Huayu Entertainment: Who let him be the director!

After Han Jianu left, Zhou Qing became busy again.

Apart from some daily affairs of the company, it is mainly typing on the keyboard.

In other words, it’s mainly about writing scripts.

Although Zhou Qing plans to put "The Lost Tomb" on hold temporarily to make way for "Dying to Survive".

But Zhou Qing still spent three days to finish writing the entire script.

Needless to say, after that, the next step was to polish and perfect the script of "Dying to Survive".

Considering Zhou Qing's level of screenwriting, this process did not take long.

In just four days, the final version of the script of "Dying to Survive" was ready in Zhou Qing's hands.

Zhou Qing reviewed it from beginning to end and nodded with satisfaction.

The current script of "Dying to Survive" is the 9.0-point "Dying to Survive" that we remember.

Considering that Han Jianu was the original screenwriter, after Zhou Qing completed this task, he also gave the final version of the script to Han Jianu for review.

“Did I really write this script?”

Han Jianu was shocked after seeing the whole thing, and she almost prostrated herself before Zhou Qing with admiration.

After Zhou Qing's polishing, the script of "Dying to Survive" was at least elevated by several levels. It is no exaggeration to say that it was completely transformed.

Han Jianu was originally very proud of herself for writing "Dying to Survive", but now she is suddenly hit hard.

She truly felt the huge gap between the two versions of "Dying to Survive".

That gap is the huge gap between her and Zhou Qing!

It's insurmountable.

Especially as a screenwriter, Han Jianu knows better that changing the script is not an easy task.

Even more difficult in some ways.

This is especially difficult if the changes are so seamless and without any traces of artificiality.

After all, every screenwriter has a different style, and only a master can blend into other people's styles seamlessly.

But Senior Brother Zhou Qing accomplished all this in just four days, which is really amazing.

The number one screenwriter in Chinese entertainment industry truly lives up to his reputation.

"Of course you wrote the script, I just polished it a little."

Zhou Qing just smiled at the side.

Han Jianv almost couldn't hold back her composure at such a nonchalant tone. Maybe you have some misunderstanding about the word "polishing"?

But no matter what, Han Jianu had no objection to the fact that Zhou Qing had elevated the script of "Dying to Survive" to this point.

Both parties were very happy to reach an agreement on this, and the script of "Dying to Survive" was finalized.

"It's the end of March now. Let's put it this way. I will submit the project approval and filing in April."

"But this script is a little sensitive. If you encounter any problems, I'll have to rely on you, Jia Nu."

Zhou Qing continued to communicate with Han Jianu about some other related matters, which could be regarded as a preventive measure.

"Don't worry, Senior Brother Zhou Qing. I promise to pester you and ask my dad to come forward when the time comes."

Han Jianu patted her chest in front of Zhou Qing with great confidence.

The girl is not stupid, so she naturally knows the nature of "Dying to Survive" and understands the problems that "Dying to Survive" may encounter.

She understood this from the day she decided to write the script for "Dying to Survive".

So even if Zhou Qing didn't say it, Han Jianu was prepared for this.

"You really are Uncle Han's sweetheart, so considerate."

Zhou Qing was deeply moved by Han Jianu.

"The Oscar-winning film The Revenant has grossed US$5.32 million worldwide, and Director Zhou has once again created a global hit legend."

"The Revenant" grossed $5.32 million worldwide, and Director Zhou has become a veritable Hollywood director."

"Following Life of Pi, Director Zhou's new film The Revenant is still a global hit, with a box office of US$5.32 million."

In early April, the global box office of "The Revenant" was released, and the relevant data quickly flowed to China Entertainment.

It immediately shocked the hearts of everyone in the circle.

Just like "Life of Pi", "The Revenant" has exploded at the global box office again!

A full 5.32 million US dollars!

Although it is not as good as the 7 million US dollars of "Life of Pi", even if it is only more than 5 million US dollars, it is still a mountain that the entire Chinese entertainment industry can only dream of.

Even many big Hollywood directors cannot achieve this result.

As mentioned before, the highest-grossing movie in Quentin's career only grossed over 4 million.

Not to mention, "The Revenant" is also an art film, an art film that has won multiple Oscars.

Taking this into consideration, the box office revenue of US$5.23 million is even more commendable.

So yes, "The Revenant" is another example of a movie that achieved both box office success and good reputation.

Not to mention in the Chinese entertainment industry, even in Hollywood, it is a rare success story.

It is also an achievement that most top directors cannot achieve.

If we can barely say that Zhou Qing was lucky and acted on accident in the movie "Life of Pi",

Then the continued popularity of "The Revenant" fully demonstrates Zhou Qing's ability.

This made Zhou Qing a true and undisputed Hollywood and international director.

Even if he goes to Hollywood, he is still a big shot standing at the top of the pyramid!

My director Zhou is so awesome.

Zhou Qing's status in Chinese entertainment had already reached its peak when he starred in "Life of Pi". Now with the addition of "The Revenant", it is no exaggeration to say that he is at the peak of his career.

Countless people began to worship Zhou Qing.

"My "The Great Wall" can also achieve this result!"

Master Zhang on the set of "The Great Wall" made this powerful voice in his heart.

If the global box office of "The Great Wall" can really match or surpass "The Revenant", Master Zhang's status in the Chinese entertainment industry will also be able to achieve a gorgeous turnaround.

It’s a bit difficult to surpass Zhou Qing, but it shouldn’t be a problem to become an international director like Zhou Qing, right?

When he thought of this, Master Zhang felt that his whole body was filled with strength.

"Director Zhou, congratulations! The global box office of The Revenant has exploded again."

Director Yang of Crown Pictures even called to congratulate Zhou Qing.

Others may not know, but Director Yang, a senior executive of Crown Pictures, knows very well that the cost of "The Revenant" was only 1 million US dollars.

A global box office of 5.23 million is enough to make a fortune.

With the added bonus of the Oscars, "The Revenant" is truly a winner.

"The Hunger Games 3 has already started filming, and the shooting period is expected to be two and a half months."

"However, based on the experience of the first two Hunger Games movies, I'm afraid the later stages won't be finished this year, and the finished film won't be released until next year."

In addition to congratulations, Director Yang also reported some other related matters to Zhou Qing.

"I see."

Zhou Qing had a simple understanding and knew what was going on.

Anyway, "The Hunger Games 3" is aimed at next year's film market, so it doesn't matter if it takes a little longer to be completed.

"By the way, Director Zhou, Wick Godfrey came here again. In fact, he has come here several times."

“This is a really persistent guy.”

Wyke Godfrey?
Zhou Qing raised his eyebrows slightly, and quickly realized who this old friend was.

He is the producer of the "Maze Runner" film series!
As I said before, the novel adaptation rights of "Maze Runner" have long been acquired by Zhou Qing.

During this period, many people were interested in this novel, including this guy Wyck Godfrey.

The other party had gone to Crown Pictures as early as the beginning of last year and talked to Director Yang.

However, Crown Pictures was producing two films at the same time, and Zhou Qing really had no plans to make another film.

But right now, Crown Pictures only has one film, "The Hunger Games 3", and Zhou Qing thinks it's not impossible to make "The Maze Runner".

Although the box office potential of "Maze Runner" is much worse than that of "Twilight" and "The Hunger Games".

But one thing cannot be ignored: the cost of "Maze Runner" is low.

The ability to make money is actually not bad. Take the first "Maze Runner" for example, the cost was only 3400 million, but the total global box office was as high as 3.48 million.

It can be said that I made a fortune.

In addition, the film is not very large and is relatively simple to produce, so how could Zhou Qing let it go?

"The guy who wanted to adapt The Maze Runner, right? I didn't expect he hasn't given up yet."

Zhou Qing quickly gathered his thoughts and smiled at Director Yang, "In that case, let's start the Maze Runner."

"Understood, Director Zhou."

Director Yang was also cheered up.

With the success of "Twilight" and "The Hunger Games", he is full of confidence in the similar "Maze Runner".

Although "Maze Runner" is not as popular as the first two, it is actually quite popular.

I think even if the box office can't reach the heights of the first two, it won't be bad anyway, right?

"You can carry out other production work as usual, but I will personally handle the script adaptation."

After Zhou Qing thought for a moment, he casually gave instructions to Director Yang.

The first installment in the "Maze Runner" series actually performed quite well, but the second and third installments were pretty disappointing.

The global box office is only over 1 million US dollars, less than 2 million US dollars.

The most important thing is that the reputation has collapsed.

In fact, the reputation of "Maze Runner 1" is just average, but at least it's okay.

But the last two are just terrible movies.

Zhou Qing could only rescue them himself.

Anyway, with his level of screenwriting skills, it wouldn't take much effort.

"Director Zhou, it would be great if you were willing to write the script yourself."

Director Yang flattered him subconsciously, but it also came from the heart.

With Director Zhou's screenwriting skills, who can disagree?

The two sides discussed some other related matters before ending the call.

A quick calculation shows that Han Jianu personally took the script to go through the production process for "Dying to Survive", so Zhou Qing cannot be used for the time being.

He simply took this opportunity to start writing the script for "The Maze Runner".

"Brother Zhou Qing, good news, the project of 'Dying to Survive' has been successfully approved!"

It was not until half a month later that Han Jianu appeared in front of Zhou Qing again with great interest.

Zhou Qing couldn't help but sigh that the subject matter of "Dying to Survive" was indeed quite sensitive.

Even for a "China Film Princess" like Han Jianui, the process took such a long time.

He has already finished writing the script for the first part of "Maze Runner" and sent it to Director Yang.

"That's good news indeed."

Zhou Qing smiled, a bright smile on his face.

For a subject like "Dying to Survive", the successful filing and project establishment is indeed good news.

"Director Chen."

Without any delay, Zhou Qing called Director Chen over and ordered him to start the corresponding preparatory work immediately.

There’s no other reason. It’s already April and it’s really not too early.

If Zhou Qing wants to catch up with this year's Lunar New Year box office, he must start work earlier.

Although the scale of "Dying to Survive" is not that large, Zhou Qing estimates that he can finish filming it in two months.

But don’t forget, Zhou Qing and his sister’s wedding date is set for August 8th.

Then we have to finish the shooting as soon as possible, otherwise it will delay things.

You have to know that even if we start preparing now, it will at least start shooting in May, and it will be completed in July.

So we really have to start right away.

Being released during the Lunar New Year period or something like that is secondary.

"Understood, Director Zhou."

Director Chen immediately took the order and left in a hurry.

We immediately found a producer and started comprehensive preparations.

"Bao Qiang, when will your "Lost in Hong Kong" be finished?"

During this period, Zhou Qing also made a special call to Wang Baoqiang.

Xu Zheng's "Lost in Hong Kong" just started filming last week, and Wang Baoqiang, as the lead actor, joined the crew immediately.

Zhou Qing originally planned to let Wang Baoqiang be the executive director when shooting the new film, but "Dying to Survive" is about to start shooting next month.

I don’t know if Wang Baoqiang can catch up.

"I asked Director Xu. Lost in Hong Kong takes about three months to shoot. I'm afraid I won't be able to make it this time."

Wang Baoqiang gave this answer with regret.

Zhou Qing knew what was going on.

According to the progress, "Lost in Hong Kong" started filming one month earlier than "Dying to Survive", but the shooting period was exactly one month longer.

Missed it perfectly!

It seems that the plan to let Wang Baoqiang be the executive director has to be put on hold for the time being.

Either wait for the next opportunity or skip it.

Anyway, Wang Baoqiang didn’t have this step in the original time and space.

If the script of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" was better, there shouldn't be too many problems.

"Qingzi, do you really agree that Baoqiang should be the director?"

Huang Bo, who was standing next to him, heard Zhou Qing making a phone call and was very surprised. He had always thought that Wang Baoqiang was joking with him.

After all, no matter how you look at it, Wang Baoqiang has nothing to do with the word "director".

But who could have thought that it would turn out to be real in the end?

"Is this true? Baoqiang rarely has a dream, I have to support him."

Zhou Qing casually spread his hands in front of Huang Bo.

"No, is Baoqiang good enough? It's not that I look down on Baoqiang, it's mainly because he's an actor."

Huang Bo confirmed with Zhou Qing again and again, and deep down he began to feel some excitement.

"That's why I asked Baoqiang to be my executive director."

Zhou Qing said as a matter of course.

"If that's the case..."

Huang Bo was trying to get the better of him. "Qingzi, I want to be a director too. How about you train me?"

"That's enough, can you guys please give me some peace of mind?"

Zhou Qing couldn't help but roll his eyes at Huang Bo.

"I'm serious, Qingzi, I've had this idea for a long time, but I just didn't have the confidence before."

"But now Baoqiang can do it, so why can't I do it?"

Huang Bo swore a solemn oath in front of Zhou Qing.

"I can't let both of you do this at the same time. If you really want to do this, put yourself behind Baoqiang."

"Wait until he's done filming. If you still want to be a director, it won't be too late to come to me then."

After a moment's hesitation, Zhou Qing gave Huang Bo this answer.

In fact, Huang Bo is a guy who has great talent as a director.

His debut film "A Good Show" had a total box office of 13.55 billion yuan, and it also scored 7.1 points on Baidu, which is really very good.

It was a definite box office hit and received great critical acclaim.

From a business perspective, it is definitely a huge success.

Why not make such a high-quality film project work? (End of this chapter)