Chapter 98: Online Blackmail
Before Gu Wei arrived at the airport, his agent brought him some bad news.
Early this morning, many online media outlets made secondary reports on the topic of "Zhang Han was kicked out of the casting" since today.
#The real identity of actor Gu Wei has been revealed. He has a strong background. No wonder Zhang Han can't afford to offend him! #
#It's not an actor, but capital, bringing money into the group, and the tone is arrogant! #
#Actor Gu Wei admitted to bringing money into the crew, revealing his status as a resourceful actor! #
#Can the acting opportunity bought with money lead to a good drama? The quality of [Shan Shan is Coming] is worrying! #
These reports are basically clickbait, mostly from tabloids and self-media.
The report detailed the identity of the owner of Gu Wei Film and Television Company.
It was revealed that he invested in "The Blade of the Assassin" last year, and this year he directed and starred in a movie that has not yet been released.
Most importantly, he personally admitted to investing in "My Sunshine" and confessed to bringing money into the group.
Of course, the tone of these media outlets is definitely not fair and impartial, and they often implicitly imply that getting the role is entirely due to being rich.
Finally, I have doubts about the quality of these movies that have not yet been released.
After seeing the news, the netizens below basically launched into one-sided abuse.
After all, in the minds of netizens, even though the movie hasn't been released yet, as long as you bring money into the crew, it will definitely be a bad movie.
First, you can squeeze out other actors just because you have money, which is bullying. The logic on the Internet is that whoever is weaker is right.
Second, over the years, there have been too many bad films made by actors who brought money into the crew or spent their own money to organize the crew, which has given netizens an inherent impression that as long as you do this, the film will not be good.
Far away, there is Aunt Ximen, who once filmed Gu Long's martial arts novel "Ximen Wuhen". She forced herself to play the role of a peerless beauty in the form of an aunt and fell in love with the ancient costume male god Jiao Enjun.
The heroine of this TV series, Yang Junjun, comes from a prominent family and is very rich.
Yang Junjun has loved martial arts novels since childhood and is also a good friend of Gu Long.
In order to realize his dream, he bought more than 200 bottles of XO and exchanged the copyright with Gu Long. Then he paid for it out of his own pocket and personally found the most popular male god at the time, Jiao Enjun, to act with him.
It can be said that I paid money to make my dream come true.
As a result, this TV series, which was never released, has been criticized by netizens for more than 20 years.
Many of the scenes where the male and female protagonists are together make people feel extremely uncomfortable.
Become a typical negative example.
Another recent example is Da Tiantian, who was mocked by the entire Internet.
Da Tiantian's experience has completely left a bad impression on netizens of the term "resource-based person".
Because since her debut, she has had amazing resources.
The TV series he participated in were basically big-budget, big-productions, with many big stars as supporting actors.
The result is that each film is worse than the last.
At this stage, Da Tiantian released a movie "Warring States" in 2011 and "The Time Traveler" last year.
On average, one bad movie a year.
Gu Wei was quite amused when he read some of the comments from netizens.
Because his number of Weibo followers has increased again.
Of course, the people who flocked to his Weibo were basically one-sided insults.
Netizens are irrational and are also guided by media opinion.
Back to the company in Beijing.
The agent came over to see him eagerly.
"Mr. Gu, the public opinion on the Internet is very unfavorable to us. Do you think we can spend some money to control the comments on Weibo and then hire some online trolls to muddy the waters?
This isn't a big deal to begin with, and if we handle it this way, public opinion will probably calm down in a few days."
As a qualified agent, Yang Liwen still cares very much about Gu Wei's public image.
Gu Wei smiled at her and said slowly
"Sister Yang, there's no need to control the comments, but we still need to find the internet trolls.
But instead of speaking up for me, you let them join in and continue to curse me?"
Yang Liwen was confused, then she remembered something
"Boss Gu, do you want to split the online army into two factions and attack each other to stir up the heat, just like last time?"
"This time is different. Let them scold us, and don't say anything nice."
Yang Liwen was even more confused.
Gu Wei explained
"This incident wasn't a big deal, and although netizens are now criticizing it, the heat will soon die down.
I would like to take this opportunity to release the promotional poster and the first trailer of "Detective Chinatown".
You let the internet trolls pick up on the previous topic about the resourceful people and redirect the focus to the new movie, saying, "A new actor directing a movie will definitely be a bad movie."
Gu Wei is not worried at all about netizens scolding him or his movies.
What he was worried about was that no one would know about the movie before it was released.
In the entertainment industry, as long as you are famous, whether positive or negative, it will bring you huge benefits.
Of course, "legal experts" don't count.
Don’t be afraid of being scolded, just be afraid that no one knows you. Black and red are also red.
Haven’t you seen the "Four Thousand Years" who has been ridiculed by the whole network in the future? Although she has been scolded all the time and has a lot of negative information about her on the Internet, she has never lacked roles to play. She has always played the leading female role, and her fame has risen as she has been scolded.
Including the early internet celebrity "Feng Jie", you see her acting funny and making a fool of herself and calling her stupid, but you don't know that she just made some money by using her fame and then ran away.
So fame depends on how you use it, and Gu Wei is confident that he will eventually change people's impression of him with his strength.
The more harshly he is criticized in the early stage, the more he will be praised in the later stage due to the compensatory psychology.
Yang Liwen is a qualified agent. Although she does not understand Gu Wei's requirements, she can complete them meticulously.
Soon, the promotional video and poster of "Detective Chinatown" were released online, and they were specifically marked as "directed by Gu Wei".
The attention of some netizens has also been diverted to this new movie.
"A new actor dares to make a movie? It will be a terrible movie!"
"Not everyone can be a director. Do you really think you can do whatever you want just because you have money?"
"I bet this movie is a dud. If I lose, I'll eat shit. I'm writing this post as proof!!"
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As Gu Wei expected, everyone was still focused on criticizing him for bringing money into the group.
Now that I found out he has made a new movie, I immediately found something to criticize him for.
Two days later, the release date announcement conference for the movie "Detective Chinatown" hosted by China Film Group was held.
Witnessed by various media outlets, it was announced that the film would be released on December 11th.
After the host’s announcement, the media interview session began.
"Director Gu Wei, what do you think of some of the current online reviews of the film?"
Gu Wei is quite popular right now, although many people scold him.
"I have confidence in my film and I don't care about negative reviews.
I think they’re going to be embarrassed when the movie comes out.”
The media didn't expect Gu Wei's answer to be so straightforward and immediately became excited.
However, Gu Wei, who had just made a wave of progress, retreated strategically and started playing Tai Chi with the reporters. His answers were lukewarm and he lacked the sharpness he had just now.
This made the reporters present somewhat disappointed.
(End of this chapter)
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