Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 713: The third and fourth girls are also OK
In the hotel lobby, the interview continued...

"Hello, Director Gu. I'm a reporter from Sina Entertainment. When do you plan to start the process for this movie, including casting and script review?"

In the hall, many celebrities' eyes lit up when they heard this.

Although we don't know the scale of China Film's co-production, Gu Wei's film has an investment of more than 200 million US dollars. There is no doubt that it is targeting the global market.

Maybe it will be another "2012". Today, "2012" has become a box office myth. Thanks to the annual growth data, the global box office has now reached nearly billion US dollars, which is exaggerated.

Gu Wei heard the reporter's words, thought for a while and then said with a smile: "To be honest, if you really count, the movie had already started when you were interviewing here."

"What?" Many people were confused. They didn't get any information at all!
Liu Yifei was sitting in the audience. Li Binbin next to her was stunned for a moment, then immediately asked with a smile: "Yifei, your director did a good job of keeping the secret, and didn't leak any information."

"Well, actually, I don't know when it started." Miss Liu looked innocent and said weakly.

Hearing this, even Li Binbin couldn't help but roll his eyes, silently complaining in his heart: "Silly girl, why don't you ask more about such a big thing?"

"The engineers have already started the production of special effects a few days ago. I don't want to say more, but I can guarantee that the special effects of this movie will be explosive." Gu Wei continued on the stage with a smile.

"Director Gu, Director Gu, how explosive is 'extremely explosive'?" Sina Entertainment continued to ask.

"It's the kind that might surpass 2012. Of course, I didn't say it can surpass it at the box office." Gu Wei waved his hand and said.

"Haha." As soon as the words fell, many people laughed.

However, the word "exceed" is enough to express Gu Wei's determination. The fact that he can publicly say that it exceeds "2012" is the best proof.

Later, when Gu Wei revealed that Zhang Yimou might direct "The Wandering Earth 2", the atmosphere on the scene instantly reached a climax.

On the stage, Sean, the head of DreamWorks, twitched his mouth slightly after hearing Gu Wei's words. My goodness, this was the premiere of "Despicable Me 3", how did it turn into a press conference for the other party's new movie.

"Is this what Gu told me, the trick to ensure Despicable Me 3 can achieve a guaranteed box office of million US dollars?" Sean scratched his head, feeling that the Oriental way of expression was too complicated.

After hearing this, Guo Fan's eyes flashed with a hint of disappointment. Although he had refused to direct "The Wandering Earth 2" due to his qualifications, he felt a little uncomfortable seeing that his beloved thing was about to be taken away by someone else.

After all, Guo Fan has already written a 2-word research report for "The Wandering Earth " and has also drawn thousands of storyboards under Gu Wei's instructions.

Gu Wei noticed Guo Fan's movements and felt secretly proud. There were indeed many benefits to publicly announcing this matter. On the one hand, it could put pressure on China Film and LeTV, and on the other hand, it could make Guo Fan worried and anxious. Maybe he would gain the confidence to direct "The Wandering Earth 2".

Fortunately, Gu Wei restrained himself and did not laugh in public.

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After the interview, during the following cocktail party, Gu Wei and Zhang Yimou became the focus of the venue.

Many celebrities and artists surrounded the two of them, asking for inside information. Gu Wei was fine, after all, he was really planning to launch a new movie project, and if he met a suitable actor, he would ask him to reserve time for an audition.

Zhang Yimou was a bit speechless. He had no feelings about "The Wandering Earth 2" and knew nothing about the script. He couldn't talk too much in front of the enthusiastic crowd, otherwise they would just leave the schedule and later find out that Zhang Yimou was not directing the movie. Isn't this just being a hooligan? !
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Huayi Company.

The crew of "Old Cannon".

During the break in the filming of the movie, several core members of the crew talked about the top of the trending search list.

Feng Xiaogang said: "At the beginning, I said that we should ease the relationship because Gu Wei was too aggressive.

There is an old saying that goes, "When the time is right, you can dominate the world; when the time is wrong, you can walk around with a disheveled head."

He is so arrogant now, we really don't need to compete with him now!"

Wang Zhonglei said disdainfully: "We don't want to provoke the other party, but they still don't want to let us go.

Director Feng was a master back then, making so many great movies. The Chinese New Year box office in mainland China was pioneered by Director Feng and Huayi Film Studio, but now others are taking over the limelight!"

Feng Xiaogang felt a little depressed after hearing this.

But the times are changing, and if you can’t keep up, you can’t keep up. There’s nothing to say.

Guan Hu chuckled, "No one can enjoy glory forever. I think the more he dances now, the bigger the backlash he may suffer in the future. We should just be patient and focus on making our own movie, and don't worry about other things."

Feng Xiaogang smiled and said, "This is meaningful!"

Wang Zhonglei twisted his chin with his right hand and said, "I can't control it even if I want to. But this guy has offended so many people. I bet he won't have a good ending."

LeTV, inside the office.

Looking at the reports on the computer about Gu Wei and the premiere of "Despicable Me 3", Zhang Zhao was a little dazed, and only realized it suddenly when he felt the cigarette butt was hot.

He stood up, picked up the cigarette butt that had flown to the ground, and crushed it in the ashtray. Then he heard the assistant come in and say, "Mr. Zhang, everyone is here!" Zhang Zhao nodded slightly, stood up and ran to the meeting room. After entering the room, he pulled a chair and sat down at the main seat. He got straight to the point and said, "Everyone is here, so let me talk about something. The publicity plan for The Crossing needs to be re-formulated, with a focus on ticket subsidies..."

The person in charge was stunned for a moment and said, "Re-formulate? Then the initial publicity costs..."

Zhang Zhao sneered, "The release date of The Crossing is problematic right now, as there's a Hollywood blockbuster Despicable Me 3 ahead of it, which has grossed over million U.S. dollars worldwide, and it's coming on strong.

Later on, there is Jiang Wen's "One Step Away". You can also see the efforts made by Xingchen Films Company in promoting these two films.

With the publicity and promotion plan you made, there is only a mere 10 million yuan in ticket subsidies. What can it do? What if the box office revenue cannot be recovered? "

When everyone saw that Zhang Zhao intended to focus on issuing "The Taiping Ferry: Part One" through ticket subsidies, no one dared to raise any objections.

No one dared to stand up and issue a military order, guaranteeing that they could achieve high box office revenue through publicity and promotion alone, so the matter was passed unanimously.

Seeing that no one objected, Zhang Zhao continued, "In addition to The Crossing, the most important focus right now is the Sino-US co-production The Great Wall. The China Film Group has already reached an agreement. Everyone should prepare well for tomorrow's press conference."

"Don't worry, Mr. Zhang. The speech has been prepared. We will continue to communicate with China Film Group on the details."

"This is a Sino-US co-production, so it can be shown directly in North American commercial theaters, and maybe even get a global box office of one billion US dollars."

“The cooperation between LeTV, China Film, Legendary Film Group and Universal Pictures is a strong alliance. Maybe it will break the record held by The Wandering Earth when it is released in China!”

Zhang Zhao was very confident in "The Great Wall". Hearing what his subordinates said, he smiled and continued to encourage morale: "There are only two things that will dominate the Chinese-language film market in the future, the Internet and special effects blockbusters. We already have the Internet, and special effects blockbusters are about to start. Everyone work hard, the future belongs to us."

"clear."

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On the last day of October, the lively premiere of "Despicable Me 3" was over.

"Wolf Warrior" has entered the postponement period, and the domestic entertainment industry has entered the Lunar New Year movie promotion period.

Leading the way were two big-budget movies, "The Crossing" and "One Step Away", and with the addition of other films, the various promotions were dazzling, and there was a constant stream of reports on the Internet.

However, no matter how hard these movies are promoted, the top two contents on the hot search list are still the new movies of Xingchen Film and Television Company and the co-productions with China Film.

The investment in the former may be as high as 200 million US dollars, which has broken the cost record of "The Wandering Earth". It can be said to be unprecedented, and no one can say for sure whether it will be unprecedented in the future.

The key is that this is a Chinese-language film. Although Gu Wei said at the premiere that there might be Hollywood superstars involved, he still subtly hinted that most of the roles will be left to domestic entertainment.

In other words, many people will probably have the opportunity to participate this time.

The latter is produced by China Film Group, Legendary Film Group and Universal Studios. Once joined, his future star career will be limitless.

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Early the next morning, Gu Wei and Liu Yifei were still asleep when they were awakened by the vibration of their cell phones. Calls kept coming in.

"Oh!" As soon as Miss Liu spoke, Gu Wei put on a coat, picked up his mobile phone and quickly walked to the balcony.

After looking through it, I found that they were all acquaintances and friends in the circle, and many of them sent me direct messages to inquire about the news, role requirements, and when the film project would be launched.

Within five minutes, Gu Wei rejected several calls from Zhang Ziyi, Fan Binbin, Li Binbin and others, and finally answered Zhou Xun's call.

"Why, do you even care about this?"

"I'm just average. My agent asked me to ask, so I'll just ask. What if there's a surprise? Don't you think so? Haha."

"Then don't think about it. The leading female roles have been chosen. We'll have a chance to work together again next time." Gu Wei said bluntly.

"What a pity! I was just asking casually. Is the leading female role Yifei?" Zhou Xun had a good attitude. Even though he knew there was no chance, he was still trying to get inside information.

"Ah."

"Who is the second female lead? Is she from your company, Director Gu? Tong Liya? Zhao Liying? Wan Qian?"

“…” Gu Wei was speechless. If they continued talking, all the secrets would be gone.

"Currently, only the leading female role is Yifei. The second female role is not from the company, and the other cast members have not been decided yet." After saying that, Gu Wei decisively hung up the phone.

On the other side, Zhou Xun listened to the beeping sound coming from his phone and muttered to himself, "The leading actress has been decided, there will always be opportunities for the third and fourth female roles. It's not bad to be a supporting role for Yifei, hehe."

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(End of this chapter)