Huayu Entertainment: Who let him be the director!

"Ten years of preparation for the final battle, this is the homework you must do before watching Avengers 3."

"Jurassic World returns with a bang, and 'Star-Lord' is still a superhero after leaving Guardians of the Galaxy."

"Shock Wave" directed and starred by Wu Jing will be released next month. Wu Jing will be a bomb disposal expert and is waiting for you."

Since entering May, the relatively quiet film market has become lively again.

Needless to say, in May, the movie "Avengers 5" is enough to ignite everyone's enthusiasm for watching movies.

I can only say that Marvel's movie universe is really good. It took 18 movies to pave the way for the ultimate showdown between the Avengers and Thanos.

Now that the Avengers are finally going to go to war with Thanos, who among the fans can still sit still?

Who can bear it?

Ever since the release date of "Avengers 3" was confirmed, I have been eagerly waiting to go to the cinema to see it.

So even though May is not a good period, "Avengers 5" became extremely popular as soon as it was released.

On the premiere day on May 5, the film earned a terrifying box office of 11 million yuan.

My jaw dropped in shock.

It’s fierce. It’s really too fierce.

Throughout the month of May, "Avengers 5" was undoubtedly the only movie that dominated the market, sweeping away all enemies.

No other movie can stand a chance against it.

In addition, "Jurassic World 2" starring "Star-Lord" will be released in June, and comprehensive promotion was also launched in May.

This is a reboot series of a big IP, and it is also a relatively rare monster movie in Chinese-language films, so naturally everyone is very enthusiastic about watching it.

Even if you have to guess with your thighs, you can know that this movie will definitely be a super beast in June.

The box office will definitely not be bad.

Considering that "Jurassic World 2" will be released on June 6, the schedule in May and June is really cruel.

It can be said that there is a wolf in front and a tiger behind.

Wu Jing's "Shock Wave" chose to be released between these two blockbusters.

Many colleagues in the industry expressed their admirable courage.

"Director Zhou, The Wandering Earth will start filming in August, right? So there's nothing for me to do now?"

As the director and leading actor of "Shock Wave", Wu Jing is very concerned about this movie.

He greeted Zhou Qing early in the morning and led the main creators to work hard on roadshows and publicity.

It is also worth mentioning that Ning Hao’s "Crazy Alien" has also started filming.

The powerful combination of Huang Bo and Shen Teng, two "funny guys" who hold important positions in the comedy world, has made everyone more excited about the movie.

I can only say that Ning Hao is quite good at selecting actors.

Ever since "Charlotte's Troubles" became a hit, Shen Teng has become a living signboard for comedy films.

Many people even call Shen Teng the successor of Stephen Chow.

With the addition of Huang Bo, this combination is indeed dazzling.

To be honest, the appearance of "Crazy Alien" is indeed top-notch.

This is also the reason why "Crazy Alien" performed best at the beginning when it was released in its original time and space.

On the day of its release, it earned over 4 million yuan at the first-day box office, surpassing "Speeding Life", "The New King of Comedy" and "The Wandering Earth" in one fell swoop.

It’s a pity that the quality of "Crazy Alien" was very mediocre, which directly affected the subsequent box office.

Otherwise, the movie that broke 19 billion in 40 would not be "The Wandering Earth", but his "Crazy Alien".

"Director Zhou, the prop samples of the exoskeleton armor are ready."

Zhou Qing is still busy with the preparations for "The Wandering Earth", and the design work for various concepts has basically been completed.

We have entered the stage of making props. We have even made samples of some relatively simple props.

Zhou Qing's eyes lit up when he heard the report from the art team.

"Go and see."

He immediately followed the staff to the production room with great interest, and saw a group of people discussing around an exoskeleton.

"Director Zhou, this is made completely according to the design drawings. What do you think?"

When the director of the art group saw Zhou Qing coming, he immediately stepped forward to ask for Zhou Qing's opinion.

Zhou Qing reviewed it carefully and nodded: "Okay, it meets my requirements."

Upon hearing this, the director of the art group felt a little relieved.

Everyone in the entire crew knows that Director Zhou has very high requirements for details. It is no exaggeration to say that he is a detail fanatic.

If you want to satisfy Director Zhou, there must not be any flaws tomorrow, otherwise it will have to be redone.

Of course, it is precisely because of this pursuit of excellence that Director Zhou’s films are all masterpieces.

“Let’s make it according to this standard.”

Zhou Qing immediately gave instructions to the director of the art group.

"Understood, Director Zhou."

The director of the art group nodded in agreement immediately.

In addition, he communicated with Zhou Qing about various props of varying sizes.

You have to know that there are a lot of props involved in a movie, especially a movie with a future background.

All aspects of food, clothing, housing and transportation are involved, which is very trivial.

Zhou Qing communicated with the other party for more than two hours before it ended.

"Director Zhou, Producer Hu is here."

Before I could catch my breath, the assistant came over to remind me.

Zhou Qing then suddenly realized that he had made an appointment with Producer Hu to discuss something.

Without even having time to drink a sip of water, Zhou Qing met with producer Hu again to discuss and arrange other aspects of the matter.

There’s nothing we can do, since Zhou Qing is the director.

Chinese entertainment has always been director-centered, not to mention a director of Zhou Qing's caliber.

Therefore, all matters big and small in the crew have to be decided by Zhou Qing.

Casting, location scouting, scene building, prop making, etc., no matter how big or small.

Zhou Qing was very glad that he was not in such a rush to make "The Wandering Earth" as he was to "The Martian", otherwise he would definitely not be able to cope with it.

"Director Zhou, the casting for The Wandering Earth has been completed."

After a busy schedule until the end of May, I received this news from the casting director.

Zhou Qing temporarily coordinated the matters on hand and returned to Zhou Qing Pictures.

In the next few days, Zhou Qing's job content added one more thing: reviewing the casting situation.

To be more specific, it means checking the actors' information and audition videos.

In fact, this job is not difficult. After all, the casting directors he finds are all very reliable.

Together with the father and son Liu Peiqiang and Liu Qi, as well as the heroine Han Duoduo, these protagonists were all chosen by Zhou Qing himself.

The remaining characters are all unimportant supporting roles.

So basically, there is no problem with the casting director's casting.

That is to say, some of them failed to meet Zhou Qing's requirements, but adjustments were made very quickly.

So on May 5, the final list of "The Wandering Earth" was finalized.

"Xiao Liu."

Zhou Qing didn't waste any time and announced the list immediately.

“The main creators and cast of the movie “The Martian” are as follows:
Producers: Zhou Qing Pictures, China Film Group, Fiber Media, Wanda Cinemas Director: Zhou Qing

Screenwriter: Zhou Qing

main character:

Astronaut Liu Peiqiang: Wu Jing

Liu Qi: Zhang Wanyi
Han Duoduo: Zhang Zifeng

Wang Lei: Zhang Yi

......"

When the list came out, some people in the circle were happy while others were sad.

Wu Jing is an artist under Zhou Qing Pictures, so there is nothing to say about it being able to get a role in Zhou Qing's movie.

There is nothing much to say except that everyone envies Wu Jing's good luck, as he was appreciated and signed by Director Zhou when he was a flop, which changed his destiny from then on.

On the contrary, it was Zhang Wanyi and Zhang Zifeng who really made all their colleagues jealous.

I'm so jealous.

What kind of luck is Zhang Zifeng?
How old is she to have played the leading role in Director Zhou’s movie?
She should be the youngest heroine in Director Zhou’s movies.

No, it’s probably because there aren’t many female protagonists of this age in the entire film industry, let alone a movie directed by Director Zhou.

Zhang Zifeng’s move is really going to the sky.

If Zhang Zifeng just made everyone envious, then Zhang Wanyi made everyone blinded with envy.

Zhang Zifeng is a star after all, and has starred in many hit TV series and big-budget movies.

He is considered to be the top among his peers.

But Zhang Wanyi?

Who is this guy?
No one has ever heard of it!

No one knows.

It's completely transparent.

The result is that such an unknown person actually won the leading role in director Zhou’s sci-fi blockbuster?

They are jealous. All the actors in the circle who are of the same age as Zhang Wanyi are almost dying of jealousy.

Zhang Wanyi's past was soon exposed. Like Director Zhou, he graduated from the Beijing Film Academy, but his resume was really terrible.

I have only played two supporting roles in two TV series.

In the circle, he is the most obscure person who can’t be more obscure!

How could such a person gain the favor of Director Zhou?
How exactly is he better than me?
Many people couldn't help but think so.

All in all, Zhang Wanyi, who was originally an unknown figure, became completely famous the moment the cast list was revealed.

Zhang Wanyi's old employer, who had just terminated his contract, was regretting it so much that his intestines were almost turning green. The boss almost fell to the ground with his head and slapped his thigh.

If I had known that Zhang Wanyi had such a fortune, I would never have let him go.

I regret it so much!

Beijing Film Academy was very excited. Director Zhou was indeed the most reliable director out of Beijing Film Academy.

The male lead was chosen from a student from Beijing Film Academy.

Not bad, awesome!
It is no exaggeration to say that just because Director Zhou came from Beijing Film Academy and likes to use actors from Beijing Film Academy, the competitiveness of Beijing Film Academy has skyrocketed in recent years.

Or to be more precise, this results in many more students enrolling in Beijing Film Academy every year.

There is no other reason, they all come here for Director Zhou.

Director Zhou is truly a treasure of Beijing Film Academy!
"Wu Jing's new film "Shock Wave" was a blast and the audience was thrilled, earning 3800 million yuan at the box office on the first day of its release."

"With a box office of 3800 million on the first day, you can always trust Wu Jing in action movies. Don't miss Shock Wave."

"Directed by Chen Sicheng and written by Zhou Qing, Detective Chinatown 2 has started filming, with Wang Baoqiang and Liu Haoran solving hilarious cases in New York."

"The sequel to Detective Chinatown is here, Detective Chinatown 2 officially started filming in New York, and Chen Sicheng said the sequel is a comprehensive upgrade."

June is also a very busy month, and it is also a month when Zhou Qing Pictures has made its presence felt.

First of all, "Shock Wave" directed and acted by Wu Jing was released, and the corresponding data soon leaked out.

3800 million, almost breaking 4000 million.

Although we are used to seeing first-day box office exceeding 2 million or 3 million these days, even the just-released "Avengers 4" broke million on its first day.

But with a first-day box office of 3800 million, it is definitely a blockbuster movie.

Especially considering the production scale of "Shock Wave".

Of course, it’s not a huge hit, but it’s bound to be a hit anyway.

Judging from the first day's box office, there will be no problem for "Shock Wave" to reach a total box office of 400 to 500 million yuan.

It is completely on the same level as the previous movies directed by Wu Jing, such as "No Mercy".

Isn’t this possible?

Pretty good.

Anyway, Zhou Qing was quite satisfied with this.

Wu Jing himself is also very satisfied with it.

He began to feel relieved and continued to work on the script of "Wolf Warrior 2".

Of course, during this period you also need to take the time to memorize the script of "The Wandering Earth".

Although Liu Peiqiang's role is not too many, it is not too few by any means.

It still takes some effort.

In addition, the heavyweight film project "Detective Chinatown 2", which is highly valued by the entire industry, has finally started shooting.

Although the filming location was far away in New York and Chen Sicheng did not hold any press conference in the mainland, the relevant information quickly became a hot topic.

On many platforms, netizens are discussing "Detective Chinatown 2" enthusiastically, discussing the actors, the plot, and the case.

The enthusiasm was so overwhelming that it could not be stopped.

There is no need to wait until "Detective Chinatown 2" is released. Judging from its current popularity, "Detective Chinatown 2" is bound to be a super hit.

To be honest, it is rare to see such a popular film when it starts shooting in the entire industry.

Only a very few top directors such as Zhang, Chen, and Feng can arouse such expectations.

This shows how huge the value of the "Detective Chinatown" IP is.

Zhou Qing is actually not surprised by this. The combination of detective stories and comedy does create a very good chemical reaction.

At least for the entire Chinese entertainment industry, there is only one such store and no other branches.

Even with the huge success of "Detective Chinatown 1", there were no "copycats" produced in the circle that likes to follow trends.

Currently, there is only one detective comedy of this type, "Detective Chinatown", which is still very, very rare.

Can't even find other similar movies to satisfy your craving.

Naturally, I am looking forward to "Detective Chinatown 2" even more.

"Bao Qiang can now join the ranks of male protagonists with a box office of 30 billion."

Zhou Qing is looking forward to "Detective Chinatown 2" more than anyone else. You know, "Detective Chinatown 2" is really a hit.

"Detective Chinatown 2", whose original version was of average quality, still grossed 33.97 billion yuan at the box office.

It’s even higher than Stephen Chow’s “The Mermaid”, which is really amazing.

Zhou Qing believes that now that he has optimized the script, the box office of "Detective Chinatown 2" will only be higher.

By then, the artists under his management will be really amazing.

All of them are male protagonists with a net worth of over 30 billion, without exception. (End of this chapter)