Chapter 28 A sudden visit

On March 3, "Time and Space Lovers" was officially released, and its total domestic box office exceeded 14 million, reaching million.

The box office in Hong Kong reached 1470 million. After the movie was released in South Korea, the total number of viewers reached 58, and the North American box office reached 1890 million US dollars.

Seeing the data released by China Film, other film and television companies were full of envy. The total investment was only 1500 million, and after deducting various distribution fees and taxes, the profit was not small. For a time, other industries also invested funds in the film and television industry.

This is also the first domestic commercial film to break the 100 million yuan box office since the new century. Various film and television companies and celebrity artists also issued congratulatory messages, and the entertainment industry was bustling again.

The relevant departments have also held several seminars to discuss the reasons for the high box office of "Time and Space Lovers" and to explore the meaning behind it, which is in line with the national conditions.

With the development of the national economy and the rise of the film and television industry, more and more people have devoted themselves to it, and the number of people applying to major film academies has also increased year by year. In 02, the number of applicants exceeded 3 for the first time, which was truly a horde of people trying to cross a single-plank bridge.

Since January 2000, 1, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Public Security jointly issued the "Regulations on the Administration of Foreign Students in Higher Education Institutions".

The Beijing Film Academy formulated the "2002 Beijing Film Academy Undergraduate and Vocational College Admissions Guide for Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and Foreign Students", which stipulates that foreign students must graduate from high school or have an equivalent academic degree, and foreigners only need to take professional examinations and do not need to take cultural examinations.

Domestic students applying for the exam not only have to face competition from within the country, but this year there are also more foreigners, making the competition even more intense.

Beijing Film Academy was very busy in February. Students and parents taking exams, led by school teachers, could be seen everywhere on campus.

Compared to the Central Academy of Drama, Beijing Film Academy pays more attention to students' appearance. Almost no students who apply for the acting department of Beijing Film Academy are ugly, so it is indeed more pleasing to the eye.

Although it is not the start of the school year, there is still a constant stream of cars in front of the Beijing Film Academy. Families who can apply to the Beijing Film Academy or art schools are at least not too badly off. After all, the tuition of art schools is much higher than that of other universities.

At the gate of Beijing Film Academy, a car stopped. A middle-aged lady with a very elegant temperament opened the door and slowly got out. Then a pretty girl got out behind her. If Gu Wei was there, he would definitely recognize who this person was at a glance.

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In Hollywood, on the set of "A True Detective", Gu Wei looked at the people in front of him, feeling a little dazed.

"No, Mr. Han, Mr. Wang, why are you here?"

Gu Wei said in a surprised tone.

Han Sanping said unhappily: "What? Do I have to apply to you to come here?"

"Come, let me introduce it to you."

Before he could finish his words, Gu Wei came up to him and said, "Do I need to introduce you, Brother Cheng Long, who doesn't know you?"

That’s right, Gu Wei who was filming on the set was visited by Han Sanping, Wang Changtian and international action star Jackie Chan.

When he turned around just now, Gu Wei found Cheng Long. He really didn't expect that the three of them would come together.

"Haha, Director Gu, hello," Cheng Long stretched out his hand and shook hands with Gu Wei.

"Mr. Han, is this the surprise you told me about when you called me yesterday?"

"I thought you were going to share the bill with me in advance," Gu Wei said jokingly.

"You kid, you are obsessed with money," Han Sanping scolded with a smile.

"Hello, Jackie."

Big Brother’s reputation is well-deserved. When the actors in the crew saw him coming, they all came forward to greet him.

Jackie Chan also responded politely one by one.

"Mr. Han, Mr. Wang, big brother, please wait for me for a moment, I will finish shooting the rest of this shot," Gu Wei said to the three of them.

Han Sanping waved his hand, motioning him to continue, and then took Wang Changtian and Jackie Chan to watch from the side.

"Attention all departments, start filming."

Gu Wei shouted, and the crew continued filming.

Half an hour later.

"Today's filming ends here. The remaining shots will continue tomorrow. That's it," Gu Wei instructed the on-site assistant in the crew.

"Okay, director."

"Director Gu is worthy of being a Golden Bear Award-winning director. His filming skills are truly first-rate," Cheng Long praised.

"Thank you for the compliment, brother. Compared with your experience, I'm just a beginner."

After hearing Cheng Long's compliment, Gu Wei replied modestly, "Okay, let's talk later. I just got here after getting off the plane. I'm a little hungry. Let's find a place to eat. Let's go."

Han Sanping looked at his watch and looked up and said.

When a few people heard this, they also got up and left.

Cheng Long found the place to eat, and Gu Wei was not familiar with the place, so he had to trouble him.

A Chinese restaurant near Hollywood. Although it is called Chinese food, the taste is very different from that in China. When in a foreign country, everyone can only follow the local customs.

Jackie Chan was quite generous and ordered almost all the Chinese dishes available in the restaurant. The dishes looked average, but the wine was good, Maotai, the national liquor, which is not cheap here.

In the private room, in addition to Gu Wei, Han Sanping, Wang Changtian and Jackie Chan, there were two staff members from China Film Group who came with Han Sanping.

As men, they can relax after a few drinks at the dinner table and become friendly with anyone.

"Mr. Han, did you come here just to see me?" Gu Wei asked after they clinked glasses.

"Kid, I came here this time just to see how you are doing here, and to relax at the same time," Han Sanping said with a slightly red face.

It turned out that with the distribution of China Film Group's film funds this year, many veteran directors pestered Han Sanping all day long in order to get funds, which made him annoyed. Just at this time, Cheng Long came to him because of some film-related matters, and the two of them discussed it and called Wang Changtian, and they came here together.

"These old guys use the funds to make some art films, most of which cannot be released domestically. They might as well use the money to make more commercial films," Han Sanping complained after drinking a glass of wine.

"Ha ha".

Several people laughed out loud.

"How's the filming of your movie going? When do you plan to release it?"

"Director Han, the shooting will take about two months, plus post-production editing, it will not be released until the end of June at the earliest."

"That's pretty quick. Once the movie is edited, just give us a call and China Film will help introduce it to the country."

This was the first time that Gu Wei and Cheng Long met, but the eldest brother was indeed a nice person, except that he was a little philandering. As they drank and chatted, the atmosphere gradually became lively.

"Director Gu, if you have time, come to Hong Kong Island and I will take you out for some fun," Cheng Long said with a smile.

"I will definitely go to see my brother if I have the chance, but in recent years he has probably been abroad most of the time."

Gu Wei looked at Jackie Chan. In 02, Jackie Chan was not yet 50 years old and still looked quite young.

Suddenly, a picture flashed through Gu Wei’s mind, asking him to make a movie, but he immediately rejected the idea.

At this stage, Jackie Chan is at the peak of his career in Hollywood thanks to the movie "Rush Hour" and has entered the ranks of action superstars.

Even if he could take part in the show, the huge salary and investment funds would be a big problem.

The movie that Gu Wei thought of just now was "Taken", a very good action movie in his previous life.

"Come on, come on, it's rare for us to get together, let's do something."

Wang Changtian raised his glass with great interest.

The meal lasted nearly four hours. After it was over, everyone returned to the hotel together. Han Sanping and others were not familiar with this place. It was not like in China, so it was better to keep a low profile.

The next afternoon, Han Sanping, Wang Changtian, Jackie Chan and others set off directly back to China. Before leaving, Gu Wei and Jackie Chan left their contact information.

The visit of Han Sanping and others was just an interlude in the filming of the crew. After seeing them off, Gu Wei returned to the filming of the movie.

During this period, Gu Wei took time out in the hotel to write the script of "Taken", and revised it several times to ensure the integrity of the story. He then asked Reid to take it to the Screenwriters Guild for review and registration.

Even if Cheng Long is not allowed to shoot the film, he plans to register the script first.

Of course, there are definitely more than one script that has been registered, there are also other types.

The next day, Gu Wei received a reply from Reid that the Screenwriters Association had approved it and no identical script existed. Hearing this answer, Gu Wei felt relieved.

Time passed slowly, and Gu Wei looked at the filmed clips with a satisfied smile on his face.

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(End of this chapter)