Chapter 114 Even Brother Cheng Long can’t beat Director Zhou! Tang Yan charged at Director Zhou.

Chapter 114 Even Brother Cheng Long can’t beat Director Zhou! Tang Yan charged at Director Zhou.

Chapter 114 Even Brother Cheng Long can’t beat Director Zhou! Tang Yan charged at Director Zhou.

"Director Qian, long time no see."

"Haha, who said otherwise."

When they arrived at the Central Academy of Drama, Zhou Qing and school leaders were warmly welcomed by the relevant leaders of the Central Academy of Drama, needless to say.

After the leaders of both sides exchanged warm greetings, their eyes naturally fell on Zhou Qing.

"This must be Director Zhou Qing, right?"

The director of the Central Academy of Drama looked at Zhou Qing with a scorching gaze.

I wish I could dig this treasure up in the Central Academy of Drama.

"Director Wang, you are too polite. Just call me Zhou Qing."

Zhou Qing didn't dare to act arrogantly in front of the school leaders, so he quickly said something polite.

"Zhou Qing is amazing. While still a student at school, he was able to produce masterpieces such as 127 Hours and The Funeral Director, winning awards in Berlin and Venice, bringing glory to Chinese-language films."

“Beijing Film Academy is really full of talented people!”

Director Wang of the Central Academy of Drama could not help but utter such an exclamation.

In front of Beijing Film Academy, the Chinese Academy of Drama has always felt superior, even though Beijing Film Academy does have many stars.

But now, facing the Beijing Film Academy, the Central Academy of Drama has only envy, jealousy and hatred.

One Master Zhang and Brother Chen Kai are not enough, and now another Zhou Qing appears?
Does Beijing Film Academy really want to dominate the director world?

But the only consolation is that both Master Zhang and Zhou Qing like to use actors from the Central Academy of Drama!
Especially Zhou Qing. It is very pleasing to see that the protagonists in two consecutive movies are people from the Central Academy of Drama.

"Director Wang, thank you for your compliment. I was able to achieve some success by chance, all thanks to the cultivation of Beijing Film Academy. I still have many shortcomings and need to learn and improve."

As soon as Zhou Qing said this, Director Qian and other Beijing Film Academy leaders straightened their backs a little more.

The glory and pride on everyone's face were almost overflowing.

What Zhou Qing said really brought honor to Beijing Film Academy.

Not bad.

"Come on, let's go in."

After all the necessary greetings were made, the Central Academy of Drama welcomed Zhou Qing and others in.

The various procedures before the lecture took more than an hour, and we finally arrived backstage at the auditorium.

"Zhou Qing is from the Performance Department of Beijing Film Academy, Class of 02. He directed the film "127 Hours" in his freshman year and it became a big hit."

"This debut film won the Silver Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival for the first time, and the domestic box office reached 20 million."

"It created an amazing miracle of making a small investment into a big investment. Director Zhou Qing became famous overnight through this film."

"Later, Director Zhou Qing's second feature film, The Undertaker, went one step further and won the Golden Bear Award in Berlin. The domestic box office even reached 40 million!"

"We have achieved even more remarkable results, which have amazed countless people."

"Director Zhou Qing's third feature film, La La Land, has just returned triumphantly from Venice, winning the Silver Lion for Best Director and also producing a Venice Film Festival Best Actress."

“Although the film has not yet been released, we all believe that it will be another great success!”

While I was sorting out the speech, the voice of the host at the front desk came out.

The other party briefly introduced Zhou Qing's resume, and I have to say, it was really impressive.

Even Zhou Qing himself could not help but give himself a thumbs up after hearing this.

As for the students from the Central Academy of Drama who were sitting in the packed auditorium, their reactions were even stronger.

This Beijing Film Academy has really produced a monster.

Without considering anything else, just the three films he has made so far are already achievements that many directors cannot achieve in their lifetime?
It's so scary, it's so scary.

"What do you think is going on with Director Zhou's brain?"

Tang Yan, a student from the Class of 02 at the Central Academy of Drama, couldn't help but sigh about the nursery rhymes around him.

We are all students of the same grade.

Although he is from Beijing Film Academy, he is indeed in the 02 class.

These people can only learn knowledge and lay the foundation in school to prepare for future struggles.

But Zhou Qing, a student of the same grade, has already reached the pinnacle of the industry.

This gap is too big.

"Or he is a genius. How can we ordinary people compare to him?"

Nursery rhymes are quite authentic.

Considering Zhou Qing's age and achievements, there is no other more reasonable explanation except "genius".

Tang Yan also agreed with this point.

Zhou Qing is undoubtedly a genius like Master Zhang.

"What a shame, such a talented director isn't from our school."

When Tang Yan thought of this, he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh again.

"What's so regrettable? Those students from Beijing Film Academy like to come to our Central Academy of Drama to select actors. Didn't Director Zhou look for Senior Qin Hao twice in a row?"

Tong Yao said this on the side.

This made Tang Yan's eyes light up. It seemed that this was really the case.

The top directors of Beijing Film Academy have always preferred actors from the Central Academy of Drama. This is an old tradition of Beijing Film Academy.

Let’s not talk about anything else, let’s just talk about Tang Yan himself, who had just experienced it.

She was chosen by Master Zhang as the "Olympic Baby" and performed at the closing ceremony of the just-concluded Athens Olympic Games.

This is my personal experience. Actors from the Central Academy of Drama do have more opportunities to work for directors at the Beijing Film Academy.

"makes sense!"

Tang Yan nodded in agreement.

He didn't say anything else, but he had secretly made up his mind.

Director Zhou’s visit to Beijing Film Academy is such a rare opportunity, I must seize it this time!

If I can successfully connect with Director Zhou, I might be able to soar to success in the future.

Thinking of this, Tang Yan felt full of energy.

Looking throughout the entire auditorium, there were many people who had the same idea as Tang Yan.

"Now, let's welcome Director Zhou Qing with warm applause!"

Wow!
Following the host's words, the entire auditorium immediately erupted in thunderous applause.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Zhou Qing walked to the front stage with powerful steps and his head held high.

"Hello, fellow alumni of the Central Academy of Drama. I am Zhou Qing from the Beijing Film Academy."

“I am very happy to be here today and share with you some of my experiences and some immature ideas.”

Zhou Qing started to talk freely under the gazes of everyone, and he was full of vigor and enthusiasm.

"That's all for my speech, thank you everyone!"

After more than half an hour, Zhou Qing's speech came to an end and the audience burst into warm applause again.

The roof was almost blown off.

"Now we will have a question and answer session. If anyone has any questions that they would like to ask Director Zhou, please raise your hands."

"Raise your hands higher so Director Zhou can see them!"

After chatting with the host for a while, it was time for the question-and-answer session that the students of the Central Academy of Drama were looking forward to the most.
Following the host's words, almost everyone in the auditorium raised their hands.

Who would be willing to miss this opportunity to have a direct conversation with a great mainland director?
The host then told Zhou Qing that he could choose anyone to ask questions and communicate with.

Zhou Qing smiled and casually glanced at the students from the Central Academy of Drama present.

Ok?
Isn’t that a shame for the Chinese Academy of Drama?

A very familiar face attracted Zhou Qing's attention.

Zhou Qing immediately recognized the face of the future superstar.

But Tang Yan now looks quite immature.

"That classmate, please."

Zhou Qing pointed at Tang Yan and said, "If I'm not mistaken, she should be the Olympic baby selected by Director Zhang."

Swish!
Following Zhou Qing's words, all eyes around Tang Yan turned to him.

Everyone looked at Tang Yan with envy.

This guy is so lucky that Director Zhou noticed him first.

"Hello, Director Zhou. I'm Tang Yan, a student of the 02 class of the Central Academy of Drama."

Tang Yan was even more excited. She thought she was so lucky. She quickly stood up and spoke.

"I actually want to ask, if Director Zhou is making another movie and there is a suitable role, can you consider me?"

There was laughter in the auditorium.

No one expected Tang Yan to be so straightforward and launch a charge right away.

Zhou Qing was also a little amused.

"If there is, I'll consider it."

What else could he say? He could only answer like this.

The smiles of the leaders of Beijing Film Academy, who were originally very proud, became a little forced.

Damn, why are the students of the Central Academy of Drama so unreserved?

This wave of people coming to China to play costume competition, it would be better not to end up losing more than you gain.

After all, Zhou Qing has already begun to show such signs. He used the works of the Central Academy of Drama in "Departures" and "La La Land".

So, this is actually the real intention of the Central Academy of Drama to invite Zhou Qing to give a speech?
On October 10, "New Police Story", which had been released for a month, was completely withdrawn from theaters and the total box office was quickly reported.

Only 4300 million.

It can be said that it is far below the industry's expectations.

This is Jackie Chan's movie, with such a huge investment, but the box office is less than 50 million.

Originally, people in the industry generally believed that once "New Police Story" was released, it would be unlikely to surpass the highest-grossing "House of Flying Daggers", but it should be easy and pleasant to surpass the second-highest "Departures".

The result turned out to be not like this at all.

The box office of "New Police Story" is not as high as that of "Departures".

Brother Cheng Long has never been better than Director Zhou Qing!

Although the box office of "New Police Story" was only tens of thousands less than that of "Departures", it has never been done.

"Cheng Long's latest masterpiece of the year, New Police Story, grossed 4300 million yuan, which was not very satisfactory and was not as good as Zhou Qing's Departures."

"The industry generally predicted that New Police Story would surpass Departures, but the fact is completely the opposite. Departures beat New Police Story."

"Brother Cheng Long was defeated by Director Zhou Qing. Is it because Cheng Long's appeal is not good enough, or is it because Director Zhou Qing is too strong?"

"This masterpiece doesn't even have as high a box office as an award-winning movie directed by Zhou Qing. I wonder how much psychological trauma Cheng Long has suffered."

The entertainment industry is so weird.

Even things that are completely unrelated can be brought up.

The unsatisfactory performance of "New Police Story" has instead brought "Departures" a wave of extra attention.

There was even a reporter who interviewed Zhou Qing about this matter.

"Director Zhou, Cheng Long's commercial blockbuster "New Police Story" ultimately did not perform as well as "Departures". What's your response to this?"

"I think it's very one-sided to only focus on the box office of a movie. High box office is certainly a good thing, but it can't represent everything."

Zhou Qing gave a standard answer.

"Director Zhou, you didn't attend the premiere of New Police Story. Did you not think the movie would do well at the box office?"

Oh shit, which reporter is this?
What a fucking pit.

Zhou Qing secretly followed this media and decided not to accept interviews from this media in the future.

They really have no bottom line in order to create topics. They even make up such a brainless contradiction?

"It's completely false. I was unable to attend the premiere of New Police Story because I was busy with other things. That's all!"

"Although I was unable to attend the premiere, I bought a ticket to watch the movie in the theater that day, so I think quite a few people have seen me."

Zhou Qing said this without feeling guilty at all.

Even though he went to the movies just to accompany the girl, it had nothing to do with Jackie Chan.

"Director Zhou, what do you think of New Police Story? Why is the box office so much lower than the industry's expectations?"

"You're asking the wrong person. I'm just a director. My job is to make movies, not to predict the box office."

"Director Zhou..."

"Sorry, let's stop here. I have something else to do."

In addition to Jackie Chan's "New Police Story", there is another blockbuster that has attracted widespread attention in the industry.

From "2046" by Wang Mojing.

This movie will be released four days after "New Police Story" and will be released on October 10.

As for the box office, it’s pretty good among Wang Mojing’s movies, having already reached 3000 million.

After all, everyone who knows Wang Mojing’s movies knows about him, and there is a saying circulating in the “underworld”: if you want to win awards, go to Wang Mojing, and if you want to make money, go to Liu Zhenwei.

Therefore, the box office of Wang Mojing's movie still satisfied many people.

It’s just a pity that it poses no threat to “Departures”.

So apart from "2046", looking at all the Chinese-language films in 04, is there any other film that can pose a threat to "Departures"?
Apart from "A World Without Thieves" and "Kung Fu" in December, there is really nothing else.

In other words, looking at the whole year of 04, there were only three domestic films whose box office revenue exceeded that of "Departures"!
This award-winning film directed by Zhou Qing has a great chance of ranking fourth in the annual box office in 04!
Of course, excluding Hollywood blockbusters.

After this analysis, everyone realized that Director Zhou’s fighting ability is really not to be underestimated.

In the afternoon, Liu Yifei called and talked with Zhou Qing about the filming of "The Return of the Condor Heroes".

Unlike Wang Yuyan, Xiaolongnu has a lot of fighting scenes in the drama, so Liu Yifei has also received a lot of martial arts training.

Moreover, Liu Yifei is very dedicated during filming. She performs all the fighting scenes, wire-hanging and horse-riding scenes herself without using a stunt double.

Zhou Qing still admires him quite a lot.

"Use the substitute when necessary. It's not worth it if you leave a disease in your body."

Zhou Qing expressed his concern.

Since the last time they watched a movie together, Zhou Qing and Liu Yifei have become closer and have been in contact more frequently.

There are some things that neither side has revealed because the time has not yet come, but they are still tacitly aware of them.

(End of this chapter)