Chapter 220 Internal Beta
The celebration party for "Inception" was organized by China Film Group Corporation, and all the well-known companies, filmmakers, and artists in the circle attended.

It was a grand occasion. Gu Wei and Liu Yifei attended. Qin Hao was busy filming and missed the event.

At the celebration banquet, Han Sanping spoke at length and talked freely to the reporters, but Gu Wei did not accept any interviews throughout the whole process and was happy to be at ease.

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When it comes to shooting science fiction blockbusters, the effect is always determined by the amount of money spent.

On the 18th, the movie "Robot" invested by China Film was released. Sun Li partnered with Hu Jun, and there was also Alex Fong from Hong Kong. Wu Jing also had a cameo in the movie, playing the final BOSS.

The film claims to be based on the Hollywood blockbuster "Iron Man" and is intended to be a domestic science fiction blockbuster.

As a domestic science fiction film, this movie is pretty good, but the characters and plot are a bit messy. Although the film's post-production special effects were done by Xingchen Film and Television Company, the story content is very ordinary.

After its release, it sparked discussion among netizens.

"The special effects are pretty good, but the story is hard to understand."

"It has no beginning or end, a nonsensical sci-fi movie?"

"That's about right. People invest hundreds of millions of dollars to make science fiction films, but the total cost of this movie is only hundreds of millions of RMB."

The box office was pretty good, reaching 2200 million after one week of release. Although "Robot" is not as good as Hollywood blockbusters, it can still make the audience laugh.

This movie can be said to be the epitome of "nonsense", in addition to "parodying" Wong Kar-wai's "2046" and Law Kar-ying's "only you" wonderful plot.

The classic lines and scenes from "Days of Being Wild", "Kung Fu", "Ghost School", "A Chinese Odyssey", "The King's Avatar" and "Back to the Future" all seem familiar to the audience.

In terms of animated films, the capital's local production "Happy Run" performed well. In addition, "Misfits" and "Fly, Thunderbolt" had little box office revenue due to their small scale of release.

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In the blink of an eye, time came to the 25th, and Cao Guowei's Xinlang Weibo officially started internal testing.

Today is Liu Yifei's birthday. Gu Wei came to the villa early in the morning. The two of them originally planned to invite their friends to get together, but they were all busy with work, some were joining the crew, some were recording songs.

I went to Liu Yifei's study, turned on the computer and searched for the word "Weibo", and Xinlang Weibo came out immediately.

Although the internal testing has just started, many people have already joined, so as soon as Gu Wei opened it, he saw Liu Yifei’s endorsement on the homepage, welcoming Liu Yifei to become the global spokesperson for Xinlang Weibo.

In addition, Xinlang also placed some materials in other places, such as bus stops, TV stations, etc., for comprehensive online and offline promotion.

As a shareholder of Xinlang, Xingchen Film and Television Company also released a congratulatory message and announced its entry into Weibo.

Taking the lead, companies and celebrity artists who have collaborated with Gu Wei sent out congratulations.

Huang Xiaoming, Zhou Xun and others also joined in, which attracted the attention of many netizens. This is the celebrity effect, which can drive a large number of people to participate.

The two stayed in the villa for the whole day. At around six o'clock in the evening, it was just beginning to get dark. It gets dark very late in the summer.

Gu Wei and Liu Yifei had dinner together, chatting and laughing until eight o'clock. Then he took out the prepared cake, lit twenty-two candles, and asked her to make a wish.

As a boyfriend, Gu Wei must have been prepared. When Liu Yifei closed her eyes and made a wish, he secretly took out the prepared gift.

"Happy birthday, Sissi!"

When Liu Yifei opened her eyes, the first thing she saw was an exquisite necklace dotted with gems of various colors, sparkling under the light of the candles.

"ah!"

Liu Yifei looked very happy, not because of the necklace, but because of Gu Wei's kindness.

"What wish did you make?"

Hugging Liu Yifei from behind, Gu Wei asked softly.

"Don't tell you."

After saying this, Liu Yifei's face turned red instantly.

Dongfeng night flowers and thousands of trees.

The two of them slept together that night.

The next day, after Gu Wei woke up, he looked at the person next to him with a smile on his face. He kissed her and then got up to prepare breakfast.

After dinner, Gu Wei cleaned up and walked towards the hall, where he saw Liu Yifei playing on the computer, or to be more precise, surfing the Internet.

Seeing Gu Wei coming over, Liu Yifei pointed at the computer screen and said to him with a smile: "Look at the news online, Weibo's servers are paralyzed."

Gu Wei looked at the computer and found that it was true.

Following Tieba and Tianya Forum, netizens now have another place to talk, and everyone flocked to it.

The result was that Weibo was overwhelmed, with hundreds of thousands of new users added every day, which clearly exceeded Weibo's expectations. It was normal for such a thing to happen.

"Let's go out and play."

Gu Wei glanced at Liu Yifei and spoke.

"Okay, where shall we go, Happy Valley, the amusement park?"

Turning her head, Liu Yifei kept talking about the place.

"Go travel, visit more places."

Taking advantage of this period of time when there is nothing to do, Song Ge and Wang Chen will be in charge of the company's affairs. The premiere of "Founding of a Republic" will not be held until mid-September.

"Going abroad?"

Liu Yifei thought thoughtfully, it has been a while since she last went out.

"In China, there are still many places in China that I haven't been to."

"Aren't you afraid of being discovered?"

Liu Yifei looked at Gu Wei with a smile. Her face was very recognizable in China and she would attract attention wherever she went.

"What are you afraid of? If you are found out, just make it public. We are already an old married couple." "Bah, who wants to be an old married couple with you?"

Suddenly, Liu Yifei blushed.

Just like last time, the two packed up their things, arranged their own affairs, and set off.

Before leaving, Gu Wei received a call from Wang Chen, saying that the official had organized a gathering of billion-dollar directors and invited him to participate.

"Just postpone it and say I'm busy thinking about the movie."

"what happened?"

The young lady in the passenger seat asked curiously.

"A group of people who have nothing to do but eat their fill, organize meetings every day, and they don't find it annoying."

In meetings like this, Gu Wei would not be able to guess the general content. It's nothing more than you praising me, I praising you back, and then we all bragging together. It's meaningless.

The two drove to the Capital Airport, preparing to set off for Xi'an to see the beautiful scenery in the west, especially since Liu Yifei had been to many places in the south.

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Lu Yang's "Blind Cinema" was shortlisted for the Busan Film Festival.

During his trip, Gu Wei made a special call to South Korea's CJ Company. After the other party learned that it was a movie invested by Gu Wei, they assured him that there would be no problem.

"Director Gu, let's set off directly. I hope we can achieve something."

Lu Yang called Gu Wei and said something.

"Okay, be careful on the road."

Online, "Chinese Paladin III" continues to be popular, and Cai Yinong and Yang Mi of Tangren Film and Television have fallen out.

Wow, this guy is really bold. He fooled Cai Yinong two or three times in a row.

First he agreed to shoot a promotional video for "Zhu Xian", then he raised the price, and then he said he had misheard and thought it was "Legend of Sword and Fairy".

After Tangren Film and Television agreed to raise the price, Yang Mi kept delaying with various excuses, but unexpectedly she ended up taking on "Tianxia 2".

After Cai Yinong realized what was happening, he didn't hesitate to say that Yang Mi would no longer be allowed to participate in Tangren's TV series in the future.

Now, the two sides will probably be enemies from now on. Even if they are not enemies, there is a high probability that they will never have any contact with each other again.

Netizens had all moved their stools and were ready to watch the show, but Cai Yinong didn't want to make a big deal out of it, so it just let it go.

In early September, Yuan Quan and Xia Yu held their wedding.

Their love story started in campus, lasted for 10 years, and finally ended with a wedding in public.

Gu Wei also received an invitation, but he was out of town and couldn't attend in person. However, he still gave the gift money as soon as possible.

This is another one of the seven golden flowers of the 96 class of the Central Academy of Drama who has entered the wedding hall after Hu Jing.

According to media reports, the wedding scene was very lively and both Qin Hao and Chen Minghao took leave to attend the wedding.

In recent years, Wanda Cinemas has developed rapidly. In an interview with reporters, Ye Ning disclosed the time when Wanda established the production company.

"We will officially establish a film production company in October at the latest, and the investment is expected to be..."

Hearing this, the reporter who was interviewing the reporter was very excited as he had more material for his report.

"After establishing the production company, we will fully engage in film investment, production, and distribution business."

I have to say that Wanda’s ambitions are indeed big and it has been poaching directors recently.

"Boss Ye offered me a high price and is planning to recruit me, haha."

Ning Hao called Gu Wei and mentioned this matter.

"What's up? I'm moved."

"I am indeed tempted, but I still want to be free. I will be restricted if I go to Wanda."

Ning Hao paused, then continued: "I guess they will contact you too."

Gu Wei chuckled. Although Wanda was backed by real estate and had sufficient funds, its influence in the film industry was certainly not comparable to his own.

As expected, Ye Ning really called Gu Wei.

“We need great directors like Director Gu to be the driving force behind the film.

If you are willing, we can sign a cooperation agreement, and we can provide you with sufficient funds no matter how big the project is. "

Wow, you really have strong capital, and you say this right away.

“When Wanda provided funding later, it was only partial funding.”

"Director Gu, in fact, our two companies can independently produce new films. Even if we have to make two more Interstellar films, Wanda can afford it."

"Boss Ye, having a good appetite is a good thing, but don't be too ambitious. It's not good to eat alone in the circle."

Compared with Wanda, China Film Group, which is responsible for the introduction of imported films, is more worthy of cooperation.

"Director Gu, it's me, Meng Lang. You can always ask me if you need anything in the future."

Ye Ning reacted and said hurriedly.

First it was Light Media, then Wanda. Gu Wei knew that the domestic film industry was about to enter a stage of rapid development.

But no matter how things develop, Gu Wei is confident that Xingchen Film and Television now has directors and funds, and is not afraid of any threats.

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(End of this chapter)