Chapter 204: Poet Chen wants to turn things around, and his only savior is Director Zhou

Chapter 204: Poet Chen wants to turn things around, and his only savior is Director Zhou

"Who are they?"

After seeing off Figg and Mel and returning to his office, Liu Yifei came over to inquire out of curiosity.

"That man is a film producer, and that woman is a novel author. I have invested in a movie adapted from the novel."

There was nothing to hide about this matter, so Zhou Qing simply explained it to Liu Yifei.

Liu Yifei immediately showed great respect for Zhou Qing.

Wow my youth, this is amazing! Are movies starting to be invested in Hollywood?
It’s hard to deny this work.

If it were an ordinary person taking such a big step, Liu Yifei would definitely be skeptical.

After all, the film culture in Hollywood is different from that in China, and Chinese directors may not be able to adapt to the local environment and have trouble making it here.

But Liu Yifei was really full of confidence in Zhou Qing's words.

After all, Zhou Qing's performance since his debut is really too amazing.

Liu Yifei believed that given Zhou Qing's ability, his vision must be good.

"Really? What kind of novel is it? It must be a good novel if you like it."

Liu Yifei was not too worried about the movie, but was very interested in the novel.

"Twilight is a love story between humans and vampires."

"Sounds interesting!"

Liu Yifei became more and more interested.

I even went to the bookstore and bought a copy of "Twilight" in the remaining half day, which I read with great gusto.

The next day, on the plane to Vancouver, Liu Yifei was still watching "Twilight" non-stop, she was so fascinated.

“Is this novel so good?”

Zhou Qing was really surprised. He had never expected that this novel would be so to Liu Yifei's liking.

After all, this is an American novel, and it’s in English.

"It's beautiful. It's so beautiful."

Liu Yifei nodded heavily, looking unsatisfied, "Don't you think it's very romantic and touching?"

What a ghost!

Zhou Qing has never read this novel.

Zhou Qing had seen the movie, but it was not to his taste at all, and he did not think it was good.

The reason for investing is simply to make money.

But since the girl thinks it looks good, then it looks good, Zhou Qing nodded in agreement.

"I will definitely go to see the movie when it is released, but I don't know if it can be introduced in China."

Liu Yifei has just started reading the book, but she is already looking forward to the movie.

This shows how powerful the power of fans is.

It was already afternoon when they arrived in Vancouver. Zhou Qing was naturally not so rude and started filming right away.

Instead, everyone in the crew was asked to return to the hotel to settle down and rest, and the official work would not begin until the 13th.

The first character to be filmed was still not the "poker master" who appeared first, but the "mind-reading master" played by Huang Bo.

Because the poker master's show is at night.

"Now, look me in the eyes!"

In front of the camera, Huang Bo, wearing a hat and looking a little weird, turned into a mind-reading master in a second.

"Now, sleep!"

Huang Bo waved to the extras opposite him.

The other party collapsed and leaned weakly on Huang Bo, as if he was hypnotized by Huang Bo.

"All right!"

Snapped!
With a snap of his fingers, the extra stood up again with a look of confusion in his eyes.

It seemed as if he didn't remember what had just happened.

I have to say that the extras were well cast. Although they only had a few short shots, their acting was absolutely on point.

"Look, if you can take this bill, it's yours."

"You're welcome, just do it."

Huang Bo flipped his hand, took out a banknote and waved it in front of the actors.

The other party really started to reach out to take the money, but the amazing thing was that he couldn't touch the money no matter how he stretched out his hands.

It seemed as if there was a transparent protective shield in front of Huang Bo.

"Or, if you can tell me your name, you can take it."

Huang Bo spoke again in an unfathomable way.

The extra opposite him subconsciously wanted to say his own name, but when he opened his mouth, no sound came out.

"Crack!"

"Pass!"

"Old Huang, you did a good job."

Zhou Qing gave Huang Bo positive praise.

With Huang Bo's current acting skills, it is no problem for him to handle such a role.

Of course, it's not just Huang Bo. Huang Xiaoming, Zhu Yawen, and Liu Yifei all have no problem playing the Four Horsemen.

As for Chen Daoming and Duan Yihong, their acting skills are also very superb, and they are even more fluent and natural.

On July 7, the filming of "Mei Lanfang" by Chen Shishi, one of the top directors in the domestic entertainment industry, started.

It can be seen that the disastrous failure of "The Promise" did have a certain impact on poet Chen.

Poet Chen is much more restrained than when he was filming “The Promise”.

All the high-profile rhetoric is gone, and on the contrary, there is more humility.

At the press conference, Han Sanping was generous in praising poet Chen, and the host kept calling him "master".

Poet Chen did not accept this.

"I am just an ordinary filmmaker. I just want to make movies steadily and keep doing so."

However, although poet Chen is so humble, people in the circle generally hold a positive attitude towards this "Mei Lanfang".

Although poet Chen's "The Promise" was a disastrous failure, "Mei Lanfang" is poet Chen's forte.

Many people also said that "Mei Lanfang" must be of the same level as "Farewell My Concubine".

I think poet Chen might be able to make a comeback.

Zhou Qing just laughed at this.

The score of "Mei Lanfang" on a certain platform is less than 7 points, how can it be compared with "Farewell My Concubine"?

Especially Zhou Qing, who was reborn, knew better that since poet Chen switched to making commercial films, things were really hard to describe.

There are very few films that are worth showing off.

It was really just this one movie "Farewell My Concubine" that made him suffer for his whole life.

There was also news from Meier, who had already begun to put all his efforts into adapting his own version of "Twilight".

Zhou Qing kept his promise and did not interfere with Mel's creation.

Instead, Summit Entertainment sent a script consultant, Melissa Rosenberg.

Zhou Qing also did not intervene in this matter. He was one of the co-screenwriters of "Twilight".

In other words, it is still the old team of "Twilight".

As for Zhou Qing's Crown Pictures, Director Chen had almost done what he was supposed to do, so he appointed a new person in charge.

He returned to the capital and to Zhou Qing's studio.

That is Director Chen’s base camp.

One third of the filming of Now You See Me has been completed, and the Four Horsemen's first magic show is a huge success.

He "robbed" a bank in front of countless people, and the key point was that the banker himself believed it.

However, the FBI played by Duan Yihong naturally did not believe it, but he also did not know what was going on.

So he and his partner Interpol went to seek advice from the "magic faker".

"Is everyone ready?"

Before the filming began, Zhou Qing confirmed the situation with Chen Daoming and other actors.

"Director Zhou, we have no problem."

Everyone gave this feedback. "All units, get ready!"

Zhou Qing didn't waste any words. He immediately returned to the director's monitor and shouted "start".

Chen Daoming, Duan Yihong and Wan Qian began their performances.

"Are you sure you don't want a drink?"

Chen Daoming greeted Duan Yihong and the other man politely and gracefully.

"Thanks, we're still working."

Duan Yihong refused without a second thought, as he was a rather old-fashioned FBI agent.

"I'll have a drink."

But Wan Qian, who was sitting next to Duan Yihong, had a completely opposite style.

Chen Daoming smiled lightly, reached out to pick up the glass of water in front of him, and shook the glass.

Miraculously, the glass of water turned into red wine.

Coupled with Chen Daoming's mysterious look, the atmosphere on the scene was extremely tense.

Duan Yihong was also dumbfounded: "Isn't this too magical? It's incredible."

Wan Qian, who was beside Duan Yihong, had an equally perfect expression on her face.

"It's just red dye, nothing more than a trifle."

Chen Daoming raised his hand at this time, and there was a small tube of red dye hidden in his palm.

That’s right, those magic tricks that seem to make people exclaim in wonder and worship are really not worth mentioning when they are exposed.

It can even be said to be very rough.

Behind the monitor, Zhou Qing did not interrupt.

I just quietly "appreciated" the performances of several people and found it so pleasing to the eye.

Good actors often complement each other.

This is clearly the case in the current scene.

Although Duan Yihong and Wan Qian had good acting skills, they had never performed as well as they do now.

The main reason is that their opponent actor is Chen Daoming.

Chen Daoming used his superb acting skills to completely motivate the two of them, allowing them to better immerse themselves in the role.

The effect is several points better than usual.

Zhou Qing was still very satisfied.

"Crack!"

"Pass!"

On July 7, the movie "Secret" directed and starred by Jay Chou was released and earned 31 million yuan at the box office on the first day.

It set a record for the first-day box office of domestic films in 07, which can be said to be very impressive.

The circle once again felt how terrifying the power of fans is.

As a singer who crossed over to become a director, Jay Chou has undoubtedly delivered a satisfactory answer.

Although there are some criticisms of Jay Chou in the media, both from the perspective of an actor and a director.

But overall, there are more positive voices.

"Is Jay Chou considered a cross-border success?"

Liu Yifei felt it was incredible.

Not only him, but Huang Bo and others were also caught off guard.

The director didn't say it was something high-sounding, but it is really a technical job and there is a threshold to it.

The result now?

This threshold seems to no longer exist!
Even a singing director can achieve such results, so what about others?

“With fans, you can really do whatever you want!”

Zhu Yawen uttered such an exclamation.

Today a singer switches careers to become a director, so tomorrow can a novelist or an actor also do the same?

"I think we can try being directors in the future, what do you think, Aoko?"

Huang Bo was joking on the side.

Zhou Qing smiled but did not comment.

However, being a director will no longer be a high-threshold profession in the future, and there are quite a few people crossing over to become one.

Singers, novelists, actors, screenwriters, and crosstalk performers, they all have their own unique talents.

What Huang Bo didn't know was that his unintentional joke had actually become a reality.

In the original time and space, "A Good Show" directed by Huang Bo directly won 13.5 billion yuan and had a score of 7.1, which is very good.

Even Wang Baoqiang has been a director.

There was news again from Ye Weixin that the filming of "Ip Man" was nearing the end and would be wrapped up in a week at most.

The other party sincerely invited Zhou Qing to attend the wrap-up banquet.

"I'm sorry, Director Ye, I'm currently filming in Vancouver and I really can't make it back."

Zhou Qing rejected Ye Weixin with a wry smile.

It is unrealistic to return to China because of such a thing.

Although Ye Weixin understood the situation, he also felt very sorry about it.

After all, he really has high hopes for the movie "Ip Man".

Especially since his last film "Flash Point" was released on August 8, the box office on the first day was only a pitiful 3 million.

Just like playing!
It was really a slap in the face for Ye Weixin that he couldn't even sing better than others.

What in particular?
The cost of "Flash Point" was as high as 1000 million US dollars, and it also brought together a number of stars such as Zhen Zidan, Gu Tianle, Lu Liangwei and Fan Bingbing.

The result was being beaten by non-professionals?
Ye Weixin was really embarrassed.

The entire industry understands that Flashpoint cannot be saved.

The result was the same, with the box office in the first week barely reaching 2000 million.

The total box office is estimated to be no more than 400 to 500 million, not even half of the cost.

He fell to the ground and ended up at his grandma's house.

Therefore, Ye Weixin is now counting on the current "Ip Man" to help him turn things around.

Although he didn't want to admit it, Ye Weixin had to admit that Zhou Qing's movie was his only savior.

Filming of Now You See Me continues.

After robbing a bank in their first show, the Four Horsemen performed a second time.

He blatantly stole 1.4 million yuan from an insurance tycoon.

But Duan Yihong, the FBI agent, is no pushover. With the help of Chen Daoming, he finally found the hiding place of the Four Horsemen.

"FBI!"

In front of the camera, Duan Yihong was searching in an apartment with a gun in his hand.

Following behind him was a supporting actor who also played an FBI agent. He was the actor Zhou Qing recruited from Hollywood.

Not famous, cheap, but the acting is pretty good.

I have been shooting till now and I haven't let down my guard.

"Crack!"

"Change the camera position!"

The photographer moved quickly and aimed at Zhu Yawen who was hiding on the side.

The master locksmith played by Zhu Yawen began to quietly approach one of the FBI agents.

He stuffed the opponent's mouth with a wet towel, tied the opponent's hands with his clothes, and then stuffed the clothes into the shredder.

An FBI agent could do it so easily.

As for the other agent Duan Yihong?

Zhu Yawen was also quietly approaching him!
Bang bang bang!
Boom boom boom!
After a fight that had been rehearsed long ago, Duan Yihong was defeated by Zhu Yawen.

"Crack!"

"Old Zhu, the action just now was a bit fake, do it again."

Zhu Yawen had never filmed this kind of action scene before, so he was not very skilled. He filmed it three times before he met Zhou Qing's requirements. (End of this chapter)