Huayu Entertainment: Who let him be the director!

Frankly speaking, Zhou Qing is quite looking forward to Wang Baoqiang's "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 2".

There is no other reason. Zhou Qing has made great efforts to optimize the script of the film.

Zhou Qing was even specially arranged to go to Lu Yang and Wu Jing for an "internship".

Zhou Qing believes that Wang Baoqiang's directing skills have definitely improved compared to the original time and space.

Then the overall quality of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 2" must be much better than the original time and space.

But Zhou Qing was not sure what it looked like specifically.

With such curiosity and anticipation, Zhou Qing watched the movie as soon as possible.

"Director Zhou, I'm sure my filming is not as good as yours, please don't laugh at me."

Before the screening began, Wang Baoqiang was humble in front of Zhou Qing.

However, looking at the smile on Wang Baoqiang's face, Zhou Qing could tell that the other party was actually quite confident.

At least he himself is quite satisfied with the film he made himself.

"Look at what you said, Bao Qiang, you still want to take better pictures than Qingzi."

Huang Bo, who came to watch the movie together, couldn't help but grin.

"Old Huang, get out, you are not welcome here."

Wang Baoqiang deliberately pointed in the direction of the door.

Huang Bocai ignored Wang Baoqiang and smiled like a scoundrel: "Don't worry, Baoqiang, I will definitely not laugh at you."

After a few simple jokes, the movie officially began.

Several people at the scene straightened their faces and began to review Wang Baoqiang's movie.

From beginning to end, Wang Baoqiang kept secretly observing Zhou Qing's reaction, and it could be seen that he was quite nervous.

Zhou Qing is not only his own boss, but also the top director in Chinese entertainment.

How could Wang Baoqiang not care about Zhou Qing's evaluation of the film?

Fortunately, Zhou Qing remained calm throughout the whole process, with no obvious changes in expression.

"Director Zhou, how do you feel?"

After the movie, Wang Baoqiang couldn't wait to ask Zhou Qing.

"Although there is still room for improvement, as a debut film, it is already very good."

Zhou Qing then smiled and gave Wang Baoqiang affirmation and praise.

The absolute truth.

After my own intervention, "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 3" is much better than the original version.

It can't be said to be very sophisticated, but at least it's above the passing line.

Zhou Qing feels that if he were to give a score, he would give it 6.5 points.

It's actually good enough for a film like this to be released on the market.

"Director Zhou, as long as you are satisfied."

Only then did a relieved smile appear on Wang Baoqiang's face.

"Great job, Baoqiang, you're amazing! Your debut film is so good!"

Huang Bo on the side also praised loudly, but at the same time he secretly felt a little pressure in his heart.

He had already made an agreement with Zhou Qing that he would start working on A Good Show after Mojin: The Lost Tomb.

Now that Wang Baoqiang has delivered a high-quality report card, it is hard not to make Huang Bo feel overwhelmed.

"Old Huang, what I want is your true feelings. Don't deliberately praise me just because of our relationship."

The smile on Wang Baoqiang's face became even more intense, and he looked at Huang Bo and continued.

"Get lost, look at how cocky you are."

Huang Bo waved his hands repeatedly with a look of disgust.

After a few jokes, they began to discuss specific issues regarding the film's release.

In fact, Zhou Qing had already made plans for this matter.

First of all, there is no need to consider the summer vacation.

Firstly, there is no more suitable schedule. After all, "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 7" can only be released in July.

But we have analyzed it before and it is really not a good time to go in July.

Secondly, there are already two films from Zhou Qing Pictures in the summer schedule, so it is really not appropriate to put another one in.

What's more, given the market potential and subject matter of "Journey to the West: Conquering India", it would be more appropriate to release it during the Lunar New Year holiday.

In the original time and space, "Journey to the West: Conquering India" was released during the Lunar New Year holiday and achieved real box office success.

Now that this "enhanced version" of "Journey to the West: Conquering India" is being sent to the Lunar New Year holiday again, Zhou Qing is naturally more confident.

But which specific time slot will it be delivered to?
After some thought, Zhou Qing made a decision.

It will be sent to the December schedule.

In fact, there is a big movie in December. Feng Xiaogang, one of the big directors in mainland China, has a new movie released during the Lunar New Year holiday this year.

It turned out to be Feng Xiaogang's best film of his career so far: "Youth".

This film is Feng Xiaogang's first film to break the 10 billion box office, and also the only film in Feng Xiaogang's directorial career to break the 10 billion box office.

In addition, the film is an art film, so it can be said that it has achieved unprecedented success at the box office.

What’s even more rare is that the word of mouth is quite good, with a score of 7.7 on Baidu.

It was a complete success in both word-of-mouth and box office.

It is considered Feng Xiaogang's masterpiece.

It was also Feng Xiaogang's last glory.

Feng Xiaogang has lost his popularity since "Youth".

One reason is that he may not have the energy or mentality to do so as he gets older, so the amount of films he makes has dropped dramatically.

From 17 to 23, a full five years, only two films were shot, "Only Yun Knows" and "If You Are the One 3".

The key point is that both of these films were a huge hit.

Not only did it flop at the box office, it also had terrible reputation.

This can definitely be called a professional stain on Feng Xiaogang.

Of course, that’s a story for the future. As of now, "Youth" is still a strong enemy.

But Zhou Qing felt that there was no need to be afraid of "A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: India", as it was fully capable of strength.

After all, these two are completely different subjects, one is a comedy and the other is an art film, so there is no direct competition.

Furthermore, there are generally no blockbusters in this year's Lunar New Year movie season, with only one movie, "Youth," released in December.

So what about the original time and space?
"Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" was released during the Spring Festival last year.

It was released on the same day as several blockbuster films such as "Kung Fu Yoga", "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back" and "The Mermaid".

Even so, it still managed to earn 7.5 million at the box office.

Especially now?
Therefore, Zhou Qing is still very optimistic about the current box office performance of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 2".

Even if "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" is going to go head-on with "Youth".

Then the problem is coming.

Why did Zhou Qing send "A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: India" to December instead of January next year?

Simple, because Zhou Qing has already planned to release "The Martian" in January.

Then we must definitely avoid "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 2", right?

To avoid internal friction.

Wang Baoqiang would definitely have no problem with Zhou Qing's decision.

Instead, he was eager to try it.

It would be absolutely false for Wang Baoqiang to say that he was not looking forward to seeing the results of this movie on which he had put a lot of effort.

Especially when I saw that Director Zhou decided to send the film to the Lunar New Year holiday, I felt even more excited.

Why send it to the Lunar New Year period?
This is enough to show that Director Zhou is optimistic about this film!

Not bad.

"By the way, Director Zhou, if 'Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons' is released in December, will I be too late to shoot 'Detective Chinatown 12' this year?" After being excited for a while, Wang Baoqiang suddenly thought of a question and spoke to Zhou Qing seriously.

It’s already mid-June!
Since "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" will be released in December, intensive promotion will begin in November.

This means that there are only 2 months left for the entire cycle of "Detective Chinatown 5" from project initiation to completion!

How is this possible?
It was really too hasty.

"It's really too late."

Zhou Qing rubbed his temples and also fell into deep thought.

All I can say is that some things are indeed not as fast as plans change.

He had made good plans at the beginning of the year and was going to release "Detective Chinatown 2" this year.

But at that time, no one would have thought that Wang Baoqiang's "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" would be delayed for so long.

Unlike Huang Bo's absence from "The Unknown", this is something that Zhou Qing can accept.

But Wang Baoqiang cannot be absent from "Detective Chinatown 2", he is the soul of this series.

So after some thought, Zhou Qing could only make one decision: to temporarily put "Detective Chinatown 2" on hold.

Wait until next year to develop this sequel with unlimited potential.

"Bao Qiang, you can't make Detective Chinatown 2, but you can go to my A Good Show."

"I have a very important supporting role that I'm going to give you. How about that? Is that nice of you?"

Upon hearing this, Huang Bo took the opportunity to speak to Wang Baoqiang.

Wang Baoqiang accepted Huang Bo's invitation without much hesitation.

When he was filming "Journey to India", Huang Bo gave him full support and made a cameo appearance.

Now it's Huang Bo's turn to make a movie, can Wang Baoqiang not express his opinion?
What's more, Huang Bo was quite nice and even promised to give him an important supporting role.

How could Wang Baoqiang refuse?

It doesn't work that way.

The two of them happily reached an agreement on this matter.

"Qingzi, this is what we agreed upon at the time. I will start A Good Thing after the filming of Mojin: The Lost Tomb is finished."

“Can we start the project now?”

Huang Bo then straightened his face and spoke to Zhou Qing in a serious tone.

"Don't worry, I won't go back on my promise to you."

Zhou Qing just smiled.

He immediately instructed Director Chen to hand over both the films "A Good Show" and "The Unknown" to the other party.

Fully cooperate and assist Huang Bo and Lu Yang in the corresponding preparation and filming work.

As for Zhou Qing himself?

Everything that needed to be explained was explained, and everything that needed to be handled was handled, so there was no more procrastination.

He immediately asked his assistant to book a flight to Hollywood and rushed to Crown Pictures.

"Director Zhou, the special effects company has already been contacted and can start work at any time."

Director Yang personally came to several shows to pick up Zhou Qing and reported this to Zhou Qing in the car.

Zhou Qing had already handed this matter over to Director Yang long before the filming of "The Martian" was completed.

In order to save time, "The Martian" entered post-production immediately after filming was completed.

"I see."

Zhou Qing just nodded lightly, indicating that he already knew.

He had just arrived in Hollywood and had been on the plane for such a long time, so he needed to rest first.

"To the office, or to Malibu?"

Director Yang communicated with Zhou Qing again and then asked for Zhou Qing's opinion.

“Let’s go to Malibu.”

Zhou Qing said without thinking.

"By the way, how is the preparation for Crazy Rich Asians going?"

Zhou Qing thought of this extremely crucial matter again and asked Director Yang about it.

"The preliminary preparations have been completed, and Director Zhu has already started casting."

"The overall preparation period will probably be around mid-July, and filming will start in August."

Director Yang was fully aware of these matters and reported to Zhou Qing without thinking.

Zhou Qing knew what was going on.

It seems that it won’t be long before Liu Yifei will come to Hollywood.

Thinking of this, Zhou Qing became more and more grateful for his original choice.

It is really necessary to get a top-notch villa in Hollywood.

"Mr. Hendry!"

"Director Zhou, I've heard a lot about you. It's a great honor to work with you."

After just one night's rest, Zhou Qing quickly reunited with the special effects team the next day.

He had already instructed Director Yang to find the best team in the industry, so needless to say.

Facts have also proved that the top team is indeed not a joke, and the work is done really quickly and well.

Zhou Qing inspected it and was very satisfied.

He then confidently handed over the special effects work to the other party, and also started doing other related post-production work.

"Crown Pictures releases new film Crazy Rich Asians, written by Chow and directed by Jon M. Chu."

"Zhou Qing's new film Crazy Rich Asians is currently casting, and the leading actress will be Liu Yifei as expected."

"The new film that Zhou Qing Pictures prepared for Liu Yifei has been revealed, and Crazy Rich Asians has already started."

"Crazy Rich Asians" was quickly reported by the domestic entertainment industry during the casting process.

It also attracted widespread attention and speculation in the domestic entertainment industry.

When the casting for "Mulan" was in full swing, Liu Yifei revealed that she would not participate because Zhou Qing had already arranged another film for her.

Zhou Qing even openly added fuel to the fire by saying it was a Hollywood movie.

The fact that Liu Yifei would rather give up top blockbusters like "Mulan" to choose this movie has aroused everyone's curiosity, hasn't it?
The entire circle was secretly waiting, wanting to see what blockbuster Zhou Qing had arranged.

Although Zhou Qing has never revealed any information about "Crazy Rich Asians", no one is a fool these days.

As soon as Liu Yifei finished filming "Mojin: The Lost Tomb", Director Zhou's Crown Pictures immediately released a film.

Director Zhou wrote the screenplay himself.

This couldn't be more obvious, right?

You can’t go wrong!

Case solved.

The movie "Crazy Rich Asians" immediately attracted great attention from the domestic entertainment industry, and some information was dug out.

It was precisely because of this that everyone in the circle was caught off guard.

"Crazy Rich Asians" is adapted from the novel "Crazy Rich Asians", which is a novel about the Asian community.

So Crazy Rich Asians is also a movie with an all-Asian cast?
???

What a joke!
Originally, everyone thought that the only thing that could make Liu Yifei give up "Mulan" must be some heavyweight blockbuster or powerful movie.

Is this the result?

Why does this movie look so unreliable?

It feels like Director Zhou is trying to trick Liu Yifei.

Everyone knows what the environment is like in Hollywood. It is very difficult for Asian actors to survive.

If one wants to promote Liu Yifei, one must cast her in top-notch blockbusters to weaken her influence as an Asian female lead.

For example, "Interstellar".

But director Chow sent him into a film with an all-Asian cast?
This is unreliable no matter how you look at it. (End of this chapter)