Huayu Entertainment: Who let him be the director!

"Old Sun."

After Song Jia left, Zhou Qing did not delay too much.

He immediately called his driver and went out in a hurry.

Up to now, Zhou Qing’s audition task has been completed.

The male and female protagonists, the most important roles in the entire movie, were personally supervised by him.

As for the other various supporting roles, Zhou Qing just leaves it to the casting director.

As for potential candidates like Wan Qian?
Zhou Qing passed on the role, after all, Song Jia had already been confirmed as the female lead.

However, Zhou Qing does not know whether the casting directors will choose these actors to play other supporting roles.

That is the job of the casting directors, Zhou Qing will not interfere.

His most important task now is still the other preparatory work for "The Martian".

That is the most important thing.

"Actor Song Jia showed up at Zhou Qing Films and left with a smile on his face, presumably a successful audition."

"The first role of "The Martian" has been confirmed? Song Jia will play the female lead in "The Martian"?"

Song Jia was soon photographed by the media as he went in and out of Zhou Qing Pictures.

In addition, Song Jia was holding a file bag in his hand, and it was obvious that it contained either a contract or a script.

So the news that Song Jia had successfully auditioned spread immediately.

Everyone was talking about it and guessing what role Song Jia had successfully auditioned for.

Considering that Liu Yifei was still filming "The Mojin" at the moment, Zhou Qing prepared a Hollywood blockbuster for her after that.

This means that Liu Yifei will not play the female lead in "The Martian".

This way, other female stars will have opportunities.

So, will the role that Song Jia is auditioning for be the female lead?

However, Song Jia's status in the film industry is obviously not big enough, and considering the level of the movie "The Martian", it is completely reasonable for her to play the supporting actress.

Netizens began to discuss it heatedly, which increased the popularity of "The Martian".

In addition, with the launch of full-scale casting, more and more actors have begun to enter and exit Zhou Qing Pictures.

This has made "The Martian" increasingly felt in the circle, and its popularity has remained high.

As a director, Zhou Qing was naturally very satisfied with this.

The popularity of the movie is high, which is definitely a good thing.

Of course, there are negative effects.

Because some of the film's conceptual designs, props and scenes need to be kept strictly confidential before they are released.

There cannot be any leakage.

But the media's close attention to "The Martian" and Zhou Qing's every move adds a bit of risk to this confidentiality.

This made Zhou Qing as cautious as a thief during the overall preparation.

I'm afraid that any negligence will leak out, which would be very troublesome.

Fortunately, the team Zhou Qing found were reliable enough, and Zhou Qing was also careful enough, so no trouble occurred.

"There are no problems with these designs. Let the props team start making them as soon as possible."

"By the way, is the rock model ready? Where's the red sand I requested?"

"How is the construction of Scene No. 6 going? I only have one request, it must look real!"

Zhou Qing was like a spinning top, busy all day long on the set of "The Martian".

"Director Zhou, I heard you started a science fiction film."

During this period, the person in charge in Venice contacted Zhou Qing, which surprised him a little.

In his early years after his debut, he specialized in the three majors, won many awards in the three majors, and even cleared all three majors.

But it’s been a while since I made any award-winning films, and it’s been a while since I’ve been to the Big Three.

Even if I go, I'm just selling movies.

Zhou Qing never expected that Venice would contact him again.

You have to know that a movie like "The Martian" is a commercial blockbuster just by hearing the name.

What does Venice want?
It's not like I have to go to the exhibition myself.

"My movie hasn't even started shooting yet, you guys are so well-informed, aren't you?"

Zhou Qing temporarily suppressed his doubts and began to chat and laugh with the person in charge of Venice.

He had dealt with Venice many times, and the two sides were quite familiar with each other, so the chat was quite pleasant.

"Director Zhou, the opening film for Venice this year has not yet been decided. I think your The Martian is quite suitable."

After the two sides chatted for a while, the other party finally told Zhou Qing his real purpose.

Finally, Zhou Qing suddenly realized it.

It turned out that it was not going to participate in the exhibition itself, but was sent as an opening film.

There is nothing wrong with this operation.

And to be honest, there are only benefits and no disadvantages for Zhou Qing.

Although the influence of the Big Three is not as great as before, it is still an important international stage.

It’s just a pity that Zhou Qing is destined to miss this opportunity.

It’s not that Zhou Qing doesn’t want to go, it’s just that by then the film won’t be ready.

He explained the relevant situation to the person in charge in Venice.

"That's such a shame."

It made the other party feel quite pity and he sighed into the receiver.

The tone of voice definitely doesn't sound fake.

The influence of the Big Three has been declining these days. If they could invite a great figure like Zhou Qing to help, their status would definitely improve.

Unfortunately, I just can’t catch up.

What a pity.

"Zhou Qing Pictures' "Princess Agents" has started filming, and Zhao Liying's cute hairstyle is particularly eye-catching."

"After The Journey of Flower, Zhao Liying once again brings a strong female lead in the drama Princess Agents."

"The large-scale costume love drama "Princess Agents" has started filming, and the new makeup photos of Zhao Liying and Lin Geng have been leaked."

On March 3, the TV drama series "Princess Agents", which attracted much attention in the TV drama circle, held a grand opening ceremony.

Different from the start of filming of previous TV series, the drama "Princess Agents" has attracted great attention even in the film industry.

It is no exaggeration to say that the entire entertainment industry is paying close attention to it.

There is no other reason, this is a TV series produced exclusively by Zhou Qing Pictures.

Judging from Zhou Qing Pictures' previous achievements in the field of TV dramas, who would dare to look down on "Princess Agents"?

If nothing unexpected happens, this will definitely be another big hit.

To what extent has it exploded?
Before the official filming of "Princess Agents" began, several satellite TV stations had already contacted the production team.

The three major video websites, such as iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video, were unwilling to lag behind and actively contacted Director Chen.

Not to mention the major advertisers, they are like powerful figures crossing the river.

As for the early performance of "Princess Agents", the popularity was still very terrifying.

Of course, the same is true for another TV series being produced by Zhou Qing Pictures, "Eternal Love", which is currently in the script writing stage.

The film has been targeted by various parties even before the script was completed.

It has become a delicious bun that is highly favored by all parties.

While Zhou Qing was busy with "The Martian", he also took the time to learn about the situation of "Eternal Love".

According to Director Chen's feedback, the script of the play will be completed in May.

Taking into account the various preparations and other work in the early stages, the actual start of filming will probably have to wait until August or September. "I understand."

Zhou Qing just nodded, knowing what was going on.

But he didn't plan to interfere too much.

He is the big boss, he only needs to grasp the general direction and doesn't have to personally oversee everything.

Otherwise you will be exhausted to death.

Besides, Zhou Qing is also busy with "The Martian" and really doesn't have the time.

So far, the overall preparations for "The Martian" are almost halfway done.

The design aspects have already been completed, needless to say, the production props are also being produced in full swing.

Ten of the 22 key scenes have been completed, and the remaining 10 are being advanced at full speed.

In addition, the location scouting work has been basically completed, and the location scouting director found the place Zhou Qing requested in Jordan.

Although from the pictures and videos taken by the other party, Zhou Qing knew that the other party had really found the right place.

But as the director of "The Martian", Zhou Qing still had to go on site to investigate in person before filming began.

There are also many other miscellaneous matters that are also progressing.

With Zhou Qing, a reborn person, supervising the process, the progress was extremely fast.

It left everyone dumbfounded.

They had truly never seen such efficient and precise production work.

Director Zhou is awesome.

"How is the casting going? Have the castings for those important supporting roles been completed?"

During the busy period, Zhou Qing went back to Zhou Qing Pictures and called the casting director over.

"I have already completed Director Zhou's role. I am still trying out for small supporting roles."

Several casting directors gave this response.

"Give me the information and the audition video."

After a brief pause, Zhou Qing spoke to several casting directors.

In the next few days, Zhou Qing had one more thing to do in his stressful work.

Take time to review the casting director’s casting choices.

Fortunately, Zhou Qing can do this work when he returns home in the evening, so it will not delay the progress of other preparatory work.

Facts have also proved that the casting director is indeed not just there to do his job, and the roles chosen basically meet the requirements.

For the very few who do not meet the requirements, Zhou Qingfang will directly designate candidates.

As for the remaining minor supporting roles, they are almost background characters, so the requirements are even lower.

Zhou Qing would have to spend less time and effort.

Based on this progress, Zhou Qing estimates that all casting work can be completed by early April.

Of course, what we are referring to here are some serious roles, not those extras or group roles.

Those characters were basically selected after the filming started.

Generally speaking, although the progress is tight, it is still progressing in an orderly manner.

It will not delay the launch in May.

"Director Zhou, the post-production of "Life Events" has been completed!"

As soon as April arrived, Lu Yang knocked on Zhou Qing's office door and reported this to Zhou Qing.

“The film ‘Life Events’ is out.”

Zhou Qing touched his forehead.

He has been so busy with "The Martian" recently that he almost forgot about the movie "Life Events".

But since the film has already come out, Zhou Qing has nothing more to say.

Three days later, I took some time out to watch the movie.

Luyang's level is as solid as ever, no need to say more.

Coupled with a solid script and reliable actors, there is no problem with the quality of "Life Events".

Even from the perspective of a top director like Zhou Qing, "Life Events" still has many flaws.

But among so many movies on the market, it can be considered a high-quality work.

There is absolutely no problem with a score of 7.5 or above.

If that’s the case, why does Zhou Qing blame him even more?
He did not make any specific requests for "Life Events", but just seriously considered its release schedule.

In the original time and space, the total box office of "Life Events" reached 17 billion, which was a real hit.

This is when the director is a newcomer and the leading actor has little appeal.

This shows how amazing the box office potential of "Life Events" is.

Such a film must be released during the summer vacation.

Considering that Wu Jing's "Wolf Warrior" has already been scheduled for August, "Life Events" only has two options.

June or July.

So which of these two months is better?

Without a doubt, it is June.

As we have analyzed before, July of this year is the cruelest and most intense month in the summer season.

不仅仅有15.5亿票房的好莱坞大片《变形金刚5》，同样还有10.37亿的动画大电影《神偷奶爸3》，以及票房6.69亿的《悟空传》。

There are so many big movies here, I really don't want to go.

In comparison, although "Pirates of the Caribbean 6" also had a box office of 11.8 billion in June, the situation is much better.

There are no other strong opponents worth mentioning.

Moreover, "Life Events" and "Pirates of the Caribbean 5" are not films of the same theme, so there is no direct competition between them.

Therefore, Zhou Qing is still optimistic about the box office prospects of "Life Events".

As a senior employee, Lu Yang would certainly not question his boss's decision casually.

What's more, there is nothing wrong with the boss's decision.

So Lu Yang didn't say much.

"Director Zhou, my next new film is "Nobody", right?"

Lu Yang just seemed to be talking about other things to Zhou Qing casually.

Zhou Qing nodded casually: "You should take a good rest for a while. After "Life Events" is released, you can start preparing for "Nobody".

Although this arrangement means Huang Bo will miss out on playing the leading role in a blockbuster movie, there is nothing he can do about it.

The company's annual plan has been drawn up and it is impossible to change it at will for this reason.

Even if Huang Bo missed it, that was all that could be done.

Just think of it as Huang Bo's bad luck.

"I understand, Director Zhou."

Lu Yang nodded to show that he understood.

But after a little hesitation, he still spoke to Zhou Qing: "But Director Zhou, after "Nobody", can I make a fantasy adventure movie?"

Zhou Qing glanced at Lu Yang, and in just a moment of thought, he realized which movie Lu Yang was talking about.

Among Lu Yang's many works, there is only one that meets the elements of both "fantasy" and "adventure".

"Assassination of Novelists".

It is worth mentioning that the adaptation rights of this novel have also been acquired by Zhou Qing Pictures.

Now it is gathering dust in the company's copyright library. (End of this chapter)