Huayu Entertainment: Who let him be the director!

"The celebration party for Now You See Me must be well organized."

It was not only Han Sanping who said this to Zhou Qing, Ren Zhonglun and Jiang Defu also meant the same thing.

Especially for these two people, it was their first time to take advantage of Zhou Qing's express train and achieve such explosive results, so they had to make a big fuss about it.

Zhou Qing naturally had no objection to this and just let the companies make their own arrangements.

As for himself, he accompanied Liu Yifei out shopping.

However, this time the shopping was not about window shopping, but mainly about Liu Yifei choosing gifts.

what gift?
A gift for Zhou Qing's parents.

That’s right, this year Liu Yifei will go back to her hometown with Zhou Qing for the New Year.

To be honest, the time they spent together was not too long, but it was definitely not short either.

From the time the girl went to Sony in 05 and confided her feelings to Zhou Qing to now, two and a half years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Although everything that should be done has been done, there is still one most important step missing: meeting the parents.

"Zhou Qing, what do you think of this? Will uncle like it?"

Liu Yifei spent a lot of time choosing and choosing, and once again picked up a down jacket to ask Zhou Qing for his opinion.

"Pfft."

Zhou Qing couldn't help but laugh out loud.

I can only say that Liu Yifei's taste in buying clothes is really hard to describe.

"What are you laughing at? I asked you to give me suggestions, not to make trouble!"

Seeing Zhou Qing's look, Liu Yifei couldn't help but rolled her eyes at Zhou Qing.

"As long as it's a gift you bring back, how could they not like it? I guarantee they will be overjoyed."

Zhou Qing said with a smile.

It’s absolutely true. It doesn’t matter what you buy, what matters is who buys it.

For a gift bought by a daughter-in-law like Liu Yifei, even if it is a pile of shit, mom and dad will probably think it smells good.

"Don't just say nice things. What do you think of this one?"

Liu Yifei ignored Zhou Qing's deception and continued to ask.

"I think we should stop looking at clothes and just buy something else."

After some thought, Zhou Qing said to Liu Yifei.

Liu Yifei: "..."

For the entire afternoon, Liu Yifei carefully prepared many gifts for Zhou Qing's parents, including food, clothing and daily necessities.

The trunk was so full that it was almost full.

Even Liu Yifei felt that it was not enough. If Zhou Qing hadn't forced her, she would have continued to buy.

"Do you think these uncles and aunts will like it?"

On the way back, Liu Yifei was still thinking about this matter.

"I will, I will."

Zhou Qing nodded repeatedly in agreement, then looked at Liu Yifei with a teasing smile, "You get nervous sometimes too."

"Who's nervous? You're the only one who talks too much!"

What she got in return was another big eye roll from Liu Yifei.

Compared to January, the film market in February was relatively flat, with "CJ1" basically dominating the market.

Apart from Jay Chou's "Slam Dunk" and "Flower Cops" starring Chen Kun and Shawn Yue, there are no other films that can attract attention.

Of these two films, the one with the greatest potential for being a hit is undoubtedly "Slam Dunk".

Jay Chou's strong box office appeal is unquestionable.

Since his debut, the box office results of the movies he starred in and directed have been very impressive.

Especially this movie "Slam Dunk", if I remember correctly, the box office finally exceeded 100 million.

But to be honest, "Slam Dunk" is a completely bad movie, with a score of only 5.something points on Baidu.

The box office success is really all thanks to Jay Chou.

"Flower Cops" is a co-production. Both Chen Kun from the mainland and Yu Wenle from Hong Kong have almost no box office appeal.

Plus, the film itself was not well made, so it was destined to fail to make any waves.

“Congratulations on the box office success of Now You See Me!”

“Congratulations to Now You See Me for setting a new record!”

On February 2, "Now You See Me" held a grand celebration banquet, which was one of the biggest events in the circle in February.

Several producers including Han Sanping, Ren Zhonglun and Jiang Defu were present at the event, each of them holding their heads high and looking very proud.

The movie "Now You See Me" will allow these people to enjoy the credit for a long time!
"It's really a bargain for them. They can eat as much as they want relying on Zhou Qing."

Wang Zhongjun looked at Han Sanping, Ren Zhonglun and others who were in high spirits and couldn't help but complain in his heart.

At the same time, I can't stop feeling envy, jealousy and hatred.

It's impossible not to be envious, jealous and hateful. Zhou Qing's movies are really so fierce that they are a bit unreasonable.

From "02 Hours" in 127 to now, the other party has not had a single movie that lost money, all of them have been huge hits.

Many people in the industry have estimated the revenue from Zhou Qing’s movies, and to be honest, it’s really eye-popping.

Can you believe that the performance of that small studio of theirs is much better than that of many film and television companies?
Even Wang Zhongjun didn't dare to say that Huayi had earned more money in the past two years than Zhou Qing's studio.

Especially this "Now You See Me" has been widely circulated in the circle, and the copyright alone sold for 3300 million US dollars.

Add to that the box office revenue of 4 million in mainland China, wow.

What a great guy.

Wang Zhongjun was deeply stimulated.

As the boss of a film and television company, Wang Zhongjun naturally wanted to own Zhou Qing's car.

It’s just a pity that Zhou Qing has always cooperated with China Film Group without exception, which made Wang Zhongjun gradually give up this idea.

But now?
Zhou Qing actually pulled someone else into the car.

Not only was the upper shadow pulled up, but Wanda as well!
This made the Wang Zhongjun brothers unable to suppress their thoughts.

If Wanda can do it, why can’t Huayi?

Yes, Wanda Group is very powerful, but Wanda Film and Television Huayi is no slouch.

They are all private film and television companies. Is Huayi worse than Wanda?
"It seems that what everyone said before was correct. The record set by Director Zhou can only be broken by Director Zhou."

With those thoughts flashing through his mind, Wang Zhongjun walked up to Zhou Qing with a smile on his face.

"Records are meant to be broken, and I believe the record of Now You See Me will be broken soon."

Zhou Qing laughed and greeted Wang Zhongjun.

"Director Zhou is too modest. The record of Now You See Me will not be broken in the short term."

Wang Zhongjun waved his hand and praised "Now You See Me" highly.

To some extent, it makes sense.

Although Chinese-language films have been brought into the 4 million era by Zhou Qing, it has to be said that the record created by "Now You See Me" is a break!
After all, apart from "Painted Skin", there is no other movie in the entire Chinese entertainment industry that has grossed over 3 million yuan.

Neither the previously highly anticipated "The Warlords" nor their own "Assembly" performed well, and Stephen Chow's "CJ7" is obviously not doing well either.

Under such circumstances, it is indeed a bit early to say that it has broken the 4 million record of "Now You See Me".

Let’s break the 3 million box office record of “Painted Skin” first.

Just like the 2.5 million box office of Zhang Guoshi's "Hero".

A huge lead. At that time, it was difficult for Chinese-language films to catch up to 2 million, let alone break million.

"Director Zhou."

After chatting with Zhou Qing for a while, Wang Zhongjun once again tactfully expressed his willingness to cooperate with Zhou Qing.

Although Zhou Qing had no such intention at all, he would not directly reject Wang Zhongjun. He just pushed Tai Chi with a smile on his face.

"By the way, Director Zhou, The Forbidden Kingdom will be released in April. Please come and support us then."

When the two sides had finished chatting, Wang Zhongjun also seriously extended an invitation to Zhou Qing.

"Assembly" is a thing of the past, and right now "The Forbidden Kingdom" is the film project that Huayi attaches the most importance to.

As for "The Forbidden Kingdom", Huayi has high hopes.

Although Wang Zhongjun had been polite before, he believed that "The Forbidden Kingdom" would definitely break the record of "Now You See Me".

That’s Li Lianjie + Cheng Long.

Are these two international superstars still no match for Huang Xiaoming + Liu Yifei?

"Boss Wang, there are still nearly three months left."

Zhou Qing just smiled and did not give a clear answer.

The release date of "The Forbidden Kingdom" has been set, April 4. It is indeed a bit early for Wang Zhongjun to invite guests to the premiere now.

"Director Zhou!"

Huayi’s current “second sister” Li Bingbing also came to support Zhou Qing, and greeted and joked with Zhou Qing very enthusiastically.

Like Fan Bingbing, Li Bingbing has always been polite and positive towards Zhou Qing.

Having starred in "Departures", she has truly felt how popular Director Zhou's movies are.

And Zhou Qing, like many others, has the habit of using acquaintances, many of whom have appeared in Director Zhou's films many times.

Under such circumstances, Li Bingbing dared not to be negligent.

There is no need to mention Zhou Xun. Given his relationship with Zhou Qing, he would naturally not miss such occasions.

But what’s interesting is that although Zhou Xun and Li Bingbing are both actors from Huayi, they didn’t communicate at all throughout the whole process.

Even when the two of them passed by Zhou Qing, they pretended not to see each other and didn't even say hello.

Zhou Qing was not surprised by this. After all, these two had always been competing for the top spot, so it would be strange if they had a good relationship.

Especially a top star like Zhou Xun who came in out of nowhere.

"I can't believe that Now You See Me has grossed 4 million yuan."

Ning Hao still has a look of emotion on his face.

The Chinese-language film industry hasn’t even established itself in the 3 million era, but Qingzi has quickly brought it to the 4 million era?
But looking at the entire Chinese entertainment industry, who is the director who can achieve a box office of 4 million in a short period of time?
If I count on my fingers, there is only one Master Zhang, right?
However, Master Zhang is currently busy with the Olympics, so I don’t know when he will be able to start a new film.

“It’s mainly because the domestic film market is getting better and better.”

Zhou Qing did not show off in front of Ning Hao, but was humble.

"When will you finish filming Crazy Racer?"

After a few words of casual chat, Zhou Qing couldn't help but ask this question.

"Soon, maybe another three or four days."

Ning Hao answered truthfully.

Zhou Qing's eyes lit up, he could make a fortune again.

"Crazy Racing" had already grossed over 100 million yuan in its original time and space, and now that it has its own publicity, the box office will only be higher.

"Xiao Liu!"

After the celebration banquet, there were only a few days left until New Year's Eve, so Zhou Qing didn't waste any time and asked his assistant to buy two plane tickets back home.

One is his own, and the other one is naturally Liu Yifei's.

"You have to be diligent when you get there, okay? Don't be lazy like you are at home, sleeping in and playing with cats all day long, with everything provided for you..."

At the airport, Liu Xiaoli patiently explained to Liu Yifei over and over again.

Liu Xiaoli actually took Liu Yifei's meeting with her parents very seriously.

Zhou Qing has been with Liu Yifei for so long, so Liu Xiaoli certainly knows Zhou Qing's family situation.

She was really afraid that Liu Yifei, a young lady from a wealthy family, would go there and subconsciously think of herself as a young lady from a wealthy family, which would leave a bad impression on Zhou Qing's parents.

"Mom, are you my real mother? Did you pick me up?"

Liu Yifei felt a little unhappy and couldn't help pouting.

Why does it sound so terrible when Liu Xiaoli describes me?

Zhou Qing was also trying to hold back his laughter. He had never seen Liu Xiaoli scold Liu Yifei before.

"And you, what are you laughing at!"

Liu Yifei couldn't help but protest to Zhou Qing.

"Auntie, we should go now."

"Be safe, and I'll say hello to your parents."

Fifteen minutes later, Zhou Qing and Liu Yifei boarded the plane back to their hometown.

Taking into account Zhou Qing's current influence in the village, and considering that the relationship between him and Liu Yifei should not be exposed, Zhou Qing repeatedly told his parents not to disclose the news of his return to the village.

He did not return to the village openly as he had done in previous years, but came quietly.

I asked my dad to drive to the station in town to pick me up.

"Dad, why don't you wait in the car in such a cold weather? I'll call you when I get there."

Seeing his father waiting outside, Zhou Qing couldn't help but say something to his father.

"What's cold? It's not cold at all."

Dad looked nonchalant and couldn't help but glance at Liu Yifei beside him.

My son said he would bring his girlfriend back home to celebrate the New Year this year. Could this be it?

This is so beautiful!
Qingzi, this bear thing is pretty good!

"Hello, uncle."

Liu Yifei called out with a little excitement and at the same time a little shyness.

"Dad, this is Liu Yifei, your daughter-in-law."

Zhou Qing took the opportunity to introduce Liu Yifei who was next to him.

The blush on Liu Yifei's face became even more intense, but she did not say anything in rebuttal.

"Good! Good!"

Dad laughed so hard that his eyes almost disappeared, and he kept nodding his head.

Although we just met, I couldn't tell how satisfied I was with Liu Yifei.

"Girl, are you cold? You're wearing so little. Come on, let's get in the car."

Dad warmly invited Liu Yifei and Zhou Qing to get in the car.

On the way home, he was very concerned about Liu Yifei and completely ignored Zhou Qing, his biological son, as if Liu Yifei was his biological son.

Seeing that his father was so satisfied with Liu Yifei and the two of them seemed to be having a good chat, Zhou Qing couldn't help but smile.

"Qingzi, I'm back."

My mother, who had already received the news, was waiting anxiously at home.

Especially after seeing Liu Yifei, his reaction was not much better than his father's.

In the eyes of the two elders, the girlfriend their son brought home was like a big star. (End of this chapter)