Huayu Entertainment: Who let him be the director!

Chapter 57: The first role is finalized (please read it later)
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Zhou Qing had just returned to the capital and was surrounded by reporters again as expected.

There were flashing flashes all around, making it difficult for Zhou Qing to open his eyes.

This scene was many times more grand than when he was in Japan.

In Japan, Zhou Qing could still hide, but now, forget it, he can’t even squeeze in.

There was no choice but Zhou Qing accepted the interview.

"Director Zhou, foreign media are now reporting that one of your crazy fans imitated your movie and cut off his own arm. How do you respond to this?"

The reporter from Jiulang Entertainment asked the questions that all reporters wanted to interview.

"First of all, I have great sympathy for Mr. Lawtons's experience. His experience at Blue John Canyon was a complete disaster."

"But Mr. Lawtons overcame the disaster with his wisdom and tenacious will, and I admire him even more for that."

"He is a brave and calm man, and his spirit deserves recognition."

"Secondly, I urge everyone not to believe in rumors or spread them, and stop spreading such nonsense."

"What happened to Mr. Lawtons and 127 Hours is just an amazing coincidence, nothing more."

Facing the cameras around him, Zhou Qing talked freely and thoroughly explained "127 Hours".

Of course he would never admit to such a thing, not to mention that Zhou Qing also knew the truth of the matter.

"But how do you explain that many details of Lawtons' self-rescue are exactly the same as in the movie? His behavior can be said to be copied from the movie."

"Is it too much of a stretch to explain this as just a simple coincidence?"

How could the reporters let Zhou Qing off so easily? They continued to pester him with this question.

"I think you asked the wrong person. My movie was released first, right? So you should ask Lawtons."

"Forget it. Lawtons is not feeling well right now, so let's not disturb him."

Zhou Qing easily resolved the attack with one move, without even trying to counter it.

"Director Zhou, your movie has been a big hit overseas because of Lawtons. What do you want to say about this?"

"When I was in Berlin, the overseas rights to 127 Hours had already been sold out, so the overseas box office performance has nothing to do with me."

"You went to Japan secretly to meet with the emerging Japanese director Hirokazu Ichieda. Was this a private or official trip?"

"you guess?"

"Director Zhou..."

"Okay, that's all for today's interview."

After answering a few questions symbolically, Zhou Qing did not waste any more time and left under the protection of Director Chen.

"Director Zhou was interviewed at the Beijing airport, claiming that the Lawtons incident was just a coincidence, and called on everyone not to believe in rumors or spread them."

"The overseas rights to '127 Hours' have been sold out, and Director Zhou said the high North American box office has nothing to do with him."

"Director Zhou avoided talking about his secret meeting with emerging director Hirokazu Ichieda in Japan."

Related reports leaked out again.

Something like the broken arm was just a coincidence, something about Hirokazu Ichieda, etc.

Everyone just takes a look and that's it, it's nothing more than some entertainment after dinner or tea.

However, I wonder how many people are gloating over the fact that the overseas copyright of "127 Hours" has been sold out.

Especially now that the overseas box office of movies is still rising rapidly.

After creating the box office myth of over 10 million in five days, the momentum continued to grow at a rapid pace.

250 million, 261 million, 273 million, 288 million!
In just four days, the box office broke 10 million again.

In just nine days, "127 Hours" actually earned more than million yuan at the box office.

But after that, as the heat of the Lawtons incident died down, the popularity of the movie also plummeted.

It was cut short on the tenth day, earning only 120 million at the box office.

Since then, it has been in a downward spiral and has returned to its previous state of being ignored.

However, it doesn’t matter anymore, because the movie will be released soon anyway.

The total box office of "127 Hours" also reached 2412 million!
This is already a miracle that has shocked countless people, especially for the Chinese entertainment industry.

After all, for so many years, Chinese-language films have never achieved such outstanding results except for "Hero". Who can we complain to?

But all this had nothing to do with Zhou Qing, and he didn't pay any attention to it at all.

Because recently, Zhou Qing has been busy preparing the script for "The Funeral Director".

That’s right, Zhou Qing didn’t rush to start writing while doing the preparation work.

After all, "Departures" is different from "127 Hours", and there is a cultural difference in this script.

Zhou Qing needs to understand China's funeral industry clearly and thoroughly before he can start creating.

Otherwise the script would be too contrived and unrealistic.

Just like many workplace dramas in later generations, both the description of the workplace and the description of the grassroots workers were imagined by the screenwriters.

It doesn't stand up to scrutiny at all, so how can it really move people?

But these days, no matter what industry it is, it is not difficult to really calm down and understand it. To put it bluntly, it is still a lack of sincerity.

Zhou Qing didn't want this to happen to him.

He has been to the funeral home several times recently and has met with several funeral directors.

All processes in the entire industry from beginning to end have been investigated and understood in detail.

After more than half a month, Zhou Qing felt that he was almost becoming an expert in this field.

"almost!"

It was not until this time that Zhou Qing actually started writing and creating the script of "The Funeral Director".

"Qingzi, is there really no role suitable for me?"

This is the Nth time that Zhu Yawen has asked Zhou Qing this question.

As Zhou Qing's roommate, he knew what Zhou Qing had been doing recently.

From discussing copyright to conducting field visits and investigations, Qingzi had been preparing for the script for a month.

This is much more attentive than the original "127 Hours".

Zhu Yawen was naturally itching to try.

"It's really not Lao Zhu. If you really want to act, you can only play some minor roles, but that's unnecessary."

Zhou Qing told Zhu Yawen the truth.

First of all, Zhu Yawen is only 19 years old, which does not meet the age requirement. Secondly, his acting skills are indeed not up to par.

Unless they play a guest role as a family member of a deceased person or something.

But such a role has almost no added value to Zhu Yawen.

"What's wrong with being a minor character? I'll play a minor character too!"

Zhu Yawen's thoughts were completely different from Zhou Qing's.

With this move, Qingzi might be able to win another trophy from one of the three major European countries.

It's good to be able to make your presence felt in a movie like this, even if it's just a minor role.

You have to know that we are all freshmen now, and aren’t we all just extras?

In that case, why not run in Aoko’s movie.

"Aren't you going to play the second male lead in The Hawthorn Tree?"

Zhou Qing glanced at Zhu Yawen.

"No conflict, I can act in both. It won't take long to be a minor role anyway, and we don't know when the filming will start."

Zhu Yawen's calculations can be said to be going very smoothly.

"Okay, then I'll leave you a small role."

Zhou Qing agreed.

That’s how I got my first role in “Departures”.

(End of this chapter)