Chapter 425: "Maze Runner 2" is a big hit, Director Zhou becomes a shareholder of the Luyi

Chapter 425: "Maze Runner 2" is a big hit, Director Zhou becomes a shareholder of the Luyi

"Operation Mekong's box office has reversed the decline, with a single-day box office of 8241 million, triggering a movie-watching frenzy!"

"Unexpectedly, the previously unreceived Operation Mekong suddenly became a huge hit, and tickets are hard to come by during the National Day holiday!"

"Who says mainstream blockbusters have no market? Operation Mekong is extremely popular at the box office."

It’s just October and the industry has been given a solid show by “Operation Mekong”.

This movie, which was generally not well received by the industry at the beginning and did not perform well at the box office after its release, unexpectedly made a comeback!
It's not just an ordinary counterattack, but a 180-degree super counterattack.

Originally everyone thought that "Operation Mekong" was going to flop, but it suddenly became a hit after being released for more than half a month.

The Japanese box office directly ranked first during the National Day holiday!

It went from being an inconspicuous flop to becoming the biggest hit of the National Day holiday.

I can only say that this turn was too sudden, and I don’t know how many people’s backs were strained.

Especially during the entire National Day period, the daily box office of "Operation Mekong" reached more than 80 million.

It continued to dominate the daily box office throughout the National Day holiday.

The trend was really shocking.

fierce.

It's really too fierce.

By the time "Operation Mekong" was finally released on October 10, the total box office had reached 13 billion!
Surprised!

I have to say, this data is really shocking.

The box office on the first day was less than 4000 million, but the total box office reached 11 billion, nearly 12 billion?

It's almost like a joke.

You have to know that the box office of "Detective Chinatown" on the first day reached more than 9000 million, and the total box office was only 11.2 billion.

It’s not as high as “Operation Mekong”.

Who would have thought that mainstream movies, which have never had a market, could become such a big hit?
As "Operation Mekong" became a hit, the views of the circle and the industry on mainstream movies also quietly changed.

Who says mainstream movies are bad?
Who says that all mainstream movies are about imposing values ​​and preaching?
"Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" and "Operation Mekong" are the best examples!

These two main-theme blockbusters fully demonstrate that main-theme movies can also be made very well and can make people unable to stop watching.

Just as Zhou Qing had previously criticized and hoped, "Operation Mekong" has indeed changed many people's views on the main theme.

"I haven't seen enough, really not enough. I'm starting to look forward to Director Zhou's "Operation Red Sea."

"Director Zhou said, Operation Red Sea must be more exciting than Operation Mekong, right?"

"If the main theme is like Operation Mekong, I will definitely go and watch it."

"Operation Red Sea" became the biggest beneficiary, and many people expressed their great expectations for Zhou Qing's "Operation Red Sea".

The huge success of "Operation Mekong" has invisibly provided a wave of publicity and warm-up for "Operation Red Sea".

There's nothing we can do about it, these two movies are exactly the same.

Both are main-theme blockbusters adapted from real events and have also received official support.

Even the names are exactly the same, and the actor Zhang Hanyu is also used!

If Zhou Qing wasn't so famous and his level was so high, I'm afraid someone would come out and accuse Zhou Qing of plagiarizing Lin Chaoxian.

"Director Zhou was right, huh? As expected, I shouldn't have doubted Director Zhou!"

Wu Jing was surprised and at the same time, he was prostrating himself in front of Zhou Qing.

When "Operation Mekong" performed poorly at the box office, people in the industry generally expressed pessimism and laughed at the film.

But Director Zhou told Wu Jing that true gold is not afraid of fire, and "Operation Mekong" will not be buried.

At that time, Wu Jing didn't take this remark seriously.

But what about now?

It turns out that Director Zhou was absolutely right!

I can only say that Director Zhou’s vision is truly unmatched.

Wu Jing couldn't express how much he admired Zhou Qing.

"Great! Operation Mekong is a huge hit!"

Liu Yifei was simply happy for Zhou Qing.

"Operation Mekong" was a hit, so "Operation Red Sea", which can be seen as a brother film of "Operation Mekong", is bound to be a hit as well.

I was a little worried before that "Operation Red Sea" would not be well received because of its main theme, but now I can rest assured.

"Although Operation Mekong is a mainstream film, it is also a commercial film. Director Lin shot it in the same way as a commercial film."

Zhou Qing smiled and gave Liu Yifei a brief explanation.

After all, "Operation Mekong" is not a traditional mainstream movie.

Of course, the same is true of his "Operation Red Sea".

"I was worried before whether Operation Red Sea could break 20 billion, but now, I think it shouldn't be a problem, right?"

The girl raised her eyebrows, and became more optimistic about the prospects of "Operation Red Sea".

Even "Operation Mekong" directed by Lin Chaoxian made nearly 12 billion. As the top director of Chinese entertainment, it is natural for Zhou Qing to break 20 billion, right?

"You might as well be bolder."

Zhou Qing picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and smiled at Liu Yifei.

The girl was shocked on the spot: "You mean, Operation Red Sea can break 30 billion?"

Even if "Operation Mekong" broke 10 billion, how could a mainstream blockbuster break 30 billion?
Liu Yifei was really scared.

"You'll know then."

Zhou Qing smiled confidently and kept Liu Yifei in suspense.

"By the way, Director Wu Ershan has already notified us that Huang Bo and I will be flying to New York with the crew tomorrow."

After talking for a while, Liu Yifei told Zhou Qing about this incident.

The film "Mojin: The Lost Legend" was completed in early October, and Liu Yifei, Huang Bo and other main creators have been reading the script recently.

It lasted for 10 days and only ended yesterday.

However, the girl can only take two or three days to simply renovate before she has to immediately get into the intense filming.

As the boss of Zhou Qing Pictures, Zhou Qing naturally knew these things.

After giving Liu Yifei some instructions, he continued to devote himself to his work.

"The filming of the adaptation of Ghost Blows Out the Light, Mojin: The Lost Legend, has started. Director Wu Ershan and Liu Yifei are teaming up again."

"The Mojin: The Lost Tomb held a press conference, with Huang Bo, Liu Yifei and Chen Kun all appearing."

On October 10, "Mojin: The Lost Tomb", which the entire industry had been looking forward to, finally took a substantial step forward.

For the industry, this is definitely a big production that deserves attention.

Adapted from a super IP, the production cost is as high as 1.7 million yuan. The screenwriter is Zhou Qing and the director is Wu Ershan.

In addition, the actors are all top-notch, from the protagonist to the supporting role, there is no one who is not a big name.

It can be said that from the front stage to the back stage, it is a super luxurious lineup, a top-notch production.

How could a film of this level not attract a lot of attention in the industry? With this configuration, it looks like a blockbuster no matter how you look at it.

For the fans of "Ghost Blows Out the Light", it is as exciting as the New Year, it is truly a great joy.

Finally, a reliable team has started to adapt "Ghost Blows Out the Light". We have finally waited for this day.

There is just one thing: how will Director Zhou adapt "Ghost Blows Out the Light"?

After all, the theme of the novel "Ghost Blows Out the Light" is tomb robbing, and it is impossible for it to pass the review no matter what, unless it is greatly revised.

This means that Director Zhou definitely made major changes to the novel.

Frankly speaking, this is a bit worrying.

But thinking about screenwriter Zhou Qing's resume, well, the majority of book fans can still breathe a sigh of relief.

When it comes to screenwriting, who else in the entire Chinese entertainment industry can be compared with Director Zhou?
If we were to ask who in the entire Chinese entertainment industry is most qualified to adapt "Ghost Blows Out the Light", and who is most likely to adapt "Ghost Blows Out the Light" well, it would be Director Zhou!
"Director Zhou, the box office performance of Maze Runner 2 is very good. The global box office has reached 2.5 million US dollars!"

Director Yang reported a piece of good news to Zhou Qing, which made Zhou Qing, who was busy at the time, suddenly feel happy.

"Maze Runner 2" has been released for half a month now, and it has to be said that the global box office momentum is still very good.

You have to know that in the original time and space, the total global box office of "Maze Runner 2" was only 3.12 million US dollars.

Now, after Zhou Qing's "polishing", the box office of this sequel has approached the original total box office in just half a month.

If the current trend continues, the total box office of "Maze Runner 2" will be similar to that of its predecessor.

It is still very easy to break 4 million US dollars.

It can even hit 5 million US dollars.

However, Zhou Qing didn't know whether he could get through.

But even if it's only over 4 million US dollars, it's still a great success.

Zhou Qing was very satisfied with this.

At the very least, it can avoid the problem of the sequel failing in the original time and space, right?

What's more, "Maze Runner 2" is not just about the movie "Maze Runner 2".

You know, "Maze Runner" is a trilogy.

The success or failure of the second part will directly affect the third part.

The third part of the original time and space was a huge flop, which was directly related to the poor quality of the third part, but it also had a lot to do with the fact that the second part started to be a slump.

But what about now?

After Zhou Qing's polishing, the quality of "Maze Runner 2" is very good, which makes the audience even more looking forward to the third part.

By then, Zhou Qing will write the script himself to ensure the quality of the third part, and the box office of the third part should not be bad either.

Generally speaking, the "Maze Runner" trilogy, with Zhou Qing's involvement, has a promising future!
"And Director Zhou, 'The Hunger Games 3' is scheduled to be released on November 11, and full-scale promotion will begin next month."

Director Yang also reported to Zhou Qing on matters related to "The Hunger Games".

"The Hunger Games 3" is scheduled to be released in November, there is nothing much to say about it.

As for the fourth part, the filming has been completed long ago and post-production work is currently underway.

However, it will take until the end of this year or the beginning of next year to complete everything.

Zhou Qing knew about this and didn't say much.

Anyway, "The Hunger Games 4" is targeting next year's movie market.

"I see."

After some communication, the two sides ended the call. Zhou Qing handed over the affairs of Crown Pictures to Director Yang and continued to work on the post-production of "Operation Red Sea".

This work has been going on for more than a month now, and two-thirds of the post-production has been completed.

Judging from this progress, there will be no problem for Zhou Qing to complete the task in two and a half months as expected.

Of course, this has a prerequisite, that is, Zhou Qing will have to be as busy as before in the remaining one month.

Don't slack off!
So, comrades still need to work hard.

Zhou Qing is still either busy with post-production or on his way to post-production every day.

"Director Zhou, good news!"

At the end of October, Zhou Qing was interrupted while busy by Director Chen, who knocked on Zhou Qing's office door with a beaming face.

"After a month of negotiations, A.me has agreed to let Director Zhou invest!"

Awesome!
Zhou Qing raised his head immediately after hearing that, with an expression of uncontrollable excitement on his face.

There is no way. Even with Zhou Qing's current level, he really can't stay calm.

The future Douyin Group is indeed a huge behemoth.

The current e-commerce giants are undoubtedly Penguin and Ali, but as a reborn person, Zhou Qing knows that both of them will be defeated by Douyin Group in the future.

Without talking about the distant past, let’s just talk about 2024 in the original time and space. The market value of Douyin Group reached a terrifying 36500 trillion RMB!

What is the concept of this number?

Far more than the Penguin, and even more than Ahri, almost three times as much as Ahri!
Now Director Chen told Zhou Qing that he had successfully obtained a ticket for this super large ship. How could Zhou Qing not be excited?

The only regrettable thing is that the shares are only 7%, not 10%.

But if you think about it again, being able to own 7% of the shares in such a behemoth in the future is actually something that others dare not even think about.

Zhou Qing didn't ask for anything more.

Immediately urge Director Chen to arrange the signing of the contract between the two parties as soon as possible.

Director Chen is also very supportive, and A.me actually welcomes Zhou Qing to join.

You should know that Zhou Qing is now a well-known figure in China, with great fame and influence.

The addition of such people will definitely be of great benefit to the development of A.me.

So it can be said that the two sides hit it off immediately.

Just ten days later, the A.me team sat face to face with Zhou Qing.

There are also legal teams from both sides and other relevant staff.

After some friendly communication and exchanges, Zhou Qing and the A.me team quickly entered into the formal signing process.

After all, everything that needed to be negotiated has been negotiated, and now we have come to the stage of signing the contract. How could there be any objections?

Swish swish!
Swish swish!
Under the witness of the legal teams of both parties, Zhou Qing and A.me each signed their names.

call!
The moment he put down the pen, Zhou Qing's slightly anxious heart was finally at ease.

From now on, I am also a shareholder of Douyin!

Oh, no, it should still be called A.me now. It will take a few months for it to be officially renamed Douyin.

"Another A.me, haha, awesome."

While shaking hands with the A.me team, Zhou Qing showed an irrepressible smile on his face.

Now let's do a simple calculation and find that Zhou Qing already has shares in Penguin, Sina Weibo, and Maotai.

Now add in a future Douyin, wow, that's even more amazing. (End of this chapter)