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Chapter 165 "That Mountain, That Man, That Dog" Finished

Some things don't happen just once.

Especially a pair of young men and women who eat marrow and know taste.

The boring filming life in the countryside also needs to have fun.

Sitting on the grass by the river, Cheng Hao was teaching Qi Wei how to weave grass rings.

She deliberately tied a few beautiful small flowers on the grass ring, and after Qi Wei finished weaving, she couldn't wait to ask Qi Wei to help her wear it on her head.

"Am I pretty?" She looked at Qi Wei and asked with a smile.

Qi Wei stroked her long hair that was hanging down like a waterfall like a cat, and echoed with a smile: "Well, it's very beautiful."

"Thank you." As she spoke, she rested her head on Qi Wei's lap and lay in Qi Wei's arms.

Qi Wei looked at her in his arms and said, "I've always felt that your face has a kind of majestic and fashionable beauty, and those bright jewels may be more suitable for you. I'll give you some later."

There was a flash of joy on her face, but she emphasized: "I'm with you, not for these things."

"Some things are hard for me to give you now. I can only give you what I can. I hope you can understand. This is also my heart. I hope you can accept it."

She could hear the meaning of Qi Wei's words very clearly. The young woman actually cared more about feelings, and her face darkened involuntarily.

She tried her best to force a smile and replied, "I'll listen to you, Brother Wei."

Qi Wei couldn't help thinking of something, and asked, "Is your father always a little sick?"

She nodded and replied: "He has always had a little physical problem, and we are all used to it."

Cheng Hao's father has always been suffering from pain and illness, and when she was born, he suddenly recovered like a dead wood and spring, so the overjoyed family naturally regarded her new member as a Ziwei star from heaven.

So I specially named her "Cheng Hao", hoping to continue this auspiciousness.

"A lot of minor physical problems are the precursors of serious diseases. I don't mean to curse your father, but I just want to remind you, just in case something goes wrong. I think you can bring your father to the capital for a check-up after the filming is over. , I'll contact the hospital for you, and I'll pay for it for you."

"It's not like you are my boyfriend. My father never likes to trouble people. He definitely doesn't want to." Cheng Hao replied hesitantly.

"Please, if you don't check what will go wrong in the future, it will be too late for you to regret it. I'm doing this for your own good."

Qi Wei persuaded again: "I know you are very filial, and you also want to be filial to your parents. This is also an opportunity for you to be filial to them. If you understand it with emotion and reason, your father will definitely be willing."

After thinking about it, she felt that what Qi Wei said made sense, and she was finally persuaded by Qi Wei. She put her arms around Qi Wei's neck, kissed Qi Wei's cheek, and said ambiguously, "Brother Wei, I will listen to you." ,you are so kind to me."

"Are you seducing me now?"

"No, I'm just thanking you."

"It all means the same thing. Are you not afraid that I'll be unable to bear it and directly execute you on the spot?"

She was naturally not afraid, giggled at Qi Wei, and continued to seduce: "Brother Wei, I have been paying attention to this place for a long time, and few people will come here. I think we will play a game where the world is the bed."

"Are you inviting me?"

"Uh-huh."

She was a little impatient and finally took the initiative.

The passion continues.

"The Man in That Mountain, That Dog" is a movie about father and son. The Dong girl played by Cheng Hao is just a person they met on the mail road.

The whole movie is just a few minutes.

No matter how slow the filming of her scenes is, it can be finished in a few days at most, and there is no need to shoot the whole movie like Qi Wei.

The night when she was not acclimatized and suddenly fell ill, her scenes had already been filmed, and she was able to leave the crew at that time.

But she was reluctant to part with the relationship she had just established with Qi Wei, so she "laid" on the crew for the reason of learning to film.

Indeed, filming is a very training place for the crew.

This is a valid reason, and it is really not easy to refuse.

In addition, Qi Wei is the investor and producer of this movie, Qi Wei agrees, and it is logical for her to stay.

From the day when the super-friendship occurred, Qi Wei and her became more and more intimate, and also became more and more unscrupulous.

It's hard to miss the clue.

Most of the actors are full of emotions, and it is not uncommon for fake plays to be real from inside to outside the play.

Everyone is not surprised, and they all feel that there is no problem.

Only one person was somewhat dissatisfied with Qi Wei.

"Did you forget what you promised me? Don't tell me you didn't do anything to her!" Teacher Teng asked after the filming ended one day in early October and found a chance to be alone with Qi Wei.

"Mr. Teng, I didn't promise you anything. I just said that day that I would not pursue her, but I couldn't help but she was pursuing me. She initiated the whole thing."

Seeing Qi Wei's appearance of being obedient despite being cheap, Teacher Teng laughed a little angrily.

He knows Cheng Hao very well, knows her temperament, and understands why she became like this.

Cheng Hao is the only daughter in the family, but she is not squeamish at all, and has been very thoughtful since she was a child.

When she was a child, she took the initiative to ask to learn calligraphy, flute, dance, etc. without the request of her elders, and her artistic talent began to be gradually revealed.

When she was in elementary school, she embarked on the road of host at a campus event, and gradually she became a well-known little host in Qingdao.

She is a typical child of other people's family. She has been excellent since she was a child, and she rarely meets peers who are better than her.

So when she met a boy of the same age who was far superior to her, she couldn't help being curious.

And curiosity is often the beginning of the fall.

When Qi Wei doesn't mind her being close, and shows a very patient and considerate attitude, when he gets in touch with her a lot, he will naturally develop a feeling of admiration.

At her age where it is easy to be crazy about love, when she gets along day and night, it is easy to take the initiative.

"I don't care who took the initiative between you, just let it go when it's over, I know you won't give up other women for her, since you can't give her happiness, I hope that when the filming is over, your relationship will end like this .”

"Ms. Teng, you should also know that Cheng Hao is an independent and assertive girl. She doesn't like your restraint. The more you restrict many things, the more she will resist, especially emotional matters.

Besides, your so-called happiness is not her happiness, she is already an adult, her life should be decided by herself, I only respect her decision. "

Teacher Teng wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Qi Wei: "I don't like to be restrained by others. No matter how others treat me, I will pay back twice as much. Those who are willing to pay for me will definitely gain far more. In return for her efforts, Cheng Hao is the same.

Thank you very much for teaching me these days, I will learn a lot from filming with you."

Qi Wei made a salute gesture towards him, ending the chat.

Qi Wei reserved a two-month schedule for "That Man, That Mountain, That Dog", but in fact this film cannot be shot for such a long time.

This is a low-budget literary film, the plot does not have too many ups and downs, and there are no big scenes or difficult shots.

It took less than forty days from when Qi Wei left for the crew of "That Man, That Mountain, That Dog" on September 9st to the film's finale in early October.

On the day the filming wrapped up, the crew found a small restaurant nearby and had a simple wrap-up banquet.

When the wine was hot, Qi Wei asked director Huo Jianqi: "Director Huo, how long will it take for this movie to be in post-production? Do I need to invest more?"

"The post-production of the film can definitely be finished within a month, and the post-production only costs tens of thousands of yuan, so there is no need to invest more."

"So I still have more than 30 yuan left to invest in this movie."

Domestic filmmakers like Huo Jianqi were actually relatively pure before they were exposed to the philistinism of Hong Kong and Taiwan filmmakers.

It's all pure cinema.

Making movies is not to make money for yourself, but to complete an ideal and complete a work.

Maybe they are also cheating investors, but that's because their movies are not movies that the audience loves, and it is difficult to recover the cost.

It's not like some people come up with a straw hat that costs thousands of dollars, which is detrimental to public and private interests.

For example, "The Red Lover" by the third generation of a certain leaf.

The movie will be released in July.

At that time, when the movie premiered on the 22nd, Qi Wei also took time to go to the premiere to cheer and cheer.

In Qi Wei's opinion, this is a good movie.

But it's not a movie that audiences love to see.

The film was released for more than a month, and finally achieved a box office of more than 2500 million.

This box office performance is quite good, and it is the top three Chinese-language movie box office movies this year.

But compared to the cost of over 3000 million, it is obviously not enough.

Coupled with the cost of publicity and distribution, this made the film's investor, the Forbidden City Films, lose more than 2000 million yuan.

This made them very dissatisfied with Ye Sandai.

Not only did he find newspapers to question Ye Sandai's unclear accounts, he even almost got into a lawsuit.

Qi Wei invested 300 million in the movie "That Mountain, That Man, That Dog", but director Huo Jianqi spent less than 260 million in total to complete the filming.

So when Qi Wei got the news from the accountant, he was really surprised.

Qi Wei does not intend to take back the remaining 30.

So Qi Wei asked: "For the remaining 30, I want to donate [-] to the local government, and the rest will be your bonus. What do you think?"

There are more than 30 staff members in this film, and each person is only paid a few thousand yuan on average. In order to save costs, the crew members of this film are not paid much, which is regarded as a kind of compensation.

"Long live Qi Wei!" Some people in the production team cheered for Qi Wei happily when they heard that they could get more money.

"You are both an investor and a producer, so you can do whatever you want."

Director Huo Jianqi said with a smile that he was also very happy, but his focus was not on this.

He asked: "I can give you the finished film of this movie in November, when are you going to release this movie?"

As a director, he must care about getting a good box office after the movie is released, and he is no exception.

"I don't have a plan yet." Qi Wei answered truthfully in a joking tone with a smile.

"Didn't you promise that your company would be responsible for the promotion and distribution of this movie? How could there be no plan?"

"I really don't have any plans for a domestic release. To be honest, I'm not very optimistic about the prospect of this movie being released in China."

"How...how come?"

Director Huo Jianqi found it difficult to accept. As an insider, he also knew that this movie did not meet the tastes of mainland audiences.

But thinking that an ordinary movie like "Love in the Internet Age" with Qi Wei's participation can earn over [-] million at the box office, and Qi Wei also participated in this movie, maybe a miracle will happen.

But in fact, "Love in the Internet Age" is the first movie that Qi Wei participated in. Qi Wei wrote three more popular songs for this movie, which are full of gimmicks. Qi Wei's young fans love this movie again. With a large audience, with good publicity, it is a matter of course to get tens of millions of box office.

But "That Mountain, That Man, That Dog" is different. This is a literary movie that domestic audiences don't like, and the tone of this movie is not suitable for Qi Wei's pop music. Qi Wei can't make music for this movie, so naturally It is difficult to attract fans of Qi Wei to watch.

"Director Huo, I have seen the clips you made for this movie, I like it very much, I believe this will be an excellent movie, and it will also be a movie I like, so I don't want this movie to be ruined, I I am also trying my best to restore the box office of this movie, so that more people can go to the cinema to watch this movie.”

"Do you have any good ideas?" Director Huo Jianqi asked.

Qi Wei replied: "If it is released directly in the mainland, even if it is my movie, there may be a situation where no one cares about it. If it can get a good response abroad first, it is very likely that there will be a reversal."

Flowers bloom outside the wall and fragrance inside the wall. In this era when foreign monks like to chant scriptures, a movie that has received a good response abroad can often get a good box office in China.

"I also thought about the way you said, but will foreigners like my movie?"

"I don't know about other countries, but I know one country that would like it."

Qi Wei, who knew the standard answer, organized his language a little and explained:

"My film and television company has dealt with Xiaobenzi from neighboring countries, and the TV series "Meteor Garden" that is being prepared is based on Xiaobenzi's comics, so I have a certain understanding of them.

After the economic bubble began to burst after the Hiroshima Agreement, they also needed a kind of spiritual sustenance in the economic downturn. They began to miss the slow-paced pastoral life and the simple father-son relationship. Their go-to-the-country campaign is in full swing, and I'm sure they'll love the movie a lot. "

In fact, this is the case. I like this kind of rural movie about family love very much. Later generations not only the movie "That Mountain, That Man, That Dog" won a very good box office in the small book, but Lao Mouzi's "My Father and Mother" Small books are also very popular.

Later generations of "That Mountain, That Man, That Dog" were first screened in China, and in the end, only one copy was sold with almost zero box office. When it was finally missed by the small book, it did not have the confidence to sell at a high price.

In the end, he ended up losing money and made wedding dresses for others in vain.

Naturally, Qi Wei in this generation would not allow such a situation to exist.

(End of this chapter)