Chapter 289 Art film?
"Well, have you chosen?"

In the villa, Liu Yifei was sitting on the sofa, with a conflicted and indecisive expression on her face.

In front of her were two scripts, one thicker and the other obviously thinner.

"It's so hard, I want both."

The young lady was still struggling with the dilemma, while Su Chang next to her said, "Xixi, choose this one. Let Director Gu keep the other one for you. Finish this one before shooting the next one."

"Okay, this one then."

Liu Yifei slapped the script on the table. On it was the name of the script "Alone on the Beach at Night", and on the other was just two simple words "Dry Grass".

In the original time and space, the movie "A Night Alone on the Beach" was adapted from the cheating incident of a South Korean director. Kim Min-hee won the Best Actress Award at the 67th Berlin Film Festival for this film.

Taking Liu Yifei's age into consideration, Gu Wei made major adjustments. He changed the director's cheating incident in the original script into a story that combines multiple elements such as cyber violence, boyfriend's betrayal, death of relatives, and disapproval from the world, turning it into an art film with only a female lead.

The script lines have also been greatly adapted. Gu Wei intends to create the image of a woman struggling between desire and disappointment. Her strength and fragility, happiness and pain in the process of searching for the true meaning of life will be vividly displayed.

Combined with the real-life incident of Liu Yifei being cyber-bullied a few years ago, all factors are brought together to show the heroine's inner world from a unique perspective and explore many issues of emotion and life.

For now, the subject matter is relatively novel and is in line with the actual situation of celebrity artists. This is also a script that Gu Wei has considered for a long time before writing, and the subject matter is also suitable for winning awards.

As for another script, "Dry Grass", it also tells the story of a rural teacher being accused of sexual harassment by a female student. The male protagonist's disguise can no longer cover himself up. The two female characters in the script, especially the female protagonist, show her true and direct humanity. Through the content of the script, you can directly see the brilliance of human nature and the essence of happiness.

The two scripts are completely different, with the latter being more reflective of reality.

"Are you sure? Just this one?"

Seeing Liu Yifei make a choice, Gu Wei nodded slightly. It might be that the script contained elements of cyber violence, which made the young lady find her own shadow in previous years.

"Yeah, let Changchang play a role then."

"Okay."

Su Chang next to him showed a happy expression and said directly.

Gu Wei on the opposite side also smiled and did not object. The script had been changed and he was not absolutely sure whether he could win the award. On the other hand, it also depended on whether the young lady's acting skills could be recognized by the audience and judges.

“Okay, I’ll take it for review first, and I’ll start preparing it if it passes.

It will start in early November at the latest, and with the time for post-production editing, it will theoretically be able to catch up with the three major European film festivals next year.”

The script is not complicated and the shooting time is not expected to be too long, it can be completed in one month, or at most one and a half months. Such a short time will still be a test for Liu Yifei's acting skills.

"Yeah, I'm not going anywhere during this time. I'll just stay at home and read the script."

When she heard about the three major European countries, there was a little green light in the young lady's eyes, which made Gu Wei a little scared.

...

The National Day holiday is over in a blink of an eye.

In the domestic film market, "Frozen" became the biggest winner.

"Frozen" grossed 3.4 million yuan in seven days, sweeping the National Day box office."

"The box office of Under the Hawthorn Tree is coming to an end. The current box office has exceeded 1.4 million, breaking the box office record for domestic art films."

"The box office of "The Empire of Heaven" has reached 2.4 million yuan, and the current average daily box office is less than million yuan. It will be withdrawn from theaters soon."

Han Sanping, Ye Ning and others called one after another. According to the current situation, the movie box office is likely to reach around 7 million.

"It's a pity that it's not a domestic film."

Han Sanping said this with a regretful tone.

"Director Gu, the subsequent box office has dropped a lot. The gap with Avatar is still quite large."

Just looking at the box office during the entire National Day holiday, it does have the momentum of "Avatar" at the beginning of the year, but it lacks follow-up. You must know that even before "Avatar" was taken off the screen, the average daily box office was still around 20 million, which is more exaggerated than the premiere of an ordinary domestic blockbuster.

“Boss Ye, if the box office can reach 7 million at this rate, I will be satisfied.

Let '2012' break the record set by 'Avatar'."

"Haha, I forgot there was this movie."

"Let the Bullets Fly" held a press conference in the capital, followed by the release of the latest trailer and poster.

Two of the three main actors were absent, Ge You and Chow Yun-fat were unable to attend the event.

It seems that the media reports are not groundless. Gu Wei recalled the reports from a few days ago, in which the two had a quarrel over the ranking of photos and names on the poster.

It's a bit like there can't be two tigers in one mountain.

At the press conference, the leading actor did not show up, so Jiang Wen performed a solo show and the entire interview was just Jiang Wen bragging.

"Earthquake" became the movie that Jiang Wen talked about the most. After all, it was the number one domestic box office, and the big director didn't want to surpass the other in the domestic box office.

Gu Wei and Jiang Wen said that he did not go to the scene, as he still needed to revise the details of the script before submitting it for review.

"Brother, you must come to the premiere. You and Yifei cannot be missing."

Gu Wei really wanted to say that he was busy, in case the shooting plan changed and he really couldn't go.

Unfortunately, Jiang Wen didn't give him this opportunity. He hung up the phone right after he finished speaking, fearing that Gu Wei would say no. …

On the other hand, before "Under the Hawthorn Tree" was released, Zhang Yimou announced the launch of a new film project.

"In fact, I wanted to make this film as early as the Beijing Olympics, but it was delayed for more than two years due to various reasons. Now I can finally put aside other things and concentrate on the preparation of this film."

“The plan is to start at the end of this year, or early next year at the latest, and we are currently selecting roles.”

"In fact, I was deeply moved when I first read Yan Geling's novel The Flowers of War. I spent four years preparing for it."

"The subject matter is also sensitive, and we are currently communicating with the General Administration to try to pass the review smoothly."

Just by hearing the name of "The Flowers of War", you can tell that there are multiple female characters in it, and the female stars in the circle are starting to get restless again.

"Zhou Dongyu will not be in the role as his age is not suitable. The specific candidates will be determined in due course."

The reporter asked a lot of questions, and Zhang Yimou answered them selectively.

"Which lucky person will become the next Mou Girl?"

On that day, the news used this title as the front-page headline, which aroused the audience's expectations.

Two big directors, Zhang Yimou and Xu Ke, announced their new movies one after another, and some netizens dug out previous interview records of Liu Yifei.

On Weibo, he tagged Gu Wei and asked, "What about Yifei's new movie? Is it ready?"

"Ready."

Liu Yifei replied mischievously.

In an instant, a large number of netizens posted comments.

"What kind of film? Art film?"

"Where's the script? Where's the detailed information? Send it out quickly. I advise you not to be ungrateful."

"Fuck, is this true? Where is Director Gu? Come out and tell us."

"It's definitely an art film, haha." The young lady then added, and posted a photo of her reading the script.

Netizens are excited. It has been a while since we have seen Gu Wei's art film, and they are looking forward to it.

"I can testify that it is true. Yifei is reading the script." Su Chang replied immediately.

Now, there is no need to doubt anymore, and most fans choose to believe it.

"Ip Man" was a complete failure. In its first week and during the National Day holiday, the box office barely broke 100 million yuan.

Not to mention the comparison with "The Empire Strikes Back", I'm afraid it can't even compare with "Under the Hawthorn Tree".

I'm afraid that this wave will be a bit difficult for the Light Media Company, which is responsible for the distribution.

"Alas, I didn't expect this result. When I thought about Zhang Weiping mentioning this in front of me, I felt so angry."

Wang Changtian called Director Gu to complain.

"Mr. Wang, please be careful when distributing films directed by Hong Kong directors in the future."

Gu Wei said as a joke.

Tudou Video Company Headquarters.

When Wang Wei saw the news that just came out, he secretly felt relieved.

The National Copyright Administration has announced the latest news. The Administration will increase its supervision of video websites. Video websites must begin to conduct self-inspection and self-correction, and any works that are not authorized or whose rights status is unclear must be deleted or removed from the shelves in a timely manner.

You should know that since the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television shut down BT websites in December last year, online video websites such as Tudou, Ku12, Youku, and PPS that have obtained audio-visual licenses have become the "hot cakes" for netizens to enjoy free movies and TV shows.

Now free sharing has suffered a heavy blow, and the era of free is about to disappear.

"Fuck, there will be no more pirated movies to watch from now on."

"Damn it, hurry up and download some more while it's still free."

Netizens are wailing everywhere. After all, after the transition to legal versions, they may have to say goodbye to free movies and TV shows.

However, this is actually a major benefit for Tudou Video.

More than 85% of the online videos on several major video websites are not officially authorized. For them, even if they have sufficient funds, they are unwilling to purchase copyrights. In their view, the worst that can happen is a loss of money, which can be solved with tens of thousands of dollars. It is not cost-effective to buy the official version.

Only about half of Tudou Video is not copyrighted. This is naturally due to the fact that Xingchen Film and Television provided part of the copyright. After Gu Wei and Wang Wei talked about it, the other party urgently acquired a batch of video copyrights.

In this wave, Tudou Video is ahead of the curve, and its advantage will become greater as time goes by.

You should know that in the original time and space, from 2010 to the next 10 years, the three video websites led by Tencent, Youku and iQiyi burned more than 1000 billion yuan.

However, even though the money was spent, the problem of website profitability was never solved.

However, thanks to the country's emphasis on copyright and the popularity of streaming media, the era of crazy profits for TV dramas is coming. Xingchen Film and Television, which has been constantly buying TV drama copyrights, is finally ushering in the harvest season.

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(End of this chapter)