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Chapter 754: Good news for the midnight show
The end of the year is approaching.

The New Year's Eve parties of various David TV stations cannot be held at the same time as the Spring Festival Gala, so the best option is to skip the Gregorian New Year and go on New Year's Day.

Since early December, major satellite TV stations have begun intensively promoting and preparing for their New Year’s Eve Galas in an effort to grab ratings and compete with other satellite TV stations.

What’s more, each satellite TV station competes on its star lineup, the number of big names, and whether it has invited the most popular stars in the circle in the past year.

Among the artists of Shiba Culture Company, the busiest ones are Tong Liya, Zhao Liying, Wan Qian and others. Except for the two days of Gu Wei's wedding, their schedules are fully packed with announcements.

Due to problems with the previous review of "One Step Away", the release date of the film was only two days away from the premiere.

Guo Fan has just started casting for "Go Away Tumor", and over there, "One Step Away" is about to be released.

In the early morning of the 17th, "One Step Away" officially hits major theaters.

At this moment, Jiang Wen couldn't sleep at all. He didn't know whether he was excited or worried, but he kept wandering around the living room.

After wandering around for more than half an hour, Zhou Yun, who was in the bedroom, couldn't stand it anymore and came to the living room in his pajamas. "The first day's box office will not be available until the morning of the 19th at the earliest. You won't get any results even if you stay here all night."

"Hey, what do you know? You'll be worried until there's any result. What will you and your son do if the box office fails?" Tiptoeing to the bedroom, Jiang Wen saw his baby son sleeping soundly, closed the door gently, and said while hugging Zhou Yun.

All we can say is that "The Crossing" had such a huge impact on people in the industry that many domestic films now dare not say they will be big sellers before they are released.

"You can't not sleep." Zhou Yun said with concern as he looked at Jiang Wen who was getting thinner and thinner.

"Sleep, why not sleep, go to bed now." Jiang Wen muttered a few words, and just as he was about to walk into the bedroom, he took out his phone and muttered, "I'll call Director Gu and ask him. I guess he's still awake at this time."

"Don't disturb the couple by calling them in the middle of the night." Zhou Yun rolled his eyes at him.

"It's okay. Director Gu might be more nervous than me. After all, he invested so much money." Jiang Wen waved his hand carelessly and dialed the number directly.

"Hello, the number you called..." Jiang Wen felt a little strange when he heard the voice of the human customer service on the phone. "Who are you calling at this time?"

Zhou Yun rewarded his man with two sanitary balls and pulled him into the bedroom.

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On the other side, Gu Wei was indeed still busy at the moment.

However, the focus was not on the midnight box office of "One Step Away", but on sending wedding invitations to those business partners and collaborators in Hollywood.

"Will, on the 26th of this month..."

"Theron, this month..."

In the bedroom, Miss Liu was petting the cat and looking at Gu Wei excitedly as he kept making phone calls.

Since there are so many invited guests, even if Gu Wei takes two minutes to make a phone call, it would be impossible to go through all of them in a few days.

So for the guests from Hollywood, Gu Wei only selected those with whom he had a close relationship and called them personally, and the rest were invited personally by Reid.

It has to be said that Reid's usefulness is fully utilized at this moment.

This continued until two in the morning. When Miss Liu was about to fall asleep, Gu Wei hung up the phone and fell down on the bed.

"Well, is the fight over?" Miss Liu asked in a daze.

Gu Wei pinched her little face and gave her a kiss, "Yeah, I basically said it all."

"Is Matt also available to come over?"

A few days ago, before Matt Damon returned to his country, he came to the villa specifically. Gu Wei personally cooked a meal to entertain him.

The training for "The Great Wall" has already begun, and Matt Damon will join the crew at the beginning of the year. Miss Liu thought about this and asked specifically.

“No problem, he said he would bring his wife, daughter and Leon with him.”

"Yeah." Miss Liu nodded and yawned.

Seeing this, Gu Wei pulled the light, locked the door, and quickly lay down in the warm embrace of the young lady.

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18 number.

Early in the morning, the midnight box office of "One Step Away" was released.

1800! !

Since the beginning of the Lunar New Year holiday, the film market has been lukewarm. So far, the most successful movie at the box office is "Fleet of Time". From its release on the 5th to now, the cumulative box office has exceeded million.

As for other films, not to mention "The Crossing", more than a dozen domestic films, including "My Early Menopause Girlfriend" starring Zhou Xun and Tong Dawei, all had dismal box office performances.

It was in this situation that the much-anticipated "One Step Away" arrived like a savior.

The box office at midnight was 1800 million, a very high figure.

In the original time and space, Bu Yi Le Hu Films announced that the midnight box office of "One Step Away" was 1700 million. Later, due to statistical errors by a third party, the final midnight box office was 680 million.

But it is different in this time and space. The 1800 million is real and there is no water in it at all.

When Jiang Wen learned of this data, he was so happy that he almost jumped three feet high.

"It's settled, it's settled." Jiang Wen, who was in bed, received a call from Marco and kissed Zhou Yun directly, causing the other party to roll his eyes.

However, after learning the midnight show data, even Zhou Yun breathed a sigh of relief, "This feeling is too uncomfortable. Don't work so hard on filming next time."

For "One Step Away", Jiang Wen invested almost all his income over the years.

In the entertainment industry, this kind of scene is very common, after all, there are Wu Jing and Xu Zheng when they were filming "Lost in Hong Kong" in the original time and space.

"Okay, okay, now the rain has stopped and the sky is clear. From now on, you can be a boss lady with peace of mind."

"Haha, if you were as good at making money as Director Gu, I would have stayed at home and been a boss's wife a long time ago." Zhou Yun joked with a smile.

Hearing this, Jiang Wen felt a little jealous. Even though they were an old couple, he didn't want to hear his wife praising other men in front of him.

Afterwards, after sending his son to the next room, Jiang Wen, full of masculinity, gave his wife a good lesson early in the morning.

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Sina Entertainment reported: "One Step Away, co-produced by Buyi Lehu Films and Xingchen Films, directed by Jiang Wen, and starring Ge You, Tong Liya, Wang Zhiwen, Zhou Yun, Liu Yifei, and Wen Zhang, grossed 1800 million yuan at the midnight screening."

Souhu Entertainment reported: "It is reported that the midnight show of "One Step Away" broke the records of "Tiny Times 3" and "Lost in Thailand", and was second only to the 1900 million midnight show of "Wolf Warrior" released during the National Day..." Penguin Entertainment reported: "The midnight show of "One Step Away" was as high as 1800 million. According to the prediction of industry professionals, the box office of the movie on the first day is likely to exceed million..."

NetEase Entertainment reported: "According to statistics from major cinema chains, the current screening schedule of "One Step Away" has surpassed other films in the same period.

It ranks first with an overwhelming advantage, with more than half of the 20 largest cities in the country showing it, about three times the second-place film, “So Young.”

Southern Metropolis News: "The screening rate of "One Step Away" is amazing. Take the Wanda CBD store in the capital as an example. On the morning of the 18th, a total of 20 movies were screened, of which only two were "Fleeting Time", one was "My Early Girlfriend", and the remaining 17 were "One Step Away"..."

The entire morning, the Internet was filled with reports of "One Step Away".

When this data came out, many film and television companies became jealous. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that as long as the film's reputation did not collapse, it would most likely be another high-grossing film with a box office of at least 1 billion.

However, once the extremely high screening rate was reported, other films in the same period were unwilling to do so.

Because after field investigation, their team found that most theaters under Wanda and Dadi Cinema Line only screened "One Step Away" and "Fleet of Time".

This phenomenon is almost catastrophic for other domestic films.

As a result, the General Administration received a joint complaint from more than a dozen producers early in the morning, but the leaders who came forward to receive the complaints were also helpless.

After all, this is how the domestic film market works. Once a phenomenal blockbuster appears, major theaters will naturally schedule more screenings. They can't just not show the blockbuster "One Step Away" and show "The Crossing" which no one watches.

No matter how much they complained, the people from the General Administration were unable to issue a document to resolve the issue, so they had to make a few phone calls to the heads of various theater chains in front of more than a dozen producers to deal with the issue perfunctorily.

It was already afternoon when Gu Wei learned about this, and the two of them slept until after two in the afternoon.

"Yeah, got it. Don't worry about them. Continue to arrange more screenings of One Step Away."

After hanging up the phone call with the person in charge of Dadi Cinemas in a daze, Gu Wei opened his eyes and checked the time.

He patted Miss Liu's butt out of habit, and then the two of them got up reluctantly.

After lunch, Gu Wei went to the company first and then went straight to the wedding scene.

The wedding stage has been set up, and the carpets, grass, and flowers on site have also been arranged. When Gu Wei arrived, he saw Miss Liu wearing a pink down jacket and communicating with the planner.

It is obvious that even though the young lady is about to become a young woman, she still pursues perfection and wants everything to be perfect.

The entire wedding venue cost more than 20 million yuan just to hire a team, and more than 50 million yuan for decoration. Add to that the jewelry and phoenix crown and veil customized by Gu Wei, as well as the groomsmen and bridesmaids' dresses and jewelry, and the current wedding expenses have exceeded 300 million yuan. Even based on the current purchasing power of RMB, it can be called the wedding of the century!

The same goes for the wedding banquet, which is handled by the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse.

All service personnel are from the official logistics company and meet conference-level specifications.

Well, the kind that requires measuring the placement of tables, chairs, and tableware with a ruler.

Standing at the wedding scene, Gu Wei hugged Miss Liu and suddenly felt a feeling in his heart, even though there was no castle, no luxury hotel, and no so-called Western romance.

But it has the unique Chinese heaviness, romance and solemnity.

"Director Gu, the entire manor can accommodate tens of thousands of people for dining at the same time, forming four areas, namely your relatives, colleagues, other leaders, and guests from the female side!" The planner followed Gu Wei and Liu Yifei to introduce the layout and arrangements of the entire venue.

After all, with so much money, the entire planning team will not sit idle.

Gu Wei nodded slightly. Although he didn't know how many people would come, he had to be prepared for things like weddings. It was better to prepare too much than too little.

In order to make some preparations, they even set up a special helicopter landing area and prepared six helicopters as backup.

This time, Song Ge arranged for Xingchen Film and Television Company to mobilize hundreds of employees to help maintain order and security on the wedding day. Otherwise, such a large wedding would easily lead to chaos.

The parking lot has also been completed. Based on actual needs, four parking lots have been set up, which can accommodate a total of 2000 cars and hundreds of buses.

Including the rest area, reception area, etc., everything has been completed. It can be said that after more than two months of construction, the entire wedding venue is basically complete.

It turns out that money makes things easier!

What our ancestors said, that money can make the world big, is absolutely true.

There is less than a week left before the final preparations and arrangements will be made. The ordered ingredients, including various delicacies from land and sea, will arrive on the last day of the wedding to ensure their freshness.

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Outside, the entertainment reporters who had been waiting there all this time were jubilant. They had witnessed with their own eyes the entire wedding scene from its construction to its current formation, and they had already figured out how much it had cost.

They couldn't remember any wedding in the mainland that was bigger than this one. The cost of a wedding was as high as hundreds of millions. Even the rich people didn't have such generosity.

What’s important is that after Liu Yifei married Gu Wei, her wealth and fortune skyrocketed, which is far from comparable to what happened a few years ago when a certain big star married the richest man in a province.

Although the wedding a few years ago was lavish, with 200 welcoming cars parading from the street to the end, 500 tables of buffet, thousands of people blessing their wedding, and a gold necklace worth more than 20 yuan as a dowry, it was also called the wedding of the century.

But compared with now, it’s not worth mentioning.

After all, although the big star married a rich man, his property was not the couple's property, so she only got a little money after the divorce.

But now, Liu Yifei's jadeite and other jewelry are worth more than 100 million yuan. More importantly, the two of them have joint property and have not signed any prenuptial property agreement.

To put it bluntly, if the two divorce in the future, Liu Yifei will conservatively be able to get tens of billions of assets.

This alone makes Liu Yifei the celebrity with the highest net worth in the entertainment industry, without a doubt.

Since the beginning of December, many entertainment media have been calling this wedding the wedding of the century, and reporting on it every day, allowing people to see how grand the wedding was. It attracted countless people's attention and became the biggest news hotspot in the entertainment industry today.

I don’t know how many editors have written an article based on a photo, and readers still enjoy reading it.

Although the wedding has not started yet, more than thirty reporters have gathered here and the spotlight is constantly focused here. With their reports, more and more fans have become curious about the wedding scene.

On Weibo, a large number of fans left messages on Gu Wei and Liu Yifei's Weibo, asking them to live broadcast their wedding.

Gu Wei originally had no intention of making money from the wedding. After discussing with Miss Liu, he decided to broadcast the wedding live simultaneously on Weibo and Tudou Video.

As soon as the news came out, fans were excited. If they could attend the wedding, I wonder how many people would have donated money.

Even so, the two received gifts continuously during this period, including various blessing cards, dolls, etc. sent by fans. The two accepted them directly and then arranged for staff to give gifts in return according to market prices.

As for the various sports cars and the like given by wealthy fans, the two of them simply confiscated them. After all, even if they could return the gifts, they wouldn't need so many means of transportation.

Of course, for more fans, everyone has already gathered together privately through various channels, preparing to send blessings to Gu Wei and Liu Yifei in a unique way.

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(End of this chapter)