Chapter 307: The First in Film History
The next morning, the early morning sun shone through the window.
Liu Yifei, who was sleeping soundly on the bed, had her eyelashes trembling slightly, and then she opened her eyes.
When she found herself lying on the bed, she was startled at first, then she lifted the quilt and looked inside. She found that her clothes were neatly arranged and she immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Then I felt a little disappointed.
She sat up and stretched, raising her tender white arms high. Under the sunlight, her upper body showed beautiful curves.
After a deep night's sleep, Liu Yifei felt extremely energetic, but when she thought of the sad news last night, her mood became depressed again.
She is very clear that no matter how big the matter is to her, it is just a story to others.
So even though she was still sad in her heart, she never thought about delaying her work. The crew should not be responsible for personal matters.
After washing my face, I patted my fair face with cold water.
I encouraged myself in front of the mirror:
"Xixi, you can do it. Stay strong and keep going!"
I simply tidied myself up and went out to prepare for today's work.
"Sister Yifei, you're here~"
After arriving at the crew, Gu Wei looked at her with some surprise and said.
"Um, last night."
Liu Yifei was a little embarrassed.
"You were too tired to fall asleep last night, so I carried you to bed."
Gu Wei didn't care and said with a smile.
"Oh~ then~ thank you!"
Liu Yifei opened her mouth to say something, but in the end she just said thank you.
“You’re welcome.
This is what I should do for our relationship~"
Gu Wei was smiling, and the morning sun shone on his handsome face, as well as on Liu Yifei's heart, dispelling the gloom and making her feel extremely at ease at this moment.
She felt as if Gu Wei was radiating warmth from his entire body.
"Would you like to take a few days off? I can coordinate with the crew to arrange your scenes for later."
Gu Wei asked.
Taking care of Liu Yifei's emotions is one aspect, he is also afraid that her poor condition will affect her performance and thus delay the filming progress.
"No, no, I can do it, trust me!
I'm a professional actor, and my personal problems won't affect my work."
Liu Yifei looked at Gu Wei seriously.
"Okay, since you insist, let's stick to the original shooting plan."
The filming continued, and Liu Yifei really did what she said, showing her professional qualities as a professional actor. Her personal affairs did not affect the quality of the filming at all.
In the Kitchen God Temple, a group of detectives gathered at the crime scene, trying to reconstruct the process of the case.
Gu Wei and his wife Mu Cong looked at the surveillance screen separately, and the video was fast-forwarded little by little under Nazha's control.
“Four times!”
“Eight times!”
"Sixteen times!"
"Thirty-two times!"
"Come on, Lao Qin, you have to be the fastest man in the world!"
Wang Baoqiang's mean voice came from the side.
"Click! This shot ends."
The assistant director's voice came from the loudspeaker.
Gu Wei ran over and looked at the monitor.
"Okay, this is good. Let's take a break and shoot the next shot."
The sound reached the stage and the actors relaxed.
"Xiao Cui, find someone to set up the scene according to the requirements of the next shot."
Gu Wei put down the loudspeaker and spoke to a young-looking man next to him.
He is tall and thin, with fair skin and a little handsome.
"Okay, Director, I'll arrange it right away~"
Xiao Cui's full name is Cui Rui, and he was brought here by Director Susan.
Don't be fooled by his young age. He is a student at the University of Southern California, majoring in directing.
The full name of USC is the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California, which ranks first among major film schools in the United States.
The famous director George Lucas is an alumnus of USC.
It is summer vacation now, so Cui Rui came out to join the crew to gain experience. His mentor happened to be Susan's friend, so he asked Susan to take care of him.
So it was natural for me to join the crew and become a stagehand.
However, capable people will never be buried anywhere, and his excellent performance at work soon attracted the attention of the director team.
Sometimes the suggestions on some shots surprised Gu Wei.
"Xiao Cui, what are your plans after you graduate?"
After completing Gu Wei's instructions, Cui Rui returned to his side and stood by.
Gu Wei was not in a hurry to take the next shot, but instead started chatting with Cui Rui.
"Ah~ I haven't thought that far ahead. I still have a year to go before graduation, so I just want to finish my studies now.
If there is an opportunity, I will participate in some small filming projects at school to gain some experience."
Cui Rui smiled innocently and replied.
It is very difficult for newcomers to make it in the director industry. No investor will invest in you just because you graduated from a prestigious university.
The genius director Ning Hao also graduated from Beijing Film Academy. When he just graduated, he could only get some commercials and MV work.
In 2001, Ning Hao won the Best Director Award at the Beijing University Student Film Festival for his student film "Thursday, Wednesday".
He is quite famous in the industry.
But it still didn’t work. I wanted to make a movie, but I couldn’t find investors.
It wasn't until 2003 that he made some money from making commercials and personally financed the film he had always wanted to make, "Incense."
Therefore, in the director circle, if you haven’t proven yourself, no matter how impressive your other resume is, it will be useless.
"After this period of working contact, I have some understanding of your abilities.
How about joining our company after graduation?
Although we can’t let you direct a film independently right away, after you have worked with two groups and accumulated some experience, the company will let you try it.”
Gu Wei drew a big picture to attract customers.
Cui Rui seemed a little surprised after hearing what Gu Wei said, and his eyes lit up behind his black-framed glasses.
"Thank you for the opportunity, Director. I will return to China to join you as soon as I graduate."
"Okay, work hard on the crew. Many of them will be your future colleagues. You can build up some connections by interacting with them more.
There will definitely be opportunities for us to work together when you come here in the future."
Gu Wei patted his back gently and encouraged him.
He always felt that the name Cui Rui was very familiar, as if Gu Wei in the original time and space had seen the name of the director of a movie directed by Chen Sicheng, but he didn't remember it very accurately and was not sure.
In fact, the movie was promoted from beginning to end by the screenwriter and producer Chen Sicheng, and many of the behind-the-scenes footage released was also the result of Director Chen exercising his directorial rights behind the monitor.
Everyone thinks the movie is Chen Sicheng's work, and no one cares who the real director is.
Gu Wei also took a special look at it because he saw that the movie director column on the Internet was not written by Chen Sicheng.
However, regardless of whether Cui Rui later became the new director who made hit movies, Gu Wei saw his abilities, so there was no problem in recruiting him.
"Boss, your phone number~"
Just when Gu Wei was about to call the staff to prepare for the next scene, assistant Chao Yue came up timidly with his cell phone in hand.
Gu Wei frowned and took it.
I feel a little annoyed when my work is interrupted.
"It's Mr. Yang~"
Xiao Chaoyue added as he handed over the phone.
Ms. Yang is Yang Liwen, she is the general manager of the agency, and all the agents and assistants in the company call her that.
"Hello?"
"Sorry, Mr. Gu, I'm disturbing you at work."
Yang Liwen's voice on the other end of the phone sounded a little excited.
"you say."
Gu Wei knew that he was filming outside and Yang Liwen would not disturb him unless it was something important.
"[Monster Hunt] has reached 2.45 billion yuan at the box office today, surpassing [Furious 7] and truly becoming the number one box office hit in domestic film history!"
"Great, how many days are left until the movie is released?"
Gu Wei was also very happy to hear the news. From the release of "Titanic" in China to now, more than ten years have passed, and domestic films have finally won the real first place in the domestic film market.
The shadow of Hollywood blockbusters is slowly dissipating, which is something that all domestic filmmakers should be happy about.
"With two weeks left, according to some professionals' predictions, the final box office for Monster Hunt may be around 2.6 billion yuan."
Gu Wei thought about it and analyzed the final box office results. This time, "Monster Hunt" won fairly.
The most that a movie can do at the box office is just surpass "The Furious 7". Money doesn't come from the wind. There is no difference in reputation between exceeding 10 million and exceeding 100 million.
[Anle] Even if we have our own cinema, it would cost 10 million to reach a box office of 100 million, not to mention that it is almost over 200 million now.
Gu Wei’s own participation really helped “Monster Hunt” become a huge hit.
After chatting with Yang Liwen about company matters for a few more minutes, Gu Wei hung up the phone.
He was in a particularly good mood at the moment. After thinking for a while, he said something to the assistant director next to him.
The assistant director nodded and took out a loud speaker.
"Everyone, I just got news from China. Monster Hunt has surpassed Furious 7 at the box office and has officially become the number one film in Chinese history!"
The crew members were immediately filled with joy, and everyone was happily talking to each other.
Although this movie was not produced by Gu Wei's company, as a filmmaker, everyone is simply happy for the victory of domestic films.
The local staff in New York were confused and had no idea what was going on.
After making everyone happy for a while, the filming continued. It can be clearly felt that the domestic staff have become more active and their work efficiency is higher than before.
In the evening, Gu Wei specially arranged a big dinner for everyone at the hotel as a celebration.
Although there was no wine at dinner, everyone enjoyed the meal very much.
After finishing his meal and returning to his room, Gu Wei was still tidying himself up in the room when the doorbell rang.
No need to guess who is coming.
Walk to the door and open it.
Sure enough, Nazha was standing at the door wearing a light yellow tight pajamas.
She is obviously a great beauty, but standing there looking around looks like a little mouse trying to steal food.
After letting her into the house, Gu Wei said helplessly:
"Why do you always seem a little sneaky every time you come here?"
Nazha relaxed a lot as soon as she entered the room. She took a few steps and sat down on the sofa with confidence. She picked up the strawberry on the coffee table in front of her and took a bite.
"I don't want to either. I'm afraid people will see it."
"What's so scary? Whether on the set or in the company, I'm the boss.
Besides, there are only a few directors and leading actors on this floor, and they are all smart people, so no one will talk too much."
Gu Wei said indifferently.
The higher up the social ladder one is in the circle, the more normal they take private matters, and everyone tacitly agrees that no one will say anything.
Gu Wei also sat down, and Nazha put her arms around his neck.
"I know you don't care, but I care about your reputation. After all, you are the boss and the director. It's better not to let others know about this kind of thing."
As he said that, he took a strawberry and fed it to Gu Wei.
"I don't have any scenes for the next two days. I want to go somewhere else in New York."
Gu Wei ate strawberries and thought about it.
"No problem. I'll ask Yang Dan to find you a guide who speaks Chinese. You can bring your assistant Xiao Tao with you."
Then he felt a little worried again.
"Take two more security personnel with you."
"No need for such a big fuss, I'm just going out for a stroll, why are there so many people following me~"
Nazha felt that this was a bit exaggerated.
"After all, this is a foreign country, and the security situation here cannot be compared with that in China.
Even if there is only a one in ten thousand chance, I don't want anything to happen to you."
"Yeah~ I'll listen to you!"
Nazha was deeply moved by Gu Wei's words. She looked at him with her big watery eyes full of affection.
Gu Wei didn't think anything of it. He thought his arrangement was normal.
Big stars and wealthy people are always surrounded by staff and bodyguards.
“That’s right!”
Gu Wei remembered something, stood up and took out a black card from his bag on the table next to him.
"You need to exchange dollars when you go out to buy things. This card is for you."
Nazha took it and looked it over curiously.
"Could this be the legendary black card?"
When she saw the color of the card, she immediately thought of the black card that was said to have unlimited privileges.
“It’s not really a legend, but it’s definitely a black card.
As for the credit limit, the bank said there is no upper limit, but this is just for reference.
Go out and spend as much as you want, I'll pay!"
Gu Wei said lightly.
"Very good!"
Nazha happily kissed Gu Wei on the cheek.
She didn't bother to be polite with Gu Wei. After all, everything was given by Gu Wei. Compared with this card, she was happier with Gu Wei's attitude.
After being happy for a while, Nazha casually threw the black card she had just received on the coffee table.
She turned around and rode on Gu Wei's thighs, put her arms around his neck, leaned forward, and whispered in Gu Wei's ear:
"I don't have any filming assignments tomorrow, so you don't have to worry about me not being able to get out of bed and delaying my work~"
Gu Wei didn't hesitate to put his arms around her soft waist.
Looking at Nazha's blushing little face, her eyes were full of desire.
"I'm scared of you!"
He sighed, picked up Naza and walked towards the bedroom.
(End of this chapter)
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