Chapter 401: Mr. Zhou's Breakthrough Point

There are more and more tourists at the end of the field, which also leads to the original renovation plan having to be advanced.

The relevant departments convened several developers overnight and sat down for a meeting to discuss a set of plans.

First, the existing well-located private houses in Jiaochangwei were sorted out and opened to tourists, and an idle restaurant in Jiaochangwei was renovated for tourists to dine.

The projects of diving and speed boating have already been completed, and now they can be expanded a little bit.

In addition, a tourist distribution center has also been set up to serve tourists.

The focus of the entire meeting was not only to speed up the renovation progress, but also to discuss the pricing of services. Everyone had the same idea. In the early stage, people-friendly prices were still used to attract tourists.

Wait until there are more tourists later, and then consider adjusting the price.

The key point is that the end of the site has not been renovated, the basic conditions are poor, and the business environment is not good. If the project charges are too expensive, it will completely drive away tourists.

According to their current pricing, the two projects of diving and speedboating can only maintain capital at best.

But that doesn’t matter. Although the project does not make any money, as long as tourists stay, they will have to spend money on accommodation and meals, so overall they will definitely not lose money.

As long as you can avoid losing money in the early stage, the development of Jiaochangwei will be successful.

At the end of the meeting, someone raised his hand and suggested, "Can we create a tourism project for the movie "Space Traveler" that is being filmed? You must have seen how strong the star effect is. Zhou Yan is very famous. His new movie It will definitely be a hit, and after the movie is released, many people will definitely come to Jiaochangwei to visit.”

Director Liu, who organized the meeting, nodded, "Team Leader Li is right. The influence of film and television works is indeed very strong, but how to organize specific tourism projects needs to be carefully considered."

Zhou Hong had been silent at first, but when he heard them mention "Time Traveler", he spoke, "I also think Team Leader Li's suggestion is right, but we should wait until the filming of the movie is completed. At this stage, What we have to do is to ensure that the crew can operate smoothly and not be affected in any way.”

Director Liu looked at Zhou Hong, nodded and said, "What Mr. Zhou said makes sense. Only when the movie is filmed can the rest of the matter happen."

Although Zhou Hong spoke less in every meeting, whenever he spoke, Director Liu paid great attention to it because he knew Zhou Hong better than the others sitting here.

Although Pengcheng is a mixed bag, and the Zhou family's roots are in Jinling, so the energy in Pengcheng is greatly weakened, but the third generation of Zhou Hong is not someone he, the director, can offend.

The Zhou family chose to come to Pengcheng to do business not only because they were optimistic about Pengcheng's development, but also because they had some connections here.

The old man of the Zhou family, Zhou Minnong, has many comrades in arms in Yangcheng and Pengcheng.

And even if the official background of the Zhou family is put aside, Director Liu must pay attention to the business of the Zhou family and his son in Pengcheng. They are serious cash holders.

Pengcheng's rapid development requires a large amount of capital. Many government projects also require the support of powerful businessmen like Zhou Hong.

For example, in the project at the end of the field, Zhou Hong was very sincere. Not only did he invest a lot of money, but he also gave away a lot of profits, leaving a lot of room for the government.

Unlike some businessmen, not only do they not want to pay, but they always want to ask the government for policies and funds. Some of them fail to do well in the end and still need the government to wipe their butts.

There are also some businessmen who are short-sighted and always think that if they invest this year, they will make money this year, and they are not willing to wait at all.

"Actually, it's easy to make a tourism project based on the movie "Time Traveler". Love is the biggest theme of this movie. We can base it on this." Zhou Hong said again.

Mr. Huang, the developer sitting opposite Zhou Hong, smiled and said, "It seems Mr. Zhou is paying more attention to this new movie."

Mr. Shen on the other side said with a smile, "Mr. Huang, don't you know, the director of this movie, Zhou Yan, is our Mr. Zhou's brother."

"Is there such a thing?" Mr. Huang was very surprised at first, and then suddenly realized, "Oh, by the way, I heard that Director Zhou is also from Jinling. That's right, he turns out to be Mr. Zhou's younger brother, no wonder he is so powerful."

"That's right, Mr. Zhou's family is really talented. Although I usually don't pay attention to the literary and art world, I have heard that Zhou Yan is very famous now. Any movie he makes can sell hundreds of millions."

"A lot of billions, is that an exaggeration?"

Zhou Hong smiled and said, "It's not more than 100 million, but there is definitely something over 100 million."

"That's awesome. How many movies in China have a box office of over 100 million?"

"Zhou Yan is not only great at acting, he is also a musical genius. I was reading the news before, and some people said that he is the most famous young musician in Asia and even the world today. His music albums have sold tens of millions of copies."

"That's true." Zhou Hong nodded with a smile.

"It's amazing. I said that the Zhou family is a scholarly family, which can be seen from Mr. Zhou, but I didn't expect that Mr. Zhou's family is also an artistic family."

Zhou Hong smiled and waved his hand, "Our family is not an artistic family, but my mother was engaged in music career during her lifetime, and my younger brother also inherited my mother's musical talent."

Speaking of his younger brother and mother, Zhou Hong's face was filled with pride.

His performance also surprised everyone else present.

They have been in contact with Zhou Hong for a long time and have some understanding of him. He has always been indifferent to emotions and anger. He is the kind of person who doesn't know where to start if he wants to flatter him. He is unpredictable.

Now they know that Mr. Zhou's breakthrough point is his younger brother. Praising his younger brother is much more effective than flattering him.

The key is to praise Zhou Yan very well. Aren’t these all based on realistic material? Just tell Zhou Yan’s achievements.

They want to flatter Zhou Hong, not because they know the Zhou family's background like Director Liu, but the Zhou family and his son have developed very well in Pengcheng in recent years.

The Zhou family is involved in many industries, and they are doing very well.

The key point is that Zhou Hong is very good at business. Even if he eats meat himself, he will still leave a mouthful of soup for others.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that a person like Zhou Hong has a bright future. Opportunities are everywhere in Pengcheng. It is wise to join forces with a person like Zhou Hong who has connections, means and structure.

While praising Zhou Yan, everyone also lamented that the Qi of the Zhou family was so good that they could produce two characters, Zhou Hong and Zhou Yan at the same time.

…

The transformation at the end of the field has accelerated, but it has not reached the point of drastic changes. Everything is going on silently.

Zhou Yan and the others were filming every day. Apart from feeling that there were more tourists watching the scene, they didn't have any other deep feelings.

The crew's filming has been going very smoothly, and the actors performed very well. Even Li Xiaoran's scenes basically didn't waste much time.

After being trained by Zhou Yan last time, she has been performing very well recently. She does not stay in the room every day. When others are filming, she will stand by and study.

In the evening, she would also ask people to play volleyball with her, because the volleyball scenes were mainly about her.

Although Zhou Yan did not ask her to play volleyball well, she also practiced very seriously.

…

On September 10th, Xu Guanwen finally came to the end of the competition.

Although most of Xu Guanwen's scenes are in Hong Kong, there are also some scenes at the end of the scene. At least he has to be there in the wedding scene.

After the meeting, Xu Guanwen apologized again and again, "Sorry, I was caught up in some trivial matters during this period. I didn't arrive as soon as possible. I even missed the opening ceremony."

Zhou Yan said with a smile, "It doesn't matter. Your role at the end of the show is relatively small, so it's useless if you come early."

Previously, Xu Guanwen's audition was conducted remotely. The videotape of his audition was sent directly to Yanjing. Zhou Yan made the decision directly after watching it. The two of them did not meet during the whole process.

So this is also the first real meeting between the two of them.

Of course, when Zhou Yan attended the Academy Awards ceremony, Xu Guanwen was also present, but the two did not talk to each other at that time.

Xu Guanwen is in his fifties this year, but he looks relatively young. He looks like he is in his early forties. His whole person feels gentle and elegant.

Speaking of which, the Xu brothers are quite interesting.

Among the four brothers in their family, except for the second brother Xu Guanwu, who is mainly engaged in behind-the-scenes work, the other three, Xu Guanwen, Xu Guanying and Xu Guanjie, are all active in front of the scenes.

And although these three people are brothers, they look very different.

He is also a comedian, but Xu Guanjie is handsome, has a lot of film and television singing career, and has a lot of female fans.

After Xu Guanjie acted in "The Swordsman", he was praised as the most handsome Linghu Chong.

Although some people disagree with this "most handsome Linghu Chong", at least throughout the 1990s, when talking about Linghu Chong, the first thing most viewers thought of was Xu Guanjie's face.

Xu Guanjie's development in music is also very good. He even held a concert at the Hong Kong Town Hall in 1973, becoming the first Hong Kong singer to hold a solo concert.

Later, "Double Stars" he composed became the first Chinese song to be broadcast on BBC Radio in the United Kingdom and the English station of Xiangjiang Radio. In the same year, the album "Double Stars" also won a gold record.

In comparison, Xu Guanying's journey to stardom was much more difficult. Because of his poor looks, he could only follow the path of an ugly star.

Of course, Xu Guanying is also a very ugly star, and has participated in many well-known works.

As the eldest brother, Xu Guanwen looks like the middle of the two younger brothers. He is neither very handsome nor ugly.

The two of them were standing at the door of the hero's house, looking at the tourists coming and going on the main road of Jiaochangwei Village. Xu Guanwen said with a smile, "It's more lively here than I thought."

"When we first came here, it wasn't this lively."

"It's because Anita Mui and Leslie Cheung are here," Xu Guanwen said with a smile, "I've seen it on the news before."

"Well, they came here to play for a few days, but they didn't expect to be photographed."

In fact, Zhou Yan could think of Anita Mui and the others being filmed, because "Time Traveler" was filmed here, so reporters often came over to check out the location.

Anita Mui and the others stayed here for several days, and it was so normal to be photographed.

It's just that Zhou Yan didn't expect that Anita Mui and the others would make such a big noise when they came to play for a few days.

In fact, the main reason is that Anita Mui and several other lesbians wore swimsuits when they were playing sand volleyball. Such photos really attracted the audience.

"Will the influx of tourists affect the filming progress?" Xu Guanwen asked again.

"No, the filming progress has been advanced, so I called you."

According to the plan, filming of Xu Guanwen's scene will not start until five days later. He can come two or three days later without delaying the filming at all.

But because Zhou Yan and the others had advanced their shooting plans, Zhou Yan made a special call to Xu Guanwen and asked him to come over in advance.

Xu Guanwen came here today, and will spend another day with the crew tomorrow. He will start filming the day after tomorrow.

Three days later, the crew will start filming the last scene at the end of the stage, which is the wedding of the male and female protagonists.

Hearing Zhou Yan's words, Xu Guanwen nodded. He just wanted to ask about the filming situation of the crew.

His schedule this year is not busy. It can even be said that he has begun to slowly fade out of the front of the screen.

But not having work in front of the screen does not mean that other work is not busy. Their company has a lot of things that need him to deal with, and there are also many trivial matters in life that need him to deal with.

In fact, he feels that he is now busier than before. There are many things that need him to worry about, such as the Hong Kong Film Association, the Directors Association, and the Performing Artists Association.

So he also wants to finish the filming as soon as possible without delaying his other work.

Now that he knows that the filming progress of the crew is very fast, he is relieved.

He couldn't help but sigh, "Although it's my first day here today, I'm still surprised by your professionalism, Director Zhou. The crew runs very smoothly."

"I'm lucky. Many of the crew members are old friends who have worked with me for a long time. Each of them is very talented, and they are very supportive and caring to me. I don't have to worry about many things, which is why we can advance the shooting plan."

"You are too modest."

This is what Xu Guanwen said from the heart.

Admittedly, the smooth operation of a crew must be inseparable from the efforts of everyone.

But the director must play an extremely important role in it. Only when the director understands management can he gather a group of people around him.

Xu Guanwen himself is a director, and he knows that the stability of a team is crucial.

Humans are very complex creatures. A crew can have as few as a dozen or twenty people, and as many as hundreds of people.

Each of these people has his own ideas, and it is impossible to always agree. Xu Guanwen has seen many crews in a mess, and intrigues often occur.

Some people think that as long as the director is talented and the movies he makes can make money, the team can be stabilized.

However, in fact, making money is only one factor in the stability of a team. In fact, many teams fall apart after making money.

It may be easier to share adversity than to share wealth. This is true even for brothers, not to mention colleagues. (End of this chapter)