Chapter 402: Long Li Lianhe and Gu Wei
At night, in Gu Wei's room.
"Brother Baoqiang, is there something wrong?"
After a relatively gentle exercise, Nazha lay in Gu Wei's arms and suddenly asked.
"Why do you ask?"
"He didn't look too well when he came over this afternoon, but since we don't get along well, it's hard to ask anything."
Gu Wei didn't expect that even someone like Nazha, who was usually quite carefree, could notice something wrong with Wang Baoqiang.
"I chatted with him for a few minutes when he came back. He might have encountered some difficulties, but he didn't elaborate."
Gu Wei held Nazha's arm tightly.
"Don't worry too much, there is nothing in this world that cannot be overcome.
And I told Baoqiang that if he has any problem, he can talk to me and I will help him."
"Hmm~
I hope nothing serious happened to Brother Baoqiang, he's a pretty good guy."
Nazha hugged Gu Wei's arm that stretched out from under her neck, her smooth back pressed tightly against his chest, and she closed her eyes after saying
The next day, after breakfast at the hotel, the main creators of "Detective Chinatown 2" set off and began their 24-city roadshow.
Everyone looked in good spirits. Even Wang Baoqiang had adjusted his state after chatting with Gu Wei last night, and looked no different from usual.
The publicity team first went to the super first-tier cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, and visited several large cinemas in each city to meet with many fans who came after hearing the news and promote the upcoming movie.
And wherever they go, in addition to the film press conference, they will also open preview screenings to allow fans to have a sneak peek and spread the film's reputation to the greatest extent.
When promoting domestic films before their release, whether or not to hold preview screenings has always been a major point of disagreement.
Some movies have a very large scale of publicity before their release, with all kinds of online and offline news releases overwhelming, but there are no preview screenings. Until the day of the release, no audience can see the movie.
It is very likely that these films know that they are not very good and are afraid that the bad reputation will be publicized after the preview, so they keep it secret, hoping to use publicity to lure as many audiences as possible into the theaters.
At the same time, there is a high probability that they will manipulate reviews in the few days before the movie is released. They make money by cheating. Once the audience base of the movie reaches a certain level and word of mouth spreads, the box office will plummet immediately.
Therefore, such movies basically rely on the first week’s box office, which is not much different from the box office performance of fan movies.
Of course, most crews that are confident in the quality of their films will hold previews long in advance to spread word of mouth to the greatest extent so that more people can know about their films.
Gu Wei is very confident about "Detective Chinatown 2", so according to their publicity plan, they have been promoting and screening the film along the way during the ten-day roadshow.
Starting from July 1st, the summer season of the domestic film market slowly kicked off.
Let’s not talk about the flop of Tang Yan and Zhong Hanliang’s “The Bounty Hunter” in the first week.
On July 8, which is also the second Friday of this month, the movie "Cold War 2" premiered, which brought together Hong Kong and Taiwan movie stars such as Aaron Kwok, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Eddie Peng, and Chow Yun-fat.
The first part of this movie was released in 2012, when it achieved a good result of 252 million yuan and received very good reviews from the audience, achieving a double harvest of box office and reputation.
Now that the second part is released, the audience is looking forward to it.
The movie achieved a good box office of 95.76 million on the first day of its release, and then exceeded 100 million on Saturday, and then dropped to 95.81 million on Sunday. The total box office for the first three days of the first week was 298 million.
Although [Cold War 2] did not become a huge hit, it did heat up this year's summer movie market and laid a good foundation for the films to be released later.
In the second week, the daily box office of "Cold War 2" gradually decreased, with a total box office of 247 million yuan in 7 days and a total box office of 545 million yuan in two weeks.
However, after the end of the second week, the single-day box office of "Cold War 2" has dropped to just over 10 million. Looking at the trend, the final box office of the movie will be around 600 million.
In the mountain city, the crew of [Detective Chinatown 2] are in a car heading to the largest Wanda Cinema in the city.
"Mr. Wang, I'm sorry, I've been busy with roadshows lately and really don't have time.
Okay, when I get back to Beijing, I’ll definitely attend any invitations Mr. Wang invites me to. I just happen to have some film-related matters to discuss with Director Tian Yusheng.”
Gu Wei hung up the phone and the smile on his face quickly disappeared.
Liu Yifei, who was sitting opposite, looked curious.
"Is anyone looking for you for dinner?"
Gu Wei turned his head and looked at her, smiling:
"Wang Zhongjun, the CEO of Huayi Brothers, invited me to attend the movie premiere in two days."
"Wang Zhongjun invited you?
I remember you and them have always had a bad relationship, don't you?"
Liu Yifei asked curiously.
“There are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests.
We all hang out in the same circle. Although we are making movies, to put it bluntly, we are all a group of businessmen.
Huayi previously lowered their profile and approached me to collaborate on a film, and I agreed because I thought it was profitable, so now we are partners to a certain extent.”
"You are really amazing. I offended Huayi a few years ago and they banned me in mainland China.
You also had conflicts with them before, but they were able to actively seek cooperation with you."
Liu Yifei held her chin with both hands and looked at Gu Wei with some envy.
"Times have changed. Huayi can no longer dominate the domestic entertainment industry. If they want to make more profits, they have to cooperate with others.
Besides, I am not just a star. In the eyes of the bosses of these film and television companies, my real identity is the boss of [Wei Ming Tian Xia] Company.
If they can gain greater benefits by cooperating with me, they will of course be willing to lower their "noble" heads."
Gu Wei explained with a smile.
"What's the name of Huayi's movie?"
Liu Yifei nodded slowly after hearing what Gu Wei said, and then asked.
"I saw a news story online a few days ago called [Lu Yaozhi Mali].
Directed by Wen Zhang, starring Bao Beier and Song Jia.
"Wen Zhang, I didn't expect that he stopped acting and became a director now."
As a popular young actor from the mainland, Liu Yifei had also heard of Wen Zhang's name.
"By the way, there's another person you know in the movie."
"who?"
"The second male lead is Zhu Yawen. Aren't you classmates?"
Liu Yifei grinned.
"Yes, Yawen and I have a very good relationship. When I was in school, I was always out filming and couldn't keep up with my studies, so he helped me.
He got married two years ago and I even attended the wedding."
After a while, the car drove to the underground garage of Wanda Shopping Mall.
The group took the elevator directly to the top-floor cinema.
Outside the cinema, fans who received the news in advance surrounded the entrance of Wanda Cinema.
However, the cinema has already reserved a safe passage in advance, and there are security personnel on standby on both sides to ensure the normal progress of today's event.
As soon as Gu Wei and his group showed up, the entire Wanda Mall could hear thunderous screams coming from the top floor.
"Ah! Gu Wei, I love you!"
"Brother is so handsome!!"
"Liu Yifei, you are so beautiful~"
"Naza, you are my goddess!"
“.”
Gu Wei and his friends greeted the fans on both sides with a smile and entered the cinema under the escort of security personnel.
"call"
After entering the cinema, Liu Yifei breathed a sigh of relief and patted her chest.
"These days, wherever I go, there are so many fans surrounding me. I'm really worried that some of them will just rush over without thinking."
"Wanda's security is trustworthy, and we have our own people inside the inner circle.
Having a lot of fans means you’re famous, Sister Yifei.”
After hearing this, Liu Yifei rolled her eyes at Gu Wei.
"Forget it, there are mostly girls out there, and your fans account for more than half of them!"
While Gu Wei and his team were working hard to promote the film, two other blockbuster films set to be released at the end of this month were also being promoted in full swing.
One is "Skiptrace" which was released on the 21st. This movie is an action comedy directed by Finnish director Renny Harlin, who has previously directed "Die Hard 2", and stars Cheng Long and Fan Bingbing.
The film was produced by Jackie Chan's Yaolai Film and Television and Tangde Film and Television, of which Fan Bingbing is a shareholder. The producer was also Jackie Chan. It is an authentic Jackie Chan-style kung fu comedy.
The other one is the fantasy blockbuster "Legend of the Gods" produced by China Star Films, which will be released on the 29th of the month.
The film is adapted from the Chinese classical mythology novel "Investiture of the Gods", which tells the story of Jiang Ziya leading a group of talented people to assist King Wu in defeating King Zhou in the late Shang Dynasty.
The director is Hong Kong director Xu An, and the revealed cast is very strong, including Li Lianjie, Fan Bingbing, Huang Xiaoming, baby, Louis Koo, Liang Jiahui, Xiang Zuo, Xu Qing, etc., which is a star-studded cast.
The publicity and distribution company claims that the film has an investment of 500 million yuan and is a domestic super-production fantasy mythological film.
These two films, together with Gu Wei's "Detective Chinatown 2" which will be released on the 28th, can be said to be the three most anticipated films by audiences throughout the summer.
There is no need to mention the status of Cheng Long and Li Lianjie in the domestic film and television industry. They are both true international superstars.
Gu Wei is the hottest star of the new generation in the domestic entertainment industry, and his box office performance in domestic films has surpassed the two previous big names.
"Detective Chinatown 2" and "Fengshen Legend" were released one day after the other, and "Skiptrace" was released only one week earlier than the other two, so the competition between the three movies is obvious.
As the release dates of the three movies are getting closer, the entire summer movie-watching market is becoming increasingly hot due to the publicity of the three.
Netizens are extremely looking forward to the collision between the three.
Younger netizens believe that with Gu Wei's exaggerated box office performance in the domestic entertainment industry in recent years and his dominant box office appeal, he will have no problem matching or even surpassing his two senior predecessors, Cheng Long and Li Lianjie.
[Detective Chinatown 2] should win the final victory in this box office battle.
Older netizens don't think so. They think that Jackie Chan and Li Lianjie are true international superstars, and their status and box office appeal are unquestionable.
Although Gu Wei has been very popular in the past two years, he is still a rising star after all.
This time, "The Legend of the Gods" and "Skiptrace" are both big-budget movies, and it is still unclear who will win or lose in the end.
Gu Wei's domestic films over the past two years have far surpassed those of Cheng Long and Li Lianjie at the box office. Furthermore, the box office of "Detective Chinatown 1" has exceeded 1 billion yuan, so it seems likely that "Detective Chinatown 2" will come out on top.
[The person above probably doesn't know the international status of Cheng Long and Li Lianjie. They are both at the top of the pyramid of the Chinese entertainment industry. How can a junior like Gu Wei compare to them?]
[You can't look at it that way. Although they were very successful in the past, their film production results in recent years are indeed not as good as Gu Wei's!]
[Support my brother, he is the best, Gu Wei is the most handsome! ! ]
To be honest, Jackie Chan has been pretty good in the past two years. From "Chinese Zodiac" to "Dragon Blade", the box office results have all been good. It seems that Li Lianjie hasn't made any big hits since returning to China, right?
[Hehe~ Is there anyone who still doubts the popularity and appeal of the "Kung Fu Emperor"? ]
A true man never brags about his past achievements. If the current results aren't good enough, then they're just bad enough. However, the cast of the promotion for "Legend of the Gods" is incredible. Besides Li Lianjie, there are so many top Chinese entertainment stars starring in it. It's a mythical blockbuster with a 500 million yuan investment. I'm really looking forward to it.
[Cheng Long and Li Lianjie are no match for Gu Wei. Gu Wei's films are always the best!]
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