Chapter 722 Warming up and moving
"When did you come back from Tokyo?" There were a lot of people at the premiere. After Deng Chao left, Gu Wei chatted with some familiar friends. Wu Jing saw him and walked over from a distance.
"I returned to China at the beginning of the month. Has Brother Jing finished filming [The Climbers]?"
"We finished filming last month, and I also took two days off to shoot [My People, My Country].
I remember you were in the unit directed by Xue Xiaolu, right?"
Gu Wei nodded. Although they were shooting the same movie, they were actually shooting their own movies and had nothing to do with each other.
"Yes, the [Return] segment captured the historical moment of Hong Kong's return in 1997, and I played the flag-raiser at that time.
There weren’t many shots, and the shoot took less than five days.”
"Haha, we're almost the same. I played a table tennis coach in the "Winning Championship" segment. It was just one scene, and I finished it in one day."
"I remember you don't usually attend premieres like this. How come you're so free today and have time to come and support Brother Chao?"
“Ahem~ I invested in Deng Chao’s film, and my company, Dengfeng International, is also one of the producers.
I even had a cameo role in it.”
Gu Wei suddenly realized: "So Brother Jing, you are an investor!"
"As a small investor, the main investors are still Guangguang and Deng Chao's own [Orange Image]."
"Have you seen the movie? How was it?" Gu Wei asked curiously.
He was somewhat unfamiliar with the movie "Galaxy Tutorial". He had read related news online but had not seen the movie.
"I was out of town a few days ago and just came back these past two days, so I missed the internal screening of the movie.
But I heard from them that the finished film turned out pretty well.
Deng Chao and Lao Bai (Yu Baimei) are very confident about this movie, saying it is comparable to the one produced by your company, "Dying to Survive." Wu Jing's voice became a little softer when he said this. After all, he hadn't seen the movie, he just heard about it from others.
Gu Wei nodded slightly, but was skeptical about Wu Jing's words.
Although he has not seen "Galaxy Tutorial", he has the impression that the box office and reputation of this movie should be far from "Dying to Survive".
There are actually only a few domestic films that can become big sellers every year, and almost everyone who has access to the Internet knows about them.
Even if you don’t go to the cinema to watch it, you will see related news and discussions on various media and platforms. "Galaxy Tutorial" obviously did not reach that level.
The two of them didn't chat for long before the premiere ceremony was about to begin and all the guests present returned to their seats.
The premiere followed the same old routine: the main creators introduced themselves, interacted with the audience and media friends and answered questions. A small game was played on the spot to liven up the atmosphere. After all this was done, the movie began.
The content of [Galaxy Tutorial] is not complicated. Ma Haowen, played by Deng Chao, was imprisoned due to an accident, which made him regretfully miss his son's seven years of growth.
After coming out, I found that my grown-up son had become a "poor student" in the traditional sense.
However, he did not give up. Instead, he encouraged his son in his own way, gave him plenty of love and space to grow freely, tried to teach him to think independently, and cultivated his courage to face difficulties.
In the end, his educational method really worked, and his son realized his childhood dream of becoming an astronaut when he grew up.
The whole story is funny and tearful, and it is considered to be quite complete.
However, in Gu Wei's opinion, "Galaxy Tutorial" actually has many critical flaws.
The film has two main plotlines: one is the relationship between father and son, and the other is the confrontation of educational philosophies.
The two lines are not well combined, and are even somewhat disconnected.
First, there is the conflict between father and son.
In order to realize his dream of space travel, his son Ma Fei persuaded his father to give up seeking to restore his reputation. In fact, he sacrificed his father's dream for his own dream.
Ma Haowen said disappointedly: "My education has completely failed."
What does education refer to here?
It is personality education.
In the first half of the film, Ma Haowen has been helping his son get rid of his exam-oriented mindset and cultivating his ability to think independently.
In Ma Haowen's words, "As long as you keep thinking, keep thinking, you can do anything on earth."
Later, it was with the reminder of this sentence that Ma Fei resolved the crisis of the spacecraft and successfully returned to Earth.
He not only did good things on Earth, but also did good things in the universe.
At this time, he said to the direction of the earth, "Dad, your education has not failed."
This is a bit embarrassing, because the son's words did not actually respond to the question raised by his father.
What they both mean by "education" is completely different.
Let’s go back to the theme of the movie, the issue of education.
[Galaxy Tutorial] seems to be criticizing "examination-oriented education" through the stories of Ma Haowen and Ma Fei.
However, this is not the case in expression.
The movie does not deny the existence of "exams".
Because everyone knows that in the current domestic environment, "exams" have become the fairest way, and even the only way out for many children.
We cannot deny "examinations" and criticize "examination-oriented education" at the same time. We can only find problems in the teaching methods.
Ma Haowen felt that his son's poor academic performance was due to problems with his education methods, so he used his own quality education methods to help his son Ma Fei make a leap in test-taking ability, and his academic performance has soared since then.
To put it bluntly, the film doesn't tell us how bad exam-oriented education is, but that when it comes to taking exams, I have a method that's even better than yours.
As for what that method is?
The movie doesn't give a precise answer, but rather offers some vague advice, including some clever quotes like, "As long as you keep thinking about it, you can do anything."
These flaws are due to problems with the script, and the director's failure to consider everything carefully. There are too many things he wants to express and explore, and his actual level is not enough.
But to be honest, although there are problems of various kinds, compared with the previous "Breakup Master" and "Bad Angels", we can see the progress of Deng Chao and Yu Baimei from "Galaxy Tutorial".
After the movie, the creators interacted with the audience, and many celebrity guests also stood up and said a few words about their thoughts after watching the movie.
"I was moved many times during the filming. It's a great film.
I haven't seen such a touching movie in a long, long time.
I'm very proud to be a part of this team.
Lao Yu and Brother Chao are very brave. They carefully opened a hole in the topic of education, allowing this hole to grow again and grow more vigorously.
I think I will take Wu Suowei to watch Galaxy Tutorial again. It is not only suitable for parents, but also for children."
As an investor in the film, Wu Jing naturally gave generous praise.
The microphone was quickly passed to Gu Wei. Since he was present today, the organizers would certainly not let him off as a walking hot search.
"The movie is really well made. It's a pity that I don't have children, but I would recommend it to my dad. Although it's a little late for education now, we can reflect on the education methods of the past."
After Gu Wei finished speaking, there was a burst of laughter at the scene.
"Uncle, there is no need to reflect. Just look at the results and you will know that his education is extremely successful," Deng Chao interjected with a smile.
"Anyway, it's a good movie. Brother Chao and Director Yu are amazing. I will recommend it to my friends."
On the 18th, [Galaxy Tutorial] was released nationwide.
On the first day of release on Thursday, the box office grossed 64.35 million yuan, and 67.12 million yuan on Friday. Then, the box office exceeded 100 million yuan on both days of the first weekend, with a total box office of 357 million yuan in the first week.
This result can’t be said to be particularly explosive, but it is already considered a hit movie for the summer box office this year.
In the first week of its release, [Galaxy Tutorial] scored 6.6 on Douban. Its reputation was not particularly high but it was still above average.
After more than half a month of post-production, the first and second cuts of "Detective Chinatown 3" have been completed, and Gu Wei no longer needs to monitor it every day.
"[Eastern Palace] will be released on Mango TV's idol exclusive theater on the 7th of next month, Chinese Valentine's Day. Youku, the network that bought the exclusive broadcast rights, is currently pre-promoting it."
"I'm going to take Meng Ziyi to some variety shows recently, right?" Gu Wei picked up the water cup and took a sip. He was already very familiar with the promotion of new dramas.
"You are definitely going to Happy Camp. Mango TV hopes you can be a guest on an episode of Chinese Restaurant.
Youku platform has arranged some interviews and fan meetings." Yang Dan said to Gu Wei while reading a small notebook.
"How many seasons has [Chinese Restaurant] been recorded? Who are the guests this year?"
"For the third season, the regular hosts are Huang Xiaoming, Wang Junkai, Qin Hailu, Yang Zi, and Lin Shuwei."
"Huang Xiaoming, Yang Zi..." Gu Wei's eyes rolled, he remembered the popular saying on the Internet in the future, "I don't care what you think, I care what I think." It seemed to be the domineering statement made by Brother Xiaoming in this season of "Chinese Restaurant".
He might even be able to witness this scene if he goes as a guest star.
But then again, the reason Huang Xiaoming said this was because Yang Zi had injured her finger. She said she thought it was nothing serious and that applying some Yunnan Baiyao would be fine. Huang Xiaoming, out of concern, wanted her to go to the hospital, so he said, "I don't care what you think, I care what I feel!"
The original intention was good, but because of the program crew's editing and netizens' jokes, this sentence became the leader's domineering quote.
Also because Huang Xiaoming's image has not been very good in the past two years, because of making bad movies and some domineering remarks, his popularity has become very bad, and he has been rated as one of the four oil kings in the entertainment industry.
However, he himself is not aware of this yet.
"Is everything ready for [Joy of Life]?"
"The entire cast was assembled last month. While you were filming in Tokyo for the past two months, Director Sun Hao and the main cast have been traveling around China to select locations. Filming is currently scheduled to begin in the middle of next month."
[Wei Ming Tian Xia] A small screening room inside the company.
Wen Muye and Xiao Yang sat next to Gu Wei, and behind them were a group of senior executives from the company.
At the end of the nearly two-hour screening, applause broke out in the small screening room when the subtitles appeared.
"Director Wen, [The Accidental Murder] is really well shot. Although it is adapted from an Indian film, it has its own unique characteristics.
Wonderful, very wonderful."
"And Xiao Yang, his acting skills are getting better and better. He's worthy of being the Golden Horse Award winner."
Gu Wei clapped his hands and praised.
[Manslaughter] is a crime suspense film mainly invested by [Wei Ming Tian Xia], directed by Wen Mu and starring Xiao Yang.
After the film was released, the company organized an internal screening.
“Mr. Gu, thank you for your compliment. This is also my first time making a film of this kind, and there are still many shortcomings.
It’s mainly because Xiao Yang and Tan Zhuo acted so well,” Wen Mu said modestly with a smile.
"Everything was shot according to the director's requirements. The director is the best." Xiao Yang said the same thing.
"You two don't need to be polite to each other. We've worked together so many times, we're all family."
Gu Wei finished speaking with a smile, then thought for a moment: “From the current perspective, it’s definitely too late for the summer release.
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. A large number of tribute films will be released during the National Day holiday. Our subject matter is not suitable to compete with them at the box office.
Then it can only be released during the Lunar New Year holiday in December.
Director Wen, what do you think?
"The box office of domestic crime and suspense films has never been high. Will the competition be too fierce during the Lunar New Year holiday?" Wen Mu was also a little worried.
"I am confident in the quality of "The Accidental Murder". The combination of you and Xiao Yang also has considerable box office appeal. There will be no problem in the Lunar New Year holiday!" Gu Wei patted Director Wen on the shoulder.
"Okay, then I'll follow the company's arrangements."
After coming out of the screening room, Wen Mu followed Gu Wei to his office.
A pot of Gongfu tea was brewed, and the two sat opposite each other, drinking tea and chatting.
"Is [My Motherland and I] also finished?" Gu Wei took the cup of steaming Biluochun tea, blew on it and took a sip slowly.
Wen Mu is also one of the seven filming directors. The filming unit is called "Escort", which tells the story of the most outstanding female pilots in the Chinese Air Force flying team escorting the military parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
“That was shot very quickly, and the editing was even faster in post-production.
After all, the film was short, with only 20 minutes of footage, and the story was simple."
"How's Zhang Tianai's performance? With her image, there shouldn't be any problem playing a female pilot, right?"
"It's good. She has played many similar roles before, such as the battlefield doctor in Wolf Warrior 2 and the reporter in Operation Red Sea.
I have a strong temperament, so I have no problem playing a female pilot."
Gu Wei nodded.
"You don't have any work right now, so I have a very good script for you to read."
As he said this, he stood up and walked behind his desk, opened the drawer, took out a notebook with a white cover, sat back down and handed it to Wen Muye.
"Boss, I just finished all my work, and you're giving me a new job. Factory workers even have two days off a week." Wen Mu also jokingly took out the script, and the cover had a few big words written on it: [Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils].
“Take a look first, you don’t have to accept it.
Before, whether it was "Dying to Survive" or "The Accidental Murder," you took the initiative to ask for the filming after reading the script."
"The main reason is that the script is so good. With such a good story in front of me, it's hard for a director like me not to be moved.
[Zhou Chu eliminated three evils]?
Is it the story in Shishuo Xinyu?
Wen Mu didn't rush to look through the script, but asked after looking at the name on the cover.
"Almost. It's a similar story, so that's why we gave it this name." Gu Wei crossed his legs, drank his tea slowly, and stopped talking, waiting for Wen Mu to look through the script.
More than ten minutes passed and Wen Mu closed the script.
It was impossible for him to read the entire script in such a short time, he just got a general idea of the story.
"Tsk tsk, this story is really interesting." He looked up at Gu Wei.
"I saw at the beginning that it said it was adapted from a true story. Is there really a person called 'Chen Guilin'?"
"If you search online, you'll find out that Liu Huanrong, the legendary Taiwanese killer from the 1990s, is the prototype of this story.
Of course, the story in the script has been artistically processed." Gu Wei smiled and looked at Wen Muye.
"How about it, are you moved?"
Wen Mu also held up the script and said with a wry smile, "I've been busy filming for the past few years since joining the company. I was planning to take a break after filming 'Manslaughter', but now I've got such a good script. Boss, you're really making things difficult for me."
Gu Wei smiled and waved his hands: "It's okay, don't force it.
I'm just showing you the script.
I plan to play the role of "Chen Guilin" myself. According to the schedule, the filming will not start until the end of the year at the earliest, so there is no rush.
If you don't want to take it, you can ask Director Rao Xiaozhi to take it. He's good at making this kind of absurd movies."
"No, Mr. Gu, I heard that Director Rao's film [Life Events] hasn't been completed yet, so let him focus on that.
Please allow me to go back and take a good look at the script, and I will be able to give you an answer in the next two days."
It can be seen that Wen Mu is also very interested in this script.
"Don't worry, just take your time. I've already said that filming will start by the end of the year at the earliest, so there's plenty of time."
(End of this chapter)
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