Chapter 196: Continue to Pay
Yesterday, Gu Wei and Yang Mi met at the premiere of Huang Xiaoming's movie and ended up sitting together, which became a hot topic.
Gu Wei and Yang Mi had a close conversation at the film premiere, demonstrating their multi-faceted collaboration and remarkable relationship!
Gu Wei clicked on it and took a look. The picture showed the two of them sitting side by side and chatting together yesterday.
The content is just a list of the two people's previous collaborations and then brings up the original scandal.
He chuckled and paid no particular attention.
Gu Wei flipped through the hot search rankings and a piece of news caught his attention.
[Gong Li slams the Golden Horse Awards as unfair! ]
Just these few days, the 51st Golden Horse Awards was held at the Taipei Arts Center in Taiwan.
This year's Golden Horse Awards has nothing to do with Gu Wei. He won the Best New Actor Award at last year's Golden Horse Awards for "The Blade Strikes Back".
This year, he only had one film released, "Detective Chinatown", and did not receive any nominations.
Although the Golden Horse organizers also invited him to attend, Gu Wei was not very interested in such a simple event.
I didn’t expect that I didn’t go to the Golden Horse Awards this year and missed a great show.
Gu Wei clicked on the news and took a look.
It turns out that Gong Li was strongly nominated for this year's Golden Horse Awards for her role as the female lead in "Coming Home". When everyone thought that she would be the winner of the Best Actress award, the Best Actress award was won by an unknown Taiwanese actress.
Gong Li was still smiling when she left the Golden Horse Awards, but her agent Zeng Jingchao suddenly issued a statement to the Taiwanese media criticizing the Golden Horse Awards.
"I came to the Golden Horse Awards this time and I am especially grateful to the Golden Horse Awards for giving me this opportunity to understand what an unprofessional film festival is like. Moreover, an unfair film festival will be looked down upon by all artists."
He even said bluntly: "I will never come to this amateur film festival again. It is meaningless. This is my first time attending the Golden Horse Awards, and it will also be my last time!"
This statement immediately caused an uproar, and the Golden Horse Awards Executive Committee issued an urgent statement saying, "The review process and results have always been independent and fair, and are not subject to any external influence."
This matter has been attracting more and more attention on the Internet. Netizens are eating all kinds of melons and, of course, taking sides.
Some people think Gong Li can't afford to play around. Although she was nominated, it doesn't mean that she will definitely win the award. In the end, she was furious when she didn't win the award and said that the judges were unfair. This is a bit too arrogant.
Some netizens also support Gong Li. After all, the selection results of the Golden Horse Awards in recent years have indeed been very controversial. In many cases, they overly favor Taiwanese films and actors, which is very unfair to the nominees from the mainland and Hong Kong Island.
Especially an actor of Gong Li's status, who won the highest awards at the three major European film festivals at the age of 28, was invited to be a judge at the Cannes Film Festival at the age of 33, and became the chairman of the jury of the Berlin Film Festival at the age of 35.
The Golden Horse Award is not a must-win award for her.
If she had not been treated unfairly, she would not have directly broken off relations with this award, one of the three major awards in the Chinese film industry.
Netizens took various sides and made various analyses, enjoying the quarrel online, but for people in the circle like Gu Wei, this matter was actually very simple and clear.
In the film and television industry, whether it is celebrities or awards, they are all divided into different levels based on their fame.
Take Gu Wei’s participation in the Hundred Flowers Awards for Popular Films some time ago as an example.
If a little-known actor is nominated for the Hundred Flowers Awards and he attaches great importance to this award, then he will definitely go to the award ceremony, and he will know whether he will win the award in the end at the ceremony.
However, when Gu Wei received the notification of his nomination, he originally did not want to go. In order to get him to come and use Gu Wei's fame to make the Hundred Flowers Awards better, the organizer hinted that he would definitely win the award. I believe that this was the same approach used when inviting Huang Xiaoming, Zhao Wei and others.
Similarly, given Gong Li's current qualifications and status, the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress is not an indispensable honor for her.
In order to invite her to attend, the organizers of the Golden Horse Awards will inevitably hint that she can gain something, which is also part of the unspoken rules in the industry.
In the end, Gong Li came and brought popularity and attention to the Golden Horse Awards, but in the end she returned empty-handed and had to carry the sedan chair for an unknown Taiwanese actress. She was fooled by the organizers of the Golden Horse Awards, so her anger can be imagined.
Gu Wei thought about it and realized that local protectionism in the Golden Horse Awards has become increasingly serious over the years, and the chairman of the jury of this year's Golden Horse Awards, Chen Chong, had a grudge with Gong Li in his early years, so it was not surprising that he did such a thing.
Gu Wei was browsing the news when his assistant knocked on the door.
"Boss, Director Tian Xiaopeng is here."
"Okay, I'll be right there."
A few days ago, Tian Xiaopeng, the director of "The Return of the Great Sage", contacted Gu Wei's company, saying that the animated film has been basically completed and he wanted to show the film to investors.
At that time, Gu Wei was still filming in Shanghai. He also made an appointment with director Tian Xiaopeng through his agent. This time he returned to Beijing for the same reason as he had made an appointment with Director Tian.
In the company's reception room.
"Director Tian, long time no see. I've been quite busy lately. Thank you for waiting for me for so many days."
After entering the room and shaking hands with Tian Xiaopeng who was waiting there, Gu Wei spoke to him kindly.
"No, no, Mr. Gu, the animation film is basically finished. I would appreciate your feedback."
Tian Xiaopeng knew very well why he came here, and he was very humble when talking to Gu Wei.
"Director Tian, you're so polite. I've been looking forward to the completion of our animated film. I know you won't let me down."
Gu Wei said with a smile on his face.
After a few polite words, the two of them went to the company's screening room.
The lights in the room were turned off, and the screen opposite began to play the prepared film "Journey to the West: Hero is Back".
The version of the movie brought by Director Tian is more than 80 minutes long, and the whole story is the same as the version that Gu Wei saw in the original time and space.
It's amazing! It can be said to be the pinnacle of domestic animated films in this period.
The movie ended and the lights came on.
Gu Wei looked at Tian Xiaopeng and said kindly:
"Director Tian, the film was produced very well. I never thought that our domestic animated films could achieve such results. Thank you and your team for your hard work."
Tian Xiaopeng was also very happy with Gu Wei's praise.
He has paid too much to make this animated film. "The Monkey King: Hero is Back" is like his child. Although he thinks it is very good, he has no idea what the effect will be when it is released later.
After all, Chinese animated films were too weak before, and the Chinese people themselves did not believe that they could make good animated films.
Now that he has received recognition from Gu Wei, a big investor, he is very excited.
After praising him, Gu Wei said:
"Overall, there's nothing wrong with the movie. The story, needless to say, is very well-set.
While the Monkey King is losing himself, he meets Jiang Liuer, who trusts and admires him and helps him regain his courage and confidence.
Jiang Liuer inspired the Great Sage with his bravery, kindness and perseverance, allowing him to find his original self.
The style of the animated film is realistic, the scene settings are dreamy and mysterious, and the pictures are full of beauty.
The fight scenes in the film are also very exciting.”
Gu Wei shared his thoughts after watching the movie, and then changed the subject.
"There's just one thing. I feel like when the Great Sage finally regained his courage and truly returned to fight the evil boss, Demon King Hun Dun, he was a bit hasty, killing him instantly.
Although I can understand that this can reflect the power of the Monkey King, but from a viewer's perspective, I was at the climax, but it ended in just a few moments, which was a bit unsatisfying.
It would be good if the fight lasted longer and the villains were tortured more."
After hearing what Gu Wei said next, Tian Xiaopeng smiled bitterly.
"Boss Gu, I know what you said, but our crew is really out of money right now.
We had already drawn the original paintings for the later fighting scenes, but unfortunately we didn’t have the money to produce them.
Now this 89-minute movie has already used up all the 20 million you invested later. Now the movie can be released normally.
There is nothing wrong with the storyline and the visual effects.
But if you want to keep improving, you have to invest more.”
Gu Wei understood what Tian Xiaopeng said, and he had already prepared for the other party to ask for money.
"How much money is still missing?"
"Although the climax battle sequence was short, it was relatively complex to produce. The entire film also needed to be rendered, which cost another 8 million."
"No problem, I'll take the money."
Gu Wei did not hesitate. For such an excellent animated film like "The Return of the Great Sage", it was no big deal for him to spend such a small amount of money.
With more abundant funds than in the original time and space, I believe the final effect will surpass the original.
Compared with the box office revenue of over 1 billion after the release, the more he invested in the early stage, the greater the gains will naturally be when the dividends are finally distributed.
"Thank you so much, Mr. Gu.
On behalf of the entire "Monkey King: Hero is Back" team, I would like to thank you.
Don't worry, with this funding, the final effect of the film will be even more perfect."
Tian Xiaopeng was very happy. He didn't expect that getting the money would be so easy this time.
In addition to gratitude, he was also happy that he had found the right person.
There are many investors in the animated film "The Return of the Great Sage". In the early stage, the majority of the investment actually came from Light Media, which, together with a number of small investors such as Hengdian Film and Television, invested a total of 40 million yuan.
However, as time went by, all the money was spent, and none of the original investors were willing to make additional investments, fearing that this was a bottomless pit and wanted to cut losses in time.
He met Gu Wei through the recommendation of Mr. Wang from Guangxian.
Although the other party was young, his generous investment and recognition of him left a deep impression on him.
So this time when he was short of money again, Tian Xiaopeng didn't even look for Guang, but went directly to Gu Wei.
Of course, the result now also makes him glad for the decision he made.
"Director Tian, how long will it take to finalize the film?"
"One month. In another month, Mr. Gu, you will definitely be able to see an even more perfect 'The Monkey King: Hero is Back'."
(End of this chapter)
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