Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 751 Miss Liu's Sudden Inspiration
There must be something going on. Gu Wei chatted with a group of veteran artists for a while, and Liu Yifei secretly pulled at the corner of his clothes.

Gu Wei felt amused. Miss Liu was just making a move, so she turned to look at Feng Yuanzheng and said, "Teacher Feng, I wonder if you have free time. Yifei wants to learn from you."

Gu Wei thinks Feng Yuanzheng's acting style is unique, but he doesn't want Miss Liu to learn it. After all, completely immersing oneself in a role requires the actor to eliminate his inner self and fully display his body in order to merge with the role, which can easily make the actor fall into it.

Just like when Miss Liu was filming "A Night at the Seaside", it took her a while to recover afterwards. This way of performing has both advantages and disadvantages.

But Miss Liu insisted and Gu Wei couldn't stop her.

As soon as these words were spoken, Pu Cunxin beside him quickly winked at Feng Yuanzheng, wishing that he would agree immediately. If there weren't so many people on the scene, Pu Cunxin would probably want Feng Yuanzheng to be Liu Yifei's teacher. After all, having a big director can bring too many resources to the People's Art Theatre.

Feng Yuanzheng was stunned for a moment, then recalled the movie roles played by Liu Yifei, and felt really immersed in them.

"Director Gu, there's no need to talk about studying. If Yifei is interested and has time, she can come to the People's Art Theatre at any time and we can communicate with each other." Feng Yuanzheng said politely. As for the matter of accepting a disciple as a teacher, Feng Yuanzheng had never thought about it at all. Even if the other party had this intention, it would take time to observe.

After all, people eat all kinds of food and have different personalities and temperaments. No one knows what these big stars are like in private?

If the two have different personalities after becoming apprentices, it will be bad for both parties.

Hearing this, Gu Wei glanced at Feng Yuanzheng. This was a good idea. Maybe the girl was just acting on a whim and would lose interest after a while.

"Teacher Feng, do you have time after the New Year? I have a role in my new movie and I think Teacher Feng is a good fit."

This is called returning a favor. Gu Wei could not give gifts directly to these veteran artists. Firstly, the relationship between them was not that deep yet, and secondly, after giving the gifts, others might feel that he was humiliating them.

After much thought, I decided to give the other party a role and then increase his remuneration, so he won't have to worry about this favor.

Feng Yuanzheng has lived for most of his life, so he naturally understands the truth. After thinking about it, he said in a joking tone, "That's great. I never thought that one day I would be able to act in a movie directed by a great director. I have played all kinds of roles as an actor for so many years, but I have never acted in a science fiction movie. Director Gu has fulfilled my dream and enriched my experience, haha."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone burst into laughter.

Afterwards, Miss Liu and Feng Yuanzheng talked to each other in a low voice, both of them talking and laughing.

On Pu Cunxin's side, he called some young artists to introduce them to Gu Wei.

"This is Wang Lei, who played..."

"This is Song Yi, who played..."

"This is…"

"Hello, Director Gu!" Facing the big director, everyone was unconsciously a little restrained and didn't dare to say much, for fear of causing the other party's disgust.

"Hello." Gu Wei smiled and nodded one by one.

Seeing these young actors from the People's Art Theatre, Gu Wei felt a little emotional. In today's era where young and handsome actors are rampant, these people with acting skills either fail to make a name for themselves or are late bloomers. At least for the time being, they have no fame in the domestic entertainment industry.

Afterwards, Gu Wei invited several of them to audition, and when interviewed by reporters, he mentioned the traditional cultural form of drama.

Although drama is an imported product that originated in the West, after more than a hundred years of artistic practice, it has now become an important art form that reflects domestic real life, and its expression methods are becoming increasingly national and localized.

Early drama works such as "Thunderstorm" and "Sunrise" not only occupy an important position in the history of Chinese drama, but also have a profound impact on the development of modern Chinese drama.

In recent years, drama creation has shown a trend of diversification and innovation. Many works are based on Chinese traditional culture and folk legends, such as "Green Snake", "Journey to the West", "A Dream of Red Mansions", etc. These works have received high praise in performances at home and abroad.

It has to be said that Gu Wei's actions were noticed by many veteran artists of the People's Art Theatre.

Many veteran filmmakers had been complaining about and belittling Gu Wei before, but after this operation, many people began to praise him. After all, in their eyes, respecting traditional art is respecting themselves.

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After returning home.

Gu Wei continued to perfect the script of "The Battle of Nantianmen", while Miss Liu studied it with her notebook.

In the words of Miss Liu, the National Theatre of China has benefited a lot.

"Wow, you learned something so quickly?" Gu Wei was shocked when he saw the young lady taking notes.

"Well, Teacher Feng said a lot. Combined with my own ideas, many things that I couldn't understand before now make sense to me." Miss Liu replied proudly.

“Then you should work hard and try to win the Best Actress Grand Slam as soon as possible.” Gu Wei encouraged.

“Hmph, why don’t you write the script quickly? Otherwise, how am I going to win the Best Actress award?” Miss Liu rolled her eyes and started to scold.

Hearing this, Gu Wei touched his nose and really wanted to take back his encouragement.

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The news has spread outside, and the news that Xingchen Film and Television is going to adapt the "League of Legends" online game into a movie is spreading like wildfire.

No need to guess, it must be Penguin that broke the news. After all, there is no reason for them not to break this kind of news that can make the headlines and bring attention to League of Legends. For a time, the attention of many people in the circle was once again focused on Gu Wei.

After all, Gu Wei has never been particularly high-profile in China. Apart from movie promotions, he seldom appears in public. He has only been to the Capital Film Festival and has never been seen at other film festivals such as the Golden Horse Awards and the Golden Rooster Awards.

Domestic trophies, red carpets, these are things that many celebrities and artists covet, but Gu Wei never takes them to heart.

Sometimes, there are also reports in the domestic media that Hei Gu Wei does not participate in domestic film festivals, but only goes to various foreign film festivals, which is an obvious display of worshipping foreign things.

Gu Wei never cared about these reports. What he cared about was how to better create domestic special effects blockbusters, truly let Chinese-language films go abroad, and have an impact on the world film scene.

What Gu Wei cares about is not just one or two awards, but a lifetime of achievement.

In other words, he wants both honor and status...

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In the following days, the news that Star Film and Television Company was going to produce the "League of Legends" animated film caused an uproar in the entertainment industry.

Game fans welcomed this and expressed great anticipation.

However, many people in the industry said that they couldn't understand this operation. As an internationally renowned director, it would be fine if he didn't pursue awards and artistic achievements, but now he is concentrating on making animation. What is he trying to do?

Penguin Entertainment naturally took advantage of this opportunity to report extensively, and even did a special interview and promotion for "League of Legends".

For a time, this game became even more popular in mainland China, and many celebrities also took time to learn about the content of the game.

After all, Xingchen Films might launch a live-action version someday, so knowing about it in advance will help you be prepared.

Seeing this, Gu Wei realized that Tencent might not care about the gains and losses of this animated film at all.

The other party’s purpose may simply be to gain publicity in order to realize profits.

"No matter how careful you are when dealing with these big companies, you can never be on guard." Seeing this situation, Song Ge knew in his heart that Xingchen Film and Television Company had been taken advantage of for free this time.

"It's hard to say now. In the long run, as long as this popular IP is in our hands, the bulk of the final profits will still be ours." Gu Wei replied indifferently.

"Well, that depends on whether we can do it." Song Ge was still unsure at this moment, but he would not give up easily.

"League of Legends" has been very popular these days, even the lawsuit between Qiong Yao and the dead girl cannot compare to it.

The trial of Qiong Yao's lawsuit against Si Yatou has begun, and related reports quickly became a hot topic on Weibo.

This time, the two sides made a big fuss. Hundreds of screenwriters in the film and television industry issued a joint statement to support Qiong Yao's lawsuit against the dead girl and hope that the law would make a fair judgment.

A large number of celebrities remained silent. After all, both sides had considerable influence in the circle, so they had no choice but to avoid offending either side.

However, this situation where the entire traditional screenwriter industry is besieging one person has never happened in the entertainment industry before.

Especially in the team of hundreds of people, most of them are famous screenwriters who have produced many excellent movies and TV series.

Many of them also serve as film directors, such as Xue Xiaolu, Liu Yiwei, Wang Jing and so on.

When Gu Wei saw the news report at home, he couldn't help but marvel at it. It was rare to see such unity in the circle.

It seems that this dead girl has really offended all her colleagues in the industry by making up stories all these years.

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Time goes by...

The outside world was extremely bustling, and Han Sanping and Jiang Wen had been calling Gu Wei quite frequently recently.

The former sounds a bit like a complaint. The epic blockbuster "The Crossing" has been released for more than two weeks and has now made over 100 million yuan at the box office. If it were a low-budget movie, this result would be considered a good one.

However, considering that "The Crossing" had an investment of 400 to 500 million yuan, this box office share is probably not enough to cover the publicity and promotion costs.

After all, LeTV took the lead in investing tens of millions of dollars in ticket subsidies alone, but now it seems that all the money has been wasted.

The latter is both excited and worried, as the upcoming premiere of "One Step Away" is the focus of the industry.

This movie is what Jiang Wen calls the second part of the "Beiyang Series" after "Let the Bullets Fly".

With such a good example before it, in the eyes of countless people, "One Step Away", with an investment of up to 3 million yuan, is naturally a more exciting production.

Countless viewers and fans, including industry insiders, are full of expectations for Jiang Wen's IMAX 3D blockbuster and can't wait to see it first.

The attention of a large number of movie fans also makes Jiang Wen a little anxious. After all, if the box office and reputation of the movie fail, wouldn’t he have to cry bitterly with his partner John Woo?
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(End of this chapter)