Chapter 168: Cruel New Year's Eve.
[Title of Representative] It will take some time for the filming to be completed, and the preheating promotion in the early stage does not require him to take action. Finally, he has time to take a breath.
"This girl." Zhou Xing returned home late at night and found that the house was spotlessly cleaned, the curtains were newly washed, the floor was obviously just dragged over, and the teacup was put on a smiley face.
Zhou Xing felt inexplicably healed.
"Hey, haven't you been asleep yet?" Zhou Xing had seen it was too late and he didn't plan to disturb Tong Liya, but unexpectedly, she called over. The dormitory had turned off, and Tong Liya tiptoed and came carefully on the balcony: "Well, I can't sleep."
"Tomorrow is the weekend, I'll pick you up."
"Um."
Zhou Xing heard the whistling wind coming from the phone and quickly said, "It's getting late, so get off early, be good."
"Well, I miss you."
A very ordinary love words in lovers made Zhou Xing feel the urge to rush to the Central Academy of Drama campus and embrace her in his arms.
"I miss you too." Zhou Xing would not say this if he was in normal times, but he blurted out without hesitation.
After a night of nothing, Zhou Xing drove to the Central Academy of Drama and was about to call Tong Liya, but he saw her and a few girls walking out of the school gate.
It seemed that he had discovered Zhou Xing's car. Tong Liya 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 and see me how to deal with you." Wang Zixuan glared at her angrily.
Tong Liya, who was wearing a seat belt, found that Zhou Xing was staring at her, and couldn't help but give him shyly: "Driving quickly, what's the best thing to look at?"
"Well, it seems that the cosmetics I gave are effective well." Zhou Xing replied seriously.
When the car started, Tong Liya angrily pinched someone's waist and threatened: "What do you mean is that if I don't wear makeup, will I not be beautiful?"
"Ahem, no, I mean, I used to be very beautiful without makeup, but now I'm more beautiful with makeup." Zhou Xing quickly surrendered.
Tong Liya then let go of her sinful little hand and looked like she was judging by her face.
Dating, shopping, eating, and watching movies between lovers are naturally essential items. It was not until 8 o'clock in the evening that Zhou Xing sent Tong Liya to the entrance of the Central Academy of Drama.
"What should I do if I buy too many things?" Tong Liya opened the trunk, and her pretty face blushed and covered her face embarrassedly.
Zhou Xing raised his eyebrows: "How about I send you in and recognize the door?"
"No need, I just call my roommate and ask my roommate to help me get it." When Tong Liya heard this, she waved her hands nervously.
"What? Can't I take this boyfriend? I'm still hiding it." Zhou Xing pretended to be angry.
Tong Liya hurried forward and whispered: "No, you are in the peak of your career now, the fewer people you know, the better."
Although Zhou Xing is not an idol star, he has a large number of female fans, and the announcement of his relationship will definitely have a great impact on him.
Zhou Xing was moved, and another strong thought came up.
"Hey, you're really OK. You go shopping with your boyfriend during the day and ask us to help you carry things at night? I've never seen you so shameless." Wang Zixuan exuded resentment from afar.
Tong Liya quickly remissed and smiled: "Oh, Zixuan, I know you are the best. Please help me, there is a gift."
"Ahem, okay, for the sake of the gift, I'll be a coolie for you."
"By the way, where is your boyfriend? How long has it been, and it's still hidden? Could it be that we are afraid that we will grab it?"
"You?" Someone raised his chin proudly.
"Okay, you little girl, what's your expression? Don't run..."
I spent almost a week resting in the capital. During this period, Zhou Xing was with Tong Liya almost every day, and finally someone couldn't stand it anymore.
That day, Anli came to Zhou Xing: "It would be fine if you don't take on the job, at least, please ask about the company's affairs?"
"Sister anli, I'm actually going to tell you about this." Zhou Xing said seriously.
Anli looked at Zhou Xing in surprise.
"Sister anli, starting next year, I will take on two movies a year at most, and I plan to put more energy behind the scenes."
As soon as Zhou Xing finished speaking, Anli was stunned. Seeing that Zhou Xing didn't seem to be joking, he asked curiously: "Why did you suddenly make this decision? Is it because you are too tired recently?"
Zhou Xing shook his head: "Sister anli, I'm not impulsive. Although I stand in front of the stage, there are many restrictions. Moreover, the quality of a play depends more on behind-the-scenes factors. It is actually difficult for the actors to change too many things."
"What's more, there are only a few good movies a year. It's enough to have two movies to keep them exposed. I want to learn more in the rest of my time."
Anli felt it made sense when she heard it: "Okay, to be honest, do you also want to be like Zhou Jielun? Transform into a director?"
"Director?" Zhou Xing was stunned for a moment. He didn't think so much, but after thinking about it, it seemed that it was not impossible.
The emergence of [Secrets that cannot be told] seems to have broken the "high-end" appearance of the director industry, making many insiders ready to move.
Turning around, Zhou Xing came to "Zhixing Film and Television" and found that it had not been here for half a year, and the place had completely changed.
Anli introduced proudly: "The company has followed up with too many projects in the past six months. We have hired a lot of staff. The office area is not enough, so I rented another one. After opening it, the production team moved there, which is the office area of the project team."
"Sister anli, Mr. Zhou."
From time to time, people say hello and look at Zhou Xing curiously. No wonder they were surprised. Zhou Xing has been filming for the past six months and has never been to the company. They just know that the company's boss is Zhou Xing, but they have never seen a real person.
The number of producers is much smaller than that of project teams, but each has his own office and the environment is much better than that of project teams.
"This is a tea room, there are activity rooms, conference rooms, and reception rooms over there."
After coming to Gao Qunshu's office all the way, Zhou Xing suddenly felt unreal. Is this the "small workshop" he used to be?
"How is it? Is it still very similar?" Gao Qunshu smiled and invited Zhou Xing in.
Zhou Xing was a little exaggerated: "It's not just about the appearance. Apart from the smaller scale, I don't think it's much worse than those big companies."
"Okay, I love to hear these words. If you can flatter the boss, it is also considered that my hard work during this period has not been in vain." Gao Qunshu looked "I'm very pleased" with an expression of "I'm very pleased".
After chatting, Gao Qunshu also began to report on the progress of "Zhixing Film and Television" during this period.
"After the [Love Call Transfer] was a big sale, the quality of the projects we invested in was also greatly improved. You also know that I have filmed some TV series before, and many TV series projects have also come to me. Although I am not as profitable as movies, I am still stable. In the past six months, the company has participated in investing in eight TV series, including the ones with a huge ratings such as [Struggle] and [Double-sided tape]. Unfortunately, online piracy is too rampant now, otherwise I will earn more."
Zhou Xing nodded. TV series has always been good in the mainland market, but it requires strong connections. Moreover, in order to save costs, the acquisition price given by TV stations is often not high, and it takes several rounds of replay to make a real profit. In contrast, the film market is booming, with fast results, high risks and high returns, so many investors are more willing to invest money in movie projects.
In this way, TV drama projects are generally short of money, and ordinary new companies dare not trespass this muddy water. That is, Gao Qunshu has been silent in this industry for many years and has known the roots and bottom lines to dare to invest in so many projects.
"Apart from investment, have we participated in the shooting project?" Zhou Xing actually didn't care whether "Zhixing Film and Television" was profitable in the early stage. His initial vision was to focus on training the team.
"Lao Zhang recently handed over a script, which is a sequel to [Love Call Transfer]. It has been sent for review. As long as the script review can be passed, the project can be established immediately." anli said.
[Love Call Transfer] The box office reputation is pretty good, and it is natural to shoot a sequel.
"The company still has 15 million working capital on its books, and more than a dozen projects have passed the secondary review, waiting for the final project to be approved, and can basically be self-sufficient."
For a while later, Zhou Xing stayed in the company like an office worker, learning some relevant knowledge of producers with Gao Qunshu, and also learning some management methods from Anli. During the holiday period, he was not idle.
Similarly, after the mainland entertainment industry entered late November, it gradually became lively. The opening of the New Year holiday indicates that the most cruel battle in the film industry in the past year is about to begin.
[Assembly Number] It is scheduled for December 20, and it also sounded the accompany number of the 2007 New Year film market.
In fact, [Assembly Number] has been quite low-key since the filming. Even Xiaogang Cannon, who is afraid of the world, has not appeared in the media much.
But in fact, it is not difficult to guess why Huayi did this. After all, the cast of [Assembly Account] is not so dazzling. The starring lineup of pure mainland actors is really not advantageous in publicity. It is better to keep covering it up, suffocating the audience's curiosity to the highest level, and then bursting out all of a sudden.
Obviously, Huayi's strategy was successful. When the first trailer came out, the extremely real war scene suddenly ignited the audience's enthusiasm for watching the movie.
Some people in the circle have summarized that previous war films often start with a military conference and then end with a military conference. The war scenes in the middle are more like an embellishment, as long as the audience can understand which side wins, it's fine.
However, the trailer of [Assembly Account] took a different approach, showing the cruelty of bullets in the battlefield nakedly to the audience.
It was released along with the trailer, as well as some of the filming highlights of [Assembly], such as how the starring actors filmed under the cruel conditions of the ice and snow.
Chapter completed!