Chapter 583 They Should Thank Me
It was already evening when Gu Wei left Deng Chao's house. He took a car back to Palm Springs International Apartments.
Nazha was still waiting quietly at home like a little wife.
"You smell like alcohol. Did you drink a lot today?"
"It's okay. I drank a little with Brother Chao. He is no match for me at all." Gu Wei told Nazha that he was going to visit Deng Chao's house today.
"Are his two children cute?" Nazha asked curiously. When she went on Weibo, she would always see Deng Chao and Sun Li posting photos of their children, and the family of four looked very happy.
"I haven't seen it. They said it's at my grandfather's house in Shanghai, not in Beijing." Sun Li was born and raised in Shanghai. When the couple is busy with work, they will ask their grandparents to take care of the child. Deng Chao and his family also have their own house in Shanghai.
"Guess who I saw at his house today?"
“Who is it?
Didn't you say before that Chen He and Lu Han were going too? Are there other people besides you guys?"
"Guan Xiaotong is also at Deng Chao's house today." Gu Wei said with a smile.
"Guan Xiaotong?
Is she very familiar with Deng Chao, or is she close to Sun Li? I haven't heard of it." Nazha was also a little surprised.
"Neither, she was brought there by Lu Han"
“Lu Han?
He and Guan Xiaotong." Nazha and Lu Han have worked together on "Fighter of the Destiny", and with Gu Wei's relationship, the two can be considered good friends.
But she had never heard that Lu Han knew Guan Xiaotong.
"Xiaotong is now Lu Han's official girlfriend, and it seems they are in the honeymoon period."
"real?
When did it happen? There's no sign at all." Nazha's curiosity was aroused by this news.
“It wasn’t long, maybe two or three months.
In the first half of the year, I was approached for a script called "Sweet Combat", but I didn't have the schedule and wasn't interested in the plot, so I turned it down.
Later, the crew found Xiaolu to play the male lead and Guan Xiaotong to play the female lead. The two fell in love because of the drama and are now officially together.
From what Lu Han said, it seems that they will officially announce their relationship to the outside world."
"This news is so explosive! If it's announced, it will definitely go straight to number one on the trending searches!
Lu Han is currently in the golden period of his career, will he officially announce his relationship at this time?
Naza expressed doubts about this.
There are many male and female celebrities in the entertainment industry who are in love, and many of them are forced to make official announcements only after paparazzi capture evidence.
Some fans didn't know they had dated until after they broke up.
"Who knows? Judging from Lu Han's attitude, he has some ulterior motive." Gu Wei shrugged.
"Haha, according to what you said, you are also their matchmaker. If you had accepted the script at the beginning, they wouldn't have the relationship they have now." Nazha suddenly thought with her eyes wide open.
Gu Wei touched his chin.
"You're right, I'll have to tell Xiaolu to treat us later.
You should thank me as your matchmaker."
"Thank you for not taking the role?"
Naza covered her mouth and laughed.
"By the way, Director Dapeng wants to invite you to the premiere of 'Sewing Machine Band' today. Do you have time?"
"What number?"
“Number 26.”
"I'm afraid not. At that time, "The Story of Minglan" had just started filming, and it would be inconvenient for me to ask for leave as soon as I joined the crew." Gu Wei said with some regret.
"Okay, I'll tell Director Dapeng later." Nazha knew that Gu Wei's new drama had started filming, and she also knew that he probably couldn't come, but since Dapeng mentioned it, she had to pass on the message.
"I've already put in the hot water, go take a bath, it's just right to get rid of the smell of alcohol on your body."
Gu Wei smiled and put his arm around Nazha's slender waist.
"What are you doing? Stop it and go take a shower."
"The bathtub is big enough anyway, why don't we go in together?" He picked up Nazha in a princess hug and walked towards the bathroom.
The next day, in the small screening room of Weiming Tianxia Company, as the ending song sounded, the subtitles began to scroll and the lights came on.
"Congratulations Director Rao, the movie is very exciting," Gu Wei said to Rao Xiaozhi beside him, clapping his hands and smiling.
At the same time, other executives of Weiming Tianxia in the screening room also applauded.
After nearly 4 months of post-production, Rao Xiaozhi's "The Unknown" was finally completed.
"Thank you, thank you Mr. Gu." Rao Xiaozhi was very excited. It felt great that the work he had worked so hard to shoot was recognized by others.
"Old Rao, it's great. You shot a really good film." Wen Mu also patted Rao Xiaozhi's shoulder with a smile.
"It seems you didn't brag to me before."
"Nonsense, when have I ever boasted?" Rao Xiaozhi retorted with a smile.
"Director Wen, how's the post-production of 'Dying to Survive' going?
You and Director Rao started filming almost at the same time, but their finished films are already out," Gu Wei asked with a smile.
"Well, we have just finished the preliminary editing. It will probably take another two months, and it will be almost all done before the end of the year." Wen Mu thought about it for a while and gave Gu Wei some time.
"Don't be in a hurry. Slow work produces fine results. Quality is the most important thing." Gu Wei was afraid that Wen Mu would also see that Rao Xiaozhi was under pressure to complete the movie, so he comforted him.
"I understand, Mr. Gu!"
"Director Rao, do you have any ideas about the movie's release?" Gu Wei turned to Rao Xiaozhi again.
“I’m a director and I’m good at filming, but I know nothing about promotion and marketing.
Follow the company’s arrangements.”
Gu Wei took a domestic film schedule from the National Day holiday to next year's Spring Festival from his assistant and thought for a while.
Until February next year, there are still three good periods: the National Day holiday, the Lunar New Year holiday, and the Spring Festival holiday.
Eleventh gear is definitely too late.
[The Unknown] Firstly, it is not a big production, and secondly, it does not have any big stars with special box office appeal, so it is unlikely to be able to squeeze into the Spring Festival period.
If you don’t want to wait until next year’s May Day or summer vacation period, it’s best to release it during the Lunar New Year period three months later.
"What do you think of this year's Lunar New Year box office?"
"Mr. Gu, the Lunar New Year period is one of the most competitive periods of the year. Can [The Unknown] do it?" Rao Xiaozhi was still a little worried.
Last year, his first feature film, Hello, Crazy, performed poorly at the box office after its release. The production cost was 15 million yuan, and the publicity and promotion cost 15 million yuan, but the box office was only 15.66 million yuan, which dealt a heavy blow to Rao Xiaozhi's self-confidence.
Although he felt that the quality of "The Unknown" was better than the previous film, he still had no idea how much it would earn at the box office.
“Although there are many excellent films released during the Lunar New Year period and the competition is fierce, its cycle is much longer than that of the National Day and Spring Festival periods.
From the beginning of December to before the Spring Festival, there is a two and a half month period, with a New Year's Day period in between.
As long as we avoid those blockbusters, with the quality of "The Unknown" and good publicity, it won't be difficult to get good results. "Gu Wei explained, then frowned slightly as he looked at the other movies on the schedule.
In December, there are "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia" starring Dapeng and Ni Ni, "Legend of the Cat Demon" by Chen Kaige, "Blood Steel" by Cheng Long, and "Psychological Crime: City of Lights" by Deng Chao.
During the New Year's Day holiday, "Ex-Files 3" starring him was released, as well as Liu Yifei's "The Fairy Tale of Two Generations", Reba's "The Little Shop of Sorrow", and the Hollywood blockbuster "Star Wars 8".
Then there is January's "Ask the World" and India's Aamir Khan's "Secret Superstar".
It seems that only a few Hollywood action movies were released between the end of January and the beginning of February. Gu Wei remembers that the box office performance was not very good...
"Director Rao, the company will study the release date issue in detail and finally choose a suitable time." Although he had already made a decision in his mind, Gu Wei did not say it immediately. It would not be too late to confirm the release dates of other films with China Film Group before making a decision.
"Then I'll trouble you, Mr. Gu. I will definitely cooperate with the company's promotional activities later."
Gu Wei smiled.
"Director Rao has been busy for so long, he should take a break first.
If you want to prepare a new movie, the company's copyright library has many well-known IPs to choose from.
Or if you have an idea yourself, you can ask someone in the screenwriting department to write the script."
Since trying to release "The Love Master" during the Lunar New Year holiday last year, "The TV Series: Wei Ming Tian Xia" has had the ability to independently distribute films.
For example, this year's "Take My Brother Away" was jointly released by "Wei Ming Tian Xia" and "China Film".
Weiming Tianxia also contributed to the promotion of Wolf Warrior 2.
Logically speaking, the company [The Unknown] can also release the film independently like [The Love Master].
However, after considering it, Gu Wei decided to involve China Film Group in the effort.
At present, the main resources of [Wei Ming Tian Xia] in publicity and promotion are concentrated online, and it lacks departmental resources and offline promotion teams.
Although last year's "Love in the City" was not expensive, it was a comedy that was easy to sell at the box office.
Xiao Yang is quite famous, and he is also supported by comedy stars such as Xiao Shenyang, Qiao Shan, and Allen, as well as Gu Wei's affectionate guest appearance.
The movie itself has its own traffic, and theaters are also optimistic about it, giving it a higher screening schedule.
So even if "The Legend of Wei Ming" was released independently, it still did very well at the box office.
[The unknown people] don’t have such a good life.
Although the lead actor Chen Jianbin is famous and has good acting skills, he has no box office appeal and no one will go to the cinema just because of him.
The other leading actors, Ren Suxi and Zhang Yu, were just like the name of the movie, unknown people at that time.
Without a strong ally, Gu Wei was really afraid that this good film would be buried.
This is not an exaggeration. Now is an era where even good wine needs to be hidden if it is not well known. The success of a movie depends largely on whether its publicity and promotion are effective.
After communicating with China Film Group, Gu Wei confirmed that three Hollywood movies, namely, 24: Resurrection, Maze Runner: The Death Cure, and 2:22, would be released on Friday, one week after the release of Secret Superstar at the end of January 2018.
So it was arranged that "The Unknown" would be released on this day.
It seems that among these three films, only "Maze Runner: The Death Cure" has a decent box office, and the remaining two are not as good as many domestic films. If "The Unknown" can have a relaxed box office environment during the Lunar New Year period, the final results will be better.
(End of this chapter)
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