Chapter 453: The Final Shooting of Ghost Blows Out the Light

The crew of "The Wandering Earth".

Leonardo and others only took about a day to shoot.

This was the result of Gu Wei's strict requirements. Otherwise, with their acting skills, it would take less than half a day to complete a shot of just about one minute.

Afterwards, Gu Wei gave each of them a red envelope of moderate size as travel expenses.

Compared with Leonardo DiCaprio and others, the guest appearance by South Korean artist Kim Soo-hyun received much less attention.

Even in the crew, many mainland actors were somewhat resistant. After all, Korean artists coming to China took away a considerable portion of film and television resources.

But Korean media reporters were excited, and various reports were constantly sent back to the country.

"South Korean artist Kim Soo-hyun is filming on the same set with Hollywood superstars Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon."

"The rise of South Korean actors. Kim Soo-hyun talked with Leonardo DiCaprio and others during the filming of "The Wandering Earth"."

Only Korean media reporters can make such obvious exaggerations.

The reality is that when the crew was filming, Kim Soo-hyun and others turned into little fans, calling him "Smecta" all the time.

In the end, Leonardo and Matt Damon gave each other autographs and took photos for Gu Wei's sake.

But in the mouths of these reporters, the status of the two sides is not much different?

After the filming, Gu Wei and Liu Yifei personally sent Leonardo, Matt Damon and others to the airport.

When they parted, Gu Wei looked at Leonardo's reluctant eyes and couldn't help shivering.

"Gu, I'll wait for you in Hollywood. I hope it won't take too long."

Hearing Leonardo's words, Liu Yifei next to him couldn't help but roll her eyes. If she didn't know Gu Wei's sexual orientation very well, she would probably think that these two were gay.

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In the outside world, the aftereffects of the Academy Awards winning situation continue to spread.

In addition, filmmakers from both places had a war of words some time ago, and Hong Kong was at a disadvantage. Now, in addition to netizens, even mainland filmmakers have begun to speak out.

“Awards are not always well-deserved.”

Director Jiang Wen's words immediately made the media boil, and netizens were even more outraged for him.

"Jiang Wen bluntly stated that the Academy Awards were not 'well-deserved'."

"The Academy Awards have attracted huge controversy. Is this what you call fairness?"

Later, Ning Hao, Lu Yang and others also said in an interview that if the Academy Awards were to be run in this way, it would only damage their own reputation.

"The Academy Awards have lost their authority and have become a plaything for them."

Directors in Hong Kong Island also spoke out to support the results of the Academy Awards: "This is the price of democracy. The Hong Kong Academy Awards is currently the most transparent award for Chinese-language films."

However, Gu Wei was not in the mood to pay attention to these battles at the moment. "The Wandering Earth" was still being filmed, which was enough to keep him busy.

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On the 20th, the filming of "Ghost Blows Out the Light: The Mystical Ancient City" was announced to be completed.

A photo of the final shooting was released online.

The iron triangle combination stood in the middle, and all the other actors were present. Everyone raised their thumbs to celebrate the successful completion of the TV series filming.

Gu Wei did not attend the wrap party, and Wang Chen hosted it on behalf of the company.

That afternoon, the media reported the news extensively.

The TV series "Ghost Blows Out the Light", which is adapted from an online novel with a large number of fans, has just finished filming, and fans can't wait to leave messages on the official Weibo of Xingchen Film and Television Company, asking about the broadcast time of the TV series.

But before the specific broadcast time of the TV series was announced, the official Weibo of Xingchen Film and Television Company directly announced that the first promotional video of "Ghost Blows Out the Light: The Mystical Ancient City" will be broadcast soon.

Led by directors Wang Chen and Kong Sheng, the company's production department began post-processing the TV series, including dubbing, music and so on.

Xingchen Films Company, screening room.

After the promotional video was played, several people who worked with Director Kong Sheng in post-production applauded together. Someone clapped and said, "That's great, Director Kong. If the effect of the TV series is the same as this, I would be willing to pay to watch it."

"That's right. Domestic TV dramas nowadays try to save money in any way they can. The scenes and special effects can be as fake as possible. Director Kong's show will definitely get the highest ratings."

“Although I’m watching TV at home, it’s a movie-quality experience.”

Several people were speaking flattering words, but Kong Sheng would not be flattered by them. He just said, "Okay, we'll say the flattering words when the ratings are high. Let's take a break and then continue working."

Several people nodded in response, and Wang Chen took the USB flash drive containing the edited trailer, drove to the China Film Digital Base, and showed the first version of the trailer to Gu Wei.

"Yes, Director Kong does have experience in TV dramas, and this trailer is very effective." After taking the time to watch the trailer, Gu Wei nodded with satisfaction.

"Boss, I'll contact Mr. Song then." After the boss was satisfied, Wang Chen was relieved. After all, it was a project that he was solely responsible for. He had been keeping an eye on it for fear of delaying things. "Okay, the TV series has been filmed, the special effects shots are done, and there is not much to do in the later stage. It's time to let Song Ge contact those satellite TV stations to discuss the sale of the film.

But first we will organize a screening and invite representatives from major TV stations to see the effect for themselves.”

After getting Gu Wei's affirmative answer, Wang Chen did not stay there any longer, but went to find Song Ge as soon as possible.

In general, most of the plot of this drama follows the original novel. Whether it is the character selection or the costumes and props, they are all very attentive, and the styling is very consistent with the character's temperament.

Most importantly, the fighting scenes are beautiful and the special effects are very attentive. I think the trailer will definitely satisfy the fans.

It takes a certain amount of time for a series to be sold and scheduled for release. If it’s fast, it could be two or three months, and if it’s slow, it could take up to half a year.

In order to create hype in advance, the TV series planned a trailer at the beginning of filming.

Because this TV series has eight interrelated yet independent stories, even a trailer can't reveal too much.

TV dramas are actually quite profitable, especially now that the investment in TV dramas is getting bigger and bigger, and the production is getting more and more exquisite, so high prices are no longer uncommon.

For example, the highly anticipated Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace, the exclusive online broadcast rights cost 87 million per episode, Jiangsu Satellite TV and China Overseas Satellite TV each paid million per episode, and the price of a single episode reached million. The -episode TV series can be sold for billion, and that's just the first round.

If the second, third and overseas copyrights are included, the marketing revenue of the entire drama will be close to 1.5 billion.

What concept?
"The Mermaid", which had a box office revenue of 33 billion, could only allow the producers to get about billion in distribution revenue.

Of course, it is 12 now, and the TV drama market is not as crazy as it will be a few years later. The "Legend of Chu and Han", which is known as the "most expensive in history", was sold for only three million yuan by satellite TV.

However, the total investment of "Ghost Blows Out the Light: The Mystical Ancient City" is about 60 million yuan. Director Kong Sheng expects that the final editing will be about 30 episodes, and the cost of each episode will be as high as 2 million yuan.

Although the copyrights can still be sold for the second round, third round, online, overseas, etc., the costs must be recovered in the first round of sales.

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The big ship remains steady and reaping the domestic box office.

Another Hollywood blockbuster, "Battleship", which is known as the "naval version of Transformers", has also been released.

This is also a film that will compete head-on with many domestic films such as "Killing" and "Ordinary Man".

As a result, when the box office results of this Hollywood blockbuster came out, Ning Hao was no longer panicked.

"That's it? I thought this $2 million blockbuster was going to be something, but it only grossed less than $2000 million on the first day."

Ning Hao said arrogantly.

After the first day box office of "Battleship" came out, everyone in the industry breathed a sigh of relief, fearing that it would be the same as "Titanic", which would have been really difficult.

Gu Wei burst out laughing when he heard this, but it made sense. After all, the investment in "The Gold Robbery" was not high, and those with bare feet are not afraid of those with shoes.

As long as the box office of "The Heist" exceeds 100 million, there will be basically no risk of losses.

"Battleship is just so-so. Your real enemy is The Avengers."

Seeing Ning Hao's confident look, Gu Wei still gave him a reminder.

"I hope this movie is also strong on the outside but weak on the inside, then I won't have to worry about the box office of 'The Heist'." Ning Hao has already started dreaming.

"? What are you thinking? Even if this movie can't match the momentum of Titanic, it's probably not much worse."

Gu Wei directly broke the other party’s dream.

"Alas, the box office of Titanic is too scary. It has exceeded 100 million for two consecutive days, and now it still maintains a daily box office of 70 to 80 million. It is another blockbuster movie that has grossed over 1 billion."

In just one week, the 3D version of "Titanic" earned 4.5 million yuan at the box office and occupied 8% of the market share.

Seeing this scene, many film and television companies in the circle seemed to have discovered a new world.

"Why don't we buy a few Hollywood movies, remake them, turn them into 3D movies, and reap some box office revenue?"

This is also the first thought that comes to the minds of major film and television companies when they are jealous of the box office of "Titanic".

This is where the gap between big companies and small companies emerges. While small companies are still immersed in their ideas, big companies have already taken action.

On the Internet, Huayi Company announced that it would set aside a large sum of money to purchase the copyrights of some Hollywood blockbusters, which was extremely high-profile.

According to gossip, Huayi Film Company has set its sights on a Hollywood movie, Run Lola Run, a German film that was released in North American theaters in 1.

It is said that Huayi Film Group is currently in talks with Sony Pictures to purchase the copyright and remake the film into a 4K restored version for release in China.

It can be said that Gu Wei's remake of the 3D version of "Titanic" has shown mainland filmmakers a new path.

Although everyone's ideas are good, the reason why a classic is a classic is not that any re-screening can achieve such an effect.

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(End of this chapter)