Huayu Entertainment: Who let him be the director!

After the work on "Gravity" was finalized, Zhou Qing sent Alfonso Cuarón away.

It is already November, and it is very close to the time for Oscar submission and release.

As the main producer of "Gravity", Crown Pictures must have a lot of things to do.

But Zhou Qing was too lazy to care about these things.

He was busy with the post-production and special effects of "Life of Pi" and didn't have the time, so he handed it all over to Director Yang.

Director Yang has been in charge of Crown Pictures for many years, and Zhou Qing is quite confident in his abilities.

This is a talent that I have spent a lot of money to recruit, and he is capable of taking on important tasks.

Director Yang also knows how much Zhou Qing values ​​"Life of Pi" and will not bother Zhou Qing with trivial matters.

However, there is one exception.

whats the matter?
Interstellar wrapped filming at the end of November.

The film is owned by Crown Pictures and written by Zhou Qing himself. Of course, these have no direct relationship with Zhou Qing at present.

What really matters is that the heroine of "Interstellar" is Liu Yifei.

The girl had already known that Zhou Qing was now in America, so naturally she wanted to reunite with Zhou Qing in America first.

Counting the time, the two haven't seen each other for 4 months since they joined the crew of "Interstellar".

Although Zhou Qing is indeed very busy at the moment, he still made time to pick him up at the airport.

"Sissi, here!"

At Los Angeles International Airport, Zhou Qing saw Liu Yifei wearing sunglasses and fully armed from afar, and waved to her happily.

Liu Yifei turned her head and looked in Zhou Qing's direction, a smile appearing on the corner of her mouth.

He subconsciously quickened his pace, and when he came in front of Zhou Qing, he gave him a big bear hug.

"What about your hair? Why did you cut it so short?"

After the two separated, Zhou Qing subconsciously glanced at the girl's hair and blurted out the question.

He and the girl have known each other for so many years, and she has changed her hairstyle many times, but she has never cut her hair short.

That's why Zhou Qing felt a little strange at this moment.

But I immediately realized that this must be a requirement for filming and Nolan asked for it to be edited.

"I can't bear to do it. How can I bear to do it? But the director asked me to cut it and I have no choice."

Liu Yifei scratched her hair with a look of regret, "That's it, it's even longer."

A while ago, her hair was even shorter.

"What, doesn't it look good?"

Liu Yifei asked Zhou Qing another fatal question.

"Of course you look good, you look good even when you shave your head."

Zhou Qing nodded seriously and answered very "correctly".

What's more, Liu Yifei has a unique flavor with short hair.

Liu Yifei was very satisfied with Zhou Qing's answer, and her eyes couldn't help but curl up.

"Fuck you, why did I shave my head?"

The girl patted Zhou Qing's arm gently.

"By the way, I have good news for you. I have renounced my American citizenship."

After the two chatted and laughed for a while, the girl remembered something and said to Zhou Qing with an excited look on her face.

"It's not easy, but I finally finished withdrawing."

Zhou Qing was filled with emotion when he heard this.

This matter has been delayed for so long, and finally a substantial step has been taken.

“In fact, all the people quit before the filming of Interstellar started.”

Liu Yifei explained to Zhou Qing in detail, "But it is impossible to join the Chinese nationality this year."

The process of becoming a Chinese citizen is quite complicated and it is impossible to complete it within one month.

"If I can't get married this year, then I'll get married next year. We're still young anyway, so it's not too late to get married next year."

Zhou Qing said while gently putting his arm around Liu Yifei's shoulders.

"I never said I wanted to marry you!"

Liu Yifei turned her head to look at Zhou Qing and blinked.

"Why, you still want to escape after entering my Five Finger Mountain? Can you escape?"

Zhou Qing scratched Liu Yifei's nose with his hand and smiled.

“To Malibu.”

After getting into the car that had been waiting there, Zhou Qing casually gave instructions to the driver arranged by Director Yang.

"Understood, Director Zhou."

The driver responded without any further ado and started the car quickly.

"Painted Skin 2" set off a Lunar New Year box office boom, with a total box office of 9.2 million, surpassing Beijing Meets Seattle 2 in one fell swoop."

"Another super hit in 12, Painted Skin 2 produced by Zhou Qing Pictures grossed 9.2 million yuan at the box office!"

"Ip Man 3 took over from Painted Skin 2 and achieved a record of 4250 million on its first day."

"The most successful action film in history, Ip Man 3, had a great opening, with a first-day box office of 4250 million, setting a new record for action films."

In December, the name "Zhou Qing" once again made its presence felt in the domestic entertainment industry.

Although Zhou Qing did not have any films released during the Lunar New Year holiday this year, he is actually more eye-catching.

There is no other reason, the films released by Zhou Qing Pictures are just too powerful.

"Painted Skin 2" had a bang from the start and raked in a staggering box office of 9.2 million yuan.

No, it should be said that it was shocking.

The word "shocking" is enough to describe the feelings of everyone in the circle at the moment.

This is 9.2 million.

Just one step away from breaking the 10 billion box office mark.

Even though "Painted Skin" was a huge hit when it was released, it still set the Chinese box office record that year.

But no one expected that its sequel would reach such a level in one fell swoop.

The box office has tripled. Is it really necessary to be so exaggerated?
Looking at the entire history of Chinese entertainment films, the box office of "Painted Skin 2" actually ranks fourth!

It is only below "Your Name", "Witch", and "Lost in Thailand" which just grossed 10 billion yuan.

Isn't this really too shocking?
It's even more amazing than the box office of "Lost in Thailand" which broke 10 billion.

After all, Ning Hao is a top director who has been famous for a long time, but Wu Ershan is a little-known director.

What does it mean to reach the sky in one step?
This is called reaching heaven in one step!
Wu Ershan, who originally had little presence in the circle, has now truly turned into a star and became an instant hit.

There is no other reason. The box office of "Painted Skin 2" is nearly 9 million yuan, which is really amazing.

I have to mention here that the box office of "Painted Skin 2" is 2 million more than that of the original time and space.

First of all, Zhou Qing’s golden signboard has made the attention and exposure of "Painted Skin 2" even higher.

Secondly, after Zhou Qing's optimization, the quality of "Painted Skin 2" has made a qualitative leap.

It’s not surprising that the box office has increased significantly.

In addition, "Ip Man 3", which has always been highly anticipated in the circle, will be released after "Painted Skin 2".

The results were also eye-catching, with the box office on the first day reaching 4250 million!
Although it is less than the 2 million of "Painted Skin 4500", it is also slightly less than the 2 million of "Beijing Meets Seattle 4300".

But it still broke 4000 million! With a first-day box office of 4000 million, it’s no mistake to say it was a huge hit.

Looking at the entire history of Chinese entertainment films, there are very few films that can reach a first-day box office of 4000 million.

Especially "Ip Man 2", the box office on the first day was only 2000 million!

"Ip Man 3" actually doubled!

No one expected that the third feature film of "Ip Man" would be such a success.

Based on the preliminary estimate of the first day's box office, "Ip Man 3" is also a movie with a box office of 8 million!
hiss!
8 billion!

This is definitely a box office hit.

This is especially true for kung fu movies.

After all, kung fu movies have really declined.

The data from "Ip Man 3" really dazzled many people's eyes.

"Congratulations, Director Zhou. Both Painted Skin 2 and Ip Man 3 were hits."

Director Yang immediately sent a congratulatory message to Zhou Qing, and his eyes were filled with sincere admiration when he looked at Zhou Qing.

Even though he is living in America, Director Yang is very familiar with the domestic entertainment environment.

He knows very well what a box office of 9 million means in this day and age.

This is an achievement that even Zhang Chenfeng cannot achieve.

As a result, Director Zhou was able to easily handle it without having to do it himself.

How embarrassed would Zhang, Chen and Feng be about this?

"not bad."

Zhou Qing gave such an understated evaluation, with a calm and nonchalant look on his face.

He already knew the box office potential of Painted Skin 2 and Ip Man 3, so he naturally wouldn't make a fuss about it.

"Okay, go and do your work."

After chatting with Director Yang for a few more words, Zhou Qing waved his hand and sent him away.

He continued to be busy with the post-production of "Life of Pi".

As for Liu Yifei, she actually stayed here for only a week before leaving and returning to the capital.

Firstly, Zhou Qing had important things to do and really didn't have much time to spend with Liu Yifei.

Of course, the girl didn't want to always delay Zhou Qing's work here, so a small gathering was enough.

Secondly, the girl also plans to return to China to deal with the issue of becoming a Chinese citizen.

This matter has been delayed for too long, and the girl really doesn't want to delay it any further.

"Smith."

Zhou Qing's main work is still special effects shots, and he spends almost every day with the R&H team.

After all, only director Zhou Qing knows what kind of scenes need to be presented in the movie.

Especially in the early stage, which is a stage from nothing to something, Zhou Qing needs to spend more energy.

However, once the rough framework is established and the detailed direction is determined, all that remains is mechanical and repetitive work.

At that time, Zhou Qing will be able to free up time to do other things instead of spending all his energy here.

But after detailed communication with Smith, it will take at least February next year to reach this step.

After that, Zhou Qing can return to China temporarily, and then come to R&H once a month.

Of course, what we are referring to here are the special effects shots. Zhou Qing has actually completed the post-production of all the regular shots.

"Director Zhou, Mr. Brin is here."

Zhou Qing has actually already been famous in Hollywood for a long time.

If it is said that Zhou Qing's previous brilliant performance in the Big Three only attracted a small amount of attention within the circle.

The Oscar nomination for Painted Skin really brought Zhou Qing a certain degree of fame.

The huge sales of "Lucy" and the collaboration with Nolan on "Interstellar" made Zhou Qing even more famous.

This "little fame" is of course for ordinary people.

But to those filmmakers in the circle, Zhou Qing is a well-known big shot and a big name.

After the news of his arrival in America spread, many people came to visit him.

There is an endless stream of visits, invitations to various cocktail parties and other events, etc.

However, Zhou Qing really couldn't spare the time, so he pushed everything to Director Yang and asked him to entertain on his behalf.

However, Zhou Qing still wanted to meet Lionsgate's production president Brin in person.

"Hello Director Zhou, my God, I didn't expect you to be so young!"

The two sides met in the reception room of Crown Pictures, and Brin greeted Zhou Qing in a very exaggerated tone.

There was an element of deliberateness in this, but it wasn't all fake, and Brin was indeed surprised.

The real boss of Crown Pictures, the Chinese director who has won so many awards and wrote the script that Nolan favored, turned out to be a young man!

Brin hadn't expected it anyway.

"You are so polite, Mr. Breen."

Zhou Qing smiled and shook hands with Brin, politely inviting him to sit down.

After all, Lionsgate and Crown Entertainment are partners, so neither side is considered an outsider and the conversation can be said to be very pleasant.

There was constant laughter and joy during the whole period, and Brin praised Zhou Qing to the heavens.

If Zhou Qing hadn't been trained through many years of fighting, he wouldn't have been able to do that.

"We at Lionsgate and Crown Films have always maintained a good cooperative relationship, and we have great respect for Director Zhou."

"I hope that our two companies can cooperate more in the future. We at Lionsgate will not let Director Zhou down."

The main purpose of Brin's visit this time was to build relationships, or to win over Zhou Qing.

After all, Zhou Qing is indeed too amazing, and he can even work with top directors like Nolan.

Couldn't Lionsgate just come over and give them a lick?

Although Lionsgate failed to make it to the "Interstellar" car this time, if he can lick Zhou Qing well, maybe he will have a chance next time.

"sure."

No matter what he thought in his heart, Zhou Qing would certainly not let the matter go on the surface.

"The box office of Twilight 4 has dropped significantly compared to its predecessor, closing with only 1.41 million US dollars."

"The romantic fantasy movie "Twilight 4" was released across the board, and it took the top spot at the box office in the same period with $1.41 million."

At the end of December, "The Twilight Saga 12", which was controlled by Crown Entertainment, completed its theatrical release period.

The total box office was exactly in line with the previous release trend, earning a full 1.41 million US dollars.

Frankly speaking, compared with the 3 million US dollars of "The Twilight Saga 3.01", it is completely cut in half.

Not even half as good as this previous film.

But even so, it cannot be said that the box office of "Twilight 4" is bad.

Because of the 4 million box office of "Twilight 1.41", it has already ranked 12th in the North American annual box office rankings in 5!
Ranked 5th in the annual box office, can you say it’s bad?
It’s definitely not bad.

What's even more rare?
The global box office of "Twilight 4" was not affected at all and was still extremely explosive, earning a total of 7 million US dollars.

This is 7 million US dollars!
During this period, the exchange rate between RMB and US dollar was about 6.3, which means 44 billion RMB.

This is no longer just an explosion, but a huge explosion.

As the main plaintiff, Crown Pictures will undoubtedly make a lot of money. (End of this chapter)