Chapter 291 Fortunately I found Gu Wei
[Love O2O] is still popular online, but Gu Wei has already shifted his focus away from the TV series.
Because "Monster Hunt" is about to be released.
Although he did not invest in this movie, he just received the salary.
The shooting time was also the shortest among all the film and television dramas he starred in. Coupled with the shooting method full of green screens, the sense of participation was really not strong.
However, as the male lead of the movie, the most important card in promotion, Gu Wei still needs to cooperate with the distributor's various promotional activities.
[Etone Films] distributed promotional materials to almost every cinema in the country early on, so that no matter what movie the audience entered the cinema, they would unconsciously notice the huge poster of Gu Wei, Bai Baihe and Huba.
The official online Weibo will also release the latest trailers from time to time to whet the audience's appetite.
The offline team began to hold offline press conferences in major cities across the country to promote the film.
As the leading actor, Gu Wei naturally had to follow the team to promote the event.
Fortunately, Anle did not exploit him to death. He only needed to go to a few major cities in the country, such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, and he was not in a hurry.
As July begins, the annual summer movie season slowly begins.
As one of the most important time periods in the country, the summer season is increasingly gaining attention among people in the industry.
Its characteristics are that it lasts for a long time, nearly 2 months, and the audience is young because students are on vacation.
Last year's summer movie season generated a total box office of 9.09 billion yuan nationwide, accounting for 30.7% of the annual share.
That is to say, nearly one-third of the box office revenue for the whole year of 2014 was generated during the two months of the summer vacation.
July also has another name, called Domestic Film Protection Month.
As early as 2004, the State Film Administration, from the perspective of supporting domestic films, verbally issued a notice hoping that theater chains across the country would support domestic films. Around July each year, the introduction of overseas blockbusters was not encouraged.
Later, this became an unwritten practice in the industry to protect domestic films. Distributors and theaters all tacitly abided by this rule, even though this statement had never been officially recognized.
As early as the end of June this year, there were no more overseas blockbusters released. The last Hollywood movie was "Jurassic World" which was released on June 10.
This fourth film in the "Jurassic Park" series did not tarnish Spielberg's reputation. It performed very well in both plot and visual effects, and it can be said to be better than the original.
After more than 20 days of release, it has raked in 1.41 billion yuan at the domestic box office.
The reputation is very good.
To be honest, this year's domestic films have been beaten to the ground by Hollywood blockbusters since April.
Since the release of "Fast & Furious 7" in early April, it has quickly swept the country with its exaggerated box office data and hot popularity, becoming the new domestic box office champion with a box office of 2.4 billion.
Then it was followed by "Avengers 2" in May, which earned 1.45 billion yuan at the box office within a month.
Finally, there is "Jurassic World" in June. With one movie released each month, there is no room for domestic films to survive.
Only a few films such as "Wolf Warrior", "Left Ear" and "Fall in Love with You" achieved certain success due to the differentiation of subject matter in the gap between the release of two Hollywood blockbusters, but more domestic films were crushed without leaving any residue.
The most typical example is Fan Bingbing and Han Geng's "Everything Grows". If it hadn't coincided with the second week of the release of "Fast and Furious 7", it would not have failed to make back its investment.
This situation has led to people being somewhat afraid of Hollywood blockbusters. Domestic films that have some hope for their box office do not want to be released in the same period as these blockbusters, so the summer season has become a popular time period for domestic films to be released in large numbers.
On June 26, the youth love movie "I Heard" starring the hardworking male god Eddie Peng was released. Perhaps because the crew was too poor, they found a little-known small distributor.
As a result, the movie grossed 437,000 yuan on the first day of its release, 1.352 million yuan in the first week, and a total box office of 2.43 million yuan two weeks after its release, and was then quietly removed from theaters.
Come quietly and leave quietly, without causing any splash.
Although the box office flopped, the movie has a very good reputation, and the high score of 7.8 on Douban also comforts our hardworking male god.
However, there is no worst, only worse.
The comedy film "The Otaku" which was released on the same day as "Ruo Wen" made people in the industry see what a real flop is.
This youth comedy produced by Bona Film Group, directed by the famous director Zhu Yanping, and starring Xiao Jingteng, Jiang Shuying, Dapeng, Xie Na and others, grossed 52,600 yuan on the first day.
That’s right, it was either 5.26 million or 52,600. It earned a total of 322,000 in box office revenue in its first week of release, and then no theater scheduled it for screening anymore.
This movie is said to be another big-name comedy by Taiwanese director Zhu Yanping after "Slam Dunk" and "The Laughing Gangster".
Bona and Director Zhu also put a lot of effort into the promotion.
The crew revealed that Xiao Jingteng, known as the Rain God, had rain on his first day on set. The director was very worried and had to spend a lot of time hiding from the rain every day.
But it was useless, the audience didn't buy it.
For Zhu Yanping's first two films, the audience went to see Zhou Lue, Zhao Benshan and Xiao Shenyang.
This time, without the stars who can attract the audience, no one will pay for such a bad movie.
Bona Media.
Yu Dong is in a bad mood now.
He felt that Zhu Yanping had betrayed him. Except for the female lead, everything else in the movie was decided by the director.
Bona is only responsible for paying for the film and the subsequent promotion and marketing of the film.
As a result, he lost all his money.
This is no longer a question of how much you lose, but rather that you cannot get back a single cent, and you lose as much as you invest.
Even Bona Film Group will be affected by some negative reviews.
Fortunately, he was somewhat relieved that he insisted on inviting Gu Wei to participate in "Operation Mekong" and did not listen to Lin Chaoxian's suggestion to find Peng Yuyan.
As movies released on the same day, "I Heard" and "The Otaku" can be said to be brothers in distress.
He also knew [heard] that the company had a good reputation, but what was the use of a good reputation? He was the boss of a film and television company, he was the capital, a pure businessman, and he made movies to make money, not for art.
As for Peng Yuyan's box office appeal, it is almost non-existent.
Thinking of this, he picked up his phone and called Gu Wei.
At this time, Gu Wei, who was out promoting "Monster Hunt", was quite surprised to get the phone from his assistant. He wondered what Yu Dong wanted to talk to him about?
After the call was connected, Yu Dong exchanged pleasantries with him for a long time but didn't say anything useful.
It just so happened that Gu Wei had something to tell Yu Dong.
"Mr. Yu, I'm sorry, but due to the filming schedule, we may have to postpone our original September start time for a few days. Please take a look."
"Haha~ It's okay. You're so busy right now, I understand if you can delay it for a few days. I'll talk to Director Lin about this later."
Yu Dong was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then agreed generously.
"The schedule was already quite tight, and now it looks like Monster Hunt is going to be delayed even further. I'm really struggling~"
Gu Wei explained.
"I understand, I understand. I've also heard about Mr. An's film Monster Hunt. The filming process was quite bumpy.
But with Mr. Gu joining us, I believe we will have a box office success that will satisfy everyone!"
"Then I'll take your kind words, Yu Dong!"
July 8th.
The crew of "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" held a grand premiere ceremony at the Yaolai International Cinema in Beijing.
Director Chen Kaige and starring actors Wang Baoqiang, Aaron Kwok, Zhang Zhen, Lin Zhiling, Fan Wei and others all made an appearance.
Gu Wei also came to the scene at Baoqiang's invitation.
He had just finished the promotional conference for "Monster Hunt" in Shanghai. Two days later, the official premiere of the movie will be held in Beijing.
Because he was invited to show his support, Gu Wei dressed casually, in a fitted white T-shirt, light blue jeans, and a pair of white canvas shoes. He looked very fresh and youthful.
He arrived not too late and did not linger on the red carpet. He waved to the screaming fans outside the guardrails on both sides with a smile on his face and strode into the cinema.
"Brother Wei, I know your movie is about to be released and you've been busy promoting it lately. Thank you for coming today!"
Wang Baoqiang was the first to notice Gu Wei coming in and greeted him with a simple smile on his face.
Two years ago, Gu Wei met Wang Baoqiang when he was filming "Detective Chinatown 1". After leaving the crew, the two met again and he still called him Director Gu.
Gu Wei saw that he was old and had a lot of experience, and he admired his character, so he just asked him to call him by his name.
But Wang Baoqiang refused to do so. Later, when they met during the recording of a program, he simply called him "Brother Wei". Gu Wei had no choice but to let him go.
"It's going to premiere in a couple of days, and I happen to be in Beijing right now, so of course I have to come over to support you.
How about it, is it fun to be the male lead for Director Chen Kai?"
Wang Baoqiang looked excited.
"It was great. I learned a lot from filming with Director Chen. I feel like I've grown a lot as a person after finishing the film!"
"Looks like I have to thank Director Chen very much."
Wang Baoqiang was a little confused.
"Next month you'll be joining the crew for Detective Chinatown 2. By then, I'll be using an upgraded version of Wang Baoqiang!"
Gu Wei said with a smile.
After chatting with Wang Baoqiang for a few more words, Gu Wei was brought to director Chen Kaige.
Director Chen was wearing a black suit today, and his black and white hair was meticulously groomed.
Standing next to him is his wife, Chen Hong, who was once known as the "most beautiful woman in mainland China."
She was wearing a red evening gown and looked elegant. Although she was old, her former charm could still be vaguely seen in her eyes and eyebrows.
"Director, this is my good friend, Gu Wei, whom I mentioned to you before. He is the hottest star right now."
Wang Baoqiang actively introduced it to Brother Chen Kai.
"Director Chen, hello, I'm actor Gu Wei. I really enjoyed your production of Farewell My Concubine."
Gu Wei greeted politely.
"I've heard of your name. You're a very handsome guy. You've been very popular in the past year."
Brother Chen Kai looked at Gu Wei's face and stretched out his hand to shake his hand.
"It's all just empty reputation, not worth mentioning~"
Gu Wei said modestly.
"Well, indeed. You should study your acting skills more when you have time. I'll ask you to film a movie if there's a chance."
Brother Chen Kai nodded and said.
Gu Wei was speechless with just one sentence. He was just being humble. He didn't expect Brother Chen Kai to say that.
He couldn't continue the conversation, so he just slipped away.
"Um~ Director Chen, please be busy first. I won't bother you anymore."
"good."
Brother Chen Kai had a blank expression on his face. He replied with one word and then said nothing more.
Seeing Gu Wei and Wang Baoqiang leave, Chen Hong, who had been standing beside them with a smile on her face, spoke.
"Do you have any opinion about Gu Wei?"
"No, why do you say that?"
"He's so popular now, we should get to know him. His box office appeal is obvious to all. If we cast him as the male lead in future movies, we won't have to worry about the box office."
Chen Hong said earnestly.
She is Mrs. Chen, and also the housekeeper of Brother Chen Kai, who takes care of him in both his life and career.
"Does my brother Chen Kai's movies really need an actor to carry the box office? Then, do audiences go to the cinema to see my movie, or to see Gu Wei as a person?"
"Okay, okay, you're the big director, you have the final say!"
When Chen Hong heard him say this, she didn't try to persuade him anymore.
After more than ten years of marriage, she understands Brother Chen Kai better than anyone else.
He is very talented, but also very arrogant. To use the words of today's young people, he is "middle school second year".
Born into an artistic family, he showed extraordinary talent from a young age and grew up in a smooth environment. With the film "Farewell My Concubine", he became a legend and became one of the three greatest directors in China.
His life was too smooth, causing him to always float in the sky and never land.
So when he made a terrible movie like "The Promise", everyone scolded him, but he still felt that it was the audience who couldn't understand it, not that he made a bad movie.
Some directors make bad movies because they are incompetent and they also know that they are making bad movies.
Brother Chen Kai never thinks that the movies he makes are bad. In his heart, his works are good and excellent, but others just can't understand them.
Of course, he does have the ability to produce good works.
Not to mention the "Farewell My Concubine" which is too far away, "Mei Lanfang" and "Search" in recent years are both rare masterpieces in the film industry.
"Don't mind it. Director Chen isn't targeting you. He just talks like that all the time."
After walking aside, Wang Baoqiang explained on behalf of Brother Chen Kai.
Don’t be fooled by Wang Baoqiang’s honest appearance, but if you talk about people with the highest emotional intelligence in the entertainment industry, he is definitely one of them.
"Why should I mind? It was our first meeting, and Director Chen didn't say anything."
Gu Wei waved his hand to show that he didn't care.
"Baoqiang, is this your friend?"
Wang Baoqiang was about to say something when a coquettish voice came from behind him.
He turned around and saw Lin Zhiling, wearing a slim black dress and with neat short hair, standing elegantly behind him.
She has a bright and generous appearance, fair and tender skin, and a well-proportioned figure. Her skirt is slit from the side of the thigh, revealing a pair of white and slender legs, which adds to the temptation.
"Teacher Zhiling, this is my friend Gu Wei. You must have heard of him."
Wang Baoqiang introduced.
"Hello, Miss Lin Zhiling, I'm Gu Wei. I've heard a lot about you. You're even more beautiful in person than in the movies!"
Gu Wei stretched out his hand and shook hands with Lin Zhiling, saying.
"Hello, Mr. Gu, you are really good at speaking, and I have read many of your works.
Your TV series is extremely popular in Taiwan, and you are just as handsome in person as in the TV series~"
Hearing Gu Wei's praise, Lin Zhiling first covered her mouth and chuckled, and then praised Gu Wei as well.
Lin Zhiling seemed to be very interested in Gu Wei. She stood there and chatted with him for a long time. Until the premiere was about to begin, she reluctantly said goodbye to Gu Wei and walked towards the stage.
"Tsk tsk, there are so many models in Taiwan, no wonder she's able to make it. Not only is she good-looking, but she also speaks so nicely, her emotional intelligence is really high!"
Gu Wei looked at Lin Zhiling's back and shook his head slightly.
(End of this chapter)
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