Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 650: Wolf Warrior Modification
The premiere of "Chinese Partners" was very successful, and that evening a large number of comments from media reporters and famous film critics appeared on the Internet.

The next day.

“Fighting for the second place in the domestic film box office!”

"Director Gu Wei comments on the acting of the main creative team of "Partners"!"

"If you don't play a domineering CEO, you don't have to worry about your acting skills!"

“The premiere of Partners was a complete success. It’s an inspirational and high-quality movie!”

Four of the top ten hot searches are about "Chinese Partners". It is so popular that Ning Hao is so happy that he can't stop smiling.

The circle once again felt Gu Wei's appeal. When Gu Wei was in Hollywood, "Partners" also held two premieres. Although the popularity was not low, it was not so exaggerated.

In addition to the hot searches, many guests who attended the premiere that night called on fans on Weibo to go to the cinema to support the movie, and some even booked a private theater for fans to watch the movie.

For example, Jingtian publicly posted on Weibo that he had booked ten movie screenings for his fans. Fan Binbin directly booked twenty screenings, and Huang Xiaoming, Zhou Xun and others were not far behind.

"The producers of The Man from Macau called me and asked me what you meant by publicly announcing that you booked the entire theater on Weibo."

"You, you also have a movie coming out during the Spring Festival. You two are competitors."

"Next time you do these things, ask your assistant in advance, otherwise the company will be in a passive position."

In the starry office, Lu Zheng kept talking, while Jing Tian, ​​who was sitting opposite him, had his eyes wide open with an innocent look on his face.

"Uncle Lu, is it that serious?" After listening for a long time and seeing that Lu Zheng stopped talking, Jing Tian asked weakly.

"Okay, that's it. I'll take care of this matter. You can continue to follow the crew for publicity during this period of time." Lu Zheng patted his forehead, thinking that this was not the first time Jingtian had done this, and said helplessly.

"Okay, got it. I'll pay attention to it." Jing Tian didn't realize the seriousness of the problem at this time. All she wanted was to support Ning Hao and give back to her fans by showing them a good movie.

On the other side, in Xingchen Film and Television Company.

It was the first time that Gu Wei came here after the new company moved, and Song Ge took him around.

"The first, second and third floors are reception areas. Starting from the fourth floor, there are the publicity and distribution department, production department, post-production editing, and animation film company. The three buildings behind are the cafeteria, staff dormitories, and artist apartments..."

After hearing Song Ge's introduction, Gu Wei nodded slightly.

"The company's annual meeting was held before you came back. Currently, most of the employees are on vacation, and the remaining ones have movies to make."

After arriving on the sixth floor, Song Ge pointed at the dozens of people who were still busy and said.

"Okay, we'll give triple pay to all those who work overtime during the Chinese New Year, and we'll have three days off on New Year's Eve, the first day, and the second day of the Chinese New Year. After a busy year, we need to go back and reunite with our families."

"Well, the company has already arranged it."

While the two were talking, Gu Wei suddenly heard someone calling him. He turned around and saw who else it was but Wu Jing.

"Oh, you didn't go home to be with your wife?" Gu Wei immediately teased after seeing the other person.

"Haha, my wife is not as important as movies. I am concentrating all my attention on this now. I will feel anxious if I don't watch Wolf Warrior for a day." Wu Jing said with a smile.

"Okay, when I get back I'll ask Yifei to call Xie Nan and tell her that the movie is more important than her." Gu Wei said jokingly, and Song Ge and others beside him couldn't help laughing.

"Hey, Director, please stop. My wife is already unhappy. If you keep saying this, I probably won't even be able to get into the house."

Before Gu Wei could finish his three sentences, Wu Jing immediately became scared.

"Haha, don't forget you still owe me a drink. I can't stay in the country for long, so hurry up."

"How could I forget? It depends on your schedule. I'm available anytime. How about today?" Maybe it was because his wife was too strict, Wu Jing couldn't help licking his lips when he mentioned drinking.

"Not today, I have something important to do tomorrow."

"Oh, yes, I almost forgot about Weibo Night."

The two chatted for a while, and Gu Wei prepared to watch some of the finished films and special effects shots of "Wolf Warrior".

Wu Jing was obviously well prepared and led everyone straight to the screening room.

One characteristic of the new company is that it is big. The screening room on the sixth floor alone is over 200 square meters, and its decoration and design are somewhat similar to that of a movie theater.

Since some shots of Wolf Warrior had not yet been edited, Gu Wei watched a film that was only 90% complete. Even so, it was nearly two hours long.

In the screening room, after watching the movie, Gu Wei did not get up and leave, but fell into deep thought.

Seeing this, Wu Jing and Song Ge remained silent, waiting for Gu Wei to speak.

About five minutes later, Gu Wei turned his head and stretched his neck, then slowly said, "It's too long. If we add in the follow-up shots, the finished film should be around two hours and ten minutes."

"Yes, director, we planned the film to be two hours and nine minutes long." Wu Jing responded. Seeing that Gu Wei didn't say anything, he continued, "It's mainly because there are too many fighting and gun battles. I really couldn't bear to cut them. We considered this length over and over again. Otherwise, it would probably be around two and a half hours."

The original version of "Wolf Warrior" is about one and a half hours long. That's because the film doesn't have many special effects, the story is a bit thin, and there are even many inconsistencies.

But this "Wolf Warrior" is different. The investment alone is as high as 200 million yuan, and a Hollywood action team was hired. Coupled with the special effects produced by Star Film and Television Company, it can be said to be explosive.

Gu Wei was slightly shocked when he watched the finished film just now. The quality of this movie is in no way inferior to ordinary Hollywood blockbusters.

But the problem remains: it's too long. Military-themed movies are different from ordinary commercial blockbusters. Although the fighting scenes throughout can shock the audience, watching too many of these shots can easily cause visual fatigue to the audience.

Take the later high-grossing "Changjin Lake" series for example. There are many emotional shots interspersed in between, and the fighting scenes are concentrated but also divided into segments, not just focusing on fighting.

Wu Jing and others lacked experience in this area, which resulted in Gu Wei feeling that the content of the entire movie was somewhat empty.

Just as Gu Wei was lost in thought, Wu Jing, Song Ge and others could not help but look at each other. They naturally knew Gu Wei's attainments in film. At this time, Wu Jing could not help but fall into self-doubt.

He even felt a little scared. After all, the investment was so huge. If the movie failed at the box office, Wu Jing estimated that he would have to quit being a director and continue to play supporting roles.

"Director Gu, is the problem particularly serious?" After a long time, Wu Jing asked cautiously.

“There are problems but they are not very big. First of all, the duration should be controlled within 100 minutes, and no more than 110 minutes at most.

Secondly, the content cannot just be about fighting, but also needs to include some shots describing the characters’ emotions and inner thoughts.

By the way, take out the footage that wasn’t added and have a look. We’ll talk about it after we’ve seen it.”

As soon as he finished speaking, before Wu Jing could take any action, Chen Guofu immediately arranged for someone to screen and edit the remaining clips.

The remaining clips are very scattered, some are two or three minutes long, some are about one minute long, and some are dozens or tens of seconds long.

These shots alone took about half an hour to watch, but it was a bit difficult to operate and it took me nearly fifty minutes to finish watching them.

“把083、115、259这几个镜头加进去，去掉548、741这两个镜头………”

Gu Wei was talking while Wu Jing was taking notes. It would definitely not be possible to modify a movie in a short period of time. Even if Gu Wei found a problem, it would take Wu Jing and his team several days or even more than ten days to complete it.

Fortunately, Gu Wei can stay in the country for half a month, so he should be able to make it in time.

"Director, is there anything else you want to add?"

Gu Wei glanced at Wu Jing's notebook. More than half of the thick notebook was used. It was filled with densely packed records. It was obvious that he had been recording problems since the filming of the movie started.

Regardless of the other party's directing ability, this attitude alone is worthy of recognition.

"Not for now, is the first trailer out yet?"

Gu Wei's thoughts changed a little too quickly, and Wu Jing was a little uncomfortable for a moment, but he immediately said, "It's out. I just finished it two days ago. Let's take a look now?"

"Well, let's take a look."

The trailer is not long, less than two minutes in total.

"Let's start the promotion!" Gu Wei said right after he finished reading it.

"Now?" Chen Guofu is the film producer and deputy director. He is also responsible for the publicity and promotion work with China Film Group and Wanda.

"Now it's being promoted, so when will the release date be set?" Song Ge asked.

"Military-themed movies are different from ordinary commercial films. I think they can be released during the National Day holiday."

"National Day?"

"Well, the company's first military strategist movie, it would be risky to put it in the Lunar New Year and Spring Festival period to compete with other movies. If it is put in the National Day period!"

"Putting it in the National Day period can just wrap up the National Day promotion and maybe attract more audience support."

"That makes sense. I think it's feasible. The specific time can be set at the end of September, which happens to include the entire National Day holiday."

Everyone talked about it and unanimously agreed to this schedule.

"Once the film editing is completed, I will submit it to the General Administration for review, but it is still a little too early to promote it now." Song Ge was still a little confused.

"It's not too early. There is a perfect promotional platform right now. I think we can show the trailer to everyone first." Gu Wei said with a smile.

“Weibo Night!”

“Weibo Night.”

Wu Jing and Chen Guofu said in unison.

"That's right, it would be a shame not to use such a good platform, haha."

"There has been no prior communication. Will the other party agree to this?" Song Ge asked back.

"It's okay, I'll call Mr. Cao. Don't forget that I'm also one of the major shareholders." Gu Wei raised his cell phone, looking confident.

Afterwards, Gu Wei made the call directly in front of everyone, and after some bargaining he finally got the deal done.

Wu Jing, who was standing next to him, felt a little touched after hearing this. After all, Gu Wei had put a lot of effort into this movie of his.

Men have a very simple way of expressing their emotions, that is drinking.

After a long time of hard work, it was already night time. Wu Jing held everyone back and insisted on having a drink.

The drinking session lasted until late at night.

.........

As New Year’s Eve draws closer, the promotion of Spring Festival movies is getting more and more intense.

After Gu Wei's development, the Spring Festival period has become an important period no less important than the Lunar New Year period.

Judging from the box office data generated by the Spring Festival period in the past two years alone, it is even higher than the New Year period.

However, with the development of the mainland film market, it has also gone through years of baptism of bad films.

Nowadays, conditions such as large investment and many stars are no longer the only guarantee of high box office.

More and more production companies are focusing on high quality and fan effect, just take this year's domestic films as an example.

First, the two commercial films "The Man from Macau" and "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" hyped up their special effects and quality.

Then there were the comedy films "A Chinese Odyssey" and "Ex-Files", and then the Hollywood animated films "Polar Journey 2". Especially for the film "Ex-Files", the producer relied on the power of Han Geng's fans. If this film is successful, fan films will have the potential to rise to the level of influencing the mainland film market.

These are just the movies that are about to be released. In addition, the last two parts of Guo Xiaosi's "Tiny Times" and Han Han's "See You Tomorrow" are also very popular.

For a time, the fan effect filled the entire domestic entertainment industry.

23 number.

The much anticipated "Weibo Night" officially began.

Thanks to Sina's large-scale publicity, coupled with the promotion of Gu Wei and others, the news that Sina is about to go public was added.

Since the morning, the venue of Weibo Night, China World Trade Center Phase 3, has been extremely lively.

The invited guests have not arrived yet, but the scene is already filled with reporters from major media outlets. After all, no one wants to miss out on first-hand news.

Especially since Sina has also announced a mysterious guest, it makes people even more excited.

There have been many speculations online in the past two days. Some say it is a star from Hong Kong and Taiwan, some say it is a number of heavyweight veteran actors, and some even suspect that it is a Hollywood superstar invited by Gu Wei on behalf of Sina.

In the villa.

Liu Yifei, Su Chang, Liu Xiaoli and others were putting on makeup and doing their hair, while Qin Hao, Chen Minghao, Hu Ge, Chen Xiao and others were chatting in the living room.

After a while, Yuan Quan also came over, and with her were Zeng Li and Mei Ting. The huge villa was very lively at the moment, and everyone regarded this place as a gathering point.

The TV series "Parasite" made Liu Yifei and Yuan Quan become close friends. They would get together privately when they had nothing to do. After several gatherings, her relationship with Zeng Li and others became better and better.

If it weren't for this relationship, Zeng Li and Mei Ting would naturally not be able to come to the villa.

At the same time, Gu Wei went to the airport to pick up Leonardo, Scarlett Johansson, Jason Statham, Tom Hardy and others.

That’s right, taking advantage of the downtime of the “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” crew, Gu Wei directly called them over to act as mystery guests to build momentum for Sina’s listing.

It might be difficult for someone else to invite them, but with just one word from Gu Wei, they put down what they were doing and came over. Although they could only stay for one night, it was enough.

Around 5pm.

Liu Yifei and others finished putting on makeup and went downstairs. She was wearing pink high heels, a dress, and only a watch on her hand. The heavy makeup on her face made her look even brighter and more elegant.

Su Chang was wearing a beige dress, which was equally gorgeous and stunned Chen Xiao.

The remaining Yuan Quan, Zeng Li, Mei Ting and others wore various dresses, and for a moment the whole villa was filled with all kinds of praise and discussion.

Looking at the watch on his hand, Su Chang asked directly where Gu Wei had gone.

The others naturally shook their heads to indicate that they didn't know. Liu Yifei naturally knew what Gu Wei was doing, and said directly: "Leonardo and the others are here, and the senior went to the airport to pick them up."

As soon as he finished speaking, Su Chang said loudly: "Leonardo and the others are the mysterious guests?"

"Well, what a surprise, besides Leon, there are also Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hardy and Jason Statham, haha." Liu Yifei smiled proudly.

Qin Hao, Hu Ge, Yuan Quan and others had met Leonardo in Hollywood and had dinner together. They were not too excited when they heard they were coming.

But it was different for Zeng Li, Mei Ting and Chen Xiao. After all, who hasn't seen "Titanic"? They were naturally extremely excited that their idol was about to appear in front of them.

"Will Director Gu and the others join us later?" Zeng Li asked, obviously wanting to see her idol right away.

"Yeah, what time will they come?"

A group of people kept chattering and asking questions.

"We'll go together, and the seniors will go alone. Let's go."

After checking the time, Liu Yifei immediately became the leader, waved her hand and led everyone to set off.

"No problem, let's go, let's go wait for Director Gu and the others first."

"Let's go, let's go."

...

Six straight steps.

There were already huge crowds of people outside China World Trade Center Phase 3, and the red carpet was even more crowded with countless fans waving cheering boards.

Popular artists from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong, as well as celebrities who have become popular this year, can be seen on the red carpet.

The male actors are led by Huang Xiaoming, Deng Chao, Chen Kun, Qin Hao, Hu Jun, Liu Ye, Wen Zhang, and Louis.

The first-line actresses centered around Zhang Ziyi, Fan Binbin, Li Binbin, Bai Baihe, Yang Mi, Liu Shishi, Tong Liya, Zhao Liying, Wan Qian, etc.

A group of veteran actors centered around Chen Daoming, Li Xuejian, Chen Baoguo and Zhang Guoli.

It also includes guest contestants and crews from this year's popular variety shows such as "Super Boy", "Where Are We Going, Dad", and "Tiny Times".

Teams such as Deyun Club and Happy Twist were also invited to attend, but not many people came.

Hundreds of celebrity artists from Shiba Culture Company came together, creating a grand event.

After these, there are the major directors and bosses of major film and television companies. There is a clear hierarchy and order.

Thousands of celebrity artists, filmmakers, directors, producers, and film and television company bosses walked on the red carpet in order of their status.

For a moment, the entire red carpet was shining with stars and bright lights, and reporters kept pressing the shutter buttons and couldn't stop at all.

When Liu Yifei and others walked onto the red carpet, they could hear people shouting "Yifei, come on Oscar!"

The seats in the venue are lined up in rows, and different positions are clearly divided. Each seat has a name, which also represents each person's status in the circle.

Seeing Liu Yifei come in and looking at the people around her, many actresses showed envious expressions. After all, being around Liu Yifei means being able to meet director Gu Wei, which is the top circle in the domestic entertainment industry.

"Yifei, you're here." Fan Binbin stood up and came over to greet her. The two exchanged a few words of greeting.

Afterwards, Zhang Ziyi, Li Binbin, Yang Mi, and Liu Shishi, no matter how famous they were or how many fans they had, all came forward to say hello.

For a moment, Liu Yifei became the focus of the whole audience.

However, there were not many people around Wang Zhonglei, Ye Ning, Wang Changtian, Yu Dong and others sitting in the first row. After all, it was not easy to enter the circle of the big guys, and they didn't dare to go over and say hello without someone introducing them.

But it didn't last long, as earth-shaking shouts were heard from outside.

Everyone at the scene knew that it must be Gu Wei and his group that had arrived.

The CEOs of major film and television companies sitting in the first row also turned their heads and looked towards the entrance, watching with interest.

...

outside.

Just as everyone guessed, Gu Wei and his team arrived.

But there were too many people coming, including directors like Ning Hao, Lu Yang, Wu Jing, Xu Zheng, Wu Ershan, as well as Hollywood stars like Leonardo DiCaprio.

At this moment, the atmosphere on the red carpet reached its climax. Fans on both sides of the red carpet kept shouting their names, among which Leonardo had the most fans.

All of a sudden, various titles such as Little Leo, Old Machine, and Leon came out, and Gu Wei and others burst into laughter after hearing them.

"The fans are a bit weird, they even call him Old Lizi, haha." Wu Jing and Gu Wei whispered.

"Haha, it's normal to call him Old Li. He's already this old, and his youthful days are over."

"That's right. The Titanic had just come out at that time, and I was also shocked when I saw it for the first time." Wu Jing continued.

"You must be impressed by how stunning Kate Winslet is, Old Wu. I've caught you with her again." Gu Wei said with a smile.

"Director Gu, please stay."

Before the two finished their conversation, the host took the opportunity to interject.

"Director, let's go in first." Seeing Gu Wei being pulled in for an interview, and Leonardo and others being similarly being interviewed, Wu Jing said at the right time.

"Okay, I've arranged an award presenter session for you. You can take the opportunity to promote Wolf Warrior. The trailer will be shown at the end, and you will be asked to speak at that time. Are you ready?" Seeing Wu Jing was about to go in, Gu Wei whispered a few words.

"No problem, don't worry, Director."

...

The interview didn't last long. After all, it was just an awards ceremony, not a film festival or premiere. After asking a few simple questions, Gu Wei followed Leonardo and others straight into the venue.

As soon as he entered the venue, Gu Wei naturally became the focus of the whole audience, not to mention that he was followed by several Hollywood stars.

As soon as Yang Mi, Liu Shishi, Ni Ni, Yang Ying, Tong Liya and Wan Qian saw him, they immediately stood up and greeted him.

"Director Gu."

"boss."

"Well, hello everyone, please sit down first." Gu Wei nodded with a smile.

Afterwards, Zhang Ziyi, Fan Binbin, Huang Xiaoming, Huang Bo, Deng Chao and others greeted people one after another.

Later, some representatives of Internet companies, bosses of the film and television industry, big directors and their families also joined the ranks of greetings.

Especially the artists from Shiba Culture Company, they all stood up collectively.

"Hi boss."

Wow, it was exactly like what had been rehearsed in advance. Gu Wei's mouth twitched when he heard it. Why did he feel like he was in a business club?

Not only Gu Wei, but everyone else present was also shocked by the scene. A group of celebrity artists in the circle were stunned.

Many company bosses are also jealous!

"Director Gu is amazing. It seems like he's about to unify the domestic entertainment industry." Ye Ning said with a smile to Wang Changtian beside him.

"If Director Gu can let me go to Hollywood to get involved, I'd be willing to join Xingchen Films, haha."

"Then you should have a good chat with Director Gu later, maybe there will be a chance."

While a group of big guys were chatting and talking nonsense, Gu Wei and others also took their seats.

Several people were sitting in the first row. To the right of Gu Wei was Leonardo, and to the right were Scarlett Johansson, Jason Statham, and Tom Hardy.

On the left are Yu Dong and others, and behind them are Chen Kaige, Jiang Wen, Ning Hao and others.

Afterwards, there was another round of exchanges and the event officially began.

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(End of this chapter)