Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 695 One of the Greatest Directors
Across the ocean.

new York.

Gu Wei did not fly directly to Los Angeles Airport this time. The second premiere celebration of "Despicable Me 3" was held in New York, and he didn't want to travel back and forth.

Anyway, I have to go to Tokyo after the event in New York, and the movie will be released soon after the event in Tokyo.

28 number.

The New York premiere was held as scheduled, and the premiere site was filled with posters and large dolls of Minions, Gru and others.

Thanks to the foundation laid by the first two films, there were thousands of fans and moviegoers who came to the scene that day. Although it cannot be guaranteed that everyone can see this movie, this also shows the popularity of "Despicable Me 3".

"Gu, this is Steve Carell, this is Trey Parker, Kristen Wiig, Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gay, and this is..."

The head of DreamWorks brought a group of people over and introduced them one by one in front of Gu Wei.

Among the dozen or so people, Gu Wei was only familiar with two or three, all of whom were voice actors from the first two films.

Today, Gu Wei's status in Hollywood is catching up with Cameron and Spielberg, and some media have hailed him as the greatest director in the first decade of the 21st century.

In the latest New York Times, the reporter reported: "If Spielberg is the greatest director of the 1980s, shooting "ET the Extraterrestrial", "Schindler's List" and "Jurassic Park"...

James Cameron is the greatest director of the 1990s and the first decade of the 21st century, shooting works such as the "Terminator" series, the "Alien" series, "Titanic" and "Avatar"...

Then in the second decade of the 2012st century, the magician director Gu Wei from the East is undoubtedly the greatest. The Day After Tomorrow, Interstellar, , including the already released The Wandering Earth, and the upcoming Rise of the Planet of the Apes, all show the magician's contribution to special effects movies..."

The article is very long, but it lists in detail the life information and representative works of Spielberg, Cameron, Gu Wei and others.

This report was published the day before Gu Wei arrived in New York. Gu Wei remembered that Reid called him at that time and his tone was full of excitement.

He kept saying, "Boss, you are the greatest director, you are the new king of the world."

But in less than a day, more than a dozen media outlets, including the Washington Daily and Los Angeles Entertainment News, published rebuttal reports.

They believe that Gu Wei cannot be called the greatest director of the second decade of the 21st century, and some even think that Gu Wei's achievements are not as good as those of Nolan, Martin Scorsese and others.

As expected, a heated debate broke out between the media on both sides.

After reading the report, Gu Wei smiled slightly, thinking that if he was given more time, he would be able to produce more great works. These works would transcend national boundaries and become recognized classics in both Eastern and Western cultures.

It was also because of this report that Gu Wei became the focus of the entire premiere.

To borrow the words of a media reporter, even if Gu cannot be the greatest now, what he has achieved at this age is beyond the reach of anyone else.

"Hello, I hope we have the opportunity to cooperate in the future." Gu Wei replied with a smile.

"Of course, we hope to be involved in the dubbing of the "Minions" series, haha."

The person who was speaking was Steve Carell. He had met Gu Wei three times and had dinner together. He was more familiar with Gu Wei than others.

"Haha, no problem. I've been watching your efforts."

"Despicable Me 3" tells the story of Gru who was expelled from the Anti-Villain League due to a failed operation, and accidentally learned that he had a twin brother. Under the persuasion of his brother Dru, he started his villain career again.

To be honest, this was the first time Gu Wei watched the 3D version of the film.

After the movie was finished, Gu Wei felt that there had been a lot of technical progress, but as the saying goes, if too many series of movies are made, the quality of the story content will decline, even if the box office of this movie is very high.

But for moviegoers and fans, "Despicable Me 3" is still a good classic.

Among the more than 300 people watching the movie, bursts of laughter and cheers would break out from time to time as the film was shown.

After the premiere in New York, Gu Wei rushed to Tokyo without stopping...

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In the following days, Gu Wei was busy promoting "Despicable Me 3".

The New York Times report was also transmitted back to China through the Internet.

A lot has happened in the domestic entertainment industry in recent days. First, Light Media and Deng Chao signed a director contract, which stipulated that Light Media would invest in several films directed by Deng Chao in the future.

It's not just financial support, but also design of filming equipment and publicity and promotion.

As soon as the contract was signed, Deng Chao added the title of director to his title of a top male star in the circle, and his status in the circle rose sharply.

Later, it was also big news that Wuershan chose to leave Xingchen Film and Television Company.

Xingchen Films' official Weibo account directly posted: "Let's part ways in peace. I wish you a bright future."

Wuershan also posted a Weibo, in which he thanked Xingchen Film and Television Company for its support over the years and expressed his hope that there would be opportunities for further cooperation in the future.

The circle, or more precisely the film and television company circle, was instantly in an uproar.

What does a big business director represent these days? It represents a steady stream of money and resources.

Although Wuershan currently does not have many representative works, the Painted Skin series and the films "Special Identity" together are more than enough in today's domestic entertainment industry.

Huayi acted quickly and announced immediately that it would invite director Wuershan to join. Once he joined, the company would invest hundreds of millions of dollars in the future to support him in filming new works.

The light was also moving fast, so Wang Changtian called Gu Wei and asked him to talk to Wu Ershan and consider the light. "Director Gu, you didn't tell me about this in advance, otherwise I would have taken him down long ago." Wang Changtian asked for help and didn't forget to complain.

"There has been news in the circle for a long time. I don't believe you don't know it." Gu Wei retorted.

"I know, but I didn't expect that he would really leave Xingchen Films. Others are trying their best to get in."

In Wang Changtian's opinion, Wu Ershan's choice was a bit bad. After leaving Xingchen Film and Television, if his next movie fails at the box office, he is likely to become a second- or third-rate director.

But on the other hand, if the other party doesn't leave Xingchen Film and Television Company, we won't have any chance.

"Lao Wang, I treat you as one of my own." Gu Wei said this in a serious tone.

Because before he left, he had already discussed with Guangguang and Wanda, and the three companies would jointly ban bad artists in the circle and advance and retreat together.

It is equivalent to the three companies, Star Pictures, Light Media and Wanda, fighting against the entire entertainment industry. This requires courage, especially for Wang Changtian and Ye Ning.

Moreover, the three companies have already agreed that they will issue a direct statement in the near future to show their determination.

"Wu Ershan is planning to shoot a sci-fi blockbuster series called Fengshen. It will be three parts, and it will require an investment of 3 billion, haha."

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"Hiss." Upon hearing the number three billion, Wang Changtian on the other end of the phone took a deep breath, and the sound was quite loud.

"What's wrong? Is the temperature dropping in the country?" Gu Wei joked.

"I understand." Wang Changtian hung up the phone immediately after saying that. He probably figured it out.

Subsequently, LeTV, Stellar Media, Orange Sky and other companies successively sent out invitations, looking forward to director Wuershan joining.

At this moment, Wuershan has not revealed his subsequent film plans, and many people in the circle are jealous of him.

But when this report was spread back to China, it instantly topped the hot search list.

Even the People's Daily picked up some clips for its report, and the country gave Gu Wei the title of Master of Arts and Culture for the first time.

There was an uproar in the circle.

"Awesome, awesome, an officially recognized master."

"A true master. I look forward to Director Gu Wei making more classic works."

"No need to say more, Gu Wei is the number one director in the country, Chen Kai and Zhang Yimou should all step back."

But there are always nitpickers about everything, just like the heroes of the two bombs and one satellite are doubted by some people on the Internet, let alone the masters of culture.

"Gu Wei is good, but he's still a little behind in terms of honors. Director Chen Kai has the Palme d'Or, and Director Zhang Yimou has the three major European Grand Slams."

"That's right. Let's wait until we win the Grand Slam. The country is just praising Gu Wei, it's just polite talk."

As soon as these comments came out, fans were unhappy.

"What nonsense are you talking about? People in Hollywood say Gu Wei is a great director. It's your turn to point fingers."

"I just laughed. One of them lives on the Palme d'Or and the other has no achievements in commercial films. Together, they are still not as good as Director Gu."

Some fans even went to Gu Wei's Weibo to leave messages, asking him to quickly make an award-winning movie and win the Palme d'Or first.

Unfortunately, Gu Wei has been very busy these days and has no time to check Weibo.

So the fans changed their direction and went to Liu Yifei's Weibo:

"Yifei, tell your man to start filming an art film quickly. If you delay any longer, I will get angry."

"Call Director Gu and tell him what I said: Don't come back until you win the Grand Slam."

"There's no rush to get married, but we can't delay filming, so hurry up."

When Gu Wei received the call and heard Miss Liu talking about this, he couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"What are you laughing at? Our parents who provide us with food and clothing have given the order, saying there is no rush to get married, haha." Liu Yifei had just finished practicing martial arts and there were beads of sweat on her forehead. She said this while lying on the sofa.

"Is it that exaggerated?"

"What do you think? There are tens of thousands of comments on Weibo." The young lady rolled her eyes and let Gu Wei go and take a look himself.

After the call ended, Gu Wei opened Weibo and saw that it was true.

After thinking for a moment, he wrote: "The award-winning film will be shot and is already in preparation. The specific information is not convenient to disclose and is kept confidential."

After sending it, the staff came and said hello. Gu Wei turned off his phone and prepared to go out for media interviews.

Back home, the situation was very chaotic.

Even the popularity of dozens of domestic films that were about to be released was instantly suppressed by this comment.

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(End of this chapter)