Chapter 400 You call this a village woman? (Two in one)
After finishing his work at the company in the morning and having a simple meal at noon, Gu Wei came to [Guangguang Media] in the afternoon.
He also needs to discuss many things with Wang Changtian about the publicity and promotion before and after the release of [Detective Chinatown 2], including the holding of the premiere.
The publicity and promotion costs of this movie alone amounted to 100 million yuan.
In addition, China Film Group, Light Media, and Wanda all expect the box office revenue for "Detective Chinatown 2" to be above 1.8 billion yuan.
With such a huge investment and high expectations, it cannot be overemphasized how much importance should be given to the promotion of the film.
Wang Guangzhong once talked to Gu Wei and wanted to guarantee the release of "Detective Chinatown 2" with 1.6 billion yuan, but was rejected by Gu Wei. Later, Wang Changtian raised the price all the way to 2 billion yuan, but Gu Wei still refused.
In the afternoon, Gu Wei and his entourage walked all the way to Guangguang and were led by the staff into the president's office.
His arrival was naturally noticed by the employees of Guangxian.
Liu Yan's agent also got the news and called Liu Yan immediately.
"Where are you?"
"Just finished a commercial performance, in the car."
Liu Yan's somewhat tired voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Hurry up, Mr. Gu, come to our company~"
"Mr. Gu?"
"Your financial sponsor, Gu Wei!"
In my own office, with no one around, my agent was more direct.
"Why is he here?"
"How would I know? It seems like they're here to discuss something with Mr. Wang. Our company's main task recently is to distribute Gu Wei's film, Detective Chinatown 2.
It’s not surprising that Mr. Gu came here.
Won't you come back to see him?"
The agent probably knew that Liu Yan and Gu Wei had a close relationship, but Liu Yan had never said it directly and confirmed it, and she didn't know what the relationship between the two was like, but it always did not hurt to see them more often.
Liu Yan hesitated on the other end of the phone.
"I'll hurry back."
In the president's office, Gu Wei and Wang Changtian were chatting while drinking tea.
In fact, the detailed promotion and marketing process had already been sent to [Wei Ming Tian Xia] in written documents by Guangguang, such as the use of promotion and marketing funds, what online and offline projects there are, how much they cost, and what kind of results are expected. All of these were categorized and recorded in writing.
But Gu Wei himself knows that for the promotion of a movie before its release, the scale is one aspect, but the most important thing is whether the publicity and distribution party can find the right "point".
For example, when promoting The Mermaid, people said, "I owe Stephen Chow a movie ticket."
Before the release of "The Pancake Man," Dapeng precisely targeted viewers who had seen "Diaosi Men" and promoted the film as "the counterattack of the little guy."
There is also the movie "Ex-Files 3" that Gu Wei has already taken on. In the future, he will grasp the point of "regret". Everyone has an ex, and the ex is beautiful but also regrettable, so as to resonate with young audiences.
[Detective Chinatown 2] certainly has its own promotional points, or it can be said that the tone of this series of movies has been set since the first one.
First of all, the root of the "Detective Chinatown" series is a logical detective movie. The two protagonists travel around the world and solve various bizarre murders, which is the main plot of the movie.
The story doesn't need to be brain-burning or sophisticated, but the audience must not be treated as fools, and the logic must be self-consistent.
This was done very well in the first film.
Secondly, the "Detective Chinatown" series is a comedy film.
If a movie is a dish, the main storyline of the detective is the deliciousness of the dish, and the comedy element is the aroma and appearance of the dish.
It is the most important thing to attract audiences into the cinema to watch movies and enhance their viewing experience.
No matter how delicious a dish is, if it stinks and looks like a pile of feces, no one will be able to eat it.
Similarly, no matter how beautiful or fragrant the product looks, it may arouse people's appetite, but if it tastes like chewing wax after eating, subsequent customers will be deterred by word of mouth.
Therefore, the perfect combination of detective stories and comedy is the secret to the success of the "Detective Chinatown" series of films.
Because the first movie left a good impression on the audience, now that the second movie is released, the publicity and promotion also seizes these two points to carry out intensified publicity, which naturally achieves the best effect.
When Gu Wei came to see Wang Changtian, he would definitely not tell him in detail what date and time to participate in what promotional activities. Those were the matters that the staff below should take care of.
The two discussed the film's main promotional channels, publicity intensity and scale, expected audience, and the concepts that needed to be instilled in everyone.
Mr. Wang also told Gu Wei about some countermeasures if negative news appeared after the movie was released. Gu Wei nodded repeatedly after listening to it. Guangguang is indeed the top publicity and distribution company in China. No matter its channels or solutions, they are not comparable to those of small companies.
"Okay, Mr. Wang, it's getting late, so I'll take my leave.
Our creative team will follow the lead of the publicity and promotion team in all subsequent actions. We hope that this film will achieve a satisfactory result for everyone."
The two of them had almost finished their conversation when Gu Wei put down his teacup and said with a smile.
"Mr. Gu, please stay and have dinner with me. I've already asked the company to book a restaurant."
Wang Changtian kindly invited me.
"No, I have a date tonight.
I’m actually looking forward to the celebration party after the movie is released. I’m going to get drunk with Mr. Wang then.”
"Haha~Okay, since Mr. Gu has something to do, I won't keep you here.
There will definitely be a celebration party, I have full confidence in our film."
Seeing that Gu Wei was not being polite, Wang Changtian did not force him to stay and stood up to see Gu Wei off.
The two of them walked out of the office and met Liu Yan coming in from outside.
She was wearing a light blue women's suit and a pair of black high heels. The front of her top had a large V-neck, and the white base shirt underneath was bulging.
She has loose, shiny black hair, fair skin and red lips. She looks so seductive in what should be a capable professional outfit.
Wang Changtian greeted him quickly when he saw him.
"Xiao Liu~ It's just right that you're back. Come and see Mr. Gu off."
Then he turned to Gu Wei and said, "Boss Gu, I won't see you off. If you have any questions, we can contact each other by phone!"
"Okay, Mr. Wang, you are busy."
After Wang Changtian finished speaking, he smiled, waved to Gu Wei, and turned back.
Liu Yan, who was standing aside, smiled and looked at Gu Wei cautiously.
"Mr. Gu, this way please."
Gu Wei also smiled and nodded to her, and the two of them walked out of the company together.
"How's it going these days? Are you having any troubles at work?"
Gu Wei asked casually.
"No, thanks to your help, Mr. Gu, my situation in the company is much better now."
Liu Yan said with gratitude.
"I just called Mr. Wang. You don't have to be so polite."
The two of them walked out while chatting. Liu Yan kept emphasizing her gratitude to Gu Wei, and said that if she was needed in the future, she would be there immediately as soon as Mr. Gu called.
Gu Wei just smiled and didn't take it too seriously. After a few steps, they walked out of the bright office building and saw the nanny car parked at the door.
Liu Yan looked at Gu Wei who was about to get in the car, and seemed to be hesitant to speak.
She wanted to invite Gu Wei, but she remembered what Gu Wei had said to her before and was afraid of being rejected again.
"Oh, right."
Gu Wei opened the car door and was about to get in when he suddenly remembered something and turned to Liu Yan and said:
"My new movie will be released in a few days. You can host the premiere. I will talk to Mr. Wang about this later."
"No problem, I won't let you down."
Liu Yan was very surprised after hearing what Gu Wei said.
Hosting the premiere is just a small matter, but to President Wang and Guangguang, it represents Gu Wei's support for them, and everyone will be more certain that Gu Wei is undoubtedly their backer.
She can continue to do things that take advantage of the power of others.
After coming out of the light, Gu Wei did not return to the company.
He glanced at his watch and saw that it was almost the agreed time, so he took a car and went directly to the private restaurant he had booked earlier.
This is an old restaurant located on West Street, called Runzeyuan.
It is said that it was originally one of the "Eight Great Buildings" in Beijing, and its inheritance has continued since the founding of New China.
The current head chef is Master Wang Yajun, one of the top ten famous chefs in China.
The restaurant mainly serves Shandong cuisine, and also serves Beijing roast duck. It excels in cooking a variety of delicacies from land and sea. It is known for its light flavor, mellow taste and non-greasy taste, and focuses on clarity, fragrance, freshness, tenderness and crispness.
The nanny car drove to the parking lot outside the hotel. Gu Wei put on a baseball cap and a mask and got out.
Runzeyuan Restaurant is a large courtyard with four entrances. As soon as he entered, a special staff member came forward to lead the way.
Along the way, there are green halls and tiled houses with exquisitely decorated facades, which can be said to be an elegant environment with a unique decoration style.
Gu Wei walked around in circles and arrived at a small private room inside.
When he opened the door, Liu Yifei was sitting right opposite the door, drinking tea with a cup of water. When she saw Gu Wei come in, she put down the cup and smiled sweetly.
"You're here"
The layout of the private room is quite antique, with a wooden round table in the middle, which is dark in color and heavy in texture.
There were several rattan chairs around, the tableware on the table was all silver, and the teapot and teacups for drinking water were sky-blue porcelain, which looked very expensive.
"I'm sorry, Sister Yifei, for making you wait for me."
Gu Wei walked forward two steps and sat diagonally opposite Liu Yifei, saying apologetically.
"It's okay~ You're not late, I'm the one who came early.
This place is not far from my home, and there is no point in staying at home, so I just came a little early."
Liu Yifei's outfit today was very simple. She wore a light blue long skirt with no other decorations. Her white and tender arms were exposed, and she wore a watch with a red leather strap on her wrist, which was the finishing touch.
Her face has very light makeup, delicate features, bright eyes, flowing long hair, fair and delicate skin, and she has a calm and elegant temperament.
"I just went to Enlight Media and talked to Mr. Wang about our film promotion. It took me a while."
Gu Wei explained.
"By the way, Sister Yifei, have you ordered?"
"Not yet, waiting for you to come over and order together."
Gu Wei called the waiter and asked Liu Yifei for her opinion, and ordered several of his specialty dishes, including first-class official bird's nest, shark's fin, scallion-fried sea cucumber, fish maw with chicken sauce, braised mullet eggs, and fish with sweet-scented osmanthus in fermented wine.
"It's too much for the two of us to finish."
“It’s okay, you can take it away if you can’t finish it.”
The waiter took out the menu and soon the dishes ordered by Gu Wei were served one after another.
Neither of them was polite and picked up their chopsticks and started eating.
Gu Wei was also a little hungry, so he picked up a sea cucumber and put it in his bowl.
"Sister Yifei, since you told me last time that you were going back to Beijing after filming, you haven't joined the crew since then?"
Compared to Gu Wei's wolfing down of food, Liu Yifei ate more elegantly.
“No, the filming of the previous movie was quite tiring, and I also have to promote Detective Chinatown 2 this month.
I have been resting at home during this period.
Occasionally I go out to attend some business events, take some magazine photos, etc.
"What movie is it?"
Gu Wei asked curiously.
To be honest, he was not very impressed by the movies Liu Yifei had filmed in recent years.
The only ones I remember clearly are "The Third Way of Love" and "Mulan".
[The Third Way of Love] was because when the movie was released, Liu Yifei and a Korean actor officially announced their relationship. Although they broke up not long after, this move also caused her to lose countless fans.
In fact, the two of them had almost no interaction when they were together, and were never photographed together or intimately by any paparazzi. It seems that the possibility of them agreeing on a relationship to promote the movie is relatively high.
At this time, Liu Yifei has no schedule because she accepted Gu Wei's invitation to star in "Detective Chinatown 2", so she did not take on "The Third Way of Love" and there is no way to talk about her relationship with the Korean.
Gu Wei felt that he had done a good thing. At least he helped his good friend Yifei to lose fewer fans.
"Mulan" is a super production of Disney. Although the box office after its release was not ideal, especially the performance in China was a flop, this movie made Liu Yifei truly go international.
After the movie was released, her fashion endorsement resources were amazing!
As for the other movies she has made over the years, they have all been flops, and there is nothing memorable about them.
On the contrary, after she started filming TV series again a few years later, "Dream of Red Mansions" and "Where the Wind Is" were both very popular and impressive.
"It's called [Fenghuo Fangfei], and it tells the story of an American pilot who ran out of fuel and was forced to land on the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang during World War II. He was rescued by a Chinese woman.
It was changed based on real historical events.”
Gu Wei thought about it and felt that he had heard the name before, but he had definitely never seen the movie.
He finished the sea cucumber in his bowl and picked up a piece of fish with chopsticks and put it in his mouth.
"Then what is the identity of the heroine you play? A progressive young woman, a female student, or a female nurse?"
“Neither. The heroine is a rural woman named Yingzi.
Her husband died, and she had to raise her daughter alone and take care of her parents-in-law."
Liu Yifei spoke in a low voice, as if she was immersed in the role she was playing.
Gu Wei looked her up and down while eating.
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
Liu Yifei felt uneasy when he looked at her, and asked curiously.
"Let me guess, did the American pilot who was rescued end up falling in love with Yingzi?"
"Yes, because of the long-term care, the hero and heroine finally fell in love with each other."
Gu Wei nodded.
“Not surprising at all.
If I were a pilot, seeing how beautiful the widow who saved me is, I would be so eager to marry her. I wouldn't have to wait for you to take care of me. I would fall in love with her at first sight!"
Gu Wei shrugged and said.
"That's annoying! I'm discussing the plot with you, and you're kidding me, right?"
Liu Yifei patted Gu Wei's shoulder lightly, feeling a little angry.
"No kidding, I really mean it.
With your looks, you can play a village woman. Where in the country can you find a widow as pretty as you? "
Although Gu Wei kept praising her beauty, Liu Yifei was still a little discouraged. She really wanted to be a good actor and play some good roles.
She took out her cell phone from the bag beside her, opened the gallery, and put it on the table.
"Look, this is a still of me in the movie, taken during the filming."
Gu Wei moved his stool and leaned closer to Liu Yifei, moving closer to her.
Looking at the picture on the phone, Liu Yifei was wearing a blue coarse cloth top, with her hair tied into a bun at the back of her head, and she looked very rustic.
He looked up again at the real person who was so close to him.
Liu Yifei frowned and looked at Gu Wei.
"Well, you want to talk?"
"Uh~ Sister Yifei's look, I'd call her the most ethereal village woman!"
Gu Wei said with a grin.
"Hmph~ I'm ignoring you!"
As she spoke, Liu Yifei took the phone off the table, turned her head to the side, and acted angry.
"No, Sister Yifei, I haven't finished reading it yet."
Gu Wei reached out to grab the phone, and it happened to fall into Liu Yifei's tender white hand.
He didn't care. The two of them had known each other for so many years and had a very good relationship. They had some physical contact during filming, but Liu Yifei was a little embarrassed.
"Don't make trouble, can't I just show you?"
After saying that, she put the phone back on the table between the two of them, and stood shoulder to shoulder with Gu Wei, sliding her slender fingers through the photos in the gallery.
"Tsk tsk, every picture of Yifei's village women is so beautiful."
"Do you still want to see it? If you do, I'll take it away!"
Liu Yifei threatened.
"Okay, I won't say any more. I'll just enjoy it quietly."
Gu Wei made a gesture of covering his mouth.
When he saw the next few photos, Gu Wei asked in confusion.
"Yan Yiqin is also in this movie. What role does he play?"
"Play the role of the village chief of my village."
"This is Yu Shaoqun, right? Where's him?"
"He is the teacher in the village."
The corners of Gu Wei's mouth rose, and the smile on his face became more and more obvious.
"The people in your village are quite good-looking!"
Liu Yifei rolled her eyes.
"Can't you say something nice about me~"
"Well, appearance is determined by fate, and the final effect depends on the acting skills.
Anyway, I think Yifei will definitely give the audience a perfect answer."
Gu Wei quickly added a flattering remark.
“That’s more like it.”
Liu Yifei nodded with satisfaction.
“When filming this drama, many scenes were set in a village deep in the mountains, and the environment was quite harsh, so it was quite difficult to shoot.
I remember there was a rain scene. In order to ensure the authenticity of the scene, the director insisted on shooting it under natural rainfall.
When the rain started, the original land turned into mud, which was wet and slippery. I even fell once.
Later, the crew suggested that I use a body double, but I disagreed."
"Look at the costume I'm wearing. The crew originally prepared several different styles and colors, but the director said the heroine should be simple and plain, so he only let me wear this one from beginning to end."
Liu Yifei earnestly told Gu Wei the stories that happened when she was filming, and Gu Wei listened patiently and nodded from time to time.
In his opinion, Liu Yifei's acting skills cannot be said to be very good, but she is definitely willing to endure hardships and work hard for the sake of filming.
Take her earliest famous work, The Return of the Condor Heroes, for example. She did all the wire-hanging and martial arts scenes by herself.
Including her later filming of "Mulan", various difficult martial arts scenes, horse riding, fighting, it cannot be said that there were no stunt doubles, but most of them were completed by herself.
Let’s not talk about anything else, just talk about the horse riding scenes. Liu Yifei can ride the horse normally during filming, and perform some actions on the horse according to the director’s requirements.
In the film "The Return of the Condor Heroes", there was a panoramic shot where she suddenly stopped riding her horse, with the horse's front hooves raised high.
It is simply impossible for other female stars in the domestic entertainment industry to perform this kind of shot.
Not to mention female stars, some future traffic stars in the domestic entertainment industry, regardless of gender, basically expose their upper body and horse head when filming horse riding scenes, and their lower body may be a car or other means of transportation, all of which are fake.
Some people say that Liu Yifei is the last female warrior in the domestic entertainment industry. Although it is a bit exaggerated, among these new generation female stars, not to mention her acting skills, she is really the best in fighting scenes.
Gu Wei and Liu Yifei chatted while eating. After she talked about the filming process of "The Flowers of War", Gu Wei also told her about the interesting things that happened when he and Wu Jing were filming "Wolf Warrior 2".
Including Wu Jing was injured, Gu Wei called Xie Nan over.
Mr. Yu Qian, a crosstalk performer, joined us. He was at a horse farm outside Beijing, etc.
"Haha~ You're really good enough. Just call the director's wife over to take care of him~"
"Brother Jing is the boss on the crew, no one can control him, and he only listens to me for a while.
But if we can’t do that, can’t we still ask for help?”
Gu Wei raised his eyebrows and said.
"Where is Mr. Yu Qian's horse farm? Is it really like you said, that they have so many small animals?"
"Of course, Brother Qian loved to play when he was young, and raising all kinds of small animals is his hobby. I heard that in addition to ponies, he also has peacocks, monkeys, squirrels, wolfhounds, etc. It's like a private zoo."
"so good"
Liu Yifei looked longingly.
"If you're interested, I'll take you there when I have time.
I've already made an agreement with Brother Qian. I'll go back and ask him to help me choose two horses and send them to him for foster care."
"Okay, okay, you must contact me next time you go."
Liu Yifei has a group of cats at home and she is very interested in small animals.
It was getting late and the meal for the two of them was almost over.
Before leaving, Gu Wei asked again.
"Sister Yifei, you won't be leaving the capital these two days, right?"
"No~"
"Then come with me and Nazha this weekend. We'll take a flight to Changsha to record Happy Camp, and then we'll start the roadshow right after that!"
"Okay, just call me later!"
Liu Yifei agreed happily.
She thought Gu Wei was going to help her book the tickets, and since it would be convenient for everyone to take the same flight, she didn't refuse.
The two put on masks and hats, waved goodbye at the hotel entrance, and got into their respective nanny cars.
In the evening, the streets of Beijing were not very congested, and the nanny car quickly arrived at the villa area. Liu Yifei got out of the car, carrying her small bag and walked home happily.
(End of this chapter)
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