Chapter 468: Mr. Han, You've Got Into the Wrong Business

Just when the news about Zhang Yimou's new film was making the rounds, Tai Chi Ma talked about the scene of his meeting with Gu Wei in a recent interview program.

Sure enough, Gu Wei guessed it right.

In front of the interviewer, this person mentioned some conversations with Gu Wei when they first met, and even said in a serious manner that director Gu Wei agreed to make a movie about him in the future. He was just short of directly talking about their first meeting, which already impressed Gu Wei.

After reading the report, Gu Wei always felt that the other party did it on purpose, or that this was Tai Chi Ma's nature, or even that all successful bosses had this problem.

You're pulling me along to promote yourself, right?

Originally, Gu Wei planned to meet Tai Chi Ma again to discuss ticket subsidies with him, and even use the other party's platform to complete this closure.

Seeing this situation, Gu Wei plans to do it himself. It is not difficult to say whether this thing is difficult or not. The most important thing is to build a platform facing netizens.

Although several Internet giants have almost formed a monopoly at this time, Gu Wei can find another way, develop the program by himself, and work with representatives of theater chains. He is fully capable of swallowing this piece of fat and does not need to care about the ideas of other Internet companies.

After all, different fields have different meanings. You may be able to conquer the world with one hand in the Internet field, but when it comes to the entertainment industry, it is no exaggeration to say that Gu Wei is also a jack of all trades in this industry.

In the crew of "The Wandering Earth", Gu Wei complained a few words about Tai Chi Horse.

He put down the work in his hands and went to the General Administration with Zhang Yimou.

The two of them had just arrived at the gate of the General Administration, and before they got out of the car, Han Sanping showed up.

"Xiao Zhang." Gu Wei saw Han Sanping's figure, his mouth twitched slightly, and he said to the driver.

"Boss, please tell me what's going on!" The driver Xiao Zhang immediately replied respectfully.

"Go to the car maintenance shop in the afternoon and check the car carefully to see if it has a positioning system installed." Gu Wei said lightly.

"... "

When the driver heard this, he was dumbfounded, but still nodded to indicate that he would do it.

But Zhang Yimou next to him shook his head and said nothing.

"Gu Wei, Yimou, you two are a little dishonest. You even hid such a big thing from me."

When the two sides met, Han Sanping immediately said something.

"Director Han, I actually find that you are underemployed in China Film Group."

After saying hello, Gu Wei suddenly said.

"What do you mean?" Han Sanping was a little confused.

"You should work for the Security Bureau. You will definitely be able to use your expertise and show your abilities there."

"Haha." When Zhang Yimou heard this, he couldn't hold back and laughed out loud.

"Stop talking nonsense to me and get down to business. Let's go." Han Sanping rolled his eyes and didn't care about Gu Wei's joke.

Seeing Han Sanping's impatient look, Gu Wei became a little curious, thinking that script review was not under the jurisdiction of China Film Group Corporation.

"Look at the posts online. If I don't come and help, I'll definitely be ridiculed."

Han Sanping took out his cell phone and showed it to the two of them.

Sure enough, it was full of comments from netizens.

Xiao Fengnian: "Is Zhang Yimou, the national master, going to shoot a new film abroad? I don't agree. I hope the review department of the General Administration will know what's good for you and not make me angry!"

Hope is perfect: "Where is Mr. Han? He has cooperated with Xingchen Film and Television Company so many times, but he won't step up at the critical moment?"

Mr. Taibai: "The last time Ning Hao's No Man's Land was reviewed, it was also Director Han who helped pass it. It's the same this time. Go and help quickly!!"

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To be honest, it is almost impossible for a movie to be released on time before it even starts shooting in the mainland, but those people in Hong Kong dare to do it.

"Two generations of Xu Wenqiang gather in "Great Shanghai"", this gimmick is loud enough.

Bona held a high-profile film press conference for "Great Shanghai", a film with an investment of 1.5 million yuan, and the cast was luxurious.

Huang Xiaoming took some time to visit the scene.

He attended the press conference together with Chow Yun-fat. The two of them, one old and one young, played the same role at different ages, which was indeed a hot topic.

At the press conference, even though the movie hadn't been filmed yet, Yu Dong had already decided to release it during the Lunar New Year holiday. He was extremely confident in his words, simply because the director was the famous quick shooter, Wong Jing!

What made Yu Dong a little embarrassed was that when reporters at the scene asked Huang Xiaoming questions, most of them were about the celebration party for the movie "2012" that would be held in Hollywood.

The question the leader is asked most often is whether he will attend the celebration party in Hollywood.

“Well, that’s not certain yet!”

"It depends on whether I can spare time during the filming of The Wandering Earth, and whether Director Gu will arrange for me to attend."

When asked whether he would join the crew to shoot "Great Shanghai" on time, Huang Xiaoming replied that he would give priority to finishing the scenes in "The Wandering Earth" and admitted that there was a problem of overlapping scenes.

"I will be late for joining the group, please forgive me, Director Yu and Director Wang."

Wang Jing smiled and waved his hand, indicating that he didn't mind at all, and that even if he joined the crew late, it would not affect the normal filming.

Yu Dong smiled on the surface, but he was a little unhappy in his heart, after all, it was he who personally decided to choose Huang Xiaoming to play the role. To be honest, although the leader played in two consecutive movies of Gu Wei, neither of them was the protagonist, he had already slightly opened up a gap compared with other first-line actors in the mainland.

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On the other hand, the box office of "The Golden Robbery" has successfully exceeded 100 million yuan, but judging from the current momentum, it is hard to say whether it can break 200 million yuan.

In Ning Hao's words, at least the capital is protected, and there is no loss.

To be honest, the fact that "The Robbery" was able to carve out a niche in a market where many imported films were released at the same time has indeed impressed filmmakers in the industry.

Some people even gave director Ning Hao the title of "anti-Donghua pioneer".

Many people even feel a little regretful, thinking that if the movie had been released at this time last year, it would have had no problem grossing 300 million yuan.

Although the box office performance was a pity, Ning Hao once again consolidated his position as a major commercial film director in the circle with this movie.

By the way, Lei Jiayin was also praised. It was the first time that everyone discovered that this Shanghai Theatre Academy graduate with a big head and old appearance actually had such acting skills.

For a time, the announcement about Lei Jiayin occupied the headlines of some media.

Many agencies want to sign him, but Lei Jiayin is not stupid and knows who he relies on to get to where he is today.

I have to say that despite his honest appearance, Datou has a delicate heart.

On the one hand, he was trying to attract big agencies to recruit him, and on the other hand, he was eyeing Xingchen Film and Television Company.

He found Ning Hao privately and expressed his intention to join Xingchen Films. In his words, Director Ning, you are my mentor. From now on, if you tell me to go east, I won’t go west. If you tell me to beat a dog, I won’t chase Kun away! !
"Come on, stop flattering me. Whether you can join Xingchen Film and Television depends on Director Gu's opinion. But I advise you not to hold your hopes too high. The company currently has signed artists, except Yifei, and the others can be counted on one hand."

The two of them were in the bar, and after a few drinks, Director Ning, who was feeling very comfortable being flattered by Lei Jiayin, decided to take care of this younger brother.

"Company No. 18 is fine too. I'm not picky." Lei Jia Music said with a chuckle.

Just like that, with Ning Hao's promise to talk to Gu Wei about this matter another day, Lei Datou left feeling satisfied and dizzy.

After the filming of Lost in Thailand was completed, Xu Zheng spent the past month completing most of the post-production of Lost in Thailand.

During this period, he basically went between home and Xingchen Film and Television Company. His professionalism is admirable.

Gu Wei didn't have time to watch it, so he arranged for Ning Hao and Wang Chen to watch most of the clips of "Lost in Thailand" in the company. The total movie was about 100 minutes long and the editing was very good.

In Gu Wei's words, you are familiar with whether it is illegal or not, so go and take a look.

Ning Hao: “…”

"Director Ning, there shouldn't be any inappropriate shots, right?"

It will be sent for trial next, Xu Zheng asked with some concern.

"I don't see anything that could be stuck. Even the story is not set in China. What can I find fault with?"

Ning Hao said affirmatively,
"That's good."

“Once the editing is completely completed, we will send it to the Film Bureau. The film should be able to pass without any problems.

It’s quite funny, haha!”

Hearing Ning Hao's words, Xu Zheng breathed a sigh of relief. The movie he had worked so hard on for so long had finally reached this stage and was just waiting to be approved and released.

On the same day, based on the information revealed by Xingchen Film and Television Company, media articles quickly appeared on the Internet.

"Produced by Xingchen Films and directed by Xu Zheng, the film Lost in Thailand is about to be edited."

"Director Ning Hao said frankly that Lost in Thailand is a masterpiece among comedies, with a hilarious plot and rigorous content."

"Lost in Thailand has already been announced to be released during the Lunar New Year holiday, and will be released at the same time as 1942, The Banquet, and Chinese Zodiac."

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Compared to Tong Liya, Zhao Liying and others who are doing well, Yang Mi has had a hard time recently.

After the overlapping filming incident, she was completely isolated from the Beijing circle, and several movies she had been involved in also fell through.

Afterwards, more rumors came out from Guangguang.

As soon as the release date of "The Four" was set, director Chen Jiashang began to prepare for the filming of the second part. However, Wang Changtian was a little troubled as to whether to continue to use Yang Mi as the heroine.

Logically speaking, it would be best to continue using the original cast for the sequel, but Yang Mi's recent popularity plummeted, causing Wang Changtian to begin to hesitate.

In the end, it was Chen Jiashang who suggested that they wait until the movie is released to see the box office and then make a decision, and if it doesn’t work out, they can change the cast.

It has to be said that compared with the original time and space, Yang Mi's development is not going smoothly at this stage. On the one hand, she has to compete with Liu Shishi, Su Chang, Tong Liya and others, and on the other hand, she has to guard against actresses who are gradually becoming popular.

For example, some netizens have started to compare Zhao Liying and Yang Mi. According to them, Tong Liya has now surpassed Yang Mi. After all, the fact that she was able to star in "The Wandering Earth" and walk the red carpet at the Berlin Film Festival is the best proof.

One can imagine how Yang Mi felt when she saw these posts.

At this time, agent Zeng Jia contacted Guo Yimi Si through unknown channels, and the two parties planned to cooperate.

As for Yang Mi, she put all her experience into the movie "The Secret of Heaven and Earth", hoping that this movie, co-starring with Zhao Wenzhuo, would help her turn things around.

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(End of this chapter)