Chapter 530: The first person to sweep the world, "The Wandering Earth 1" stirs up the Chi
Now that the script issue was resolved, Zhou Qing didn't procrastinate any further.
The project of "The Wandering Earth 2" was immediately launched in full swing.
The budget and other things have actually been made a long time ago, and the cost is higher than that of "The Wandering Earth 1".
It reached a total of 6 million RMB.
This is just the production cost, not including the promotion and marketing cost.
But even so, considering the box office of "The Wandering Earth 2", it is still a huge profit.
After receiving the news, several old partners responded very positively.
They gathered at Zhou Qing Pictures as soon as possible.
"Director Zhou is now one of the top directors in Hollywood! He is even better than directors like Spielberg!"
"Yes, the box office of Barbie has stunned many people."
Whether it was Ye Ning or Wang Changtian, they started to clap wildly when they saw Zhou Qing.
Admiration was written all over their faces, in capital letters.
It was definitely not just a superficial courtesy, but a true admiration for Zhou Qing.
Looking at the history of Chinese entertainment and film over the years, there is no one else like Zhou Qing who has swept Hollywood and the world.
Even the former National Master Zhang was beaten to pieces by Zhou Qing.
These guys are all big names in the Chinese entertainment industry, but in their entire careers, they have never seen such a cheater.
The only regret is that Zhou Qing of "Barbie" only brought China Film Group to play, but did not bring Optical Fiber and Wanda.
Otherwise, wouldn't these two companies also take off?
"Barbie has achieved some success, but it is still a long way from last year's Top Gun 2."
Zhou Qing waved his hands, seemingly dissatisfied.
Jiao Hongfen and Wang Changtian didn't know how to answer it.
This one is actually a bit bigger than what I pretended to be.
"Top Gun 2" was the annual box office champion last year!
If you can't compare, then you can't compare.
But apart from this movie, weren’t all the other movies swept away?
What's the matter with that frustrated look on your face?
"If I can't surpass him this time, I will definitely surpass him next time. I believe Director Zhou can do it!"
It took Jiao Hong two seconds before he burst into laughter.
It's not just a courtesy, but full of endless expectations.
With Zhou Qing's terrifying strength, it wouldn't be surprising if he could do something like this one day.
"But Director Zhou, next time you're filming in Hollywood, can you take our Wanda to have some soup?"
Ye Ning expressed this earnest hope to Zhou Qing.
Unlike Fiber Optic China Film, Wanda also has a controlling stake in a film company in Hollywood.
It was none other than the famous Legendary Pictures!
In fact, since Wanda acquired Legendary Pictures, it has had a lot of collaboration with Crown Pictures.
Both sides are Chinese people expanding their territory in Hollywood. To be honest, they are fellow countrymen.
It is not surprising that there is a stronger tendency to cooperate.
This is also the reason why Legendary Pictures’ current situation is different from that in the original time and space.
In the original time and space, although Wanda acquired Legend, its management was not very good and was eventually bought back.
But now?
Because of the profit from Crown Entertainment, Legendary Pictures' financial reports and revenue are much better than before.
So now it is still firmly controlled by Wanda.
But it’s a pity that Legend has never participated in the films shot by Zhou Qing himself.
"There will be a chance."
Zhou Qing just replied casually without promising anything.
Anyway, the only Hollywood film project he can confirm at the moment is "Blink".
At most there will be another "Wicked", but Zhou Qing has not made up his mind about the latter yet.
Wait and see the specific situation.
If you want to take pictures, take them. If you don’t want to take pictures, ask Zhu Haowei to take them.
So, as for cooperating with Legend, we can’t say there is no chance, but it’s hard to say.
"Okay, let's talk about The Wandering Earth 2."
After talking uselessly for a while, Jiao Hongfen cleared his throat and brought the subject back to the main topic.
Everyone became excited and started to discuss the relevant matters of "The Wandering Earth 2".
"The initial budget for The Wandering Earth 2 is 6 million RMB, and we do not rule out the possibility of additional budget in the future."
"As usual, I, Zhou Qing Pictures, will keep 50%."
The companies have collaborated on many movies, and the cooperation model has actually never changed.
Zhou Qing Pictures has a 50% share, China Film has 20%, and Wanda and Fiber Optic each have 15%.
We have reached a tacit understanding for a long time, and this time is no exception.
There was no discussion at all, but we reached an agreement very happily.
For "The Wandering Earth 2", both China Film Group, Wanda and Fiber Optic are full of endless confidence.
"The sci-fi film "The Wandering Earth 2" directed and written by Zhou Qing has started, and is jointly developed by China Film, Zhou Qing Pictures, Wanda and Fiber Optic. Please look forward to it."
After Jiao Hongfen returned, he immediately announced this important news through the official account of China Film Corporation.
The same is true for Wanda and Fiber Optic, and of course Zhou Qing's Zhou Qing Pictures also followed suit.
My goodness, the whole circle was boiling as if a huge rock was thrown into the water.
Although the news of the launch of "The Wandering Earth 2" project was announced more than a month ago, there has been no follow-up news.
It makes everyone itchy.
As a result, now, "The Wandering Earth 2" finally has some movement!
Not calm anymore!
All the actors in the circle were no longer calm.
Especially those actors who had starred in the first part, they were all even more excited.
Those big stars who were influential enough to Zhou Qing Film Company tried their best and started jumping up and down.
I just want to get a piece of the pie in this top blockbuster.
But it’s a pity that Zhou Qing’s current rank is too high.
Especially after "Barbie" became a legend in Hollywood, people can't even look up at the taillights of her car.
To put it bluntly, when it comes to Zhou Qing’s level, casting can almost ignore all kinds of rules.
No one is sure that they can get through Zhou Qing's connections.
Zhou Qing can choose whatever he wants according to his own heart.
"Tu Hengyu, who are you going to ask to play the role?"
In the luxurious villa, Liu Yifei asked Zhou Qing this question out of curiosity.
I have finished reading the script of "The Wandering Earth 2", and it can be said that it is very different from the first one.
The first part has only one main story line, which is how Liu Qi and his sister Han Duoduo ignited Jupiter.
There is only one pair of absolute protagonists, namely Liu Qi and his sister.
But "The Wandering Earth 2" has three parallel lines.
Astronaut Liu Peiqiang is one main line, quantum scientist Tu Hangyu is another main line, and Zhou Zhezhi, the Chinese representative of the United Nations F, is the third main line.
At the beginning, there were three lines standing side by side, but in the end, they were all intertwined.
This means that Liu Peiqiang is only one of the three male protagonists, Tu Hengyu and Zhou Zhezhi are the other two male protagonists.
Especially Tu Hengyu, if we talk about character arc and legendary experience, he is even better than Liu Peiqiang.
In my opinion, this role is even more important than Liu Peiqiang. So the choice of actors is still very important.
"Liu Dehua, I believe he can interpret this role well."
After a moment of hesitation, Zhou Qing gave this answer.
Andy Lau's performance in "The Wandering Earth 2" was quite good, so Zhou Qing had no plans to replace him.
Just let Andy Lau continue to play the role.
When I was filming "Departures", I asked Andy to play a supporting role, and Andy was very supportive at that time.
Since then, Hua Zi has maintained a good relationship with Zhou Qing. Sometimes when he comes to Beijing, he will also hang out with Zhou Qing.
Since this role is suitable, there is nothing wrong in giving it to Andy Lau.
"Liu Dehua can do it. He will definitely be fine."
Hearing this, the girl couldn't help but nod repeatedly.
For an old actor like Andy who has been acting for his entire life, it is impossible for him to have any problems with his acting skills.
What's more, he has already won the Best Actor award, right?
"When we were filming 'Departures', Liu Dehua joked that he hoped to play the leading role in my movie."
"Now, I think it's time to fulfill his wish."
Zhou Qing thought of something interesting and couldn't help but smile in front of Liu Yifei.
This was the first time the girl had heard of such a thing, and she couldn't help but laugh when she heard it.
"It's really not easy for Liu Dehua to realize this wish!"
It was only 03 when Zhou Qing filmed "Departures".
In the blink of an eye, twenty years have passed.
The girls couldn't help but exclaim "Wow!"
"What about Zhou Zhezhi?"
The girl stared at Zhou Qing curiously again and asked.
The Chinese representative of the United Government, this kind of role is not something that ordinary people can handle.
You must have the temperament and dignity of a superior, but at the same time you must also be approachable.
It can only be handled by an actor with extremely superb acting skills.
"I have also thought of this role, so I will look for Teacher Li Xuejian."
Zhou Qing gave this answer without thinking.
Li Xuejian’s acting was quite good, and Zhou Qing also had no plans to replace him.
Zhou Qing also had no plans to replace not only Liu Dehua and Li Xuejian, but also several important supporting characters such as Sha Yi and Ning Li.
The actors chosen for the original film are actually quite reliable, so Zhou Qing can just copy their homework.
There are no plans to make any changes.
In fact, Qiu Ya’s performance in the original film was also quite good, but who told Zhou Qing to promote his wife?
The only option is to replace Qiuya.
What about those other less important supporting characters?
Zhou Qing was really too lazy to bother with that thought.
Just leave it all to the casting director.
"Director Chen."
After returning to Zhou Qing Pictures, Zhou Qing immediately called Director Chen over.
He ordered the other party to fully launch the preparations for "The Wandering Earth 2" and to put together the crew as quickly as possible.
In fact, Zhou Qing has made so many films that he already has a fixed team.
Whether it is the producer or the various behind-the-scenes staff, it is definitely better to use experienced people than new ones.
After all, the new team still needs to be run in, and it is definitely not as convenient to use as the old team.
"Understood, Director Zhou."
After receiving the order, Director Chen quickly took it and left.
Gather Zhou Qing's old team members together as quickly as possible.
The efficiency can be said to be extremely high.
Zhou Qing led the core team behind the scenes and began comprehensive preparations.
For science fiction blockbusters like "The Wandering Earth", especially those with space and future backgrounds, the early preparations are actually very troublesome.
It is time-consuming and laborious because you are almost rebuilding the worldview.
Then all aspects of the system have to be reset accordingly.
Things on the software are easy to deal with, as long as the logic is self-consistent and there are no contradictions in the settings.
But for hardware things, they have to be presented with real pictures.
For example, space elevators, lunar bases, and so on.
These are the most troublesome. The early concept design alone is an arduous task.
This is also one of the important reasons why the original "The Wandering Earth 2" took three full years to prepare.
But who can blame Zhou Qing, a reborn person, for having the advantage of foresight?
He no longer had to go through the trouble of designing something from scratch; he could just copy the homework.
It’s done in one step.
It only took him half a month to draw all the concept drawings.
Then let the art team and design team directly generate and render according to their own concept drawings.
Not to mention how convenient it is.
But even so, it will take about a month to complete the actual design drawings and renderings.
After that, the props team can produce relevant props according to the drawings.
The set design team can also go to China Film’s digital base to build the various scenes needed for "The Wandering Earth 2".
Of course, this is a long-term project and cannot be completed in a short period of time.
Instead, it needs to run through the entire film preparation cycle.
So after all the concept designs came out in mid-June, Zhou Qing started another important task: casting.
"Xiao Liu."
Zhou Qing handed the list of important roles to his assistant and asked him to send audition invitations to each one.
As for Liu Dehua, who had a good relationship with Zhou Qing and was more familiar with him, he made the call personally.
"Director Zhou, you are already one of the world's top international directors, and you still call me in person. I am really flattered."
While Liu Dehua was greeting Zhou Qing with a familiar smile, he was secretly wondering about Zhou Qing's purpose in coming.
Now that "The Wandering Earth 2" is in preparation, the other party called me. Could it be that there is a role that he wants me to play?
When he thought of this, Liu Dehua couldn't help but get a little excited.
Even with Liu Dehua's status, he can't remain calm.
"Even if I'm a famous international director, won't I still have to invite you to act in my movies?"
Zhou Qing just laughed.
Liu Dehua, who was on the other side of the receiver, almost couldn't help but slap his thigh.
Wow, I guessed it right, I really guessed it right!
But soon Liu Dehua began to pray silently in his heart again.
I just hope that Zhou Qing won’t ask me to play a supporting role this time.
It’s not that Liu Dehua won’t play supporting roles. Every movie Zhou Qing has filmed is the most unreliable of all the unreliable ones.
The kind that is enough to sweep the Chinese entertainment film market.
For a movie of that level, I don’t know how many top stars would want to play supporting roles.
But even so, of course it would be best to play the leading role, right? (End of this chapter)