Chapter 379 News from Hollywood
In the entertainment industry, there are topics other than movies and TV series.

Recently, it has become a hot news that director Ha Wen has taken over the production of this year's Spring Festival Gala.

Since the first Spring Festival Gala was held in 83, "appearing on the Spring Festival Gala" has become one of the signs of whether a celebrity is a big name in the circle.

Two calls for submissions were issued for the "2012 CCTV Spring Festival Gala in the Year of the Dragon".

One of them is to collect "individuals, natural groups or other organizations who love comedy creation" and "from folk jokes to humorous segments to wonderful quotations. Once the works are adopted by the Spring Festival Gala sketches, crosstalks, and host links, the contributors will be paid corresponding royalties based on the number and degree of use.

As soon as the news was released, it caused heated discussions among many people.

Twelve years is a cycle. As the first cycle after the millennium, netizens' attention to the Spring Festival Gala is focused on the reforms it announced to the public.

For celebrities in the circle, what everyone cares about is whether they can perform on the Spring Festival Gala.

Since the program has a new director, the time for selecting programs has been advanced compared to the past.

Throughout late September, news first spread online that Zhao Bensan's program was cancelled, and then there was news that Happy Twist would appear on the Spring Festival Gala. It is unknown whether it is true or not, but the popularity is indeed quite small.

As October approaches, it is time for the Bazaar Charity Night.

This year, assistance is provided to abducted children and children suffering from serious illnesses.

Gu Wei and Liu Yifei were naturally invited, but since one of them was filming on the set and the other was busy with the distribution of shares in the new movie, they could only politely decline.

Afterwards, when the news came out that Liu Yifei and Gu Wei would not participate in this year's Bazaar Charity Night, the popularity of the Bazaar Charity Night immediately dropped significantly.

After all, you claim to be a top event in the entertainment industry, but even the most famous commercial film directors and actresses from the mainland do not come to participate. From the outside, it does seem a bit untrue.

Su Mang, president of a fashion group and founder of Bazaar Star Charity Night, sighed slightly after hearing the news.

Not only did she initiate and found the Bazaar Star Charity Night, which has become a representative of China's top charity events since 2003, but she never invited Gu Wei to participate, which became her biggest regret.

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On the other hand, the fact that major film and television companies in the industry gathered at Xingchen Film and Television Company has always concerned other celebrity artists in the circle.

Everyone was eager to know the specific information, but after leaving Star Pictures, the bosses of China Film, Light Media, Wanda, Emperor Entertainment Group and other companies did not disclose the specific details to the public.

On the other hand, Huayi Company also received a specific response from Xingchen Film and Television.

The Xingchen Film and Television Company left them a share of 10 million. If it were any other domestic blockbuster, million would not be a small sum. Even for "The Flowers of War", which is said to have a huge investment, million would be close to %.

However, the planned production cost of "The Wandering Earth" is as high as 3 million yuan, which is as high as billion yuan when converted into domestic currency. Adding Gu Wei's slight premium, the Wangs found that the million yuan invested by their company only accounted for about %.

This result made Wang Zhonglei feel a little uncomfortable.

Although they have now focused all their attention on other industries, since the listing, Wang Zhongjun has become more and more interested in "de-filming".

Suzhou's theme park plans to invest 30 billion yuan, and Shanghai's cultural city has also invested billions. The scale of financial operations of these projects has far exceeded its investment in the film and television industry.

As a listed company, Huayi Brothers' revenue in the first half of 2011 was only 3.31 million yuan.

You know, although Wang Zhongjun is determined to rely on capital to lay eggs at this time, this ratio is indeed a bit low.

As far as Wang Zhongjun knows, in this investment, Xingchen Film and Television Company only kept half of the share, and the rest was divided up by major film and television companies in the industry.

Even Wang Changtian of Guangxian got a share of nearly 100 million. In comparison, Huayi, which is known as the number one private enterprise in mainland China, only got this share. It is really embarrassing to tell others about it.

"Brother, why don't you go talk to Gu Wei and ask for an additional share." Wang Zhonglei suggested.

Although Huayi Company has invested huge amounts in the real estate industry, it will have no pressure to take out tens of millions more.

“The pie has been divided, now let’s ask which company is willing to make concessions?
Besides, this movie is different from previous Hollywood blockbusters or Sino-US co-productions. With such a huge investment, it still depends on the global box office after its release. But it is hard to say whether the audiences in Europe and the United States will buy into the Chinese version of the special effects blockbuster. "

What Wang Zhongjun said was true. Although Gu Wei was well-known, with such a huge investment, and the fact that it was a Chinese science fiction film, no one was sure what the final result would be.

"Or, we can look for other companies and transfer our shares at a premium. There are many people in the circle who want to get involved in Xingchen Film and Television, so we don't have to worry about no one taking over." Wang Zhonglei's eyes turned and he made a suggestion.

"Hmm? You can try it first. If the price is right, it's not impossible."

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The high box office of "Transformers 3" has made Hollywood filmmakers pay more attention to the mainland.

Just recently, before the latest movie of Star Films Company has released specific information, Hollywood companies such as Warner, Universal, and Fox have announced that they will consider casting in the mainland for several movies.

Hollywood movies have always been the object of desire and pursuit for domestic actors.

Especially Hollywood's high-quality film projects are rarely open to outsiders.

So far, how many domestic actors have got good projects there?

Among the young actors, the only name everyone can think of is Liu Yifei.

From guest appearance in "The Day After Tomorrow" to the sci-fi blockbuster "Interstellar", and then the movie "Inception" where she played the leading role, this series of resources once made domestic actresses extremely envious.

But now they all know that their envy was a bit ridiculous, because Gu Wei appears in these movies. In other words, these movies were prepared for Liu Yifei.

Now, several major Hollywood studios have announced that they will come to China to select actors.

Although it has not been officially confirmed yet, the news alone has made the entire film industry excited.

All the film companies, talent agencies, and popular actors are watching closely, so one can imagine how fierce the competition will be.

At this time, only an idiot would believe in such things as fairness and luck.

Whoever can get the role first will have the advantage in the entertainment industry.

Being able to get a role means that the actress has resources and can help the movie box office in Asia and even the international market, either through fame or connections.

As Gu Wei's new movie has not yet announced any audition information, everyone naturally focused their energy on recruiting Hollywood movie roles.

Leading the way are top-tier celebrities such as Zhang Ziyi, Fan Binbin, Li Binbin, Zhao Yanzi, and Tang Wei, all of whom are famous domestic actresses.

There are many young actresses who have ideas, such as Jing Tian, ​​Huang Shengyi, Gao Yuanyuan...

As well as new popular actresses such as Yang Mi, Liu Shishi, Tang Yan and others.

As for male stars, Huang Xiaoming, Chen Kun, Deng Chao, Lu Yi, Nie Yuan, Huang Bo...

There are only a few characters, and everyone has someone behind them, and their status is no less than that of each other, so what should we do?

Among the big names in the circle, one person took the lead, and then the top actresses and first-line actresses threw out all kinds of black material and gossip, which appeared intensively on the Internet.

They all plotted against each other, trying to discredit and kill the imaginary enemies in their minds.

Regardless of whether the enemy was killed or not, at least the audience and netizens enjoyed watching the show.

For example, a certain female star is involved in an affair, while another one relies on sleeping with others to get ahead. It's not just the female stars. Everyone is surprised to find that male actors in the circle are also very promiscuous.

Gu Wei occasionally paid attention to it and treated it as a joke. After all, it was more exciting than the drama performed by Happy Twist.

Not only him, other filmmakers in the industry were also watching with joy, but other small and medium-sized film and television companies were not so interested.

The reason for this is that the box office performance of domestic films released in September was a bit poor.

Several imported films, such as "Captain America" ​​and "The Infernal Affairs", have crushed a number of domestic films released during the same period.

The daily box office of many domestic films is less than one million, which has become a big joke in the eyes of many companies in the industry.

The daily box office of imported films is over 10 million, so the gap is really too big.

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It is now late September, and several of the most anticipated films have begun their premieres.

The young lady who was far away in the crew of "The Chinese Zodiac" also left the crew and returned to the capital.

At the airport, Gu Wei went to pick up the young lady in person. The two of them were in a car, and their assistants followed behind.

"Has the construction over there stopped?" Gu Wei asked while driving in the driving seat.

The main reason is that the leading actors Liu Yifei and Cheng Long have returned to the capital one after another. Their roles in this movie have been fully implemented from the beginning. How can the filming be carried out if they are not there?

"It's not a complete stop. The assistant director is in charge and will continue to shoot some scenes for other actors."

"Oh, I almost forgot. Brother Cheng Long asked me to tell you not to forget to attend the premiere of "The Revolution of 1911." The young lady suddenly thought of this and said, blinking her big eyes.

"Uh." Hearing this, Gu Wei had a headache. Guangguang's "Painted Skin", Bona Film Group's "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate", and Shanghai Film Group's "The Revolution of 1911", not sure if the three companies had discussed it beforehand, not only would the films be released together, but the premieres would also be held on the same day.

All three companies have invited Gu Wei, so he is too busy to be present.

"What's wrong? Don't you have time?" The young lady saw Gu Wei's tangled expression and asked. Then Liu Yifei seemed to suddenly think of something, "Haha, I really don't have time. Everything is concentrated at once."

"It's noon over there. We can go together. We can each go to one of the two shows in the afternoon."

Gu Wei was a little helpless. He had agreed to Li Binbin's invitation at the beginning, but who could have thought that the other party suddenly moved up the schedule.

"Yeah, let's allocate it like this. Open it quickly. I'm a little sleepy and want to go home to sleep."

Hearing this, Gu Wei no longer thought about the premiere and stepped on the accelerator to the bottom. The most important thing was to get the business done first.

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(End of this chapter)