Huayu Entertainment: Who let him be the director!

"Haha, you asked Feng Yuanzheng to play the perverted teacher? You did it on purpose!"

After listening to Zhou Qing's talk about his potential candidates, Liu Yifei couldn't help but laugh.

An Jiahe is definitely a classic character that can be written into the history of TV dramas!
It is no exaggeration to say that it is indeed a psychological shadow for many people.

Feng Yuanzheng has made great efforts since then to get rid of the filter that this role has cast on himself.

Otherwise, with Feng Yuanzheng's status, why would he guest-star as a robber in "A World Without Thieves"?

As a result, Feng Yuanzheng has worked hard for so many years, but Zhou Qing turns around and asks him to be a pervert again?
Liu Yifei could even imagine how conflicted Feng Yuanzheng was.

On the one hand, he certainly didn't want to further deepen the public's impression of his perversion.

But at the same time, Zhou Qing’s movies are an even more fatal temptation!

It's really a dilemma.

"There's nothing we can do. Teacher Feng is really good at portraying perverts. It's a pity not to find him for this pervert."

Zhou Qing nodded in agreement.

Yes, he did it on purpose.

From the perspective of acting, Feng Yuanzheng is absolutely adept at playing a pervert and has rich experience.

This goes without saying.

So what about the market perspective?
Feng Yuanzheng's transformation into a pervert is also a big attraction and gimmick, and can even be said to be a hot spot.

It’s not that Zhou Qing is overly optimistic, but there are real examples to support his belief.

Take the TV series "Love and Breakup" starring Feng Yuanzheng last year for example.

This TV series is actually just average, with a rating of 7.2 on Douban, which is certainly not bad, but not that great either.

But how high are the ratings for this TV series?

In 07, it ranked sixth in the annual TV drama ratings ranking!
Ranked below "Golden Wedding", "Soldier Assault", "Home with Kids", "The Story of the Kitchen Team 3" and "Struggle".

These dramas are either true classics or comedies suitable for all ages, so it is normal that "Love and Breakup" cannot compete with them.

But who was killed in "Love and Breakup"?

Huang Xiaoming and Sun Li's "New Shanghai Bund" ranked 7th, "Double-Sided Adhesive Tape" ranked 9th, and CCTV drama "Gobi Mother" ranked 10th!

You have to know how popular "New Shanghai Bund" and "Double-Sided Adhesive Tape" were at that time? How well-known were they?
None of them can compare to Feng Yuanzheng's "Love and Breakup".

After such a comparison, we find that "Love and Breakup" is actually still very powerful.

So why does "Love is Falling" have such strong fighting power?

It’s nothing, Feng Yuanzheng just played a pervert again.

So yes, Feng Yuanzheng + pervert is really very topical.

"I really want to know whether Teacher Feng cried or laughed when she received the offer for the role."

The more Liu Yifei thought about that kind of scene, the more she couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Or maybe it's both?"

Zhou Qing also couldn't help laughing.

Feng Yuanzheng has already played a pervert twice. If he plays a pervert again, I'm afraid the pervert label on him will be hard to get rid of, right?
Whenever people mention Feng Yuanzheng in the future, I’m afraid the word “pervert” will be the first thing that comes to mind.

"What about the protagonist's father? Who are you going to ask to play the role?"

Liu Yifei asked again with great interest.

This character is an important supporting role in the whole movie besides the male protagonist and the perverted teacher.

"Teacher Wang Zhiwen."

Zhou Qing pondered for a moment and gave this answer.

There is no need to say much about Wang Zhiwen's acting skills, especially his delivery skills which are at the pinnacle.

It's definitely more than enough for him to play the role of a father.

In addition, this person also graduated from Beijing Film Academy, so Zhou Qing happily listed him as the first candidate.

The only worry is that this role is indeed not big, a bit small.

I don’t know if Wang Zhiwen would like it.

But it has to be said that Zhou Qing still underestimated the influence of a top director like himself in the circle.

For a movie directed by a great director of his caliber, especially an award-winning movie, there are countless big names trying their best to get a chance to star in it.

Even if it's a supporting role.

Wang Zhiwen is no exception.

"Teacher Wang Zhiwen is good, his acting is amazing, especially his lines are amazing!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Yifei began to nod frantically beside Zhou Qing and expressed her great admiration for Wang Zhiwen.

As for the other characters in Whiplash, there is nothing worth mentioning.

They are all insignificant supporting roles, and can even be called extras.

Zhou Qing doesn't need to worry about anything, just leave it all to the assistant director.

That’s right, the cast of Whiplash is that simple, with only these four relatively important characters.

Strictly speaking, even the protagonist's father and girlfriend are super supporting characters.

The entire movie is a rivalry between the drummer protagonist and the perverted music teacher.

"Teacher Feng, do you have any schedule recently?"

After finalizing the lineup, Zhou Qing didn't waste any time and made a phone call to Feng Yuanzheng.

Director Zhou asked me about my schedule!

Witness Feng Yuan suddenly became excited, no, it should be said that he was excited.

Director Zhou is looking for me to film a movie again!
After "The Hearing Girl", has Director Zhou finally thought of himself again?
Feng Yuanzheng just felt that his blood was boiling.

"Yes! I'm actually quite free recently. If Director Zhou needs me to play a role, I have no problem with that."

Feng Yuanzheng agreed without hesitation.

He didn't even ask what movie or role.

"There is indeed a role that I feel no one can play except you, Mr. Feng."

Zhou Qing's laughter came from the receiver.

Feng Yuanzheng suddenly felt a little dizzy, and every pore in his body exuded a sense of comfort.

It has to be said that even Feng Yuanzheng couldn't help feeling a little proud to be praised so highly by a top director like Director Zhou.

"Director Zhou, you are too kind. As actors, we just need to act diligently. The key is how the director teaches us."

Feng Yuanzheng hurriedly became humble in front of Zhou Qing.

"Teacher Feng, if you have time, please come to my studio and we can have a talk then."

The two sides exchanged pleasantries for a while, and then Zhou Qing formally extended an invitation to Feng Yuanzheng.

Feng Yuanzheng naturally agreed happily without any further explanation.

"Teacher Wang, there is a supporting role in my new movie, the father of the male protagonist, and I think you are particularly suitable."

Following Feng Yuanzheng, Zhou Qing contacted Wang Zhiwen directly without any hesitation.

"I will play any small supporting role in Director Zhou's new play!"

The previous worries were completely unnecessary, and Wang Zhiwen agreed without any hesitation.

"Congratulations, Director Zhou! Now You See Me has grossed $5500 million!" "This has surpassed the $5300 million record set by Hero, becoming the highest-grossing Chinese-language film in North America!"

On March 3, Director Yang stationed at Crown Pictures brought some exciting good news.

"Now You See Me" has been released in North America for a month now, and has been screened in 2619 theaters in total.

The box office is growing just as predicted.

In one month, a total of 5500 million US dollars was spent.

New record!

This is a brand new record!

"not bad."

Zhou Qing was in such a good mood that he couldn't hide the smile on his face.

How many years have passed since 02?

"Hero" has always dominated the highest overseas box office position, and no other movie has ever been able to shake it.

Now, his own "Now You See Me" has done it!
If the previous "Painted Skin" was a big hit in North America, it was because of the huge blessing of being nominated for an Oscar.

Then this movie "Now You See Me" is the best proof of Zhou Qing's strength.

From now on, Zhou Qing will have one more title among his many eye-catching titles:
The record holder for the highest overseas box office for Chinese-language films!
I have to say, it sounds really pleasant.

"Director Zhou Qing's Now You See Me has grossed 5500 million U.S. dollars in North America in just one month, breaking the record of 5200 million U.S. dollars for Hero!"

"Director Zhou Qing has set a new record again! Now You See Me has sold 5500 million US dollars at the box office, becoming the highest-grossing Chinese-language film in North America."

"After breaking box office records in mainland China, Now You See Me is unstoppable and has once again broken box office records overseas!"

The news quickly spread back to the country, and immediately made everyone in the circle panic.

It’s numb, it’s really numb!

Isn’t Director Zhou’s “Now You See Me” a little too dramatic?
It would be fine if he was just killing people in his own country, but how could he be so aggressive in Hollywood, where Chinese-language films have never been well accepted?
What’s more important is that it even surpassed “Hero” in one fell swoop!

Want to know what "Hero" is made of?
But we have Li Lianjie as our trump card, and North American audiences recognize Li Lianjie's face.

There is also a so-called international Zhang there.

Although the title of "international" is a bit empty, the movies he starred in, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Rush Hour", were both big hits in North America.

International Zhang is also well-known in Hollywood.

But what about Director Zhou’s “Now You See Me”?

Who would recognize the “Four Horsemen of Beijing Film Academy” if they left Huayu?

This shows what?
This shows that the huge sales of "Now You See Me" is not due to the actors, but to the movie itself!

Director Zhou is awesome!
“How come Now You See Me sells so well overseas?”

The expression on Feng Xiaogang's face was as complicated as it could be, with envy, jealousy, and a deep sense of powerlessness.

He, who once dominated the domestic box office, was not only left far behind by Zhou Qing, but he was even left so far behind that he couldn't even see the other person's taillights.

If we talk about the domestic box office, Feng Xiaogang still has some ambition and can compete with Zhou Qinggang with all his strength.

Relying on his own strength and the appeal accumulated over the years, he might be able to catch up.

But when it comes to overseas box office, Feng Xiaogang really can't catch up even if he tries his best.

There's no way to chase it.

Feng Xiaogang doesn't have any confidence at all.

The films he made are indeed suited to the tastes of Chinese people, but once they are exported, they have no competitiveness at all.

There's no comparison, it's impossible to compare.

I can't even think of comparing myself with others.

As for the overseas box office of "Now You See Me", Feng Xiaogang can't really do anything except envy, jealousy and hatred.

"5500 million? Do people in North America love this movie so much?"

Although poet Chen didn't show any emotion on the surface, Chen Hong, as his partner, could still clearly feel the sourness in his heart.

No one knew the character of poet Chen better than Chen Hong. She knew that her husband had always been very arrogant.

Although mainstream public opinion generally believes that poet Chen is not as good as Zhang Guoshi and Zhou Qing, poet Chen himself does not think so.

After all, no matter how much Master Zhang and Zhou Qing boasted, they still didn’t win the Palme d’Or, right?

What?
Their box office is so good?
What a joke!
If it weren’t for the trouble with “Mantou”, there would be no problem for my “The Promise” to surpass “Hero”!

As for films like "Painted Skin" and "Now You See Me" breaking records in film history, poet Chen said that was nothing.

In other words, even though I am currently making art films, if I start making commercial films, I will be able to surpass them in one fell swoop.

Poet Chen is so confident.

But the overseas box office?
Well, no matter how confident poet Chen is, he wouldn't dare to say that his film would sell so well in North America.

It doesn't matter that "Now You See Me" sold well in North America, but it did bring great pressure to poet Chen.

“Is this the importance of making the film understandable to people?”

Jiang Wen also had to admit that he was stimulated by the overseas box office of "Now You See Me".

But soon Jiang Wen also became full of confidence.

Because he has already decided what his next movie will be, and it is also a commercial film.

At present, the screenwriter team has been found and is working at full capacity to create the script, or to adapt the script.

The story of his new film comes from the novel "The Story of Stealing an Official" in "Ten Night Tales", which is very exciting.

Jiang Wen believes that it will be fascinating when it is adapted into the big screen.

He is also looking forward to the moment when his commercial film dazzles people's eyes.

It's just like the original "Sunny Days".

And Jiang Wen can definitely do this kind of thing.

"Congratulations to Director Zhou. Now You See Me is selling so well in North America as well."

Feng Yuanzheng, who came to discuss the role, was the first to congratulate Zhou Qing.

The admiration for Zhou Qing is truly like the endless rushing of a river or the unstoppable flooding of the Yellow River.

Director Zhou’s fighting ability is really too amazing.

It is extremely difficult for other people's movies to become a big hit in the domestic entertainment industry, but Director Zhou's movies are not only a big hit in the domestic entertainment industry, but also in Hollywood.

I really can’t accept it.

"It's just luck, I have to keep working hard."

Zhou Qing was actually quite proud of himself, but in front of Feng Yuanzheng, it would be better for him to be more humble.

"Director Zhou is too modest. Now You See Me is so well-made, with each episode so fascinating, it's only natural that it's such a big hit!"

Feng Yuanzheng immediately said heavily.

It's not a compliment, it's what I really think.

"Now You See Me" is so popular that Feng Yuanzheng has naturally seen it. To be honest, he really felt it was amazing.

Because this movie is a true Hollywood style!

Feng Yuanzheng was surprised at first that the film could sell so much at the Hollywood box office.

But when I think back, I don’t think it’s strange. (End of this chapter)