Chapter 418 I like him very much
After [Detective Chinatown 2] won the domestic box office championship in film history, the publicity and promotion team took advantage of this hot topic to launch another wave of publicity.
The official account of [Mermaid] also posted a Weibo on the same day.
#Congratulations to [Detective Chinatown 2] for breaking the record and setting a new record for domestic film box office! #
Immediately afterwards, the Weibo account of "Detective Chinatown 2" responded with thanks, and the two first and second films in film history interacted with each other, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.
Other celebrities and official accounts of film and television companies also posted on Weibo to congratulate the birth of the new box office record. For a while, the Internet was very lively, as if "Detective Chinatown 2" winning the box office championship was a well-deserved decision.
[Congratulations to my brother for his film regaining the domestic box office championship. Gu Wei is amazing, we will always support you!]
"Detective Chinatown 2" truly deserves its current success. With its perfect blend of comedy and detective stories, coupled with the outstanding performances of Gu Wei and Wang Baoqiang, it's no surprise that it's been able to achieve this box office success!
[Speaking of which, is Gu Wei considered the top domestic film star now? He starred in two of the top three domestic box office hits. He's like a little cow doing a handstand, so awesome! ]
[Leaving aside awards, just considering the box office appeal of commercial films, Gu Wei is truly unmatched in the domestic entertainment industry today. Whether it's the older generation of superstar actors or the younger generation of popular stars, no one can compare to him in terms of actual performance!]
Netizens are praising Gu Wei a bit too highly, aren't they? He's only a young man, and he hasn't even won a Best Actor award. If he were the number one actor in Chinese films, how would all those Best Actor and Best Actress winners feel?
Gu Wei is just good-looking and has a lot of fans, mostly young people. I saw Detective Chinatown 2, and it was pretty good, but he's just benefiting from the times. If he wants to go further, he needs to work harder on his acting skills. At the very least, he needs to have an award-winning actor to back him up!
He's already won the Magnolia Award for Best Actor. At this rate, Best Actor is not far off. I look forward to Gu Wei bringing us more and better works in the future!
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There have been a lot of discussions online about "Detective Chinatown 2" winning the first place in film history. Most netizens still think that the quality of "Detective Chinatown 2" deserves this championship.
Of course, there are always people who like something and people who hate it. There are also netizens who think that "Detective Chinatown 2" is useless and that Gu Wei is just a facade, but they are a minority after all.
This small wave of popularity helped boost the movie's box office, but unfortunately it didn't have much effect.
The movie has been released for more than 20 days, and the single-day box office dropped to 23.17 million on Tuesday of the fourth week.
The box office potential has basically been tapped, and the trend is not much different from that of "The Mermaid" at the beginning of the year to the later period.
In addition, the Brazil Olympics is currently being held, and the attention of the domestic people is attracted by the Olympics, and their attention to the film market is also decreasing.
[Detective Chinatown 2] has applied for an extension key and can be released for more than a month. However, the box office of the movie will only get smaller and smaller in the future. Professionals in the industry predict that the final box office of the movie will be between 3.5 billion and 3.6 billion.
On the 16th, Gu Wei and Nazha went to Liu Yifei's house for a dinner together.
The two of them were dressed formally, and Gu Wei also brought some luxury brand bags and cosmetics as gifts. After all, he couldn't go empty-handed on his first visit.
Liu Xiaoli was very enthusiastic and prepared a sumptuous meal to entertain the two of them.
At the dinner table, everyone was eating and chatting, and the atmosphere was very good.
"Gu Wei, thanks to you for taking care of my Sissi during the filming, Auntie is very grateful."
Liu Xiaoli said this as she picked up the red wine glass beside her and was about to toast Gu Wei.
"I don't deserve it, I don't deserve it. Sister Yifei is a very good actress. The first movie I made after entering the industry was a collaboration with her. She helped me a lot on the crew at that time."
“Hey~”
Speaking of this, Liu Xiaoli sighed.
"I remember you filmed The Blade of the Assassin in 2012, and it's been over 4 years now.
At that time, you were still a new actor studying at a film and television academy, but a few years later you have become the hottest star in the domestic entertainment industry!
But Xixi has not only not grown in the past few years, but has actually regressed in her career, which is very worrying to me."
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How can I regress? I'm doing pretty well now, and Detective Chinatown 2 has even become a national film champion. People online are praising my heroic character and my excellent acting!
Liu Yifei, who was sitting nearby, curled her lips and retorted.
"Look at the movies you've made in recent years, 'Beauty of the Dew', 'Legend of the White Ghost', and 'Night Peacock', which was released in the first half of this year. The highest box office was 66 million, and the lowest was just over 20 million.
There are not even any viewers watching, isn't this a step backward?
If you keep acting like this, no one will want to film with you!
Besides, the huge success of Detective Chinatown 2 is not your fault."
After hearing what Liu Xiaoli said, Liu Yifei pouted slightly, looking a little unhappy.
But she knew her mother was right, so she didn't argue.
"Auntie, you can't say that. The success of a movie is the result of the efforts of all the creative staff. Sister Yifei contributed superb acting skills, and her fame has brought a lot of attention to the movie.
Many audiences went to the cinema just for Sister Yifei’s fame.”
Seeing this, Gu Wei quickly said a few good words for Liu Yifei.
"Yes, Auntie, when we were on the roadshow, Sister Yifei had a lot of fans."
Nazha, who was eating, also chimed in.
When Liu Yifei heard what the two said, her face lifted slightly, and she felt a little proud.
Liu Xiaoli ignored her and said to Gu Wei, "Speaking of this, I have to thank you. If you hadn't intervened in time during the roadshow that day, I can't imagine how much psychological trauma that crazy fan would have left on Xixi!"
"Mom, I'm not that fragile."
"Auntie, I didn't do anything. Besides, Sister Yifei and I have been good friends for so many years, there's no need to be so polite."
Gu Wei said with a smile.
Both the host and the guests enjoyed the meal very much. After the meal, Liu Yifei took Nazha to visit her boudoir and see her kitten.
Gu Wei sat with Liu Xiaoli on the sofa in the living room and chatted.
"Gu Wei, what do your parents do for a living?"
“My father was a businessman in his early years and my mother was a full-time housewife.
But now they are old and no longer care about many things. Their main focus is on my family's charity fund.
The main job is to help children in poor mountainous areas.
They also enjoy it.”
Gu Wei said lightly.
Liu Xiaoli exclaimed, "I really hope I can meet your parents. They can raise such an outstanding child, so they must be very outstanding themselves!"
"Aunt Liu, you're too kind. My parents are just ordinary people."
"You have such a big business now, don't they care?"
Liu Xiaoli asked again.
“After I went to college, I basically made all the decisions on my own.
Of course, my family would help me financially when I was in trouble, but since my career got on track, my parents rarely asked about my affairs.
I’m basically the only one who makes the decisions.”
What Gu Wei meant by helping out at home was the first time he asked his mother for the first pot of gold to buy the domain name.
Later, after the charity fund was established, both parents started working there.
The more Liu Xiaoli chatted with Gu Wei, the brighter her eyes became. She was very satisfied with Gu Wei's personal life and family.
A little later, Gu Wei and Nazha said goodbye to Liu Xiaoli, and Liu Yifei saw them out the door.
"Gu Wei, Nazha, come to your aunt's house and play if you have the chance!"
Liu Xiaoli said goodbye to them warmly.
After the two left, Liu Yifei returned home.
She was also very happy to entertain Gu Wei and Nazha for half a day. She sat on the sofa in the living room humming a song, picked up the cut watermelon on the coffee table and took a bite.
Liu Xiaoli walked over and looked at her carefree daughter, frowning slightly.
"How can you still let Naza come along?"
"ah?"
Liu Yifei turned and looked at her mother.
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"
"I was planning to invite Gu Wei to my home alone, didn't you know?"
"When I told Gu Wei about it that day, Nazha happened to be nearby. It was hard for me to refuse her because she wanted to come. Besides, we have a good relationship. I like Nazha very much. She has a great personality!"
Liu Yifei ate watermelon with a nonchalant expression on her face.
"My silly girl, are you really stupid or just pretending to be stupid?"
Liu Yifei opened her eyes wide, put half of the watermelon in her mouth, and looked at Liu Xiaoli innocently.
"I just talked a lot with Gu Wei. He is extremely outstanding in both personal and family conditions."
Liu Yifei frowned.
"Mom, why are you checking someone's household registration when you invite them home? That's so inappropriate!"
"What's wrong with that? It's all just idle chatter."
Liu Xiaoli didn't care.
"I heard that Gu Wei's family must have been in business for generations, and he was brought up very well since he was young. His parents are both kind and sensible people. They support their children's careers infinitely. When their children are successful in their careers, they begin to focus on charity.
Wow, this couple are truly winners in life.
It’s easy to make one generation rich, but it’s incredibly difficult to raise a generation that’s even better than the previous generation!
"It's normal. When I first met Gu Wei, I knew his family background must be unusual.
Making a movie is such a risky thing, but he, a college student, invested tens of millions to make a movie just so that he could act.
At that time, I always called him Master Gu, and I was not wrong."
Liu Yifei was eating watermelon and didn't take her mother's words seriously.
Liu Xiaoli felt a headache looking at her daughter. She wanted to say something, but she had promised Liu Yifei not to mention anything further with Gu Wei.
He reached out and rubbed his temple.
"By the way, this Nazha who came here today is Gu Wei's ex-girlfriend you mentioned earlier, right?"
"Yes, they seemed to be a couple in college, and they broke up when I was filming "Blade of the Assassin" with him.
Later, Gu Wei started dating a young girl from our crew, but their relationship broke up after the movie was released.
When we were filming and promoting the movie together, Gu Wei never hid it, and I knew everything."
"He doesn't hide his past relationships from you at all. It seems like he really doesn't have any feelings for you."
Liu Xiaoli frowned.
"That should be the case. We've gotten along quite naturally since we met.
After entering the entertainment industry, there are very few people like Gu Wei, so my relationship with him has become increasingly close over the years."
As Liu Yifei said this, she recalled the time when she went to the United States to film "Detective Chinatown 2" and learned about the death of a good friend. She and Gu Wei relaxed under the starry sky.
She knew that she was really moved at that moment, but unfortunately she didn't take the initiative. When she came to her senses the next day, they were just good friends again.
"Since Nazha was his ex-girlfriend from college, are they back together now?"
Liu Xiaoli asked again.
"Probably not~"
Liu Yifei pouted and thought about it.
"Naza's first agency was Tangren Films, the same Shanghai-based agency that initially wanted to sign me.
Later, Tang Ren didn't seem to have any good resources to give her.
At that time, Gu Wei was at the peak of his popularity and had his own company, so he signed her to his name and filmed a movie called "Love O2O" to make her famous.
Coupled with the current "Detective Chinatown 2", Nazha has naturally become the new generation of top female stars in the domestic entertainment industry."
"They definitely haven't gotten back together yet, otherwise, with Gu Wei's personality, he wouldn't have kept it a secret. But they don't have an ordinary boss-employee relationship.
Otherwise, why did I tell you before that Gu Wei is such a scumbag?"
After listening to her daughter's words, Liu Xiaoli's image of Gu Wei became more three-dimensional.
She herself does not come from an ordinary family and knows very well what the real rich people are like in terms of relationships between men and women.
Although she also wants her daughter to have a happy love and find someone who loves her wholeheartedly.
But in reality, she probably won't look down on anyone who can be devoted to her daughter. There are only a handful of young talents like Gu Wei who are truly excellent in all aspects and can be loyal to one man forever.
But deep down, she was still very optimistic about Gu Wei, a young man with money and resources. From her understanding, Gu Wei was definitely a good match.
However, looking at her daughter who was sitting on the sofa and didn't care at all, she also felt a headache.
Liu Yifei didn't know about her mother's complicated inner changes. She felt that her current work and life were pretty good. She really didn't want to force love and just let things take their course.
After leaving Liu Yifei's house, Gu Wei and Nazha returned to her residence.
After arriving home, the two of them tidied themselves up, and Nazha ate snacks and watched TV in the living room.
Gu Wei opened his laptop and went to the study to deal with some work matters.
There is nothing much left to do for the promotion of [Detective Chinatown 2], and the box office in the later stages will just take its course.
The company still has several major projects under its control in the second half of the year, such as "Ashes of Love" and "Brother Take Me Away" which are currently being filmed. The crews will periodically send some reports to the company headquarters.
The editing of the company's "Princess Agents" and "Eternal Love" produced in the first half of the year has been completed, except for the special effects, which are still lacking. Once the finished products are out, we can start selling the films.
The post-production of the film "The Love Master" directed by Wen Mu and starring Xiao Yang and Clara has been completed. This film is the first film independently released by "Wei Ming Tian Xia".
The release date is set for the Lunar New Year holiday in December. The company recently established its own publicity and promotion department. It depends on whether it can fight this battle well.
[You Are My Glory] will start filming in less than a week, and director Lin Yufen and some crew members have already flown to Shanghai.
The work of selecting locations and actors has been basically completed, and Gu Wei will fly there just before filming starts, but he will also communicate with Director Lin from time to time about future filming issues.
After all, this version of "You Are My Glory" is not Gu Man's novel, and the first name listed as the screenwriter is Gu Wei.
In short, there are a lot of things to do in Gu Wei's company, and many of them require him to make the final decision personally.
(End of this chapter)
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