Chapter 141 Reshoot, New Director
In early June, Gu Wei was invited by Leonardo to come to his company.

After returning from Iceland after filming "Interstellar", this guy started a production business. He is currently the producer of a documentary and is also responsible for the narration of the film.

The name of the film, "The Eleventh Hour," comes from the Bible: "If midnight is the end of the world, then now, it is already eleven o'clock."

He founded his own environmental organization in 1997 and has been fighting for environmental protection ever since.

The film interviews experts from all over the world, including former Soviet President Gorbachev, famous scientist Stephen Hawking, former CIA Director James Woolsey, sustainable design experts William MacDonald and Bruce Mo, as well as more than 50 top scientists, thinkers and leaders, all of whom tell the truth and raise the life-and-death issues facing our planet.

Gu Wei arrived at the recording site and saw Leonardo wearing headphones and dubbing the narration into the screen.

About ten minutes later, Leonardo, who had finished his work, looked up and saw Gu Wei.

"Gu, welcome to visit."

Pushing open the door of the recording studio, Leonardo's voice rang out.

"Leon, this place is nice."

Gu Wei looked around and found that the studio was fully equipped.

The two exchanged a few pleasantries, and then Gu Wei got down to business.

"Leon, we can start the post-production reshoots for Interstellar. Can you spare some time?"

"Of course, what time do you want to leave?"

"In three days, Charlize Theron will also leave."

"Where's Crystal?"

"She'll leave directly for Alberta and join us."

...

June 6th, Capital Airport.

Liu Yifei and Liu Xiaoli appeared at the airport gate with two assistants and suitcases.

"Yifei, are you going to Hollywood?"

The leading reporter came up with a recording device and asked questions, while someone else was taking pictures.

Liu Yifei made a gesture to the camera and smiled sweetly.

"Instead of going to Hollywood, I'll go straight to Canada to reshoot some scenes for the movie."

"Sissi, let's go in."

Liu Xiaoli next to him looked at the time and reminded him.

"Goodbye, Yifei."

Seeing this, the reporter greeted him.

"Goodbye."

Thanks to Gu Wei's usual behavior, Liu Yifei was very polite to reporters. If she wants to develop in this circle, it is better not to make enemies with reporters.

Liu Yifei and Liu Xiaoli had just boarded the plane for half an hour when reports about her appeared on the Internet.

"Liu Yifei left for Canada to reshoot some scenes for the movie."

...

The filming of the movie went very smoothly. Leonardo and Theron both had other scenes and worked very hard.

On the 8th, Hollywood Universal Pictures officially announced some of the casting results.

Yang Ziqiong defeated Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi and won the role in "The Mummy 3".

Li Lianjie has been very popular recently. She just finished filming "The Warlords" and is currently in the crew of "The Forbidden Kingdom". Now she has taken on the role of the villain Dragon Emperor.

"Mainland actor Wu Jing has been confirmed to play a cameo role in The Mummy 3."

A piece of news on the Internet caught Gu Wei's attention.

The Hong Kong film industry has been weak in recent years, and actor Wu Jing, who went there to develop his career, has been forced to return to the mainland to develop his career.

He joined the Capital City Wushu Team in 89 and won the national elite martial arts championship in gunmanship and sparring in 94.

He entered the entertainment industry in 95 by starring in his first movie "Kung Fu Kid". Later in 98, he became well-known to the audience for starring in the costume drama "Tai Chi Master".

Gu Wei was greatly influenced by "Tai Chi Master" in his previous life. When he was a child, he broke the water tank at home and was inevitably beaten by his parents.

Some scenes of "The Mummy 3" will be confirmed to be shot at the Terracotta Warriors, and applications will be submitted to relevant domestic departments in accordance with regulations.

"It's better to have a monk from outside to chant sutras."

Gu Wei was a little emotional. The Last Emperor was filmed in the Forbidden City, and now it is the turn of The Mummy 3 to go to the Terracotta Warriors.

"It seems like we will definitely be able to get approval to take photos at the Terracotta Warriors."

In the crew of "Interstellar", Gu Wei expressed his thoughts.

"Even if the name is changed, if you go to the Terracotta Warriors to take pictures, anyone will think that this is the First Emperor..."

Some netizens have already started to criticize online.

"He was the first emperor who made great contributions to the history of China. Why would he play a villain in a Hollywood movie?"

"What a useless thing to say. I heard that the relevant departments have already passed the review."

Currently, the most popular talent show in China is "Happy Boys", which has been going on for about a month, and the selection results of major competition areas across the country have come out.

Mango TV is very familiar with the operation of this type of program, which has attracted the attention of many fans.

In comparison, another talent show, "Good Man", is a bit vulgar. The latter is a bit of a male show-off, and the judges openly take advantage of it.

"Senior, please read this news."

Gu Wei picked up Liu Yifei's phone and took a look. It contained gossip about the "Happy Boy" talent show.

Liu Ye’s ex-girlfriend recently had an affair with a contestant, and netizens commented on Mango TV’s official website, eating up the big melon.

The five-hundred-acre cornfield looked quite spectacular and was transformed into various shapes during the filming.

"Xixi, your character still needs to go through post-production, and special effects will be produced based on your childhood appearance."

Looking at the filmed clips, Gu Wei explained to Liu Yifei.

"Yeah, I brought my childhood photos with me, so let's do it this way."

...

The crew has been in Alberta, Canada for nearly a week, and 90% of the film's reshoots have been completed.

"Gu, I heard that Director Nolan took a fancy to your script. He sent me a message and asked about my schedule."

After finishing a day's filming, Ledner found Gu Wei and talked about this.

"is it?"

Gu Wei only knew about this situation after hearing him talk about it.

"That script is very good and very suitable for you."

"Haha, then I have to set aside some time to read the script carefully."

Leonardo is very picky about scripts, but he has a unique vision in choosing scripts, especially for commercial blockbusters like this. He will only make a decision after reading the specific content of the script.

"There's no rush. Nolan's film won't be finished until the end of the year. You have plenty of time to think about it."

In the restaurant, Gu Wei took a sip of the red wine on the table and talked casually.

Charlize Theron next to her showed a bit of envy on her face. For an actor, no one wants to participate in a big production, especially joining the crew of a big director. The media exposure alone can make their pay skyrocket.

The next day, after completing the final shoot, Interstellar was complete.

"Gu, I look forward to working with you next time."

Before leaving, Sharon gave Gu Wei a hug.

"Humph."

Looking at Charlize Theron's actions, Liu Yifei pouted her lips and snorted.

"The movie will start promotion at the end of the year, so you'll need to set aside time for it then."

"No problem, this is also my responsibility."

After saying this, Theron left the set with her assistant.

As for Liu Yifei, she will follow Liu Xiaoli back to China directly.

Gu Wei will have to make another trip to Los Angeles. He will go back with the first batch of employees who came to study. Another set of equipment purchased by the company will also be transported to Xingchen Film and Television Company via a cargo cruise ship.

.........

At the end of June, Gu Wei, who had spent most of the month in Los Angeles, boarded a flight back to China, along with employees from Star Film and Television Company.

The plane arrived at the Capital Airport on time. Gu Wei and his accompanying staff, more than 20 people in total, appeared at the airport in a mighty manner.

The media certainly would not miss this opportunity and came up to interview us before we even reached the airport gate.

"Well, they are all employees who went there to study, and they came back together this time."

After answering a few questions, the reporter did not insist too much.

"Boss, the vehicle is outside."

Wang Chen brought the company's driver and drove a bus over.

“Has the equipment arrived?”

After getting in the car, Gu Wei asked directly.

"We will return to the port tomorrow. We have arranged for a transport company to take charge. Engineers will also come with us to install and debug the equipment."

"Okay, now we have the personnel and the equipment. We can contact other domestic film and television companies and publicize this."

Every year, other domestic films spend a lot of money on special effects production. The key is that the money is spent, but the companies they find to cooperate with are all third-rate.

"Understood. I'll arrange it."

The return of a large number of personnel and equipment will definitely attract the attention of people in the circle.

The equipment had just been installed when Wang Changtian from Guangxian and Ye Ning from Wanda came to visit.

"Director Gu, I heard that this batch of equipment cost tens of millions?"

Wang Changtian looked at the engineers coming in and out with envy, but his light's strength was limited and he could only think about it.

"That's about right. If Director Wang and President Ye need to make special effects shots for movies in the future, you can always come to me."

Gu Wei took the opportunity to promote his product. Since everyone was familiar with him, he spoke more directly.

"That's for sure. No one was doing this before, and we had no chance to find someone to cooperate with. Now that we have Director Gu's company, we don't have to go through the trouble of going abroad."

Ye Ning spoke very nicely.

In the following days, people kept coming to visit, and everyone was curious about the new equipment that Gu Wei had purchased.

"That's good. Everyone else is focusing on the movie, but you're the only one who has the guts to do this."

On the second floor of the company, Han Sanping was touching the brand new machine with some emotion. In the first half of the year, China Film Corporation was criticized a lot by other companies for its film scheduling, and he felt helpless about it.

The level of domestic film production is still far behind. Sometimes, even if Han Sanping wants to give it some slack, he has no choice. The money is in the hands of the audience, so why can't he just snatch it away? He blames this and that for his own incompetence.

...

"The race hasn't started yet? Do you still have time to come here?"

After Han Sanping left, Gu Wei saw Ning Hao coming into the company in a grand manner and asked in confusion.

"Just these two days, I heard about your situation and came to see you."

"Don't mention it, it's really good, it looks high-end."

Ning Hao was almost drooling, and his eyes never left the machine since he came in.

"Director, the post-production of the racing car will be done here." "Okay, but the post-production fee is not low."

Gu Wei joked.

"You're so stingy. I was thinking it would be free. I'll just give you a chance to try out the equipment."

Ning Hao said shamelessly.

"You're thinking shit."

...

This year's Venice Film Festival is getting closer and closer, and Li An's "Lust, Caution" has finally been completed. Not long after the film was submitted, news came out that it had been shortlisted for the main competition unit of this year's film festival.

"The Sun Also Rises" ultimately failed to make it to Cannes, so Jiang Wen had to settle for the next best thing and sign up for the Venice Film Festival.

Fortunately, the result is good. "The Sun Also Rises" is listed in the main competition unit list announced by the film festival.

"The film Detective, directed by Hong Kong director Du Qifeng, has been successfully shortlisted for the main competition unit of Venice."

“I wish the film win the award in advance.”

The Hong Kong media is really good at pulling down and criticizing others. As a film that was also nominated, "Inspector Gadget" made it directly to the headlines of the Hong Kong media, while the other nominated films were just mentioned briefly.

"The whole group is just trying to be clever. People who don't know would think they have already won the award. Let's wait and see after we get it."

After seeing the report, Gu Wei made a blunt comment in an interview with reporters.

"That's right, celebrating early usually doesn't have good results."

"Director Gu's line is familiar to me. I also want to go to the moon."

...

In addition to the acting classes, the three major theater chains also graduate a lot of students from other departments every year, but only a few of them can make it in the end, especially the directing department.

The cost of a movie ranges from a few million to hundreds of millions. If there is no support, most graduates from directing departments may never have the opportunity to direct a movie in their lifetime.

This is the case with the person in front of me.

Wuershan, 36, was born in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia. He studied at the Oil Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts and the Directing Department of the Beijing Film Academy.

In 2004, Wu Ershan won the International Film Critics Award at the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea for his independent film "Soap Opera".

"Director Gu, what do you want to talk to me about?"

In the Xingchen Film and Television office, Wu Ershan looked at Gu Wei in front of him and felt very nervous.

Yesterday, he received a call from a staff member of Xingchen Film and Television, saying that director Gu Wei wanted to meet with him to have a chat. Wuershan did not hesitate and agreed directly. In the past two years, especially this year, Xingchen Film and Television has been very famous in the circle. It has invested in several TV series and movies, and many directors come to solicit investment every day.

"Don't be nervous. I should call you Senior Brother."

Gu Wei made a joke.

"I don't deserve it, Director Gu."

Wuershan waved his hands quickly. In terms of status and position, he was quite inferior to the person in front of him.

"Director Wu, this is what happened. The company has a script that I was planning to shoot myself, but as you know, the movie in Hollywood is still in post-production, so I'm a little overwhelmed.

So I planned to find a director to take charge, and my school teacher just happened to recommend you to me, so this is what happened today."

Gu Wei didn't finish his words. He had previously planned to introduce other directors into the company to expand its scale. Now it's the perfect opportunity.

After hearing this, Wuershan suppressed his excitement and realized that his chance had come.

"Director Gu, I wonder what kind of movie it is and how much it cost to invest?"

At this moment, he thought of Gu Wei's previous support for director Ning Hao, and thought that the company invested some money and invited him to be the director.

"A script adapted from Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, called Painted Skin. The company plans to invest tens of millions to film it..."

"Tens of millions."

At this moment, this number was the only thing in Wuershan's mind, and he didn't pay much attention to what Gu Wei said afterwards.

"Director Wu?"

Looking at Wuershan who was distracted, Gu Wei interrupted him.

"I'm sorry, Director Gu, I was a little distracted."

With an apologetic look on his face, Wuershan said hurriedly.

"It's okay, but the company has an additional condition for the director of this movie..."

As Gu Wei finished his request, Wuershan on the opposite side fell into deep thought. He was not in a hurry. He drank the tea in the cup and waited slowly.

At this moment, Wuershan was thinking about what Gu Wei had just said.

"The investment is tens of millions, and the contract is signed to the company for eight years. After the contract expires, the company has the priority to invest in other films of its own."

"Director Gu, I agree."

At this time, Wuershan had not yet joined Liu Dehua's "Star Gravity Project", and his first film "Blades of Laughter" was still unknown.

"Pleasant to work with."

In the original time and space, "Painted Skin" was directed by Hong Kong director Chen Jiashang and jointly invested by Huayi and several other companies. The cost was 1500 million US dollars, which is equivalent to over million RMB. Zhou Xun, Zhao Yanzi, Chen Kun, and Zhen Zidan were invited to star in the film. Even the supporting role was played by Sun Li.

It can be said that the lineup is very luxurious, and a considerable portion of the funds are used to pay the actors' salaries.

Now Gu Wei has handed him over to Wuershan and only lets him direct. He will serve as the film's supervisor and producer. The actors will also be replaced, and the corresponding production costs will be greatly reduced.

...

"Director Wu Ershan appeared at Xingchen Films and had a detailed discussion with Director Gu. It is suspected that they have reached a cooperation agreement..."

The media reported the news that afternoon, but people in the circle didn't pay much attention to it. Relatively speaking, Wuershan was almost unknown, and few people could guess what Gu Wei was thinking.

The next morning, Wuershan came to the company again, accompanied by a lawyer. After all, the contract was for eight years, so it was better to be cautious.

"no problem."

This is what the lawyer said after reading the contract.

Hearing this, Wuershan signed his name without hesitation.

"Director Wu, we are one of us from now on."

The company's contract was not harsh, but it contained a lot of content. At least for the first film, Wuershan could only get the director's fee, and the dividends of subsequent films would depend on the box office.

"Haha, I'll have to trouble Director Gu to take care of you in the future."

After signing, Wuershan also smiled. No matter what, the next few years would be sold to Gu Wei.

.........

News spreads quickly in this circle, and reporters who can make a living from this are more or less capable.

The updated employee list on the Xingchen Film and Television Company's official website has a new member, Wu Ershan, and the contract period is also...

"Who is Wu Ershan? I've never heard of him."

"Director Gu really keeps his word and has been supporting domestic directors."

"First it was Ning Hao, and now there's Wu Ershan. Although I don't know the specific situation, I still believe in Director Gu's vision."

The online comments did not last long, as other actors in the circle were attracted by another piece of news.

"It is reported that Xingchen Films submitted the latest film script to the General Administration today."

"Currently, the relevant departments are reviewing..."

...

"Director Han, this is the script submitted by Director Gu's company."

As soon as Wang Chen delivered the script to the General Administration, a copy appeared on Han Sanping's desk.

"Let me see, Painted Skin..."

As Gu Wei expected, Han Sanping's call came at a very timely moment.

"What's going on? Find a new director to direct..."

"Director Han, I was just about to call you. The company just signed a director who will direct the next movie. Is there any problem with the script?"

"I haven't looked into it in detail yet, but it's not a big problem. I'll keep an eye on it."

Due to the subject matter, Han Sanping could not make any guarantees.

Ultimately, you still have to say hello and follow the normal procedures, and it may take a month or so.

"How much does it cost? China Film Group can participate in the investment."

"Director Han, let's wait until the script is approved. I'm not directing this movie, so there's no rush for the specific share."

"Okay, leave it to me."

...

The crew of "The Forbidden Kingdom" is currently in the final stages of filming and is expected to be finished by the end of August.

At this time, Jingtian was reading the latest news reports on the Internet.

"Uncle Lu, do you know about the new script that Director Gu submitted?"

After dialing Lu Zheng's number, Jing Tian came up and asked directly.

"I just got the news that this movie will not be directed by Director Gu, but by the newly signed Wu Ershan."

"That……"

"Tiantian, don't worry, just finish filming "The Forbidden Kingdom" and I'll go find out the details."

After Lu Zheng finished speaking, he hung up the phone, leaving Jing Tian in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Yifei, do you know about Director Gu's new movie?"

At the same time, Liu Yifei also received a call from Huang Xiaoming, who also asked about the script.

Since "The Return of the Condor Heroes", Liu Yifei and Huang Xiaoming have not collaborated again. Last year, the latter received an invitation from director Gao Xixi to star in the TV series "New Shanghai Bund" with Sun Li.

With Chow Yun-fat's "Xu Wenqiang" as a precedent, this TV series has been ridiculed by netizens since before filming began.

Jin Yong once commented on Huang Xiaoming's "Yang Guo" in The Return of the Condor Heroes, "His acting is so exaggerated that he seems to be "seducing" his master."

When filming this TV series, Huang Xiaoming even paid a special visit to Chow Yun-fat, who said bluntly: "Apart from acting cool, he's not like Xu Wenqiang at all." It was because of Chow Yun-fat's words that Huang Xiaoming tried to be restrained in the drama.

"Ah, I don't know the details, but this movie was not directed by Director Gu himself."

Huang Xiaoming was silent for a moment when he heard this on the phone, and then said, "Okay, thank you Yifei, I'll ask Director Gu to come out and get together some other day."

"Okay."

In the villa, Liu Yifei hung up the phone and looked at Su Chang next to her.

"It's Brother Xiao Ming. He's also asking about the movie."

"Did Director Gu really not shoot the movie himself? I thought..."

Su Chang hesitated to speak...

"Well, the senior just signed a director and confirmed that he will be the director."

"Xixi, talk to Director Gu."

Even if Gu Wei was not involved, there were still many people in the circle who wanted to star in this movie, so Su Chang could only ask Liu Yifei for help.

"I can only talk to the senior, but I can't guarantee it."

"Haha, you're the best, Sissi."

Hearing this, Su Chang smiled and started playing around with Liu Yifei.

.........

(End of this chapter)