Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 648 Arrival at the premiere of "Partners"
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The moment he arrived in the capital, Gu Wei breathed a sigh of relief. The longer one stays abroad, the more he misses his hometown.

This time when Gu Wei returned to the capital, apart from asking Wang Chen to prepare a few cars, no one else knew their specific itinerary.

In addition, it was already late at night when the plane landed, and the group of people wore uniform baseball caps and masks, so they successfully avoided the reporters who were still waiting at their posts.

PARKING LOT.

Liu Xiaoli and Liu Yifei took two assistants in a car, Qin Hao and Chen Minghao went together, and Gu Wei drove back to his parents' home by himself.

"Everyone go back first, have a good rest tomorrow, and go to Weibo Night together the day after tomorrow."

"Okay, director." Qin Hao responded.

After Qin Hao and the others left, Gu Wei came to Liu Yifei again and said, "Xixi, you and mom can go home directly. I'm staying at home for the next two days. I think I have some things to deal with at the company. I need to go there tomorrow. I'll pick you up the day after tomorrow."

"Okay, go back quickly. See you the day after tomorrow." Liu Yifei yawned and waved her hand listlessly.

"Okay, Mom, I'm leaving. Please be careful." Looking at Miss Liu who was about to fall asleep, Gu Wei smiled helplessly and turned to say to his mother-in-law.

"Okay, pay attention to safety on the road."

Afterwards, three cars from two directions drove out of the parking lot.

There were not too many vehicles on the road at this time in the early morning. Gu Wei's speed reached 60 kilometers per hour when he came out of the airport, and the speed soared to 80 kilometers per hour on some sections.

In the capital, only at this point can you experience a bit of speed and passion. After all, it was the first time in so many years that Gu Wei drove so fast in the city. It was not easy.

We drove all the way and after leaving the airport, we arrived home in less than an hour.

After parking the car, Gu Wei took out all the luggage from the trunk. Although they were called luggage, in fact, apart from a few pieces of clothes, there was only a laptop and the gifts he asked the company employees to prepare in advance.

There aren't many local specialties in America, so I can't just bring back some fried chicken and burgers.

"Mom and Dad, I'm back." He carried something in one hand and knocked on the door with the other.

When this courtyard house was first purchased, only a simple renovation was done. At that time, Gu Wei considered that his parents liked the original flavor of the old house, so basically no modern equipment was added.

In less than a minute, the door was opened from the inside. Gu Wei called his parents before coming back. The old couple were still awake at this time and were waiting for him.

"I'm back, haha!" Dad Gu said with a smile.

"You're here so late, have you eaten yet?" Mother Gu's face was full of concern. She looked Gu Wei up and down, "You've lost weight. Are you not used to the food there?"

"Fortunately, there is Chinese food, but it's not as delicious as the food at home, especially the food cooked by you, mom." This sentence made Mother Gu laugh.

"If you like to eat, stay at home for a few more days. Where's the girl? Didn't she come back with you?" Mother Gu said as she glanced behind Gu Wei.

Gu Wei shook his head helplessly and said that Xixi and her mother-in-law went home directly and would come back in two days. Then he carried his things and walked to the yard.

Along the way, I saw a lot of new smart devices added to the courtyard, and my eyebrows couldn't help but raise.

"We hired someone to install it a few months ago. Your mom and I thought that after your family got married, you might come back to live here often, and we were afraid that you wouldn't be used to the old things..."

"When you two have kids in the future, we old couple will help take care of them. It will also be convenient to decorate new things..."

Listening to his parents' nagging, Gu Wei felt a lump in his throat and felt the strong family love.

Afterwards, Gu Wei put the things he brought into the storage room, and placed a few bottles of wine directly on the wine rack, and two boxes of tea on the coffee table in the hall. The teas were Biluochun and Longjing, which he wanted to give his father a taste.

After eating with his parents, Gu Wei took his notebook and went back to his room to rest.

The room was cleaned tidy, and it was obvious that my mother had spent a lot of effort to clean the room. Gu Wei put away his suitcase, washed up, and chatted with the young lady for a while.

I felt sleepy and soon fell into a deep sleep.

...

The next day, which was the 22th.

Gu Wei didn't go anywhere all morning and just stayed at home with his parents.

Having been away from home for so long, Gu Wei cherishes this kind of family-related, peaceful feeling more and more.

Just after lunch, Ning Hao called.

"Director, there's the premiere of 'Chinese Partners' tonight. I hope you and Yifei have had a good rest. Come over if you have nothing to do, hehe."

"Hao, your timing is too precise." Gu Wei had just finished his meal and was feeling sleepy. He lay on the sofa in the living room and said lazily.

"Hehe, I really don't know the exact time you will be back. It was your sister-in-law who told me. She contacted Yifei."

It was a bit noisy over there at Ning Hao's place. I didn't know if he was in a meeting or setting up the venue for the premiere.

"Hasn't the premiere ceremony been held before?" Gu Wei asked Song Ge before returning to China. The other party said that the premiere ceremony of "Partners" had been held twice.

You should know that movie premieres are usually held at least a week in advance, and if the publicity is strong, it can even be held half a month in advance.

"That's for Shanghai and Guangzhou. The capital took two days to process. But it just happened to be done in time. If it had been done two days earlier, I wouldn't have been able to wait for you and Yifei."

"Okay, what time do we start?"

"The red carpet session will start around 4:30 pm." Ning Hao immediately reported the time. "Forget about the red carpet. Yifei and I will arrive later. We stayed up until midnight yesterday. I guess she's still not awake yet."

"Haha, it's okay. As long as you two can come over, we can wait until midnight." Seeing that Gu Wei agreed, Ning Hao started to act out of character again.

"Stop talking nonsense, I'm hanging up." Gu Wei rolled his eyes, too lazy to pay attention to him.

After hanging up the phone, Gu Wei sent another message to Miss Liu. He waited for five minutes but there was no reply from her. As he had guessed, she had not woken up yet.

Glancing at the time, it was almost one in the afternoon. Gu Wei had originally planned to go to the company to watch the post-production of Wolf Warrior, but after calculating the time, he was too lazy to go back and forth, so he decided to leave it until tomorrow.

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As the New Year approaches, ordinary people are preparing New Year's goods and traveling long distances back to their hometowns to celebrate the New Year. However, it is different in the entertainment industry. There are no holidays throughout the year and it is still so lively.

The afternoon sun shone lazily on his body. Gu Wei changed his posture and lay on the sofa in the yard. He took out his mobile phone and read the domestic gossip news.

Following Guo Jingming, another writer was unwilling to be left out and announced in a high-profile manner that he would change careers and join the ranks of directors.

It has to be said that Guo Jingming's transition from being a writer to being a director and the high box office of the two "Tiny Times" films have undoubtedly set a good example for the industry.

Look, another one is here.

Bona and several other companies joined hands with Han Han to hold a media conference directly, and the news quickly spread in the film and television circles and on the Internet.

"Following Guo Jingming, young writer Han Han will make his first crossover and will direct his own screenplay: No Regrets."

"New director Han Han said that the film "No Regrets" will officially start casting today, and will try to use actors with real acting skills and strengths..."

Regardless of what the fans think, the film industry and the Internet are bustling again.

“The threshold for becoming a director is getting lower and lower.”

"Another 'Guo Jingming', another 'director' targeting the 'fan market'!"

"After all this, making movies is the easiest way to make money, right? Everyone is just staring at the fans and taking advantage of them."

Like Guo Jingming, Han Han also has a large fan base.

Therefore, the films he made as a director, at least his debut, naturally met all the basic requirements of fan films and it was unlikely to lose money.

There is new news about Chen Kaige’s "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain", with two veteran actors Li Xuejian and Wang Xueqi joining the cast.

Popular stars, talented actors, Hong Kong and Taiwan superstars, and many veteran actors.

More and more people in the industry are optimistic about "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain", and some professionals even believe that this movie will be another masterpiece by Chen Kai after "Farewell My Concubine".

"Director Chen has to prove himself again. I hope this movie is not a bad one. Otherwise, I seriously doubt that Farewell My Concubine was shot by someone else."

"I admit that Director Chen is gambling. If this commercial film fails again, he should stop making big-budget movies and save his energy for making art films."

Berlin, one of the three major international film festivals, has announced the films shortlisted for the competition unit after announcing the news of this year's judges.

Two Chinese-language films, "Tuina" directed by Lou Ye and "Black Coal, Thin Ice" directed by Diao Yinan, were shortlisted for the main competition unit.

Seeing this news, Gu Wei raised his eyebrows. The Berlin Film Festival had invited him to serve as a judge in the main competition unit a while ago, but Gu Wei naturally declined on the pretext of being too busy.

Afterwards, after seeing the General Administration’s official statement banning “box office stealing”, Gu Wei called Song Ge.

After learning that several large companies had formed an association and Song Ge was appointed as the president, Gu Wei smiled and said, "Sure, President Song, the box office supervision will be up to you in the future."

"Haha, I finally figured it out. This is a thankless task."

The two chatted for a while, and then Miss Liu's message came.

"I just woke up, feeling dizzy and uncomfortable."

"Hurry up and get up. I'll pick you up later. Ning Hao will tell you."

"Well, Sister Na sent me a message as soon as I got home. Come quickly and pick up Changchang later."

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at the same time.

The news that Gu Wei, Liu Yifei and others had returned to China quickly appeared on the Internet.

There were also reports on the premiere of "Chinese Partners" in between, and the media even announced the list of invited guests.

However, the top of the hot search list is still the upcoming Weibo Night, and its popularity remains high.

Sina took advantage of the popularity and announced the list of invited guests:
Cheng Long, Andy Lau, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Yeung Sau Shing, Florence Hui…

With more and more celebrity artists and industry bosses joining in, Cao Guowei has given the originally ordinary Weibo Night a new twist.

After staying at home until about three o'clock, Gu Wei said hello to his parents.

Then he drove his Mercedes-Benz straight to the villa...

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(End of this chapter)