Time passed quickly, and on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, Ye Zhiqiu's vacation officially came to an end.

This Spring Festival, in addition to participating in the Spring Festival Gala of Jiangsu Satellite TV, he turned down many event invitations. In addition, he did not participate in the "Spring Festival" movie schedule, so he had a rare free holiday.

Although Ye Zhiqiu really wanted to have more leisurely days, due to his status in Huahai Entertainment and the "Yi Ye Zhiqiu" studio, a lot of work revolves around him, and a large group of people are waiting for his instructions to start work.

A lot of things happened during the Spring Festival.

First of all, this year’s CCTV Spring Festival Gala has basically been recognized as the most mediocre one in recent years, and the performance of its chief director Yan Zhigang has also been criticized by many netizens.

On the contrary, with the strong participation of Ye Zhiqiu, the Spring Festival Gala of Jiangsu Satellite TV was regarded as a "god-like" one, and many works are still on the playback list of major video platforms.

Then there are the "Spring Festival" movies, which are also a bit lukewarm.

A total of 9 new films were released this year. Originally, the major film producers thought that without Ye Zhiqiu and this strong competitor, there would be a fierce competition. As a result, the total box office did not even reach last year's level, and there were no blockbuster hits like in previous years.

What is even more surprising is that after the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, "My Sassy Girl", which had been released before the Spring Festival and was about to be taken off the shelves, actually became popular again and ranked among the top five in the single-day box office.

Its cumulative total box office of nearly 8 million yuan has surpassed many Spring Festival films.

In this regard, many netizens said that "it's all thanks to the support of peers."

"I thought this year's Spring Festival season would be a battle between the strong and the weak, but it turned out to be a fight between weaklings!"

"There are only one or two that are of decent quality, but they are just watchable."

"Damn, I seriously suspect these screenwriters have their heads caught in a door. Each plot is more brain-destroying than the last. When no one watches their movies, they blame the audience or the market. They never thought about whether it might be their own problem."

"Watching a movie is all about having fun. I don't ask you to be logically rigorous, but at least don't treat the audience as fools, right?"

"I originally thought that My Sassy Girl was just average and the story was a bit cliché, but after watching it, I found that most of the Spring Festival movies are not as good as it."

"Ye Zhiqiu: I gave you the chance, but I didn't expect you guys to be useless!"

Ye Zhiqiu didn't pay much attention to the online comments.

He did not have high expectations for the movie "My Sassy Girl". Considering its positioning as a low-budget film, the fact that it could earn 8 million yuan at the domestic box office had already met his expectations.

Compared with domestic markets, this film is extremely successful in South Korea and is expected to enter the top 10 of the annual box office.

In any case, this is just the "appetizer" for his renewed cooperation with SG Entertainment, and it can be regarded as a "shot in the arm" for both parties. The main course is the co-produced film "International Market".

This film is a co-production, and the leading actor is Huang Zhengmin from the "Yi Ye Zhi Qiu" studio. Ye Zhi Qiu naturally wants to promote it vigorously.

However, he knew Kim Mi-young very well. This shrewd woman would not release the eagle until she saw the rabbit. If he wanted her to increase investment in publicity and promotion in the future, he had to give her enough confidence.

But generally speaking, these are just some of his "idle moves".

As for the Korean domestic market, it would be great if we could capture it, but there is no need to force it.

After all, its total market size is at best equivalent to that of a province in China. China is the world's largest single movie ticket warehouse. Managing the domestic market well is the real thing. Blindly pursuing overseas markets is putting the cart before the horse.

On the other hand, he also has plans for overseas places such as Europe and the United States, but he has to take it step by step and there is no rush.

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Every year at the beginning of the new year, the senior management of Huahai Entertainment will hold a new year meeting, mainly to determine the general direction for the coming year.

The same is true this year, and Ye Zhiqiu is naturally among them.

In fact, after he married Yu Caiwei, their combined shares had made them the third largest shareholder of Huahai Entertainment after Li Wenrui and Song Mei.

In addition, the couple are the de facto "big brother" and "big sister" among the company's artists, and in addition to music director, Ye Zhiqiu later took on the position of "film and television director". He controls the direction of the two most important business sectors. It is no exaggeration to say that half of Huahai Entertainment revolves around him.

There are even rumors among employees that the boss Li Wenrui and Song Mei do not have any children, and they treat their niece Yu Caiwei as their own daughter, and there is a high probability that the company will be handed over to her in the future.

Then Ye Zhiqiu and Yu Caiwei are a couple...Is there no need to explain what this means?

Therefore, Ye Zhiqiu’s personal work arrangement is one of the most important things in the entire Huahai Entertainment.

In the new year, most of his focus will still be on the film and television sector.

First of all, in terms of movies, the most important thing is the promotion and release of "The Wandering Earth".

It can be said that the entire industry is now looking forward to whether this domestic science fiction film, which is very "hardcore" from production cost to content, can succeed.

Of course, most people just want to watch the show.

If it succeeds, Ye Zhiqiu will become a god; if it fails... As the largest investor, Ye Zhiqiu will not go bankrupt, but he is expected to have to work hard for a while before he can make his money back.

However, there is still time until May, so other projects can be started.

According to the plan, Huahai Entertainment is preparing to start shooting three films in the first half of the year, including "Detective Chinatown 3" and "Monster Hunt 2".

The first parts of these two films achieved good box office results. Under the premise that the starring framework of "Ye Zhiqiu + Wang Qiang" and "Ye Zhiqiu + Yu Caiwei" remains unchanged, the audience base is there, and they are relatively low-risk projects.

Both of these films are considered "big productions", and in addition, there are plans for a low-budget film.

In response to this, Ye Zhiqiu took out the script "Charlotte's Troubles".

This classic comedy film from the previous life was reportedly made at a total cost of less than 3000 million yuan, but it eventually grossed more than 14 billion yuan at the box office, becoming the dark horse of the year. It is definitely an example of success achieved through excellent scripts and actors' performances.

In the overseas film and television market, in addition to "Kung Fu Panda 2" which is currently in production, the first three episodes of the first season of "Game of Thrones" produced in cooperation with HBO TV station will be released soon.

This is good news for Ye Zhiqiu. He wants to use this opportunity to break through the situation and get a chance to squeeze into the European and American film and television circles, so that the many good works in his mind will have room to play.

Otherwise, no matter how good the script is, it will be useless if it cannot even be distributed.

With multiple approaches at home and abroad, Ye Zhiqiu, who had emptied his wallet to make domestic science fiction, had only one idea - I want to make money!