Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 682 Unexpected things
Hollywood.

The production of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" is still ongoing. While Gu Wei was busy editing, the domestic Magnolia Awards ceremony came to a close two days ago.

Originally, Gu Wei didn't pay much attention to awards for TV dramas, but the results made him ask a few more questions.

"'Let's Get Married' won the Golden Award for TV Drama? Huang Haibo won the Best Actor Award?"

"Yes, this TV series has been the most popular from last year to this year. During its peak period, its ratings even exceeded that of Ghost Blows Out the Light: The Mystical Ancient City. This year, the government even singled it out for praise..."

"To be honest, these themes are the hottest in the TV drama market right now. The Jade Blade just started filming a few days ago. I think the market for costume martial arts dramas is not good. It would be better to focus on tomb robbing, adventure, and urban romance themes..."

"The drama My Love from the Star produced by our company is also pretty good. It was a big hit in South Korea and won the Silver Award for Overseas TV Dramas at the Magnolia Awards. The American drama Breaking Bad won the Gold Award..."

Song Ge continued to talk, but Gu Weiyagen didn't hear what he said next.

"Has Huang Haibo been in trouble recently?" Gu Wei asked subconsciously.

Song Ge was stunned when he heard this, and then answered the other party's question: "I haven't heard that there is anything wrong. I heard that he had a dispute with the media reporters before, but after the Wen Zhang incident, the celebrities in the circle now have two attitudes towards the media, either ignore it, or be polite.

Besides, the award-winning TV series was produced by CCTV and Mango TV. They have the background and strength, so who would mess with him? "

"It's a mess, everything is a mess." These words kept popping up in Gu Wei's mind at this moment.

Wen Zhang’s “cheating scandal” happened a few days later, but Huang Haibo’s “PC scandal” did not happen at all. He also successfully won the Magnolia Award and took home the Best Actor award.

"Is it because of me?" Gu Wei murmured to himself.

When Gu Wei returned to China in May to attend Wu Jing's wedding, he did chat with Huang Haibo for a while on the spot, and even gave him a promise that there would be a chance for them to work together on the next movie.

But Gu Wei remembered that it was because he hadn't seen Huang Haibo for a long time, and the other party mentioned some memories of the filming of "Time and Space Lovers" intentionally or unintentionally, so he said this.

But how can a word that is not a promise have such a great influence?
Even though Gu Wei felt that he had a high status in the domestic entertainment industry, he still didn't think that one word could affect the determination of Huang Haibo's arch-enemies to destroy him.

"Where exactly did the accident go?" But Gu Wei changed his mind and thought, wouldn't it be better if nothing happened? He had been dwelling on this matter and it seemed as if he wished the other party to be thrown into jail.

Afterwards, the two chatted for a while, and Gu Wei found out that Huang Haibo was fine, but Yu Dong was badly scolded by netizens.

His ex-wife publicly posted on Weibo that exposed Yu Dong completely from head to toe, leaving him completely naked.

All these things like he started out by living off his wife, cheated on his wife, and used improper means to get most of the company's shares.

There is no divorce compensation after years of delay, and no child support either.

Anyway, I said everything I could say, without showing any mercy.

The natural result was an uproar on the Internet, with a large number of netizens filled with indignation and countless condemnations and insults.

Some people even joked that it was disgusting that the chairman of a listed company in the film and television industry was such a person.

Many netizens even spoke out publicly, calling on the audience to boycott the movies and TV series produced by Bona.

"Haha, a chairman was scolded like a grandson. The key is that Yu Dong hasn't opened his mouth to refute. It seems that his ex-wife is telling the truth." Song Ge couldn't help but teased.

"Fuck, I haven't even heard of this." Gu Wei always felt that he had missed a lot of things while staying in Hollywood.

"Bo Na has great influence. The incident was suppressed within two days. Now the mainland media and the Internet basically stop reporting on it." Song Ge knows a lot of inside information and is purely in a mood to watch the joke.

Xingchen Films and Bona have worked together before. They can’t say they have a very good feeling about Dong, but they are not to the point where they get annoyed when he is mentioned.

Yu Dong’s incident was just a small episode, and the two of them just chatted about it for fun.

Gu Wei is quite concerned about the "Young Director Training and Support Program" launched by the company before the New Year. Even during the busy period of filming "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", he would call every now and then to ask about the situation.

When this plan was first announced, it was met with doubts and complaints from many "older generations" on the grounds that Xingchen Film and Television Company was recruiting and training new talents on a large scale, which showed a tendency towards monopoly.

Isn’t this idea weird?
Yes, it is such a weird statement, but it can actually get the support of many older generations, because these people regard the entertainment industry as their own backyard.

Han Sanping complained to Gu Wei a few days ago, saying: "After so many years, these people are still the ones begging for support money.

I've been shooting for my whole life, but I can't achieve anything famous. I'm just occupying the position and not moving my butt for that little bit of money."

Gu Wei was also deeply touched after listening to it. Young directors, especially those from grassroots backgrounds, have drive and ideas, but no financial support.

The reason lies here: the quota for applying for support funds is monopolized by the older generation.

The film and television industry is a place that values ​​qualifications, relationships and connections. If you want to find funds from state-owned enterprises, there is no way, and they have already been divided up.

If you want to attract investment from private film and television companies, you have to have achievements, but how can a newcomer have achievements?

The result of this situation is that a large number of talented people are buried. If they are lucky, they may have a chance to come to the fore after a few years of accumulation, but more often they will fall into dust and disappear.

Those who work in this industry will inevitably tend to become second-generation or third-generation disciples with backgrounds.

"The progress is good, and Zhong Lifang has just formulated a plan. The company will allocate 100 to 200 million yuan every year to support young directors."

Hearing this number, Gu Wei felt that it was not low, and that one should never measure the cost of domestic film shooting by the cost of films made by big directors.

Yes, for people like Gu Wei, Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou, almost every movie they make has a low cost, often hundreds of millions or even millions. But in the film and television industry, 20 years later, there are still people who can make high-quality works with hundreds of millions, and there are still quite a few of them.

In addition, with the popularity of online dramas nowadays, three to five million is enough to make a short drama, and tens of millions is enough to make a good TV series or movie.

"Yes, with this amount of funding, we can support at least ten young directors every year. I still say that."

"Quality must be guaranteed." Song Ge took over the conversation, and then said with some concern: "I'm afraid that the bigger we are, the more some people will be unhappy to see it. After all, in their minds, making movies or being a director has risen to a level that no ordinary person can participate in."

"Let them die. If they piss me off, I'll spend 10 to 800 million a year to support young directors. A bunch of bastards are too old to die. They're just wasting food if they're still alive."

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In front of Song Ge, Gu Wei started scolding him directly, but Song Ge didn't say anything and just listened quietly.

"You've been in a bad mood lately. Is your work not going well?" Five minutes later, Song Ge finally spoke.

"Ah, the production schedule is tight, and there are many invitations to cocktail parties in Hollywood. Some of them cannot be turned down. After finishing this movie, I have to go back to China to hold a wedding. I can't stop and I'm a little angry."

the other side.

The reason why Huang Haibo was not "set up" by someone was really because of a word from Gu Wei.

At Wu Jing's wedding, Gu Wei's words that did not seem like a promise affected Huang Haibo's schedule for the rest of the period.

Huang Haibo became known to the public through "Time and Space Lovers" and later starred in such popular works as "New Shanghai Bund", "Serial Number" and even "Let's Get Married". His development in recent years can be said to be at its peak.

In addition, after the Wen Zhang incident, Huang Haibo had already shown signs of replacing the other party, but his biggest regret was that he had been stuck in the TV drama field for many years and had never been able to touch the big screen.

After hearing Gu Wei's words, Huang Haibo felt that his chance had come, so in order to prepare better, he turned down most of the announcements and social events during this period, hired two personal trainers, and led a regular fitness life.

It’s a pity that Gu Wei didn’t know about this situation, otherwise he would have sighed that people are really different. He also hinted at Wen Zhang, but it still didn’t work.

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domestic.

The summer vacation season is about to begin, and dozens of domestic films of all genres are promoting at full capacity, preparing for a decisive battle.

The most popular ones are "See You Tomorrow" and "Tiny Times 3".

Han Han and Bona announced the release date of "See You Tomorrow", which is July 7th during the summer vacation.

Because Guo Xiaosi's "Tiny Times 3" will be released on July 7, these two directors, the only two in the circle who switched from being writers, are about to go into direct battle.

However, the two films have not yet met in person, but fans have already started to curse at each other.

Han Han’s fans criticized Guo Jingming’s “Tiny Times” as rubbish, brainless, and with distorted values.

The latter's fans were not to be outdone. They mocked Han Han for being hypocritical and pretentious, put away their previous noble attitudes, and ran to make a movie happily.

As for publicity, "See You Tomorrow", produced by Bona, directly booked the first episode of the second season of Running Man, and even spent tens of millions on ticket subsidies on the Xingchen Movie APP.

Although "Tiny Times 3" did not appear on Running Man, it made a lot of money from the first two parts and directly invested million in ticket subsidies.

Both sides used various publicity and promotion methods in order to compete for fame.

A fan on Weibo even started a hot search topic titled "Who is the real film director, Guo Jingming or Han Han?"

Many directors in the circle were stunned after watching it, but the effect is also very obvious. At least at this stage, these two movies are the top two trending searches.

So much so that many filmmakers and directors in the industry have lamented that today’s film promotion methods are becoming more and more flashy!
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(End of this chapter)