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Chapter 593 Film Festival Selector

The acting skills of the actors who participated in the audition are beyond doubt.

Even though they didn't experience life like Tangtang did and prepared for a long time, they performed very well.

The final scores were very close, which caused Zhou Xia and several assistant directors a headache. After some discussion, and after comprehensive consideration, they chose Tangtang.

Tangtang was confirmed to play the role, of course she was the happiest person and also the biggest winner, but Zhou Xia lost a lot of credibility because of this.

Every time I invite outside actors to audition, but in the end I always choose actors from my own company.

Even if the actors who came to audition didn't say anything, they must have mmp in their hearts, and they probably won't accept Zhou Xia's invitation to audition in the future.

Zhou Xia didn't care, because Tangtang's drama spirit was aroused and her self-confidence was boosted. That was the biggest gain.

But the fans of those artists would not let Zhou Xia go so easily. Their own idol, as a well-known acting school in the circle, lost to Tangtang in the casting, which naturally couldn't convince them.

For the sake of their idol's reputation at the party, of course they slandered Zhou Xia to the utmost, making him a very selfish person.

Of course, there may also be several artist teams contributing to the flames.

But these are not important anymore, Zhou Xia just wants to choose the most suitable candidate.

In the final score of the audition, Tangtang's total score was not inferior to others, so of course he would choose Tangtang.

In addition to this incident, a few days before the filming started, "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" was released for a full month, and the box office has exceeded 18 billion.

The postponement of the screening has already been arranged, and it will eventually exceed 20 billion, so there should be no problem.

Such a good situation, Xia Hua’s stock price stagnated due to Zhou Xia’s filming of literary films before, and it picked up again, rising rapidly, breaking through the 90 yuan mark.

Zhou Xia's wealth has grown again, and he has become the youngest billionaire. He also entered the top 30 in the new year's China Resources Rich List.

At the same time, on the list of entertainment stars, he continued to rank first in the previous year's income, and he is indeed the most popular figure in the Chinese-speaking circle.

At the same time, Zhou Xia also held a new year's annual meeting of the company before starting filming.

Specific arrangements have been made for various matters of the company in the new year.

Originally, the annual inventory is held at the end of December every year, and the annual meeting is held at the beginning of the Gregorian calendar.

Since Xiahua Film and Television has major movies released every year during the Lunar New Year, during the Chinese New Year, Zhou Xia has more leisure time, so the annual meeting and the annual meeting are arranged around the Lunar New Year.

In 2013, Xiahua Film and Television has confirmed that there are already ten films that will be released.

"Old Boy", "Break Up Master", "Zodiac", "Star You" movie version, "Blindness", "Little Times", animated film "The Return of the Great Sage", "Sword", "Return", " Rookie Detective".

In addition, there are several films to be filmed, Zhou Xia's "Starting Line", Ning Hao's "Heart Blossoms", Tian Yusheng's "Predecessor Strategy", Xue Xiaolu's "Dear" and so on.

In particular, the movie "Blind Certificate" starring Sisi has been dragged on for so long, and it was finally selected as the main competition unit of the Shanghai Film Festival. The next schedule has also been confirmed and will be officially released at the end of June.

At the company's annual meeting, Zhou Xia roughly decided on the release schedule of these movies with the company's top management.

In addition, he stated that he will continue to support the discovery of new directors and their personal development plans.

Since the listing of Xiahua Film and Television, the stock price performance has been increasing. Many new directors have more confidence in Xiahua, and they all come to seek investment and support with their projects.

In the past few days, Zhou Xia's movie will be filmed in the imperial capital. After he came back, he has already met several new directors.

Lu Yang, the director of "Embroidered Spring Knife", had already visited the company yesterday, and just now, the publisher Lu Jinbo and the person in charge of Xiahua Chinese Website took Gang away.

Zhou Xia is very busy these days, but she is very happy, feeling that all the talents in the world are in my pocket.

With so many directors joining Xia Hua, there will be no problem for Xia Hua Film and Television to continue to dominate in the future.

However, most of these directors want to be their own masters, and they will definitely not stay in Xia Hua forever, unless there are special arrangements.

Zhou Xia had already thought of this before, so many directors had very good conditions to join Xia Hua. Not only did they meet certain conditions, they could get a share of the box office, and they could also set up studios and so on.

But these still can't satisfy some people, and they will leave Xia Hua sooner or later.

For this kind of people, Zhou Xia doesn't force it. It's easy to get together and get together when doing business. If he himself thinks about setting up a personal company, he should try to do it well.

These people are also normal thinking.

The director Xia Hua went out can continue to cooperate in the future, which can be regarded as a kind of incense.

Xia Hua can't monopolize all outstanding directors, so let's be a favor, unless the other party leaves Xia Hua and joins some company that has a problem with Xia Hua, then it's a different matter!

After finishing the work of the past few days and the shooting of the new movie started, Zhou Xia was basically cut off from the outside world temporarily, and devoted himself wholeheartedly to this movie that he had placed high hopes on.

Since the filming started on March 3th, for two full months, Zhou Xia seldom took care of other things, only occasionally dealt with company affairs, and paid attention to the post-production of "Legend of Sword and Sword 15".

Finally, at the end of May, the film was officially wrapped, and Zhou Xia could finally take a break.

In the following year, his work arrangement is relatively easy, and he is not as eager to arrange follow-up film plans as in previous years.

He will also go to the United States to participate in the post-production of "Legend of Sword". There are some scenes and movie details. As a director, he must be there in person and communicate with the special effects artists of Industrial Light and Magic at any time to complete these things.

If you want to be the shopkeeper without worrying about letting the other party make special effects according to the special effect diagram, that would be too ambitious.

Sometimes the special effects pictures designed may not be as good as imagined when they are made. There is still a gap between technology and people's imagination.

In Zhou Xia's office of Xiahua Film and Television in the imperial capital, after two months, Zhou Xia came back again, and Zhou Xia felt in an exceptionally good mood.

The location of the project of Xiahua Film and Television Building has been selected. In addition, the investment location of Xiahua Film and Television Base has also been selected.

These are two major events for the company, which are related to the development of Xiahua Film and Television in the next few decades. The reason why they can be arranged so quickly is mainly due to the performance of Xiahua Film and Television, which has made the relevant government see huge benefits.

If Xiahua Film and Television and Xiahua Film and Television bases are located in the local area, then the tax revenue in the next few decades will be a large amount of fiscal revenue.

That's not to mention, the creation of tens of thousands of job opportunities and the huge impact on the local entertainment, film and television culture are also very important to the relevant local governments. Naturally, they all want a powerful company like Xiahua settle down.

Zhou Xia only grasped the general direction of these matters, and the specific affairs were handled by the relevant person in charge. He only needed to know how to do it and how to do it.

"Boss, the selector of the Venice Film Festival, Mr. Zhang, wants to see your new film."

There was a knock on the door, and after Yang Tianzhen came in, he didn't say much, and spoke directly.

"Venice Film Festival, they got news very quickly, what about others?" Zhou Xia didn't expect that the film selectors from the three major film festivals would come so soon.

But at present, the film has only completed the rough cut, which is more than four hours long, and other sound effects, dubbing, and screen synthesis have not yet been produced.

"He is in Xiangjiang, and he will come back to the imperial capital in mid-June to watch some movies. I want to make an appointment at that time."

"Well, let's talk about it when the time comes. The rough cut of the film is only now completed. If the completion is almost the same, invite him to watch the film. If it doesn't work, then I'm afraid it won't be able to catch up with the Venice Film Festival."

"I understand. I mentioned this situation to him just now. He said that there is no rush. If he can't make it this time, he can watch the film at the Imperial Capital at the end of July."

"Then let's set it at that time." Zhou Xia thought for a while and replied, anyway, the Venice Film Festival didn't start until the end of August.

Of course, the selected films should be announced in advance. By the end of July, the production of "Starting Line" should be basically completed.

(End of this chapter)