Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 746 I hope we can have a chance to cooperate in the future

This year's Golden Horse Film Festival has come to an end, and people in the circle seem to have heard little news about the film festival.

However, there were not many reports about the award, but there was a lot of gossip afterwards.

The most complained thing among netizens these days is that this year's Golden Horse Awards were a surprise. Gong Li said in an interview with the media:

"I came to the Golden Horse Awards this time, and I would like to express my special thanks to the Golden Horse Awards for giving me this opportunity to let me know what an unprofessional film festival is like, and an unfair film festival will make all artistic staff look down on them. This is It’s my first time to come to Golden Horse and it’s also my last time…”

Seeing Gong Li's move, the Taiwanese host of the award ceremony, in an interview with the media, directly mocked her, saying that she should be happy to be nominated.

As time went on, the incident became more and more serious. By the time Gu Wei found out about it, the mainland film and television circles were about to go wild.

On the 23rd, Director Jiang Wen was interviewed and was very sarcastic:
"If Gong Li will lose to an actress who is almost a newcomer, then I want to know what kind of talent that actress is?"

This statement is very embarrassing, as it means that the new actress who won the Best Actress award does not deserve the award.

On the 23rd, Huayi's Gu Changwei also posted publicly on Weibo, saying: "The fact that a cultured person like Gong Li couldn't help but question it shows how trifling this year's Golden Horse Awards are..."

On the 24th, even Chen Kexin, who was attending this year's Golden Horse Film Festival with her work "Dear", couldn't help but make a direct satire.

On the 25th, Zhang Yimou, who is about to start hosting the training for "The Great Wall", also voiced his support despite his busy schedule.

He said that Gong Li is one of the best actresses in his mind and also one of the top actresses in the domestic entertainment industry.

On the 26th, when Gu Wei was busy rehearsing the wedding, the always aloof Director Chen also spoke.

Brother Chen Kai showed the demeanor of a big director in the industry and directly mocked the Golden Horse Awards for becoming less and less valuable.

At the same time, the entire film industry and the Internet were full of criticism of the Golden Horse Awards.

Many celebrities in the circle even made public statements to support Gong Li.

So far, this year's Golden Horse Awards has been completely at the forefront of public opinion, and has become the target of public criticism in the industry and online!
However, the only person who could get so many big directors in the film industry to speak out in support at the same time is probably Gong Li.

This network of connections is the envy of countless actors, but they can only be envious, because Gong Li's network of connections is based on his strength.

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In the room, Gu Wei was awakened by thirst. He stood up, poured a glass of warm water and drank it, and felt much better.

Thinking back on last night, it was indeed a bit crazy.

Well, not crazy, but I just drank too much.

After the wedding rehearsal, a group of best men and bridesmaids gathered together.

With the encouragement of Su Chang, Huang Xiaoming and others, they had a "singles night party". After dinner, they went to karaoke and then had a midnight snack.

After several consecutive ordeals, Gu Wei even forgot how he got home.

Fortunately, I didn’t do this the day before the wedding, otherwise I would have become the “second Zhang Wei”.

If Gu Wei really didn't show up at the wedding, he would probably become a complete joke in the entertainment industry.

After drinking the water, Gu Wei lay back on the bed, looking at the sleeping young lady, and couldn't help but pat her little butt.

"Huh? What are you doing? I'm so annoyed with you."

Well, I didn’t expect Miss Liu to react so strongly. She punched Gu Wei in a daze, and a heart-wrenching feeling instantly surged up.

After taking a nap, seeing that it was almost noon, Gu Wei was no longer sleepy and picked up his phone to check the news online.

What caught our eyes was still netizens scolding the Golden Horse Film Festival officials, following the complaints from Chen Kexin, Jiang Wen, Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou, Gu Changwei, Ning Hao and others.

Feng Xiaogang, who has already joined the crew, also accepted an interview. While making a sarcastic remark about the Golden Horse Awards, he also promoted "Old Cannon".

"The old problem comes back again, haha." Gu Wei was amused by Feng Xiaogang's actions.

After taking a quick look at the news, Gu Wei checked Weibo again. Wow, there were actually people leaving messages on his Weibo, hoping that Gu Wei would voice his support for Gong Li.

"Director Gu, don't be so busy preparing for the wedding. Let's talk about this when we have time."

"That's right, Director Gu, what do you think of the Golden Horse Awards?"

A large number of comments from netizens piqued Gu Wei's interest.

In fact, Gu Wei had known about this for a long time. After all, so many people stood up and he was not blind.

However, Gu Wei has only participated in one film festival in China, and at most went there to show his support. In the past ten years or so, he has never brought any works to the festival.

So Gu Wei didn't plan to speak out at first. He didn't want to have anything to do with these film festival hangers-on.

Now that public opinion is overwhelming, Gu Wei feels it is time to say something. After thinking for a moment, Gu Wei posted on Weibo: "I hope we can have a chance to work together in the future" and tagged Gong Li.

After finishing all these, Gu Wei got up, washed and ate, while Miss Liu slept until the afternoon, a typical sleepyhead.

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After the meal, Gu Wei arranged for his employees to deliver wedding invitations while making a phone call to inquire about the progress of the wedding venue construction.

It was not until two o'clock in the afternoon that Miss Liu came down from upstairs, dragging her feet and looking sleepy.

"Is there any food? I'm hungry."

Well, after hearing these words, Miss Liu instantly became the representative of the lazy and gluttonous person in Gu Wei’s mind. She ate and then slept, and then slept and then ate, and her life was very regular.

At the dining table, looking at Miss Liu who was eating with relish, Gu Wei took out his mobile phone and opened Weibo.

Sure enough, Gong Li responded on Weibo and also sent a private text message to thank Gu Wei for his support.

Gu Wei replied, "You're welcome." He really planned to work with Gong Li in the future. After all, among so many actresses in the domestic entertainment industry, her acting skills are at the top.

Online, netizens have started to continue criticizing the Golden Horse Film Festival, and now almost all the big directors in the domestic entertainment industry have spoken out in support of Gong Li.

The netizens’ curses became more and more harsh, and they even wanted to shut down the Golden Horse Awards.

After dinner, Miss Liu washed and dressed up and went shopping with Tang Yan and the others, while Gu Wei was preparing to go to the company. Jiang Xueruo wanted to talk to him about something.

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The costume martial arts drama "Jade Blade", which took several months to shoot, has been completed. There are not many reports about this movie on the Internet, even though the drama was produced by Xingchen Film and Television Company.

However, the reason why "Jade Knife" was able to be filmed so quickly was naturally because Xingchen Film and Television Company had enough staff. Otherwise, a high-quality costume drama would take at least half a year from project initiation to completion.

This TV series is starring Zhou Yi Sanbao and Zhao Liying, and other actors include Ren Quan, Ling Xiaosu, Zuo Xiaoqing and others...

As soon as the TV series was completed, Jiang Xueruo found Gu Wei and asked him about the cost of the broadcasting rights in both open and covert ways.

Among the many TV series produced by Xingchen Film and Television Company, the most profitable ones are "Ghost Blows Out the Light: The Mysterious City" and "Longling Mystery Cave", and the rest, such as "Red Sorghum" and "Ode to Joy" series, are also good.

However, the filming of the Seven Weapons series could only make a small profit at best. There are many reasons for this, the most fundamental of which is that martial arts dramas are in decline and have no market.

Currently, the most popular themes on the market are fantasy dramas, urban romances, and tomb-robbing themes. In addition to TV dramas, martial arts movies have become less and less common in recent years.

Even Lu Yang's "Embroidered Spring Blade" series is not just a simple martial arts story, but also mixed with national justice, official struggles and so on.

"Go talk to the heads of other TV stations first. If the price is right, sell it to them. If not, just broadcast it on Tudou."

Gu Wei can do nothing about the fact that martial arts dramas cannot sell for a good price. The situation in the industry is like that, and he cannot change it completely by his own efforts.

Unless Gu Wei personally shoots martial arts movies and TV series and relies on his own brand effect to attract audiences, but he is not good at this and there is nothing he can do.

However, since he had promised the other party to acquire Zhou Yi, Gu Wei felt that he had to finish the filming of the seven weapons even if it meant losing money. After all, a man without integrity cannot stand.

"Okay, but the cost of TV production is very high now, and the actors' salaries are rising too fast. This year is different from last year.

Liu Dapeng and I were joking that if things continued like this, only Internet companies and listed film and television companies would be able to make TV dramas in the future.”

Gu Wei did not refute Jiang Xueruo's words, and he had no way to refute it.

Because if we only consider the pay, TV actors do generally earn more than movie actors, and their pay also increases faster.

Of course, except for those in the front line, because the advertising endorsements they can receive will also vary greatly.

The advertising endorsements of first-line movie actors are generally much higher-level and more expensive than those of first-line TV actors. Actors and artists involved in both movies and TV dramas are in the middle. Overall, the polarization is very serious.

Gu Wei has no way to solve the problem of the skyrocketing actors' pay. After all, the market situation is like this. Now he can only wait for the higher-ups to take action.

After Jiang Xueruo left, Gu Wei went to take a look at "Lost in Thailand" and "Charlotte's Troubles".

The two films have already finished post-production, plus "Lost in Hong Kong" which just wrapped up a few days ago, "Blades of the Assassin 2", "Painted Skin 3", "Go Away Tumor" and so on...

Gu Wei suddenly realized that the company had quite a lot of movies to be released next year. Thinking of this, how to arrange the schedule became a problem.

However, the decision to advance the release date of "Lost in Thailand" has freed up some space in the originally busy schedule, making it less crowded.

After taking a stroll and seeing that everything in the company was going on as planned, Gu Wei didn't stay long and left.

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(End of this chapter)