Chapter 593 Do you prefer him?

Entering December also marks the arrival of this year's Lunar New Year box office.

At the beginning of the month, the crosstalk movie "I Want Happiness" starring Guo Degang and starring other crosstalk actors from Deyun Club was released, which officially opened this year's Lunar New Year box office.

Teacher Guo and his disciples once again refreshed the audience's bottom line and brought everyone a super bad movie with a score of only 2.7 points.

There was a lot of criticism and complaints online, and the movie naturally flopped at the box office, only taking in a few million yuan in its first week.

In the past, when Mr. Guo faced netizens scolding him for acting in bad movies, he could still shift the blame on himself on variety shows.

The reason why those previous movies were bad was not because of him.

Because every time he goes to make a movie, he never reads the script. He just acts the way the director tells him to, and he himself doesn't even know what he is acting in.

Teacher Guo also said that he went there just to make friends.

For example, he only filmed "Happy Comedians" for two days, which had a rating of only 2.5. Even if it was a bad movie, the responsibility was not his.

Moreover, "Happy Comedians" also has the world-class comedian Mr. Bean, so why not say that Mr. Bean is acting in bad movies.

It is indeed well-reasoned and he is worthy of making a living by talking.

But this time, he couldn't shake off "I Want to Be Happy".

The director of the film is Zhang Heluan, and you can tell his identity from his name.

Apart from himself, the leading actors are all disciples of Deyun Club. This is a completely independent production of Deyun Club and no one else can shirk responsibility.

The story of "I Want Happiness" is very simple. The necklace that Guo Degang bought for his new love was stolen by Yue Yunpeng sent by Yu Qian, and then framed on Guo Qilin. Yue Yunpeng was beaten and lost his memory afterwards. By coincidence, he met Guo Qilin again, and finally the two worked together to find the necklace.

Something that could be told in just over ten minutes was dragged out to 90 minutes by piling up all sorts of clichéd memes, and introducing all sorts of useless characters and plots.

The director knew that they were shooting a comedy, so all the characters looked funny and the jokes were vulgar and boring.

The feeling of watching the movie is like the actor reaching into your armpits, tickling you while saying, "Why aren't you laughing?"

You just want to kick him away.

In short, Deyun Club’s movies are completely beyond redemption. I don’t know what Lao Guo is thinking. He also has a movie "19th Generation Ancestors" directed by himself during the Spring Festival. Now he releases a big bad movie like "The Happiness I Want". It is obvious that he is destroying his own reputation.

Of course, it is not ruled out that he does not think the movie is bad.

After all, people have different standards of judgment.

After finishing filming, Gu Wei returned to the capital but was unable to rest.

I just landed and before I had a chance to rest, I went to attend the premiere of "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia".

Of course, the person who was happiest about Gu Wei's appearance was Ni Ni. His arrival also made her extremely proud in the crew. After arriving, she took Gu Wei to meet Shi Nansheng, Xu Ke and Yuan Heping.

"He is indeed handsome and talented. Hearing about him is worse than meeting him in person." Shi Nan praised Gu Wei with a smile after seeing him.

"When Director Zhou invited you to act in 'The Demons Strike Back', I agreed very much. Unfortunately, we were not able to work together in the end." After his wife finished praising him, Xu Ke agreed with her.

"I really like Director Xu's Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy and Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate, and hope we can have the opportunity to work together in the future." Everyone expressed their appreciation for the colorful sedan chair, so of course Gu Wei had to say a few nice words.

"I've seen the movie 'Blade of the Assassin' starring you. The martial arts moves are very exciting. You can consider developing into a kung fu superstar in the future." Yuan Heping said these three sentences without paying attention to his own profession.

"It's all thanks to martial arts instructor Sang Lin. I'm just copying and I don't dare to take credit for it."

"Among the younger generation, Sang Lin is considered one of the best action choreographers!" Yuan Heping nodded in agreement. "But it's also rare that you can fight well. You're no worse than Cheng Long and Li Lianjie in their youth."

Gu Wei repeatedly said that he didn't dare.

Yuan Heping is fully qualified to say this.

He is 72 years old this year. He is one of the world's top action directors and excellent directors. He has collaborated with countless big stars in his life and has produced many wonderful works.

Works like Cheng Long's "Drunken Master" and "Snake in the Eagle's Shadow", Li Lianjie's "Tai Chi Master" and "Once Upon a Time in China II", Wu Jing's "Tai Chi Master", Jiao Enjun's "The Flying Dagger of Xiao Li" and so on are all his works.

As for the movies he participated in as an action director, there are even more.

The most famous ones are "The Matrix" series and Li An's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

Seeing that Gu Wei, Xu Ke and his wife, and director Yuan Heping were having a great conversation, Ni Ni felt proud to join in the conversation, after all, they were the ones she invited.

In addition to producer Shi Nansheng, supervisor Xu Ke, and director Yuan Heping, Gu Wei also met the lead actor Da Peng, his old classmate Zhou Dongyu, supporting actress Liu Yan, and Huang Xiaoming who made a cameo appearance in the film.

We are all acquaintances, so when we meet, we can't help but say hello and chat for a few minutes.

"Director Dapeng, long time no see. I was too busy recently and unfortunately couldn't attend the premiere of Sewing Machine Band."

"Mr. Gu, just call me Dapeng. The original "Pancake Man" was made thanks to your help. Nazha told me about it." Gu Wei knew Dapeng because of Chen Zhixi. He went to make a guest appearance in "Pancake Man".

However, because they had no overlap in their work, the two had not seen each other for a long time.

“I went to see [Sewing Machine], it’s an excellent music-themed movie.

It can be seen that it was filmed with great care, and both the story and the technique are more mature than "The Pancake Man."

Gu Wei's praise made Dapeng feel a little embarrassed.

"I really wanted to make a good movie and did my best, but the audience didn't seem to be satisfied, and the performance of [Sewing Machine Band] was not ideal."

Gu Wei shook his head.

"It's very good. As your second film as a director, I can clearly see your progress.

And it’s especially important that you don’t indulge in spoof drama and really want to express something.”

"Thank you, thank you Mr. Gu." Dapeng was a little excited. He felt that Gu Wei understood him very well and they were close friends.

“Don’t be so polite.

If you want to shoot a new movie in the future, you can come to me if you have any difficulties.

I can help you with everything from funding to the production team and even the release and distribution." Gu Wei patted Dapeng on the shoulder and made a promise.

When he said this, Dapeng was naturally very moved and thanked him again.

After [Sewing Machine Band], there were some doubts in the circle about Dapeng's directing ability. He himself also doubted whether [The Pancake Man] was an accidental event, and whether his directing skills were indeed as bad as netizens said.

Now with Gu Wei's encouragement, he regained some confidence.

"It seems that you are really optimistic about him?" Nini said while looking at his figure after Dapeng walked away.

“Some people, after becoming successful, simply rest on their laurels, not striving for improvement, and keep repeating the same old things until everyone is completely fed up with them.

Some people always want to try new things and keep improving.

In my opinion, although Dapeng is still a little immature, he is obviously the second type of person.

So even if the results are not good at the moment, this spirit of continuous improvement is particularly valuable."

In Gu Wei's opinion, Dapeng, who made his debut with the film "Diaosi Nanren", did not repeat his original nonsensical and clichéd style in the films he directed afterwards, except for the first film "Jianbing Man". Instead, he always insisted on conveying something positive and true in his films, which is very rare.

The "Keep You Safe" directed by him later, and the "Beneficiary", "The Big Winner" and "The Annual Party Can't Stop" starring him are comedies, but not just comedies. They are far superior to those bad movies produced by Deyun Club.

"Mr. Gu is very enthusiastic about you." On the other side, Liu Yan stood next to Dapeng and looked in the direction of Gu Wei and Nini.

After Gu Wei came in, she also went to say hello, but it was just a simple greeting, unlike Dapeng, who chatted and laughed for a long time.

"Mr. Gu is a talent scout. He is so enthusiastic towards me because he likes me, a talented person!" Dapeng said with some pride.

He and Liu Yan were the kind of friends who knew each other from humble beginnings and had a very good relationship, so they had no scruples when talking and chatting.

"you?

When [The Pancake Man] was a huge hit two years ago, I didn't see him approach you about anything. How come he's optimistic about you now that his new movie isn't doing well?"

“Otherwise, how can people always be successful?

It is easy to add icing on the cake, but difficult to provide timely assistance.

When I was successful, people never came close to me. But now that I’ve hit a rough patch, I can tell who really believes in me and who’s just in it for the money.” Dapeng also felt this way.

“It’s not surprising. I heard that when Wu Jing was filming the first Wolf Warrior, no one was willing to invest because the previous film Wolf Tooth had suffered huge losses.

He was forced to mortgage his property to get a loan to make the movie.

Later, I visited Mr. Gu’s crew, and we had a drink together, and that’s when the subsequent investment was secured.”

Liu Yan thought of how Gu Wei helped her when she was in trouble.

“Mr. Gu has a gentle personality, but he always exudes a chivalrous spirit.

I have always wanted to thank him for helping me so much before.

I haven’t found the opportunity yet.”

"You still don't have a chance?" Dapeng looked Liu Yan up and down in disbelief.

"You're going to die." Liu Yan patted his arm lightly, raised her chin, and motioned him to look over there.

"When has Mr. Gu ever been short of beautiful women?"

Dapeng looked over following Liu Yan's gesture and saw Ni Ni, who was wearing a red long dress, standing next to Gu Wei. The two were chatting about something. Ni Ni had a slim figure, a charming face, and was smiling very happily.

"However, it seems that Gu Wei has a normal relationship with our Golden Horse Film Queen. It seems that the two of them were college classmates."

Zhou Dongyu plays the second female lead in "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia", and her role is almost as big as that of the female lead, Ni Ni.

However, after Gu Wei came in, he just greeted her politely, and there was an obvious sense of unfamiliarity between the two.

There was nothing special about the premiere of "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia". After the interviews and interactions, it was time to watch the movie.

As Gu Wei expected, the 3D effects and special effects scenes of this movie are worthy of praise. The fighting scenes are fast, fierce and accurate like Yuan Heping, while still retaining a graceful beauty. Many monsters are exquisitely shaped and the battle scenes are extremely shocking.

However, in terms of storyline, [The Thousand Faces of Dunjia] reveals its weak side.

The whole story is so badly told that it can be summed up in one sentence: "Chinese martial arts vs. aliens."

The film completely abandons the concept of foreshadowing. Overall, all the characters follow the plot. Any reaction and action of the characters does not depend on their own personality, but on the needs of the plot, which makes it seem inexplicable.

The director is Yuan Heping, and the screenwriter and producer is Xu Ke. These two technical masters finally contributed a plate of exquisite-looking junk food.

So no matter how exciting the fighting scenes are or how cool the special effects are, the essence of a movie is still to tell a good story.

The reason why Li Lianjie's version of "Once Upon a Time in China" is so exciting is that the action scenes are certainly important, but the core is Master Huang's courage as a master and his patriotic feelings of upholding justice.

After the premiere, the film received unsurprisingly negative reviews. Everyone was looking forward to the collaboration between Yuan Heping and Xu Ke to bring an audio-visual feast.

I didn't expect the story to be so bad.

[I feel like this is purely a story made up by Xu Ke when he was drunk, using leftover materials to practice special effects for Detective Dee 3.

The beginning was okay, but it fell apart when the boss appeared. The plot was unclear, the transitions were arbitrary, and the special effects were a mess!

[The final Weapon Girl vs. the Flying Noodle Cult. At first, I thought it was tomato pasta, but when I saw a pot of red soup falling from the sky at the end, I realized it was Chongqing noodles!]

Please, can you please use the money you earned from special effects to write a good story?

I went to the IMAX screening this afternoon, and Xu Ke, Shi Nansheng, Ni Ni, and Zhou Dongyu all came up with this awful dish? What's the plot? Everyone's just idiots, and only the leader is useful? And they're still getting a sequel?

The action scenes and special effects are still very exciting. It's a joy to watch. Ni Ni is very beautiful, Liu Yan is very beautiful, and Zhou Dongyu, uh, looks very young.

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The box office of "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia" on the first day of its release was only 26.85 million yuan. On the second day, Saturday, the box office soared to 68.16 million yuan. However, due to the poor word of mouth, the box office dropped significantly on Sunday and only reached 48.14 million yuan.

“To be honest, the premiere was also the first time I saw the finished film.

I never thought it would turn out like this.

When I first got the script, I thought the plot was a bit simple, but it was written by Xu Ke and Yuan Heping, so I had to accept it no matter how simple the script was.

Tsk tsk.”

On Gu Wei's private plane, Nini looked at the comments about "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia" on the Internet in the past two days and complained.

"It doesn't matter. I took a look and found that netizens were mainly disappointed with Director Xu Ke. There were also some negative discussions about Da Peng and Zhou Dongyu.

The failure of [Qi Men Dun Jia] actually has no significant impact on you as the heroine."

The two are flying to Changsha to participate in Happy Camp to promote the upcoming "Ex-Files 3".

"You're right, it's a blessing in disguise.

But for such a big director and such a big production to fail both critically and at the box office is something I can’t accept.”

Nini sighed as she ate the fruit in front of her.

“Filmmaking is like playing football; it’s hard to predict the final outcome.

Script, shooting, actors, post-production, too many factors can affect the final effect of a work.

As an actor, all you have to do is choose the right script and play your role well. The rest depends on luck." Gu Wei picked up the water glass on the table and took a sip.

As soon as he got on the plane, he turned on his work computer and chatted with Nini while busying himself.

"But excluding the Detective Chinatown series, why are all the films you starred in so wonderful and always loved by the audience?

Any secrets?"

Nini looked at Gu Wei curiously.

"Ha ha.

There is no secret. It’s just that if the script is not right, change the script; if the actors are not good, change the actors; or even if the director is not good, change the director.

Since "Detective Chinatown", I have been one of the investors in almost all the movies I have starred in.

The first step to getting a role is to agree with the script and the director.

Of course, if I feel there is something wrong during filming, I will just ask the crew to change it according to my requirements.

I feel like I know better than any of them what the audience likes to watch.

After I put forward my opinions, everyone will follow my requirements."

Gu Wei glanced at Ni Ni opposite him and said naturally.

"hiss

You are a real drama queen.

Ordinary people can never learn it!"

(End of this chapter)