Huayu Entertainment: Who let him be the director!

What is more critical?
"The Martian" is ultimately a science fiction blockbuster, or a commercial blockbuster.

He has achieved extremely dazzling success in business, the kind that is enough to dazzle people's eyes.

Although the film is still in theaters and has not been taken off the screen, the total box office has not yet been released.

But there is almost no doubt that it will surpass "Operation Red Sea" and become the new box office champion.

As a result, while the box office was so explosive, it was also so exaggerated artistically?

Won 7 Oscar nominations in one fell swoop?
This movie is obviously not an award-winning movie.

Other award-winning films made by top directors cannot achieve this kind of success.

For example, Zhang Guoshi's "The Flowers of War" was specifically aimed at the Oscars.

The results of it?
Nothing was achieved, not even a single nomination.

I can only say that Director Zhou’s ability is indeed not to be underestimated.

"To win the Oscar, we still have to rely on Director Zhou."

“Is it possible that Chinese-language films will finally win the Golden Globe Award?”

"Director Zhou is awesome! The Martian is awesome!"

For a while, such voices were heard almost everywhere in the circle, and countless people couldn't help but bow down to Zhou Qing.

The announcement of the Oscar nominations can be said to have brought the popularity of "The Martian" to a peak.

The daily box office, which had been somewhat sluggish after being released for some time, also reversed course under this stimulus.

All in all, the momentum of "The Martian" is so good now that any other movie would give it a wide berth.

Otherwise, it will be ruthlessly crushed into pieces by "The Martian" without any surprise.

"Fortunately, fortunately it wasn't released at the same time as The Martian."

Other colleagues in the circle couldn't help but wipe their cold sweats with gratitude.

It's already a box office hit, and now it has the bonus of an Oscar. Who can handle this?
If you really encounter such a super opponent, you will really be torn off a piece of your flesh.

"The Martian got 7 nominations? Great! That's great!"

In the China Film Office, La Peikang's laughter almost blew the roof off the house, and his smile almost turned into substance and overflowed.

It was a wise decision for me to push for "The Martian" to compete for an Oscar!
Director Zhou is awesome! He is really awesome!
La Peikang couldn't help but give Zhou Qing a thumbs up in his heart.

Even though Zhou Qing had won two golden statues before, La Peikang did not expect that "The Martian" would be so awesome.

In La Peikang's opinion, it would be good enough if "The Martian" could compete for the Best Foreign Language Film award.

After all, "The Martian" is just a commercial film, not an award-winning film.

But who would have thought that even though it was a commercial film, it received 7 nominations and became a hot favorite for an Oscar.

Director Zhou Qing’s ability is really hard to deny.

La Peikang couldn't help but prostrate himself before Zhou Qing.

But at the same time, I am also very anxious and regretful. It seems that Director Zhou is not serious about this Oscar bid at all.

According to La Peikang's understanding, Zhou Qing has never done any public relations at all!
How can this work?

Isn’t Director Zhou really too ambitious?

This is an Oscar. Aren't you being too calm?
It would be fine if you had no hope of winning any awards, but you have been nominated for seven awards at once. It would be unreasonable not to try your best.

If I miss out on the Oscar because of this, won’t I regret it for the rest of my life?
Thinking of this, La Peikang couldn't sit still anymore and called Zhou Qing.

Discuss Oscar public relations related matters with Zhou Qing.

It’s just a pity that Zhou Qing, as a reborn person, had no intention of doing any public relations at all.

The original Hollywood version of "The Martian" was a runner-up throughout the whole process and failed to win any awards, let alone the Chinese version of "The Martian".

And to be honest, judging from Zhou Qing's professional perspective, "The Martian" is indeed not very competitive.

This is a genuine commercial blockbuster.

Being nominated is the best that can be achieved.

To have any more extravagant hopes is impossible and unrealistic.

"Boss La, it's too late to do the PR now. Other movies have been doing the PR for nearly two months."

Zhou Qing gave La Peikang a bitter smile and rejected the other party's proposal for public relations.

La Peikang certainly did not give up, as this was the closest a Chinese-language film had ever been to an Oscar.

So he began to persuade Zhou Qing earnestly.

But there was no way to shake Zhou Qing's mind.

What else can La Peikang do in the end?
The director and main producer don't have that intention, so what can he do as a mere second producer?

What's more, what Zhou Qing said makes sense. The Oscar public relations time is only about 4 months in total, and you are now half late than others.

Isn't this too far behind?

The hope of catching up is really slim.

In fact, La Peikang knew deep down that the award-winning potential of "The Martian" was not that great.

Just getting a nomination is a big deal.

Before, I was just too excited and unwilling to give up that last glimmer of hope.

But for now, let's face reality.

Taking a step back and thinking about it, it is a huge achievement that "The Martian" received so many nominations.

If you really want to win an Oscar or something, you still have to do what Han Sanping did and make a co-production with Zhou Qing!

"Huang Bo's directorial debut "A Good Show" has finished filming, and the crew revealed that Zhang Yixing's first kiss was stolen."

"After the filming of "A Good Show" was completed, Huang Bo talked about his feelings as a director for the first time and said with a smile that he could not fall behind Wang Baoqiang."

In early February, Huang Bo's "A Good Show" was finally completed, triggering a wave of corresponding attention.

When "A Good Show" was first launched, there were some doubts in the industry about the film.

After all, after Wang Baoqiang crossed over, Huang Bo also crossed over immediately. It seems a bit unreliable no matter how you look at it, as if he was just "following the trend."

But with the release of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", people in the circle have regained confidence in Huang Bo.

Although the quality of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 2" is relatively poor among the films released by Zhou Qing Pictures.

But compared with other films on the market, "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 2" is actually quite good.

At least it passed the passing line.

It is much better than those big hits like "Journey to the West: The Three Strikes of the White Bone Demon" and "The Man from Macau" series.

In addition, Huang Bo's own background is much stronger than Wang Baoqiang.

Wang Baoqiang was just an extra who didn't even finish elementary school, while Huang Bo was a graduate of the Beijing Film Academy.

Well no matter how you look at it, his appearance is better than Wang Baoqiang's, right?
"I'm so exhausted. Being a director is not an easy job."

Back at Zhou Qing Pictures, Huang Bo couldn't help but express his feelings repeatedly in front of Zhou Qing.

Before the filming, Huang Bo had unlimited enthusiasm for being a director, and he was even full of energy when he just started filming.

But in fact, by the time we were halfway through the filming, our interest had almost disappeared and all that was left was exhaustion.

Usually, I see Zhou Qing and other directors planning their films calmly and effortlessly, and they look so cool and handsome.

But when he really started, Huang Bo found that it was not the case at all. China has always been a director-centered system, which means that all matters on the set, big or small, must be checked by the director.

All kinds of unexpected things really made Huang Bo feel overwhelmed.

"Have you had enough? Don't want to continue?"

Seeing Huang Bo's expression, Zhou Qing couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Forget it, I'd better just be an actor."

Huang Bo immediately shook his head.

Zhou Qing had a clear idea of ​​Huang Bo's situation.

It seems that this person is the type who entered the market on a whim, and the novelty wore off.

But as for Wang Baoqiang, it seems that he really likes being a director.

Otherwise, why would he in the original time and space continue to shoot the second part when the reputation of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 3" was a huge flop?

"By the way, Qingzi, it may take some time before I can do the post-production of A Good Show. Haozi has urged me several times for his new film."

After the two of them chatted briefly, Huang Bo spoke to Zhou Qing with a serious face.

It is now the beginning of February, and New Year's Eve is in two weeks. During this period, Huang Bo can take a break and catch his breath.

But when I come back after the New Year, I will join the crew to shoot Ning Hao's "Crazy Alien".

Ning Hao had already mentioned this matter to Zhou Qing. Zhou Qing was not surprised and would not refuse it.

Anyway, Lu Yang's "The Unknown" and Wu Jing's "Shock Wave" have been scheduled for release this year. In addition, there is "Detective Chinatown 2" which was planned to be produced last year but was postponed, as well as Zhou Qing's own new film.

In other words, Zhou Qing Pictures has already confirmed quite a few film projects in 18, and there is no shortage of Huang Bo's film.

Even if "A Good Show" is released next year, it doesn't matter.

In this case, Zhou Qing certainly had no objection to Huang Bo shooting "Crazy Alien" or something like that first.

Huang Bo was quite happy to see that Zhou Qing had no objection.

After saying hello to Zhou Qing again, he left Zhou Qing Pictures.

What did you do?

Just go and relax.

After more than four months of filming, Huang Bo was exhausted both physically and mentally.

Before officially joining the crew of "Crazy Alien", Huang Bo only assigned himself one task: rest.

"Director Zhou."

At Crown Pictures, Director Yang also contacted Zhou Qing and reported something to him.

All post-production work for "Crazy Rich Asians" directed by Jon M. Chu has been completed and the finished film has been released.

This made Zhou Qing's eyes light up.

This is a very important film for Liu Yifei, and one that she values ​​very much. Is it finally out?
The girl next to her didn't say anything, but she also heard Director Yang's voice through the receiver.

The whole person was so eager to try that he couldn't contain himself.

Although Liu Yifei didn't see what was so good about "Crazy Rich Asians" from the script, she believed in Zhou Qing's vision.

Since Zhou Qing said this movie is good, then it must be good!

"I've seen the film, it's very good. Director Zhou, would you like to come and see it in person?"

Director Yang's voice continued to sound, asking for Zhou Qing's opinion.

After a moment of hesitation, Zhou Qing chose to refuse.

The cast of "Crazy Rich Asians" is the same as before. Except for the female lead being replaced by Liu Yifei, the other configurations have not changed much.

The overall quality of the film is naturally trustworthy.

"Has the release date been set?"

Zhou Qing just asked about other related matters.

"We are tentatively planning to release Crazy Rich Asians in mid-August. What do you think, Director Zhou?"

Director Yang reported to Zhou Qing truthfully.

Mid-August is the summer season in North America, one of the two golden seasons.

Zhou Qing naturally wouldn't have any objection.

And if you think about it carefully, in the original time and space, "Crazy Rich Asians" was released in North America on August 8th.

This time it is still in the same schedule, and Zhou Qing is more and more looking forward to the performance of "Crazy Rich Asians".

"This is a good time slot. It's OK."

Zhou Qing gave an affirmative answer, and then instructed Director Yang, "By the way, Divergent can be launched now."

According to Zhou Qing's plan, after Crazy Rich Asians, he will arrange the Divergent trilogy for Liu Yifei.

If we calculate the time again, if "Crazy Rich Asians" is released in August, it means that Liu Yifei will have to have a schedule at least in July.

In this case, the filming of "Divergent" cannot start too late.

Of course, the scale of "Divergent" is not that large, but it is already the beginning of February, and it will take about April or May to complete the preparation.

After two more months of filming, it will be time to start promoting Crazy Rich Asians.

So we still can't procrastinate.

"Understood, Director Zhou."

Director Yang naturally had no objection and responded immediately.

The two sides explained some other things before ending the call.

However, it is worth mentioning that Zhou Qing also plans to adapt the script of "Divergent" himself.

Although this series is Lionsgate's most profitable series after "Twilight" and "The Hunger Games", it has a fatal flaw: its quality is mediocre.

Worse than Twilight and The Hunger Games.

Even worse than the original Maze Runner.

Although the last two films in the "Maze Runner" series failed, at least the first one had a good reputation.

But what about Divergent?

The first part only scored 6.6 points on a certain platform.

This is obviously not feasible and does not meet Zhou Qing's requirements at all.

Not to mention that this is a film tailor-made by Zhou Qing for Liu Yifei.

So of course he had to do it himself.

I believe that with Zhou Qing's optimized script, coupled with the original team, the quality of "Divergent" will definitely be improved.

With such ambition and confidence, Zhou Qing did not hesitate and immediately began to write the script of "Divergent".

Of course, I'm also keeping an eye on the box office of "The Martian".

Since the Oscar nominations were announced, the film's Japanese box office has seen a decline, causing the box office of "The Martian" to surge even more.

In just 17 days, it broke through the 30 billion mark.

If this trend continues, there will be no problem for The Martian to reach a box office of over 40 billion. (End of this chapter)