Chapter 175: Dominating the Lunar New Year period, the treatment of a heavyweight blockbuster

Chapter 175: Dominating the Lunar New Year period, the treatment of a heavyweight blockbuster

"I really didn't expect this. I thought it would be Curse of the Golden Flower this time."

Zhou Qing quickly put away his thoughts and smiled at Han Sanping.

"How long has Yi Mou's Curse of the Golden Flower been filming? It hasn't wrapped up yet, and he's also busy with the Olympics, so there's no telling when it will wrap up."

Han Sanping smiled and gave Zhou Qing an explanation that sounded reasonable.

But this is actually just a superficial reason.

What is the real decisive factor?
"Curse of the Golden Flower" is a movie produced by New Picture, and has nothing to do with China Film.

It's not even just "Curse of the Golden Flower". Master Zhang's films have always only shot new images, and China Film has never been involved.

Compared to this, "Painted Skin" is different.

Han Sanping would naturally prefer to propose that "Painted Skin" should compete for an Oscar.

That’s right, what Han Sanping didn’t tell Zhou Qing was that he actually contributed to this matter and used some connections.

After all, if "Painted Skin" can really win something at the Oscars, even if it's just a nomination, Han Sanping will have done a great job.

These are all very impressive achievements.

But if it was "Curse of the Golden Flower", even if it won the grand prize, it would have nothing to do with Han Sanping!
So for Han Sanping, there was no hesitation when choosing between "Curse of the Golden Flower" or "Painted Skin".

The same logic applies to the above as China Film Group is a direct subordinate unit of the Film Bureau!
So when both films have the potential to win an Oscar and the gap is not obvious, of course we should choose our own film rather than an "outsider's" film.

Of course, the prerequisite is that Zhou Qing also has that ability.

Otherwise, why don't you try another director?
Even if Han Sanping tried his best to push it, he couldn't do it.

But Zhou Qing is different. He is a great director at the same level as Zhang Guoshi, and his impressive record is obvious to all.

Therefore, the current situation can be said to be a natural outcome.

"Director Zhang is still going strong despite his old age. I admire him."

Zhou Qing expressed his admiration for Master Zhang from the bottom of his heart, and his admiration was absolutely sincere.

It's hard not to admire Master Zhang's vigorous and powerful demeanor.

You should know that Master Zhang is 56 years old this year.

He had to balance the Olympics and filming, sleeping only two or three hours a day. All he did every day was work, like an overloaded machine.

Not to mention that he is so old, there are few young people who can bear it, right?
It’s really awesome.

"I'll let you know about this first, but don't make it public until the higher-ups make a decision."

Han Sanping chatted with Zhou Qing for a few words, and then gave Zhou Qing instructions in a serious manner.

"I understand, Mr. Han."

Zhou Qing hurriedly responded with a smile. He would definitely not make a fuss before the dust settled.

Liu Yifei had to return to Sony for training. Before she left, Zhou Qing had a good time with her.

"Zhou Qing is here."

When Liu Xiaoli saw Zhou Qing coming to her house with gifts, her face was full of smiles.

Liu Yifei stood closely beside Liu Xiaoli, blinking her eyes with a bright and charming look.

"Come in quickly."

The mother and daughter warmly invited Zhou Qing in.

"Auntie, I know you have a bad back. This is the back brace I bought for you. It's a new product from Anmade..."

Zhou Qing came into the house, chatted for a few words, and then took out the gift he bought for Liu Xiaoli.

"Okay, okay, that's thoughtful."

Liu Xiaoli took the waist protector from Zhou Qing, the smile on her face became even brighter, and she was extremely satisfied with Zhou Qing.

"You just know how to kiss my mom's ass."

Liu Yifei pouted as she watched from the side.

"Can you speak, kid?"

Liu Xiaoli reached out and poked Liu Yifei's head.

"Mine, don't tell me I don't have one."

Liu Yifei ignored Liu Xiaoli and stretched out her hand to Zhou Qing with a righteous look.

"Both of them, both of them, both auntie and you."

Zhou Qing smiled and took out the gift he had prepared for Liu Yifei. Liu Yifei immediately smiled like Liu Xiaoli.

"The post-production of Painted Skin hasn't been completed yet, right?"

The three of them sat down immediately and chatted for a while, inevitably talking about this topic.

There is no way. "Painted Skin" is the most important work in Liu Yifei's career so far, and both mother and daughter are very concerned about it.

"It's still being done. Because it involves some special effects, it will be slower. The preliminary estimate is that it will be completed in late August."

Zhou Qing told the two the relevant situation truthfully.

"Your film is going to be released during the Lunar New Year holiday?"

Liu Xiaoli confirmed with Zhou Qing again, and it was obvious that she got the information from Liu Yifei.

"Yes, Auntie. If nothing goes wrong, it should be released on November 11th."

Zhou Qing still spoke the truth.

This time just happens to be the beginning of the Lunar New Year holiday.

As for Zhang Guoshi's "Curse of the Golden Flower", it will be released on December 12, which is almost a complete deviation from the previous release.

Liu Xiaoli nodded, understanding what was going on.

She couldn't find any fault with the choice of schedule.

"I'm afraid we will all be in Japan by then, and may not be able to catch the premiere."

When Liu Yifei thought of this, a hint of regret appeared on her face.

Naturally, she hopes to see the premiere of the movie in which she stars.

"It's okay, Xixi. This time, Painted Skin will be released simultaneously in China, Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia."

"Even if you are in Japan, you can still watch the premiere."

Zhou Qing smiled at Liu Yifei.

The mother and daughter were very happy and excited to hear the news.

The fact that "Painted Skin" has been such a big hit is definitely a good thing, as this is a treatment only heavyweight blockbusters can get.

Liu Yifei announced that her first movie after entering the film industry would be of such a scale. How could the mother and daughter remain calm?

Maybe Liu Yifei can become a hit in Hong Kong, Taiwan and the entire Southeast Asia through this movie.

"Xixi, you and Zhou Qing continue chatting. I'll go prepare lunch for you."

Amidst the laughter and joy, it was time for lunch. Liu Xiaoli, in a good mood, actually decided to cook two dishes herself to entertain Zhou Qing.

Liu Yifei felt so jealous watching this.

"I am just taking advantage of you. I don't usually get this kind of treatment."

Liu Yifei couldn't help but complain in front of Zhou Qing.

"Really? Then you have to thank me."

Zhou Qing smiled proudly in front of Liu Yifei.

"Thank you? Yes, then I have to thank you very much!"

Liu Yifei stretched out her hand with a wicked smile and kept scratching Zhou Qing.

Zhou Qing fought back without giving in, and the two of them immediately started a fight on the sofa.

On July 7, the filming of "Curse of the Golden Flower", which attracted great attention from the entire industry, finally came to the news of its completion.

If we count the time carefully, the filming of this movie started at the end of February and is now at the end of July, a total of more than five months.

Considering that Master Zhang also has to take care of the Olympics, it is actually not slow.

What's more, Zhou Qing, who had already watched "Curse of the Golden Flower", also knew that there were many big scenes in the movie, which were all relatively time-consuming.

"This movie should also be released during the Lunar New Year holiday, right?"

Huang Bo paid more attention to this point and made this speculation quite naturally. After all, it is almost impossible for such a super beast not to be released during the Lunar New Year holiday.

Considering this situation, other movies that originally wanted to be released during the Lunar New Year holiday will have to think twice.

Huang Bo knew that Zhou Qing's Painted Skin was also targeting the Lunar New Year holiday.

"The Lunar New Year holiday is long enough to accommodate two blockbusters."

Zhou Qing knew what Huang Bo was worried about, but he appeared to be very calm.

"That's right, you don't need to worry about that. What you need to worry about are other movies."

Huang Bo then shrugged.

"Painted Skin" + "Curse of the Golden Flower", these two are both blockbusters that are generally believed in the industry to have box office revenue of over 2 million.

If it is released during the Lunar New Year period, it will indeed dominate the period, and other movies will really have to tremble in fear.

Even if there are some people who are not afraid of death, they will probably become cannon fodder between these two blockbusters.

"By the way, where is Lao Zhu? Why haven't you seen him these days?"

The two chatted for a while, and Zhou Qing asked curiously.

He has been busy all the time and hasn't paid attention to Zhu Yawen's situation. Could it be that he really has a girlfriend?

It's been kept secret quite tightly.

"What else can I do? I live under the moonlight and flowers every day. I can't even describe how comfortable my life is."

Huang Bo knew more than Zhou Qing.

"This boy actually has a girlfriend."

Zhou Qing understood and didn't ask any more questions.

The rendering of special effects for "Painted Skin" has reached the later stages, and Zhou Qing is becoming increasingly busy.

After all, only Zhou Qing knows what the special effects will look like.

The more critical the moment, the more we need to pay close attention.

Zhou Qing is in the post-production almost every day, communicating and commanding the teams of Huan Tiankong, Lingdong Guangying and Jingcheng Zhongxian.

However, it feels great to see the effects in my mind gradually come to life.

Overall, busy and happy.

"Director Zhou, based on the current progress, the finished film of Painted Skin will be released on August 8."

Several teams conducted a comprehensive assessment and told Zhou Qing the specific answers.

"can."

Zhou Qing nodded, indicating that he understood what was going on.

The Venice Film Festival opens on August 8, so "Painted Skin" can definitely make it in time.

In fact, it doesn’t matter much even if I can’t catch up, because the rough cut of “Painted Skin” is already out.

Zhou Qing was already prepared to sell the film with the rough cut.

But it would be best if it could be completed on schedule.

The TV series "Crossing the Guandong" has officially started casting, and Zhou Qing is quite concerned about it.

After all, Zhu Yawen became famous thanks to the role of Zhu Chuanwu.

This role to Zhu Yawen is like Sha Gen to Wang Baoqiang.

How could Zhou Qing let Zhu Yawen miss it?
"Old Zhu, did Sister Liu tell you about the audition for Crossing the Guandong?"

Zhou Qing specifically called Zhu Yawen over to inquire about the situation. Sister Liu was the agent he assigned to Zhu Yawen.

"Yes, but can I really get this acting contract?"

Zhu Yawen still has little confidence in this.

You know, this is a big drama starring Lee Yoo Bin.

Last year, Li Youbin's "Drawing Sword" was quite popular and can be called a phenomenal TV series.

Even this year, many channels are still rebroadcasting it.

What’s even more exaggerated is that even the rebroadcast had very good ratings, ranking among the top three on some channels.

So there is no need to say more about the level of resources used in this "Crossing the Guandong".

Where is Zhu Yawen?

I have acted in some TV series before, including "Painted Skin", but "Painted Skin" is still in theaters.

"This role is tailor-made for you. I'm sure you can handle it."

However, Zhou Qing spoke to Zhu Yawen with full confidence.

After all, in the original time and space, Zhu Yawen got this role by accident.

The other party did not go to the audition at all, but accompanied his girlfriend to the audition. As a result, he was noticed by the director and invited to play the role.

This is enough to show how much the director thinks of Zhu Yawen.

Therefore, Zhou Qing was not worried at all about the result of Zhu Yawen's audition.

"Okay, now that you say so, I'm definitely going to give it a try."

With Zhou Qing's encouragement, Zhu Yawen's confidence increased greatly and he immediately nodded in agreement.

I immediately went to meet with my agent to formally move this matter forward.

"Qingzi, you really got it right. I got the role of Zhu Chuanwu!"

Just five days later, Zhu Yawen excitedly told Zhou Qing the good news.

Zhou Qing was also extremely excited.

I can only say that Zhu Yawen’s signing was not a loss. He became popular right after he was signed.

We can’t forget that Zhu Yawen also has another drama called “Painted Skin”, which is pretty good.

On August 8, the 5rd Venice Film Festival announced the list of the main competition unit and other screening units.

The entire domestic entertainment industry suddenly became lively.

The situation of Chinese-language films at this year's Venice Film Festival is very good, with three Chinese-language films shortlisted in the main competition unit.

They are "The Good Man of Three Gorges" by Jia Kechang, "Exile" by Du Qifeng, and "Dark Circles" by Cai Mingliang.

It can be said that it is quite interesting.

Movies from the three regions, Mainland China, Hong Kong Island and Taiwan, are all available, just as we had agreed upon.

Among them, Tsai Ming-liang from Taiwan is the one with the highest voice. There is no other reason but that her record is the best among the three directors.

He has already won the Silver Bear in Berlin and the Golden Lion in Vienna.

Yes, this is a Golden Lion Award-winning director.

As for the second most popular candidate, it is naturally Chief Jia.

Section Chief Jia is a frequent visitor to the Big Three and is often nominated to make his presence known.

As for Du Qifeng?
There is no doubt that this person is just a runner-up.

"I am more optimistic about my senior brother. He is a very capable director. He will definitely win the award this time."

Zhou Qing spoke with such confidence, and showed off in front of Huang Bo, Zhu Yawen and others.

In the original time and space, didn’t Director Jia’s “The Good Man of Three Gorges” win the Golden Lion Award?

As for other screening units, there are also many Chinese films.

Feng Xiaogang's "The Banquet" was shortlisted for the non-competitive screening unit, Cheng Long's "The Baby Project" was shortlisted for the midnight screening unit, and Liu Jie's "Court on Horseback" was shortlisted for the Horizon unit.

As for Zhou Qing’s “Painted Skin”?
Sorry, I was not shortlisted for any of these "messy" categories.

It’s not that he doesn’t have the ability, but Zhou Qing simply doesn’t want to do so.

Otherwise, given his performance in Venice, wouldn't it be easy for him to be shortlisted in these categories?

But for a director who has won the Silver Lion and the Golden Lion to be nominated for these categories is really a bit of a loss of status.

So Zhou Qing’s visit to Venice this time was just to sell films, without doing anything else.

Anyway, with his current reputation in Venice, he doesn't need the bonus of these screening units. (End of this chapter)