Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 781 Is the New Year real or fake?

The lively New Year’s Eve just passed like this!

Gu Wei woke up early in the morning and saw the news online. Just as he expected, there were many comments criticizing the Spring Festival Gala.

"If you're not afraid of not understanding the jokes on the Internet, no one would watch the Spring Festival Gala."

"Amazing host duo Nigsabi!"

"What shocked me about this year's Spring Festival Gala was that the show was so bad that even the jokes and complaints reached an all-time low."

"No yellow, no gambling, no table tennis, hahahaha!"

I have to say, as the Spring Festival Gala gets worse and worse, netizens are almost too lazy to complain.

Similarly, posts inviting big directors such as Zhang Yimou and Gu Wei to direct the Spring Festival Gala were pinned to the top of the list for discussion by netizens.

And because Jiang Wen just won the Golden Bear Award, he was added to the list of big directors directing the Spring Festival Gala.

Gu Wei found it interesting and took a screenshot and sent it to the WeChat group. There were only three people in the group: Zhang Yimou, Jiang Wen and Gu Wei.

After a while, there was movement.

"Haha, that's how it is said that netizens have good vision. If the three of us were to direct the Spring Festival Gala, it would definitely be better than it is now."

"Come on, Director Jiang, if you were directing this, it would probably have problems getting it approved," Gu Wei joked.

"I'm just saying, netizens really hope you can direct one."

Jiang Wen naturally knew that the most popular voice online now was for Gu Wei to direct the Spring Festival Gala. It was so loud that every year before and after the Spring Festival Gala, there would always be a large number of people posting various messages on Weibo.

There were even fans who went to his Weibo and kept asking him if he was interested in the Spring Festival Gala.

Unfortunately, Gu Wei didn't respond to this at all.

Oh, I am crazy to direct the Spring Festival Gala!

Gu Wei thought that he had an average relationship with that group of old guys, and if it came to the Spring Festival Gala, he would definitely be bullied.

As for the netizens' complaints about the Spring Festival Gala becoming increasingly ugly, if it weren't for the impact, Gu Wei would have wanted to just say, "If it's ugly, then don't watch it. Xingchen Films produces so many movies and TV series every year, aren't they enough for everyone to watch?"

The two chatted for a while, and Zhang Yimou directly asked Gu Wei, "When do you leave?"

"Brother, you want to join us?" Gu Wei was a little confused. Logically speaking, there was no need for the other party to be so anxious. Spielberg was looking after the post-production of "Jurassic World", and it was heard that the progress was going smoothly.

"Well, I received an invitation from the Oscars jury a while ago."

Seeing this, Gu Wei understood instantly that it had to be said that the Oscars were now on the decline, so much so that Gu Wei heard from Reid that this year the organizers had invited many big-name celebrities to attend in order to revive its reputation.

"We have to leave on the third day of the junior high school at the latest. I'll have someone contact my senior brother later, and we'll leave together."

"no problem."

The two of them were chatting among themselves, which made Jiang Wen very depressed. Although he had just won the Golden Bear Award, he really couldn't get a word in when the two of them were talking about the Oscars.

Jiang Wen, who was lying on the sofa in the villa, thought for a while and said, "Director Gu, does Xingchen Films have any suitable scripts? After The Wandering Earth 2 is finished, I will also strive for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film."

Seeing this, Gu Wei suddenly almost said "Dying to Survive", but when he thought of Han Sanping, he deleted the words he had typed one by one.

"There are many good scripts, but not many that suit Director Jiang's style. How about I help you and you try with "One Step Away" next year?" Gu Wei joked.

"I can go to hell with you. I can't afford to lose that person."

You should know that when "One Step Away" was screened on a small scale in New York, Los Angeles and other places last year, the box office and word of mouth were very average.

Jiang Wen knew without hesitation that relying on "One Step Away" to compete for the Best Foreign Language Film was pure clownish behavior. Needless to say, the result was that it would most likely not even be nominated.

After chatting for a while and agreeing to get together before leaving, Gu Wei began to deal with various New Year greetings text messages from people in the circle.

It has to be said that every New Year's Day, he is overwhelmed by all kinds of New Year's greetings calls, text messages, social messages and Weibo messages.

Many of them had to be replied to personally by Gu Wei to show respect.

After all, these are the favors and etiquette that come and go during the Spring Festival, and they cannot be ignored or treated too perfunctorily.

Finally, seeing more and more New Year greetings messages, Gu Wei had no choice but to reply uniformly through Weibo.

After doing all this, Gu Wei returned to the bed and patted Miss Liu's hips, "Don't sleep anymore, your parents are calling you for dinner."

The girl's true nature has been exposed since her wedding. She used to be very sensible in front of Dad and Mom Gu, but now she doesn't pretend anymore.

"Hmm!" The young lady turned over and groaned.

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According to the outside world, this year's Spring Festival period can be described as the most intense in history.

After being in preparation for a long time, seven or eight domestic blockbusters finally landed in theaters across the country in the early morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year.

The most brutal Spring Festival battle of the year has officially begun!
Many blockbusters such as "Dragon Blade", "The Man from Macau 2", "Zhong Kui Conquers the Demons: Snow Demon and the Dark Crystal", "Wolf Totem", "Where Are We Going, Dad 2", "Triumph in the Skies", and "Dad's Holiday" have collectively exploded.

According to the data released by the cinema, the total box office in the mainland market reached 3.3 million on the first day alone, exceeding the record of 2.79 million in the same period last year. Ten years ago, China's annual box office was only 16 billion, but now it has collected one-fifth of the box office in 2005 on the first day of the new year. It has to be said that the development of domestic entertainment has indeed been rapid in recent years.

"The movie "Dark Blade" starring Jackie Chan, John Cusack and Adrien Brody, two Hollywood stars, had a high screening rate of 24.6% on the first day..."

“After the first day of release of The Man from Macau 2 and Zhong Kui, the online word-of-mouth feedback was average…”

“Wolf Totem surpassed many blockbusters in the same period and received the most praise…”

"Third- and fourth-tier cities are gradually becoming the main source of ticket sales, and watching movies during the Spring Festival is becoming a rigid demand..."

There are all kinds of news on the Internet. Such a hot scene has made the domestic film market once again make Hollywood salivate.

"Army" took the top spot with a first-day box office of 1.2 million, contributing one-third of the market.

On the first day of its release, "Wolf Totem" earned 3300 million at the box office, received rave reviews, and ranked first in film reviews!

It can be predicted that the screening rate and daily box office of this film will continue to rise.

As for other movies, it’s really hard to describe them in a few words.

The variety show film "Where Are We Going, Dad 2", which was denounced by most of the industry, lost the ferocity of the first season movie and simply fell into the dust.

The performance of "Up in the Sky" was mediocre, and fewer and fewer mainland audiences are interested in Hong Kong films.

The most controversial movie is "Zhong Kui Conquers the Demons: Snow Demon Spirit" with an investment cost of 200 million.

The box office revenue on the first day was 6400 million, and there was a lot of criticism online.

A large number of negative film reviews can be summed up in one sentence: "The special effects of the movie are good, but the plot is extremely bad, and it is indescribable! Chen Kun's acting skills are completely invisible..."

For the mainland film and television circles, the Spring Festival is still going on, but celebrity artists have various announcements and programs constantly, and entertainment information is quite abundant.

During the Spring Festival of the Year of the Sheep, the film and television industry is booming.

However, many years ago, when talking about watching movies during the New Year, everyone would still ask: Can anyone go to the movies during the Spring Festival?

However, this rhetorical question has now been completely overturned by the booming film market data.

Over the past few years, everyone has assumed that the Spring Festival schedule has replaced the Lunar New Year schedule and has become the hottest movie schedule in winter and throughout the year.

The film and television industry has truly entered an era of flourishing capital.

The film and television industry will become more and more interesting in the future.

At the same time, Hollywood has also entered the warm-up stage of the Oscars ceremony, which is also full of people.

After all, the Oscar awards ceremony will begin in three days.

Including Zhang Ziyi who just got engaged, celebrities who had the opportunity to see the Oscars rushed to Los Angeles.

Although there are no domestic directors participating in this year's Oscars with their works.

However, Huang Shengyi, the representative of "Heaven on Earth", became extremely popular.

Since the beginning of the year, news about Huang Shengyi walking the Oscars red carpet together with Tom Hanks has been constantly spreading back to China.

Afterwards, various announcements and information became more and more exaggerated, and it was even rumored that the two would collaborate on a Sino-US co-production, playing the male and female protagonists.

Later, it was reported online that the movie the two were collaborating on was a female-focused film. In other words, Tom Cruise was suspected of playing a supporting role to Huang Shengyi and promoting him.

"No way, is it true?" Miss Liu was stunned when she saw the news and asked Gu Wei directly.

"What are you thinking? It's obviously fake. Unless you, my wife, want to play a heroine in a movie, and then I, your husband, can invite a top Hollywood actor to play a supporting role for you, it's impossible for anyone else."

Gu Wei's words made Miss Liu laugh, but he was also telling the truth.

You have to know that being able to work with a Hollywood superstar and play the leading female role means that once Huang Shengyi's matter is confirmed, she will immediately be promoted to the status of a big star in the domestic entertainment industry.

After all, whether in Hollywood or in China, more than 90% of the movies are still dominated by men, and women play more of a supporting role.

There are very few movies with female protagonists that are female-led.

Therefore, many actresses are very eager for movies with big heroines, but not to mention the fact that there are not many films, there are only very few scripts.

There are approximately 50000 scripts produced in Hollywood every year, but less than 5% of them have female protagonists.

There is still a lot of picking and choosing here, and the rest of the performance is almost negligible.

So in Gu Wei's opinion, these remarks are pure nonsense, and even Gong Li can't do it.

Moreover, what Gu Wei said to Miss Liu was not exaggerating. If Liu Yifei really wanted to make a movie with a female lead, then Gu Wei could indeed exchange resources and invite top male stars including Leonardo DiCaprio, Will Smith, and Matt Damon to come and help.

At present, Gu Wei is the only one who can do this in China.

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(End of this chapter)