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Chapter 643: Goal: Golden Globe Award

"You, you just got the marriage certificate secretly without notifying anyone in advance?"

In the villa, Gu Wei, who had just returned from the crew of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", was calling Wu Jing in China.

"Director, how can we do this secretly? I've already told Yifei about this. I'll make an official announcement on Weibo tomorrow, haha!"

Speaking of the official announcement of their marriage certificate, it was Liu Yifei who first knew about it. Xie Nan told her.

After Gu Wei found out, he immediately complained that the other party was not kind, and then he made a phone call.

"It's not okay to make an official announcement. This is not a fair thing to do. We are all waiting to attend your wedding!" Gu Wei continued to insist.

"Director, you are still talking about me. You and Yifei are engaged, and your brothers are waiting to attend the wedding!" On the other side, Wu Jing teased with the same words.

"It's not the same thing. When Xixi and I get the marriage certificate, we will definitely notify everyone. What we are talking about today is your business."

Liu Yifei next to him watched Gu Wei chat with a smile. The two of them had decided to get the marriage certificate when they returned home during the Chinese New Year, and then the two families would discuss the wedding date together.

"Haha, director, what do you think we should do? If not, we can just fly over there and put on a show just for you." Wu Jing simply made his attitude clear. Anyway, the job has been done, so it's up to you how you do it.

"That's not necessary, but you have to drink three glasses of wine when we meet."

"No problem, I'll blow half the bottle first before I start using my chopsticks."

"White beer?"

"White."

...

The two chatted for a while, and the topic naturally turned to "Wolf Warrior".

“How’s post-production and editing going?”

"It is now almost halfway done, and it will probably be almost done in two more months."

When talking about this movie, Wu Jing's tone was somewhat emotional. From the project establishment to the shooting, and then to the current post-production, the word that stands out is "not easy".

Fortunately, all the hard work paid off. Although the film has not been released yet, thanks to the promotion of Star Film and Television Company, there are still many fans looking forward to it.

As for people in the industry, it is generally believed that "Wolf Warrior" will not get a high box office, even if it is invested by Xingchen Films and even if the investment cost is as high as 200 million. But in the eyes of everyone, this movie is a special product produced by Xingchen Films to develop the military-themed market and is an experimental product.

Many people even think: "Since Xingchen Film and Television Company has made a lot of money this year, a loss of 100 million or 200 million is not a big deal."

In the current domestic film market, the only company that can compete with Xingchen Film and Television in terms of operating income and net profit is China Film.

China Film Group mainly makes money by distributing Hollywood blockbusters.

Xingchen Film and Television Company is not short of money and has gradually risen in publicity and distribution. Its current impression on the outside world is that it has a lot of money.

The investment for the TV series “The Journey of Flower” was over 100 million yuan, and the investment for “Red Sorghum” directed by Zheng Xiaolong was over 100 million yuan to build a film and television city.

Money is spent like water, but it still cannot keep up with the speed of earning. People in the industry are now jealous when they hear the four words "Xingchen Film and Television".

"Well, the speed is okay. When the movie is released, you will be a big Chinese commercial film director. You have to ensure the quality. I would rather have a slower speed than have any mistakes or illogical shots..."

Gu Wei said earnestly that he was not in the country and could not watch the film all the time, so the quality was crucial.

After all, Xingchen Film and Television Company’s first military-themed film cannot be messed up, otherwise it will affect Gu Wei’s subsequent plans.

"Don't worry, director. I understand." Wu Jing answered seriously, and then continued: "Speaking of which, I really have to thank you, director. Although the movie has not been released yet, my current situation is much better. When I first returned to China, people ignored me. Now, after shooting a movie, other investors have privately invited me to chat and want to invest in the subsequent series of "Wolf Warriors."

"Haha, that proves that there are still people with discerning eyes who can at least see the potential of this movie."

"As for other people in the industry who want to invest, I think it's better to forget it. We have worked so hard to pave the way for others to reap the spoils so easily."

“I hope you understand this too!”

When talking about investment, Gu Wei's tone was a little serious, and Wu Jing kept responding.

Gu Wei has his own plans for the follow-up series of Wolf Warriors. As for other companies that want to participate in the investment, they can't just get involved with money. Xingchen Films is not short of money at all. Not only is it not short of money, Song Ge also has to worry about how to spend the money.

Other companies have taken out loans to develop, but Xingchen Film and Television has billions of cash lying in its corporate account, which it cannot spend. It simply cannot be spent!
What the company lacks in future military-themed projects is not funding, but support from the military. Military-themed films generally involve warships, tanks, armed helicopters, and various advanced firearms, which cannot be filmed in China without military support.

Gu Wei planned to take out a portion of the share of "Wolf Warrior 2" to win over the military, which would also facilitate the subsequent filming of some high-tech military films.

Currently, because of the movie "Wolf Warrior", Xingchen Film and Television has cooperated with the Television Art Center of the Political Department of the Jinling Military Region, so it will not be too difficult to cooperate again.

And through them, we can also get in touch with the Naval Political Department Television Art Center.

With Jinling, Naval Political Department and Golden Shield, Xingchen Films won't have to worry about censorship for its future military-themed films.

It doesn’t matter even if the content of the filming is a bit bold. As long as the quota is in place, these military units can make the General Administration sing the song of Conquer, even on their knees.

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domestic.

While netizens were still discussing the Oscar nominations, members of the "Parasite" creative team, including Qin Hao, Chen Minghao, Hu Ge, Yuan Quan and others appeared at the Capital Airport.

The group of people did not hide anything. After all, there was no need to be low-key when it came to winning glory for the country.

capital Airport.

The reporters who had been waiting for several days were almost in tears when they saw Qin Hao and others.

"It's not easy. I'm almost freezing to death in such a cold day." The reporter from Sina Entertainment said with tears in her eyes.

"Come on, you hide in the car every day and I still ignore you." The older reporter retorted.

"Brother Liu, can't you keep the air conditioner on 24 hours a day? Besides, if you have several grown men together every day, they will smell bad."

"Haha, it's okay if it smells a bit. I don't even have a partner, so what's there to be afraid of?"

While a few people were joking, Qin Hao and others also entered everyone's field of vision.

There was not much conversation. Almost as soon as they saw the person, everyone picked up their interview equipment and rushed to grab the best interview position as quickly as possible.

At the airport gate, there were more than a dozen people including Qin Hao, Chen Minghao and their assistants.

As for the reporters surrounding the crowd, there were several times more of them than them, and there were several more people rushing over here not far away.

With the blessing of the Venice Film Festival Best Actor Award, Qin Hao can be said to be among the top male stars in the country. "Parasite" has also become his business card, but the only pity is that he has no representative commercial films.

The interviews were conducted separately. Qin Hao had the most microphones in front of him, so naturally he also asked the most questions from reporters.

"Well, the Golden Globe Awards ceremony is about to begin. This time I'm going to meet Director Zhang and Director Gu to participate in this event together..."

“Are you confident about winning the award?”

"It's useless for me to say this. It still depends on the quality of the movie."

When Chen Minghao was interviewed, what stood out was his casual answers.

"It's my first time going to Hollywood, and I'm quite nervous." Chen Minghao said nervously, but he couldn't hide the smile on his face.

"But I'll get used to it after the first time. I won't be nervous when I go to the Hollywood awards ceremony next year."

"Oh, then do you think "Parasite" has a chance to be nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film?" The reporters were so excited about the interview that they naturally couldn't let him go.

"What I think is not important, the key is to look at Director Zhang and Director Gu, they are the focus, haha."

The interview lasted about ten minutes before Qin Hao and the others walked into the waiting room under the reluctant gazes of the reporters...

Just after they boarded the plane, the interview appeared online.

"Parasite's main creators Qin Hao, Chen Minghao, Hu Ge, Yuan Quan and others appeared at the Capital Airport and will be heading to Hollywood today to attend the Golden Globe Awards ceremony to be held later."

As soon as the news came out, netizens were excited. "Fuck, it's about time, are you going to attend the Golden Globe Awards these days?"

"Awesome, go for it, this year is the most promising year."

"Brother, what you said is not right, but in the movie industry, this year is indeed the most promising year."

"Come on, win the Golden Globe, win the Oscar..."

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at the same time.

The crew of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes".

When audiences watch Hollywood blockbusters in cinemas, they are often shocked by their grand scenes and imaginative pictures.

However, the essence of film is the art of lens, and the perfect pictures we see on the screen are very different on the set.

Especially in special effects-intensive films such as fantasy and science fiction movies, actors often perform "non-physical" performances in front of a green screen, and then special effects are added through post-production technology.

Therefore, the shooting scene is completely different from what the audience sees on the screen.

In the crew, filming is going on...

It has to be said that Gu Wei was shocked by the gorilla "Caesar" played by Andy Serkis. Sometimes just a look could win applause from all the crew members.

Today's scene is of Caesar in the iron cage at the zoo, and the logistics staff are making preparations.

Gu Wei was explaining the scene to Andy, "The look in its eyes changes in stages. It was confused when it first came in, then it became fearful, mixed with anger and confusion, and finally it became firm..."

"Andy, I need you to show all these changes in one shot, which is less than fifteen seconds. Is that a problem?"

Gu Wei was wearing a director's vest, holding a communication device in his hand, and occasionally pointing to the shooting position.

Andy listened carefully and nodded continuously.

"I understand, Director."

"Remember, Caesar is not a gorilla. You have to act him as a human being, a living person. His body language and eyes should be no different from those of humans in my opinion!"

"Okay, Director." Andy nodded to show that he understood.

As for Andy Serkis, he was not chosen by Gu Wei, but was selected in advance by Warner. However, after some contact with him during this period, Gu Wei was impressed by his acting skills.

Since "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" is a film that uses a lot of special effects, Andy and other actors who play the gorillas cannot show their real faces in the film. In addition, a large amount of non-property shooting really tests their acting skills.

But Andy and others handed in perfect test papers!
"Action."

Without further ado, after Gu Wei shouted "start", the entire crew fell silent instantly.

In front of the monitor, Gu Wei stared at the screen closely, and Liu Yifei sat behind him, also staring at the camera intently.

Standing behind the young lady were Guo Fan and Han Jianu, who looked like bodyguards.

The shot, which was less than three minutes long, was shot three times before Gu Wei achieved the effect he wanted.

"Okay, everyone take a ten-minute break, and then move on to the next game."

It was only then that Han Jianv spoke, "Your acting is really good, right Yifei."

When Liu Yifei heard her name being called, she said proudly, "How do you talk to the queen of the screen, Director Han?"

"Haha, the movie queen is still good at talking." It must be said that the word "Director Han" directly satisfied the girl from the Han family.

Ten minutes passed quickly and the filming continued...

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the other side.

Hawaii, Jurassic World crew.

Since the crew officially started filming in early January, after more than a week of running-in, Zhang Yimou gradually mastered the shooting rhythm.

For this movie, Zhang Yimou considered carefully and finally decided to use 65mm film for the location shooting.

For this purpose, Universal also specially prepared a matching camera, the same one that Kubrick used to shoot "2001: A Space Odyssey".

Shooting people will switch back to 35mm film.

Naturally, the use of 35mm and 65mm film is to give the film a better texture on the IMAX screen.

Digital photography has completely replaced film.

But for the sake of image quality, there are still filmmakers who insist on shooting on film.

In the past, most movies were shot in 35mm film format. With the development of giant screens, some people are also trying to shoot on 65mm film, because the wider the film width, the higher the image size and resolution.

Nolan is a film fan. His "Inception" and "The Dark Knight Rises" both used 65mm film.

Starting with the decision to shoot with expensive 65mm film, it also means that "Jurassic World" will eventually be presented to the audience in the IMAX giant screen format.

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domestic.

To make matters worse, just a few days after the news of Xiaoma Pentium's failure in the bet came out, its chairman died of illness.

After Director Gu learned the news, he was not in the country, so he could only ask Song Ge to go and pay his respects on his behalf.

China Film Group, Shanghai Film Group, Huayi Brothers, Bona Film Group, Enlight Media, Wanda, Emperor Entertainment Group, Stellar Media…

Han Sanping, Ren Zhonglun, Wang Changtian, Wang Zhonglei, Ye Ning……

Fan Binbin, Li Binbin, Huang Xiaoming, Chen Kun…

Almost all the well-known celebrities, film and television company bosses and producers in the industry attended the funeral of Chairman Xiao Ma.

Afterwards, when Gu Wei learned from Song Ge about the people present, he felt a little emotional.

"After all this trouble, Xiao Ma is completely finished."

When Xiaoma Pentium was at its peak, its momentum was catching up with Xingchen Film and Television Company. Even many film and television companies in the industry predicted that once the other party’s listing bet was successful, its market value would exceed that of Huayi and become the largest company in the domestic entertainment industry.

Otherwise, Huayi Company would not have proposed to acquire Xiao Ma. Although the final result was unsuccessful, it was obvious to all that Wang Da and Wang Xiao were coveting Xiao Ma.

"That's about right. Even Huayi is talking about acquisitions, let alone other companies. The best outcome is to sell off some assets and keep the company running normally."

After attending the funeral, Song Ge was not in a good mood.

"Yes, several projects that Xiao Ma has in his hands will also be affected, especially the film The Crossing. I guess Director Han and Director La will have a headache again.

By the way, how was the contact with Xiaoma Company?" Gu Wei continued to ask after sighing.

"Haha, Xiao Ma would probably cut off one of his arms before I even made a move." At this point, Song Ge couldn't help but laugh.

"How to say?"

"There have been personnel changes in their company, and there is a high probability that some senior executives will be fired. With no money and no people, their future is doomed." Song Ge made a direct judgment.

"No one can predict the future, so the most important thing is to grasp the present." Gu Wei said with a smile.

"I understand, I will arrange it."

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(End of this chapter)