Chapter 295 Sixtieth Anniversary Celebration
Early in the morning on the 23rd, Gu Wei got up early and packed up, as he had to go pick up Liu Yifei later. Su Chang had been staying at the young lady's house during this time. The two of them studied the script and were almost inseparable.

The temperature in the capital city at the end of October was not too high, and it felt a bit like the cool autumn air and breeze.

After packing up, Gu Wei drove to Liu Yifei's place. Even though the National Day holiday had passed, the streets of the capital were still busy with traffic.

It took nearly an hour to slowly drive to the door of the villa.

After arriving at the entrance of the villa, Gu Wei took out his phone and called the young lady, reminding her to come out quickly or she would be late. Today was a special day, and if they were late, others would think they were being arrogant.

About ten minutes later, Liu Yifei staggered out of the door.

The young lady was wearing a pink sweatshirt on her upper body and nine-point casual pants on her lower body. The trouser legs were rolled up twice. She had a beautiful ponytail, and she looked smart and lively.

"Let's go."

Liu Yifei walked up to Li Mu with a smile and sat in the passenger seat consciously.

The school's invitation letters had already been sent to the company. In addition to theirs, Ning Hao and Lu Yang's invitation letters were also sent together, just for the sake of convenience.

The 60th anniversary celebration of Beijing Film Academy, as an academy that produces many stars and directors in the domestic entertainment industry, there is no need to guess, Gu Wei knows that there will be a lot of alumni coming. He dare not say that everyone in the circle will come, but at least most of the celebrities in the film and television industry will be present.

After driving for more than half an hour, Gu Wei and Liu Yifei finally arrived at the gate of Beijing Film Academy.

Beijing Film Academy also put a lot of thought into this celebration, paving the door with a red carpet to welcome back the graduated students.

Gu Wei's car arrived at the gate of Beijing Film Academy. Just as he was about to take out the invitation letter, the gate slowly opened.

"Sorry for the trouble." Gu Wei smiled, holding the steering wheel with one hand and waving with the other.

The security guard at the gate booth also smiled and waved in response.

"Look, Director Gu is here, that's his car."

"Who's the co-pilot? Liu Yifei?"

"It should be, I didn't see it clearly."

At the same time, students and parents, including some celebrity artists, were talking loudly while coming in and out of the door.

Following the familiar road, Gu Wei drove the car to the school parking lot.

As soon as I got off the car, I noticed that many of the celebrities’ names were signed on the large poster next to it.

Wow, this is live star chasing. If you don’t know, you would think it’s some large-scale film festival.

"Yeah, so many people."

After Liu Yifei got off the car, she looked around and saw that it was full of people, and there were so many celebrities and artists that it was dizzying.

"It's normal. Apart from those who really couldn't participate, many people came from all over the country, and some even took leave from the crew."

"Look, those who can get a seat and receive an invitation are at least well-known in the circle. Those who are not doing well don't even have a chance to show their faces."

This school anniversary is also an opportunity for many people to communicate. Those who attend are all graduates of Beijing Film Academy, so they are naturally close to each other.

Beijing Film Academy is a big circle, with countless small circles within it.

Of course, Gu Wei and Liu Yifei are also members of the small circle.

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the school, many new sculptures have been added to the campus, adding new color to the school.

In the auditorium of the Beijing Film Academy, a huge plaque inscribed with the glory of Beijing Film Academy over the years, the most eye-catching of which is the statistics of film festival awards.

The densely packed records above represent the brilliant achievements that Nortel has made over the past decades.

The arrival of Gu Wei and Liu Yifei immediately attracted the attention of many people in the auditorium.

"Director Gu, Yifei."

There was an endless stream of greetings, and many people took photos with the young lady, apparently intending to post them on Weibo to gain some popularity.

In the auditorium, the seats for the celebration were carefully chosen, and the locations were written on the invitation. Gu Wei and Liu Yifei's seats were also separate, and the director had his own exclusive area.

Gu Wei took a quick look and saw many familiar faces there, such as director Ning Hao, Lu Yang, Wu Ershan and others. Their seats were arranged relatively close to the front, so Gu Wei saw them at a glance.

Several people arrived at the scene early and are still chatting and laughing there.

Brother Chen Kai was sitting next to the veteran director Xie Fei at this time. The two of them were talking about something from time to time. Director Chen's expression was a bit serious. It seemed that only an experienced director could make him lower his head and listen.

As for Zhang Yimou, he was also wearing a black suit and chatting with an older grandmother with gray hair.

As for celebrities, there are even more, such as Jiang Wenli, Yao Chen, Huang Xiaoming, Huang Bo, Yang Mi, Jing Tian, ​​Yan Danchen...

"Long time no see, how have you been recently?" In a trance, a familiar voice sounded. Gu Wei turned his head and saw that the other person had a faint smile on his face, staring at him intently.

"Yeah, it's been a long time." Gu Wei felt a little emotional. He had even forgotten when he last met Dong Xuan.

Was it a cocktail party? Or a movie premiere?
The two chatted for a few words in a calm tone, but many people still looked over here, including Liu Yifei.

Suddenly, Gu Wei felt a chill on his back. Turning back, he saw the young lady staring at him. When she saw Gu Wei turning back, she gave him a sweet smile. On the surface, she seemed to be fine, but he still felt the murderous intent in Liu Yifei's eyes.

The celebration officially began at 10:30 in the morning.

The anniversary celebration of Beijing Film Academy is somewhat similar to most class reunions, where successful people preach and talk about their own successes, making others look envious and fawning.

First, Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou took the stage to speak, reminiscing about the past and lamenting that they are getting old.

Then came the new generation, including Gu Wei and Liu Yifei, who spoke as representatives.

Finally, school leaders and some bigwigs from the general administration made some summaries.

It has a strong domestic meeting style, but it's not so serious.

“Nortel’s 60th anniversary celebrations have come to a successful conclusion.”

"Director representatives including Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou, Gu Wei, and Tian Zhuangzhuang took the stage to speak about the history of Beijing Film Academy's development."

“The leaders of the General Administration have affirmed the teaching of Beijing Film Academy and look forward to Beijing Film Academy continuing to cultivate new talents for the national film and television industry.”

After returning to the villa, Gu Wei saw the media reporters' reports, which came with photos of the celebration.

He didn't have the heart to read the related news now. After all, the young lady had shown her power, and if Gu Wei didn't deal with her, it would be a luxury for him to even have a good sleep tonight.

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The whole month of October passed by in a flash.

"Frozen" has come to an end, and its domestic box office has exceeded 700 million yuan, but there is still a big gap compared to "Avatar".

Fortunately, the global box office is now close to one billion US dollars. At this rate, it will soon set a new box office record for animated films.

Unlike the extensive coverage by domestic media, in Hollywood, audiences and movie fans have become accustomed to the high box office of Gu Wei's films. Or, it can be said that the entire Hollywood film industry has repeatedly produced works that gross over one billion US dollars, so no one thinks it is as exaggerated as before.

After all, it seems that almost no movie can break the global box office record brought by "Avatar". Even if others try harder, they can only compete for the second or even the third place, because the second place "Titanic" also has more than ten billion US dollars, which is not so easy to break.

Compared with the lively and media-heavy Beijing Film Academy anniversary celebration, this year's Golden Rooster Film Festival seemed a bit lonely.

Apart from the celebrity artists participating in the film festival, no one else pays much attention to it. They always use the results to deny the rules. If they don’t change, they will soon be out of favor.

As November approaches, there are not many movies that have received much attention in the circle, and this period has become a battlefield for small and medium-cost movies.

Ning Hao brought "The Great Robbery" back to Xingchen Film and Television Company, ready to start the post-production editing and production of the film.

Lu Yang also continued to polish the script and make preparations before filming.

As for Wuershan, he kept taking the main creative staff to appear on shows and do roadshows to promote "Painted Skin 2".

The crew of "On the Beach at Night Alone" is also ready and can start filming at any time.

But before that, Gu Wei will hold a celebration party for "Frozen".

China Film Group and Wanda knew that Gu Wei was busy with his new movie, so the two companies were responsible for most of the celebration banquet matters.

Gu Wei hardly had to worry about anything, including the selection of the venue and the invitation of guests.

The celebration banquet went very smoothly. Most of the people who came were from film and television companies in the industry, and many of them came with an attitude of learning.

Because they discovered that in addition to special effects blockbusters, animated films can also bring in such high box office revenue.

However, their thinking is obviously a bit biased. They focus on the profits of animated films, but refuse to invest heavily in them.

"We plan to purchase the copyright of the animation from the island country and adapt it into a live-action version in China. This type of animation film has a fan base. I believe that after it is filmed, there will be many people going to the cinema to support it."

Gu Wei was a little stunned when he heard this. Animated films, or live-action adaptations of cartoon films, are indeed prone to mysterious embarrassment.

The most typical example is Japanese anime, where every remake is ruined and there are very few good works.

The main reason is that the plots of Japanese comics are immature, and the character settings are cute and exaggerated, which is fine in anime or animated movies, but once they are performed by real people, it often causes the worldview to collapse, and the screen is full of embarrassment.

In comparison, American comics are relatively successful because the original style and characters are realistic, and superheroes have to follow the physical laws of the earth.

As the saying goes, "the rich rely on technology, the poor rely on mutation", so there is almost no difficulty in adapting it into a live-action version, and even if there are some modifications, it will not cause dissatisfaction among the original fans.

A typical example is "Wolverine". In the original book, Wolverine is only 1.6 meters tall and wears a yellow and blue pullover when fighting. In the live-action movie, Wolverine played by Hugh Jackman has transformed into a 1.9-meter-tall character with a muscular body, which has attracted a large number of fanatical female fans.

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(End of this chapter)