Huayu Entertainment: Who let him be the director!

Zhou Qing had originally planned to say goodbye and leave after finishing the business, but Wang Zhongjun had already prepared lunch.

The two parties have just reached a cooperation agreement, and it is on Huayi's territory. It is indeed a bit unreasonable to forcibly refuse to give this face.

After a little thought, Zhou Qing agreed.

The result, then, is entirely predictable.

Almost all the artists who were given special care by Huayi were called over.

The female stars are led by top-tier Zhou Xun and Li Bingbing, along with Xu Ruoxuan, Hu Ke and others.

As for the male stars, it is naturally Huang Xiaoming, an old acquaintance of Zhou Qing. In addition, there is Deng Chao who joined last year, Zhang Hanyu who became famous with "Assembly", and so on.

Basically, they are Huayi’s top artists at present.

You may be wondering why so many big names have no announcements, and why they are all staying at Huayi?

Of course, there is no such coincidence in the world. Wang Zhongjun had already notified in advance that Director Zhou would come to Huayi today.

Many people rushed back today just to get in touch with the top director in the circle.

Among them, Zhou Xun, Li Bingbing and Huang Xiaoming have the advantages.

After all, they have all worked with Zhou Qing and are very familiar with each other.

He chatted and laughed with Zhou Qing very casually, and it was so natural and harmonious.

"Hello, Director Zhou. I'm actor Zhang Hanyu. Director Zhou's name is well-known to everyone."

Zhang Hanyu took the opportunity to greet Zhou Qing politely.

"Hello, Brother Hanyu, I have seen your style on the screen. Gu Zidi's acting is particularly good."

Zhou Qing responded in the same polite manner.

This is not really a compliment to Zhang Hanyu. He is definitely a talented actor and his acting skills are impeccable.

"I absolutely believe this. Director Zhou and Yifei secretly went to watch "Assembly"."

Huang Xiaoming laughed on the side.

When this was mentioned, there was a burst of laughter at the scene.

Director Zhou and Liu Yifei actually go to the cinema to watch their Huayi movies. This feeling is really wonderful.

"I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Director Zhou. I still need to make more progress. I hope I can have the opportunity to ask Director Zhou for more advice in the future."

After Zhang Hanyu laughed, he immediately took the opportunity to speak to Zhou Qing.

"Brother Hanyu, you are too polite. There will be such an opportunity."

Zhou Qing responded with a smile.

Zhang Hanyu, like Hu Jun, is a rare tough guy actor with a particularly upright look.

There are not many actors with this kind of temperament in the circle, especially as the temperament of the entertainment industry is becoming more and more deviant, it becomes even more precious.

Who knows when Zhou Qing will really look for Zhang Hanyu. It’s hard to say.

"Hello Director Zhou, I'm Deng Chao."

Deng Chao naturally did not want to be outdone, and introduced himself enthusiastically and unobtrusively.

He and Huang Xiaoming also competed fiercely in Huayi. Now Huang Xiaoming has starred in "Now You See Me", which has become the box office champion in film history. How can Deng Chao be willing to accept this?

Although his "Assembly" was also a big hit, Deng Chao was only the second male lead in "Assembly" and the box office was not as good as "Now You See Me", so Deng Chao naturally could not be satisfied.

What’s even worse is that Deng Chao offended Feng Xiaogang when he was filming “Assembly”!

This is really annoying.

Therefore, Deng Chao was even more eager for this opportunity to make friends with Zhou Qing.

"Director Zhou."

"Director Zhou."

The same thing happened to the others. They all launched an attack on Zhou Qing, and Zhou Qing instantly became the center of attention of the lunch.

"Director Zhou Qing showed up at Huayi in a low-key manner and left about three hours later. He is suspected to be collaborating with Huayi on a new film."

"Director Zhou Qing had lunch with Huayi's Wang Zhongjun, Zhou Xun's Huang Xiaoming and a large number of other artists, and photos of the scene were leaked."

"Is the famous director Zhou Qing going to make another new film? Director Zhou Qing and Wang Zhongjun are having a secret meeting to discuss whether they are going to make a new film."

I don’t know if it’s because the media is too powerful, or if it’s Huayi’s hype, or maybe a combination of both.

Zhou Qing had just returned to the studio when all kinds of reports started flying around outside.

The circle was bustling with activity, and many people's attention was attracted.

After all, Director Zhou Qing and Huayi, a top director and a private giant, are both very important.

If they really cooperate, it will definitely be of super heavyweight.

No matter what kind of movie the two parties collaborate on, it is undoubtedly the best film resource.

At one point, many people began to get restless and used their connections to find out the situation.

Many reporters also contacted Zhou Qing and Hua Yi for interviews, but both sides were too lazy to respond.

Han Sanping, Ren Zhonglun and Wanda, the partners, reacted particularly strongly to this.

Director Zhou Qing suddenly decided to collaborate with Huayi?

This is unacceptable!

We have worked together once on "Now You See Me", but we are putting all our efforts into this and plan to continue working with Zhou Qing next time.

This time I was really caught off guard.

"Director Zhou."

Whether it was Han Sanping, Ren Zhonglun, or Jiang Defu, they all quickly asked Zhou Qing about the situation.

"I am just a co-producer with Huayi, but I am not the screenwriter or director. Huayi is in charge of both."

After learning the answer, all parties felt relieved.

Fortunately, this is not Director Zhou’s movie, but a movie produced by Director Zhou.

"You are producing TV series and other movies, what about yourself? What kind of movie are you going to make?"

"Stop messing around and start planning your own movie. Have you started writing the script?"

After understanding the situation, Han Sanping began to urge Zhou Qing to come again.

"Boss Han, I already have an idea for the new movie. I will start writing the script in the next few days."

Zhou Qing gave the other party this answer.

He was definitely not trying to fool or appease Han Sanping. While he was resting during this period, he was indeed considering which movie to copy.

Now, Zhou Qing has made a decision.

The movie he wanted to plagiarize this time was actually another work by the original director of "La La Land": "Whiplash".

Although this movie is not as famous as "La La Land" or as successful as "La La Land", it is also a rare masterpiece.

It was a hot favorite to win an Oscar that year, nominated for six major awards including Best Picture, and ultimately won such an important award as Best Supporting Actor.

In addition, it was nominated for the Gay Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

The potential for awards is still huge.

Of course that was just the original movie.

With Zhou Qing's current full-level directing and screenwriting skills, he can make this movie better and more perfect.

The potential for winning awards is also greater!

Zhou Qing is still very confident that he can make it in Cannes.

"Have you got an idea? That's good. What type of blockbuster is it this time?" Han Sanping's interest was immediately aroused, and he asked impatiently.

The Third Master is gearing up to work with Zhou Qing to produce a blockbuster that will blow up the entire entertainment industry.

"After shooting two commercial films in a row, I plan to change my style this time."

Zhou Qing did not hide anything from Han Sanping if he told him his plan.

"Is this a prize-winning film?"

Han Sanping paused.

San Ye's interest in award-winning films is obviously much smaller than that in commercial films.

However, since Zhou Qing has already decided to make an award-winning film, Han Sanping certainly won't say much.

What's more, Zhou Qing's prize-winning cards are different from others'.

So far, Zhou Qing's record of winning prizes in the Big Three has been astonishing.

Han Sanping just said that he was less interested in it than commercial films, but he was actually very interested in it.

"Whether it's an award-winning film or not, Director Zhou's award-winning films never come back empty-handed. I'm looking forward to seeing Director Zhou win another trophy at the Big Three."

Han Sanping then laughed and added, "It would be best if it were the Palme d'Or."

Zhou Qing has already won the Golden Bear and Golden Lion awards, and now all he needs is a Palme d'Or.

Speaking of it, Huayu has been fighting in the three major awards for many years and has won many Golden Bear and Golden Lion awards, but so far, it has only won one Palme d'Or!
No one other than poet Chen has ever won the Palme d'Or.

Perhaps this is also the reason why all of Chen's subsequent films are hard to describe, but his status in the circle is still so high.

So Han Sanping naturally hopes that Zhou Qing can win the Palme d'Or the most.

After all, Chinese entertainment doesn’t lack Golden Lions and Golden Bears, but it really lacks Palme d’Or!
This award may be difficult for others to get, but for Zhou Qing, Han Sanping said that it is really worth looking forward to!
Looking at the entire Chinese entertainment industry, apart from Master Zhang, the most likely person is really Zhou Qing.

"It's too early to talk about this now. The script hasn't even been written yet."

Zhou Qing hurriedly said modestly.

"When you finish writing the script, send me a letter."

The two sides chatted for a while, and Han Sanping finally told Zhou Qing something, and the two sides stopped communicating.

"Boss Han is really addicted to making blockbuster movies."

After putting away his phone, Zhou Qing couldn't help but complain softly.

Not long after "CJ7" was released, Han Sanping told the media in a high-profile manner that he would produce a blockbuster every year to stimulate the market.

The two movies "Painted Skin" and "Now You See Me" were mentioned repeatedly by Han Sanping several times.

Although Han Sanping seemed to support him in making an award-winning film just now, Zhou Qing could hear the regret in Han Sanping's words.

It’s a pity that Zhou Qing is unlikely to change his mind to accommodate Han Sanping.

He has decided to shoot "Whiplash" this time.

As for the script, I will officially start writing it after this week’s classes.

"I heard that you signed Lu Yang?"

After returning to school and finishing classes, I went to sit with Tian Zhuangzhuang as usual, and the two sides inevitably talked about this issue.

To be honest, Tian Zhuangzhuang was still very surprised by this. After all, Lu Yang was not outstanding under his command.

Among so many graduate students, he can only be considered average. In any case, Tian Zhuangzhuang can't see any strengths in him.

Who would have thought that Zhou Qing would take a fancy to her.

"Teacher, you've heard everything."

Zhou Qing smiled, but was not surprised by this.

"As you know, I have a lot of scripts that I don't have time to shoot, so I ask other people to shoot them."

"In that case, why don't you ask your classmates to take the photo?"

"Isn't this my way of giving back to Nortel?"

Tian Zhuangzhuang couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

You know what, when it comes to giving back to the school, Zhou Qing has done a really good job.

He is much better than those great directors who also graduated from Beijing Film Academy.

Not only did he repeatedly invite actors from Beijing Film Academy to play major roles, he even supported teachers from Beijing Film Academy in making movies.

Now we are starting to support graduate students at Beijing Film Academy.

This behavior is very powerful.

The leaders of Beijing Film Academy were extremely satisfied with Zhou Qing.

As for Zhou Qing, he has too many scripts to film all of them?

For this, Tian Zhuangzhuang could only admire him to the point of almost prostrating himself.

In this circle, good scripts are harder to find than good directors, and top screenwriters are extremely scarce.

As a result, my student was so good at writing scripts that he could write them as if it were free.

I even wrote it so badly that I couldn’t even take the photos myself and had to find someone else to do it. Isn’t that a bit exaggerated?
"Lu Yang is a lucky guy."

Putting aside the messy thoughts in his mind, Tian Zhuangzhuang couldn't help but sigh out loud.

Even if Lu Yang was mediocre under his management, since he was signed by Zhou Qing, he would definitely take off.

"By the way, recently a lot of teachers have come to me and asked indirectly, they also want to make a movie, see if you can invest."

After talking about other things for a while, Tian Zhuangzhuang told Zhou Qing about this matter.

Zhou Qing's investment in Xue Xiaolu indeed stimulated many teachers at Beijing Film Academy.

After all, among those professors in the directing department, who doesn’t want to actually make a movie?
It’s just that the conditions didn’t exist before.

But now?
Zhou Qing gave them hope.

Student Zhou Qing can even support the professors in the Department of Literature, not to mention the teachers in their Department of Directing, right?
"Teacher, if any teacher really wants to do this, they can make the script first."

"If the script is really good, I'm not against considering it."

Zhou Qing pondered for a moment and gave this answer.

However, there was one thing Zhou Qing didn't say. As a reborn person, he knew very well which teachers in Beijing Film Academy were truly capable.

If someone really wants to take advantage of him, it will never succeed.

"Next, it will be busy again!"

After returning to the studio, Zhou Qing stretched and made a cup of tea.

The creation of "Whiplash" officially began.

This story is just a story about campus students and teachers, there is nothing that needs to be changed.

The script itself is also good enough, with a rating of 8.7 on Douban, which is already very high.

There isn't much room for optimization.

Therefore, the creation of the entire script was very smooth, like flowing water.

In just nine days, the complete script of "Whiplash" was completed.

"Xiao Liu."

Needless to say, the first thing to do is to instruct the assistant to submit it for review and register the copyright.

As for the other preparatory work, of course it’s time to get started.

The producer soon appeared in Zhou Qing's office and discussed the relevant preparations with Zhou Qing. (End of this chapter)