Chapter 229 Visiting the Set, Listing

The premiere of "No Man's Land" was arranged by China Film Group, and they also worked together on the publicity and promotion.

Gu Wei, who had nothing to do, planned to visit the crew of "Let the Bullets Fly".

The Bullet crew has been filming for more than two months. The Mei Family Courtyard is located on the banks of the Datong River in Duanfen Town, Taishan City. It is currently the best-preserved and typical representative of overseas Chinese architecture of a certain scale in the country. It is also the main location for the crew's outdoor shooting.

In early November, Gu Wei brought his assistants and flew to Jiang Wen's crew. Liu Yifei did not go with him this time. "Love Is Not Blind" has already started filming, and the young lady is going to visit Lu Yang's crew.

Because we had informed in advance, a staff member came to pick us up as soon as we arrived.

As soon as he got off the plane, Gu Wei felt that the temperature in Guangdong Province was much higher than that in the capital. Gu Wei, who was wearing casual clothes and sunglasses, felt a little bit of heat.

"Director Gu, hello, Director Jiang sent me to pick you up."

"Let's go then."

When he arrived at the crew, Jiang Wen was filming with Ge You and the filming did not stop because of his arrival.

Gu Wei sat in the rest area, watching the filming scene with interest.

About half an hour later, when the whole play was over, the director and leading actor Jiang Wen came forward and said, "Director Gu, welcome, welcome. I've been waiting for you for a long time."

"Haha, Director Jiang, several teachers."

Looking at Ge You and others who followed, Gu Wei spoke.

"Director Gu, you are too polite. I am not worthy of being called a teacher."

Ge You has the qualifications and age, so it is well deserved for others to call him teacher. As for the other actors who followed him over, they quickly said that they dared not.

The group of people chatted and laughed for more than ten minutes. Jiang Wen continued to film his scenes with Ge You, while Gu Wei had a brief chat with Qin Hao and Chen Minghao in the rest area.

They mainly talked about the situation on the set, the progress of filming, etc., with some meaningless conversations interspersed in between.

The two of them played the protagonist's younger brothers in the movie. Qin Hao's look was wearing a pair of glasses, and Chen Minghao also grew a beard, which made him look a lot more rugged, like a bearded gangster.

Thanks to Gu Wei's recommendation, the two felt quite comfortable in the crew, and Jiang Wen also took good care of them.

"How long will it take for this to end?"

Looking at the two of them, Gu Wei asked.

"It will probably take another two months. Although we don't have many scenes together, we have to shoot them from the beginning. Director Jiang is also very strict and doesn't allow us to shoot our parts in advance. We basically follow the script."

Qin Hao took off his glasses, wiped them with a piece of paper and said, Chen Minghao next to him also nodded.

"That's good, we still made it in time."

"Director, are there any new movies?"

Qin Hao asked as soon as he finished speaking, and then thought about the company's several films. He had basically chosen the roles, except for the Sino-US co-production.

"Well, it's a Hollywood movie. After you two finish your movie at the end of the year, you can join the crew and play a role, but it won't be the main character."

The casting ratio of Chinese and American actors in "2012" is basically :, or even :. However, Gu Wei thought about it and felt that there were still roles suitable for both of them in the film. In a big production like this, there would be many benefits even if they just showed up.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many domestic stars trying so hard to enter Hollywood. Once they get in, they will show their faces all over the world. Regardless of whether they are the leading actors or not, they can be called international stars.

Just like the Hollywood movies that Huang Shengyi starred in, domestic media also reported it extensively at the time, which helped her regain some popularity.

"Thank you, Director Gu."

After hearing this, Chen Minghao immediately stood up and said that Qin Hao was a contracted artist of Xingchen Film and Television, and it was reasonable for him to participate in the company's movies, but he was not. At this moment, his heart was full of gratitude.

"Hey, don't say those empty words. I've given you the opportunity. Whether you can come out depends on your own ability."

Gu Wei waved his hand and motioned him to sit down.

After a while, the crew had lunch. Just as Gu Wei was about to try the food, Jiang Wen came over.

"Director Gu, it's a rare visit for you, so how can I let you eat boxed lunch? The restaurant has already been arranged."

The guest should follow the host's wishes. Gu Wei did not hesitate and stood up and walked to the side.

As they still had to shoot in the afternoon, they didn't drink any alcohol at noon and just ate some local specialties.

After dinner, the assistant arranged a room for Gu Wei to rest. Thinking there was nothing to do, he planned to go to the scene to watch Jiang Wen’s filming.

...

At one o'clock in the afternoon, the crew officially started filming.

Zhang Mo, who played "Liu Zi", almost gave up his career in the entertainment industry because of a beating incident a few years ago. Later, he was reported while filming in a crew.

It took Zhang Guoli a lot of effort to get him on the set of "Let the Bullets Fly" this time, thanks to his relationship with Jiang Wen.

In the crew, Zhang Mo is not only an actor, but also responsible for some work on the set. It seems that he is preparing to develop behind the scenes.

"Hello, Director Gu."

Jiang Wen specially brought him over to say hello. Seeing the other party's reserved look, Gu Wei smiled.

"It's not easy for this kid either. You can't blame him for what happened back then. No one could have tolerated it."

Looking at Zhang Mo's departing back, Jiang Wen spoke.

"It's not a big deal. Just don't learn bad things in the future. I'm just afraid that if I take the wrong path, I won't even have the chance to turn back."

After learning about what happened to Zhang Mo later, Gu Wei gave him a reminder.

"No, he is a good person."

Hearing this, Gu Wei smacked his lips. Some things could never be imagined before they happened.

When talking about the film industry in Hong Kong, "Chow Sang-Chow and Sing-Cheng" are the people that cannot be avoided, not only because they were the three kings of the Hong Kong film industry in the 20s and s, but also because the three of them have profound accomplishments, superb acting skills, and have created their own film eras.

If Cheng Long is the representative of action movies, he pioneered the era of "Kung Fu Comedy".

Zhou Xingchi is a representative of comedy films and pioneered the "nonsense" era.

The person in front of us is the representative of police and gangster films. He pioneered the era of "gun battle movies" and also the era of "God of Gamblers".

"Nihao, Director Gu, I like all your movies, especially Interstellar, which I have watched more than once."

Chow Yun-fat’s Mandarin is indeed a bit poor, and even his greetings sound a bit weird. No wonder post-dubbing is required.

"Hello, Fargo, I also grew up watching your movies."

In this respect, Gu Wei is the same as most people, or in other words, when domestic films were not well developed, that generation grew up watching Hong Kong films.

Jiang Wen's biggest problem when filming is that he is too slow. Throughout the afternoon, Gu Wei found that he shot a set of shots over and over ten times, but was still not satisfied with the results.

"Director Jiang is like this and everyone in the crew is used to it."

Well, every director has his own style, especially those who make art films, who pay more attention to these details.

Towards evening, after the crew finished work, Jiang Wen, along with a group of main creative staff, started drinking with Gu Wei.

"With all the high technology now, we are almost out of date."

Jiang Wen drank a lot and his face turned red. He talked to Gu Wei with a thick tongue about the recent trailer of "Avatar".

"That's not the case. Special effects are just a means to impress people. The story and mood are also important for film and television works."

In Gu Wei's view, the story atmosphere and special effects are the relationship between Tao and art. Only when the two complement each other can a classic movie be made. Over-emphasis on one side is not advisable.

A typical example is Xu Ke. The patriotism in "Huang Feihong" and the love for troubled times in "A Chinese Ghost Story" always make people feel excited.

However, some of the films made later on simply showed off their skills, and their reputations became worse and worse, which is a pity.

"That's a very good statement, worthy of being an internationally renowned director."

After listening to Gu Wei's summary, Jiang Wen also resonated with it and kept talking.

...

The next morning, after Gu Wei arrived at the crew, he learned that Jiang Wen had found some media reporters and planned to allow the crew to visit.

Gu Wei was also happy to see it happen. After all, he had invested a lot, so it was normal for the hype to get heated.

Media reporters rushed to the scene, and within half a day, more than a dozen media outlets arrived.

After arriving at the scene, not only Gu Wei, but also several leading actors accepted interviews from reporters, and they all chatted about the interesting things that happened during the filming of the crew.

The others kept pressing the shutter buttons and taking pictures.

"I invested in this movie because I was attracted by director Jiang Wen's script."

"The story is very interesting and the leading actors performed very well."

"Haha, I watched them filming for half a day on the set yesterday. It was really enjoyable."

Afterwards, other people in the crew were interviewed. Everyone said hello, hello to everyone, and said they learned a lot in the crew, the director's requirements were very strict, and so on. They said a lot of things, providing a lot of material for the reporters present.

Print media is much slower, but online media, that afternoon, the news that Gu Wei visited the set of "Let the Bullets Fly" became a hot search and sparked discussion among netizens.

...

After staying on the crew for two days, Gu Wei flew back to the capital.

Huayi Company successfully completed its listing through the Growth Enterprise Market a few days ago.

The first film and television company in the mainland to be listed on the local GEM board was officially born.

The big and small kings successfully reaped the first wave of dividends.

The issue price was around 28 yuan, and the stock price rose to 91 yuan on the day of listing, but it fluctuated greatly.

Huayi originally planned to raise 700 million yuan, but actually obtained several times the return.

For a time, glasses became popular in companies of all sizes, including China Film Group, Shanghai Film Group, Bona Film Group, and Guangxian.

People in the circle were also discussing this matter extensively, judging from the best stock price of the day.

Feng Xiaogang, Zhang Jizhong, and Huang Xiaoming instantly became worth hundreds of millions, and Zhou Xun, Ren Quan, Li Binbin and others all became multi-millionaires.

Among them, Gu Wei’s 10 million shares are equivalent to nearly 10 billion RMB.

...

"Congratulations, boss."

"One billion, director, you made it."

As soon as I returned to the company, employees kept congratulating me and several directors also called me.

"Haha, a small profit."

One billion RMB is only over 100 million USD when converted into USD, which is equivalent to the investment of a Class A Hollywood movie.

Moreover, there will definitely be fluctuations when this type of stock is sold, and the original agreement also stipulated that it cannot be sold within two years.

Now I can only say that I can see it but not use it...

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(End of this chapter)