Chapter 84 Dispute
Liu Zhou naturally didn't know what Zhang Ziyi was thinking, but he could smell some sourness in her expression.

Liu Zhou could also understand that Zhang Ziyi was a person who preferred to pursue fame and fortune, otherwise she would not have suffered such a big setback later.

But her character is still okay, and she is my classmate in this life, so I don't mind her pursuit of fame and fortune.

To be honest, in the entertainment industry, it is people like her and Fan Xiaopang who can make it big.

Although Zeng Li overtook others at this time, in the second half of the year, as the box office of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" set a box office record for Chinese-language films in the United States, and she won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress for "My Father and Mother", her fame will catch up.

At this time, Liu Zhou followed Director Xie to the circle in the middle of the hall.

There aren't many people here, but each of them is a heavyweight in the industry.

The leader was of course Han Shanping from China Film Group, along with the Huayi brothers and Feng Pants. To Liu Zhou's surprise, poet Chen was also there, as well as a middle-aged man whom Liu Zhou did not recognize.

With Liu Zhou's arrival, everyone's eyes were on him, making him feel a little uncomfortable.

However, Han Shanping was very enthusiastic and said with a smile:

"Haha, our greatest contributor is here. I've been wanting to meet you for a long time, but I only have time to have a good chat with you now."

"The box office success of the film is not my own achievement. If it weren't for the full support of China Film Group and Pearl River Film Studio, the box office revenue of this film would have been at least half less," Liu Zhou said modestly.

"You don't have to be so modest. Come, let me introduce you to some people."

It was only with Han Shanping's introduction that Liu Zhou found out who the middle-aged man was, Deng Jianguo, the chairman of Guangdong Superstar Films.

This is also a great character, but in the field of TV dramas.

He was Zhang Guoli's mentor, and it was he who invested in the "Kangxi Private Visits" series and the "Ji Xiaolan" series, which made Zhang Guoli a household name.

But he himself also made a lot of money, investing in films such as "Anti-Corruption Storm" and "The Secret History of Kangxi" Part 1.1 and , and earning million yuan from advertising films.

Earlier this year, he was named the top of the "Top Ten Prominent Figures in the Film and Television Industry" by China News Service's Viewpoint magazine and other media.

However, this guy retired from the film and television industry two years later and started selling wine, Viagra wine.

Liu Zhou didn't know why he, who mainly worked on TV dramas, suddenly came here.

However, he immediately answered Liu Zhou's doubts and said:

"Director Liu, we have a long history. I also entered the film and television industry with the help of the Pearl River Film Studio. Now my company is also in Yangcheng. You are also from Yangcheng. We can work together on your next project."

"Mr. Deng, isn't your main business TV series? Making movies is not that simple. If Director Liu has a new project, you can find us at Huayi for cooperation. We will give you our greatest support."

Before Liu Zhou could say anything, Wang Zhongjun immediately interrupted Deng Jianguo.

At that time, Huayi was not yet the number one private film and television company in mainland China, and the two brothers were still relatively pragmatic and not as arrogant as they were later.

However, Huayi has already emerged and will develop rapidly after 2002.

"Although I invest in TV dramas, I am also very interested in investing in movies. If Director Liu has a new project, I can cover all the investment within 30 million yuan."

Deng Jianguo did not indulge Wang Zhongjun at all. He went straight to the point and used money to deal with the problem.

"Okay, today is the celebration party, we can talk about investment later."

"Yes, I don't know what my next movie will be, and I was just lucky this time. Unlike Director Chen, he won the first and only Palme d'Or in China. He is truly talented."

When poet Chen heard Liu Zhou talking about him, a smug look immediately appeared on his face.

At this time he was very happy and felt that this little guy Liu Zhou was a promising talent and that he would be able to promote him if there was a chance.

However, after hearing what Liu Zhou said, the other person was a little unhappy. Feng Kuazi said:

"It was indeed a bit of luck. I don't know if the next movie will be successful. The audiences get tired of romance movies easily."

In fact, Feng Kuzi had been unhappy with Liu Zhou for a long time.

He had previously made a short film that was highly praised by the media, and now he is being praised even more by the media. Seeing Wang Zhongjun and others praising Liu Zhou, he feels even more indignant.

In fact, he was just jealous. He hadn't even earned 50 million at the box office yet, and Liu Zhou was so young and came from an academic background.

In the past, he could look down on those academic directors, saying that no matter how many awards they won, they couldn’t beat him at the box office.

But now there's someone who's surpassed him at the box office, and people are surrounding him. It would be strange if he wasn't jealous.

Others also noticed Feng Kuazi's jealousy, but they didn't want to talk about him in public, after all, he still had some abilities.

But Liu Zhou will not indulge him.

You are awesome, and you have a large group of people behind you, but I don’t beg you for anything.

You've already hit him in the face with full force, but Liu Zhou still endures it. He's like a Ninja Turtle.

This will not get the other party to give in, but will make people feel that they are easy to bully, especially if they are a real villain like Feng Kuzi.

"Director Feng is right. I was lucky to get over 50 million yuan for this movie. Unlike Director Feng, he has made several movies that have earned 30 to 40 million yuan."

Hearing what Liu Zhou said, Deng Jianguo couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"You!" Feng Kuzi was a little exasperated.

"Director Feng, I'm not saying that your movies don't do as well as mine. I'm saying that you're really good at making movies. You've been able to get high box office during the Lunar New Year period in recent years. Some people even call you the king of the Lunar New Year period." Liu Zhou continued to speak in a friendly manner. "Don't be so proud. It's only 50 million at the box office. I'll break that with my next movie."

"Okay, then I'll wait and see!" Liu Zhou also put away his smile and said calmly.

Seeing that he couldn't gain any advantage by talking and was embarrassed in public, Feng Kuazi left the banquet hall directly.

Seeing this, Wang Zhongjun's younger brother Wang Zhonglei said sorry and followed him out immediately.

The two brothers had finally managed to win Feng Kuazi over to Huayi, so of course they had to comfort him.

However, they were also very envious of Liu Zhou, so Wang Zhongjun continued to stay here.

"Director Liu, you don't have to take it to heart. Director Feng just speaks his mind and has no bad intentions." Wang Zhongjun explained on behalf of Feng Kuzi.

"I know, I won't take it to heart."

The atmosphere at this time became a little awkward because of Feng Kuzi's disturbance.

Wang Zhongjun chatted for a while and left. Poet Chen came here originally because of Han Shanping's face, but now he has a good impression of Liu Zhou.

Apart from the fact that Liu Zhou spoke nicely, poet Chen also looked down on Feng Kuazi, who was a wild man. Seeing that Liu Zhou had driven him away, he was in a good mood.

After staying for a while, poet Chen said goodbye and prepared to go home to spend more time with his wife.

Deng Jianguo saw that everyone else had left, and realized that Han Shanping probably had something else to discuss with Liu Zhou, so he left tactfully, and at the end he did not forget to mention his hope to cooperate with Liu Zhou.

In the end, only Han Shanping, Director Xie and Liu Zhou were left in this circle.

"Liu Zhou, you're very good at retorting. I've long been fed up with his smug look, haha." Director Xie suddenly said with a smile.

"Old Xie, you still hold a grudge."

"It's not that I hold a grudge, it's that I look down on him."

Director Xie was previously Han Shanping's subordinate. At that time, Feng Kuazi was paid attention to because of the popularity of "Party A and Party B".

At that time, it was Director Xie of the Beijing Film Studio who went to coordinate with Feng Kuzi, but unexpectedly, Feng Kuzi suddenly turned around and became very arrogant, which led to a very unpleasant argument with Director Xie.

But Feng Kuzi was indeed a talented actor. His two subsequent movies were huge hits, leaving Director Xie helpless.

Now that Liu Zhou had made him leave the table in anger, he could vent his anger.

"Liu Zhou, sometimes you have to be like you just now. You can't be too weak, otherwise it will be difficult to gain a foothold in the circle."

"Okay, Old Xie, let's skip this topic and talk about business," said Han Shanping.

He didn't care at all about the dispute between Liu Zhou and Feng Kuzi just now. He had seen a lot of such things.

How can there be harmony in the world of fame and fortune?

"Liu Zhou, although the movie has been released in mainland China, I think it can be released in Hong Kong. What do you think?"

"Of course I fully agree with it." Liu Zhou said with a smile.

"I have discussed this with the people at the Hong Kong Yindu Agency. If there are no problems, the film will be released on April 12. You will need to go to Hong Kong then."

"no problem."

Silver Metro Entertainment was formed by the merger of three mainland film companies in Hong Kong and has its own cinema chain. Jet Li's "Shaolin Temple" was distributed to Hong Kong by Silver Metro Entertainment.

At that time, for some reasons, Silva Theatre was not very popular in Hong Kong, and production companies did not dare to release their films in Silva Theatre unless they did not want the overseas market.

Hong Kong films are now in decline, but in the next 10 to 20 years, it is the Silver Metro Group that will become one of the pillars of Hong Kong films. Films like the "Overheard" series and Lam Chiu-yin's "The Insider" are all produced by Silver Metro Group.

"Mr. Han, can China Film distribute its films to Southeast Asia, Korea and other regions?" Liu Zhou asked.

"We can give it a try, but I think we should first see how My Sassy Girl performs at the Hong Kong box office. If the results are good, they might come over to discuss cooperation."

"Okay, I was too impatient."

“Haha, this is normal. I think your movie will be popular overseas. Although our overseas distribution capabilities are not very strong, they are not non-existent.

Regardless of the box office performance in Hong Kong, we will try to make this movie work.”

"Thank you, Mr. Han. It seems that cooperating with China Film Group was the wisest choice we made."

"In that case, do you have any plans for a new film?"

In response to Han Shanping's question, Liu Zhou did not play it safe and said:

"I do have a vague idea. I will write the script when I have some free time. If Mr. Han is interested, he can invest some money to support me."

"Don't worry, we at China Film Group have signed up for your next movie. This time your movie has such a high box office, we have been envious for a long time."

"Liu Zhou, don't forget our Zhujiang Factory when there are new projects." Director Xie said anxiously.

Facing Liu Zhou at this time, Zhujiang Factory had no advantage at all, and Director Xie was deeply afraid that Liu Zhou would abandon them.

"I won't forget it. I was able to make the movie so smoothly because the Pearl River Film Studio gave me a lot of support. I will never forget my roots."

(End of this chapter)