Over the past year or so, Zhou Yang has learned a lot from many people.
He learned directing, photography, editing, and post-processing...
He has systematically studied and practiced film-related content several times. It is no exaggeration to say that now he can hold any position on a crew.
In the once familiar editing room, there were several young people sitting.
They were the editors of "The Guardian". After filming "The Guardian", they were brought into China Star by Feng Kai and helped the company with various editing and post-processing tasks.
When Zhou Yang walked into Huaxing's post-processing room and saw a group of people working hard, he felt a little emotional.
China Star, which was once on the verge of collapse, has been completely transformed with the addition of Wang Jing and the continuous hits of several movies.
"Mr. Zhou..."
"Mr. Zhou!"
"Mr. Zhou..."
Zhou Yang nodded to everyone with a silly smile, and then sat down in his seat with the help of several people.
Although he has been discharged from the hospital, he still has some pain in some parts of his body, especially the injured arm. There is a slight numbness and itchiness that makes people want to scratch it.
This is normal as the wound is healing.
Not long after Zhou Yang sat down, Feng Kai also walked in.
His eyes were full of mixed emotions, and his heart was extremely complicated, with admiration, shock, and at the same time a trace of unspeakable nervousness.
He felt that Zhou Yang was a lunatic at heart.
From the first time he met Zhou Yang and learned that Zhou Yang would risk his life to go to the mines to shoot, he felt that this guy was a lunatic and had extremely strong paranoia.
When I originally thought that "Under the Mine" was a hit and that Zhou Yang would be reborn and enjoy the spotlight and supreme glory like other directors, Feng Kai discovered that he was wrong.
He has indeed changed!
He became confident, became more aware of the overall situation, and began to gain an awe-inspiring aura of a superior person.
However, essentially there seems to be no change at all.
Still paranoid, still crazy, like a walking adventurer on the tip of a knife, enjoying the sense of the limit between life and death.
Feng Kai even thinks that he pursues reality more than Wang Shuai, is crazier than Huang Jiacheng, and is more ruthless than Shen Changwei!
Who would have thought that in order to make a movie, he would go to a war-torn place to shoot scenes, or even be buried alive, using his life to make a movie?
This is completely thankless.
"Director Zhou, you...the movie is scheduled to be released on March 24th, and you actually haven't edited the movie yet?" In the post-processing room, Feng Kai took a breath: "Here, how do you edit these materials?
,Isn’t this killing people?”
He felt that his three views had been subverted.
His mind was buzzing, and he watched with dull eyes as Zhou Yang inputted the messy shooting materials into the computer. These materials even included videos shot by the "Polaris" mobile phone.
Feng Kai's face turned pale.
"Director Feng, others can't do it, but you can definitely do it!" Zhou Yang still showed a naive smile, looking at Feng Kai who was in a state of confusion, as if he had seen a ghost.
"I..." Feng Kai opened his mouth, and then looked at some materials. When he found that some materials had no cutting boards or boundaries at all, he instantly felt that his head was going to explode.
This kind of editing is as difficult as recreating the entire movie.
"Director Feng, when we were filming "Under the Mine", we had to deal with such difficult situations..."
"..."
Zhou Yang's voice was very honest. Although Feng Kai's head was buzzing and his heart was shocked, he didn't know why. Listening to Zhou Yang's words, his heart trembled slightly, especially Zhou Yang's words.
One sentence: "Who said that things taken with mobile phones cannot be edited into movies? In this world, there are no roads, but because there are more people walking, they become roads..."
Feng Kai felt that there was some truth in his heart.
He felt that his three views had been subverted again.
But he still shook his head and murmured: "Previous movies have always been like this, and many film masters..."
"It's always been like this, right?" Zhou Yang was silent for a while, and then his innocent smile became even brighter.
Feng Kai opened his mouth, but nothing came out.
"Director Feng, I think we can be called a trailblazer. You have amazing talent. In fact, when I was filming "Under the Mine", I have always believed that, especially after watching your "Jinyiwei", I
More convinced! However, I think what you have to do now is to break the shackles. A real master has always broken the shackles and recreated the world. This has been the case with all the masters of the sect throughout the ages!"
This has always been the case, right?
These words echoed in Feng Kai's mind.
He was greatly shocked. After a while, for some reason, Zhou Yang's words made his blood boil.
Especially when he thought that the box office of "Jinyiwei" was now close to 100 million, a raging fire was set off in his heart again!
I can invest 7 million votes, and with an unknown actor, I can produce a movie with a box office as big as Django. How can this not prove my talent?
"Well, I'll try!" At this moment, the fire in his heart grew stronger and stronger, and unprecedented self-confidence filled his body, as if he had seen the most beautiful palace in the world.
"Yes!" Zhou Yang nodded, and then his cell phone rang. He answered the call and was overjoyed: "Hello? Sister Tang Xiao! That's great, the movie is missing that piece of material!"
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March 18th.
As the "money-added memes" become more and more popular, the box office of the movie "Jinyiwei" has officially exceeded 100 million with the attention of all filmmakers!
This is Feng Kai's first movie to have a box office of over 100 million, and it is also the second movie of the China Youth Directors Association to have a box office of over 100 million this year.
Although the box office of "Roboman", which had high hopes, reached an astonishing 120 million under the spotlight, the box office bucked the trend and increased in the following days, distancing itself from "The Golden Guard", but compared to this
The huge investment in the movie still leaves a bit of regret and disappointment.
You must know that this movie has an investment of over 100 million, and a large amount of resources have been invested. The final box office performance can only be described as unsatisfactory.
"Roboman" itself is a superhero movie similar to "Superman". If this movie had appeared first, it might have shocked the Chinese film industry, but it is a pity that Zhuyu came first, and "Superman"
This movie really consumed too much of the fans' excitement. After watching "Superman" and then watching "Roboman", people were somewhat tired of similar plots and special effects.
no way!
It doesn’t matter who takes the photo.
However, although the performance of "Roboman" in China is quite average, it is still very popular overseas. The total global box office of this movie has exceeded 30 million US dollars, and it will not be difficult to exceed 70 million US dollars in the future.
For this reason, the Chinese Directors Association also launched a wave of publicity for "Roboman" with great fanfare, almost praising the movie "Roboman" to the sky. In a vague sense, Jiang Ge was shamelessly praised by major Chinese media.
The first young director of the sixth generation in China!
Jiang Ge was quite excited about the title at first, with great pride in his chest, and he spoke very loudly in the Chinese Directors Association. However, after hearing these media comments about Zhou Yang as "the first director of the six generations of Chinese directors!" Jiang Ge,
The excitement in Ge's heart plummeted instantly, and there was even a hint of suffocation...
Why did he add the word "young man" to his name?
Isn't this just a disguised form of saying that he has become Zhou Yang's junior?
"Director Jiang... the total pre-sale tickets exceeded 50 million!"
"What! Are you sure there are no pre-sale tickets for this movie?"
"I have investigated and these are real data..."
"..."
In the office.
Django disbelievingly takes over pre-sale ticket sales for 'Struggle'.
When he saw that Zhou Yang's new movie "Struggle" had only received 50 million pre-sale tickets in three days despite the siege of the two blockbusters "Golden Armor" and "Interstellar", he once again
shocked!
The movie "Struggle" has made it clear that it is here to make money by riding on the popularity and hype, yet so many people are still falling for it?
He even suspected that this guy Zhou Yang ended up getting votes for "Struggle" by himself.
After hearing his assistant tell him very seriously that the film "Struggle" did not attract votes, he couldn't help but call those fans stupid!
But the feeling of suffocation that followed became stronger and stronger for some unknown reason.
"Director Jiang, there is one more thing..."
"What's up?"
“There’s news about the Hong Kong Film Awards!”
"How to say?"
"Our "Roboman" has been shortlisted for the Hong Kong Film Awards!"
"Very good!"
That feeling of suffocation was instantly wiped away after hearing that "Roboman" was shortlisted for this year's Hong Kong Film Awards!
Hong Kong Island Film Awards!
That is one of the most authoritative film awards in China!
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Time passes day by day.
In the blink of an eye, we arrived on the eve of the premiere of the two movies "Golden Armor" and "Interstellar".
The night of March 19th.
When Zhou Yang was editing "Struggle" with Feng Kai, who had suffered a great hatred and almost suffered a mental breakdown, he received a call from Zhou Yilin.
Zhou Yang was stunned.
Then left the editing room.
Zhou Yilin made a rare visit to China Star, and what was even rarer was that he personally handed Zhou Yang an invitation letter for the premiere of "Golden Armor".
"Xiao Zhou... no matter what happened in the past, but this time, I hope you can come..."
"Come here simply as a guest and help me watch the movie "The Golden Armor"."
"..."
Zhou Yilin's voice is very sincere and his attitude is unprecedentedly sincere.
Zhou Yang took the invitation.
Then he nodded.
This is a movie with an investment of 300 million, which can be regarded as the most heavily invested movie in China.
After Zhou Yilin left, Zhou Yang looked at the invitation letter, and then checked the information on "The Golden Armor" online.
This is a movie with an investment of 300 million, an unprecedented huge investment in the history of Chinese film.
After experiencing the failure of "Warring States", Zhou Yilin learned the hard way and was eager to prove his status in the Chinese film industry.
Not only is the investment in this movie crazy, but when the movie announced the actual prices of some props, many netizens exclaimed that this movie is simply the most expensive movie in China!
"Shocked! The golden python robe worn by Liang Jinlong actually weighs 40 kilograms and is worth 1.5 million yuan!"
"Shocked! The golden helmet on Liang Jinlong is actually a real helmet?"
Golden Armor》All the items in the Chongyang Palace are genuine and are restored one-to-one according to the ancient palace!》
"China's first movie with an investment of over 300 million, with a luxurious lineup and luxurious props!"
…
News filled with exclamation points became a hot search topic in China on the eve of its release.
This movie stars Liang Jinlong, Donnie Yen, and Zhang Shaolei, as well as the new generation of little king singer Lu Lin, and the lineup is even more luxurious to the extreme...
history……
Always so strikingly similar.
Zhou Yang once again thought of the movie "A City Full of Golden Armor" from the original world...