Chapter 311 Jiang Wen’s Big Red Envelope
When it came to walking the red carpet, Wu Jing took the lead. Since he had been close to Xingchen Film and Television recently, he was naturally asked a lot of questions.

The second person to appear, Xiong Xinxin, was treated worse. She only took a photo for the media and then went in. Yu Shaoqun, Bai Bing, and Chen Musheng were also asked a few questions by the host.

Emperor Entertainment Group's Yang Shoucheng and Liu Dehua entered the venue together. Halfway down the red carpet, Liu Dehua saw that the fans were quite enthusiastic and went down to shake hands, which caused the fans to scream. He took back two bouquets of flowers and handed one to Yang Shoucheng. He is indeed a person with high emotional intelligence and good conduct.

During the interview, Liu Dehua was full of gratitude, and when Yang Shoucheng talked about the box office expectations, he hoped that it would be better than "Let the Bullets Fly" and "Painted Skin 2". After all, you can't say that it's not as good as others before it's released.

Afterwards, the distribution director and the assistant to the president of Henan Film and Television Group walked on the red carpet, signed autographs and took photos. However, there were no heavyweights from Huayi Company and Bona Film Group, which seemed quite strange.

After walking the red carpet, Gu Wei and Lu Yang couldn't help but ask Han Sanping. When faced with reporters' questions about the box office, Gu Wei rambled on and said a few perfunctory words.

Therefore, after walking the red carpet and sitting in the guest seat, Gu Wei felt more and more that the so-called participation of China Film and Huayi in the production and Bona Film Group in the joint distribution was mostly a gimmick.

Furthermore, no movies were shown at this premiere ceremony. It mainly featured some martial arts performances and the main creative staff talking about the behind-the-scenes stories of the creation. In Gu Wei's opinion, it was quite boring, although watching a movie might be even more boring.

"Feel shabby?" Han Sanping said with a smile when he heard Gu Wei's question.

"That's not the case, it's just a little weird. I don't think there's anything that hasn't been discussed between the companies."

"It's said to be a joint production by several companies, but in fact most of the funds were invested by Shaolin Temple. They just wanted to use our name for publicity."

Han Sanping did not hide it. If it were not for the box office data of the domestic film market, he would not want to come, nor would he let Gu Wei come over.

"Fuck, these monks are really good at having fun. If the movie makes money, they get the benefits. If it loses money, you are still there to take the brunt of it.

At the very least, this movie can help promote Shaolin culture, killing two birds with one stone.”

In the original time and space, Gu Weiguang knew that "New Shaolin Temple" had poor box office performance, but because he had no contact with it and no one had talked to him about it, he didn't know the details. It was only after attending a premiere ceremony today that he understood the key.

"Do you regret coming here?" Seeing Gu Wei's thoughtful expression, Han Sanping asked with a smile.

"That's not the case. Just come here to show your support. It's nothing to worry about anyway."

At the end of the premiere, there was actually a ceremony to unveil the plaque. A plaque was covered with a red cloth, and the main creative stars and representatives of the production and distribution companies stood on both sides. Finally, Cheng Long pulled off the red cloth, revealing the words "New Shaolin Temple".

After the event, Gu Wei declined the invitation to the next banquet and returned home early.

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The next day, Gu Wei slept until dawn and got up at noon.

After waking up and opening the computer, I saw a lot of publicity about "New Shaolin Temple", which mentioned him and Lu Yang. It was also reported that they expressed their support for the film and hoped that "New Shaolin Temple" would be a big hit at the box office.

After seeing it, Gu Wei chuckled and was too lazy to complain. He then opened Douban to check. The current score was 7.8, which was much higher than the original time and space. Then he thought that it was probably because it was only noon and not many fans had seen it. After today, the score should have dropped significantly.

During the period before the Lunar New Year, the number of social interactions in the circle increased suddenly.

"Let the Bullets Fly" barely crossed the 7 million yuan threshold, closing at 7.08 million yuan, and was taken off the screen.

"Director Jiang Wen has become the first director in China to reach the 7 million box office club."

"'Let the Bullets Fly' surpassed 'Earthquake' and topped the domestic film box office chart, breaking the domestic film box office record."

With such a huge box office success, Jiang Wen naturally couldn't hold back his excitement, and he immediately called his friends over to hold a celebration party.

Early in the morning on the 20th, yesterday's box office results were released. Painted Skin 2 still won a daily box office of 19 million on the th, with a cumulative total of million. The goal of million is within sight.

However, the premiere box office of "New Shaolin Temple" was only 5.9 million, which was really surprising. What's worse is that the word of mouth is not good. The Douban score has dropped to points, and it has become a bad movie. If it continues like this, I am afraid it will not even get the total box office of million in the previous life.

At this moment, many film talents have realized that "New Shaolin Temple" cannot stop or even delay the pace of "Painted Skin 2". As for whether "Painted Skin 2" can surpass "Let the Bullets Fly", according to the current downward trend of box office, it is really hard to say.

But these are not what Gu Wei needs to worry about. After all, he cannot force the audience to buy tickets to watch the movie.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, at the Capital Yintai Park Hyatt Hotel, China Film Group, Emperor Entertainment Group, and Star Films jointly held a celebration dinner for the crew of "Let the Bullets Fly".

In addition to several film and television companies, the main creative staff were also present, and there were also many guests who came to support Jiang Wen.

The atmosphere was very lively. Even during the most important toasting session, Han Sanping and Yang Shoucheng were very casual. They wanted a relaxed atmosphere. Otherwise, they would not be able to have fun in the presence of the big boss and the atmosphere of celebration would be lacking.

Qin Hao was wearing a black suit and sitting at the table next to Gu Wei. He just lowered his head and focused on eating. Chen Minghao was wearing a sky blue suit and looked a little younger. He walked up to Qin Hao and whispered, "Hey, did Director Gu tell you whether we should go to the Berlin Film Festival together?"

In fact, Chen Minghao does not have many roles, at most he is a supporting role. It doesn't matter whether he goes to Berlin or not, but he is different from Qin Hao. The other one plays more art films and has more opportunities to visit the three major European studios, but he rarely has the opportunity to go there.

Qin Hao was stuffing food into his mouth, and after swallowing it, he said, "Yes, he told us to save the schedule!" "We, there is also my share." Chen Minghao was surprised. Seeing the eyes of the people around him, he smiled embarrassedly, nodded slightly to the person next to him, and then asked Qin Hao, "Could the entire crew and actors go there?"

Qin Hao was stunned for a moment. "From what the director said, I guess everyone will go there, including Su Chang, Tong Liya and the two of us."

"Haha, OK, I'll keep the time." Chen Minghao said happily, and then saw Qin Hao was still eating, so he couldn't help but pull him, "Stop eating, let's go toast to Director Jiang and Director Gu."

Unlike the premiere of "New Shaolin Temple", Han Sanping and Yang Shoucheng, who came to attend the celebration banquet, had smiles on their faces all night.

The box office has reached 700 million. I could only watch it before, but now I can finally get a piece of the pie.

At this time, Jiang Wen, holding a wine glass, walked to the table where Gu Wei and Han Sanping were.

"Come, let me drink first to show my respect." As he said this, he drank half a glass of white wine in one gulp.

Without waiting for Gu Wei to raise his glass, Jiang Wen poured himself another one.

This posture scared Gu Wei, "Director Jiang, I know you are happy, but you are really a bit too aggressive."

"Haha, I'm so happy today. I have to thank you for your trust. Without your investment, there would be no movie."

"Director Jiang, what you said is wrong. Even if I don't invest, I believe that Chairman Yang will not shortchange you of money for making the movie." Upon hearing this, Gu Wei said with a smile and changed the topic to Yang Shoucheng next to him. He couldn't resist Jiang Wen's drinking.

Sure enough, when Jiang Wen heard this, he turned his target to Yang Shoucheng next to him. However, contrary to Gu Wei's expectation, Jiang Wen and Yang Shoucheng just clinked glasses with each other.

However, after Jiang Wen paid his respects to Yang Shoucheng, he turned his gaze to Gu Wei. Gu Wei also found an excuse and got up to go to the bathroom.

"Huh." Gu Wei washed his face with the big faucet in the bathroom and walked towards his seat. Before he reached the seat, he heard Jiang Wen's unique loud voice.

"Mr. Yang, you used to give red envelopes to others, but today I'm going to do you a favor and give you one as well." After saying that, he took a check from Zhou Yun and placed it in front of Yang Shoucheng.

Wow, a huge red envelope of eight million! It was the first time for everyone present to see such a huge red envelope and they couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise.

Gu Wei was also a little surprised and couldn't figure out what Jiang Wen was singing about.

“Employees give red envelopes to their bosses?”

"This is the first time I've seen this. What's going on?"

It turned out that when Jiang Wen was filming "The Sun Also Rises", he couldn't find any investors and no one was willing to invest. At that time, his ban on directing had just ended and he hadn't made a movie for several years. In addition, he was filming an art film, so no one was willing to pay.

Later, Jiang Wen met Yang Shoucheng by chance. Yang had seen the movies Jiang Wen had made before and admired him very much. When he heard that the movie needed investment, he invested in it without saying a word.

“I told him, brother, this film may not make money because it is not a commercial film.

Unexpectedly, Mr. Yang said at that time, I am a person who cares about face, I don’t care about money.

Bang, I invested it, and I really lost it. "At this moment, Jiang Wen, under the influence of alcohol, recalled the previous situation.

"Haha." After hearing about the compensation, the others around couldn't help but laugh. Yang Shoucheng and Han Sanping also smiled and shook their heads.

After the movie lost money, Yang Shoucheng found Jiang Wen and said, "I want to buy your studio now, and we can do it together."

Jiang Wen was so exhausted that he couldn't even get enough food, so he still maintained his arrogant character and directly rejected Yang Shoucheng's proposal.

“Although I rejected Mr. Yang’s proposal, I haven’t forgotten what I promised him.

At that time, I promised Director Yang that I would write another script and you could take a look at it first. If you are willing to invest, you can invest. If not, I will find someone else.

As a result, that’s how Let the Bullets Fly was created.”

After listening to Jiang Wen's talk, everyone realized that there was something behind this. No wonder Jiang Wen wanted to send a big red envelope to thank the other party.

"Director Jiang, this is so particular. This is so grand!"

"Director Jiang, it's you who has to make the money while standing still."

At the celebration banquet, everyone agreed and secretly flattered the emperor.

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(End of this chapter)