Chapter 113 The Difference Between Playing the Piano and Playing Cotton
The unspoken rules in South Korea's entertainment industry are even more blatant.

During the few days that Gu Wei was there, the heads of the two companies directly arranged for him to find artist models, but he directly refused.

But Reid had a lot of fun, and it seems that the service provided by the artists here is quite good.

After returning from South Korea, Gu Wei continued to stay in the company to do post-production editing of the film.

As the time for the film to be completed is getting closer, the promotion of the film is also on the agenda.

During this period, Gu Wei met with Wen Ziren again, but this guy still refused to give in, which made him a little depressed.

.........

In China, Liu Yifei began to frequently promote the drama as The Return of the Condor Heroes premiered on the Qilu Channel.

The "Little Dragon Girl" played by Liu Yifei has become a hit on the entire Internet and has reached the maximum popularity.

However, the news later broke out on the Internet.

"Liu Yifei's proposal to Lang Lang was rejected."

"The man's father said that only a princess from the royal family could be worthy of Lang Lang."

The cause of the incident was that someone closely linked the national treasure-level pianist and the leader of the Jade Girl.

Later, Lang Lang's father responded in an interview that someone had indeed asked him to act as a matchmaker between Liu Yifei and his son, and then said that he did not know who Liu Yifei was.

Gu Wei has not reacted after hearing the news.

Liu Yifei responded directly to the interview without using a single dirty word throughout the whole process, but every word pierced the hearts of the Lang father and son.

“The father of an artist is at least half an artist.”

"For me, there is not much difference between playing the piano and beating cotton."

Afterwards, Liu Yifei felt unsatisfied and told the media her criteria for choosing a partner.

It is not difficult to hear that Liu Yifei is implying that Lang Lang is fat and big-eared.

What followed was an overwhelming attack from netizens. Netizens who supported Liu Yifei and those who supported Lang Lang started to criticize each other directly online.

"With that appearance, his IQ is quite impressive."

"Well done, what a joke."

"Celebrities used to be actors, how can they be called artists?"

"The idiot upstairs has been identified."

When Gu Wei saw Liu Yifei's answer, he almost laughed out loud.

The next day, Xingchen Film and Television Company released a piece of news.

The general meaning is that some people have talent but no morals, and are immoral. Instead of watching them play the piano, it is better to watch the cotton-fluffing segment in "Escape Plan". At least they can still bring entertainment to the audience.

The news completely blew up the Internet. The director's words really work.

Some people on the Internet have taken movie clips and made them into spoof videos, comparing playing the piano and fluffing cotton, which have received a lot of clicks.

"Director Gu is awesome, he should criticize them harshly."

“Haha, the video is quite funny.”

...

In addition to the cotton-picking time, another focus of the media is the plagiarism incident of the Huaer Band, which has triggered "plagiarism"-level entertainment.

Also, after the release of "Huo Yuanjia", he was sued by his direct descendants.

The matter was quite serious and perhaps they were not able to reach an agreement privately, so they had to go to court in the end.

.........

"Senior, I missed you."

The young lady from the other side of the ocean called me and was so moved that her tone was tearful.

“I will go back once the film editing is finished, so don’t take things online seriously.

I think you are quite good at confronting people."

This sentence successfully made Liu Yifei laugh again.

After comforting Liu Yifei, Gu Wei continued to work on post-production.

On the other hand, Liu Yifei began to prepare for her graduation defense.

Su Chang has been living in Liu Yifei's house for some time. After the incident, she was afraid that her best friend would be unhappy, so she said that she was accompanying Liu Yifei, but in fact she just wanted to be lazy.

In the garden, the two of them stayed together, petting the cat and occasionally checking the news online.

In the original time and space, Su Chang was sued for overlapping filming, which had a certain impact on her reputation. Now, with Gu Wei's reminder, this incident was avoided.

"Xixi, your words against the pianist were very sharp. Did you think of that?"

Su Chang had a playful expression on his face.

"of course."

"Director Gu was also very impressive. He directly scolded the person for being immoral. Haha, it made me laugh to death."

"Haha."

When talking about this, Liu Yifei also laughed.

"Xixi, are you and Director Gu..."

Since the last time he visited the set, Su Chang noticed that something was not right between the two of them, and took this opportunity to ask about the gossip.

"I'm going to kill you."

Liu Yifei rolled her eyes and retorted.

"You're still trying to deceive me. I can see through it."

"I see something."

Liu Yifei continued to be stubborn and refused to admit it.

"Just the way you look at Director Gu can melt him, and you still dare to say it's okay."

Afterwards, Su Chang and Liu Yifei started playing around, and laughter could be heard from the garden.

.........

Compared with China, news in the Hollywood entertainment industry is basically related to movies.

In March, "V for Vendetta" hit theaters across North America and earned $2610 million at the box office for Warner Bros. in its first weekend, becoming the North American box office champion.

The movie Silent Hill was released in April.

This horror film is directed by Christoph Gans and stars Radha Mitchell, Jodelle Ferland, Laurie Holden, Deborah Kara Unger and others. It is adapted from the 1999 game of the same name.

The film was released in the United States on April 2006, 4, and its box office has now exceeded 21 million US dollars.

...

By the end of April, the editing of "Despicable Me" will be completed and the dubbing has also been completed.

"Ryder, how's the promotion for the movie going?"

On the third floor of the company, Gu Wei looked at the edited film and asked Reid.

"Warner and Universal have already started the promotion in advance, and it seems to be working well. Many fans have commented online and are looking forward to the release of our film."

Ryder heard the question and said directly.

“Let them step up their publicity efforts and don’t be afraid to spend money.”

"Okay, boss."

As early as the end of March, the news that "Despicable Me" would be released in mid-May was released by the media.

Seeing that the movie was about to be released, Gu Wei had to increase publicity.

The Hollywood market has recovered this year compared to last year.

Gu Wei had his considerations for scheduling the film in advance.

Produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by 2th Century Fox, the animated film "Ice Age 6" is scheduled to be released on June 9th.

"Pirates of the Caribbean 2" is coming out in July.

There are even more blockbuster movies in the second half of the year. After comprehensive consideration, May is the most suitable time to release "Despicable Me".

Although "Mission Impossible 3" and "X-Men 3" were also released in the same month, they were not of the same genre as "Despicable Me" and were on different tracks.

When the news of the film's release date spread back to China, many netizens were looking forward to seeing what the animated film directed by Gu Wei, which invested 50 million US dollars to produce, would look like.

"After this movie is released, Director Gu's ban from directing will be over."

"Not quite there yet. According to the time, it will be around the end of the year."

“I look forward to Director Gu returning to China to shoot a movie.”

"Go back to China to make bad movies? Stay in Hollywood."

"That's fine. The total domestic movie box office last year was only 20 billion. The market is too small." Domestic netizens talked about the time when Gu Wei was banned from directing and started a large-scale discussion online.

.........

"Gu, you're not here to ask about the movie promotion."

Warner headquarters, Mike said jokingly.

"Haha, of course not. I believe in the strength of Warner's public relations department in this regard."

"About other film stuff?"

Mike guessed.

Gu Wei did not answer directly, but handed over a script.

Mike took it and looked at it carefully.

Then he picked up the phone and called the script reviewer at Warner Bros.

After a while, a middle-aged man came to the office.

"Take a look at this script."

Mike said to the middle-aged man.

The reason why Gu Wei came to Warner for cooperation was that Tomorrow's Star Film and Television Company could only be responsible for part of the movie special effects.

Compared with Warner, there is a gap in both personnel and equipment.

Gu Wei and Mike were chatting casually, while the middle-aged man beside them was concentrating on reading the script.

More than an hour later, the middle-aged man put down the script.

"How's the script?"

Mike asked impatiently.

“The script is great, especially in terms of creativity, but since the story is very complicated, I only read it roughly.”

The middle-aged man talked about his feelings after reading the script.

""Interstellar"."

Mike took the script back and muttered to himself.

"Gu, tell me your idea, how can we cooperate?"

Mike looked at Gu Wei with some emotion. Unlike when he first came to Hollywood, after several years of development, the other party has achieved success. Just like this collaboration, Gu Wei took the initiative.

"I plan to make this film in both 2D and 3D modes, and the estimated cost is about 1.8 to 2 million US dollars."

In the original time and space, "Interstellar" was only in 2D mode, and only some areas went through post-production and released the 3D version. The film had an investment of about 1.65 million yuan and took two years to shoot. Most of the time was spent on early preparations. In order to achieve the actual shooting effect, it took half a year to plant 3000 acres of corn in Canada.

Now, Gu Wei has increased the investment funds and plans to shorten the shooting time. For this kind of science fiction blockbusters, the actual shooting time will not be too long, and most of the time is spent on post-production special effects.

Gu Wei also plans to use this movie to take the company's special effects technology to a higher level.

"Two hundred million dollars."

Mike's pupils shrank slightly. Such a large investment was rare even in Hollywood, and it exceeded the cost of any movie Warner had produced in recent years.

Only "Avatar" currently being filmed at Fox has exceeded this investment, but he heard that Cameron has been in conflict with Fox recently because Cameron has been constantly increasing the cost of the film, causing Fox a bit of a headache, but they have no choice but to pay.

“Gu, Warner wants three floors.”

Mike offered his own idea.

"Mike, we can give Warner Bros. a maximum of two tiers of shares, but most of the post-production can be left to you."

The investment in the movie is too huge. Even if it only accounts for five floors, it will cost about 100 million US dollars. Gu Wei plans to give up half of the share, and several domestic companies can pay a premium to reduce the company's financial pressure.

"No problem, I don't think anyone would refuse to work with the best director."

"Haha, Warner Bros. made a wise decision."

"When does it begin?"

"The earliest it can be launched is September. Of course, the preliminary preparations will be done earlier."

The best time to grow corn in Canada is May every year, so it is definitely too late this year. Gu Wei plans to shoot this segment next year so as not to delay the progress of the film.

After listening to this, Mike nodded slightly, saying that there was still plenty of time.

After talking with the head of Warner, Gu Wei left directly and began to prepare for the release of Despicable Me. Various talk shows and cocktail parties were essential parts of the event.

.........

On the other hand, "Stone", which was filmed in the hotpot capital, has reached its final stage.

The temperature in Bashu has risen in April.

In the crew of "Stone", Ning Hao was seen wearing a short-sleeved shirt, still wearing his big gold chain, holding a loudspeaker in his hand, and looking at the camera in front of him.

"Click."

As Ning Hao shouted out this word, the other crew members involuntarily looked at him.

"I declare that the stone is officially finished."

"Awoo, it's done."

"it is finally over."

All of a sudden, all kinds of cheers rang out in the small crew. In four months, the crew members had developed feelings for each other, especially Huang Bo and Ning Hao, whose relationship was getting better and better.

"Director Ning, when will the movie be released?"

Huang Bo came to Ning Hao with a shy face and asked.

Although he is not the leading actor, he has quite a few scenes, and he also wants the movie he stars in to be released as soon as possible.

"Director Gu came over to talk about this last time. He plans to release it during the summer vacation. The post-production editing will also take time."

Ning Hao replied to him without even raising his head.

"Please set aside time when the time comes, and don't forget to attend promotions and premieres."

Ning Hao reminded.

"That's for sure. Will Director Gu come to the premiere?"

Huang Bo's eyes turned and he asked.

“I don’t know yet, it depends on whether Director Gu is free then.

Domestic media have been reporting on Director Gu’s new movie these past two days, and it looks like it will be released soon.”

“The latest news is that Director Gu’s new movie is scheduled to be released in mid-May.

The production cost is 50 million US dollars, plus the subsequent publicity costs, I heard that it is close to 70 million.

I don’t know if I’ll have the chance to act in Director Gu’s movies in the future.”

When Huang Bo talked about this, his eyes showed not only envy but also a hint of anticipation.

"You're just daydreaming. The money they make from one movie is enough for me to make dozens of movies. Forget about this good thing."

Ning Hao retorted to him.

After chatting with Huang Bo for a while, he asked his assistant to call Xing Aina over.

"Wife, let the staff take the film clips directly to China Film Group, and leave the post-production there. Director Gu and President Han have already communicated."

"Okay, I'll arrange for someone to send it over tomorrow."

Xing Aina hadn't been worrying during this period, and her face looked a little haggard.

"In the next period of time, I will stay at China Film and finish editing the film as soon as possible, and then invite Director Gu to the premiere."

"Call Yifei and the others as well."

"Yes, yes, they all shouted together."

The couple muttered to each other, as if they were thieves.

On the same day, the news of the completion of "Stone" was reported in the news, along with photos of the wrap party.

"The latest news is that the film Stone, invested by Xingchen Films and directed by Ning Hao, has been completed today."

"It is understood that Director Ning Hao plans to release the film during the summer vacation."

...

"Stone has finished filming, and it was pretty quick."

"I heard that King Liu has a cameo in the movie, let's go to the cinema to watch it then."

"I heard that the second movie that Director Gu invested in is similar to Night Club, a comedy."

"Let's go together. Director Gu must have the right vision..."

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