Chapter 558 Domestic Trivia

capital.

International airport.

Gu Wei and Liu Yifei, wearing cropped casual pants, white couple shirts, and sunglasses, got off the plane hand in hand.

Feeling the temperature in the capital in July and thinking about the down jacket he was wearing when he set out, Gu Wei couldn't help but feel that time passed very quickly.

"Wow!"

As soon as we walked out of the airport exit, a large number of reporters who were "lying in ambush" near the airport swarmed in.

Seeing this, Gu Wei and Liu Yifei simply took off their sunglasses, stopped pretending, and came clean: We are back.

In fact, as early as a few days ago, media reporters had "privately" found out the time when the two people would land. Now, a group of people were afraid of missing the good opportunity and had been waiting for several days.

Gu Wei, in particular, had "disappeared" for nearly half a year. Reporters had countless questions to ask him and were afraid that he would slip away.

"Everyone, please be safe. We will definitely have an interview, but we need to move to another place so as not to affect the passengers coming in and out."

Seeing that more and more people were gathering, Gu Wei could only shout loudly.

Afterwards, with the cooperation of airport security personnel, company employees and assistants, everyone came to a remote place at the airport gate.

"Director Gu, may I ask what you think of the series of remarks made by Director Guo Jingming..."

"Director Gu, after the filming of The Revenant is finished, when do you expect the post-production to be completed?"

"Yifei, may I ask if you have returned to China now to complete the dubbing of Frozen 2?"

"Yifei..."

Listening to the questions from a large number of reporters, the two looked at each other and thought that if they finished answering all the questions, it would probably be dark.

"Well, everyone, please be quiet. Due to time constraints, Xixi and I will only answer some of the questions below."

Even so, Gu Wei couldn't help but break into a cold sweat when he looked at the dozens of media reporters present.

...

Even though Gu Wei and Liu Yifei only selected questions from some media reporters, more than an hour had passed by the time the interview was over.

That afternoon, the interview content of the two people appeared on the Internet.

Guangguang Entertainment reported: "Director Gu Wei said frankly that it is difficult to make a direct comment on Guo Jingming's work "Tiny Times"."

Souhu Entertainment: "Director Gu refuted Director Guo Jingming's criticism of the industry's major directors. He believes that box office is not the only criterion for measuring a film. Besides, the current box office of Tiny Times is still far from the box office records of Director Feng Xiaogang and Director Jiang Wen."

NetEase Entertainment reported: "The Revenant will undergo post-production editing in China for about three months, and then will be screened in a small group in New York to meet the Oscar application requirements."

Sina Entertainment: "Liu Yifei has finished dubbing the Hollywood blockbuster "Frozen 2". After returning to China, she will prepare for the Venice Film Festival in August."

...

In the circle, the interview with Gu Wei and Liu Yifei instantly topped the hot searches and firmly occupied the top spot.

For a time, netizens were discussing only Gu Wei's comments on Guo Jingming and "Tiny Times", as well as topics related to Liu Yifei and "Parasite".

.........

In a private club in the capital, Wang Zhonglei, hugging a young model, was reading the headlines on the Internet.

Looking at their own company, it has received almost no attention since the new movie project was launched. Even the celebrity artists who came to inquire about roles were only a few big cats and small cats.

Thinking of this, Wang Zhonglei felt a toothache. Does he think Huayi is not as popular as before?

In fact, he was really wrong. The main reason is that many of the people who are doing well in the Chinese film industry today came from Huayi.

Not to mention the time in 05 when Wang Jinghua led people to leave, nearly sixty artists left Huayi from the beginning of 2010 to the end of 2013.

There are quite a few actresses here who left the film unhappily or who have resentment in their hearts.

The main complaint is that Huayi uses too few of its own artists in the movies it invests in.

For example, the film "Detective Dee: Rise of the Mystery Dragon" has already been completed, with the leading actor being Taiwanese artist Zhao Youting, one of the famous "Heavenly Banquet" group. However, Huayi's own artist Feng Shaofeng can only play the supporting actor.

With so many incidents like this, artists who had joined Huayi expecting film resources could not help but complain and leave.

Those who left Huayi and wanted to work with their old company again had to consider the issue of face. Those who had little interaction with Huayi naturally had to analyze whether they could obtain the resources provided by Huayi after paying the price.

The borrowed east wind will eventually blow away.

Apart from the extremely high attention it has received, Huayi's "Women Who Act Like Pampers Have the Best Luck" seems to be just an emotional drama disguised as a romance film, which makes the actresses very hesitant.

What if I starred in this Huayi movie, and it didn't get high box office and good reputation, then those "little bitches" who have always been against me and competed with me everywhere would definitely attack me to death.

Moreover, the big and small Wangs of Huayi Company are well-known in the industry for being "good at playing". It would be really embarrassing if you stick to it and still fail to be selected.

It has to be said that it was from this moment that the once prosperous Huayi Company began to slowly decline from its peak.

The casting of Huayi Company's new film was suddenly announced at the beginning, which shocked the industry. Later, Huang Xiaoming and Zhou Xun announced their joining, which made the film a sensation.

But with Gu Wei's return to China, Huayi Company's limelight was completely overshadowed.

...Gu Wei and Liu Yifei, who returned to China, had too many things to do.

Liu Yifei was fine, she just had a few endorsement announcements to attend, and she also accepted Su Chang's invitation to visit the set.

So Gu Wei waved his hand and handed over most of the things to Song Ge.

But even so, there are still many things that require his personal nod and signature.

But things have their priorities and need to be dealt with one by one.

the next day.

While the young lady was still sleeping in, Gu Wei came to the company early.

At the call of the front desk staff, I went straight to the chairman's office.

"Director Gu, you look good. You must have had fun playing with Yifei." Song Ge came over leisurely and joked.

Hearing this, Gu Wei remained calm, knowing that the other party was saying that he was indulging in the land of pleasure. But as a man, who could resist Liu Yifei?

"Well, let's talk about the next business."

Gu Wei cleared his throat and spoke directly.

"I have taken care of the small matters. Take a look at the rest. They all require your approval." Song Ge said as he handed over a few documents.

Gu Wei took them and opened them one by one to look at them.

After a long while, Gu Wei put down the documents. He looked up and saw Song Ge staring at him with a smile.

"In preparation for the TV series Red Sorghum, Director Zheng Xiaolong hopes to build a new film and television base for filming. That's no problem. What do you think?"

Gu Wei asked Song Ge for his opinion.

"I think it's okay. After the film and television base is built, we can use it as a tourist attraction. It won't be a loss anyway." Song Ge has also considered this issue during this period and even asked someone to take a look at the site. The location is near Mo Yan's hometown and the location is not bad.

"The new company will be moving there at the end of the year. Have everyone prepare for it. All departments, including the animation company, will move there at the same time."

"Okay, I'll make arrangements in the next two days."

"The upgrade and renovation of Dadi Cinema Line has been completed. We need to hurry up with the subsequent expansion. The past two years have already entered the peak period of cinema halls."

"Well, I'll go over and take a look tomorrow."

"Increase the publicity and promotion of Swords of Legends, but do not delay the filming of New Police Story."

...

Gu Wei and Song Ge asked and answered questions, and they handled most of the matter in one morning.

Near noon, watching Gu Wei stretching, Song Ge couldn't help but ask, "Director Gu, you need to announce the release date of The Wandering Earth as soon as possible!"

Hearing this, Gu Wei slapped his forehead. He only told Han Sanping about the release date of the movie, but forgot to say hello to Wang Changtian, Ye Ning, Yu Dong, Yang Shoucheng and others.

"Well, I have discussed it with Director Han. We have decided to release it during the National Day holiday and release it simultaneously around the world. We will have a meeting together in the next two days and then announce it to the public at the same time."

Generally speaking, the publicity and promotion time of a movie is mainly concentrated in the first month, but considering that "The Wandering Earth" is a domestically produced 3D special effects science fiction blockbuster in the capital, one month of publicity time is definitely not enough. In addition, it needs to be released globally, so it will take at least two months.

"Director Gu, this is no small matter. I think after the meeting with other investors, we need to hold a large media conference to keep the heat going." Song Ge offered his suggestion.

"Okay, I'll review the second version of the promotional song and trailer in the next two days. If there are no problems, they will be released before the end of the month."

"Okay, I'll be in charge of "The Blade" and "Partners". Director Gu, you can handle these two matters."

Both of them tacitly did not mention "The Breakup Guru". After all, this movie was not invested by the company. In fact, Guangguang is the biggest winner.

Throughout the first half of the year, with "So Young", "Detective Dee: The Mystery of the City" and "The Master of Breaking Up", Guangguang has become the largest box office earner in the industry after Star Film and Television.

.........

In the outside world, the war of words surrounding "Tiny Times" is still going on.

I have to say that the fans are crazy. When faced with Gu Wei's comments on Guo Jingming and "Tiny Times", the fans were completely furious.

One by one, they went to Gu Wei and Liu Yifei's Weibo and kept posting comments.

What's more, some fans demanded that Gu Wei apologize, believing that he should not have commented on Guo Xiaosi in that way.

"They say fans are blind and crazy, and it's true."

What can Gu Wei do when faced with a group of crazy people?
Naturally, they would ignore it. The more they paid attention to this kind of people, the more they would become arrogant.

However, people in the circle still underestimated the power of fans.

Even though the cinema chain reduced the number of screenings, the box office of "Tiny Times" still successfully exceeded 300 million yuan and is still continuing to grow at a high speed.

The box office of "The Breakup Guru" is even more exaggerated, with over 400 million yuan already in the box office.

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(End of this chapter)