Huayu Entertainment: Who let him be the director!

Chapter 96: Yinghuang Visitors, Invitation from Venice (First Order Request)
"It is truly remarkable that Director Zhou has won the Silver Bear and the Golden Bear at such a young age. He deserves the title of the fourth greatest director."

"Mr. Yang, you are too polite. Please come in."

Just a few days after the audition, Yang Shoucheng, the CEO of Yinghuang Entertainment, came to visit.

Zhou Qing was not surprised by this.

Ying Huang's attitude towards the mainland has always been relatively positive.

They were among the first group of people to embrace the mainland.

"We at Yinghuang have always maintained a good cooperative relationship with the mainland, because I always believe that the mainland is the future."

"They often tell me that they want to go to America, to Europe, but I won't go. I'm not that shortsighted."

"We at Yinghuang will set up a subsidiary in Beijing this year, and plan to set up subsidiaries in other places such as Shanghai in the future."

"We will deepen and strengthen cooperation with the mainland in all aspects."

"Of course, it would be an honor for us if we had the opportunity to work with a great director like Director Zhou."

In the reception room, after some business exchanging, the two sides started to talk about business.

The core of Yang Shoucheng's eloquent and passionate speech is nothing more than three words: seek cooperation.

"Next time Director Zhou makes a movie, Ying Huang can invest. We can invest no matter how much money Director Zhou needs."

"Director Zhou can use any of the artists from Ying Huang, even supporting roles or extras."

"Director Zhou can also hand over the distribution work in Hong Kong to Ying Huang."

As a giant in the industry, Yang Shoucheng's attitude is much more sincere than Huayi's.

Zhou Qing also believed that Yang Shoucheng was not just talking.

In 05, when Jiang Wen was unbanned and was filming an art film again, Yang Shoucheng invested 5000 million yuan without blinking an eye.

Even though the box office was only 1800 million, which was a huge loss, Yang Shoucheng still signed five contracts with Jiang Wen in one go.

It is indeed a sincere intention.

"Mr. Yang is so polite."

However, Zhou Qing did not agree to anything with Yang Shoucheng, he just practiced Tai Chi with him.

Zhou Qing has no shortage of investment. Currently, the cooperation with China Film Group is quite good, and he has no plans to seek any changes.

When it comes to artists, Zhou Qing generally gives priority to mainland actors.

Hong Kong and Taiwan will only be considered if we cannot find a suitable one or in some other situations.

As for the distribution in Hong Kong, just leave it to China Film Group. There is no need to negotiate it yourself.

"Director Zhou, I won't bother you anymore."

"Mr. Yang, walk slowly."

Although we didn't come up with anything, the atmosphere was still pretty good.

Yang Shoucheng and Zhou Qing shook hands and said goodbye, leaving politely.

On March 3, poet Chen's film "The Promise" started shooting at the Beijing Film Studio.

Although the crew did a good job of keeping the secret and no information was leaked, countless media outlets still rushed to report it.

People in the industry are generally very optimistic about "The Promise".

Although the great poet Chen's previous film "The Emperor and the Assassin" had a dismal box office performance and suffered huge losses.

But there is no way, the tone of "The Promise" is really too high.

It is said that the great poet Chen took “ten years to accumulate wealth and ten years to plan”, and the investment was as high as 3 million yuan, which is truly a grand project.

Think about the fierce momentum of "Hero" where gods and Buddhas stand in the way and the fierce momentum of "Hero" where gods and Buddhas stand in the way" is amazing.

Another tiger is coming.

The casting for "La La Land" is nearly complete, with only a few insignificant supporting roles left.

Just leave it to the two assistant directors, Zhou Qing doesn't have to worry too much.

At most, it’s just the final check.

After entering the system and checking it out, Zhou Qing couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction.

【Screenwriter: 95】

"Not bad."

Ever since he maxed out his director skills last year, Zhou Qing has been continuously improving his screenwriter skills.

Now, without realizing it, my screenwriting skills are almost maxed out.

In fact, even with the current score of 95, he is already a world-class screenwriter.

Surpassing 95% of screenwriters in the world.

what does this mean?
This means that even if Zhou Qing no longer "plagiarizes" and only writes his own original scripts, he will already have the strength to challenge the top three in Europe. However, there is no need to be original.

After all, original scripts take too long to write, often several months or even years.

Zhou Qing can't afford to waste time.

Since I am a reborn person and have so many movies in my mind, the most efficient approach is to borrow from others.

"Xiao Liu."

He told his assistant to call producer Hu over.

Zhou Qing needs to know the current preparation progress of "La La Land".

"Director Zhou."

"Producer Hu, come in."

After talking with Producer Hu for more than an hour, I had a clear idea of ​​the various preparations for "La La Land".

According to the current progress, it will be possible to start filming in early May.

It did not disrupt Zhou Qing's previous plans.

"Director Zhou, an invitation to the Venice Film Festival."

Not long after Producer Hu left, the assistant knocked on Zhou Qing's office door.

"Venice..."

Zhou Qing muttered something, and this time he did not let Xiao Liu reply, but replied personally.

The general meaning is that he does intend to participate in the Venice Film Festival, but because of the production cycle, he may miss the registration deadline.

"Hello, Director Zhou."

In the afternoon, a call came from Venice, expressing a warm welcome to Zhou Qing.

It also stated that Director Zhou's films do not need to go through the regular registration channel, but can go through the internal recommendation channel.

In other words, it doesn't matter if you miss the registration deadline.

We have booked your film in Venice.

"Director Zhou, I'm looking forward to your new movie!"

“I’m also looking forward to going to Venice.”

The two sides ended the call amicably.

“Venice is just right.”

To be honest, Zhou Qing was actually quite satisfied with the result.

After all, Zhou Qing was planning to release "La La Land" this year.

If I win an award in Venice, wouldn’t it just be a big publicity stunt?

This is director Zhou Qing's third film that won three major European awards, and it will undoubtedly have a huge impact on the box office.

But what if it’s Cannes next year?

Zhou Qing has no plan to release "La La Land" until next year, as that would drag on for too long.

So the best choice is to attend Venice this year.

He was originally worried that he would miss the registration deadline and wouldn't be able to go.

This is just great.

The problem was solved perfectly.

"Director Zhou, this is the final list of names."

The auditions ended four days later, and the final list of roles and audition videos were sent to Zhou Qing.

Zhou Qing quickly went through it and found no problems.

The entire cast of "La La Land" has finally been finalized.

It is worth mentioning that during this audition, Liu Xiaoli never contacted Zhou Qing from beginning to end.

It was Liu Yifei herself who called Zhou Qing.

It’s just a pity that with Liu Yifei’s current ability, it is impossible for her to play the heroine of "La La Land".

Zhou Qing had no choice but to reject the girl again.

Liu Yifei seemed to have anticipated this result and was not unhappy at all.

I chatted enthusiastically with Zhou Qing for more than half an hour before ending the call.

(End of this chapter)