Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 624: It's Done, But Something Strange Happened

domestic.

The “kneeling incident” had just been concluded, and Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards had another incident, and it was of an extremely bad nature.

Sometimes I really doubt that many artists in the entertainment industry are brainless and dare to say anything.

But on the other hand, most people in the entertainment industry are puppets, and those who do these things behind the scenes deserve to die.

On the 23rd, the Golden Horse Awards ceremony held in Taipei officially came to an end.

The top star lineup from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong fully demonstrates the grandeur of the "50th Anniversary of the Golden Horse Awards".

Lin Qingxia, Maggie Cheung, Zhang Ziyi, Li Binbin, Zheng Xiuwen, Liu Jialing, Zhao Yanzi...

Cheng Long, Andy Lau, Leung Chiu Wai, Aaron Kwok, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Lau Ching Wan, Ti Lung...

Zhang Hanyu, Tong Dawei...

An awards ceremony can be said to have encompassed most of the entertainment industry.

In the end, Zhang Ziyi won the Best Actress award for her role in "The Grandmaster".

Mainland China Golden Rooster Award, Hong Kong Film Awards, Taiwan Golden Horse Awards, Zhang Ziyi is the second actress after Zhou Xun to win three awards.

However, at the award ceremony that day, several things happened that made netizens angry and complain.

At the same time, the media was working like crazy, writing articles and publishing news overnight.

"At the Golden Horse Awards, Zhang Ziyi was successfully crowned, becoming the second Chinese-language film Grand Slam actress after Zhou Xun."

"Hong Kong superstar Maggie Cheung refused to present an award to Zhang Ziyi, and the two are suspected to be at odds."

"Zhang Ziyi gave a speech to thank director Wang Jiawei for winning the award and solemnly announced that Wang Feng would be the person she married..."

"Li Xuejian won the Best Supporting Actor Award..."

Gu Wei didn't care about it. At the moment, he was busy solving the problem of declining box office sales of "The Wandering Earth" and "The Revenant".

Hollywood.

At the end of each year, the six major companies release their annual data.

After years of mutual acquisitions and holdings, the six major companies can now be said to be intertwined.

According to media reporters, Warner Bros. Pictures is undoubtedly the biggest winner this year.

Warner Bros. Pictures had the largest share of the global market in 2013, with a market value of $50.3 billion. Its major works include "Harry Potter," "The Matrix" and "Batman."

Thanks to the release of films such as "Despicable Me 2", Universal's total profit increased by 511% to US$4.83 million.

The second largest market is Disney, while Time Warner’s profit increased from $2013 billion to $12.4 billion, a 13.3% increase in 7.3, thanks to the high box office of films such as “Man of Steel,” “The Hobbit,” and “Gravity.”1

Following closely behind is Paramount, whose net profit reached 3 million US dollars thanks to the high box office of "Star Trek Into Darkness" and "World War Z" this year.

As for 5st Century Fox, although its profits have declined this year, it still maintains a certain market share due to the box office performance of films such as "Wolverine", "Die Hard " and "The Croods".

The next day after Gu Wei and Mike finished their phone call, Warner Bros. officially issued an announcement, and then continued to promote "The Wandering Earth" through the media.

At the same time, several companies including Universal, Disney, and DreamWorks also issued statements. Although Warner is responsible for the promotion and distribution of this film, the opening of the theaters is the responsibility of all parties. Even for the sake of box office revenue, several companies will not sit idly by.

Subsequently, after two days of fermentation and Warner's media public relations, the average daily box office of "The Wandering Earth" quickly recovered and was even higher than before the decline.

And the reputation has also turned around. However, except for Warner, the other companies have to increase their corresponding shares in subsequent film cooperation projects. This is also the new agreement between Gu Wei and them.

After finishing this matter, Gu Wei was somewhat emotional, "This is Hollywood, a society where capitalists have the final say."

It is now the end of November, and many Oscar-winning films are released in November and December, so the competition is extremely fierce.

On the way back to the villa from Warner headquarters, Gu Wei saw many movie posters.

Among them are "12 Years a Slave" and "American Hustle", and the two films were released less than a week apart.

This movie city has entered the awards season with 24-hour cocktail parties and non-stop parties.

Not long after returning to the villa, Leonardo arrived in Los Angeles. Gu Wei changed his clothes and set out to meet him.

The problem of "The Wandering Earth" has been solved, but "The Revenant" is jointly released by the company where Gu Wei and Leonardo are located. It has no interest relationship with other companies, and the other party will not help speak for it.

"Gu, I'm here"

"Okay, let's meet in the restaurant."

"Sure. I just came from Director Martin's place. I will be very busy during this award season."

Although he said he was busy, there was no complaint in his tone. Instead, he sounded extremely excited.

Hearing this, Gu Wei was in a daze for a few seconds before reacting: "Oh, I remember now. Your "The Wolf of Wall Street" will also be released at the end of December, on Christmas Day!"

"Yes, that's right."

"Then you will indeed be busy, but you need to solve the problem of "The Revenant" first." Gu Wei said directly.

"Don't worry, I will be energetic enough to take care of both movies."

"Then I'll see you later."

"no problem."

……

Five o'clock in the evening, InterContinental Hotel, Los Angeles.

“Gu, why don’t you ask Warner and Universal to help solve the problem of The Revenant?”

As soon as the two met, Leonardo couldn't wait to ask.

"Leon, do you know how much I paid to reverse the reputation and box office of "The Wandering Earth"? " Gu Wei shook his head slightly and began to complain.

About ten minutes later, Gu Wei finally finished talking about the most important things...

"Gu, why don't you use your name as a big director to speak out? You should know that the United States is a country with freedom of speech and democracy. I believe that as long as you come forward, you can definitely explain it clearly..." Leonardo didn't understand the meaning of Gu Wei's actions, but was a little confused.

"Haha, if Americans talked about democracy and freedom, I would have intervened in Hollywood distribution and theater channels a long time ago." Gu Wei silently complained in his heart, but did not intend to explain it clearly to Leonardo.

"The issue of The Wandering Earth has been resolved, so there's no need to mention it again. But for The Revenant, I think we can both make a statement together, comparing The Revenant with The Hunger Games 2. Maybe it can even increase the chances of this movie winning an Oscar..."

Gu Wei continued to talk about the plan...

"The box office of The Hunger Games 2 is very good. Will the audience and fans accept what we say?" Leonardo was still a little confused, fearing that he would make things worse.

"Haha, don't forget that the box office performance of the movies I've made far exceeds that of Lionsgate's. After all, Lionsgate is not one of the Big Six in Hollywood."

The two of them sat face to face in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the dusk scene in the distance. At this moment, Gu Wei was full of confidence when he said this.

"Well, luckily it's just Lionsgate. If it were the Big Six in Hollywood, I wouldn't dare to confront them head-on." Leonardo, who had just emphasized democracy and freedom, also became scared after hearing the names of the six big companies.

.........

After returning to the villa, Gu Wei had just finished washing up when Miss Liu called him via video. "What are you doing?" The young lady's sweet voice sounded, and Gu Wei instantly relaxed.

"I just arrived at the villa after dinner with Leon." Half lying on the sofa in the bedroom, Gu Wei replied with a smile.

"I saw it. It was reported in the national news."

Hearing this, Gu Wei raised his hand and looked at the time. According to the time difference, it should be afternoon in the mainland now.

"Wow, this is fast enough."

"Of course. By the way, are you and Leon okay? The mainland media reported that the movie was maliciously slandered and defamed after it was released in North America." Liu Yifei changed the subject and asked with some concern.

"It's okay, don't worry, it will be resolved soon."

"Hehe, then I feel relieved. By the way, do you think Parasite can be nominated for a Golden Globe?"

This year's Golden Globe Awards ceremony will be held on January 1, and the nomination list will be announced on December 12.

The Golden Globe Awards is a bellwether of the Academy Awards, so one can imagine how valuable it is. It is no wonder that Liu Yifei cares so much about it.

"It should be no problem. After all, I've already spent the money. If I don't make the list, I'll have to trouble the PR company."

"Haha, then I'll be relieved."

The two chatted for more than half an hour, and just as they ended the call, Zhang Yimou called.

"Gu Wei, have you seen the news? Paul Walker died in a car accident."

...

Universal Corporation Headquarters.

The news of Paul Walker's death caught Adam Ferguson off guard. It's not that he felt sorry for Paul Walker. To be honest, Hollywood has no shortage of star artists, and they keep popping up one after another, making them inexhaustible.

The main reason is that Paul Walker was filming "Fast and Furious 7" before his death. The movie was scheduled to be released in July next year. Now that the protagonist is gone, how can the filming continue?

This is what makes Adam Ferguson unacceptable.

"Luckily, Jurassic World has already been confirmed. Now that Paul Walker is dead, it's a problem."

"But with his death, Fast & Furious 7 still needs to be filmed, and perhaps it can be completed with special effects technology."

“Perhaps we can use Paul Walker’s name to call on fans to go to the cinema to support this film…”

"It's a genius idea to create box office revenue while alive and continue to generate revenue after death."

Adam Ferguson muttered to himself, even feeling a little happy at the end.

Later, at an internal meeting of Universal Studios, the news of Paul Walker's death was discussed by senior management.

Almost no one objects to using the news of the other's death as a gimmick to promote the movie, and some even think that this may make "Fast and Furious 7" the highest-grossing film in the "Fast and Furious series."

"The only pity is that we can't continue filming with the original crew."

"Haha, maybe changing someone else will better satisfy the audience."

"Haha, I think it's very likely."

A group of white executives and shareholders laughed loudly, like hunters sharing their prey.

Perhaps it would be more appropriate to describe them as carrion-eating vultures!

Adam Ferguson's mouth curled up when he saw the happy crowd. After all, in Hollywood, whether dead or alive, they are all called objects that create value.

In his dictionary, nothing can be given up except value and interests.

If there is, it’s just that the price offered by the other party is not enough.

If Gu Wei were present at the scene, he would probably feel that he was far inferior to these capitalists.

...

"Fast & Furious 7" encountered an unexpected incident, so the project must be suspended. It is estimated that the release date will be postponed. Now we can only put more energy into the upcoming "Jurassic World".

For this purpose, Adam Ferguson specially confirmed the time with Zhang Yimou and Spielberg again.

"Of course, it will be able to start up normally by January next year at the latest."

"Haha, that's great news."

.........

domestic.

When the news of Paul Walker's death came back, it didn't cause much sensation except for some sad fans of the "Fast and Furious" series.

After all, the mainland's Lunar New Year holiday season has already begun, and the competition among various domestic films and blockbusters has begun.

After one week of release, Huayi's "Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame" barely broke 150 million at the box office, which is more than 50 million less than the original version.

It has to be said that although Huayi did a good job in public relations, affected by the "kneeling incident", many netizens are still unwilling to buy it and go to the cinema to support this film.

The Lunar New Year war has begun.

This time Chen Musheng made a turnaround.

In recent years, Hong Kong directors have gone north to the mainland to make films, and bad films have emerged one after another, and their method of "reheating leftovers" has been criticized.

Chen Musheng's previous films "Full Alert" and "Shaolin Temple" shot in the mainland received extremely bad reputations and were both criticized as bad money-making films.

But this time, the film "Drug War" he directed was quite sincere and gained a good reputation. Many audiences were very satisfied with it and the reputation was also well received.

After watching the film, many viewers who like classic Hong Kong police and gangster films directly commented on the movie netizens, saying that "Drug War" returned to the pure Hong Kong flavor and paid tribute to many classic films.

The film is reminiscent of classic Hong Kong films such as "A Better Tomorrow", "A Better Tomorrow", "A Hero", and "Exiled". The character settings such as brotherhood, undercover, young and dangerous people, and the old mother living in a nursing home, and even the place names such as Temple Street and Tsim Sha Tsui are familiar.

Especially the phrase "Tsim Sha Tsui Duan Kun" has become a hot topic.

It earned 2150 million yuan on the first day, and exceeded 2000 million yuan for two consecutive days.

It is another successful film in the Lunar New Year period after Huayi's "Dragon King".

But despite the good reviews, perhaps because "The Wandering Earth" has consumed a lot of audience's wallets, it is obviously unlikely that the movies released this year will set off the entire schedule like last year's Lunar New Year schedule.

...

the next day.

While many Hollywood celebrities were still mourning Paul Walker on social forums and accepting media interviews, Tomorrow's Star Pictures and Appian Way issued a statement.

The two's remarks instantly attracted the attention of media reporters...

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(End of this chapter)