Superstars start as villains

Chapter 169 Cruel New Year's Day.

[Certificate of Name] It will take some time for the post-production to be finalized, and he doesn't need to be involved in the pre-heating publicity in the early stage, so I finally have time to catch my breath.

"This girl." Zhou Xing came home late at night and found that the house was spotless, the curtains were freshly washed, the floor had obviously just been mopped, and the teacups were placed in the shape of a smiling face.

Zhou Xing inexplicably felt healed.

"Hey, haven't you slept yet?" Zhou Xing originally saw that it was too late and didn't intend to disturb Tong Lia, but unexpectedly, she called.The lights in the dormitory have been turned off, and Tong Lia cautiously came to the balcony on tiptoe: "Well, I can't sleep."

"Tomorrow is the weekend, I will pick you up."

"Ah."

Zhou Xing heard the whistling wind coming from the phone, and hurriedly said: "It's getting late, go to bed early, be good."

"Well, I miss you."

A very common love sentence between lovers gave Zhou Xing the urge to rush to the Chinese Academy of Drama and embrace her in his arms.

"I miss you too." Zhou Xing would not have said these words in normal times, but now he blurted them out without hesitation.

After a night of nothing to say, Zhou Xing drove to Zhongxi Opera and was about to call Tong Lia when he saw her walking out of the school with a few girls.

Seemingly having spotted Zhou Xing's car, Tong Lia waved her hand, then bowed to Wang Zixuan and the others, and then rushed over.

"Hmph, there is no humanity in the opposite sex, come back and see how I deal with you." Wang Zixuan glared at her angrily.

Tong Lia, who was wearing her seat belt, noticed Zhou Xing was staring at her out of the corner of her eye, and couldn't help giving him a shy look: "Hurry up and drive, what's there to see."

"Well, it seems that the cosmetics I gave are not bad." Never thought Zhou Xing replied solemnly.

When the car started, Tong Lia angrily grabbed someone's waist and threatened, "You mean, I'm not pretty without makeup?"

"Ahem, no, I mean, she was beautiful without makeup before, but now she is even more beautiful with makeup on." Zhou Xing quickly surrendered.

Only then did Tong Lia let go of her sinful little hand, with a small expression of: You are sensible.

Dating between lovers, shopping, eating, and watching movies are naturally indispensable items. It was not until [-] o'clock in the evening that Zhou Xing sent Tong Lia to the entrance of the Chinese Opera.

"I bought too many things, what should I do?" Tong Lia opened the trunk, blushing, and covered her face in embarrassment.

Zhou Xing raised his eyebrows: "How about I take you in and identify the door?"

"No need, I'll just call my roommate and get it for me." Tong Lia waved her hands nervously when she heard this.

"What? Can't my boyfriend do it? He's still hiding it." Zhou Xing pretended to be angry.

Tong Lia hurried forward and said in a low voice, "No, you are at the peak of your career now, the fewer people you know, the better."

Although Zhou Xing is not an idol star, but he has a large number of female fans, the announcement of his love affair must have had a great impact on him.

While Zhou Xing was moved, another strong thought popped up.

"Hey, you're really good enough to go shopping with your boyfriend during the day, and let us carry your things for you at night? I've never seen you so brazen." Wang Zixuan exuded resentment all the way.

Tong Lia hurriedly smiled: "Oh, Zixuan, I know you are the best, please help me, there is a gift."

"Ahem, okay, for the sake of a gift, I'll be a coolie for you once."

"By the way, where's your boyfriend? How long have you been hiding this? Isn't it because you're afraid we'll snatch it?"

"You?" Someone raised his chin arrogantly.

"Ok you little girl, what expression do you have? Don't run away"

After resting in the capital for almost a week, Zhou Xing spent almost every day with Tong Lia during this time, and finally some people couldn't stand it anymore.

This day, Anli came to Zhou Xing: "It's fine if you don't pick up the job, at least, let's take care of the company's affairs, shall we?"

"Sister Anli, I'm actually planning to tell you about this." Zhou Xing said seriously.

Anli looked at Zhou Xing in surprise.

"Sister Anli, starting next year, I will take up two movies a year at most, and I plan to put more energy behind the scenes."

As soon as Zhou Xing's voice fell, Anli was stunned. Seeing that Zhou Xing didn't look like he was joking, he asked curiously, "Why did you make this decision suddenly? Could it be that you've been too tired recently?"

Zhou Xing shook his head: "Sister Anli, I'm not acting impulsively. Although standing in front of the stage is magnificent, it also has many restrictions. Moreover, the quality of a play depends more on the factors behind the scenes. It is actually difficult for actors to change too many things."

"What's more, there are only a few good films in a year, and it is enough to keep two films exposed. I want to learn more in the remaining time."

Anli thought it made sense: "Okay, to be honest, do you also want to be like Jay Chou? Transform into a director?"

"Director?" Zhou Xing was stunned for a moment, he didn't think too much about it, but after thinking about it, it seems that it is not impossible.

The appearance of [The Untold Secret] seems to have broken the "appearance" of the "tall" director industry, and made many insiders eager to move.

A few days later, Zhou Xing came to "Zhixing Film and Television", but found that he hadn't been here for half a year, and the place had completely changed.

Anli introduced proudly: "The company has followed up too many projects in the past six months, and we have recruited a lot of people. The office area is not enough, so I rented another room. After getting through, the production The team moved there, and this is the office area of ​​the project team."

"Sister Anli, Mr. Zhou."

From time to time, someone greeted Zhou Xing and looked at Zhou Xing curiously. No wonder they were surprised. Zhou Xing had been filming for half a year and had never been to the company. They only knew that the boss of the company was Zhou Xing, but they had never seen a real person.

The number of people in the production team is much smaller than that of the project team, but everyone has their own office, and the environment is much better than that of the project team.

"This is the tea room, and there are activity rooms, conference rooms, and reception rooms over there."

All the way to Gao Qunshu's office, Zhou Xing suddenly felt unreal. Is this still his "small workshop" back then?

"How is it? Does it still look good?" Gao Qunshu smiled and invited Zhou Xing in.

Zhou Xing exaggerated a bit: "It's more than similar. Except for the smaller scale, I don't think it's any worse than those big companies."

"Okay, I like to hear these words. It can make the boss flatter me, and my hard work during this time has not been in vain." Gao Qunshu said "I am very pleased".

After the chat, Gao Qunshu also began to report on the progress of "Zhixing Film and Television" during this period.

"After [Love Call Transfer] sold out, the quality of the projects that came to us for investment has also improved a lot. You know, I have filmed some TV dramas before, and many TV drama projects have also come to me, although the income is not as high as that of movies. , but the success lies in the stability. In the past six months, the company has invested in a total of eight TV dramas, including "Struggle" and "Double-sided Tape", which have exploded in ratings. It's a pity that online piracy is too rampant now, otherwise it will make more money."

Zhou Xing nodded. In fact, TV dramas have always been good in the mainland market, but they need strong connections. In order to save costs, TV stations often offer low purchase prices. It takes several rounds of rebroadcasts to make a real profit. The film market is booming, with quick results, high risks, and high returns, so many investors are more willing to invest money in film projects.

As a result, TV drama projects are generally short of money, and ordinary new companies dare not venture into this muddy water. That is, Gao Qunshu has been silent in this industry for many years, and he dares to invest in so many projects because he knows the basics.

"Besides investment, do we have any shooting projects?" Zhou Xing actually didn't care about whether "Zhixing Film and Television" was profitable in the early stage. At first, his idea was to train the team.

"Lao Zhang recently handed in a script, which is the sequel to [Love Call Transfer], and it has been submitted for review. As long as the script review passes, the project can be approved immediately." Anli said.

[Love Call Transfer] The box office reputation is not bad, and it is a matter of course to shoot a sequel.

"Currently, the company still has 500 million working capital on its books, and more than a dozen projects have passed the second review and are waiting for the final project approval. They are basically self-sufficient."

For a while after that, Zhou Xing stayed in the company like an office worker, learning some producer-related knowledge from Gao Qunshu, and at the same time learning some management methods from Anli. not idle.

Similarly, the mainland entertainment industry has gradually become lively after entering late November, and the opening of the Lunar New Year stalls indicates that the most brutal fight in the film industry in the past year is about to begin.

[Assembly number] The file is set for December 12th, and the assembly number for the 20 New Year film market is also sounded.

In fact, [Assembly Number] has been quite low-key since the filming, and even Xiaogangpao, who is afraid of chaos in the world, has not shown much in the media.

But in fact, it is not difficult to guess why Huayi did this after thinking about it. After all, the cast of "Assembly Number" is not so dazzling. The starring cast of pure mainland actors really does not have an advantage in publicity. Lift the audience's curiosity to the highest level, and then burst out all of a sudden.

Obviously, Huayi's strategy was successful. When the first trailer came out, the extremely realistic war scenes immediately ignited the audience's enthusiasm for watching movies.

Some insiders once concluded that previous war films often started with a military meeting and then ended with a military meeting. The war scenes in the middle are more like embellishments, as long as the audience can understand which side won, That's it.

However, the trailer of "Assembly" took a slanted approach, showing the cruelty of being hit by bullets on the battlefield in front of the audience.

Released together with the trailer, there are also some shooting tidbits of "Assembly", such as how the protagonists filmed under the cruel conditions of the ice and snow.

It has to be admitted that Huayi's strength in publicity and distribution is unmatched by many other companies.

(End of this chapter)