Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 644 Arriving at the Golden Globe Red Carpet
The crew of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes".

The filming is still going on. Jason Statham and Scarlett Johansson's acting is good, and there are not many NGs during normal filming.

Firstly, the plot is simple. There is no fighting scene in the whole movie, and there are not many emotional scenes.

Secondly, the protagonists are the "gorillas". They are the focus and the trouble.

Against the backdrop of a huge green screen, Andy and others wore capture devices on their heads and had thick makeup on their faces.

This makeup alone takes more than three hours to complete every day, which is extremely troublesome.

Although optical motion capture technology is mature and accurate, the cost of manufacturing and using the entire set of equipment is very high, and debugging before use is also extremely troublesome.

Take the movie "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" for example, the crew used only 8 motion capture actors to portray the entire ape tribe.

This sounds like a good idea, but it is quite troublesome to shoot.

When there are dozens of cameras on set, every reflective dot on the actor’s motion capture suit will be in a different position for each camera.

The parameters of each camera need to be corrected, and the process is quite complicated and usually takes three to four hours.

If you touch it casually during this period, everything will have to be recalibrated again.

After just two shots, it was already noon. After everyone had their lunch and debugged the equipment, it would probably be time to get off work, if everything went well.

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in the afternoon.

After completing three or four consecutive shots, Gu Wei gathered Guo Fan, Han Jianv, and the main creative staff of the crew together.

He announced in front of everyone that Guo Fan would be in charge of the crew for the next two days, and as soon as he finished speaking, everyone looked at him sideways.

"Gu, I wish you success in winning the Golden Globe Award." Jason Statham was the first to speak with a smile.

“Gu, come on!”

"Director, I wish you all the best in winning the grand prize."

"Haha, thank you everyone. I'll come back and celebrate together after I win the grand prize." Gu Wei made the promise with a smile amid everyone's blessings.

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Mainland.

Throughout the first half of January, the film and television industry gave people a feeling that time passed very quickly. Perhaps this was related to the overwhelming film publicity and entertainment gossip.

"Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy", "Journey to the West: Havoc in Heaven", "The Man from Macau", "Chinese Partner", "Ex-Boyfriend Strategy", "A Chinese Odyssey"...

Dozens of movies are popular during the Spring Festival and their publicity is not bad.

But what the film industry is most concerned about is the Berlin International Film Festival, the Academy Awards, and the Golden Globe Awards, which are about to announce the nominations.

Several well-known directors such as Gu Wei, Zhang Yimou, and Lou Ye have attracted much attention for their works such as "The Revenant", "Parasite", and "Tuina".

In Hollywood, Leonardo DiCaprio is undoubtedly the most discussed male star at the moment.

"The Revenant" and "The Wolf of Wall Street" not only reaped huge box office revenue, but also became favorites for Oscars.

In the domestic entertainment industry, Qin Hao has become the most popular male star, no doubt about it.

With "Parasite" and "Tuina", Qin Hao is competing for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars and the Golden Globe Awards. At the same time, he will also follow director Lou Ye to the Berlin Film Festival.

As early January comes to an end, several popular Lunar New Year movies have basically come to an end.

"Personal Tailor" has just reached the 700 million box office threshold, and the daily box office is only about 1 million.

Looking at it again now, it turns out that whether Huayi had obtained the extension key before did not seem to affect the final result.

Because "Personal Tailor" will definitely not be able to reach the 800 million box office, and it would be useless to extend its release time by half a month or a month.

"New Police Story 2013", produced by Xingchen Film and Television, directed by Lu Yang, and starring Cheng Long, Jing Tian, ​​Liu Ye and others, has been released for more than days and its current box office has reached nearly million, which is less than million away from "Private Tailor".

The gap of 2013 million is not small, but "New Police Story " currently has a daily revenue of to million. With ten days left, it is completely possible to overtake.

It has to be said that this is the result of special care from relevant departments.

The movie hasn't even been released yet, but Song Ge, Ye Ning and Lu Zheng are already planning a celebration party.

"Boss Song, should we hold the celebration banquet now, or wait until Director Gu and the others come back?"

Ye Ning had to admit that Xingchen Film and Television Company's invitation to him to invest in "New Police Story 2013" was indeed a business that was sure to make a profit, and what he earned was not only money, but also favors.

However, Ye Ning was not afraid that he could not repay the favor. After all, the more he owed, the closer the cooperation between the two companies would be in the future.

After all, compared with Emperor Entertainment Group, Wanda made a lot of money during this Lunar New Year holiday.

Speaking of Emperor Entertainment Group's Ye Ning, I want to laugh. The movie "Fire Heroes", which was filmed with an investment of 1.2 million RMB, has been released for 10 days, but the total box office is only more than million, and the daily box office is less than one million.

It has to be said that Emperor Entertainment Group failed again in promoting Chef Xie and suffered heavy losses.

"If you and Mr. Lu have no objection, then wait. Director Gu and the others should be back before the end of the month."

Although Xingchen Film and Television Company was the main investor, Wanda spent a lot of effort on publicity and scheduling. It can be said that Ye Ning made an indispensable contribution to the fact that "New Police Story 2013" won the box office championship during the Lunar New Year holiday.

"Well, it doesn't matter if we wait for these few days to come back, so we can have some fun together." Ye Ning said cheerfully, and then continued to ask: "By the way, did Director Gu say when he would come back? Is there a specific time?"

"He will definitely be back before the 23rd, otherwise Mr. Cao from Sina will have to fly over to see him, haha."

Since the Internet Festival was renamed Weibo Night a few years ago, this event has become more oriented towards the entertainment industry.

Moreover, in recent years, Sina has gradually become the dominant player in the microblog field, and Weibo Night has become an occasion that countless celebrities in the circle flock to.

This year, actors, stars and artists from the film and television industry and the entertainment industry regarded Weibo Night as an important event.

As for the reason, it is naturally because there is news in the industry that Gu Wei and Liu Yifei will participate in this Weibo Night.

It is not known whether the news is true or not, but Sina postponed Weibo Night to the 23rd, which also indirectly confirmed the accuracy of the news.

Ye Ning obviously didn't pay attention to these, otherwise he would have discovered some clues.

In fact, there is another reason, that is, Sina's initial public offering is about to begin. The purpose of inviting Gu Wei and Liu Yifei to participate in the event is naturally to increase Sina's influence and popularity.

"Haha, doesn't Director Gu usually not participate in these activities?" Ye Ning said with a smile.

"He was unwilling to participate, but Mr. Cao kept persuading him..."

After talking about the celebration banquet, Ye Ning first mentioned Pony.

"Wanda is interested in acquiring shares?" Song Ge went straight to the point. Although Wanda is not short of money, it cannot jump into a trap just because it sees a pit.

"We are not buying shares. We are planning to acquire shares of several movies and TV series invested by Xiaoma Pentium, especially The Crossing. The company is very optimistic about it and thinks that the box office will definitely be good after it is released..." Ye Ning said calmly.

After listening to it, Song Ge finally understood the other party's purpose, but was "The Crossing" really that good?

"Are you sure? There are many problems with The Crossing project. No one can say whether it can get high box office after it is released. I advise you to be cautious."

Song Ge listened to Gu Wei and Han Sanding discussing this project. He was completely pessimistic in his words and believed that this project was a big pit.

They even persuaded China Film to find a way to extricate itself from this project, but few people in the industry knew this inside story.

Song Ge happened to be one of them. After hearing Wanda's plan, he couldn't help but remind them. "It hasn't been decided yet. Several investors in the circle are eyeing it. If we don't compete, we will definitely not be able to win it.

As for the box office, the company has always believed that it is not a big problem. Even if it does not make much money, it will not lose money.

In other words, even if there is a loss, it can still promote the company's name, after all, it is the "Oriental Titanic."

As soon as he finished speaking, Song Ge was speechless. It seemed that he relied on his company's wealth and power and didn't care about the losses at all, right?

"A tycoon." Song Ge complained silently in his heart but said, "Then I wish Mr. Ye good luck and get the share smoothly."

"Haha, let me lend you some good words."

"By the way, 'Partners' will be released on the 16th. Mr. Ye, don't forget to come to the premiere the day after tomorrow." After finishing the topic of "The Crossing", Song Ge invited.

"No problem, I will definitely go when the time comes. Please rest assured about the film scheduling, Mr. Song. Wanda knows how to do it."

"Haha, thank you very much. See you tomorrow."

"Okay, see you at the headquarters tomorrow."

The two were talking about the General Administration's commendation conference.

Every January, after the national total box office data that industry insiders have been looking forward to comes out, the General Administration will hold a commendation meeting based on the performance of many film and television companies in the industry in that year.

If we can get good results, it will promote the company's development in the coming year.

After this year's box office data came out, it once again sparked discussions among many netizens.

The annual box office revenue was 267.69 billion yuan, an increase of 45%, and domestic films once again defeated imported films.

Of course, Xingchen Film and Television Company played an important role in this, and the proportion it occupied was even shocking.

What is more worth mentioning is the explosive growth in overseas sales. According to data released by China Film, 45 domestic films were sold overseas 247 times last year.

The annual revenue of 46.7 billion yuan is several times higher than the overseas cumulative box office and sales revenue of 2012 billion yuan in 10.63.

This is thanks to the huge overseas box office success of "The Wandering Earth". Of the 46 billion overseas box office, "The Wandering Earth" alone contributed nearly 40 billion.

For this reason, the General Administration held a special commendation meeting, and many people in the industry even believed that this event was specially prepared for Xingchen Film and Television.

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Los Angeles International Airport.

"Director, I miss you so much."

As soon as he saw Gu Wei, Qin Hao gave him a big hug.

As the first artist signed by the company, Gu Wei and Qin Hao's relationship is second only to that between him and Liu Yifei.

Well, it's about friendship.

"Haha, if you miss me, stay for two more days. If not, wait until the end of the month and go back with us."

"I think it's okay. I just finished filming the TV series. I plan to take a good rest before the New Year. I will definitely be too busy to rest after the New Year."

Qin Hao put on his sunglasses as he spoke, and from time to time he glanced at the several big black men behind Gu Wei, making sure he didn't show any weakness in momentum.

"Come on, come on, I know you are good, but stop showing off. Golden Globe, Oscar, Berlin, wow, aren't you afraid of being too busy?" Gu Wei teased with a smile.

"Director, I'm not sleepy anymore when you mention this..."

The two chatted for a while, said hello to everyone, and then drove back to the villa.

In the following time, Gu Wei still took everyone to visit the Tomorrow Star Film and Television Company.

Halfway through, Guo Fan and Han Jianv joined the "small team", and everyone had an alternative dinner together on the other side of the ocean.

It's a rare opportunity to come here, and especially after hearing Lu Yang showing off after coming back, everyone couldn't help but treat the company as a check-in spot.

After this wave of operations, Gu Wei was stunned.

“It seems that the Chinese people’s love for taking photos is ingrained in their nature.” Gu Wei murmured to himself.

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12 number.

Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel, venue for the 71st Golden Globe Awards.

With still a few hours to go before the awards ceremony, many Hollywood media reporters gathered on the red carpet in front of the hotel.

Several top Oscar candidates including Jennifer Lawrence, Amy Adams, Cate Blanchett, Matthew McConaughey, Leonardo Dicaprio, etc. have become the targets of many reporters.

Bliver Villa.

In the dressing room.

Starting at nine in the morning, Liu Yifei and Yuan Quan began to get busy, carefully selecting makeup, styling, dresses, jewelry, shoes, and even hair accessories.

in the living room.

Gu Wei, Qin Hao, Chen Minghao, Hu Ge and others wore uniform suits and dressed simply.

Several people sat on the sofa and chatted. Gu Wei looked at his watch from time to time, paying attention to the time.

At the door of the villa, Reid had already prepared the convoy.

After chatting for a while, Zhang Yimou rushed back from Hawaii. After arriving in Los Angeles, he went straight to Gu Wei.

As soon as he entered the door and saw some familiar faces, Zhang Yimou smiled.

After not seeing each other for several months, Qin Hao, Chen Minghao, Hu Ge and Zhang Yimou had endless things to talk about, especially at this exciting moment.

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Around three o'clock in the afternoon, before Gu Wei and others set out, Leonardo called.

"Gu, are you setting off?" Leonardo's tone was a little excited and impatient.

"Not yet, Crystal and the others are still choosing dresses, haha." Gu Wei smiled helplessly.

"Women are troublesome." Leonardo muttered, and continued: "You guys should hurry up a little. We still need to find time to conduct the interview."

"No problem, see you later."

Fortunately, the young lady didn't keep everyone waiting for long. Less than ten minutes after Leonardo hung up the phone, everyone saw the young lady in a dress and Yuan Quan coming down from the second floor.

Amidst everyone's unanimous praise, Gu Wei took Liu Yifei's hand and got into the car.

At around 4:30, the convoy slowly drove towards the Hilton Hotel.

At the Golden Globe Awards ceremony, the red carpet has already begun.

At the same time, live broadcasts were also going on in China, with a large number of netizens discussing the issue frantically online...

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(End of this chapter)