Entertainment: I really want to make progress

This year's Golden Horse Awards news was on the headlines of domestic entertainment websites.

Fan Debiao, the ruthless man from Liaobei, is still vivid in our minds. Now he has really made it, and has been nominated for the Golden Horse Best Actor award twice.

Teacher Fan Wei finally made it.

In the end, he won the Golden Horse Best Actor award for "The Problem That Is Not a Problem".

The battle of the National Director Peak Competition lasted from the middle of the month to the Golden Horse Awards at the end of the month.

Lao Mouzi was in Hunan, still dealing with the affairs of the Art Academy, and did not go to the awards ceremony. The Best Director was awarded to Feng Xiaogang.

Taiwan's local films were not very competitive, and only received supporting roles. The Best Film was also unexpectedly won by the mainland film "August".

Zhou Yutang was busy filming "Joker", so naturally he did not go to the Golden Horse Awards.

This time, Li Shuang personally led the team.

However, Jiangdong Entertainment is still very loud, and films such as "The Big Buddha" and "Detective Chinatown" have won a total of thirteen nominations.

Finally, he won the Best Costume Design, Best Action Design, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Photography and other awards.

Jiang Qiming also won the Best New Actor, so he didn't return empty-handed.

What was surprising was that Teacher Fan, who was previously highly favored as the Best Actress candidate, unexpectedly lost to Little Yellow Duck and Ma Siyu of "July and Ansheng".

The two won the Golden Horse Best Actress double yolk eggs and burst into tears on the spot.

Before this awards ceremony, Hou Xiaoxian and this year's jury chairman Xu Anhua said in public:

"Teacher Fan is the one who is expected by everyone and has great hope."

Even the media unanimously believed that it had been decided, but this happened.

The Golden Horse Awards often have tricks.

A few years ago, Gong Huang was tricked, and now Teacher Fan, who has memorized the acceptance speech, is also very angry.

She only attended the awards ceremony, not even the dinner, and flew directly to Shanghai that night.

Privately, she didn't forget to play crickets with Zhou Yutang.

The next day, she attended a jewelry exhibition in Shanghai, but she was fine.

In response to the media's questions, Teacher Fan smiled and showed the demeanor of a top star:

"This matter has been turned over for me, and everything must be moved forward."

With the international double A-class actress in hand, Teacher Fan really does not need to rely on the Golden Horse Awards to raise her profile.

On the contrary, the little steel cannon who was suppressed by Zhang Yimou was proud of it, and sent more than a dozen Weibo posts that night.

In her words, there was a sense of satisfaction and joy of having her ambitions fulfilled.

In her view, the current Golden Horse Awards are the most professional film awards in China, and they are on the right track.

"Did Director Feng get upset?"

"Understand, the box office is suppressed by the national master, he is almost frustrated."

"Little Cannon criticized the Golden Horse Awards for being unprofessional for Xu Fan, and now it has become one of the most professional awards in his mouth. This boomerang came too fast..."

"The Golden Horse Organizing Committee should be trying to balance it, right?"

"In the past two years, Jiangdong has been too popular, and the media there have a lot of opinions about the Grand Commander."

Netizens are watching the fun, and the Taiwanese media have indeed complained frequently in the past two years.

Since Zhou Yutang became big, Jiangdong Entertainment's movies have won big at the Golden Horse Awards almost every year.

In the words of netizens, it's like the company's team building in the past, and they took the award by the way.

But you have to admit it.

Jiangdong's products must be high-quality.

Whether it is the quality of the movie or the box office performance, it is the best choice.

The golden reputation is there, and it is unfair not to award important awards, and public opinion will inevitably force it.

For this reason, the Golden Horse Organizing Committee has racked its brains to balance the awards and take care of other people's feelings as much as possible.

Zhao Shuhai, a well-known senior in Taiwan, stood up and openly denounced in an interview:

"The Golden Horse Awards should have more regional protection, so that Taiwanese films can develop, and should not become someone's private land..."

"Old man, you really talk too much."

In the "Joker" crew, Lu Yang muttered: "Your son will have a hard time in the future."

Zhao Lao said a lot, and in summary, he was quite dissatisfied with Jiangdong's annual Golden Horse Awards.

In fact, this also represents the opinions of a considerable number of conservatives in the Taiwanese film and television industry.

After all, the cake is so big.

If Zhou Yutang eats one more bite, some people will have nothing to eat.

More importantly, Governor Zhou made a call and created a screenwriter gold award.

The two sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong and Macau are one.

The screenwriters in Taiwan are not fools, who would have trouble with money?

As long as you win the bid, you will get millions of dollars. With the title of "selected by Governor Zhou", your net worth will increase a hundredfold, and your life will be completely settled.

Therefore, when screenwriters in Taiwan have good scripts, they will first submit their scripts to the Jiangdong Screenwriter Gold Award, and then give the rest to the stingy Taiwanese film and television companies.

In the long run, only big directors like Li An and Hou Xiaoxian, or talents who can write and direct, will have projects to do, and other Taiwanese directors will have to eat leftovers.

The manipulator behind the gradual stagnation of the overall development of the Taiwanese film and television industry.

At this time, he was busy filming "Joker" and didn't take this matter to heart.

Today's scene is a showdown between Robert De Niro and Joaquin Phoenix, a pair of acting schools.

Robert De Niro has another project in hand, and the schedule is tight, so he joined the crew at the end of the month.

His acting skills are needless to say.

Playing a talk show host is a sure thing.

A lighting consultant from the crew saw the scene layout and sincerely exclaimed:

"Wow, Mr. Director, I almost thought I was on the set of The Tonight Show."

He used to work on The Tonight Show.

All the equipment, all the lighting effects, even the scenery.

They all truly recreated the scenes from The Tonight Show.

Robert De Niro, who is wearing a suit and leather shoes and looks like an elite, also has a different look.

He has worked with many great directors, but he felt a familiar flavor in this Eastern miracle director.

That is the potential of successful people.

Only the ultimate pursuit of details can create a classic.

In the dressing room of host Maury Franklin, played by Robert De Niro.

Before Arthur takes the talk show stage, the camera focuses on Joaquin's frontal close-up.

"CUT."

Zhou Yutang called the person over: "Lawrence, try to shoot from the top of Jacques' head."

"OK, let me try."

The director of photography adjusted in time and returned to the position again.

Instead, he shot a wider shot from above Joaquin Phoenix's head.

Arthur in the camera.

Leaning back in the chair, holding a cigarette in his mouth, he put his feet up on the table.

Unbridled and unruly.

…

""Big Buddha" has been in theaters for two weeks and has grossed a total of 574 million at the box office. It has great stamina!"

""I'm Not Pan Jinlian" has a total box office revenue of 382 million in two weeks, showing its decline!"

The national director peak competition has been strangled all the way into December, until the Harry Potter IP derivative movie "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" and Disney's "Moana" which grossed nearly 80 million on the first day were released.

Gradually enter the settlement stage.

With two weeks of release left, there is still some potential that can be tapped.

But for this type of reality-themed movie, the box office limit is ultimately something you can see at a glance.

However, it is better than the Oscar-winning director Li An who was kicked out first.

"Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk," which was aiming for awards, has stalled out after earning over 150 million, with its single-day box office drop to less than one million.

Another cannon fodder in the national server's top director competition, "Warrior's Gate", also has a great background.

The producer is Bay Capital Capital and Europa Film Company, the same French film company that once collaborated with Zhou Yutang on "Superbody".

Luc Besson himself serves as the screenwriter and Matthias Horn directs.

New Golden Horse Best Actress Ma Si Chun, Dave Bautista, Wu Zhenyu, Sienna Guillory, Uriah Shelton, etc., carried the sedan chair for Zhao Youting.

In the name of a co-production, it finally became a stepping stone in the national director competition.

The total box office was just over 20 million, so it was hastily completed.

It is worth mentioning that Zhao Youting is also the scumbag protagonist in "July and Ansheng".

Ma Sichun and Little Yellow Duck are obsessed with each other to death. The three of them are emotionally entangled, with constant cutting and confusion.

"Mr. Zhou, where does this guy come from?"

After filming, Lu Yang asked curiously: "Some people have recommended him to be in "Xiu Chun Dao 3" to me."

The two parts of the "Xiu Chun Knife" series have made an insane amount of money of 1.5 billion. They said they would slow down the pace of sequels, but there are still a lot of capital from the industry coming to the door.

"Provided by Bay Province capital."

Zhou Yutang smiled calmly and said: "His father is Zhao Shuhai."

"It sounds a bit familiar...is that Laoden Zhao who talked nonsense a few days ago?"

"It's him. He has some connections in Bay Province."

The old-timers of domestic entertainment are paving the way for their descendants.

The same is true in Bay Province.

Zhao Youting made his debut in "The Ruffian Hero" and directly defeated F4's Zhou Yuming and won the Golden Bell Award for Best Actor.

Later, it was packaged by Bay Province Capital to enter domestic entertainment, and it was fed with resources along the way.

While he was talking, Zhou Yutang received a call on WeChat and raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Sister Yuanyuan, why do you have time to call me?"

"Guess where I am now."

"..."

Zhou Yutang's heart moved slightly: "You shouldn't be here, right?"

"That's the correct answer. I'll reward you with a kiss later."

…

It's all Teacher Fan's fault.

I was photographed during a group visit, and made the domestic entertainment headlines when I returned home.

What she told the media was that she was having a brand event abroad and she stopped by to visit her good brother.

Da Meiyuan was very angry.

She wanted Fan to see who was the most gentle and considerate sister in the world.

Da Meiyuan is different from Teacher Fan, she is a bit of a literary and youthful person.

It wasn't because Zhou Yutang just matched her favorite look.

She only liked it because it was Zhou Yutang.

After finishing the announcement in her hand, Da Meiyuan immediately flew to North America.

At the end of the day's shooting, when we returned to the hotel, we couldn't help but try Da Meiyuan's craftsmanship.

It is a custom in Jiangsu and Zhejiang to eat glutinous rice balls on New Year's Day.

Now that New Year's Day has not yet come, Zhou Yutang tasted the big and round glutinous rice balls in advance.

A little sweet.

We haven’t seen each other for a while. It’s normal to play ball in the evening.

Then they hugged each other tenderly and talked about the script all night long.

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This is really not a night-glow script.

Da Meiyuan actually received a script, which is said to be the blockbuster "Feng Lin Huo" by Hong Kong's young director Mai Junlong.

"Kyojo Takeshi has not been filming for a long time, and he actually made a comeback... Leung Ka-fai, Liu Qingyun, Louis Koo... this cast can do it."

I had heard Huo Wenxi mention it before, but didn't pay much attention to it. After hearing Da Meiyuan mention it, Zhou Yutang became more interested and asked a few more questions:

"Sister Yuanyuan, has the contract been signed?"

"Already signed."

Gao Yuanyuan has acted in many plays by Hong Kong directors.

There is some friendship between them.

This year's "My Dangerous Wife" was a big hit, and a certain Hong Kong director took the initiative to come to visit.

Da Meiyuan couldn't refuse, so she accepted the project.

"What do you think?"

"Well, the idea is good and the scene is grand."

Zhou Yutang said something nice and coaxed Da Meiyuan a few words.

However, women's intuition is sharp after all. Da Meiyuan quickly noticed it, hugged his arm, and said in a tired voice:

"Don't you like it?"

"It's not that I'm not optimistic about it, I can't tell anything just by reading the script."

I felt my arms sinking into the warm fragrant nephrite, and it felt wonderful. Zhou Yutang explained:

“If I were to run this project, I would have to evaluate all aspects in advance, including the script, shooting operability, and the possibility of cost recovery.

When the producer makes a complete plan, it will be finalized. The error tolerance rate will definitely be higher than that of a pure text script, and then the project will be filmed...

He just started doing it right away. It’s hard to say whether he can sustain such a big event. "

Mai Junlong is a very talented second generation, there is no doubt about this.

From a singer to the film industry, Zhou Yutang also watched his debut movie "Zombie", which was really good.

After Uncle Nine left, it would not be an exaggeration to say that it is the best zombie movie in Hong Kong.

But the scale of "Zombie" is completely different from that of a giant police movie like "Feng Lin Huo".

The entire story revolves around an explosion involving the largest drug trafficking group in Hong Kong.

The character design is a bit interesting.

The ultimate goal of the big boss, the leader of the drug cartel, is to create a world without drugs.

It sounds a bit crazy.

The starting budget of the project is 150 million, and we are in discussions with Zhou Runfa and Liu Dehua.

Mai Junlong also specializes in flying neon lights, convincing the introverted otaku Takeshi Kyoto to come out and play the role of the villain boss.

There are so many big names, so investment in the project will naturally increase. Now the funding has reached 250 million, and even Xiaomi has followed suit.

Because Xiangjiang does not have the conditions for filming, Mak Junlong is also planning to recreate a 1:1 real-life Causeway Bay scene in the mainland.

The total area was over 60,000 square feet, and it was all blown up.

Isn’t that bold?

The second generation sunglasses king belongs to yes.

Da Meiyuan listened carefully, frowning slightly, and said in a worried tone: "What should I do?"

"The salary you get is not from the investor."

Zhou Yutang's fingertips lightly traced Da Meiyuan's smooth and delicate back, and chuckled: "I really hope that this game will be successful for him... Why are you looking at me like this?"

"Your layout is really big...well..."

After having fun and having fun, Zhou Yutang is really looking forward to the final film that Mai Junlong will serve on the table.

After all, this is the most outstanding director of the young generation in Hong Kong, and such a luxurious cast lineup is concentrated in one movie.

If it is really on the level of "Zombie", it will be a good thing for the audience.

Da Meiyuan had just left contentedly, and her sensible god-sister Nazha, seeing the rampant gossip about the relationship between sister and brother, also wanted to travel three thousand miles and land in North America for love.

"Isn't "The Story of Chosen Heaven" currently being filmed?"

"Brother, I'll take a leave from Director Li. I miss you."

The coquettish Nazha is so sweet.

"Be obedient, I will visit you next month."

Zhou Yutang used his superb pancake painting technique to hold down Naza who was about to move.

Friends who often do multi-line operations know this.

There are too many women, sometimes they are very happy, but they are also bound to have troubles.

First of all, you must have a solid body, but this hardware alone is not enough.

You need to be strong and able to cover up, and then you need to know how to provide emotional value.

What Zhou Yutang is currently doing, in addition to filming "Joker", also includes preparations for domestic projects such as "The Wandering Earth" and "Operation Red Sea".

This time, Chen Xi was not brought here, but was kept at home to remotely control the advancement of Jiangdong's key projects.

Including two films co-produced with Yinghuang.

Judging from the recent filming progress reported by Chen Xi, Fatty Wang is indeed a fast shooter, and "Chasing the Dragon" is about to be finished.

On the other hand, "Kowloon Walled City" had a lot of fighting scenes, and some actors were injured during it, so they had to wait for another month.

After listening to Chen Xi's work report, Jiang Xueruo came in again via video call.

"Mr. Zhou, "Jingjue Ancient City" will start broadcasting soon. The goose factory has already made arrangements..."

""Three Lives, Three Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Blossom" on Mango is scheduled to be broadcast at the beginning of the new year..."

"The later stages of "Swordsman in the Snow" are progressing very smoothly, and the sequel will probably start shooting in May next year..."

"Start preparations now. Production will start in March at the latest. I have other arrangements in the middle of the year."

Zhou Yutang glanced at the email and asked, "How about "Undocumented Crime"?"

"Jiang Qiming has finished his road show. He just held a meeting today and will officially start filming the day after tomorrow."

"Well, you can figure it out. If you have any questions, please contact Sister Shuang to handle it."

"clear."

Jiang Xueyuan nodded.

Mist Theater has become a hit since "The Signal", and this year's "My Dangerous Wife" is also a big hit.

Now that the third film "White Night" has been completed, "Undocumented Crime" has also begun to enter the filming stage.

The director is a mastermind appointed by Zhou Yutang.

This was his first time directing a film and television project, and he also sent an experienced assistant director from a film school to help.

The film and television adaptation of Zijin Chen's crime series is highly valued within Jiangdong.

"Undocumented Crime" is the first film and television adaptation of the series.

The following scripts such as "Long Night" and "Bad Boys" are in continuous development.

Today's Jiangdong Entertainment is like a huge machine that operates spontaneously.

As the helmsman, Zhou Yutang does not need to do everything by himself.

Each of them is in a corresponding position and can drive the entire machine to operate.

All he has to do is to adjust the general direction of the aircraft carrier, and there will naturally be someone to take care of the specific projects.

Time flies by.

In the blink of an eye, it’s already late December.

After the release of Shuai Bi Azu's "Fire in the Sky" and the theatrical version of "Detective Conan", the box office was not very satisfactory.

On the contrary, "Your Name" was released at the beginning of the month and became a blockbuster. The film's box office exceeded 3.8 billion yen within ten days of its release on Neon.

After two weeks of release in China, the cumulative box office has reached 522 million, directly setting a new box office record for Japanese movies in the mainland!

It defeated Er Dongsheng's "The Sword of the Third Young Master" from the same period.

Even Zhang Mo's "28 Years Old" was also affected, with only 72.79 million in its first week.

This result is a good start for a new director.

But as the daughter of Lao Mouzi, the audience obviously has higher requirements for her, and the film's reputation is severely polarized.

There are not many scenes left in "Joker". During this period, Zhou Yutang took time to attend two public relations receptions for "La La Land".

On this day, Ni Ni discovered that after he received a piece of news, the Governor, who had always kept his emotions secret, showed a rare emotion.

He called Ni Ni to explain how to arrange a private jet, then handed the crew over to Bob, and temporarily announced that the crew would have a day off.

"Sister Ni."

Chen Duling felt a little abnormal and asked in a low voice: "What happened? Didn't you say you won't return to China until next week?"

For such a workaholic as my boss, Fan Binbin and Gao Yuanyuan even asked them to sit aside and wait when they arrived.

Will you even give yourself a holiday?

This is not scientific.

She didn't notice that Ni Ni's expression was a little unnatural and his tone was a little stiff:

"have no idea."

"Is it the first sister and the immortal? What happened?"

Chen Duling said something more, and Ni Ni immediately glared at her:

"Dudu, don't ask more about things you shouldn't ask."

"oh."

"The year-end summary ppt will be prepared and handed over to me in the next two days."

"Sister Ni..."

"There is also a complete plan for next year's movie project planning, a summary of Star Game, and the annual report of Yu Sheng... all done together..."

"?"

Chen Duling tilted his head and opened his mouth slightly.

In the big clear eyes, there is a big question mark.