Chapter 459 How to Make Da Tiantian Famous
Liu Zhou’s private phone number is only available to his closest people, not even his closest partners.

Even Liu Zhou's work phone number was not something that anyone could have.

So even though Liu Zhou felt the call was unfamiliar, he still answered it.

As soon as the call was connected, the voice on the other end sounded very polite:
"Hello, Mr. Liu. I'm Lu Zheng from Starry Film and Television Company. Sorry to bother you."

When Liu Zhou heard that the other party was from Starry Film and Television, he couldn't help but frown. Sure enough, he came.

However, since the other party has shown such great sincerity of 13 million, even if Liu Zhou does not want to have anything to do with them, it would be difficult for him to reject them from the beginning.

"What's the matter, Mr. Lu?"

"It's like this, Mr. Liu. Our company has a project that we would like to cooperate with you on. I wonder when you will be free. I would like to meet with you."

"Sure, let's go to the coffee shop downstairs from our company, tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock."

"Okay, no problem. I will be there on time." Lu Zheng said excitedly.

He didn't expect that Liu Zhou would actually agree to meet him, and he was mentally prepared to be rejected.

Although the big boss behind him is very powerful, he may not be as powerful as Liu Zhou now.

In terms of wealth, he is not even as rich as Liu Zhou. After all, he is the richest man in mainland China. The only advantage of his boss may be the connections behind him.

These relationships only indicate that one's connections are stronger, but they may not necessarily be able to do anything about Liu and Zhou.

Therefore, Lu Zheng did not dare to be disrespectful in front of Liu Zhou, and he also put away his previous arrogance and sense of superiority towards people in the entertainment industry.

The next afternoon, Liu Zhou arrived at the coffee shop downstairs from the company ten minutes early. It seemed that the place had been booked.

Liu Zhou also met Lu Zheng, the general manager of the Starry Film and Television Company, the legendary coal boss.

However, Lu Zheng was very different from the coal boss he had imagined. He was not the nouveau riche with a greasy face and a lot of fat. He was in his thirties, thin, and obviously a very knowledgeable and well-educated man.

The two exchanged a few pleasantries, and Lu Zheng directly stated his purpose:
"Mr. Liu, I won't beat around the bush. The main reason I came to see you today is that our Xinghan Canlan Film and Television Company wants to cooperate with Golden Harvest."

"If you want to cooperate with Jiahe, just go find Mr. Zhang. We at Jiahe are not just working in isolation. We are also very willing to cooperate with peers in the industry."

"I understand. The main reason is that we want to cooperate with Mr. Liu. To be honest, there is an artist under our company, and that is Jing Tian, ​​the one you met the night before yesterday.

Our company wanted to make her famous, but we always failed and spent a lot of money.

It is well known that you are the director who is the best at promoting people, so we beg you to cooperate with Jingtian once, and the price is not a problem. "

In response to Lu Zheng's request, Liu Zhou decisively shook his head and refused:

"Mr. Lu, I'm very sorry. You should know that I'm not short of money. The reason why I'm still making movies is because I love the profession of director.

So I now have very high requirements for every aspect of the film, and Jingtian is still far from what I can achieve.”

Lu Zheng was mentally prepared when he heard Liu Zhou's refusal without hesitation.

The other party is the richest man in the mainland. It is impossible for him to use money to attack him like he did before. If he really did that, it would undoubtedly be an insult to others.

In fact, he also knew that the hope of getting Liu Zhou and Jing Tian to cooperate was a little slim. The reason why he said this was just to give it a try.

If it works by chance it will be a huge surprise, if not, there is no loss.

“I see. It seems that if Jing Tian wants to cooperate with Mr. Liu, he needs to improve his abilities.

Our Xing Han Canlan Company hopes to cooperate with Golden Harvest. If Jing Tian can star in Golden Harvest Group’s film and television works, all the works in which she plays the leading role will be funded by our Xing Guang Canlan Company.

Golden Harvest will only be responsible for filming and distribution, and the final profits will be split 50-50. What do you think?"

Liu Zhou was slightly stunned. He was worthy of being the general manager of Xinghan Canlan. He was really generous.

For any film starring Jingtian, Golden Harvest does not have to pay a penny, but the profits are split 50-50. I'm afraid not many companies can refuse this condition.

Although Golden Harvest is now a large company, its expenses are also huge. Many of its film and television productions require bank loans or cooperation with other external companies.

Now, working with Xing Han Canlan is almost like picking up money for free, and the only condition is to let Jing Tian play the leading role.

Although Jing Tian is notoriously difficult to promote, she just hasn't found her own strengths yet.

For example, the drama "Sito" in the original time and space became a hit despite the fact that most people were not optimistic about it, and Da Tiantian also became famous because of it.

This was the first time she really became famous for her work.

The reason why "Sito" made her famous is that her advantages of being beautiful and having classical beauty were fully displayed in this drama.

But Jingtian was still relatively young at that time, so it would be enough to just show her beautiful side.

As long as the reason why Jingtian can’t become popular is not mysterious, then there shouldn’t be much problem in making her popular.

Therefore, Liu Zhou was quite tempted by the conditions offered by Lu Zheng, but cooperation is not something that can be decided with just two sentences.

Since it is a cooperation with Jiahe Group, Liu Zhou plans to let the other party and Zhang Zhao go to talk.

Seeing Liu Zhou remained silent, Lu Zheng felt that he had to come up with better conditions, so he continued:

"Boss Liu, in addition to what I told you, there is another great advantage in cooperating with us."

Seeing him say this, Liu Zhou also stopped talking and couldn't help asking:
"Oh, what advantage?"

“Everyone in the industry knows that Golden Harvest is currently investing heavily in cinema chains.

But I think the current strategy of Jiahe Academy is to first set up cinemas in East China and South China, the two big box office regions, and for Northwest China, it seems to have only purchased land for building cinemas for the time being.

We can lend a helping hand to Golden Harvest Cinemas, for example, we can persuade Chang'an Cinemas to join Golden Harvest Cinemas.

Even if Golden Harvest does not agree to join the franchising program, we can also help Golden Harvest acquire Chang'an Cinema Line.

This should be of great help to the layout of Golden Harvest Cinemas, and at least it can save Golden Harvest a lot of time."

Liu Zhou really didn't expect the other party to offer such conditions, which was quite attractive to him.

At this time, even Liu Zhou was a little curious about who was behind Lu Zheng.

Changan Cinema Line is a local cinema line in Qinchuan Province. The current film market in Qinchuan is quite complex. In addition to Changan Cinema Line, Henan Oscar, Poly, and Wanda Cinema Line are all in Daxing Cinema, competing for the Qinchuan film market. These cinema companies have one thing in common, that is, they are all supported by a large real estate company.

It took Golden Harvest Academy more than a year, nearly two years, to complete the purchase of land for building cinemas across the country. At the same time, it completed and delivered twelve luxury cinemas in the four first-tier cities.

Next, Jiahe Academy will start building cinemas in other cities across the country.

It is impossible for Golden Harvest to open cinemas wherever plazas are built like Wanda and expand without restraint.

Golden Harvest must build cinemas in batches on the purchased land according to the plan. After discussion, Golden Harvest’s top management decided that the first batch would be in East China and South China, the two largest box office bases in the country.

Even if the cinemas in these two regions are completed, the next step will not be to build cinemas in the northwest region, but to go north along the coastline and layout cinemas in North China.

This is also a bit embarrassing for Golden Harvest, as they started their cinema chain a little late. However, the reason why Golden Harvest Cinemas still makes other major cinema chains wary is because of Golden Harvest's brand value and Golden Harvest Group's strong production and distribution capabilities.

Therefore, even newly built cinemas can still grab a large share of the market.

However, if the pattern of a certain region has been determined, even Jiahe will find it difficult to squeeze in.

Just like the case in the Northwest region, major cinema chains are currently competing fiercely in the cinema market in the Northwest region, but there will always be a time for calm, and by that time the pattern should have been determined.

By then, Golden Harvest Cinemas will face greater difficulties in entering the Northwest region.

If it can acquire Chang'an Cinema Line, then Golden Harvest Cinema Line will be able to drive a wedge and radiate the entire northwest region with Chang'an Cinema Line as the center point.

There is no need to worry about not being able to squeeze in in the future.

It now seems that the other party should have considerable influence in the Northwest circle.

The core of the Northwest circle is the Xi'an Film Studio. There is no need to say how powerful the Xi'an Film Studio was in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Although it has declined now, the Northwest circle formed by a group of people from the Xi'an Film Studio is still an important pole in the entertainment industry.

Since Xing Guang Canlan has strong connections in the Northwest circle, it is not surprising that Zhang Yimou agreed to replace Zhang Jingchu and choose Jing Tian in the casting of "The Great Wall".

Liu Zhou looked at Lu Zheng and said slowly:

"Mr. Lu, who exactly is Jing Tian?"

Lu Zheng laughed and said:
"A lovely 07-year-old girl, a student in the undergraduate class of the Performance Department of the Beijing Film Academy."

Seeing Liu Zhou frowning slightly, Lu Zheng quickly explained:
"Boss Liu, you should know that I'm just an employee, and I'm not in a position to talk about Jingtian's background.

But given your current position, Mr. Liu, it shouldn't be difficult to find out the situation if you really want to, so please don't make it difficult for me."

Since the other party had already said this, Liu Zhou didn't want to ask any more questions.

Of course, Liu Zhou had no reason to refuse the cooperation.

The original time and space starry sky must have found Wanda for cooperation, so it looks like Da Tiantian is Wanda’s biological daughter.

Rather than letting Wanda get a bargain, it is better to let Jiahe take advantage of it. At least Jiahe should be able to do much better than Wanda in promoting Jingtian.

"No problem. I agree to cooperate. You can go to Mr. Zhang later to discuss the details of the cooperation."

"OK."

Seeing Liu Zhou agreed, Lu Zheng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and laughed uncontrollably.

Being able to cooperate with Jiahe means Jingtian is at least halfway to success. This way, she no longer has to go through the trouble of finding resources for her.

Xing Han Canlan is rich, but even after spending so much money he still cannot make Jing Tian famous. He is under a lot of pressure. Now he can finally breathe a sigh of relief, after all, Jiahe is famous for its ability to promote people.

After the excitement subsided, Lu Zheng couldn't help but ask:
"Boss Liu, you have a keen eye. Although Jing Tian is not qualified to cooperate with you yet, can you tell me how to make her famous?"

Liu Zhou hesitated for a moment and said:
"Do you know what Jingtian's greatest characteristic is?"

"pretty?"

"Yes, it is beautiful! But there are many kinds of beauty.

Jingtian has beautiful eyes and looks very energetic and heroic, but her face is an inverted triangle with hard facial lines, which makes her lack of friendliness and gives people a very powerful feeling.

For actors, affinity is particularly important. Without affinity, no matter how much you promote or take photos, at best you can just become a familiar face, but the audience still won’t like you.”

Liu Zhou then opened his laptop and searched out a set of photos taken in Seattle when Jingtian was endorsing American Northwest cherries in the first half of this year.

“These photos look nice, and she is beautifully arranged, but they are rather contrived, giving people the feeling of a clay puppet. The sense of alienation is particularly obvious, and it is difficult for the audience to like her.

But the few photos of her riding a bicycle and playing with children look very vivid and energetic.

Therefore, being lively and full of energy is her current advantage.

The correct approach is to let her exercise, let her run, and let her take photos on campus, which will not only bring her closer to the audience, but also show her characteristics! "

After listening to Liu Zhou's analysis, Lu Zheng was stunned, but at the same time he felt suddenly enlightened.

He had never understood why Jingtian, whose appearance was just as good as Liu Tianxian's, became so popular, while Jingtian, despite investing so many resources, remained tepid?

Now he knew the reason, which was a problem of positioning. Jingtian's advantages were covered up, while Liu Tianxian's advantages were maximized.

"Mr. Liu, what kind of movies should Jingtian star in in the future?"

"Don't think about acting in movies yet, let her act in TV series first, accumulate enough popularity and acting skills through TV series, and then develop into the big screen.

And she should act more in youth campus dramas and idol dramas, and less in big dramas. Jing Tian is not a talented actor, she can’t carry it.”

"Boss Liu, I am now truly convinced. You are someone who truly understands actors. No wonder you have become a great director in China.

Mr. Liu, you may not know that Jingtian really likes performing, and she especially admires you, so if you have time, could you please give her some guidance? "

“I don’t have the time, and you know I’m more than just a director.

In fact, what she has to do is very simple, that is to consolidate her professional skills before graduation, and then experience more life.

Only by improving her professional ability can she better seize opportunities. Otherwise, even if she encounters a good script in the future, it will not be her turn.

If you believe what we at Golden Harvest say, tell her not to rush. She still has more than a year before graduation, so she should take a year to settle down. When she graduates, we at Golden Harvest will personally create a TV series for her."

(End of this chapter)