Chapter 447: Oscar Awards Ceremony?
There is a common problem in the domestic film industry, that is, if a movie does well at the box office, there is a high probability that there will be a second and third movie.

For example, the "Tai Chi" and "Tiny Times" series, even though their reputations were poor, the producers and managers still wanted to make three, four, seven or eight more of them.

The idea is to make money.

The high box office of the "Painted Skin" series has made film and television companies such as China Film, Wanda, Guangguang, and Xi'an Film Group all keep a close eye on the subsequent series.

But as they waited, everyone started to get anxious, because they found out that Gu Wei had been busy with a new movie recently and hadn't thought about this matter at all, so they finally got together to discuss it.

The conclusion was to let Han Sanping come forward and find Gu Wei, hoping to start the next film in the "Painted Skin" series.

Gu Wei originally planned to refuse, although he felt that the "Painted Skin" series should be completed, but he could not resist Han Sanping's persuasion.

"Just listen to me. We can still make more films. Even if they don't reach the box office level of Painted Skin 2, as long as we control the investment, we still have hope of making a small profit."

Han Sanping couldn't think of any reason to give up such a promising project.

However, just in case, after Gu Wei agreed, he stated on the spot that Xingchen Film and Television Company would not hold so many shares in the next new movie in the Painted Skin series. The reason for this was that if there was a failure, other people would be able to share more of the burden.

Unexpectedly, after Han Sanping heard Gu Wei's decision, he couldn't hide the smile on his face. If Xingchen Film and Television doesn't take the lion's share, then China Film will become the largest investor, right?
"Well, this project should be started as soon as possible to avoid unnecessary trouble." Han Sanping thought to himself.

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"Leonardo, Matt Damon, Kate Winslet and other Hollywood stars visited the set of The Wandering Earth."

"Zhou Xun, Hu Jun and others posted a group photo on Weibo."

"Hollywood directors Cameron and Nolan arrived at the Capital International Airport, and director Gu Wei personally greeted them."

"Oscar winner Will Smith appeared at the Capital Airport, Tom Cruise and others arrived one after another."

"The Expendables 2 director Simon West and lead actor Sylvester Stallone arrived in Beijing."

"According to Liu Yifei, there may be a mysterious guest at the premiere ceremony."

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On Weibo, media and portal websites, there were a large number of hot searches and press releases about Hollywood stars arriving in the capital.

It gave the industry and the entire Internet a feeling of attending the Oscars, because those promotional press releases were indeed very grand and jaw-dropping.

According to media statistics, nearly fifty Hollywood stars, international superstars, and international directors came to the country on the same day.

The media reporters who have been "stationed" outside the Capital Airport for a long time are like cats smelling fish.

Their cameras greedily focus on every superstar that shows up at the airport. They take photos and frantically issue announcements and reports.

...

Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, and Kate Winslet, three Hollywood superstars visited the set.

This greatly surprised the crew members of "The Wandering Earth", especially Zhou Xun, Yang Zi and others, who kept taking photos with Leonardo and others, and occasionally spoke a few words in English, which looked quite realistic.

The visit did not last too long. After about two hours, Gu Wei and Liu Yifei had to send them to the hotel.

Because Will Smith, Tom Cruise and others also arrived at the Capital Airport.

As evening approached, Spielberg, Cameron, Nolan and others arrived one after another.

Everyone came here for Gu Wei's sake. In order to show his importance, Gu Wei had to take time out to pick them up at the airport in person. Gu Wei was so busy the whole day that he had no time to rest.

By eight o'clock in the evening, most of the guests attending the premiere had arrived.

Originally, Han Sanping planned to hold a grand banquet to let these foreigners taste the special dishes of our Chinese country, but in the end, Gu Wei decided to just hold a cocktail party.

Who knows what dietary restrictions these people may have, so we can just turn it into a cocktail party or buffet, which is convenient and saves time.

In this way, a Western-style welcoming banquet was held at the Park Hyatt Hotel in the capital.

The welcoming banquet was quite large. In addition to senior executives from China Film, Wanda, Guangxian, Bona Film Group and other companies, Gu Wei did not invite many celebrity artists in the industry.

On the contrary, many artists from his own company came. Even Xu Zheng, who was filming in Thailand, called. His tone was full of regret and he wished he could fly back immediately to participate.

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On April 4, the long-prepared premiere celebration of the 8D version of "Titanic" is finally about to begin.

Since Gu Wei announced the guests invited to the premiere in advance and chose the stadium as the venue for the ceremony, when the news of the premiere celebration was first announced, many enthusiastic viewers went online to buy tickets for the premiere.

Within less than five minutes of going on sale, the 3,000 premiere tickets were sold out, and the popularity was comparable to the Spring Festival travel rush.

Those who got the tickets were very happy, while those who didn't were mostly unhappy and even asked for high prices. In the end, a ticket for the movie was sold for 800 or 1,000 yuan.

However, thinking about the fact that many celebrities will be present, there are still wealthy fans who pay high prices to buy it.

Because everyone knows that if the films produced by Xingchen Films are screened in places like stadiums, the viewing experience is no worse than that of ordinary cinemas.

The 3D effects in some domestic cinemas are so damn bad that you can hardly make out what’s happening at night!
At around five o'clock in the afternoon, audiences had already entered the premiere celebration hall of "Titanic" in the National Indoor Stadium in the capital, and guests from all over the country began to walk on the red carpet one by one. The atmosphere was loud and lively.

The scene was star-studded and in no way inferior to any of the top international film festivals.

At the same time, there were crowds of people and cars near the National Stadium, causing some traffic congestion.

All this was caused by the fans who came to attend the screening. In addition to the main stars, there were many more guests who came to show their support than before.

Not to mention the invited guests and the audience, the number of media reporters alone was innumerable, far exceeding the scale of an average A-level film festival. They were guarding the periphery of the red carpet with their cameras and guns.

The giant red carpet is a hundred meters long, and on both sides of the red carpet, there is a hostess and security personnel standing every one meter or so.

The red carpet was exceptionally dazzling that night, welcoming movie stars, directors, producers, and hundreds of fans.

At the entrance of the stadium, a huge poster of "Titanic" fluttered in the wind.

Little Leo, well, now we should say old Leo. All the classic shots of Leonardo alone or with Kate Winslet were made into posters, standing at the entrance.

"Why is there such a long red carpet today? Are they holding an event?"

Not everyone’s eyes are constantly on the entertainment industry, as a passerby asked with some confusion as he passed by the stadium.

"Don't you know? Today is the premiere of Titanic!"

Someone next to me said.

"The premiere of "Titanic"? Wasn't this movie released more than ten years ago? Have I traveled through time?" Passersby became more and more confused.

"Hi, I heard that it was remade using 3D technology, just like '2012'. When you put on the glasses, you'll feel like you're in the scene," explained someone who knows the subject.

Hearing this, the passerby nodded as if he understood.

The same discussion was happening around the stadium, and there were even scalpers selling tickets for the premiere.

"Oh, it's so lively there, but it's a pity that I didn't get tickets for the premiere, there are too few!" A couple held hands, and the girl said with some regret.

"Hey, man, I have tickets to the premiere of Titanic. Want them for $1000?"

"1000 yuan, are you crazy? Xingchen Films gave it away for free."

"It's true that they are given away for free, but there are only 300 of them in the whole country. Most of the rest need to be purchased. Forget it."

The scalper said this with a disdainful tone, muttering "poor guy" to himself, and his voice was quite loud.

Hearing this, the boy's face instantly turned ugly. Then he looked at his girlfriend next to him, moved closer to the scalper, and whispered, "Brother, I don't have that much money. I only have 300 yuan on me. Is that okay?"

"Tsk, why bother to grab tickets if you have no money? Really, if you don't have money, don't come out and wander around, just go home and watch the live broadcast." The scalpers became even more disdainful when they heard this. It turned out that they were really poor and wasting their time.

"Hey, how can you talk like that? If you have the guts, don't leave!"

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Not to mention how many interesting, funny, and even violent incidents have occurred because of tickets.

Online, all major media outlets broadcast the entire event live, and some even claimed that today was the biggest day in the domestic entertainment industry in order to gain traffic. In addition to major media outlets such as Sina, Sohu, Penguin, and NetEase, even the six princesses of the central media broadcast the entire event live.

At six o'clock sharp, the guests who came to attend the premiere began to walk onto the red carpet.

Leonardo, Gu Wei and other main creative staff members naturally had to enter later.

"Swish!" the car door opened.

Hu Ge, wearing a suit, and Tang Yan, were the first to walk onto the red carpet.

Seeing this, the reporters naturally surrounded them and began to interview and ask questions.

"Well, the contract with Tangren Film and Television is still being processed."

"I'm here today just to attend the premiere. Please don't ask me any other questions."

"When the results are available, we will issue an announcement as soon as possible."

After answering a few questions from reporters, Hu Ge managed to get away and enter the stadium.

As soon as Hu Ge and Tang Yan entered the stadium, they heard loud shouts coming from outside.

Fortunately, Hugo was smart and asked the staff next to him, only to find out that it was Scarlett Johansson and Theron who arrived at the scene.

Hu Ge nodded when he heard that, but Tang Yan, who was standing next to him, had shining eyes and stood on tiptoe to look outside.

...

"Ah, that's Sylvester Stallone!"

"Yeah, he looks pretty strong. Is that Yu Nan next to him?"

"Yes, it's Yu Nan, the heroine of The Expendables 2."

"My goodness, a premiere is almost like the opening ceremony of a film festival."

"Look, there's another one."

"Who is it? I'm a bit face-blind, why do foreigners seem to look the same?"

"He doesn't look like a celebrity. He looks like someone from a Hollywood film and television company."

That’s right, in addition to celebrity artists, the vice president of Warner, the business unit manager of Universal, the manager of Disney, the vice president of DreamWorks, the vice president of Lionsgate and others also arrived one after another.

To be honest, perhaps in the eyes of passers-by, celebrities have a very high status, and their every move touches the hearts of their fans.

However, in the entertainment industry, the bigwigs of film and television companies are the ones who are high and mighty, no matter what the occasion.

On the red carpet, the superstars who were usually considered unattainable by everyone were greeted and asked after the CEOs of major Hollywood film and television companies.

"Fuck, it's better to be the boss. Look at Scarlett and the others, they just put their faces right up to him."

"Damn, your fist is hard, the old man is holding my goddess and won't let go?"

On the red carpet, flash lights kept flashing.

The time came to seven o'clock.

Will Smith, Nicole Kidman, Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Emmy Rossum and others arrived one after another.

Each person's arrival triggered a climax at the scene.

Maybe everyone knows the purpose of coming here today and the environment we are in, and the stars who can usually only be seen in Hollywood blockbusters.

At this moment, he became very approachable and showed no airs at all.

Taking photos, interviews, answering reporters' questions, none of them were missed.

Will Smith even interacted with the fans at the scene using brief Chinese.

"Haha, this Chinese tastes like mutton skewers."

"It's OK. Director Gu is really awesome. He called so many people over and actually got them to greet each other willingly in Chinese. That's amazing."

If the celebrity actors brought their fans to a climax, then the arrival of directors such as James Cameron, Nolan, Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and others brought mainland artists collectively to a climax and excitement.

Due to the cultural differences between the East and the West, major Chinese entertainment stars are not very familiar with the bosses of Hollywood film and television companies.

But for all the top directors, they can see "him" in the vast crowd at a glance.

Among them, Li Binbin was leaning against Wendi Deng. He took this opportunity to be introduced by others and went up to greet everyone with a smile on his face, appearing to be very familiar with them.

International star Zhang relied on her previous fame and shamelessly went up to greet everyone one by one.

Fan Binbin, Li Binbin, Xu Jinglei, Zhao Yanzi, Chen Kun, Lu Yi and Nie Yuan saw this scene and they were almost going crazy with envy and jealousy.

"Damn, this bitch took advantage of me again." This is what most female stars think.

Guests arrived one after another, including Shanghai Film Group, Guangguang, Bona, Wanda, and Pony.com.

On Hong Kong Island, Yang Shoucheng brought Huo Wenxi and others, Bai Bing, Chef Xie...

A dozen or so artists from Emperor Entertainment Group came here and there, but they were not the protagonists tonight and received very little attention.

Many media outlets didn’t even interview them. I wonder if this was the aftereffect of the confrontation between the mainland and Hong Kong a few days ago.

Seeing this situation, Yang Shoucheng shook his head helplessly, and felt even more resentful towards those people from the Hong Kong Film Association.

Among mainland directors, big directors such as Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Jiang Wen, and Feng Xiaogang take the lead.

Tian Zhuangzhuang, Gu Changwei, Ning Hao, Wu Ershan, Lu Yang and others also arrived early.

Jia Zhangke, Wang Xiaoshuai, Lou Ye and others were also present.

In addition to the CEOs, producers, directors, and celebrity artists of mainland film and television companies, representatives of mainland cinema chains were also very active this time. After all, the movie is about to be released, and they value the quality of the film the most.

After all, this involves a gambling agreement, so we cannot help but be cautious.

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It was 8 o'clock in the evening and the red carpet was already shining with stars.

"Squeak." The arrival of a Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle attracted everyone's attention.

After Gu Wei, Liu Yifei, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet got out of the car, the atmosphere on the scene reached its climax.

As soon as he got off the car, Lao Lizi heard deafening cheers.

"Leon, I didn't expect you to have so many fans in China?" Gu Wei teased.

"Haha, Gu, what I need is not more fans, but an Oscar award." Even at this time, Leonardo was still thinking about the Oscars.

After hearing this, Gu Wei didn't bother to pay attention to this guy. In the eyes of fans and audiences, this guy is the epitome of good looks, but in Gu Wei's eyes, this guy is a little obsessed with awards.

Representatives of film and television companies, theater chains, directors, producers, and artists in the industry who received the invitation letter from Xingchen Film and Television Company did not respond to say they would be absent, and all expressed their willingness to attend the premiere on time.

After learning about this situation, Han Sanping felt a little emotional. He thought that the Hollywood reputation was still effective. If it were other domestic movie premieres, there wouldn't be so many people coming like now.

"The premiere should be this grand."

Han Sanping was very satisfied with this scene. A blockbuster movie must have grand scenes and cannot be petty.

When Gu Wei heard this, he nodded in a friendly manner, but silently kept a distance of one body length from him.

When they saw Gu Wei and his group coming over, the media reporters at the scene went crazy and surrounded them instantly.

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(End of this chapter)