Chapter 43 Preparation
Lu Yang has been very successful recently. Although the movie has been taken off the screen, his directing ability has been seen by everyone. The most important thing is that he has proved himself in the directing industry and let everyone in the circle see that the movies he made can make money.
This is extremely important. In the film and television industry, 9 out of 10 movies invested in will end up losing money. A director who has proven himself is a sought-after talent in the entire industry.
Gu Wei's company is not big, and Lu Yang was led by the front desk to Gu Wei's office.
"Brother, you look so happy. You must have been having a very comfortable time recently."
Lu Yang strode over with a smile on his face, looking very happy.
"It's the same here. Junior is both the lead actor and the investor, so his gains shouldn't be less than mine."
"Hahaha~" After saying that, the two of them looked at each other and laughed at the same time.
"I heard that senior brother has become a guest of honor in major film and television companies recently. I believe he has gained a lot." Gu Wei asked.
"Ahem~ What's with the honored guest thing? It's just that they asked someone close to me to invite me, and I couldn't refuse due to personal relationships, so I just gave them a perfunctory welcome."
Lu Yang said with some disdain.
"When I was looking for investors, no one was friendly to me. For a year, I went to all the major film companies, but they wouldn't give me a penny. Now that the movie is successful, everyone comes up to me and pretends to be nice. What were you doing before?"
Gu Wei wasn't surprised. Lu Yang's idea was correct, but the film companies were also right. They all had different perspectives, but now that Lu Yang's films were successful, it seemed their vision was flawed.
"Brother, I'm here to talk to you today because of that movie that my junior mentioned to me."
"The movie is fine. I promised you this a long time ago." Lu Yang said indifferently.
"I have already written the script. Please take a look at it first, senior brother." Gu Wei handed a script to Lu Yang.
"So fast. Okay, then let me see how your story is written." Lu Yang took the script and started reading it in Gu Wei's office without caring about anything else.
Gu Wei didn't care. He asked his assistant to pour tea for the two of them. He drank the tea while waiting quietly for Lu Yang.
Lu Yang read it very carefully. Fortunately, the story of "Detective Chinatown" itself is not complicated and the timeline is not long.
After a while, Lu Yang put down the script, thought for a moment and said
"Junior brother, your script is very well written. Would you consider letting me make this movie?"
Lu Yang, who originally just wanted to help Gu Wei and repay him a favor, became somewhat moved after reading the script.
Gu Wei was not surprised. He smiled and said, "Brother, you can't take someone else's love away. This is the movie I've always wanted to make."
"I originally thought you wanted to make a movie just to make a small effort and fulfill your dream of becoming a director.
But after reading the script, I realized that you are going to do something big. "Lu Yang said with emotion
"Sure enough, from the moment you invested in my film, I should have known that you, Junior Brother, are no ordinary person. You have courage!"
After hearing Lu Yang's words, Gu Wei smiled and waved his hand.
"It's not as exaggerated as you say, brother. I'm just doing what I want to do.
I have already started the early stages of preparation for the film, and I need your help with something.”
"If you have anything to say, please feel free to ask."
"After all, I am a new director. Although I can pay for the filming myself, we who make movies still have to find two partners if we want to achieve results in the end. I'd be sorry if you could come out and discuss this with me. I'll have to borrow your help then." Gu Wei said jokingly.
“That’s fine. After all, I’m also going to be involved in the filming of the movie, so using my name isn’t considered cheating.
"Junior brother, have you already decided on a company to work with?" Lu Yang asked.
"China Film Group, Wanda Film Group, and Light Media," Gu Wei replied.
"That's brilliant! The movie hasn't even been shot yet, but my junior has already figured out all the steps for its post-production release." Lu Yang exclaimed.
“It’s mainly because I’m from a small family, but I can barely get enough people together for the filming, and I’ll have my senior brothers to help me when the time comes.
But the distribution of the film in the later stage is really useless. As you know, no matter how good the film is, if the distribution is not done well and the promotion is not strong, and the theaters can't keep up with the schedule, it will be harder than climbing to the sky to make a box office.
"If China Film, Wanda, and Light Media can get involved, then the film's release will be very successful in terms of both publicity and screenings," said Gu Wei.
"Okay, it seems that you have a very thoughtful idea. I feel relieved now. When will the shooting be scheduled to start?" Lu Yang asked.
"The preliminary preparations will take some time. If everything goes well, we will probably start shooting in the first half of next year, and the estimated shooting time is about 3 months." Gu Wei said after thinking for a while.
"It just so happens that I've been free for the past six months. China Film Group has mentioned to me about filming 'Assassin's Blade 2', and I plan to spend some time polishing the script. I'm running out of inspiration right now, so helping you film can also help me find some inspiration."
After finishing their business, the two chatted for a while about family matters and some recent happenings in the circle.
In particular, they talked about several movies released last month. Seeing that Lost in Thailand and Chinese Zodiac had made hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office, Lu Yang was still sighing.
"Junior brother, do you think that comedies are the only movies that will be a big hit in the future?"
Lu Yang was also a little confused.
Even though he had just made a successful movie, he knew that more than 200 million was the upper limit of the box office for his martial arts films.
Other people's road comedy and action comedy can easily earn several times more box office than him.
"When it comes to watching movies, most audiences still want to have fun. Moreover, comedy movies have a large audience base, and many are suitable for family viewing. The audience has increased rapidly."
Gu Wei replied.
He knew that what Lu Yang said was right. In the future, apart from some patriotic films that promoted positive energy, most of the Chinese films that would be successful at the box office would be comedies.
Like Xu Zheng's囧 series, Ning Hao'sCrazy series, Happy Twist's movies and even Jia Ling's later movie.
Comedy hits often rely on small efforts to achieve big results.
After chatting with Lu Yang for a while, the two of them agreed to find time to go see Teacher Xu together, and then Lu Yang left.
Later in the conversation, Gu Wei learned that Lu Yang had just established his own film company [Freedom Cool Whale Film Co., Ltd.].
It seems this senior is also a man who is unwilling to be outdone. It seems that the film companies' wishful thinking is going to fail.
[Detective Chinatown] There are still many places where we need to rely on Lu Yang. Although Lu Yang's original intention was to repay Gu Wei's favor, Gu Wei has never been a stingy person.
He had already prepared Lu Yang's share. Although it wasn't much, it was definitely worth his efforts.
Gu Wei knew that in this society, it would never last long if you tried to have everything to yourself. If you wanted to pocket all the benefits, the end result would be that you would get nothing.
The best way is for everyone to make the cake bigger together and then share the most delicious piece that belongs to them.
(End of this chapter)
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