Chapter 629 Company Arrangements
"Do you think I'm fat?"
On the big bed in the bedroom, Gu Wei and Zhang Tianai had just explored the philosophy of life.
"I'm not fat, but I feel like my bust is a little fuller. Is it secondary growth spurt?"
"Hate it, I just gained some weight. I haven't been busy with work lately and haven't joined any crew, so I haven't been able to control my weight."
Gu Wei played with the plump and soft breasts in his hands.
"It's just right now. When you came back from filming Operation Red Sea, you were so thin that it hurt."
"I look thin but it looks good on camera. I don't exercise that much on a regular basis so I can only rely on dieting to control my weight, which is also difficult."
Speaking of this Zhang Tianai seemed to think of something.
"Bona Films sent me an invitation a few days ago. There is a new movie called [Emergency Rescue] in the second half of the year. It tells the story of a sea rescue team and is also directed by Director Lin. Do you think I should take it?"
As she spoke, she slightly raised her head which was resting on Gu Wei's chest and looked at him.
".I also got the role you mentioned."
"Do you want to answer it?"
If Gu Wei answered the call, Zhang Tianai would have nothing to hesitate about.
Gu Wei shook his head.
"I don't have time, as I've already booked two TV series and a movie this year, and the schedule is already booked until the end of the year.
It’s been two years since the release of Detective Chinatown 2, and fans are urging me to release it, so I plan to start the third installment of this project next year.”
"Is that so?" Zhang Tianai felt a little disappointed.
"I've read the script for 'Emergency Rescue' and the plot is a bit old-fashioned. Although it's also a mainstream commercial film, the story is inferior to the previous 'Operation Red Sea' and 'Operation Mekong'.
But you can continue.”
Gu Wei gave his own advice.
Zhang Tianai was a little confused.
"In the film and television industry, film resources are already in short supply. Starting with Wolf Warrior 2, mainstream films will inevitably dominate the market in the next few years.
Currently, the company that is best at producing mainstream films in China is Bona Film Group, so it is very important to maintain a good relationship with them."
Zhang Tianai nodded thoughtfully, then looked at Gu Wei with a charming smile and slowly slid down like a mermaid.
The next morning, Gu Wei left Zhang Tianai's house feeling refreshed and drove to the company.
Sitting in the boss chair in the office, drinking coffee made by the assistant, crossing my legs and browsing my phone.
"Black Panther" did not cause any waves in the film market. Like other Hollywood blockbusters, it had a good start in the first week but then the box office plummeted.
The hottest topic online is still "Go Go Squid!". In the second week after the TV series was released, the online discussion volume officially exceeded 10 billion, making it the first TV series in history to have a discussion volume exceeding 10 billion.
The popular variety show "Idol Producer", which was particularly discussed at the beginning of the year, fell to second place on various lists after the release of "Go Go Squid!"
100 handsome trainees, plus the extremely popular Kun Kun who loves singing, dancing, rap and playing basketball, cannot resist the explosive popularity of the "baby-faced couple".
Although "Go Go Squid!" has a low score of only 6.9 on Douban, generally speaking, only TV dramas and movies with a score of 7 or above will be considered to be of excellent quality by netizens.
But the popularity of "Go Go Squid!" is so high that even though the ratings are not high, it has a very good reputation among fans and young audiences.
There are always several hot searches related to the TV series plot every day, and various entertainment media have praised this popular drama.
Even the daily newspaper published a special article titled #【Dear Loved】: Showing the spirit of the Internet generation of young people chasing their dreams! #
In recent years, the works starring Gu Wei, whether movies or TV series, have been very popular with mainstream media and even some official media.
From the comedy detective "Detective Chinatown" to the main theme "Operation Mekong" and "Wolf Warrior 2", from the costume drama "Nirvana in Fire" to the space romance drama "You Are My Glory" and now the youth idol drama "Go Go Squid!", all have been praised and commended by official media.
It seems that ever since he won the "Annual Influence on China Performing Arts Award" established by the official media two years ago, the official media has been very supportive of his work.
Gu Wei thought that in addition to his own fame and the fact that his works tend to be mainstream and positive, it was also related to the fact that he and his company paid extremely high taxes every year.
As someone who has been through it, Gu Wei knows very well that although the entertainment industry is flourishing at present, it is actually not far from the cold winter of capital contraction in the film and television industry, and official measures to regulate the entertainment industry are imminent.
By then, a large number of film and television companies will go bankrupt, and various shell companies under celebrities will be deregistered, and "paying additional taxes" will become something everyone needs to do.
But these have nothing to do with Gu Wei. He will definitely not allow himself to make mistakes in this regard, so he never pays less tax.
Even the artists under his company are the same. At Gu Wei's request, all income will be paid by the company, and there will be no problems.
After resting for a while, Gu Wei started his day's work.
Because of filming, he doesn't spend much time in the company throughout the year, so every time he comes back there are always a lot of things waiting for him to deal with.
Not long after, Yang Dan knocked on the door and came in.
"Boss, I have a few important invitations that I need you to review right now."
Gu Wei raised his head and took a few notebooks from Yang Dan.
The first one at the beginning shocked him - [Shanghai Fortress]!
"This film is a joint production of China Film Group, Huasheng Film and Television, and Northern Film and Television Group. It is directed by the famous director Teng Huatao and adapted from the novel of the same name by writer Jiang Nan. It is a big-budget science fiction blockbuster." Yang Dan introduced while standing opposite.
"Hasn't this movie started shooting yet?" Gu Wei, of course, knew the details of this movie and interrupted his agent directly.
Yang Dan was stunned for a moment. Although he didn't know why the boss asked this, he still answered:
"The crew plans to start filming next month, and Shu Qi is currently confirmed to play the female lead.
Director Teng promised that as long as you can accept it, the time can be negotiated."
This means that Gu Wei can be allowed to overlap with other projects, or the start and shooting times can be adjusted according to his schedule.
Gu Wei grinned. This was not a question of time.
He probably participated in "The Wandering Earth", which made some insiders think that he liked and supported domestic science fiction films, so "Shanghai Fortress" came to him.
Teng Huatao is the director of "Dwelling Narrowness", "Naked Marriage" and "Love Is Not Blind". He is quite good at shooting urban romance dramas, but when it comes to science fiction, it can only be said that he is not much better than new directors who have just graduated.
Thinking of this, Gu Wei threw the notebook aside.
"Don't think about it, just reject it."
Yang Dan on the opposite side seemed to be hesitant to speak. She didn't understand. Wasn't the boss very passionate about domestic science fiction films? Not only did he star in "The Wandering Earth" himself, but he also paid so much money for it.
Judging from the investment, director and IP, "Shanghai Fortress" is no worse than "The Wandering Earth", and Teng Huatao's fame is far higher than that of Guo Fan, who only has one box office hit, "My Deskmate".
After "Shanghai Fortress", Gu Wei looked at two other scripts, and they were all invitations to big directors and big productions.
One is "Detective Pu Songling" co-produced with Cheng Long, and the other is "Speeding Life" directed by Han Han, co-produced with Chen Teng. They want to invite him to play the role of Huang Jingyu in the original version, which can be regarded as a semi-guest appearance.
Gu Wei shook his head and said, "Just reject them all!"
Yang Dan nodded, packed up the script thrown aside and was about to go out.
"By the way, notify the managers of each department to hold a meeting in the conference room in ten minutes to discuss the company's business arrangements for this year!"
"Okay, boss."
All the executives were present in the company's large conference room. Sitting in the first seat on the left was Yang Liwen, the general manager of the agency, and opposite her was Zhao Mingcheng, the general manager of the production company.
"Mr. Gu."
Gu Wei finally pushed the door open and everyone stood up to greet him.
"Everyone sit down~"
Gu Wei raised his hand to signal and sat down as well.
"The company's main tasks for this year have been arranged one after another before. We called everyone here today to review them in a unified way, so that everyone can find the right focus and better complete the tasks assigned by the company."
After sitting down, Gu Wei didn't waste any words and directly stated the purpose of the meeting.
"This year, the company's work focuses on two major areas: one is the production of film and television dramas, and the other is the release of completed film and television dramas.
Mr. Yang, please tell us about the release first."
After receiving Gu Wei's signal, Yang Liwen nodded and turned to speak.
"This year, our company has two TV series to be released. One is "Ashes of Love," which was completed at the beginning of last year.
With the popularity of "Go Go Squid!", Yang Zi has become very famous and is currently very popular. Our company's Li County is also well-known. In addition, with the golden signboard of "Wei Ming Tian Xia" production, we are now negotiating with several major TV stations and platforms on the issues of first broadcast rights and online broadcast rights.
What I can tell you is that based on the price we are currently negotiating, the final price for the full copyright of "Ashes of Love" will not be lower than the price of our previous work "Eternal Love."
After Yang Liwen finished speaking, there was a burst of discussion in the meeting room.
Everyone knows that "Eternal Love" sold more than 700 million yuan, but no one expected that "Ashes of Love" without Gu Wei's participation could also sell so much money.
But it's normal when you think about it. A year later, the average price of big-budget TV dramas in the industry has also been rising. Now there is the good news of Yang Zi's sudden popularity. "Ashes of Love" is the most popular big-budget fantasy theme on the platform, so it's reasonable to sell it at such a high price.
"In terms of movies, the company only has one film, 'Dying to Survive', released this year.
According to Mr. Gu's previous arrangement, this film has been contacted with China Film, Wanda, and Guangguang for joint distribution.
The release date is scheduled for this year's summer vacation, and the initial estimated investment in publicity and promotion is 100 million yuan, which will be fully paid by the company.
I hope the company's publicity and promotion department will be well prepared and work with several companies to ensure that the company's 100 million yuan is effectively spent."
"Don't worry, Mr. Yang, Mr. Gu, the publicity and promotion department already has sufficient personnel and experience, and will definitely do a good job in the subsequent work." After Yang Liwen finished speaking, Manager Wang of the publicity and promotion department hurriedly assured.
Gu Wei looked at him and nodded.
Gu Wei had high expectations for the film "Dying to Survive", and the film is indeed excellent.
That's why he planned to spend 100 million on publicity and promotion.
He didn't know how much money was spent on publicity and promotion for the original version when it was released, but it was definitely not as much as he spent.
In fact, Gu Wei's recently completed "Time Raiders" should also be released this year, but the main controller of this film is Xu Zheng's "True Joy", and Gu Wei is only an investor and starring actor.
He doesn't need to worry about post-production and release, he just needs to wait for the box office to sell well and share the profits.
(End of this chapter)
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