novelraw Chapter 761 - 513: New Film Incoming (Part 2)
Chapter 761 - 513: New Film Incoming (Part 2)
Chapter 761: Chapter 513: New Film Incoming (Part 2)
Currently, the top ten cumulative box office results for actresses, the tenth place has reached nearly 7 billion. If Zhou Yun continues to follow the current filming approach, it’s estimated that she will need to wait five to ten years to enter the top ten. However, this time span is too long; who knows if others might overtake her on a bend in the road, or how much more box office revenue the leading actresses will accumulate.
Zhou Lan directly forwarded this person’s analysis to Zhou Yun, and commented: "Hit the nail on the head."
Zhou Yun replied: "Only a fool would chase after a number."
Zhou Lan: "Hahaha, fair enough."
But after reading it, Zhou Yun had a thought and Song Chi came to mind.
In the past two years, Zhou Yun’s presence has been very strong, as if she emerged out of nowhere. And before her rise to fame, Song Chi was already a top-tier celebrity in the movie industry, a jet fighter among the top. However, in these two years, Song Chi played in several dramas, and only "Heart Inquiry" was a smash hit; the others were lukewarm, without making much of a splash. Of course, for Song Chi, that was already sufficient. In fact, for any actor, having a major hit like "Heart Inquiry" once every two or three years would sustain their career at a peak. Zhou Yun is an outlier, hence she raced to the front, unbeatable.
When she was attacked all over the internet, only her commercial endorsements were notably impacted. In the realm of film and television, she was still firmly in a golden position, with no shortage of scripts being sent her way, offering hefty fees for her participation, yet she remained unmoved.
How well is Song Chi’s movie career doing?
Zhou Yun thought, it seems like Song Chi hasn’t released any movies in these two years?
She checked Song Chi’s record and discovered something. Indeed, Song Chi hadn’t released any movies in the past two years. He didn’t even have any unreleased movies in stock. The only movie "Balcony" had to be handed over to Chen Jing to star due to his car accident and fracture.
Suddenly, Zhou Yun remembered something Song Chi had told her before. He had reached the peak in his age group in the movie industry, had come to a dead end. He had already swept all the best actor awards domestically. Previously, at Zuo Jing, he was hardly able to shoot art films due to restrictions, and there were very few movie scripts that could move him. On the contrary, television dramas made him more inclined to shoot. After leaving Zuo Jing and starting his own company, to establish a firm footing, he was less likely to whimsically shoot art films; he needed to secure the company’s future, resulting in the current situation.
For the global film scene, there are two paths: either take the film festival award-winning route, entering the purview of mainstream elite media, or take the Hollywood blockbuster route, leveraging Hollywood’s global distribution and promotional abilities to build worldwide renown.
Song Chi couldn’t possibly leave everything behind in his home country to struggle in Hollywood. His main battlefield was definitely at home; therefore, if he wanted to advance further, he would either collaborate with world-class directors or rely on excellent domestic art films to participate in various major film festivals. Of course, like Mr. Tony Leung, occasionally starring in a top Hollywood production could be an option, but realistically, it wouldn’t greatly boost his career.
Currently, Song Chi is one of the most recognizable faces of Chinese-language films in the world.
Zhou Yun contemplated; if there were good movie scripts, she should actually try to get more opportunities for Song Chi. She had never considered Song Chi, not because she didn’t care about him, but because she had always subconsciously thought that Song Chi had access to abundant resources and opportunities, and didn’t need her introduction. In fact, Zhou Yun had always held onto the initial mentality that she was someone who had reached her current position by leveraging many people’s help, and she always felt that she wasn’t qualified to assist Song Chi.
It might sound a bit excessive, a bit too self-deprecating, but that is the reality. Zhou Yun always felt that to help someone’s career, one needs to have the qualification.
Zhou Yun could offer help to Wang Jing without any issue, but helping Song Chi seemed to be a bit of a burden.
She would feel that the help she could provide might not be what Song Chi wanted. She was capable of offering this help; if Song Chi wanted it himself, couldn’t he get it on his own?
Zhou Yun was predisposed to think this way.