Chapter 656: Not Easy to Cooperate
On the day when "Time Raiders" was released, Gu Wei returned to the crew in Shancheng to continue filming "Better Days".
He has done everything he can to promote the film. The publicity and distribution team will maintain the popularity based on the box office performance. He doesn't need to do anything else, and he can concentrate on filming the movie in the near future.
"Director Zeng, I'm sorry for taking such a long leave."
After returning to the crew, Gu Wei met with the director first.
"Mr. Gu, you don't have to be so polite. I informed you before the filming. The crew has also made arrangements and it didn't delay the filming.
I also want to congratulate Mr. Gu on the huge success of his new movie. I just checked and the real-time box office for "Time Raiders" is already over 90 million. It looks like it should easily break 100 million on the first day. It's going to be another hit movie."
The crew's filming progress was not delayed during the days that Gu Wei was away, and Zeng Guoxiang had no complaints.
He has also been paying attention to the love movie that Gu Wei has just released.
Judging from the current box office and word of mouth, there should be no problem for it to be a box office hit.
The two are now partners and people in the same boat. The more successful Gu Wei is, the happier he is.
"It's too early to tell. Whether it will sell well depends on the first week's performance."
"Haha, Mr. Gu is too modest."
When Gu Wei returned to the crew that day, he did not start filming immediately. Instead, he planned to rest for a night and then go on set the next day according to the scheduled filming schedule.
At night, in the crew's hotel room, Gu Wei used his computer to reply to some emails from the company and read the script. It was almost time and he was about to go out for dinner when the doorbell rang.
He thought Yang Dan wanted to talk to him about something, so he walked to the door and opened it.
"Xiaoye?"
Unexpectedly, the person standing at the door was Zhou Ye.
"Brother Wei, you haven't eaten yet, I'm here to go out for dinner with you."
Zhou Ye was wearing a little white dress and standing outside the door gracefully, with her long, shiny black hair draped over her shoulders and delicate features on her fair face. Just like her character in the movie, she was a real school beauty.
Gu Wei laughed after hearing what she said.
"You're so enthusiastic about treating me to a meal, I just came back."
"I am a man of my words, and I will certainly do what I promised you.
In order to come back to see you quickly, I left the set in a hurry this afternoon and didn’t even take off my makeup.”
Zhou Ye acted as if he valued me very much and had made a lot of efforts to invite me to dinner.
"You are playing a student, so why bother with makeup? Just change your clothes," Gu Wei exposed her mercilessly.
"Hehe. What do you want to eat tonight?" Zhou Ye smiled and changed the subject.
"Okay, but I don't want to eat hot pot today."
Gu Wei was about to go out. As he spoke, he came out of the room, closed the door, and walked out with Zhou Ye.
"Well, let's go eat skewers. Shancheng's skewers are very famous!"
"Isn't skewers or hot pot?"
“It’s different, trust me.”
"Oh well"
Actually, Gu Wei didn't care what he ate. Zhou Ye was so enthusiastic, and he was also happy to have a beautiful girl to eat with.
This time, the two of them did not go to famous attractions like Hongyadong, but instead found a restaurant not too far away.
There are not many people and the environment is relatively quiet, but of course the price is also relatively expensive.
The two of them ordered their dishes and sat in the small private room without having to worry about being disturbed.
"I haven't been around lately. Did you have any problems filming?"
The red oil pot in the middle of the small table was boiling, and the skewers in it were already cooked. Gu Wei took out a bunch of lotus root slices, dipped them in the sauce in his bowl, and took a bite.
“Fortunately, it went relatively smoothly overall.”
"Overall?" Gu Wei turned to look at her with some confusion.
Zhou Ye scratched his head.
“I actually don’t have many scenes, and the few scenes I shot these days went relatively smoothly.
One night, something went wrong while I was filming with Zhou Dongyu.
That was the footage of me and two other female students bullying her.
I had a few lines, all of which were spoken directly to Zhou Dongyu. Luo Ting, played by Zhang Ran, was my follower. Her role was to control the heroine from behind, strangling her neck to prevent her from moving.
As a result, after filming this scene for the first time, Zhou Dongyu got angry and said that Zhang Ran was strangling her.
That scared Zhang Ran so much that when the director asked her to reshoot, she didn't dare to use any force, and the shot never went through. Zhou Dongyu then said that Zhang Ran did it on purpose and wanted to strangle her, which made Zhang Ran, who played the abuser, almost cry.
Fortunately, Director Zeng comforted Zhou Dongyu with a few words, and after a while we adjusted our attitude, we finally finished shooting that shot.
I'm still worried about it now. I have several scenes with Zhou Dongyu later, including hitting her with a ball and stripping her clothes. What should I do then?"
As Zhou Ye spoke, his brows furrowed, and he looked worried.
"That's so exaggerated. I didn't think much of her when I was filming with Zhou Dongyu on the set a few days ago."
"Of course it's okay for you. Even if she's a big star, she wouldn't dare show it in front of you. But it's different for other young actors."
Gu Wei thought about it and found that what Zhou Ye said was similar to what Zhang Yishan had told him before.
"It's okay, you don't have to worry too much, just act as you should, I'll talk to her later when I have the chance.
And I'll be in the group later, so there won't be any problems with me watching over you."
On Friday, the 15th, a total of 5 new films were released in the domestic film market.
They are [Jurassic World 2], [Time Raiders], [The Whistleblower], [Kimchi Loves Crayfish] and [A Paper Marriage].
On the 15th, the total single-day box office of the national film market exceeded 400 million yuan, the highest single-day box office in the past two months.
The single-day box office champion is undoubtedly the Hollywood blockbuster "Jurassic World 2". After all, the big IP "Jurassic Park" is still very popular in China, with a single-day box office of 203 million yuan.
The second place is Gu Wei and Liu Yifei's romantic comedy "Time Raiders". Although it failed to surpass "The Great Dinosaur", this low-budget romantic comedy also achieved a good result of 158 million in a single day and has an extraordinary reputation.
The third place is the Hong Kong film "The Whistleblower", a crime film starring Wu Zhenyu and Zhang Zhilin. The box office on the first day was only 10.47 million, which is a huge gap from the first two.
But it's normal. It's already difficult for Hong Kong films to sell well in the mainland market. What's more, the quality of "The Leaker" is average, and Wu Zhenyu and Zhang Zhilin don't have any appeal.
The death of Hong Kong films is not an empty talk. In the future, these stars in Hong Kong can only rely on appearing on variety shows in mainland China to make some money and maintain their exposure.
If they rely on making Hong Kong movies, they will starve to death.
"Kimchi Loves Crayfish" and "A Paper Engagement" are two terrible movies, with box office revenue of less than 1 million on the first day, and they are pure cannon fodder.
However, "A Paper Engagement" is somewhat related to Gu Wei. Yang Zi had talked to him about this movie before. It was the love movie that President Zhang of Beijing Film Academy asked her, Zhang Yishan and Guan Xiaotong to play supporting roles.
This love story between President Zhang and his wife was filmed two years ago, but it was unexpectedly released only now.
Looking at the current box office situation, it seems like it would be better not to release it.
(End of this chapter)
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