Huayu: Starting from Fahrenheit

Chapter 403 "Those Fleeting Years" Profits, New Project Plans

Famous singer Wu Zhuo held a concert at the Bird's Nest yesterday, and the atmosphere was electric.

"Real footage of Wu Zhuo's concert reveals numerous celebrities hidden among the performers."

Zhao Wei appeared at Wu Zhuo's concert; the two had previously collaborated on the film "Painted Skin".

Andy Lau was the surprise guest at Wu Zhuo's concert; Andy Lau expressed his hope to have the opportunity to hold a concert at the Bird's Nest.

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Wu Zhuo's concert at the Bird's Nest was clearly a great success.

The number of attendees exceeded 90,000, a number that almost no one in China has ever achieved in a concert.

In addition, Wu Zhuo's concert featured singing and dancing, creating an incredibly high-energy atmosphere.

This resulted in the next morning's newspapers being almost entirely filled with Wu Zhuo.

It's being reported across mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.

Even neighboring Japan and South Korea have reported on this:

"Abel's 2009 global tour has officially begun, with the first stop in Beijing, where the fans were very enthusiastic."

In fact, the audiences in Japan and South Korea are the ones who are most looking forward to Wu Zhuo's concert.

Unlike in China, although the audience here has never seen Wu Zhuo's solo concert, Wu Zhuo spends most of his time in China.

When releasing albums or attending various events, he inevitably meets with fans.

On the contrary, in places like Japan and South Korea, because Wu Zhuo only goes there a few times a year, it is very difficult for fans there to see him.

Therefore, when they learned that Wu Zhuo was going on tour, the Japanese and Korean audiences were undoubtedly the most excited.

Tickets for the concerts in both cities were also the fastest to sell out.

The Bird's Nest concert had a significant impact on many domestic singers.

Because Wu Zhuo's stage design, lighting, and styling were at the forefront of mainland singers.

The day after the concert ended, numerous singers called to inquire about concert planning.

Clearly, many people were amazed by the stage effects of this concert and wished they could have the same effect when they held their own concerts.

In addition, perhaps spurred on by Wu Zhuo, after Wu Zhuo's concert at the Bird's Nest, a large number of singers in China began to apply to the Bird's Nest, hoping to hold concerts there.

As for the outcome, it's clear that not everyone is like Wu Zhuo.

As far as Wu Zhuo knows, no one has successfully applied yet.

Of course, this has basically nothing to do with Wu Zhuo; whether or not he can get the application is entirely his own business.

After finishing his concert at the Bird's Nest, he did not leave Beijing immediately, but stayed for a few days.

The reason we'll stay a few more days is mainly for matters related to the film company.

The film "Fleet of Time" will be taken off the screens the day after tomorrow, after two months of release.

With the film's theatrical run over, the revenue sharing process will soon begin.

Currently, the total box office of the film "Fleet of Time" is 3.3 million RMB.

It's not as good as "Painted Skin" starring Wu Zhuo.

But compared to "Painted Skin", "Fleet of Time" was undoubtedly more profitable.

This is related to the investment in the two films.

One film had an investment of around 40 million, while the other had an investment of 100 million.

The box office revenue of "Fleet of Time" was almost eight times its investment.

Such a large profit margin is rarely seen in domestic films.

The box office success of "Fleet of Time" had a significant impact on Wu Zhuo and other key members of the production team.

All the actors who starred in this play benefited greatly, to varying degrees.

Wu Zhuo needs no introduction; with two consecutive films grossing over 300 million yuan, he has become an undisputed hot commodity in the domestic film market.

Every well-known film company in China approached him, hoping to hire him to make movies.

Huayi Brothers and Enlight Media were particularly enthusiastic.

These two companies had just made a fortune working with Legendary Pictures on "Fleet of Time." Having tasted the success of collaborating with Wu Zhuo, both companies were eager to find another opportunity to film a new movie with him.

In order to reach a cooperation agreement with Wu Zhuo, the two parties made phone calls almost every day.

They also handed over a large number of scripts to Wu Zhuo's side.

Unfortunately, Wu Zhuo read through many scripts, but couldn't find a single good one.

Among the many actors, Wu Zhuo benefited the most.

Liu Shishi also received enormous benefits.

After the conclusion of "Fleet of Time," Liu Shishi rose to become a rising star in China thanks to the high box office success of the film.

Coincidentally, the recent airing of "Chinese Paladin 3" has brought her a lot of exposure and support for her role as Long Kui.

This directly led to a large number of scripts being offered to her.

Unlike the previous life, which consisted mainly of TV dramas, this time there are also quite a few movies.

Among them, youth-themed films are the most numerous.

Speaking of this, we have to mention the background of film production in China.

Whenever a movie becomes a hit, a large number of copycat movies will inevitably appear.

After the campus-themed movie "Fleet of Time" became a hit, a large number of projects related to youth and campuses were immediately launched.

Even Huayi Brothers has launched a movie project called "Youth With You," with Deng Chao, who recently gave a remarkable performance in "Fleet of Time," cast as the lead.

"After deducting the revenue of the other companies and various costs, our revenue from this film is 1.1 million."

This was absolutely a resounding victory.

I plan to start filming "You Are the Apple of My Eye" soon.

"We'll continue with Calvin Chen as the male lead, as previously agreed. As for the female lead, should we cast Liu Shishi?"

Inside the legendary film company, Zheng Jianfeng is reporting to Wu Zhuo on the company's revenue and future plans.

"Shi Shi, you shouldn't act in this project. Playing too many similar roles in youth films can easily get you typecast."

Wu Zhuo said, then pondered for a moment, "Let's contact actresses from Taiwan, preferably newcomers."

"Okay, I'll make the arrangements."

Zheng Jianfeng nodded, then took out another plan.

Regarding the project "Lost in Thailand," it's a dual-male lead project, with Wang Baoqiang playing one of the main characters. What suggestions do you have for the other one?
Do you want me to act in it?

"No, this role is not suitable for me, and I don't have the time."

Please invite Xu Zheng; he's quite suitable.

As for me, I'll just make a cameo appearance then.

Let Wu Zhuo play the role of the boss.

Wu Zhuo couldn't see any fit.

This isn't a problem with acting skills.

It's a matter of role compatibility.

Some roles truly cannot be compensated for by acting skills; the characters in "Lost in Thailand" have that kind of charm.

Of course, the role originally played by Xu Zheng wasn't necessarily indispensable; if they really wanted to find someone suitable, they certainly could.

But after thinking it over, Wu Zhuo decided to continue using Xu Zheng.

Firstly, Xu Zheng is cheap now.

Secondly, this project definitely needs to be filmed as soon as possible, and the company doesn't have that much time to find other people.

The only problem with finding Xu Zheng is that the company needs to plan the sequel as soon as possible.

Otherwise, Xu Zheng would snatch it away again.

That's how it was in the previous life. Xu Zheng made this movie, which directly tricked the production company by stealing the IP and creating "Lost in Thailand".

(End of this chapter)