Chapter 29 Tai Chi Released

On the first day of the second week, because it was a weekday, the box office inevitably declined, closing at 12.68 million.

The crew was currently promoting the film in Yuezhou. Unlike their time in Beijing, where Gu Wei, despite being the lead actor, was relatively unknown, he couldn't contribute much to the promotion.

When he arrived in Yuezhou, "The Blade of the Assassin" had already been a hit in the film market for a week, and Gu Wei had become a real celebrity.

The support signs prepared by fans at the event no longer read "Chen Lian", but his name "Gu Wei".

I can only say that the fighting power of female fans is strong. Although she is much less famous than Liu Yifei, just looking at the support of fans below, people who don’t know would think that the two are evenly matched.

During the promotional break, Zhang Tianai looked at the audience seated full of fans of Liu Yifei and Gu Wei, his face full of envy.

Gu Wei, standing aside, saw it.

"Don't worry, this movie is the beginning of your road to stardom. You will be famous sooner or later."

He whispered to Zhang Tianai.

The fans in Yuezhou are very enthusiastic, and you can see that Yuezhou people love martial arts movies.

On the 30th, the movie box office saw a slight decline, reaching 13.68 million.

On the last day of October, the crew flew to Shenzhen again, and the box office revenue that day reached 12.14 million.

At this point, the movie "The Sword Identity" has been released for 6 days and the box office has officially exceeded 100 million yuan, reaching 108.11 million yuan.

Lu Yang has also officially entered the billion-yuan director club. Of course, in two months, China's top billion-yuan director club will be raised to the billion-yuan level by a cross-border director named Xu Zheng.

But to this day, there are only a handful of domestic directors who have made films with a box office of over 100 million yuan.

Director Lu Yang is a rising star in the director world, and investors will knock on his door with money waving.

For Gu Wei, the first thing was that he became famous, and the second thing was that he achieved the achievement of a movie starring him having a box office of over 100 million yuan.

For an actor, a movie starring him has a box office of over 100 million yuan, which is not a great achievement for him, but it is also a small milestone in his acting career.

Let’s go back to yesterday, the 31st.

"Sister Yang, are the water army ready?" Gu Wei said on the phone to his agent.

"Everyone has been arranged and given clear instructions. They are ready to move at any time upon receiving our instructions." Yang Liwen replied.

"Alright, have them start on time tomorrow and start bashing me hard on the theme of 'The sequel to a bad movie is bound to be even worse.'"

"I understand, Mr. Gu." Yang Liwen paused and continued.

"Wang Zhonglei from Huayi contacted the company today and wants to sign you to Huayi. Salary is negotiable."

"Hehe, just call him again and reject him directly. That's a nice thought." Gu Wei sneered.

A man who does not seek revenge is not a gentleman. Now that he has the chance, Gu Wei will of course return the favor to Huayi for what they did before.

As for whether or not he would offend Hua Yi, Gu Wei didn't care. Just like Charlotte said, 'How can I let you bully me in my dream?'

At least Gu Wei had a chance to start over. He was not a high-ranking official or the richest man. Huayi was just a company that couldn't even completely ban Liu Yifei who stood them up. How could Gu Wei's future financial resources be comparable to Liu Yifei's?

What's more, Gu Wei also knew that Huayi, once the leader of China's private film companies, would gradually decline in the future, so he had no need to worry.

On November 1st, Tai Chi 2 was officially released. Thanks to the joint efforts of Huayi and China Film Group as distributors, the film's first-day screenings accounted for 25% of the national screenings.

This is already very difficult. You have to know that "Tai Chi 1" has a very bad reputation. The audience has already classified "Tai Chi 1" as a bad movie. It's just because the two "Tai Chi" movies were shot together and cut into 1 and 2. Even though 1 has a bad reputation, 2 had to be released anyway.

Under such circumstances, the cinema still gave 25% of the screening time, which shows that the power of the two major companies cannot be underestimated.

Affected by the release of new movies, the screening share of "The Sword Identity" has been squeezed to a certain extent, but it is still 21%.

On the Internet, viewers who have watched "Tai Chi 1" have left messages, concluding that the second part is undoubtedly a bad movie.

The internet trolls were also fanning the flames and creating a new rhythm.

The audience's judgment is not without basis.

There is a convention for movies in a series. If the first one is well made and has good reputation and box office, then the box office of the second one will definitely exceed the first one, but the reputation is often not as good as the first one. As the filming continues, the reputation will get lower and lower until the filming stops.

Just like this year's "Lost in Thailand", although the filming party had copyright disputes, this movie is actually the second part of the "Lost" series.

The first one is called "Lost on Journey". Although the first one was not a big hit, it had good reputation and box office.

[Lost in Thailand] inherited most of the popularity and audience expectations and thus became a hit.

Although the box office of the third film "Lost in Hong Kong" exceeded that of "Lost in Thailand" by a lot, it lost in reputation and received many negative reviews from the audience. The box office was good only because the first two films had accumulated too much popularity.

By the time the fourth film, "Lost in Russia," came out, even the box office couldn't go up, let alone the word of mouth.

The "囧" series has come to an end. When the director starts filming the next one, it will be during his lifetime.

Good movies have this problem, let alone bad movies. The sequel of a good movie inherits the popularity of the first work, while a bad movie can only inherit the resentment of the audience who watched the first work.

[Tai Chi 2] is just like that.

At this time, Gu Wei and his team have already started promoting the film in cities outside the four major box office areas. The box office of "The Sword of Assassin" has exceeded 100 million yuan, which has also added fuel to the promotion of the film. What they have to do is to make persistent efforts and maintain the popularity of the film.

According to the arrangements of the publicity and promotion department, the roadshow team will split up when leaving the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.

The film's box office revenue mainly came in the first three weeks, and now more than a week has passed. The actors and actresses in the crew are also quite popular.

It would be a waste of time and inefficient for everyone to run around together. After the four major voting bases, there are still more than a dozen major cities to visit.

The crew will be divided into two teams, one team with the male and female protagonists, and the other team with the director and the remaining actors. They will strive to visit all the planned cities in more than a week and fully tap the box office potential.

The night before they separated, Zhang Tianai was reluctant to leave and tried her best to fight Gu Wei on equal terms.

It turns out that women have great potential. As long as they want, everything can become a weapon.

The next day, the two teams separated and flew to their respective target cities on different planes.

In the business class of the plane, Gu Wei and Liu Yifei sat side by side.

Their assistants sat in the economy class at the back.

Gu Wei's face was pale, with some dark circles under his eyes, and he looked like he had lost all hope in life.

Although the beautiful Liu Yifei was sitting next to him, he had no intention of chatting.

"Oh no, oh no, the attributes have really dropped!"

The number behind [Constitution] on the interface that only Gu Wei could see suddenly dropped from [78] to [77].

Liu Yifei sat aside and saw Gu Wei looking dazed with his eyes fixed.

Following his gaze, I only saw the backs of the front seats.

"Hey, what are you thinking about? You don't want to be separated from your girlfriend, do you? You haven't seen each other for more than a week, and you can still talk on the phone during your break."

Liu Yifei thought he was reluctant to leave his girlfriend.

"No, I'm just too tired from running publicity these days."

Gu Wei was really tired. The reduction in his attributes allowed him to see his physical condition more intuitively. He had to take good care of himself during this period of separation.

"Sister Yifei, we still have to go to the cinema when we get there. I'll take a nap first. Call me if you need anything." He put on the eye mask.

Although it is a very pleasant thing to chat with Tianxian, the goddess of his youth, Gu Wei is too tired now, so of course he has no desire or desire for time.

It’s true that young bodies have good recovery abilities. After waking up, Gu Wei felt full of energy again.

Gu Wei took off his blindfold, raised his hands and stretched upwards. "I want to beat ten of them!" he muttered to himself.

The action startled Liu Yifei, who was reading a book beside him, "Who are you going to hit?"

She heard something but couldn't hear it clearly.

"Ah, Sister Yifei, it's nothing. How long will it take us to get there?" Gu Wei didn't explain.

"The plane will land in about half an hour."

Liu Yifei put away her book when she saw him wake up.

"By the way, Gu Wei, I wanted to ask you this before, but I didn't because the occasion wasn't right. Isn't Zhang Tianai the ex-girlfriend from school you mentioned?"

Liu Yifei asked with a gossipy look on her face

"No, my ex-girlfriend at school was a classmate of mine. We broke up last semester."

Gu Wei said

"Then why did you tell me that you were single when we were filming?" Liu Yifei suspected that he was a scumbag who had a girlfriend but was still entangled with his ex-girlfriend.

"Yes, I was single at that time. I met Sister Tian Ai later than you. Sister Tian Ai joined the crew after you finished filming and left the crew. We met each other and then we got together." Gu Wei looked frank. Everyone in the crew knew these things and there was nothing to hide.

"So that's how it is. You found a girlfriend so quickly. You said you liked me when I was on the set, but as soon as I left the crew, you got a girlfriend right away. You scumbag." Liu Yifei rolled her eyes at him and curled her lips.

Although I never thought about any development with Gu Wei, but when we were on the crew, this little brother always expressed his love for me, and I still felt a little uncomfortable when he found someone else to be his girlfriend as soon as I left.

I feel like I don't want this thing, but it was taken away by someone else, and I'm still unhappy.

"Sister Yifei, I still like you now, you were the goddess of my youth!

But just like fans chasing stars, stars can't let their fans not date or get married, right?" Gu Wei said with a smile.

"I didn't realize you were a fan of mine. You said you were a fan, but your girlfriend wanted to stay away from me. I've seen it all these days."

"Girlfriends need to be coaxed, and Sister Yifei should be kept in mind."

"Haha, thank you, but please take me out of your heart. I don't want to live in anyone's heart forever." Liu Yifei complained.

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