I was rejected when I wrote a song, but I became a king on my debut

Zhou Yu is planning to shoot his first movie. Although there is no publicity, in this circle, if you want to shoot a movie, the news cannot be concealed. Especially for an artist like Zhou Yu who is highly watched, everyone is watching him. If there is any movement, others will know about it.

Many people in the circle know that Zhou Yu is preparing to shoot a movie recently, which makes them alert instantly.

This kid, after tossing around in music, editing, and acting, is now preparing to be a director?

"This is not nonsense."

Many people think it's ridiculous. Zhou Yu, you should just focus on music and scripts, and be an actor to shoot movies. Why do you want to get involved in the directing industry now?

Although you, Zhou Yu, have created many myths, many people are still a little skeptical about your directorship.

It's not that they don't believe in Zhou Yu's skills, but they think that the risk of being a director and shooting a movie is too great. Your acting skills are so good now, and everyone has seen your performance in "The Legend of Yunxi". With acting skills, it is feasible to be an actor, so why do you have to be a director?

If you just shoot a movie well, with Zhou Yu's status and popularity, there is no problem in getting a high salary. But being a director and making a movie is completely different from being an actor, and the risk is too great.

Many people did not question Zhou Yu's skills and abilities as a director. What else can't this guy do now?

What they questioned was whether Zhou Yu's movie would be good and whether it could be recognized by the market. Even if the animated movie "Tian Gang Chuan" proved Zhou Yu's scriptwriting ability, animation is animation, and live-action movies are live-action movies. These are two completely different concepts.

The key is that Zhou Yu's "Tian Gang Chuan" is not directed by him, and this animated movie is not a theater channel. This makes many people feel that even if Zhou Yu can make a movie for the first time, it will probably be a flop.

There are so many film directors in China, even some big directors, and it is not guaranteed that every movie they make will be a big hit. There will even be a kind of movie that is well-received but not popular, with good reputation but poor box office.

The film industry is very complicated, and Zhou Yu is a little too hasty to get involved so quickly.

Everyone knows that Zhou Yu runs an entertainment company, and he will definitely not let go of the film and television industry. After all, it is such a big piece of cake, and everyone wants to take a bite.

But not everyone can do it in the big screen theater.

Zhou Yu has a script, so you can find an excellent director to cooperate with, and join forces, maybe you can really achieve some results. But this single-handed work still makes many people doubt it.

"You don't know yet, the movie Zhou Yu shot this time is said to be a comedy, and he plays the second male lead, and the male and female leads are Wang Teng and Li Li."

When people in the circle knew the news, the doubts in their hearts became stronger, and even with a hint of watching the show.

"Haha, Zhou Yu is really a young and brave man. Who would dare to make a comedy these days?"

"That's right. Comedies are not popular now. If you say that when Stephen Chow was around, then comedies were okay. Now, it's hard to say."

"And Zhou Yu is not the male lead. Wang Teng and Li Li were hired. Apart from performing in the Spring Festival Gala and acting in dramas, their box office appeal is far from good."

"I think Zhou Yu is probably afraid that his first movie will fail. Comedies have low investment but high returns, so he wants to make a comedy. But in the current environment, he is making a comedy, and the actors he hired are such bad actors. It's hard not to fail."

...

At the beginning, many people in the circle still felt that Zhou Yu's first movie was not very promising. But this guy's scriptwriting ability is really strong, maybe it can still succeed.

But until Zhou Yu found out that the type of movie he was going to shoot this time was a comedy, and the actors he invited were all unknown people, I laughed in my heart.

The movie is a comedy that has been released in the past two years and has been a flop. The actors are unknown comedians with no box office appeal. Even if you hadn't seen Wang Teng and Li Li on the Spring Festival Gala, I guess everyone didn't know that there were these two people in the circle.

In an instant, Zhou Yu's decision to make a movie made many people in the circle laugh.

This guy is just asking for trouble.

"Haha, I want to see if you can create a miracle?"

Many people shook their heads. Zhou Yu was too anxious. If he wanted to enter the film and television industry, he had to do it step by step. Even if he wanted to make a movie, he was afraid of losing money for the first time, so he found more investors.

With Zhou Yu's popularity and status, if he wanted to make a movie, many people would probably be willing to invest. If not for anything else, it was for Zhou Yu's traffic and face.

But now, this guy invested and made it himself, and he was making this kind of comedy that was bound to fail, which was really a dead end.

Zhou Yu didn't know what those people in the circle thought, and even if he knew, he didn't care.

At the moment, he was having dinner with the crew. The filming of "Charlotte's Troubles" would start the day after tomorrow, and everyone was gathering here to welcome everyone in the crew.

"Come on, Mr. Zhou Yu, I'll toast you a glass."

The male lead, Mr. Wang Teng, sat at the main table and raised his glass to toast Zhou Yu. His partner, Li Li, also quickly raised her glass and stood up to toast.

"Hey, hey, hey, don't dare, Mr. Wang, Mr. Li, please sit down quickly. I can't stand it if you do this."

Zhou Yu also quickly stood up to toast back.

Wang Teng and Li Li smiled and said that this must be toasted.

The two are the kind of actors on the edge of the entertainment industry. Although they have often appeared on the Spring Festival Gala in recent years, their careers are not going well. They usually perform dramas and make some money. As comedians, they are not doing well today when the comedy industry is declining.

Before receiving Zhou Yu's invitation, the two of them were still dreaming.

Everyone knows Zhou Yu. Now I don't know how many people want to work with Zhou Yu. After meeting him on the Spring Festival Gala this year, Wang Teng and Li Li chatted with Zhou Yu for a few words and had a good impression of this young man.

This time Zhou Yu is going to shoot a comedy film. After receiving the invitation, the two who had not announced their work came without saying a word.

Although many people in the industry are not optimistic about the comedy film Zhou Yu is shooting this time, the two who have read the script know how good this script is. And no matter whether the movie can be popular or not, at least Zhou Yu gave them a chance to appear on the big screen.

In recent years, they have not received a script for filming for a long time. Many times, they just go to perform a drama, even if they have been on the Spring Festival Gala. But with the decline of the comedy industry, it is not very helpful for their careers.

As an actor, who doesn't want to appear on the big screen?

And this time Zhou Yu gave them such a good script, Wang Teng and Li Li really don't want to miss it. Even though they know that many people in the industry are not optimistic about their movie now. But they think that this movie may not be bad, what if a miracle is created?

Zhou Yu's crew chatted, and now it is March 10th. This time, the investors of "Charlotte's Troubles" are only him, Yang Qian, Wen Shiyi, and Penguin. Originally, Zhou Yu thought that only the three of them would invest. As a result, after Penguin knew that they were going to make a movie, they invested in it without saying a word without asking.

Zhou Yu hadn't even shown the script to Penguin yet, but they came to invest directly. Zhou Yu asked them, and the person in charge of Penguin said this.

"We value you, Mr. Zhou Yu. As for the movie, it would be best if it can be popular. If it can't be popular, that's okay. Just think of it as us helping Mr. Zhou Yu share the risk."

Penguin has done a good job. Now that the cooperation with Zhou Yu is getting deeper and deeper, they have also seen more and more value in Zhou Yu. This time, it's just an investment in a movie, and this kind of low-cost comedy movie is not a big production, with hundreds of millions of dollars invested. Zhou Yu's "Charlotte's Troubles" now has a cost of only 30 or 40 million at most, and Penguin directly invested 10 million.

This amount of money is nothing to Penguin. They don't care whether Zhou Yu's comedy can be a hit or not, just maintain a good relationship with Zhou Yu first. Now everyone knows that Zhou Yu is a member of the Penguin system and one of their own, so they must support him.

At the beginning, Penguin actually wanted to persuade Zhou Yu to change the subject matter. Even if the budget is not enough, they can increase the investment. After all, with Zhou Yu's talent, it is definitely no problem to write a good script.

This comedy has not really achieved much in recent years.

But when Zhou Yu showed the script of "Charlotte's Troubles" to Penguin, the person in charge clapped his legs and applauded.

Zhou Yu's script is nothing to say. They read the script of this comedy and can say that there are laughs and a lot of baggage in it. The key is to see the end, you will find that this movie is not just a comedy, the truth and meaning it contains are very good, and it is a very meaningful comedy.

All of a sudden, Penguin's view of Zhou Yu's movie has also changed. It seems that this comedy is really worth a try. Zhou Yu's script is so good, it's a pity not to try it.

If it explodes, it will make a lot of money. Even if it fails, it won't lose much.

...

After the whole crew had a party, the next day, the movie "Charlotte's Troubles" officially started!

Because this drama is a modern drama, Zhou Yu did not go to other places to shoot, but found a shooting location in Zhonghai City. Zhou Yu had already communicated with the school.

Today is the first scene, Xia Luo came to attend Qiu Ya's wedding.

Zhou Yu sat in front of the director's monitor. This time he was the director and an actor. Although there were a lot of jobs, it was a bit tiring. But when he did it himself, he felt a sense of accomplishment.

"Okay, the first scene, Teacher Wang Teng is ready..."

"Begin!"

As a luxury car drove into the hotel gate, it circled around the door for several times without stopping, which also attracted the attention of the classmates in the room.

"Brother-in-law, it's almost done, I have to go back quickly."

"My girlfriend is celebrating her 60th birthday today, and she didn't even know I drove out."

Xia Luo, played by Teacher Wang Teng, was wearing a dress and sitting in the back to observe whether the old classmates noticed him.

"So you drive slowly, let's go around two more times."

Zhou Yu looked at the monitor. Although Teacher Wang Teng and his friends rarely filmed, they had played many dramas, so their acting skills were still very good, and the filming looked smooth.

As the shooting progressed, we came to the wedding, and our teacher Wang appeared.

"Yuan Hua, can you improvise a poem with our Xia Luo's outfit?"

It was Zhou Yu's turn to shoot, wearing a suit, playing Yuan Hua. This was the role he prepared for himself. He felt that the male lead was not suitable for him, but he felt that the male second role was very suitable for him.

The crew looked at Yuan Hua played by Zhou Yu, and the suit on Zhou Yu was irresistibly handsome.

The actress who played Qiu Ya is a third-tier artist in the circle. She is 28 years old this year, beautiful and has a good figure. Of course, this beauty is still a gap compared to Yang Qian and Wen Shiyi.

This time she was able to play the role of Qiu Ya because Director Chen recommended her.

Zhou Yu originally planned to find Yang Qian, but Yang Qian's schedule was already full and she had joined the crew this month. There was no way, so he could only find another actor. When he was chatting with Director Chen before, Director Chen recommended Su Xue to play the role of Qiu Ya.

Su Xue was so excited that she couldn't sleep all night when she knew she would work with Zhou Yu.

Now she is watching Zhou Yu on the set. This is the first time she has been in such close contact with Zhou Yu. I have to say, this is really handsome.

"No wonder many people in the circle are staring at Director Zhou."

Which woman would not be moved by such an excellent, handsome and young man?

With the appearance of Teacher Wang, the atmosphere on the set has become much more cheerful. Ning Wanqiu and others found this conversation funny.

"Teacher, do you still remember me? I came first in the winter long-distance race that year."

Teacher Wang looked embarrassed: "First..."

"During the New Year that year, my father gave you a Sony radio."

When Teacher Wang heard this, he suddenly realized: "Zhang Yang! The teacher can't forget that."

Yuan Hua, played by Zhou Yu, raised his glass to toast at this time: "Teacher Wang, my father gave me a TV."

"Yuan Hua, you are still so handsome."

"Teacher, I gave you a calendar."

"The teacher doesn't remember that."

...

With just a few lines of dialogue, the characters were instantly established. Everyone watching the filming couldn't help laughing out loud.