Huayu Entertainment: Who let him be the director!

"I have received the script, Director Zhou."

“Maze Runner 3 has been in preparation for a while, and the remaining preparation period is about one month.”

"If nothing goes wrong, we will be able to start filming in mid-March."

"The shooting period is 2 months and is expected to be completed in mid-May."

“The post-production process will take about two months, which means the finished film will be ready in mid-July.”

After Director Yang received the script, he reported some relevant information about "Maze Runner 3" to Zhou Qing.

Zhou Qing understood what was going on after hearing this.

If the film is released in mid-July, the timing would be just right.

It will just catch the summer season in North America and can be released in mid-August.

This is exactly in line with Zhou Qing's original plan.

"In addition, the finished film of The Hunger Games 4 has also been released."

Director Yang's voice sounded again in the receiver.

"I see. The release date of The Hunger Games 4 will be based on the previous ones."

Zhou Qing simply responded and casually gave instructions to Director Yang.

Several "Hunger Games" films were scheduled to be released in November, and Zhou Qing does not plan to make any changes for the final one.

"Director Zhou, Crown Pictures currently only has one movie this year, Maze Runner: The Dark Knight. Do you have any other movie plans?"

After the two sides communicated some related matters, Director Yang asked Zhou Qing seriously again.

In recent years, Crown Pictures has produced at least two films every year, so Director Yang guessed that Zhou Qing might have new plans.

"Go contact Director Zhu Haowei and see if he has any schedule in the second half of the year."

"I plan to produce Crazy Rich Asians this year, and Jon M. Chu will be the director."

Zhou Qing gave the order directly to Director Yang.

This was his original plan. Even if Director Yang didn't mention it, Zhou Qing would have taken the initiative to bring it up.

"Director Jon M. Chu? The same director Jon M. Chu who directed Step Up? The Chinese director?"

Director Yang only hesitated for a moment and then quickly reacted.

There is no other reason. There are only a few famous Chinese directors in Hollywood.

The first one is naturally the top master Li An, who is a frequent visitor to the three major awards and the Oscars and has won numerous awards.

He is a giant who is firmly at the top of the pyramid and his position is unshakable.

The second one is James Wan, who became famous for the "Saw" series.

This person is a recognized master of horror films. All the horror films he directed and produced have achieved box office hits at extremely low costs. He is simply a cash cow for Lionsgate.

Of course, if you think that James Wan can only make horror movies, you are wrong.

The "Fast and Furious 7" directed by him was also a huge hit and the highest-grossing film in the entire series.

How high is it?
Before "Fast & Furious 7", the highest-grossing film in the series was the fifth one, with a global box office of 5 million US dollars.

But what about Furious 7?

The global box office reached US$15.16 billion, more than doubling.

In addition, "Aquaman" directed by James Wan also started shooting in January, and this film was also a global hit.

This shows that James Wan's level is indeed extraordinary.

The third one, of course, is Justin Lin, who became famous for directing the "Fast and Furious" series.

Actually, the series didn’t make any splash at first, and it was even on the verge of being discontinued, as the leading actor quit the show.

As a result, the producers brought in Justin Lin to save the day and take over the third film, which instantly made the series popular.

It's quite magical that a series without even the male lead could be made popular by Justin Lin.

He then directed three films in succession, 456, and successfully made "Fast and Furious" the top IP in Hollywood.

This has made Justin Lin the most famous and popular Chinese director in Hollywood.

The last one is Zhu Haowei.

In fact, Zhu Haowei's resume at this time was still somewhat worse than those mentioned above.

Its most well-known representative work is the youth musical film "Step Up" series.

He also directed "G.I. Joe 2", which was also a box office success.

If the "Step Up" series was just a small-scale production with a cost of 2 or 1.3 million US dollars, then "G.I. Joe " was a big production with a cost of million US dollars.

Produced by Paramount, with Dwayne Johnson and Bruce Willis joining in, it's definitely a blockbuster.

Zhu Haowei's ability is evident from the fact that he can successfully produce a film like this.

However, in the original time and space, at this time, Jon M. Chu also directed "Now You See Me 2", which grossed 3.34 million US dollars worldwide.

It was also a box office success.

In the future, he will direct box office hits such as "Crazy Rich Asians" and "Wicked".

It also made Zhu Haowei one of the top Chinese directors in Hollywood.

Now, Zhu Haowei has gained some fame due to his performances in "Step Up" and "G.I. Joe".

So Director Yang had also heard of this name.

"Yes, that's him."

Zhou Qing responded and gave an affirmative answer.

This made Director Yang's eyes light up on the other side of the receiver. He had already vaguely guessed what Zhou Qing meant.

"Crazy Rich Asians" tells the story of the Asian community. Now Director Chow has invited an Asian director to direct the film, and it is obvious that he wants to create an all-Asian cast.

This is a big gimmick.

If the box office is successful again, the meaning will be different.

Director Zhou really knows how to have fun!

Director Yang took the order excitedly and left.

In fact, to be honest, a production with an all-Asian cast is quite risky.

This is Hollywood, after all.

It's really hard to be Asian.

The market acceptance of films with an all-Asian cast is really low, and anyone who makes such a film will face a huge risk of losses.

However, since it was produced by Director Zhou, Director Yang still maintained high expectations.

There is no other reason. Director Zhou has produced so many movies so far and has never failed.

Not even once!

How could Director Yang not have some blind trust in such an impressive resume?
As for Zhou Qing?

Then there is no need to say more.

As a reborn person, he knew that "Crazy Rich Asians" had already achieved box office success.

This time he still found the original director, optimized the script himself, and replaced the female lead with the more well-known Liu Yifei.

How could any accident happen?

Not only will there be no accidents, the performance of "Crazy Rich Asians" will most likely be better than before.

When Zhou Qing thought of this, he couldn't help but feel extremely happy.

He began to handle some daily affairs of Zhou Qing Pictures in a good mood.

In addition, we will also take this opportunity to formulate Zhou Qing Pictures’ 17 New Year film plan.

The first are the two directors under his own company, Lu Yang and Wu Jing.

Lu Yang's words were simple, and Zhou Qing had already prepared another high-quality movie with great potential for him: "Nobody".

The script has been written.

Just give it to Lu Yang and be done with it.

As for Wu Jing, his "Wolf Warrior" has not been released yet, so it is too early to shoot "Wolf Warrior 2".

But it is certainly not justifiable to let the other party continue to be idle for another year.

We still have to arrange for a new film.

It just so happened that the script of "Bomb Disposal Expert" that Zhou Qing had written for Wu Jing before was almost gathering dust, but it came in handy at this moment.

So Wu Jing and Lu Yang’s new films are ready-made, there’s nothing much to say.

So what about the new films of other people besides these two?
After some thought, Zhou Qing decided to produce "Detective Chinatown 2".

The first "Detective Chinatown" was released in 15. Now it's 17, and the sequel should indeed be put on the agenda.

Zhou Qing is actually quite looking forward to this "Detective Chinatown 2".

The original movie actually had a very average reputation, with only 6.6 points, but the total box office was as high as 33.9 billion.

Zhou Qing believed that if he optimized the script, the result would be even better.

I can’t say for sure that it will break 40 billion, but Zhou Qing thinks that breaking 35 billion shouldn’t be a problem.

Of course, I can't forget Huang Bo's "A Good Show". I have already promised Huang Bo.

Huang Bo was afraid that Zhou Qing would forget, so he often ran in front of Zhou Qing to show his presence, and kept making various small gestures, obviously unable to wait.

Then Zhou Qing simply stopped keeping Huang Bo in suspense.

As for what kind of movie Zhou Qing himself is going to make?
Well, Zhou Qing hasn’t thought about it yet.

However, Zhou Qing already had the general idea.

"Dying to Survive" and "Operation Red Sea" were two consecutive films that took advantage of the Chinese-language films. For this year's new film, Zhou Qing plans to take advantage of foreign films.

Zhou Qing hasn’t decided on a specific movie yet, but there’s no need to be too anxious.

Anyway, Zhou Qing had no plans to start filming right away, not to mention that he still needed to write the scripts for "Detective Chinatown 2" and "A Good Show" first.

These two scripts will take at least a month to complete.

This period of time is enough for Zhou Qing to think slowly.

During this period, we are also working on producing a movie.

Which movie specifically?

First of all, it’s definitely not “The Unknown”. Lu Yang’s “Life Events” has just been completed and he is busy with post-production.

It’s not “Detective Chinatown 2” either.

Although Zhou Qing wanted to make this film first, the lead actor Wang Baoqiang was also busy with the post-production of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 2".

"Bao Qiang, when will the post-production of 'Journey to the West: Conquering India' be finished?"

Zhou Qing also called Wang Baoqiang to confirm the relevant period in more detail.

"Director Zhou, judging from the current progress, I estimate it will take May or June to finish."

When Wang Baoqiang said this, he forced a smile to Zhou Qing somewhat embarrassedly.

He is an employee under Zhou Qing. The longer he procrastinates, the more he delays Zhou Qing's earning time.

Fortunately, Wang Baoqiang observed that Zhou Qing did not seem unhappy, nor did he seem to be urging him.

He chatted with me for a few minutes as usual and then sent me away.

"Yes, Detective Chinatown 2 will also have to be postponed."

Zhou Qing rubbed his temple and could only accept this fact helplessly.

In addition, the script of Huang Bo's "A Good Show" has not been written yet, and Huang Bo himself is still filming "The Mojin".

So now Zhou Qing has only one choice.

"Shock Wave".

The script of the film has been written long ago, and director Wu Jing has nothing to do, so they can start right away.

"Wu Jing."

Zhou Qing didn't waste any time and immediately called Wu Jing over.

"Get ready. I will start the project of Shock Wave immediately. You should also hurry up and try not to delay the promotion of Wolf Warrior."

Zhou Qing gave this order to Wu Jing.

The release date for "Wolf Warrior" has been set, and it will be in August of this summer.

According to convention, there will be at least one month of intensive promotion period before a movie is released, and some movies may even have a longer period of time.

This means that if "Shock Wave" is not to be delayed in the production of "Wolf Warrior", it must be completed in July at least.

But it’s only the end of February, and there are still 2 months to go.

In addition, Zhou Qing wrote the script of "Shock Wave", so he knew exactly the scale of the film.

According to Zhou Qing's estimation, there would be no problem.

"Director Zhou, this task is a bit arduous."

Wu Jing also gave it a brief calculation before smiling at Zhou Qing.

Although he said it was a difficult task, he was obviously confident that the filming could be completed before July.

It's just that you may have to keep your mind tense during the entire work period and it may not be so relaxing.

But then again, who says I am just a worker?

Now that the boss has spoken, we can only do as he says.

Wu Jing immediately began to set up a team and make preparations, and was busy with various preliminary matters.

It is also worth mentioning that although it has just been produced, Zhou Qing had already completed the project establishment and filing work of "Bomb Disposal Expert" last year.

There is no other reason. In the original time and space, "Shock Wave" was released in 17!

The specific start time is even earlier. They started shooting at the end of 2016.

In order to avoid this from happening, Zhou Qing had no choice but to occupy the position first.

Facts have also proved that Zhou Qing's approach was completely correct, and the established direction changed because of Zhou Qing's operations.

Herman Yau did not continue to produce "Shock Wave", and the film has not been released to this day.

Of course Zhou Qing then confidently handed it over to Wu Jing to make.

As for himself?
Of course I was busy writing the script.

This is the only task Zhou Qing has assigned to himself at present.

There is no need to rush for "Detective Chinatown 2". Zhou Qing started writing Huang Bo's "A Good Show" first.

With writing and a certain degree of optimization, Zhou Qing estimated that it would be completed in less than fifteen days.

After all, the film is not that big.

"Director Zhou, I'm going to join the crew."

Just a few days after the script was written, Zhao Liying came to say hello to Zhou Qing, and her face looked radiant.

The director has already notified us that "Princess Agents" will start filming next month.

Zhao Liying attaches great importance to this heavyweight TV series.

Although it has not officially started filming yet, Zhao Liying believes that this drama will definitely be as popular as "The Journey of Flower".

This is the first TV series produced exclusively by Zhou Qing Pictures.

If you look at this alone, there is no reason why this drama won’t be popular. (End of this chapter)