Chapter 712 We can shoot together

On April 20, the 9th Beijing International Film Festival was held at the Huairou National China Film Digital Production Base.

At 5 pm, the red carpet area outside the venue was already surrounded by reporters who came to film and interview, and the guests present also walked onto the red carpet one after another in their best attire.

Reba arrived early. Under the media's flash lights, she walked to the center of the shooting site in a golden long dress like a goddess descending.

Since becoming famous, Reba's aura has become stronger and stronger. It is said that fame nourishes people. In the entertainment industry, which is a world of fame and fortune, this sentence is very reasonable.

The character that Jiaxing created for her is the beauty queen of the domestic entertainment industry. Reba has a beautiful appearance with three-dimensional features. She is 168 cm tall and has a very good body proportion, with a small head, big breasts, a slim waist and long legs. She can handle any style of dress, so she always has a stunning performance every time she walks on the red carpet.

Bingbing has now disappeared from the domestic entertainment industry because of what happened last year. Reba has taken over her red carpet dominance and is praised by the media every time she walks on the red carpet.

Coming down the red carpet into the lounge, many celebrities and artists present were resting and chatting here, waiting for the ceremony to begin.

Reba found a seat and sat down. Many people came to the film festival awards ceremony today. Not to mention foreign filmmakers, there were no less than 100 well-known domestic filmmakers. It could be said that it was a star-studded event.

Unfortunately, she was the only one from Jiaxing who showed up, and she hadn't met most of the other stars. Reba was not an extrovert, so at this time she could only sit there quietly and pretend to be a lady.

After a while, a few people came in through the door. Reba, who was originally bored, brightened up when she saw them and then stood up.

"Gu Wei~"

The people who came in were the crew of "The Wandering Earth".

Gu Wei was wearing a black suit, and was accompanied by director Guo Fan, screenwriter Gong Ge'er, visual effects supervisor Xu Jian and others.

Wu Jing was unable to return because he was filming "The Climbers".

"Reba, you're here quite early~" Gu Wei greeted Reba with a smile when he saw her coming over.

The two separated after the plane landed yesterday. He went back to the company and Reba also had her own work to do.

"I have an opening act, so of course I have to be there early."

"The opening dance, right? The frontier dance?"

"No, it's a bit like ballet, like the Four Little Swans. You'll know when the show starts~"

"Okay, I'll watch your wonderful performance later."

After chatting for a few words, Reba went backstage to change clothes and wait for the show, while Gu Wei greeted and chatted with various people in the lounge.

There are a lot of people attending the film festival awards ceremony today. Some have their works nominated, while others are entire crews here to promote their works.

For example, in the crew of "The Captain", Yu Dong led the main creative team to the scene.

Gu Wei was originally approached for this film, but he declined, and the male lead is still Zhang Hanyu.

We are all old friends, so we have to chat for a while after meeting.

"[The Wandering Earth] was a fantastic film, grossing 5.3 billion yuan at the box office and receiving numerous accolades.

Why didn’t I have the foresight to invest in this drama in the first place?”

After chatting with Gu Wei for a few words, Yu Dong looked at Guo Fan and others beside him and said with envy.

"Director Guo, if you need any help from Bona in the future, please let me know."

"Mr. Yu, this is wrong. Why are you poaching people in front of me?" Gu Wei said with a smile.

"I'm not trying to poach someone. I simply admire Director Guo's talent and want to build a good relationship with him."

"I appreciate Mr. Yu's kindness. We will definitely work together if there is a suitable opportunity in the future." Guo Fan accepted Yu Dong's kindness. Since the success of "The Wandering Earth", he has been surrounded by people who have shown goodwill to him.

It was almost time and all the people present entered the ceremony hall one after another.

As an international film festival, the Beijing Film Festival attracts many foreigners, including some faces that are very familiar to domestic audiences.

"That's Sophie Marceau, the French Kiss, so beautiful!" Guo Fan exclaimed as he looked at the white woman in a black long skirt not far to the side.

Gu Wei also saw it and turned to look at Guo Fan: "Do you like her?"

"I like her movies, she was so beautiful in [First Kiss]~"

Gu Wei nodded.

"She was indeed very beautiful when she was young, but it's a pity that white actresses can't resist aging. French Kiss is already over 50, and the beauty is fading."

The two chatted and the ceremony began soon.

Gu Wei saw Reba on the stage as he wished.

She was wearing a golden ballet costume, with delicate and three-dimensional facial features. Against the backdrop of the dancers around her, she looked like a golden swan princess.

Reba has been learning to dance since she was young, so performing on stage is not difficult for her. Every time she raises her hands or stretches her legs, her movements are graceful and charming.

The dance lasted for about two minutes. Her show was one of the opening medleys, and she had to leave the stage quickly after the music ended to make room for the next performer.

The lights on the stage dimmed, and Reba accidentally fell while jogging from the center of the stage to the side.

Because the ballet shoes and white figure-hugging pants she was wearing were slippery, the fall caused her to slide forward more than two meters.

However, Reba did not delay. She used the momentum of the fall to get up and walked off the stage in a slightly embarrassed manner.

Many people in the audience saw this scene.

"Ms. Reba, are you okay?" Guo Fan obviously saw it as well. He knew that Gu Wei had a good relationship with her.

"Well, it looks like there's nothing serious. I just fell down." Gu Wei said it was nothing, took out the phone from his pocket and sent a message to Reba.

The award ceremony went on as normal and there were no changes due to this minor mistake.

It took about 20 minutes for Reba to reply.

"Nothing, I just fell and it hurts a bit.

Wasn't that particularly embarrassing just now?"

"No, because of the dim light, not many people saw it. Your dance performance was great and your reaction was very quick."

"Woo woo, I'm always clumsy and tend to mess things up~"

"Haha, it's okay. Wait for me when you're done. Let's have a midnight snack together after the ceremony."

"OK."

After sending a few WeChat messages to Reba, Gu Wei turned his attention back to the award ceremony.

This year's Beijing International Film Festival lived up to its name, with most of the awards going to participating foreign films.

Only the Best Screenwriter award was given to Chen Jianbin, the screenwriter of the movie "The Eleventh Chapter", and the Best Supporting Actress award was given to Dou Jingtong of "The Eleventh Chapter".

"The Wandering Earth" was not a wasted trip, as it won the Best Visual Effects Award.

Foreign films and actors have won awards for Best Director, Best Film, Best Actor and Best Actress.

"What's going on with this Beijing International Film Festival? Even if they don't favor local films, it doesn't have to be like this, right?" Gu Wei watched the award ceremony with a frown on his face.

The Beijing International Film Festival has been held since 2011, which happened to be the year Gu Wei made his debut.

The following year, "The Blade of the Assassin" was nominated for an award, and Gu Wei went with Lu Yang to participate. Although he did not win the award, he clearly remembered that "The Grandmaster" was the biggest winner of the film festival that year, winning several heavyweight awards including Best Actress.

Now, seven years have passed, and the Tiantan Awards has turned into a carnival for foreigners.

"The organizers want to internationalize the festival and expand its influence internationally. This year, there are only two Chinese people on the jury, Cao Baoping and Liu Jialing, and the rest are foreigners," Guo Fan explained in a low voice in Gu Wei's ear.

After "The Wandering Earth" was nominated for the "Temple of Heaven Award", he learned about this film festival in detail.

"Internationalization?" Gu Wei curled his lips in disdain.

He has always believed that if one wants to have authority and influence, the most important thing is to be strong on his own, rather than relying on giving benefits to others.

As the saying goes, "When you say bloom, butterflies will come."

After the award ceremony, Gu Wei was about to leave when La Peikang stopped him.

".I heard Guo Fan say he has plans for two sequels to 'The Wandering Earth.' After discussing it with you, do you suggest he make the prequel first?"

"Yes, I think there aren't many stories to tell in the prequel, so we can film it first."

"I talked to Guo Fan and according to his plan, it would take at least three years to shoot the second part, and after it's released, it would take another three to four years to prepare for the third part.

Is it possible to shoot the second and third parts together?

This way, after the film is finished, The Wandering Earth 2 can be released in the first year, and The Wandering Earth 3 can be released in the second year."

After La Peikang finished speaking, Gu Wei understood and frowned slightly.

"Of course you can, but it's a bit hasty.

I have discussed with Director Guo before that the investment in "The Wandering Earth 2" will definitely be much larger than the first one, and the production budget will be close to 1 billion RMB.

We can shoot the second film first and then wait for the box office to recover before shooting the third film. There will be no pressure. If we shoot them together, we will have to spend nearly 2 billion to shoot them.

La Peikang waved his hand.

"Money is not a problem. We can bring in more investors. Gu Wei, if you don't want to split off too much of the shares, the bank will be willing to provide loans.

The risk is a bit greater, but I believe that The Wandering Earth will not let us down!" He patted Gu Wei's shoulder.

"Domestic science fiction films have made a good start. I hope that the follow-up can catch up as soon as possible and achieve more results."

Gu Wei thought about it and understood what La Peikang meant.

The other party is considering the issue completely from an official perspective and does not care about the profit or loss of the movie. They just want to make more achievements in domestic science fiction movies as soon as possible.

The copyright of "The Wandering Earth" is currently jointly held by China Film Group and Weiming Tianxia, ​​and the project is mainly controlled by Guo Fan, so La Peikang has to convince Gu Wei and Guo Fan to come up with this idea.

"I don't have any objections, but the filming of 'The Wandering Earth' involves too many things, so we still need to sit down and discuss them carefully before making a decision."

"Okay, there's no need to rush this matter. I just have a rough idea. When you have time, Director Guo, let's have a meeting to discuss what to do next."

After politely declining La Peikang's invitation to dinner, Gu Wei came out and reunited with Reba. The two of them found a private high-end restaurant for a midnight snack and then drove to the [Fanyue 108] community.

"It's on the trending search again." The next morning, Gu Wei and Reba were having breakfast. Reba said helplessly while looking at the news on her phone.

Gu Wei also saw that the 10th most searched topic was #热巴京城电影節哇#

When you click on the title, in addition to the introduction of the incident, there is also a video of Reba falling at that time. The camera is a bit far away, but you can still see how embarrassed she was.

"Even if you fall down, you can become a hot topic. That means you are famous!" Gu Wei said with a smile.

"I would rather not have this popularity, it's too embarrassing." Reba said a little depressed.

"Haha, it's actually a good thing to make a small mistake occasionally, it makes your character more down-to-earth."

"That's the only way I can comfort myself."

After breakfast, they both left.

Reba still has a lot of work to do, so she has to leave Beijing after just two days.

Gu Wei also has a lot of things to do when he returns to the company. The most important thing at the moment is to make all preparations for the filming in Tokyo.

Fortunately, the producer and several assistant directors of the crew will be fully responsible in this regard, but some matters also require Gu Wei's final decision.

On April 24, Gu Wei flew to Changsha to record "Escape the Room".

After entering the program crew, he first met with director He Shu. After returning to the hotel, Gu Wei received a message from Yang Mi.

"Have you arrived in Changsha yet?"

"Arrived, just settled in the hotel."

"Come out, let's have a meal together~"

"No problem, where to?"

"Go downstairs to the lobby first."

After a while, Gu Wei went downstairs to the lobby on the first floor and saw Yang Mi and Xie Yilin sitting on the sofa in the lobby waiting for him.

"Sister Mi~" Gu Wei raised his hand to greet her.

"You're so slow, you actually made us two girls wait for you. How ungentlemanly!"

"Please, you treated me to dinner, and I came down after I replied to your message."

The two of them got used to their new relationship and had a little bickering before Gu Wei greeted Xie Yilin.

"Hello, Yilin, long time no see~

I remember the last time we met was at an awards ceremony, right?"

"We all went to the [Bazaar Charity Night], and it's been over a year now.

But Gu Wei, you are still so handsome!" Xie Yilin praised Gu Wei while looking at his face.

"Haha, thank you, you're beautiful too~" Gu Wei complimented Yang Mi and asked, "Where are we going to eat?"

"I've booked a restaurant and a table, so I can just go over there now."

"Okay, I'm a little hungry."

The three of them walked out of the hotel, got into a special nanny car, and soon arrived at a local specialty restaurant.

"Spiced duck, chopped pepper fish head, braised pork

Mimi, aren't you afraid of getting fat by ordering so many meat dishes?"

In the restaurant's private room, Xie Yilin swallowed her saliva as she looked at the dishes being served. She was very greedy but she didn't dare to eat too much.

"Aren't there two vegetarian dishes here? Those are ordered for Gu Wei. He can eat them," Yang Mi said nonchalantly.

"Can you do this? Aren't you afraid of getting fat?" Male celebrities also have body anxiety and need to control their weight, especially young and popular stars like Gu Wei.

Gu Wei smiled and said, "I have a special physique. No matter how much I eat, I won't gain weight. So I usually eat very casually. As long as it tastes good, I will eat a lot."

"I'm so envious of your physique that doesn't gain weight!"

The dishes were served and the three of them ate and chatted.

"Haven't you been filming recently?" Gu Wei asked casually after taking a bite of the braised pork.

"I'm filming 'Eye of the Storm,' a crime drama co-produced by our company and Perfect World. It started filming at the beginning of this month."

"Oh, that's great, you're trying a new subject. Do you want to make a transition?"

"It's still early. Let's see how the broadcast results are."

"By the way, Penguin wants me to play the role of "The Legend of the Pearl Lady", do you want to join?" Yang Mi said, looking at Gu Wei with his big eyes.

“Forget it. The name sounds like a historical drama with a strong female lead. After starring in “The Story of Minglan” and “Sito”, I don’t want to act in this type of drama for the time being.

Besides, after finishing filming Detective Chinatown 3, I have to start a costume drama for my company, so I don’t have enough time.”

“You can work with Zhao Liying and Jing Tian, ​​but not with me, right?

I understand. Anyway, I'm used to being rejected by you." Yang Mi sighed deliberately.

Gu Wei smiled bitterly and said, "Sister Mi, what are you doing? We've worked together before on [Gu Jian Qi Tan], [Eternal Love] and [Blade of the Assassin 2]. It seems that apart from you, no other actress in the domestic entertainment industry has worked with me more than three times. I can't always work with you, the audience will get tired of it, right?

Of course, the main issue is the schedule, my schedule is too full."

"You always have a reason~" Yang Mi snorted. She was just complaining a few words, but she was quite understanding in her heart.

Xie Yilin was eating on the side and didn't really join in the conversation between the two.

She knew that Yang Mi and Gu Wei had a good relationship, but after meeting and listening to their conversation, she realized that there must be something going on between them...

(End of this chapter)