Chapter 473 Huge Influence
"clang!"

When Gu Wei and the main creative team stood on the stage and smashed the ice sculpture with the number "2012" on it.

A cocktail party that had both Chinese elements and Western style officially reached its climax.

In the venue.

I saw people holding wine glasses and gathering in twos and threes, all they were discussing and chatting about was the movie and its high box office figures.

And the name of Liu Yifei who kissed Gu Wei on the stage.

Faced with the "cooperative" interviews from the reporters present, Liu Yifei instantly became the focus of attention of all the women in the audience.

"Wow, Gu and she are a couple?"

"The cumulative box office of her movies has surpassed most of the top Hollywood stars. It's unimaginable!"

"I have worked with director Nolan, and partnered with Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon and others. Even among Hollywood actresses, few can do this."

It can be said that after the celebration banquet, with the coverage by Hollywood media, the three names Liu Yifei will once again spread throughout the entire European and American entertainment circles.

A world-class female star is being born!!
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There is no fixed process for celebration parties. It all depends on the organizer's wishes.

Of course, it was the same on the American side, basically the same routine. After the reporter's interview, Gu Wei said a lot of thanks and passionate words, and then entered the free time.

To be honest, apart from the brief excitement, Gu Wei felt it was quite boring after the climax.

Of course, if you want to make it interesting, unless Gu Wei doesn't bring Liu Yifei with him and takes a luxury cruise ship out to sea for everyone to have a group party, otherwise it will be just like that.

As the absolute protagonist, Gu Wei would be surrounded by a new group of people from time to time who would come over to chat with him.

On Cheng Long's side, it was also very lively. When Gu Wei saw his big brother wandering among various female stars, he couldn't help but give him a thumbs up, saying that he was indeed a veteran.

Speaking of Cheng Long, just now when Gu Wei and Liu Yifei walked onto the red carpet, a fan suddenly jumped over the security personnel and pounced on several people. Fortunately, the eldest brother reacted quickly and stopped the other party in time.

Under the circumstances at that time, any discerning person could see that the other party was probably high and mentally unstable.

When this happened, Gu Wei said a few words at the time, which roughly meant that no matter what time, you cannot touch this thing. Not only you cannot touch it, but people around you cannot touch it either. It is best not to even touch it.

After all, being in the entertainment industry means you are more exposed and if you are not careful you could end up ruined.

When these words were spoken, Cheng Long's expression changed slightly. As for whether he heard them or not, Gu Wei had no idea.
Without further ado, the cocktail party that night lasted until the early hours of the morning and was a blast.

Even Han Sanping and others got drunk in the end, but they were doing it for official business.

Just now, at a cocktail party, Lao Han and representatives from six major companies were chatting extremely happily.

The other party is looking at the Chinese summer market, and China Film wants to participate in the investment. The two sides seem to be in good terms with each other.

Leonardo DiCaprio, Will Smith and others are veterans among them. They walked around the entire venue with ease.

Gu Wei still has a high opinion of Huang Xiaoming. In addition to the fact that he had saved Liu Yifei, his high emotional intelligence, good interpersonal skills and good personality also made the relationship between him and Gu Wei closer and closer.

After talking with the heads of six major companies, Gu Wei took Liu Yifei and Huang Xiaoming to recommend them to various directors.

The point is to recommend Huang Xiaoming. Liu Yifei has her own support, and some European and American movies are too explicit, so Gu Wei is reluctant to let Liu Yifei star in them.

Since some of the on-site footage will be broadcast live to the audience and netizens, when domestic celebrities and artists saw Gu Wei and the Leader frequently receiving business cards from big Hollywood directors, many of them had red eyes with jealousy.

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In the early morning, after a fierce battle, the young lady went to the bathroom to take a shower. Gu Wei couldn't sleep, so he lay on the bed and watched TV.

As the presidential suite of a five-star hotel, the satellite signal of the TV in the room is very good, and you can even see multiple channels of China Central Television.

At this time, CCTV's Sixth Princess's entertainment information program "China Film Report" reported the news about Gu Wei in the United States.

"Recently, my country's famous director Gu Wei was attending the celebration party for 2012 in Hollywood, and he was warmly welcomed by American fans wherever he went.

At the celebration party held on the 28th, most of the Hollywood entertainment industry gathered, including representatives of six major companies, directors headed by Cameron, and top Hollywood stars.

It is reported that after the celebration party, Gu Wei will continue to participate in several interview programs in the United States, as well as an exclusive interview with Time magazine. China Film Report will continue to follow up on the report, so please stay tuned."

While the news was being introduced, the TV was also playing some videos from last night’s celebration party, some of which were quoted from American media and some were shot by mainland media themselves.

The cheers of thousands of people on the red carpet and the praises of countless top superstars, these scenes were edited and combined one by one, and the feeling of Gu Wei's explosive popularity in Hollywood came to the fore.

Gu Wei needs to create momentum and demonstrate his influence in Hollywood, and CCTV is also happy to help promote it.

After all, it is a brilliant thing for a domestic director to become famous overseas, and it is worth promoting.

Not only CCTV, but also many entertainment information programs and media led by the three major portals are reporting extensively.

Everyone is also very encouraged. In the past, this kind of news was mainly about Hollywood directors and well-known Hong Kong and Taiwan superstars. Now it is finally the turn of mainlanders, and we feel relieved.

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Gu Wei is already very popular in North America due to several consecutive hit movies. Now with "2012", he has successfully reached the top.

Wow, the name Gu Wei has swept all major American film and television forums and related media reports.

Many people compare him with Cameron, and "2012" and "Avatar".

The debate over who is better and which movie of the two world-class directors is more representative directly became the top hot topic on major websites, and long reviews of tens of thousands of words were not uncommon.

Many people believe that "Avatar" opened the era of 3D blockbusters and is a pioneering work. Although "2012" has an unbeatable box office, it is not the first epoch-making work after all.

However, many fans think that the film directed by Cameron lacks depth in content and is ultimately about alien colonization and lone heroes.

On the contrary, Gu Wei's film is a combination of commercial and artistic elements, adding the connotation of human contradictions to commercial films, making it a great work.

In addition, this movie is now considered to be the most beautiful answer Gu Wei has ever produced as a director.

We have quality, reputation and box office!

Director Gu's reputation was greatly boosted! For a time, the Los Angeles Entertainment News, the New York Times, and the Washington Entertainment News all used front-page headlines to report the brilliant achievements of "2012".

As for the bad reviews from other media, Gu Wei was helpless. After all, they advocate freedom of speech. Can he really stop them from speaking?

But most of the top media reports are positive, and a few negative reviews have little impact.

While Director Gu was dominating Hollywood, "2012" was also breaking global box office records in mainland China and Hong Kong Island.

Needless to say, in mainland China, most people think that Gu Wei has firmly established himself as the number one director, with a bit of LeBron James surpassing Michael Jordan with one championship.

Perhaps some people think that Gu Wei’s awards are not enough, and they will talk about it when he wins the Palme d’Or.

But some netizens are not happy about it.

Yimeng Qiancheng: "The Palme d'Or is awarded every year. Who else can achieve the global box office record except Gu Wei?"

Xiu Hong Chen 1994: "No one thinks that Director Gu will not win the Palme d'Or once in his lifetime, right?"

Well, if Gu Wei saw the words "in his lifetime", he would probably feel a chill down his spine.

In Hong Kong Island, under the operation of Emperor Entertainment Group and the crazy hype of Hong Kong media, the new record of "2012" was no less popular than that in the Mainland.

At this moment, the entire Hong Kong film industry and media were feeling mixed emotions.

"Oh, why isn't he from Hong Kong Island?" Some filmmakers even expressed such sentiments.

From the perspective of Chinese people, they naturally hope that someone can achieve good results and a higher status in Hollywood.

But from an emotional point of view, the two sides had just sniped each other at the middle gate, and now they have to praise each other in return. I always feel a little ashamed.

The Hong Kong film industry has experienced ups and downs for half a century, and now it is time for the film market to come to an end.

But even going to the mainland to develop their careers, they were trampled under the feet of a mainlander. The entire Hong Kong circle felt mixed emotions...

Naturally, the Koreans also have the same complex emotions as the people of Hong Kong Island.

Like Chinese filmmakers, South Korea was also in a stage of rapid development in the film industry at this time.

In addition to entering the mainland market, they also set their sights on Hollywood.

That is to say, starting from this year, a group of South Korean directors will try to enter the North American market.

For example, the movie "The Last Stand" which is currently being filmed, starring Schwarzenegger, is directed by Kim Jee-woon from South Korea.

In addition, there are Choi Seok-min, Kim Sung-hoon, Park Chan-wook, Na Hong-jin, and Hwang Dong-hyuk, who are known as the five most talented directors, and Bong Joon-ho and others should not be underestimated.

But no matter how hard he tried, looking at Gu Wei's current status in Hollywood, they all wish he had been born in Korea.

In island countries, it is even more exaggerated.

Including media such as Fuji TV, Nippon Television (NTV), TV Asahi, EX TV and TV Tokyo.

They all gave it front-page headlines. After all, this is a great director recognized by America, the man who was featured in Time magazine.

"The pride of Asians, the strongest director—Gu Wei."

“2012—a groundbreaking masterpiece.”

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Even through the screen, you can feel a strong sense of middle school student atmosphere coming towards you.

The talk shows in the United States are different from those in China. Gu Wei has experienced it before to promote "Interstellar" and is very familiar with the process.

In the next few days, after participating in talk shows such as "The Conan Show" and "Saturday Night Live", even Gu Wei couldn't stand it anymore.

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New York City.

The triangle where 42nd Street, Floyd Street and 7th Avenue intersect in Manhattan.

Hollywood called this place "Times Square" because the headquarters of New York Times magazine performed here in 1904.

"Xixi, I understand how hard it is for you to participate in activities!" Gu Wei sat down on the sofa, relaxed his body, looked at the young lady and said, "I am so tired!"

After the exclusive interview with Time magazine, Gu Wei still had time to work with the other party to take a photo for the cover character.

After struggling for a long time, it was finally done. Gu Wei couldn't help but complain to the young lady.

"What are you talking about? This is the international edition of Time magazine. I wonder how many people want to be published but can't!" Upon hearing this, the young lady rubbed Gu Wei's shoulders and said with envy.

In fact, Time magazine launches corresponding international editions based on different countries and regions to meet the needs of readers in different regions.

For example, the Asian edition of Time magazine mainly focuses on the Asian region. In addition, there are also American editions, international editions, etc.

The version that Gu Wei appeared on was naturally the international version, which had a greater influence.

To be honest, the participation in several high-rated programs this time was inseparable from the help of Warner, and of course some of the programs also cost money.

After all, in a capitalist society, there are things that money can't solve, but they're not many.

The reason for doing so is naturally to further enhance Gu Wei's influence. Warner wants to use his fame to launch the "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" series, further consolidate its position as one of the Big Six in Hollywood, and reap a wave of box office revenue.

Gu Wei's purpose was very simple, which was to improve his status in the United States as much as possible and lay the foundation for subsequent domestic films to enter the North American market.

It would be best if people could go to the cinema and buy tickets when they hear that a movie is directed by Gu Wei, rather than considering whether the movie is produced in Hollywood.

After all, if you don't take advantage of these years to reap some US dollars, when the international situation deteriorates, as a Chinese, who the hell will agree with your work? Go away!

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Ps: It took three chapters to write this paragraph, which is a bit long-winded. It lays the foundation for subsequent domestic films to enter Hollywood! !

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