Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 797 According to my schedule

Looking at the entire month of March, whether it was the Hollywood imported blockbusters "Jupiter Ascending", "Cinderella", "Kingsman: The Secret Service", or the dozen or so domestic works released in the same period.

In terms of box office, both were completely crushed by "Lost in Thailand", and the data of 12.78 billion indicates the birth of another domestic director who joins the "billion box office club".

"Director Gu, you and Yifei must come to the celebration party tomorrow. We can have a great time then."

On the day the movie was taken off the screen, Ning Hao couldn't wait to contact Gu Wei, Lu Yang, Xu Zheng, and all the directors he had a good relationship with.

As the saying goes, if you don't return home when you are rich, it is like wearing fine clothes at night. Ning Hao felt uncomfortable if he didn't show off such good results.

"Busy." Gu Wei replied decisively with two words.

"This is my great day, and you say you don't have time?" Ning Hao was immediately unhappy.

"I really don't have time. Some of the latest equipment has arrived in Hollywood. They have already started installing and debugging it. I need to keep an eye on it."

"Don't worry, just take some time to come over for a meal. It won't take long."

"Beep beep."

When Ning Hao heard the phone being hung up, he instantly felt that he was no longer loved.

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Star Film and Television Company.

Starting from eight or nine in the morning, many reporters arrived one after another. The auditorium was now crowded with people and all kinds of noisy sounds.

Following the press conference of "Mojin: The Lost Tomb", this place became lively again.

"Any inside information?" Reporters gathered in groups of three or four to discuss while enjoying snacks and drinks.

"I'm not sure, but judging from the situation, there will be a lot of explosive news announced today."

"Tsk, can it be as exciting as the crew of The Mermaid?"

"Haha."

When these words were spoken, many people at the scene laughed.

The reason is that two days ago, the heroine of "The Mermaid" Zhang Yuqi broke a big scandal. She was photographed by paparazzi eating, living and traveling with a mysterious man for three days and three nights, which clearly showed that she had cheated.

By this time, the news had already spread within the circle, the entire entertainment industry was watching the fun, and the entire Internet was in an uproar.

"Tsk tsk, if it weren't for the crew and Stephen Chow protecting her, I think she would have been finished long ago."

"That's right, a married woman openly cheated on her husband. What's the difference between this and what happened with Wen Zhang last year?"

"Wen Zhang is also protected by someone." Someone pointed to the ground, the meaning was self-evident.

"No matter how much you protect him, his reputation is not as good as before."

...

In the conference room upstairs, Chen Sicheng was a little nervous and was checking his speech.

"Detective Chinatown", which has been under review for some time, will finally hold its first press conference today. Wang Baoqiang, who had already finished filming, rushed back to the capital overnight.

Wang Baoqiang, who had been up all night, yawned. Seeing this, Chen Sicheng immediately asked with concern: "Are you okay?"

Wang Baoqiang waved his hand and checked the time. "Are all the people here?"

"Chen Xiao hasn't arrived yet, but he will probably be here soon."

As they were talking, actors and artists came in one after another.

After Xiao Yang, Chen He, Xiao Shenyang, Tang Yan, Zhao Jinmai, Zhao Yingjun and others came in, they naturally greeted Chen Sicheng first.

That’s right, “Detective Chinatown 3” has not made its casting public, and many roles have already been decided secretly.

For example, Chen He, Xiao Shenyang, and Zhao Yingjun were selected by Chen Sicheng himself, Xiao Yang and Tang Yan were recommended by Xingchen Films, and Zhao Jinmai was recommended to the group by Wang Jinghua.

The cast has been selected, and this version of "Detective Chinatown" is different from the original version in the original time and space.

In addition to Wang Baoqiang, Chen Xiao, Tang Yan and Zhao Jinmai replaced the roles of Liu Haoran, Tong Liya and Zhang Zifeng respectively.

Again, changing the cast will not have much of an impact. After all, before each high-grossing movie is released, the actors can only play a partial promotional role, and no one is irreplaceable.

A classic can only be called a classic after the movie is released.

The actors who came in greeted director Chen Sicheng one after another, and everyone was very respectful. Even when the outside media reported that this director had no representative works and was a newcomer in the director ranks, no one dared to underestimate him.

After all, since he was able to get a 100 million investment from Xingchen Film and Television Company, everyone thinks Chen Sicheng must be unique.

Besides, Xingchen Film and Television is very famous in the circle. Since its establishment more than ten years ago, it has produced countless high-quality films and is also a benchmark in the industry.

"I came here today to meet everyone. The filming will start around the end of the month. The filming location is in Thailand. Everyone should be prepared for this..."

"Okay, Director Chen."

"Don't worry, Director Chen."

Chen Sicheng felt very happy when he heard Director Chen calling him. It felt so good.

The entire crew of "Detective Chinatown 3" has less than a hundred people, and even including the actors, there are only a little over a hundred. Among the works currently being filmed by Xingchen Films, it is considered a small number of people.

As he was talking, Chen Xiao pushed open the door and came in, followed by his agent.

"Sorry, I'm late, Director Chen."

Seeing everyone staring at him, Chen Xiao said apologetically.

“The actors who have guest appearances and those who only have a few days’ role will all rush to Thailand after the filming starts.

In addition, the actors in Thailand have already been contacted, and according to the filming plan, they will join the crew as soon as I arrive."

Chen Sicheng listened to the assistant director arranged by Xingchen Film and Television talking about these things, and the benefits of having the support of a large company became apparent.

Basically, apart from script revision and filming, there are people responsible for all other miscellaneous tasks in the crew.

Everything, including photography, lighting, props, script management and logistics, was arranged by Xingchen Films.

This made Chen Sicheng feel a little emotional. He had been in many film crews over the years, and most of them gave him the feeling of being chaotic. It was okay if he met a strong director, but once the director was a little more relaxed, chaos would always occur.

While the two were talking, Chen Sicheng heard Chen Xiao's voice and waved at him.

"Is 'The Great Wall' over?"

"It's almost done. There's only one week left at most. Director Zhang has already concentrated on filming my scenes." Chen Xiao smiled. It can be seen that Gu Wei must have made the suggestion to Zhang Yimou to get special treatment.

"Okay, bring the script with you after the press conference. You only have about ten days at most to familiarize yourself with the role before filming begins."

After everyone gathered, Chen Sicheng looked at the time and then asked everyone to go downstairs.

In the huge auditorium, as the staff came in, most of the reporters on the scene turned their attention to the stage.

After a while, Chen Sicheng and everyone else came in.

Wang Baoqiang, Chen Xiao, Chen He, Tang Yan, Xiao Shenyang, and Zhao Jinmai sat in rows as arranged by the staff.

It was not until this time that everyone knew the purpose of this press conference. It had nothing to do with auditions and casting. It was just to tell everyone the results and to promote it.

"That's Chen Xiao, right? He just finished filming The Great Wall?"

"I don't know. Is he the protagonist?"

Reporters were buzzing.

"Director Chen, may I ask..."

"Director Chen..."

The press conference officially began as reporters raised their hands and began to ask questions.

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the next day.

Reports of the press conference for Detective Chinatown appeared online, and the media and netizens were most concerned about Chen Xiao's appearance at the press conference. And from the interview content, we learned that Chen Xiao will play the second male lead, partnering with Wang Baoqiang.

For a time, many people lamented that Chen Xiao was so lucky.

A hit TV series just finished airing, and he joined the crew of "The Great Wall" right after that. Now the filming has not yet been completed, and he is immediately working with Wang Baoqiang. One movie after another, it's really enviable.

However, before everyone could discuss it for long, the first day box office results of "Frozen 2" came out.

"Boss, the first day box office is 1.12 million."

"Got it." After hanging up the phone, Gu Wei's mouth corners slightly raised, and then he came to Liu Yifei who was resting.

"Honey, the box office is out."

"Ah, let me see, let me see." Liu Yifei suddenly became energetic, and her loud shouting naturally attracted the attention of others.

"The Hollywood animated film Frozen 2, co-produced by Disney and Tomorrow Star Pictures and voiced by international superstar Liu Yifei, grossed million on its first day of release."

"On the first day of its release, Frozen 2 received many positive reviews, with audiences exclaiming at the amazing special effects."

"Yifei, congratulations."

"Crystal, congratulations on another hit movie."

Congratulations and congratulations continue.

"Thank you, thank you everyone, I'll treat you tonight." Liu Yifei waved her hand and said generously.

The others turned their eyes to Gu Wei, who touched his nose and said, "Listen to my wife."

"Haha, thank you Yifei, thank you director."

On that day, the domestic film and television headlines naturally changed to "Frozen 2".

Corresponding film reviews also came out, and as expected, many viewers gave very good feedback online.

Many people in the domestic film and television circles are paying attention to "Frozen 2". Many colleagues are wondering and lamenting why Gu Wei is so lucky and almost every movie he makes is a big hit.

More colleagues are lamenting the success of Gu Wei's investment this time. At this rate, another blockbuster with a global box office of over 1 billion US dollars will soon be born.

The young actresses in the circle no longer have any other thoughts and can only sigh that Liu Yifei is getting further and further away.

The Hollywood movies he starred in are all big hits, you can't compare to that.

.........

Across the ocean, Disney headquarters.

Naturally, the results of "Frozen 2" were reported back to the headquarters immediately, and at this moment, the face of Disney's president was full of smiles.

"Boss, if nothing unexpected happens, Frozen 2 will at least gross hundreds of millions of dollars in China," the vice president reported the data.

"good, very good."

Perhaps remembering something, Robert Iger looked at the vice president and said, "I have an idea. Let Crystal dub Alice in Wonderland 2 again. What do you think?"

The vice president was stunned for a moment, "Boss, as far as I know, Crystal should not be available, Gu's new movie is about to start."

Robert Iger pondered for a moment and said, "How about you communicate with director James Bobin to see if the dubbing time can be changed? I'll call Gu and maybe I can ask him to give me a favor and arrange for Crystal to come over for a month."

"Ok."

...

The boss lady ordered them to celebrate, and the employees naturally had no objection. As soon as the training ended that day, everyone packed up their belongings and gathered at a nearby hotel.

The Wanda Hotel was extremely bustling at this moment. Hundreds of people from the entire base came over and dozens of tables were set up. Everyone was discussing loudly and drinking as soon as the wine was drunk.

"Madam boss, congratulations."

"thank you all."

Perhaps out of happiness, Miss Liu announced that everyone should drink tonight.

As soon as he finished speaking, Leonardo became excited instantly. After nearly a month of training, tonight was the happiest time for him.

Gu Wei smiled and shook his head, not taking it seriously. The filming of "Battle of Nantianmen" was about to start, so he might as well take it as a break.

Leonardo was just drunk and kept pulling his hand and talking about nonsense, which made him want to kick him.

The atmosphere on the scene gradually reached a climax...

At this time, Gu Wei's cell phone rang. He picked it up and saw that it was a call from the other side of the ocean.

"Hey, Egg."

When the call was made, the noisy sounds nearby suddenly became quieter.

"Iger? President of Disney?" Denzel asked Leonardo in a low voice.

"Yes, it should be him. He probably came to congratulate us on the high box office success of Frozen 2." Leonardo muttered.

"Gu, congratulations on the huge success of Frozen 2. I didn't expect this box office, haha."

"Eger, is there anything else you can't predict?" Gu Wei joked.

"Of course, China, this magical country, this magical market, always brings surprises to people."

The two sides chatted for a while. Gu Wei didn't think the other party was just calling to congratulate him, so he got straight to the point and said, "I have received the blessing. Is there anything else?"

"Gu, Frozen 2 did very well at the global box office, so I had an idea to have Crystal continue to dub another animated film..."

It was just as Gu Wei guessed, but he pretended to be confused. "Which movie?"

"Alice in Wonderland 2, its investment cost is second only to Frozen 2, and the first one also had good box office and word of mouth. What do you think? Crystal should be interested."

"Iger, you know that from now until the next six months, Crystal won't have time to go to Hollywood."

After hearing her own name repeatedly, Liu Yifei, who was originally a little dizzy, became much more sober.

"Xixi, what's going on?" Su Chang next to her asked quietly.

"I don't know. Wait, let me think about it. It may be related to another animated film." Miss Liu instantly remembered what Gu Wei said to her in Hollywood.

"real or fake."

"Sissi, is that the animated movie?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Liying and Tong Liya immediately became interested and kept asking various questions.

"Gu, we have been working together for such a long time, so I hope you can ask Crystal to take some time to come over, at most in a month. I promise you that everything can be handled." Egg obviously didn't want to give up and continued to persuade.

"Haha, there's no problem with cooperation, but Crystal doesn't have time to go there. If you can come to China, I can agree to it on her behalf."

"No, that's impossible. Disney has professional dubbing equipment and we need to ensure the quality of the movie." Robert Iger refused without hesitation.

"Then I can only say sorry and can only follow my own schedule."

After saying that, Gu Wei decisively hung up the phone.

Seeing this, Liu Yifei asked what was going on.

"It's okay. Disney wants you to dub another animated film. If they don't want to come here, then there's nothing to talk about." Gu Wei waved his hand indifferently.

"What movie?" someone nearby asked curiously.

"Alice in Wonderland 2, it's okay, just a small work, come on, everyone, continue."

The scene slowly became lively again, but the name "Alice in Wonderland 2" kept appearing in everyone's mind from time to time.

Everyone looked at Gu Wei with different eyes. For such a big-budget movie, he just refused and asked Disney to make it according to their own schedule. It was really domineering.

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(End of this chapter)