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Chapter 757 Successfully Invited Honeymoon Trip (Two in One)

On the 27st, early in the morning.

The newlyweds got up early, and Miss Liu rarely slept in. However, although they both got up early, the media reporters took action even earlier.

Seeing that the internet was full of entertainment news about the couple's wedding yesterday, Gu Wei couldn't help but wonder if a considerable number of people had stayed up all night editing the news in order to grab the first wave of traffic.

"Last night, Director Gu Wei and Liu Yifei held a high-profile Chinese-style wedding at a manor in the suburbs of the capital..."

"It is reported that there are more than 10,000 guests attending the wedding, and filmmakers from Hollywood, Europe, and Southeast Asia have arrived in the capital to attend the wedding..."

"According to estimates by professionals, the total value of Liu Yifei's phoenix crown and bridal robe, as well as bracelets, earrings, hairpins, and other top-grade jewelry has exceeded 100 million yuan. It is extremely low-key and luxurious..."

"According to relevant sources, the wedding of Director Gu Wei and Liu Yifei cost as much as 400 million RMB.

This included nearly 200 million worth of jewelry, nearly 100 million for venue layout and team expenses, hundreds of millions in return gifts, and over 10,000 per person…”

...

On the other side of the ocean, many Hollywood media also reported the event simultaneously.

New York Times: "Internationally renowned director and Oscar-winning director Gu Wei held a wedding with famous actress Crystal yesterday..."

Los Angeles Entertainment News: "Chinese director Gu Wei held his wedding yesterday. Thousands of Hollywood filmmakers rushed to the scene to show their support, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Will Smith...

Spielberg, Nolan, Cameron…

President of Warner, Vice President of DreamWorks, and Vice President of Disney..."

Washington Daily: "A classical oriental wedding, tens of thousands of filmmakers...

According to statistics, the number of people watching this wedding on the Internet reached tens of millions…”

...

Article after article, report after report, half of the Hollywood entertainment industry is discussing this grand wedding...

In the bedroom, as soon as daybreak came, Gu Wei and Liu Yifei got out of bed with sleepy eyes.

Miss Liu, with her rosy face, looked obviously more energetic than Gu Wei.

"Oh, look at what you have done. It's so obvious that someone will definitely see it." After washing up, Liu Yifei sat in front of the dressing table. Looking at the clearly visible marks on her neck, she couldn't help but said coquettishly.

"You're still criticizing me. Look at mine. It's almost reaching your chin." Gu Wei came to Liu Yifei, looked up and replied unhappily.

Maybe the atmosphere was right. Even though they were so tired that they could hardly stand up straight after returning home last night, they still stayed together for half the night. This wedding night was not wasted at all.

"Puchi, hahaha." The young lady looked at the clearly visible lip print under Gu Wei's chin and imagined that if this was photographed by reporters, then the big director would definitely be on the hot search headlines.

Seeing Gu Wei staring at the mirror and rubbing the marks with his hands, Miss Liu instantly thought of a solution, "Wear a turtleneck sweater, it should be able to cover it, go and try it."

"Is it possible?" Gu Wei couldn't help but feel a little skeptical, but he immediately changed into the bright red (helpless expression) turtleneck sweater that Miss Liu had just bought for him.

After putting it on, Gu Wei looked at himself in the mirror carefully and nodded slightly: "Not bad, I can't see it clearly without looking up."

Afterwards, after they packed up and had breakfast, they drove to the hotel to see off the guests.

In addition to seeing Leonardo and others off, Gu Wei also had to talk to them about the role.

After all, if we don't confirm it at this point in time, we can't let the other party return to the United States and come back a few days later.

Moreover, "The Battle of Nantianmen" is a military science fiction film, and Gu Wei also plans to undergo two to three months of training.

Of course, this training is not to train acting skills, but to cultivate everyone's military temperament and the level of mutual understanding.

According to Gu Wei's plan, the roles will be selected before the end of January, and the group will be trained directly after the new year. The filming will start in the first half of the year, which is April or May at the latest. The planned shooting time is about half a year, and the special effects production is expected to be completed within a year and a half.

...

Starting at around eight in the morning, Gu Wei, Liu Yifei, Song Ge, Wang Chen and others appeared at the hotel.

Almost every overseas celebrity, artist, and filmmaker who leaves will choose to take a photo with the two before leaving.

At this time, it is the world of media reporters. After all, they have no chance at the wedding scene, and no one can stop them in public.

"Gu, I hope you can finish this movie as soon as possible. Rise of the Planet of the Apes 2 is still waiting for you."

At the hotel entrance, Warner President Tsujihara whispered while hugging Gu Wei.

"No problem. If Warner's special effects team is efficient enough, I think this movie will definitely be released earlier than expected, haha."

While Gu Wei was speaking, he glanced at Miss Liu who was chatting with Charlize Theron not far away. The two were talking and laughing, and in just a few minutes they had taken several photos together.

"Haha, I can only promise to start special effects production as soon as possible, but the efficiency cannot be guaranteed. After all, Warner has several big projects next year." Tsujihara was very satisfied with Gu Wei's answer, but Warner won the North American annual box office championship for two consecutive years.

Although the honor was won, the pressure was growing. Other big companies would naturally not let Warner achieve three consecutive championships, and Warner definitely wanted to win this honor.

After all, once achieving three consecutive championships, the added benefit to Warner in the next few years will be huge.

Afterwards, the two naturally talked about "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", which is currently being screened worldwide.

"I think I may not have the energy to take care of this movie for the time being. I hope Warner can increase its publicity efforts." When they were about to part, Gu Wei
In the original time and space, after "The Dark Knight Rises" in 2012, Warner did not have a movie "Aquaman" until 6 years later in 2018, which broke the $10 billion global box office.

Now that "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" is likely to exceed one billion US dollars, Tsujihara naturally patted his chest and said that he would increase his publicity efforts.

...

Over the entire morning, Gu Wei sent away nearly half of the Hollywood filmmakers.

The reason why it is half is because it is impossible for the thousands of people coming from Hollywood to leave all in one day. After all, the number of flights is there, and we can't add a few more flights just for these people?
Anyway, no matter what, even if they leave in four or five groups, Gu Wei will come personally to take photos with them one by one and say farewell.

Gu Wei would naturally not be stingy with his time towards these gods of wealth. If these partners could guarantee that every Hollywood blockbuster they shot would sell well, then Gu Wei would be willing to worship them.

There is another very important reason why Gu Wei is so polite to these people. That is, after establishing a good cooperative relationship with them, even if China and the United States become hostile in the future, Gu Wei can still join in one Hollywood blockbuster after another through investment, selling scripts, participating in special effects production, and other means, and earn every penny in the pockets of the American people for a long time.

After all, without a large amount of foreign exchange support, where would the money come from to continue producing science fiction films for China after the domestic entertainment industry entered a cold winter?

When it was noon, Gu Wei and Miss Liu took off the smiles they had been wearing, looked at each other, and both felt a little tired.

Looking at Miss Liu whose face was frozen with laughter, Gu Wei held her little face distressedly and said, "Go back and have a rest in the afternoon. I can stay here by myself."

"No." Miss Liu puffed up her cheeks and refused. "If you were left alone, the media might write nonsense and make a mess of the report."

"Haha." Gu Wei was amused by Miss Liu's unusual train of thought. "Now you know it's not easy to be a director's wife."

"Hehe, we'll just be a little tired in these two days. Let's go on our honeymoon after they all leave." Miss Liu suggested casually.

"Okay, but let's go eat first. You take a rest at noon, and I'll go have a good talk with Leon." Pinching Miss Liu's nose, Gu Wei said lovingly.

"Uh-huh."

After that, the two walked towards the restaurant hand in hand.

...

After lunch, Gu Wei sent Miss Liu to the hotel room and looked at the time.

Leonardo's flight was at around three in the afternoon, so minus the time spent on the road and waiting time, there were less than two hours left.

After quietly closing the door, Gu Wei went straight to Leonardo's room on the sixth floor.

It has to be said that except when he is filming a movie, Leonardo enjoys himself every moment of his normal time.

After entering the room, Gu Wei saw Leonardo half lying on the sofa. The bottle of red wine in front of him was only half empty, and it seemed that he had drunk a lot.

"Gu, would you like a drink first?" This was the first thing Leonardo said after seeing Gu Wei.

"Forget it. I'm busy this afternoon." Gu Wei waved his hand and refused directly.

"Gu, you are a great director, you need to learn to enjoy life."

"Haha, except for not being able to hug you, it seems that I have it easier than you at other times." Gu Wei silently complained in his heart, but said, "Let's talk about business."

"Gu, if it's an art film, I can give up the box office share, or even reduce my salary, but commercial films are an exception."

Leonardo's attitude has not changed, and the disagreement between the two sides lies in the box office sharing.

After hearing this, Gu Wei was silent for a while and could only use his ultimate move.

"The salary is 15 million US dollars, and there is no box office share. In the future, we can work together to shoot an art film to win awards. How about that?"

To be honest, 15 million US dollars is not high for Leonardo's current worth. According to Gu Wei, after winning the Oscar for Best Actor, Leonardo's salary must start at at least 20 million US dollars, not including box office share.

But since Gu Wei dared to offer this price, he must have some confidence.

Firstly, "The Battle of Nantianmen" is an ensemble drama, and even the male and female protagonists will not have much more roles than other leading actors. In other words, it does not take up too much of the actors' time.

Secondly, the total salary is to be considered. Gu Wei has already reached an agreement with Denzel Washington, and the other party's salary is about the same. If Leonardo is given more than 20 million, plus the salaries of two or three Hollywood actresses and the salaries of domestic actors, then the actors' salary for this movie alone will be as high as hundreds of millions of US dollars.

For a science fiction film, it is unreasonable that nearly 40% of the cost is used to pay the actors' salaries.

According to Gu Wei's budget, the actors' salaries for "The Battle of Nantianmen" can only account for 25% to 28% of the total cost, which is between 7500 and 8400 million US dollars.

Gu Wei pays Hollywood actors around 4500 to 5000 million US dollars per film, while he keeps around million US dollars in China.

After all, according to the current exchange rate, 30 million US dollars is nearly 200 million yuan, which is enough to invite many big domestic entertainment stars to perform.

Moreover, Gu Wei believes that anyone selected by him will not directly ask for the highest salary. Although it is impossible to perform for free like in "Founding of a Republic", an appropriate reduction in pay is certain.

After hearing Gu Wei's offer and request, Leonardo, who had already drunk half a bottle of red wine, suddenly sobered up. He was thinking and struggling.

After a long while, Leonardo spoke up, "Shall we take a look at the script of that art film first?"

"Of course." Gu Wei was already prepared and took out a script from his briefcase.

"Green Book?" Leonardo whispered the name on the cover. "It's based on the true story of pianist Don Shirley. It tells the story of a bodyguard named Tony being hired as the driver of the black pianist Don..."

"A story of friendship that transcends race and class..."

Leonardo spoke softly as his eyes slowly brightened. There was no doubt that this kind of conflict between classes and story about human nature had always been a favorite type of the judges at major film festivals.

"Has Denzel read the script?" Leonardo suddenly asked.

"Of course I do... ahem, why do you ask?" Gu Wei suddenly took back his words and looked at the other person in confusion.

"Haha, Gu, I'm not stupid. Since you said before that Denzel would star in this movie, and now you're offering me this, I think Denzel's salary shouldn't exceed mine...

Combining all the above conditions, I think you must have reached some kind of cooperation with Denzel..."

It has to be said that if you walk by the river often, you will get your feet wet.

After being tricked by Gu Wei several times, Leonardo now has a complete understanding of his methods.

That’s right, Gu Wei used this condition to attract Denzel Washington to reduce his salary to star in the film. If it were an ordinary director, Denzel might not agree.

But Gu Wei is different. He shot two art films in Hollywood and won two Oscar winners respectively. As the saying goes, a person's reputation is like a tree's shadow. No one would refuse an invitation to win an Oscar for Best Director for an art film.

"Haha, I have to say, you're getting harder and harder to fool... well, getting smarter and smarter." When his trick was seen through, Gu Wei's face turned red, which was a rare occurrence.

"Haha." Leonardo, who was always paying attention to Gu Wei's expression, was in a good mood. "I accept your invitation. After all, money is enough for me, and for me, the more movie emperors, the better."

"Oh, are you so sure that you will win another Best Actor award with this movie?"

"Haha, if it doesn't work, we will have more opportunities to cooperate in the future."

Picking up the red wine on the table, Gu Wei poured himself a glass.

"Ding." The only sounds in the room were the clinking of goblets and the laughter of two people.

If other directors were present, they would probably be shocked that they could save tens of millions of dollars in film pay just for a script and a role.

All I can say is that the great director's charm and influence were fully demonstrated at this moment.

.........

In the outside world, and in the film and television circles, the wedding of Gu Wei and Liu Yifei is still a hot topic, and the popularity online remains high.

The big guys gathered, the stars were shining, and the spending was extravagant...

Although this wedding was called the wedding of the century by the media, both its cost and the number of invited guests were unprecedented in the entertainment industry.

But there are still many black fans stirring up trouble online, for example:

"With so much money, he would rather spend hundreds of millions on a lavish wedding. Why not donate the money to poor areas? We still have 30 million poor people? (Angry)" Some anti-fans became jealous and typed quickly and hit send. He felt extremely comfortable, and even his soul was moaning with comfort.

"Oh shit, I saw a mentally ill person walking on the street! Why doesn't the mental hospital take him away quickly? (Surprised)" some fans and netizens responded immediately.

"The money earned by Director Gu Wei and Yifei is clean. I haven't read the reports from Hollywood. Director Gu has earned at least 10 billion US dollars from Europe and the United States in these years. He can do whatever he wants with the money he earned! (Rolling eyes! Contempt!)" Some netizens expressed their contempt for those who made such remarks.

“Haha, it makes me laugh when I see the haters getting so angry. They only see how much Director Gu and his friends spent. Why don’t they mention that they received more than 1 billion in gifts? If you calculate it this way, the wedding made hundreds of millions in profit and boosted many consumer industries.” Someone in the entertainment industry who knew the inside story immediately posted a message to refute it.

"A bunch of brainless fans, 4 million RMB distributed to 3000 million poor people, each person can get 14 RMB, enough to cover three days of food expenses!" The haters were so angry that they posted a bunch of data.

"Young people nowadays are so impetuous and vain. Back in our time, a wedding only cost 50 yuan!" A well-known professor who was certified on Weibo made a comment, which immediately widened the controversy.

"It's so extravagant and wasteful that a wedding cost nearly 4 million yuan. This shows that it is still too easy to make money in the entertainment industry. The country should issue regulations to prohibit excessive profiteering in movies." A public intellectual who is certified as a writer said worriedly.

Afterwards, some black fans also jumped out. After all, with the support of celebrities, the momentum was strong.

But the fighting power of Gu Wei and Liu Yifei's fans is not to be underestimated. They are filled with righteous indignation and refute each point one by one.

Some fans who are proficient in the Internet went through the statements of these famous experts and public intellectuals from beginning to end. As a result, many old accounts and negative materials of these celebrities were dug up, which caused a huge uproar for a while.

Sure enough, some people appear to be righteous on the surface, but are no different from beasts in human clothing in private. They seem to be knowledgeable people, but in fact they take money they shouldn't take, become rebellious, lose their conscience, and then righteously accuse others.

In just less than two days, these celebrities' reputations were ruined. They became like rats crossing the street, and everyone wanted to kill them. Some people even shouted "get out" at them. It was obvious that they had angered the public.

Obviously, the remarks made by the haters do not receive support from most fans and netizens.

And as time went by, the topic of this "wedding of the century" gradually faded.

Because everyone's attention is on the box office of "One Step Away" and the upcoming auditions for "The Battle of Nantianmen".

If we say that throughout December, Gu Wei and Liu Yifei were the most eye-catching focus of the entire domestic and international entertainment circles.

Since New Year's Day, Jiang Wen and "One Step Away" have suddenly become the most talked-about topics in the domestic entertainment industry and among netizens.

"The film is jointly produced by Buyi Lehu Films and Xingchen Films, directed by Jiang Wen, and starred by Jiang Wen, Ge You, Zhou Yun, Tong Liya, Wang Zhiwen, Wen Zhang, Liu Yifei and others.

The second film in the Beiyang Series, "One Step Away", has been released for more than two weeks, and the box office has now exceeded 900 million..."

"Currently, the reputation of the movie "One Step Away" is polarized...

After watching the movie, some viewers gave negative reviews online..."

……

Although "One Step Away" has maintained high box office, no movie can be perfect.

Although Gu Wei said that Jiang Wen made a movie that the audience can understand, compared with the director's appreciation level, the audience's appreciation ability is still a little lacking.

Fortunately, the media reports were relatively objective and did not carry any ulterior motives.

However, a large-scale war of words gradually broke out among netizens, audiences and movie fans.

Currently, in the entire mainland market, about 70% of viewers and netizens support Jiang Wen, about 20% of netizens belittle Jiang Wen, and less than 10% are neutral, and this part of netizens is still wavering at any time.

"I think Director Jiang Wen must be trying to tell something. I just finished watching it and I still don't know it clearly. I need to go back and check the background information of the story and savor it carefully."

“I feel like Director Jiang Wen has too many things he wants to express and metaphorically imply, even after streamlining it.

But for the public, including fans like me, it is not something that can be understood in one go. It has to be thought about multiple times and carefully. "

"Director Jiang Wen doesn't make bad movies. If you can't understand it, it just means we haven't reached that level. Watching it a few more times will definitely lead to new discoveries and surprises."

"It's a bad movie for sure. I think there are a hundred If You Are the One movies between "One Step Away" and "Let the Bullets Fly"..."

“Why must the audience understand Jiang Wen’s movies?
Is it art to trick the audience into coming to the cinema and watch a whole dance performance?"

Each person has his own reasons. The post with a hundred copies of "If You Are the One" in the middle was widely forwarded by black fans.

Before Jiang Wen could stand up, Feng Xiaogang, who was on the set of "Old Cannon", couldn't help it.

He directly posted on Weibo, angrily criticizing netizens for not being able to appreciate quality movies (If You Are the One) and being destined to watch bad movies.

This directly caused some haters to change the battlefield and post mocking comments on Director Feng’s Weibo.

Not long after, Feng Xiaogang also made a classic remark: "It will take a few more years for you to fully understand If You Are the One!"

I have to say that Director Feng is very confident, even though it sounds like a joke to say this.

Seeing this scene, Director Chen, who had originally planned to comment on "One Step Away", did not dare to speak.

After all, if this were to be linked to "The Promise", he couldn't bring himself to repeat what he said before.

……

In addition, the soon-to-be-released film "The Crossing" has also attracted a lot of media coverage.

The investment cost was nearly 1.9 million yuan, the film was released for one month, and the final box office was only million yuan.

The majority of netizens burst out laughing, and the five investors wanted to bang their heads against the wall.

"The Taiping", known as the "Titanic of the East", is destined to become an unavoidable joke in film history.

at the same time.

Gu Wei and Miss Liu ignored the comments online and went on a spontaneous trip.

As it snowed relatively late in the capital this year, after being busy for a few days, Miss Liu suddenly thought of the scene of heavy snow on the day when the two confessed their love to each other.

So, under Miss Liu's "instructions", the two headed north.

After passing Shanhaiguan, the entire north has entered a world covered in silver.

Looking around, all the scenery in front of you is breathtakingly beautiful, making you linger and feel incomparable impact and touching.

There was still remnant snow and frost hanging on the treetops. The temperature in the mountains was colder than outside, but large areas of snow-covered woodlands had melted.

The entire forest was endless, with a mixture of snow-white and budding green everywhere.

It is a winding and mythical wonder.

The mountains are also rugged and varied. From a distance, the slopes appear to be gentle and endless, but when you get closer, you realize that they are high mountains that require a lot of energy to climb.

A light blue river flows through the place where meadows and deep mountains and dense forests meet. As people imagine, the water flow in the upper reaches is relatively turbulent. This is the flood season after the snow melts. The river water is not only turbulent in the early morning, but also quite cold.

On the bank of the northernmost river of the motherland.

Snow was flying all over the sky, and Gu Wei and Liu Yifei hugged each other.

The temperature of minus 20 to 30 degrees Celsius still couldn't stop the passionate feelings between the two.

At this time, the two of them once again rang the oath in their ears: "When the world begins to snow, we will grow old together."

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(End of this chapter)