Dalph accompanied Dominic throughout the interview.
Han Zhou sat casually.
Dominic: “Before we start the interview, I’d like to turn on the recorder, is that okay?”
Han Zhou: "You drive."
Dominic turned on the recorder: "Okay, the interview officially begins."
"Mr. Han Zhou, I'm very curious about your experience. According to the encyclopedia your fans created for you, you were initially scammed into joining the crew and became an actor."
"After the director ran away with the money, the investor found you to be the director. How could such a magical thing happen on this planet? Or is there some unknown secret?"
Han Zhou: “…”
Dominic: “Is this a difficult question?”
Han Zhou: “…”
Dominic: “Understood.”
After saying that, Dominic turned off the recorder.
Han Zhou: "You turned it off yourself!"
Dominic smiled and said, "Now you can answer the question, right?"
Han Zhou: "It is indeed because of this that I became an actor, director and screenwriter."
Dominic: “Your first film won awards from many countries.”
"That was your first time writing? Perhaps it was from this time that you were inspired to create and became a writer?"
Han Zhou nodded: "That's when I started writing text-related stuff."
Dominic smiled and said, "It is said that you became a singer because after becoming an actor, you felt that acting alone was not enough, so you participated in the show and wanted to debut as a talent show singer?"
Han Zhou nodded: "That's exactly what I think."
Dominic: "Okay, then I would like to ask, why does this happen? Logically speaking, if a director runs away, shouldn't the investors find another director?"
"After becoming an actor, shouldn't you devote yourself to movies? Why did you choose to participate in a TV music talent show at the same time?"
Han Zhou: “Actually, this question is easy to understand.”
“Investors had three choices at the time.”
"First, choose a good director to take over. However, because the script of this movie was also provided by a scammer, we cannot be sure whether there is any problem with the script, so no director is willing to take this job."
"Second, choose an industry insider such as a screenwriter or photographer to take over the director's job. But the photographer and screenwriter in our crew are very good and have their own career plans, so they don't want to take over a mess as their first directorial job."
"The third choice is to pick anyone to be the director, for example, the chef, the stagehand, the cleaning lady, or the security guard."
“And I am the third choice.”
Dominic: "Very interesting, then why did the investors choose you as the third choice out of so many other candidates?"
Han Zhou: "If you open the list of the world's 100 sexiest male faces this year and see that I'm number 27, you should know the answer."
"But I have a question too."
"Why should the first 26 people be ahead of me?"
Dominic laughed: "I understand what you mean. The investor had already given up on this project, so they just picked someone to be the director at random, and they just happened to choose you. They didn't expect that you have the talent to be a director, so you turned a mess into a perfect stage?"
Han Zhou: “Actually not.”
"Let me tell you something inside. Our investor is actually about to take over a huge film and television company."
"At this time, a shareholder in the film and television company deliberately set up a trap, so she was deceived."
"At that point, her mind was focused on finding out who was designing her and how to take control of the company, not on the film."
"So, she might have chosen me simply because she was more familiar with my face than the others in the crew."
Dominic made a quick note of it in his notebook, then continued to ask, "This is an inside story that is not in the encyclopedia."
"So, what is the final result of the internal struggle of this big company?"
Han Zhou: "The investor won, and the other party lost miserably."
Dominic nodded. "We noticed that your first two films were both art films or non-commercial films, but your third film successfully won the top spot on the Chinese film history box office list and successfully broke through the 2 billion box office mark, which is equivalent to about 300 million US dollars."
"After this kind of box office success, will you continue to try to make a commercial film for your next movie?"
Han Zhou shook his head: "The next movie might be a detective film."
Han Zhou thought about it and decided that he really didn't have time to make a big-budget movie this year.
Therefore, when I have some free time in the second half of the year, I can shoot "Burning Sun".
Moreover, because the censorship system in this world is a shallow censorship system, Han Zhou plans to shoot some bloody things.
Increase visual effects.
In fact, "Burning Sun" happens to have an O. Henry-style ending.
There have been detective novels and detective TV series before, and this time a story with this kind of ending was written again.
Everything is almost laid out.
But in this world, this might be called a typical Korean ending.
Dominic took note of the news and then said, "Let's talk about The Last of the Mohicans."
Han Zhou: "Can this be published?"
Dominic: “I’ll try?”
Han Zhou: "Since you can't publish it, don't ask."
Dominic nodded: "Then tell me about "Castro Market"?"
Han Zhou: "Can this be published?"
Dominic: “…”
"How about we talk about 500 Miles?"
Han Zhou: "Yes, five hundred miles, which is equal to 804.672 kilometers."
Dominic leaned forward: "?"
Han Zhou: "Just write it like this."
Dominic smiled. It seemed that the rumors were true.
The interview went on all the way, and at the end, Dominic said: "We noticed that you have been very successful in the Chinese entertainment industry, so you rarely come to the United States, but every time you come to the United States, there are huge moves."
"So what will we see next time?"
Han Zhou: “I will see a movie starring Michael Coppola and directed and written by me.”
"About July."
“It looks very nice.”
Dominic: “What’s the movie called?”
"Lord of War" Han Zhou: "This name."
Dominic: "How good is it?"
Han Zhou: "Michael said that if you don't like this movie, you can beat him up."
A day later, Michael Coppola, who saw the report, tilted his head and said, “???”
…
After returning to China, Han Zhou saw his popularity on the trending searches.
#Han Zhou wins the Prix des Arts Literature Prize#
Han Zhou's fans: "The level of literature in the United States is not good enough, hahahaha."
"That's right, it's even down to the point where a mentally ill person wins the grand prize. It seems like the Americans are even worse than the mentally ill people."
"It's obvious that Americans don't have high IQs."
"Let me reiterate to the above poster that Han Zhou is just mentally ill, not stupid. Of course, according to scientific research, the average IQ of Americans is ten points lower than ours, so they are indeed not smart."
Someone immediately responded: "Haha, Americans have such a low IQ, why are they the most advanced and wealthy?"
Soon someone responded: "There is a bully in our village. He took the TV of Lao Wang's family, the money of Lao Li's family, and the offerings of the land temple in Chundongtou. He would rob anything he saw. His family is rich and has a lot of high-tech. Later, he got a set of silver bracelets and a ticket to visit the prison for ten years."
This little episode was soon ignored by everyone. Someone familiar with the US Internet said:
"Le, this time Han Zhou wrote a story at the venue, which shocked the whole audience. My classmate who is studying abroad there said that it went viral on Twitter."
"Tell me more!"
"It's nothing, actually. It's just something related to the novel field. Everyone is discussing Han Zhou's The Last Leaf. It is said that the long picture and text version of that story has more than 300K views and likes on Twitter."
"Oh? That's not a lot."
"The problem is, there were dozens of media outlets that picked up the story, not just one Twitter account."
"Oh my god, that's really popular. What's it about? Can someone translate it?"
"Emm... My favorite Chinese celebrity wrote an English story that went viral worldwide but I can't understand it and need to wait for the translation. Ah, this, tears in my eyes."
"Speaking of which, Han Zhou has won the Prix de Literaire in the United States. Will he win the Tuikao Literary Prize in China?"
"Le, Han Zhou hasn't written any Chinese works that can be submitted for the Tuikao Literature Award. Although the new martial arts novels are great, they won't win any awards."
…
After Han Zhou returned to China, the first thing he did was to go to the Yanjing branch.
Before returning to China, Han Zhou sent a message to Zhang Jiuquan, asking Zhang Jiuquan to do something.
Now it’s time to check the results.
Zhang Jiuquan has also finished filming "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and is now focusing on the editing. He is not like Han Zhou, who has already thought about what to edit from the beginning. There are not many wasted shots, but there are many repeated shots to choose from.
He has a lot of footage in his hands, and if the editing is different, the story will be completely different.
However, after receiving Han Zhou's instructions, Zhang Jiuquan went to get to work as soon as possible.
At this time, the editor-in-chief of Taihaisheng Entertainment was sitting in the empty Hall 2 of Yanjing Hengfu Hotel, looking confused.
A day ago, Sheng Entertainment received an invitation that Han Zhou would hold a press conference for his new movie.
Han Zhou!
"Kung Fu" is now the number one in the box office history of Chinese-language films, Han Zhou is now very popular, and even three-year-old children know "Rulai Shen Zhang".
Of course, Sheng Entertainment is coming.
And they are very excited.
How could a paparazzi like me be invited to such an important press conference?
Who dares to call me a paparazzi from now on? I am a serious entertainment media!
However, the invitation letter was very strange. It stated that the person who came must be Gan Tuo, the editor-in-chief of Sheng Entertainment. This press conference would only receive editors-in-chief of various news media, not reporters.
This is a semi-public press conference that needs to be kept confidential.
Gan Tuo came without thinking much.
Found out after I came here.
Press conference? Oh my god! Where are the people!!!
Gan Tuo, who was in a daze , heard the sound of the door being pushed open and turned around to look.
Han Zhou, Chen Xiaoyong and Zhang Jiuquan walked in.
Chen Xiaoyong: "That's him, right?"
Han Zhou: "How is it?"
Zhang Jiuquan: "This shameless look is similar to what I used to be like."
Gan Tuo: I'm at least ten years older than you, right?!
Chen Xiaoyong: "I didn't expect he would dare to come."
Han Zhou was amused: "Gan Tuo, right?"
"Last time you made up a story saying that I was Lou Hua's son, now you've fallen into my hands, right?!"
Gan Tuo's heart suddenly skipped a beat and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
This guy, there was no press conference at all this time. Is he involved in a plot to frame me?
How come there are still such stars?
I've seen people smashing their cameras on the spot when they were secretly photographed by paparazzi, and I've also seen people setting fire to the paparazzi's cars after getting pissed off by the paparazzi.
It was more than half a year since we first met. I designed a trap and brought the person over to do it in person.
What are you going to do?
By the way, is this guy a psychopath? Do psychopaths who kill people go to jail?
Gan Tuo pretended to be calm: "You have come to the wrong place, my name is Zhang Jia, there is no one named Gan Tuo here."
Chen Xiaoyong paused: "Huh? Isn't this Hall 2?"
"Old Nine, didn't you say to stay in Hall 2?"
"What are you doing?"
Han Zhou was stunned for a moment: "Did you find the wrong person?"
Zhang Jiuquan: “Emm…”
The three of them looked at the people in front of them, and Gan Tuo laughed awkwardly: "Haha, it's normal to find the wrong place. Are you sure you are coming to Hall 2 of Hengru Hotel?"
"I have reserved this place for a seminar."
Zhang Jiuquan, who was about to look at the hall's house number, stopped.
"Hengru Hotel?"
"Isn't this the Hengfu Hotel?"
Han Zhou slapped Zhang Jiuquan on the back of his head and said, "Let's go."
Gan Tuo: "Bye."
Hearing these three words, Han Zhou felt something was not right.
After going out, close the door and put your ear against it.
Inside the door: "Mother Gan Lin, f**k!"
"Hurry up and run away."
Han Zhou pushed open the door and said, "It's him, hold him down!"
Zhang Jiuquan: "You bastard, you dare to fool us."
Chen Xiaoyong: "Your little brain works pretty fast, huh?"
Gan Tuo ran away.
Unfortunately, the door was blocked by Han Zhou, where could he run?
Soon, he was held down by Chen Xiaoyong and Zhang Jiuquan.
Gan Tuo: "Since ancient times, victors have been kings and losers have been bandits. Today, I have fallen into your hands."
"You can kill me or chop me up as you wish."
Zhang Jiuquan: "You are filming a martial arts drama, please speak normally."
Gan Tuo knelt on the ground with a click: "Brother, don't bully me. I have children to take care of, parents to take care of, and a wife in the middle... No, I have a wife."
"Just make a living, big brother!"
Han Zhou smiled and said, "Look at you. You look calm, but you are actually very panicked. Don't panic."
"Gan Tuo, right? I checked a lot of paparazzi information."
"You are one of the oldest paparazzi still active today."
"I'm good at writing short essays out of nothing."
"I admire you very much, the writing is very good."
Gan Tuo laughed awkwardly: "How dare I compete with you, you are a great man who doesn't bear grudges against villains."
Han Zhou: "I asked you to come here to discuss cooperation."
Gan Tuo: "As long as it doesn't cost you money, I can take anything..."
"Hmm? Cooperation?"
Han Zhou: "Sheng Entertainment has no future. Apart from you and your team, the boss is just a jerk."
"There's no future in hanging out with him."
"Come with me."
Gan Tuo: “Hmm?”
Han Zhou: "I need someone who can do the dirty work, which you are good at."
"I have money, you have skills."
"There's money to be made from cooperation, do you want to do it?"
Gan Tuo laughed awkwardly: "Don't make trouble, big brother. I don't dare to do dirty work. I am an honest man."
Han Zhou: "Jiu, throw it out of the window."
Gan Tuo knelt on the ground and said, "Boss, stop it!"
"You say, you say."
Zhang Jiuquan: "Look at you, if you're thrown out of the first-floor window, you'll die. What are you afraid of?"
Chen Xiaoyong: "Why don't we throw it away once, and then just write off the past events."
Gan Tuo finally calmed down and said, "Yeah, why should I be afraid of the first floor?"
"Stand at attention when you are beaten for doing something wrong, come on!"
Zhang Jiuquan and Chen Xiaoyong carried Gan Tuo and threw him out of the window.
After a while, Gan Tuo, all wet, returned to Hall No. 2.
I was just thinking that no one would die from falling from the first floor, and I forgot there was a big pool outside .
Han Zhou: "Stop messing around, let's get down to business. Ask someone to send a set of clothes over."
"To keep from catching a cold."
Gan Tuo: "Boss, please get down to business."
You always want to talk about serious matters but never say them, which is very torturous!
Han Zhou: "I'm not a gangster, don't call me a boss."
Gan Tuo: "Big brother? Boss? Brother Han?"
Han Zhou: "All is fine."
Gan Tuo: "Boss, please get down to business."
Han Zhou: "I plan to create an entertainment media company."
“All the shares are yours.”
Gan Tuo's eyes lit up: "Huh?"
Can pie fall from the sky?
Han Zhou: "But you have to give me an IOU for the money used to start the company."
Ten thousand possibilities flashed through Gan Tuo's mind in one second.
This seems like a huge pit.
Is he pretending not to bully me, but actually wants to torture me to death?
Gan Tuo: "Well, I'll do the work for you, but forget about the shares, I don't deserve them!"
Han Zhou: "Don't want it? Okay, Xiaoyong, tell your brother and the shares of this company will be given to your sister-in-law."
"Just let Gan Tuo be the legal representative."
Chen Xiaoyong: "Oh, what should I do, Brother Han? No merit, no reward. Oh, then I'll accept it for my sister-in-law!"
Gan Tuo: ...
It doesn’t seem to be a scam, it’s a mistake of 100 million!
Han Zhou: "Gan Tuo, let me tell you the truth."
“Before, no one in the film industry paid attention to me.”
“Now, with my box office, the entire film industry is eyeing me.”
“Especially in the Beijing area.”
"The Beijing community is famous for being shameless. The only people in the underworld who can be as shameless as them are you, the paparazzi from the Taiwan Strait."
Gan Tuo: Is this a compliment?
Han Zhou: "Once I make a move, there will be a storm of negative information about me."
"So, I need a company to fight with the Beijing circle."
Gan Tuo smiled bitterly. Is this something a human would do?
Am I going to fight against the Beijing media alone?
How can we fight this?
Han Zhou: "Don't worry, people in the Beijing circle are not familiar with things on the Internet. They don't know the power of marketing accounts."
"With your ability and the characteristics of a marketing account, it's easy to fight against it."
"Do you want to be the most famous paparazzi in the industry?"
"Millions of people are following you, waiting for your revelations."
"Every exposure of yours will cause an earthquake in the entertainment industry."
"Every time I expose something, I can make a lot of money."
"Let me ask you directly, are you short of money?"
Gan Tuo: “Missing!”
Han Zhou: “Do you want to do it?!”
Gan Tuo: "I will follow you from now on!!"
Han Zhou nodded: "Very good, after we leave this door, everyone will know that you and I don't get along."
"You should create a Weibo account first, and then go out and write an article to insult me."
"Just write that I, Han Zhou, spent money to buy a Priss Literature Award in the United States."
"When the time comes, someone will naturally help you hype yourself up and make you famous."
Why did Han Zhou finally choose Gan Tuo?
Because Taihaisheng Entertainment once wrote a short essay to slander Han Zhou, and that article was written by Gan Tuo, so it is easy to find.
Later, when Gan Tuo became famous, no one was sure where he came from.
No one could have imagined that he, who became famous by discrediting Han Zhou, was actually Han Zhou's man.
And this is just the beginning.
Gan Tuo plans to become the biggest paparazzi within half a year to a year.
Gan Tuo will be able to play his greatest role when Han Zhou's film career explodes next year.
All the shares of this new company were given to Chen Dayong's wife, but Gan Tuo had to rely on Han Zhou for his livelihood.
Therefore, the company's profits can be regarded as compensation for Chen Dayong's study abroad.
If we do this well, it will be of great use next year!
Han Zhou patted Gan Tuo on the shoulder and said, "Very good, we are brothers from now on."
"From now on, you will be called Lao Ba."
"We call each other brothers." Zhang Jiuquan: "After we get out of here, let's curse each other for a week first."
Gan Tuo smiled and said, "I understand!"
Zhang Jiuquan is very famous now. Gan Tuo wrote an article to slander Han Zhou, and then Zhang Jiuquan jumped out to argue with him. How could the spectators not come to watch the fun?
Isn't the traffic coming?
Gan Tuo knew that this time he was going to be rich and become a big paparazzi from a paparazzi!
"Shit, I thought it was going to be a real-life PK, but it turned out to be something great. Thank you, Brother Han."
Han Zhou was stunned for a moment: "What did you say?"
Gan Tuo: “Uh…”
Han Zhou, this rich brother, seems a little moody. Did I offend him?
A light bulb went off in Han Zhou's head and he suddenly understood.
How can Liu Tiantan's game "Honghuang" become truly popular?
Originally, Han Zhou thought of a mobile game as the blueprint for "Honghuang", but it felt like it lacked the potential to become an instant hit.
Without the explosiveness, it would be difficult for people to understand the background of "Honghuang".
And now, Han Zhou knows the answer!
With the modes of these two games combined into one, it’s hard for “Honghuang” not to be popular!
Although I will soon devote myself to the Children's Day Gala, this matter is more important than the Spring Festival Gala and cannot be delayed.
Han Zhou immediately booked a flight ticket back to Shudu and flew to the Shudu Animation branch.