Chapter 162 Accused

Han Sanping planned to hold a celebration banquet for "Painted Skin" and even called Gu Wei specifically for this matter.

Gu Wei did not object. He would definitely return to Hollywood before the end of the month, so he handed the matter over to China Film Group, and the other party agreed immediately.

"Director Han, I heard that the General Administration was sued?"

Gu Wei asked with interest. After all, this kind of thing is rare. He didn't expect that someone in the circle is so courageous.

"Well, the producers of 'Apple' are not convinced and are currently suing."

After the two chatted for a while, Gu Wei roughly understood the reason.

The producer was dissatisfied with the ban and filed a lawsuit directly with the court, arguing that the facts determined by the General Administration were wrong, and that the administrative penalty was insufficiently based and the procedure was illegal.

“It’s fierce.”

"What's the point of just being so aggressive? It's bound to be in vain, and the court probably won't respond."

Han Sanping didn't care and commented casually.

As they chatted, the two brought up the blockbuster "Iron Man" which was introduced in April.

"The domestic release date is two days earlier than overseas release date. You are amazing."

Han Sanping's action was not intentional, but Gu Wei would never believe it.

"Hehe, the group had already decided on this, but it just didn't announce it in advance."

When Gu Wei mentioned this matter, he did not hide it. He just wanted to take the opportunity to hit Huayi Company.

However, what makes Gu Wei most regretful is the copyright of Marvel's heroes, which is a golden goose that lays eggs.

Unfortunately, when Marvel went bankrupt and reorganized, it sold all the heroes one by one. Now I heard that it is starting a hero recycling journey again, making it difficult for Gu Wei to intervene now.

...

Liu Dehua's "Resurrection of the Dragon" was also released in April. Gu Wei was invited to the premiere, but he declined on the grounds that he was leaving for Hollywood.

Gu Wei still did not attend the celebration party for "Painted Skin".

At the Capital Airport, Gu Wei boarded the plane in a low-key manner, but he did not set off for Hollywood. Instead, he went to the UK to visit Liu Yifei first.

At London Airport, after getting off the plane, Gu Wei took a taxi and went directly to the filming location of the crew.

Parts of Inception were filmed at University College London in the UK.

Specifically, the scene was filmed in UCL's main library, known for its ornate domed architecture and the contributions of renowned architect William Wilkins.

Also, Nolan attended the university, so he showcased his alma mater in the film.

In addition to the Main Library scenes, other films such as Gladiator and Batman Begins have also been filmed at UCL.

At the same time, the crew of "Inception".

These days, the focus is on Liu Yifei and Leonardo's scenes, and the filming is going more and more smoothly.

“Crystal, you have to follow Leon’s pace and pay attention to mobilizing your emotions.”

Nolan shouted as he looked at the monitor, walkie-talkie in his hand.

"Okay, director."

Liu Yifei took a deep breath and kept adjusting her emotions.

"OK."

After a while, Liu Yifei made a gesture to Nolan.

"Attention all departments, begin."

During the filming, there was a group of people watching around, and Liu Yifei was still a little nervous.

"You are an international student here."

In the taxi, an older white man asked.

"No, I'm here for tourism."

Gu Wei replied indifferently.

“Haha, there are many fun places in London, such as…”

Sure enough, taxi drivers no matter where they are, are all good at chatting.

Listening to the driver talking non-stop, Gu Wei looked out the window. There were many old buildings on both sides of the street, but he didn't think there was anything special about them.

"Have fun."

Gu Wei paid the money, pushed open the door and got out of the car, then he heard the driver say.

"Thank you."

The University of London is located in the British capital of London. It is a university administrative system consisting of more than a dozen universities and research institutions in London, not a single university building.

Gu Wei stood at the door, looked around, and then decided to find someone to ask.

After asking clearly, Gu Wei came to the main library of UCL.

This is a large building, one of the major university libraries in the UK. It was built in 1838 after the University of London received a book donation. It houses documents from all the teaching subjects of the university, with an even richer collection of books in the humanities.

"Excuse me, sir. There is a movie being filmed inside. You cannot enter without a work permit."

When he arrived at the library entrance, Gu Wei was stopped by security personnel.

Helpless, I could only pick up my phone and call Nolan.

"Director, the phone is ringing."

The assistant walked up to Nolan with his cell phone.

Nolan picked up the phone and saw that it was Gu Wei calling, but he didn't hesitate and answered it.

"You go pick up Gu at the door, he's been stopped by security."

Nolan instructed his assistant, and the assistant had seen Gu Wei and would know it after taking a look.

"Okay, director."

"Director Gu Wei, it's really you. I didn't expect you to come here."

After the assistant saw Gu Wei, he talked to the security personnel, and then the two of them went to the shooting site together.

After entering the crew, Gu Wei watched from the side. Liu Yifei and Leonardo were currently filming their scenes. It can be seen that Liu Yifei has made great progress, but there is still a gap compared to Leonardo. It is basically Leonardo who leads her.

"Senior..." Liu Yifei's eyes lit up and she instantly noticed Gu Wei.

Nolan gave the crew half a day off, but only out of consideration for Gu Wei's sake. It would have been hard to say if other people had come.

...

Gu Wei stayed in the crew for two days. Seeing that the filming was going smoothly, he parted ways with Liu Yifei and rushed to Hollywood.

In early April, Andy Lau's "Resurrection of the Dragon" was released and took in nearly 1.8 million yuan on the first day. However, compared with the investment cost of million yuan, this box office can be labeled as a "loss" in advance.

Liu Dehua's "box office poison" was further confirmed, making him a little melancholy.

The national box office of Wang Xiaoshuai’s new movie “Left and Right” on the first day totaled only 180,000.

This movie, which won the Silver Bear Award for Best Screenplay, is destined to flop.

Soon after, Jing Tian's "Anaconda" also landed in China, and the box office data on the first day was also terrible, with a total of only a few hundred thousand.

"Tiantian, don't think too much. I will directly inform you that the movie will be taken off the screen early so as not to affect your newly rising popularity."

In a villa in the capital, Lu Zheng said to Jing Tian.

"Uh-huh."

Jing Tian nodded when she heard this. She didn't expect the box office to be so bad.

In Tudou Video's fourth round of financing, Gu Wei chose to follow up, and Wang Chen was in charge of the specific operations. Not many people in the circle paid attention to it, and few celebrities were interested in Internet matters.

In China, the biggest news right now is Huayi Company's "The Forbidden Kingdom".

In this Sino-US co-production, both Jackie Chan and Li Lianjie are just gimmicks.

Especially Cheng Long, I heard that his family affairs were reported by the media a while ago. It was the first time that everyone knew about his family in the inland.

The movie premiere was on a grand scale, and almost all the famous people in the circle attended.

As a newly-minted director with a box office of 200 million, Wuershan inevitably received the invitation.

"Painted Skin" was taken off the screen at the end of the month, with box office revenue exceeding 200 million yuan, but it was a little lower than the original film. The celebration banquet was also organized by China Film Group, and it was also quite large in scale.

However, compared with "The Forbidden Kingdom", there is a bit of gap.

"Director Wu."

"Hello, Director Wu, I am..."

Wuershan also became famous in one battle and has been feeling quite proud of himself recently.

However, he is not arrogant yet, because he knows that most of the credit for his fame is due to Gu Wei, otherwise he would probably still be worrying about his next movie.

What can I say about this movie? It’s not that it’s bad. With Jackie Chan and Li Lianjie starring in it, there will be no shortage of audiences to support it.

After the film screening, the director and media critics will give their comments and ask questions.

“Nice special effects.”

When facing the interview, Wu Ershan said directly that he did not mention the content of the movie.

"Two great Kung Fu stars teamed up to create some great moves."

Ning Hao gritted his teeth and said something, but he didn't know what to say. Did he not understand it?
As for other directors, they are also rather glib, or to put it nicely, there is no substantive evaluation at all.

The endings of "The Forbidden Kingdom" and "Painted Skin" are similar, and the question of the sequel was raised by reporters.

"It depends on the box office. Whether there can be a sequel depends on the audience."

As a film investor, Li Lianjie answered objectively.

During the cocktail party, people gathered in twos and threes.

"I heard that Under the Hawthorn Tree is very popular recently."

"Director Wu, why don't you talk to Director Gu and buy the copyright and film it."

At the cocktail party, Zhou Xun, Huang Xiaoming, Wuershan, Ning Hao and others gathered together and brought up this matter.

"I can't make the decision for Director Gu, but I heard that the screenwriter for this novel has been chosen, and now we just need a director."

Wu Ershan said.

"If you ask me, we still need to invite some big directors to do it."

"Brother Chen Kai is the director."

"Haha, that's fine, but only if he doesn't change the script."

Ning Hao smiled and said.

Huang Xiaoming also heard the crew mention this book. He heard that it had been adapted into a TV series and that the "gold medal screenwriter" Lin Heping was in charge. His script was indeed guaranteed.

"It's most likely Director Zhang. I heard someone has already gone over to resolve the situation."

Recently, major companies have been scrambling to get the adaptation rights for this novel. It has indeed been a long time since there was such a literary work that made so many people cry.

The novel first became popular on overseas literary websites and quickly formed a large group of readers within a few months.

"Changchang, I heard that your TV series "Magic Phone" is about to be broadcast."

After talking about "Under the Hawthorn Tree", Zhou Xun on the side said.

"Well, it's going to be broadcast on CCTV."

Su Chang felt a little depressed when talking about the TV series. She participated in the filming throughout the whole process and knew that some of the scenes in the crew were indeed shocking.

"Then congratulations in advance."

Huang Xiaoming had never watched the TV series and didn't know much about it, but out of professional instinct, he still congratulated enthusiastically.

The next day, reports about "The Forbidden Kingdom" appeared in domestic news.

The director's answer on the spot aroused the interest of the audience.

"Everyone is praising the action and special effects, but no one is talking about the content of the movie."

"I think it's going to be bad."

"Never mind, let's go to the cinema tomorrow and see it first."

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(End of this chapter)