Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 38 Visiting Team
During the afternoon shoot, Gu Wei arranged for his assistant to buy a lot of fruit snacks and distribute them to the crew members. For a while, the crew was filled with greetings.

After delivering the snacks and fruits, Gu Wei also sat next to Director Zhang, watching him filming.

After Qin Hao finished filming his part, he ran to his side, and the two of them chatted while watching the filming.

During the period, Gu Wei also asked about his classmate Chen Minghao's recent situation. Qin Hao said that everything was fine with him except that he had no movies to shoot. After listening to him, Gu Wei smiled and said nothing.

There were crew members filming behind-the-scenes footage at the scene. When Gu Wei saw the camera turning towards him, he smiled and made a gesture.

Needless to say, it must have been the bearded man's instigation. This guy is really amazing and wants to take advantage of everyone's popularity.

After finishing work in the evening, Director Zhang asked his assistant to arrange a private room in the hotel next door, mainly to welcome Gu Wei to visit the set.

In addition to several directors, the attendees also included several main actors from the crew. Liu's mother also attended the dinner. It can be seen that she keeps a close eye on Liu Yifei.

The atmosphere at the dinner was very lively. Facing the famous director Gu Wei, everyone else was rather reserved and their words were full of compliments.

During this period, everyone learned that the new movie in which Gu Wei participated in the investment had started this month, and he would also leave for Hollywood in the next few days to prepare for his next movie.

The eyes of the actors present were shining. Hollywood had a fatal attraction to them. No one wanted to be in a blockbuster. However, since this was their first meeting, no one recommended themselves.

After dinner, Gu Wei and others went back to the hotel. The crew still had filming tasks to do the next day and could not go back too late.

The next day, news of Gu Wei's visit to the set of "Tian Long" and on-site photos appeared on major portals, and many reporters reported it.

"Director Gu Wei visits the Tianlong crew."

"Director Gu visited the set of Tianlong and had dinner with the main creative staff."

Gu Wei saw the reports online but said nothing. He had guessed this would happen before he came here.

Qin Hao asked for a day off from the crew, under the pretext of taking Director Gu for a stroll around the area. After a day of strolling around with Qin Hao, Gu Wei stayed in the crew for another day and watched a lot of shooting scenes.

Before leaving the crew, Gu Wei left contact information with Liu Yifei and others, and agreed to reunite when Gu Wei returned to China next time.

On October 10, Qin Hao drove the crew's car to take Gu Wei and his assistant to the airport, and Gu Wei and his assistant also boarded a plane directly to Los Angeles.

After another twelve hours of flight, after arriving in Los Angeles, Gu Wei received a text message from Liu Yifei, asking him if he had arrived safely. Gu Wei took out his phone and replied.

As he walked out of the exit, Gu Wei found Reid. Yesterday, Gu Wei called Reid in advance and asked him to arrange for his employees to pick him up. Unexpectedly, he would come in person today.

The weather in Los Angeles was a bit cooler in October, and Gu Wei and others followed the crowd out of the airport.

After getting in the car, the group went straight to the hotel. After putting down their luggage in the hotel room, Gu Wei went directly to the company.

As soon as he entered the door, Gu Wei found many new faces. During the time he returned to China, Reid was responsible for the daily management of the company and recruited a lot of people. Now various departments of the company have also been established.

Reid clapped his hands and introduced the company's new employees. Many people looked at Gu Wei, the company's boss, with curiosity.

In the following days, Gu Wei stayed in the company, thinking about his next script. For this movie, Gu Wei did not plan to go to Berlin, but was considering the Cannes Film Festival.

Gu Wei had this idea after he came to Los Angeles. He already had the Golden Bear trophy. If he went to Berlin now, the best result would be to win another one. After much deliberation, he decided to go to Cannes and strive for the three major awards first.

In the next few days, Gu Wei was thinking and writing the script, and occasionally sent text messages to Liu Yifei. Looking at the content sent by Liu Yifei, most of them were about asking about acting.

Perhaps it is because Liu Yifei has not yet experienced the situation of being criticized in the future, and she is almost obsessive about improving her acting skills. She has always regarded Gong Li as her idol, hoping to reach that level one day.

A good director can tap into the potential of an actor. Although Gu Wei has never studied acting, after filming several movies, he has a unique understanding of acting.

However, these need to be done face to face and cannot be accomplished by just sending text messages.

Gu Wei picked up her phone and began to edit the text. The general content was that she should consult other actors more often when she was free on the crew, and return to school after filming the TV series, as basic knowledge is very important for a good actor.

Looking at the long string of text edited in the mobile phone, Gu Wei thought for a moment, deleted the edited text, picked up the phone and made a call.

"Hello".

After the call was connected, Gu Wei and Liu Yifei started chatting. He simply talked about some acting techniques on the phone and encouraged Liu Yifei to study acting well and improve herself.

In China, in the hotel room of the Tianlong crew.

Liu Yifei had just finished a day's shooting and had just washed up, with her hair not yet dry, when she received a call from Gu Wei. Her heart was pounding as she listened to the voice on the phone. This was the first time in her life that she had talked to a man for so long other than her father.

She also responded to Gu Wei's opinions and suggestions.

"Xixi, go to bed early. You have a scene tomorrow and need to get up early."

Liu Xiaoli walked into the room and saw Liu Yifei was chatting on the phone, so she frowned and reminded her.

Gu Wei on the other end of the phone heard Liu Xiaoli's voice and hung up after a while.

Liu Xiaoli walked to the bed, looked at her baby daughter, and asked softly: "Who are you chatting with? Why are you talking for so long?"

As he spoke, he took his daughter's little hand and placed it in his own.

"Mom, it's Senior Gu Wei. I'm asking you about acting."

Liu Yifei's face turned slightly red and she spoke with a smile on her face.

After listening to her daughter's answer, Liu Xiaoli didn't say much. She then took out a hair dryer and helped her dry her hair. After doing all this, she told her to go to bed quickly and then returned to the next room.

Gu Wei hung up the phone, feeling a little embarrassed. He thought that Liu Yifei was not yet an adult, so a phone call between him and her should not cause any misunderstanding.

But I’ll try to send text messages as much as possible in the future to avoid misunderstandings, Gu Wei thought silently.

Gu Wei shook his head, put the matter out of his mind for the time being, turned on the computer in the room, and searched for information about Cannes.

Founded in 1939, the Cannes Film Festival is one of the most influential international film festivals in the world today. It is known as one of the three major international film festivals in Europe along with the Venice International Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival. Its highest award is the "Palme d'Or".

The film festival is held in mid-May every year and lasts for about 12 days. It usually opens on a Wednesday and closes on every other Sunday.

The film festival is held in the French town of Cannes, which has a comfortable climate and is suitable for travel. However, most people who go there are there to participate in the film festival selection or are invited guests.

The festival's permanent official units include: "Main Competition", "Out of Competition", "Un Certain Regard", "Special Screenings", "Film Cornerstone" and "Short Films Corner", while "Directors' Fortnight" and "Critics' Week" are unofficial units organized by independent organizations in parallel with Cannes.

The application requirements for the Cannes Film Festival are similar to those for the Berlin Film Festival.

Firstly, the film must have been produced within the twelve months prior to the Cannes Film Festival.

Films have limited distribution outside of their countries of origin.

The film has not been shown at any international film event, either in competition or out of competition.

Secondly, the film cannot have been previously broadcast on the Internet or DVD, and the film must be longer than 60 minutes.

Finally, all submitted films will be submitted by the end of March each year, and those submitted after this time will not be able to participate in the Cannes Film Festival.

During the film festival, a variety of commercial and cultural activities with different functions will be held, including "Film Market", "Master Class", and "Producer Network".

Gu Wei looked at the computer screen and had a general understanding of the information and procedures of the Cannes Film Festival.

The next day, Gu Wei came to the Warner headquarters. He was invited by the head of Warner to discuss the application of "Accidental Murder" for this year's Golden Globe Awards.

In the conference room of Warner headquarters, Gu Wei sat on the sofa, sipping coffee, listening to the head of Warner talking endlessly about the benefits of applying for the Golden Globe Awards.

Ten minutes later, Mike finished speaking and looked at Gu Wei.

"I have no objection. Warner will be responsible for the film submission."

Gu Wei was also persuaded by the man in front of him and agreed. He left the specific matters to Warner and was happy to have some free time.

"No problem, Gu, wait for my good news."

Looking at the convinced Gu Wei, Mike also smiled.

Mike took a sip of coffee and then asked, "Gu, what are your plans for your next movie? Have you made a choice?"

Hearing this, Gu Wei raised his eyebrows.

"What good suggestions do you have, Mike?"

Gu Wei passed the message to the person in charge of Warner, wanting to hear his advice.

"The company has taken a fancy to a script, and coincidentally, the author of the script is you, Gu."

"Which one?"

When he heard that it was his own script, Gu Wei was quite curious. He had registered quite a few scripts in Hollywood, and he wondered which one Warner took a fancy to.

"the day after tomorrow".

A name came out of Mike's mouth.

Gu Wei's eyes narrowed. Warner's vision in selecting scripts was indeed good.

This film can be regarded as a representative work of disaster films in the first decade of the 21st century. The high investment cost, coupled with gorgeous special effects, made this film a high box office and a large number of praises around the world.

As early as when Gu Wei and Reid first came into contact, Gu Wei asked him to register the script in Hollywood in advance.

"Mike, I believe you have already read this script. Can Warner accept the investment cost of the film?"

"Gu, during the time you were back in China, the company held a meeting to discuss this script and believed that after the film was shot, it could achieve a breakthrough at the box office.

The company's technical and financial personnel have made a budget and the cost can be controlled at around US$100 million."

When Gu Wei heard Mike's answer, he felt a little impressed. The eight major Hollywood studios were indeed wealthy and powerful, and a cost of 100 million US dollars was indeed not high for them.

"Of course, you will be the one shooting the movie, and Warner will fully assist you."

"Nolan has recently become obsessed with Batman. After much discussion, the company finally chose you, Gu..."

Mike announced the director and made a comment about Nolan.

"Mike, you should understand that I need an investment share for this movie."

Gu Wei spoke directly.

　The investment cost of Hollywood movies is indeed huge. Around 2000, MGM invited Wu Yu to shoot the war blockbuster "Windtalkers", and the investment cost was million US dollars.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)