Late at night, after seeing everyone off, An Lan took Han Zhou into the car. In the back seat, Han Zhou felt a little uncomfortable and his body felt a little weak.
Relying on An Lan.
An Lan whispered: "Drive slower and more steadily."
Hearing this, the driver drove slowly.
This time, An Lan did not return to her father's courtyard, but asked the driver to drive to the villa where her mother lived.
After entering the house, Han Zhou staggered a little.
Aunt Song stepped forward and asked, "What's going on?"
"Auntie Song, help me support him, he's drunk."
Aunt Song and An Lan helped Han Zhou to the room together.
Soon, An Shengnan came over after hearing the noise.
Seeing Han Zhou drunk, An Shengnan felt a little dissatisfied, just like when she saw Liu Jianxi drunk.
"Why did you drink so much?"
An Lan: "Han Zhou invited a lot of friends tonight to star in a new TV series, so he drank too much."
"He also had a drink at noon."
An Shengnan: "New TV series? Are you participating?"
"I'm playing the female lead." An Lan went to get a hot towel.
An Shengnan: "What kind of lineup is this?"
An Lan threw a hot towel on him while saying his name.
After listening to this, An Shengnan said calmly: "This lineup is not bad. It's okay to be the female lead in this drama."
"There are so many people in this drama, the investment must be huge, right? Over 100 million?"
An Lan shook her head: "I heard from Han Zhou that it was around 30 million."
"Thirty million..." An Shengnan knew very well that thirty million was not enough to pay the main characters.
Unless these people agree to perform at a friendly price.
A drama where almost all the actors participate at a friendly price?
"It seems like they are betting everything on the fact that this drama will be a big hit." An Shengnan: "It's a huge bet."
After being in this circle for so many years, doesn't An Shengnan know about this situation?
Many people have accumulated connections over many years, and finally invested heavily in a movie or TV series, only to suffer huge losses in the end.
Losing money is a small matter, but losing friendship can never be made up.
If others offer you a friendly price, you must at least maintain a box office above that level so that you can make up for it with your popularity so that they don't lose money. Even if you don't make cash, at least you can gain some fame, right?
If it were a TV series, with this kind of cast , if it wasn't popular, it would be a huge loss.
Remember, TV series are not movies.
TV actor, maybe your drama is very popular this month and you are the most popular actor, but three months later, the audience will have forgotten you completely.
If a TV series comes out and fails to achieve the expected popularity, it will damage the popularity of the actors themselves.
After An Lan wiped Han Zhou's face with a hot towel, Han Zhou became much more awake and turned over and sat up.
Sitting on the edge of the bed, feeling a little depressed.
An Shengnan carefully observed this talented man who had never studied at any music college, then turned and left.
In An Shengnan's opinion, Han Zhou and Liu Jianxi are very similar.
Although Liu Jianxi is now potbellied and bald, he was tall, handsome and talented in the past.
When Universal China first entered the domestic market, An Shengnan and Liu Jianxi spent four years in this company, turning the tables and going from being employees to being the largest shareholders.
At that time, Liu Jianxi was like this. He used his talent, wine glass, and sincerity to overcome many difficulties.
An Lan sat next to Han Zhou and stroked his back gently: "Are you feeling better?"
Han Zhou shook his head: "What time is it?"
An Lan: "Eleven o'clock."
Han Zhou picked up the phone and made the call.
Wang Xiya quickly answered the phone: "Hello, I heard from Ye Manyi that you were drunk? Are you awake now? Do you feel uncomfortable in your stomach?"
Han Zhou shook his head: "It's okay. Is the box office out yet?"
"One hundred and four hundred million, just over one hundred million."
Han Zhou raised his head and took a deep breath: "It's almost stable."
During the Lunar New Year holiday, the strongest box office is on New Year's Day.
According to the current box office predictions, it will exceed 100 million on the first day, 400 million in the first week, and just over 500 million in a full month.
Wang Xiya: "You should have a good rest. I'll watch over here."
Han Zhou knew that Wang Xiya couldn't possibly focus on the box office of "He is a Dragon" now, because on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Tianle's own film "A Lonely Lamp" seemed to be at the bottom of the box office.
"Give me all the box office statistics for today's movies so I can take a look."
Wang Xiya: “Yes, I sent it to you.”
Han Zhou took out his phone and took a look at it.
"Mars" grossed 340 million.
"The Assassin's Creed" grossed 310 million.
"Pigsy" grossed 140 million.
"He is a Dragon" 104 million.
"Pink and White Lovers" 87 million.
These are the first-tier movies, and only "Pink and White Lovers" did not break 100 million.
"Auntie Fu" took in 25 million at the box office, and "A Lamp in the Sky" took in 21 million.
Sure enough, "A Lonely Lamp" came at the bottom.
Han Zhou took a look at the picture. There were some small words on it. Han Zhou couldn't see clearly now. He pointed to a row of words and said, "An Lan, what does this say?"
An Lan leaned in, her hair falling down to cover her face, so she gently put her hair up with her fingers and leaned close to Han Zhou: "Auntie Fu's movie has withdrawn from the Spring Festival schedule."
Aunt Fu quits?
There may be several reasons for Aunt Fu's withdrawal. The biggest reason may be that the investors and the creative team felt that the box office of this movie should not be just like this, so they found a reason to withdraw from the schedule. It is estimated that the film will be re-edited and re-released at a different time.
Being forced to withdraw is a very shameful thing.
Han Zhou immediately realized one thing: on the first day of the Lunar New Year, "He is a Dragon" suddenly had 5% more screenings, squeezing out the screening rates of other movies.
In other words, I offended someone this time.
However, if you want to avoid offending others, being a waste is the least likely way to do so.
If you want to climb up, you will offend countless people.
Han Zhou took a look at the box office and did some mental calculations: "None of the top five movies will have a box office crash. There is no movie that is particularly obvious and strong."
But this is not a good thing.
This means that the movies in this period are all very mediocre.
No single film will see a significant decline, which means that the entire Spring Festival box office may be cut in half in the next few days.
Han Zhou took a special look and found that the group of fans who bought tickets for "A Lamp in the Sky" gave it a high score of 9.4.
If converted into the score of a professional rating website, it would be almost 8.6 points or above.
"Tianle's "A Lonely Lamp" is going to be a hit in the later stages."
Han Zhou calculated carefully and found that it was the last two days of the Spring Festival period, and the top two films, "Mars Sky" and "Assassin's Mark", had definitely been decided.
By then, the second group that opened up was exactly the fight between "He is a Dragon" and "A Lonely Lamp".
By that time, movies like "Pink and White Lovers", which are more like pure romance films, should have withdrawn from the competition.
And cartoons like "Pigsy" should have been withdrawn.
That is to say, in the next few days, Wang Xiya will have to fight with his left and right hands.
No matter what Wang Xiya, the absolute controlling shareholder, thinks, the people below will all be watching Wang Xiya.
If Wang Xiya is not inclined to run "A Lonely Lamp", then in the future...
An Lan: "Go to sleep and think about it tomorrow."
Han Zhou nodded: "I can't think about this tomorrow. There are more important things tomorrow."
…
Huaying Lounge.
Han Zhou was recalling some things about the annual drama.
The number of spots for this annual drama is equal to the number of spots for CCTV’s annual drama in the previous life.
But! It may not be broadcast on CCTV.
Every year, there will be two eligible annual dramas, and in special years, there will be three eligible dramas.
For now, choose one from urban workplace, historical adaptation, martial arts, fantasy, etc.
Choose one from period drama, war drama, spy drama, or historical drama.
I don’t know who the competitor is, and my uncle didn’t reveal it.
Fourth Uncle didn’t say what the subject matter of the competitor was.
Even this meeting should have been arranged temporarily by Fourth Uncle Han.
If Han Zhou hadn't suddenly thought that he had the qualifications to apply for the annual drama, this meeting probably wouldn't have taken place.
Even if there is this meeting today, it is not certain that it will not be missed before "The World's Number One" goes online.
Even if it hadn't been lost, it might not have been secured until "The World's Number One" was completely filmed and finished.
If there are problems with the finished film, even if Fourth Uncle Han has great connections, he will have to take down "Number One Under Heaven".
What is the value of just using the words "big drama of the year" in promotion?
If there is a film with quality issues, wouldn't that be damaging Huaying's own reputation?
All beginnings are hard.
In today's confrontation, we must definitely perform at our best.
Soon, a Huaying staff member came in: "Director Han, please come to Conference Room 2."
Han Zhou stood up and buttoned up his suit: "Okay."
Soon, Han Zhou entered conference room number two.
After seeing the other person, he looked puzzled.
The other party looked at Han Zhou with a puzzled look on his face.
do not know.
At this time, Han Sisheng walked in slowly, holding a stainless steel thermos cup.
The other party immediately stood up: "Boss Han."
Han Zhou almost agreed subconsciously before he realized that the other party was calling him Fourth Uncle Han or Mr. Han.
Han Zhou stood up: "Fourth Uncle."
Han Sisheng glared at Han Zhou.
The other person turned around and stared at Han Zhou.
Han Sisheng took his seat, and the meeting recorder and secretary also took his seat.
Han Sisheng smiled and said, "Let me introduce you."
Then he looked to the other side: "New World Entertainment, Han Zhou, is participating in the fictional historical martial arts drama " The World's Number One ."
Upon hearing that it was fictional history, the other party breathed a sigh of relief.
Han Sisheng turned to look at Han Zhou: "Speedway Media, Ning Di, you are participating in the modern urban drama "Black Ice."
After saying this, Han Zhou narrowed his eyes slightly.
Speedtronic Media? Speedtronic, one of the top five film companies in the United States, has come to China? And it started with TV dramas?
Black Ice? A coincidence or...
But regardless of whether the name is the same or not, the subject matter is obviously anti-corruption.
Han Sisheng: "Today is not a formal meeting. It just happens that you all want to apply for a spot in the annual drama, and you all want me to be the producer, so we met and got to know each other."
"Xiao Zhou."
The secretary stood up and handed the two documents to Han Zhou and the other party respectively.
Several people on the other side could only see one document, but only the person named Ning Di could see it, while the others sat upright.
Han Zhou started looking at the information.
When Han Zhou saw the other party’s cast list, he was stunned.
This is……
The other party invited four first-line stars to play supporting roles!
The main characters consist of three people, which is very interesting.
One is Lu Jin’s former teammate, Chen Yin, who is 23 years old this year. After returning from South Korea last year, he is now a top-tier traffic star in China.
One is Li Haoyong, who was in the same team as them but is a Korean.
The female lead is Ouyang Si, one of the four young actresses.
After seeing the cast list, Han Zhou simply covered the information.
The other party was also surprised. Lu Jin happened to be the former teammate of Chen Yin and Li Haoyong. Although they had a good relationship, they were now in competition because of their similar positioning.
Because Lu Jin's contract has not yet ended and there is still more than half a year to go, so Lu Jin is actually in a Korean company at this time.
Han Zhou's lineup includes two of the four little flowers, Ye Manyi and Yang Jun!
There is also the first-line actor Tang Zhou.
After looking at the lineup, Ning Di was a little confused and looked up at Han Zhou.
"New World..."
A company I've never heard of, a play, invites so many people to come? What do they want to do?
Han Zhou was even more curious because the name "Shutong" sounded too familiar to him.
Speedy, one of the five largest film companies in the United States, came to China and established a branch in China in order to get a spot in the annual drama.
Not only did you want to get a spot in the drama of the year, you even hired a Korean to play the second male lead, and his role turned out to be a criminal policeman?
You really think there is no review system.
A superficial review does not mean no review.
Han Zhou looked at Han Sisheng in confusion.
Ning Di looked at Han Zhou in confusion, and Han Zhou looked at Han Sisheng in confusion.
Han Sisheng glared at Han Zhou and said, "Take a closer look at other people's plans."
Han Zhou lowered his head and opened the document to read it again.
Han Zhou found it strange. There was no way that "Black Ice" could win the title of drama of the year, so why should he watch it?
Soon, Han Zhou saw what Han Sisheng wanted him to see.
Han Zhou became even more confused and looked at Han Sisheng again.
Han Sisheng glared at Han Zhou again.
Han Zhou lowered his head this time and thought carefully.
"Fourth Uncle wants me to remember these things and then grab these resources?"
"Did Speed ​​Pass do something when it first entered the country that pissed off Huaying Group? Or did they..."
Han Zhou didn't know.
Han Sisheng was about to speak when Ning Di looked down at his phone.
Apparently, his phone was vibrating.
Ning Di looked embarrassed: "I'm sorry, Mr. Han, I forgot to turn off my phone."
It was obvious that if the phone had only rang once, Ning Di would never have answered the call. It was obvious that it had called several times.
Han Sisheng smiled and said, "You answer it."
Ning Di got up, walked out the door and started answering the phone.
Soon, Ning Di came back after answering the phone. Her face was very ugly. She looked at Han Sisheng and smiled, "Sorry, Mr. Han, I'll leave first."
After saying that, he looked at the assistant and his expression changed: "Let's go."
As soon as the person left, Han Sisheng said: "Go and do your work."
Han Zhou tilted his head: "What do you mean?"
"Are you robbing me?"
Han Sisheng: "If you don't grab it now, you won't be able to grab it when other big companies come in."
Han Zhou was even more confused: "Huh?"
Han Sisheng: "Speed ​​pass, did not pass the review, did not get the license."
Han Zhou immediately understood: "What kind of shit did they do that they didn't even get a license."
I have never heard of a company of this size, with its own legal team, failing to obtain a license.
Unless...something happens to US Express.
The official forces in the entertainment industry, represented by Han Sisheng, joined forces to ban them.
In other words…
SpeedPass has just established a branch in China and must have poached countless people from other entertainment companies.
All these people must find new jobs immediately.
It's like a whale hitting a ship's propeller on its route and being swept into the sea, which immediately becomes a feast for marine life.
Why did you notify me of this small fry?
"Is their company headquarters in Hengdian?"
Han Sisheng nodded.
Han Zhou immediately took out his cell phone and called Yang Hong.
Yang Hong picked up the phone: "Boss Han, I've thought about it and all three of Mengshan Dairy's ads are acceptable. I've already been talking to them about the "Voice of Dark Gold"... "
Han Zhou interrupted: "Never mind all that, something big has happened. I'll send you a form. Follow the list and dig them up one by one!"
Yang Hong was puzzled: "Why..."
Han Zhou: "Don't worry about it, act quickly, or it will be too late for us."
Now that speedrunning is over, New World has only two advantages: one is that it is also in Hengdian, and the other is that it knows the exact list.
Speed ​​Pass has just started. The companies that have poached people may know how many people have been poached, but not many people know the specific team composition.
The information Han Zhou has in his hand now was submitted to Huaying by the other party, so there will be no problem with it.
After hanging up the phone, Han Zhou paced back and forth in the room: "Fourth Uncle, you have screwed me over so badly. I have to eat this one bite, but... I want to enter the US market in the future!"
If we do this today, the two poles will be reversed in the future. In the United States, Speed ​​Pass will definitely crush New World.
Han Sisheng, who was drinking tea, sprayed out mist from his mouth: "Cough cough cough cough ~ cough cough cough... cough cough... what are you doing?"
"Entering the U.S. market?!?!"
Han Sisheng couldn't understand Han Zhou's train of thought. For a company you just founded, your goal includes such a fantastical thing as entering the US market?
Han Zhou: "Never mind, let's eat this piece of fat first!"
To gather these teams, we don’t know how much money it will cost to speed through . Now, if we go to the New World and have a bite, just a small bite will fill our stomachs with fat.
No matter what the consequences are, you have to eat it when you encounter it. If you don’t even dare to eat this, why are you still in the entertainment industry!
Fourth Uncle Han, you are worthy of being my fourth uncle!