not hide this and told Zhou Qing the truth.

Zhou Qing couldn't help but nodded secretly.

It is indeed still Sammo Hung, no one has changed.

This is exactly why Zhou Qing decided to find Ye Weixin, the original director. It is really convenient and he doesn’t have to worry about anything.

"I have confidence in the level of Hong Jinbao. I believe that with his participation, the fighting scenes in Ip Man will be taken to a higher level."

Zhou Qing nodded approvingly.

“When is the filming of Ip Man going to start?”

The two sides communicated about some other related matters, and Zhou Qing asked this important question.

"Filming will start in June and will be completed in about two months. It is expected to be wrapped up in August."

Ye Weixin naturally told the truth.

Zhou Qing knew what was going on.

At that time, he was still in the country and should have been able to go and support the event.

"The cast list for the movie Ip Man is as follows..."

After communicating with Zhou Qing, Ye Weixin also announced the cast of "Ip Man".

This has sparked another round of discussion, needless to say.

This film, which was exclusively produced, written and co-produced by Zhou Qing in Hong Kong, has been attracting much attention from all parties since it was released.

Especially the configuration of a Hong Kong director and mainland leading actors makes it even more difficult for this movie to keep a low profile.

On May 5, the Hollywood blockbuster "Spider-Man 6" was released, and the box office on the first day directly reached 3 million RMB.

It can be said that my jaw dropped.

Everyone knows that the combat power of Hollywood blockbusters is very strong, but isn’t "Spider-Man 3" a little too powerful?
The media reported it very quickly, and the box office surpassed the record of 2 million set by "Pirates of the Caribbean 5583", setting a new record.

Although considering that it is the Labor Day Golden Week now, the momentum of "Spider-Man 3" will definitely weaken after the holiday.

But this movie breaking the 100 million mark wouldn’t be as easy as playing with it, right?
I'm afraid it won't be a problem to exceed 2 million, right?

People in the industry have witnessed with their own eyes how difficult it is to break 200 million.

Among the many movies in the entire Chinese entertainment industry, there are only Zhang Guoshi’s "Hero" and Zhou Qing’s "Painted Skin".

No other movies, ever.

The entire circle felt the tremendous pressure coming from Hollywood.

This is not just true within the circle, but also for related units as well.

But what do they do when they feel the pressure?
seminar!
Another seminar!
As Zhou Qing is a top director in the mainland, the invitation letter was naturally sent to Zhou Qing.

But this time Zhou Qing refused without much hesitation.

What a joke, with so many things to do now, who has time for a seminar?
What's more, this was not an invitation from Han Sanping, and the specifications were not that high, so Zhou Qing was too lazy to pay attention to it.

He flew to Hollywood again on the 10th.

I stayed there for five full days and finalized the cast.

After coming back and communicating with the production team, Zhou Qing had to go to Vancouver again in late May.

There is no way. As the director of "Now You See Me", there are many things that require Zhou Qing to make the final decision.

"Before that, write the script for Love Is Not Blind."

Zhou Qing secretly set a goal for himself.

Now I have found time to write this script in my busy schedule, and it is already two-thirds complete.

This goal is still very easy to achieve.

This was indeed proved to be the case. Only five days later, Zhou Qing completed the script of "33 Days of Broken Love".

Just when he was about to find time to go back to Beijing Film Academy to find Xue Xiaolu to finalize this matter, Zhou Qing was delayed by an "uninvited guest".

Who?
Ning Hao.

"Isn't this Director Ning? What a rare guest."

Zhou Qing smiled and joked with Ning Hao.

Every time he saw the big gold chain around Ning Hao's neck, he found it particularly funny.

I can only say that Ning Hao's taste is really unique.

"Come on, who are you embarrassing?"

Ning Hao sat down in front of Zhou Qing very unceremoniously, without being at all polite with Zhou Qing.

"Brother, what have you been busy with recently? You haven't come to visit me for several months."

After a brief greeting between the two sides, Zhou Qing asked casually out of curiosity.

In fact, he saw the briefcase that Ning Hao brought. Could it be that the contents were a script or something like that?
"What else can I do? I'm at home with your sister Na, busy working on the script."

Ning Hao was waiting for Zhou Qing to ask this question, and immediately answered truthfully when he heard it.

"So it's finished now? Isn't that the script in your briefcase?"

Zhou Qing's eyes immediately lit up, and he couldn't help but ask with great interest. (End of this chapter)