Chapter 31 Return to Beijing
Soon, all the roadshow promotions were completed as planned, and the actors in the crew returned to Beijing one by one, dragging their tired bodies.
The film earned 44.36 million yuan in the third week and 7 days, helping the total box office of the film exceed 200 million yuan, reaching 208.44 million yuan.
Lu Yang’s excitement has never stopped since the box office data came out on the first day of the movie’s release. He just became a billion-yuan director, and now he has become a 200 million-yuan director.
By the third week, another blockbuster was released on the market. The film "Cold War" starring Aaron Kwok accounted for 35% of the national screenings on Thursday, further squeezing the screenings of "Knife of the Assassin" and "Tai Chi 2".
The box office was also good, with 15 million on the day, becoming the box office champion of the day. If nothing unexpected happens, this movie will take over from "The Sword Identity" and become the next movie sought after by the market.
Gu Wei paid special attention to it and found out that there was a movie coming out on Friday.
Da Tiantian's "New Mom, Love Me Again" is worthy of being Da Tiantian. It is an art film co-starring with Lu Yi. It can also occupy 8% of the screening share on the premiere, which is almost one-third of the first-day screening share of "Tai Chi 2".
Of course, the box office was not surprising, with a box office of 830,000 on the first day.
Gu Wei had never heard of this movie in the previous time and space, probably because it was such a huge flop.
Because "The Blade of the Assassin" is currently being released, Gu Wei has been keeping an eye on all the recent movies. He then discovered that Da Tiantian had actually made such a movie.
As expected of the early sweet star, Gu Wei checked the Douban rating, which is 4.8!
How to say it, although Gu Wei looked down on the plot of "Tai Chi 2" and thought it was a joke, it was a pity for Liang Jiahui's acting skills. It is said that "Tai Chi" was originally planned to be filmed in 3 parts, but after the release of 1 and 2, no one mentioned this anymore.
But even so, with so many people criticizing it as a bad movie, it still has a score of 5.9 on Douban.
Tsk~tsk~
All I can say is this is not the end, it's just the beginning.
Da Tiantian has just stepped out of the novice village after entering the entertainment industry. She is still very immature now. There is no worst, only worse.
This generation of viewers will witness her growth.
"Sister Yifei, you've worked hard these days. There should be a film celebration party organized by China Film Group Corporation soon. See you then."
"Goodbye." Liu Yifei was exhausted these days and was not in a good mood. She waved to Gu Wei and got into her car.
After getting off the plane, Gu Wei and Liu Yifei separated. Liu Yifei owns a house in Beijing and her family lives here, so she naturally went back home after returning.
Gu Wei also got on the company car, and the driver, Master Zhang, asked, "Boss, where are we going?"
Gu Wei thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to the company first."
After a while, the car arrived at the company.
His agent had told him this over the phone during the roadshow.
With the popularity of the movie during this period, his popularity as the protagonist has gradually increased, and the company has now received audition invitations for some roles.
Some companies also contacted the company, hoping to ask him to endorse their products.
He has been away from Beijing for more than half a month, and there are some things in the company that he needs to handle personally.
Agent Yang Liwen has already prepared the roles and endorsements for Gu Wei that he will soon find.
"Mr. Gu, please take a look. All our movies and TV series are here. Most of them are supporting roles. We have two lead offers. One is a low-budget romance film, and the other is a martial arts film. But from what I understand, this director is making a movie for the first time, and the production company is not well-known. It's very likely that they want to use your fame to attract investment."
Gu Wei frowned as he watched. What the hell was this? He had never heard of any of this before.
And that martial arts film [Legend of the Silver Sword and Peach Blossom], why didn’t you call it [Peach Blossom Hero vs. Chrysanthemum Monster]?
When you came up with this name, did you want to invite me to play 'Silver Sword' or 'Peach Blossom'?
"Just reject all these scripts and say you don't have the schedule."
Gu Wei seemed a little annoyed.
"There are a few more endorsement offers, but they're not from big brands. The highest offer is from a health supplement company, 1.5 million a year." Yang Liwen said as if to comfort Gu Wei.
"Mr. Gu, our movie is very popular right now, but after all, you have only acted in this one movie, and there are no other channels for exposure at the moment. It's understandable that the merchants have concerns."
Gu Wei understood this. Even though "The Blade of the Assassin" is currently in theaters, only a few people go to the cinema.
The box office has now exceeded 200 million RMB, but in reality, there are only a few million moviegoers.
Most of these people have watched the movie and know that the protagonist is really handsome and cool. If you ask them the name of the star who plays the protagonist, they don't know.
His current fame is not as good as that of a protagonist in a TV series with high ratings. After all, although movies are of high quality, if he wants to increase his national popularity, he still has to act in TV series.
A movie is a maximum of two hours long, and a TV series can have at least 30 episodes, and as many as 70 or 80. It's hard not to recognize the actors.
I looked at the endorsement products and their prices, and they all commanded hundreds of thousands of yuan a year. The highest was for the health supplement the agent mentioned, 'Long Jing Hu Meng Wan'!
Gu Wei must be extremely short of money to accept these endorsements.
"Ahem~" he sighed, put down the information in his hand and said to Yang Liwen
"Sister Yang, let's not accept endorsements for now. Even though we can earn millions right now, that would basically be overdrawing our future fame and potential."
The agent also understands
"I understand, boss. It's my fault that I didn't do my job well." Seeing that both the script and the endorsement were rejected by Gu Wei, Yang Liwen felt that she, as an agent, had played no role.
"It's not your fault, Sister Yang, it's my own problem.
I am not famous enough now, but I am too ambitious to compromise myself.
If it were someone else, they would act, endorse products, and make money, which would not be a big deal.
But I have better ways to make money, and my standards have become higher, so naturally I don’t look down on these things.
Our company will still focus on film and television investment in the next step. Didn’t I ask you to collect so many copyrights? They will all come in handy in the future.
As for taking on acting roles and endorsements, if someone asks you to, just show them to me. If you don’t like it, just refuse it.”
After finishing some company matters, Gu Wei asked the driver to take him back to the hotel to rest.
I took a vacation from school for a while, waiting for the movie to be released and finishing up the loose ends here before going back to school peacefully.
Zhang Tianai and his team have also finished their promotions, but unfortunately their flight is not scheduled to arrive until tomorrow.
Back at the hotel, Gu Wei took the time to look at his attribute panel.
[Appearance] is always at [86]. Adding 1 point requires 1 million experience points, and going from 89 to 90 requires 10 million. He really wants to raise this attribute to 90, to compete with young Leo in appearance, but unfortunately, Gu Wei can't afford it now.
[Constitution] previously dropped by 1 point and is now [77].
Skills: Acting [Proficient] English [Beginner] Music [Beginner]
Experience value: [542689]
Since the last time I added some money, I have spent a total of more than 500,000 yuan in the past six months, including daily food, clothing, housing and transportation, as well as some gifts for my girlfriend.
Unfortunately, film investment and company copyright collection are not counted as experience, only pure personal consumption is counted.
Otherwise, he would have more than 20 million experience points now, and he would be reborn immediately, so he could let his girlfriend experience the joy of having a physical fitness of 90.
He first used 200,000 to increase his physique to [79]. With a thought, he increased his attribute by two points in succession. He felt a warm current flowing through his body, which quickly massaged his muscles all over his body, sweeping away the fatigue accumulated over the past ten days.
Then another 200,000 yuan was added to [English] and [Music], bringing these two skills from [entry level] to [proficient].
Then some unfamiliar knowledge began to emerge from the depths of Gu Wei's mind, including English words, grammar, etc., as well as some music pronunciation, singing techniques, and knowledge of musical notation. At the same time, a warm current flowed through his throat.
Gu Wei closed his eyes and lay on the bed in the hotel. It took him a full hour to digest everything in his head.
According to his estimation, he originally only had a College English Level 4 level, but his current vocabulary is enough to meet the needs of daily language. In other words, he can now communicate normally with others on his own when going abroad.
As for the music, according to his understanding, it was probably at the level of a popular pop singer, better than the previous KTV microphone master.
He had expected the two skills to be raised to this level, because his [Acting Skills] had been raised from [Beginner] to [Proficient] before, and although it was not raised by consuming experience, the effect was the same.
He compared the changes after the upgrade before and after.
His acting skills have been raised from that of a student at an acting academy to that of an actor who regularly shoots films.
He could clearly feel that his skilled acting skills were still not as good as Wang Qianyuan's, and even worse than Zhou Yiwei's.
But I feel like I can fight against the immortals on equal terms.
In the blink of an eye, I have consumed 400,000 [experience points], and now I can’t add anything. The wind blows away the eggshells, the money is gone, and the people are at peace.
'When I have enough money, I must spend a lot, save up some experience points, and improve myself,' Gu Wei thought to himself.
The author will try to post two chapters together in the future to make it more comfortable for everyone to read.
(End of this chapter)
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