Chapter 590: Giants Enter the Game
"A Romantic Affair starring Huang Xiaoming and Yang Ying has been released for a week, and the average daily box office is less than one million yuan."

"Starring Huang Xiaoming for free, the movie "Mad 2" grossed 56 yuan on its first day. The cinema chain has not yet announced whether it can continue to be shown."

August is the most intense month in the summer season, with many movies released and naturally more cannon fodder.

"A Romantic Affair" and "Made 2", starring Huang Xiaoming, were released one after another.

At this moment, the box office of the two movies is worse than the other, it is simply terrible!
On the contrary, "One Night Surprise" starring Fan Binbin earned 1200 million on the first day. Although it is not as good as "Tiny Times 2", at least it can guarantee that it will not lose money, and it can even make a small profit.

"Is Huang Xiaoming short of resources or is he just not smart? Why does he always make such crappy movies?"

"The leader's resources are not good. How many male stars in the industry can compare with him?"

Netizens don’t know how to complain. It really is true that the leader’s acting skills are like Schrödinger’s cat, unpredictable!

Huang Xiaoming, who is in the crew of "The Crossing", also said in an interview with reporters that he would carefully select scripts in the future. He then apologized to his fans on Weibo with full sincerity.

After seeing the other party's Weibo post, Gu Wei also commented below, jokingly saying: "Play less domineering CEOs and work more on your acting skills. You were in good shape when filming The Wandering Earth. Keep it up!"

Within two minutes, Huang Xiaoming replied with a "received" and added a wry smile emoticon at the end.

Su Chang then commented: "The Emperor of Han Dynasty and New Shanghai Bund are also good, haha!"

Liu Yifei followed closely, "The Return of the Condor Heroes is also OK, right, Guoer."

Ning Hao also joined in the fun, "Partners" is also good, Cheng Dongqing was brought to life by you."

Now, netizens couldn’t sit still anymore and started to interact with each other by leaving comments below.

"Haha, Director Gu called my name."

"Master, practice your acting skills more, otherwise Director Gu won't consider you when he makes award-winning films in the future!"

As more and more comments appeared, some netizens even directly tagged Liu Yifei, asking her what she thought about the recent controversial casting of the Little Dragon Girl?
Liu Yifei: "..."

In the office, Gu Wei watched as more and more celebrity artists, including Zhou Xun, Li Binbin, Fan Binbin and others joined in the comments, and he became playful.

I directly posted another comment, and without waiting for a reply, I went straight to the third floor and started working.

...

The crew of "The Crossing".

Huang Xiaoming, dressed in military uniform and with gunpowder all over his face, had just finished filming when he ran into Tong Dawei who was walking towards him.

"Sure, Xiao Ming, have you seen Director Gu's comments on Weibo?" Tong Dawei said happily.

"Well, you should be more careful when accepting scripts in the future. Acting in too many bad movies will hinder your development."

"There's nothing wrong with what you said, but you have a really good relationship with Director Gu. He even said that he would let you be the first to audition for art films in the future." Tong Dawei said enviously.

"Audition?" Huang Xiaoming sensed something was wrong and picked up his phone to open Weibo to read.

There were quite a few on Weibo, most of which were from people in the industry, but Huang Xiaoming was the first to see the one Gu Wei posted, "Listen to the suggestions of netizens, I'll let you be the first to audition for the next art film, haha!"

Seeing this comment, Huang Xiaoming's mouth curled up slightly and he immediately replied.

After replying, Huang Xiaoming continued to scroll down and Zhang Ziyi's comment immediately caught his eye.

"Come on, Xiao Ming. I look forward to working with you and Director Gu on the next movie."

The following are comments from netizens, saying all sorts of things.

"Catch the heat?"

"Let's not do that. Director Gu doesn't like to work with artists who have a lot of problems."

"Haha, this makes me laugh to death. You're still encouraging others to cheer you up. Don't you look at your own behavior?!"

Seeing this, Huang Xiaoming frowned...

.........

It has been more than a month since the filming of "New World" was completed in South Korea. The head of CJ Entertainment came to the capital specifically to talk about the post-production editing of the film.

"According to Director Park Jung-hoon's estimate, post-production editing will be completed in more than a month, and no later than November."

"Well, this speed is okay, quite fast." Gu Wei nodded.

After all, this movie is about modern gangsters, and unlike costume films and art films, it requires a longer time for post-production.

After chatting for a while, Gu Wei also knew the other party's additional mission. One was to use Gu Wei's relationship to meet with the successor of China Film in advance in private. The other was about the introduction of "New World" to China.

It seems that the news of La Peikang taking over has spread not only in the domestic circle, but also in South Korea.

It is said that the Chinese people's culture of human relationships is deeply rooted and engraved in their bones, but from this perspective, South Korea is also deeply influenced.

That’s true. After all, as a suzerain state for thousands of years, its influence on the surrounding areas is too profound to be erased.

However, Gu Wei was powerless to fulfill the other party's request. He had never met La Peikang, so how could he act as a matchmaker?

"You can go find Mr. Han and see if he is willing to help with the introduction." Gu Wei pointed out a way for the other party, but as for whether Han Sanping would help or not, that was unknown.

"Okay, Director Gu, thank you for your help."

In recent years, the influence of the Korean Wave in China has been growing, and CJ Entertainment's appetite may be growing. The company is no longer satisfied with South Korean artists entering the country, and wants to take advantage of the new leadership to build good relationships in advance and increase the number of Korean films introduced.

"Director Gu, I'd like to trouble you to take care of whether New World can be successfully introduced to the mainland. If conditions permit, we hope to release it in the mainland as a batch film." The head of Xijie Entertainment said humbly. "New World cannot be introduced to the mainland. Let's talk about this later." Gu Wei directly rejected the other party, leaving no room for negotiation.

"Why?" The other party looked a little unhappy, and was a little confused. After all, if the films were shipped to the mainland in batches, everyone could make more money.

Considering that he had invested in this movie, Gu Wei patiently said a few more words.

“First of all, regarding the subject matter, the mainland’s censorship system will not allow particularly violent and bloody gangster movies to enter.

Besides, even if it can be included, the scenes will have to be cut and the ending will have to be changed. For a gangster movie, do you think the audience can accept the large-scale deletion of scenes, and can it still sell well at the box office? "Gu Wei's words were very direct and his meaning was very clear.

To be honest, "New World" may be a good movie, but it is a bit unrealistic for the other party to want to release it in mainland China.

Even with Gu Wei's help, the final outcome will most likely still be failure to pass the review.

Oh, you make a movie where gangsters can kill policemen and whitewash themselves. What do you want to do? Ignore the law and morality?
Maybe after seeing this, the people above will say, "Little comrade, your ideas are very dangerous. What kind of ideas do you want to spread?"

After all, this is the national situation!!!

The other party was a little disappointed after hearing this. The idea of ​​the senior management of CJ Company was to use the influence of Xingchen Film and Television to allow "New World" to enter the country smoothly, but Gu Wei's refusal undoubtedly made their previous plan impractical.

However, CJ has a huge influence in South Korea and naturally has other connections in the mainland. This time he came here just for this matter.

After the two sides chatted for a while, the other party left tactfully. Before leaving, he also invited Gu Wei, hoping that he could visit South Korea again when he had time.

In response to the invitation, Gu Wei responded casually. He would be busy in the next few months and would probably not have the time to go.

.........

At around 1 p.m., Gu Wei finished his work and drove to the General Administration for a meeting.

At the same time, film and television giants in the industry who received the notice were gathering at the General Administration.

When we got outside the General Administration, we saw a lot of luxury cars. But when we thought about it, it made sense, after all, many bosses from film and television companies came here today.

"Director Gu."

Wang Changtian got out of a luxury car and walked to Gu Wei's side: "Are you curious why Internet companies are here too?"

Gu Wei nodded subconsciously, but in a trance he also had some guesses.

"Ali, Penguin, Baidu, 360, Sohu..."

He muttered to himself that everything that was supposed to happen in the Internet field had happened.

Suddenly, Gu Wei's eyes lit up. He saw Wang Wei and Tu Dou also coming. He walked over to say hello and they chatted for a while.

There are many giants in the film and television industry, including China Film Group, Shanghai Film Group, Xi'an Film Group, Huayi Brothers, Bonjana, Star Media, and Orange Sky.

"Let's go in." Ye Ning reminded.

The large conference room that can accommodate hundreds of people is almost full.

The deputy director of Radio, Film and Television personally presided over the meeting, and people from the General Administration of Press and Publication and the Ministry of Culture were also present.

As soon as he entered the meeting room, Gu Wei saw Han Sanping at a glance. The other party was talking in a low voice with several leaders. After seeing Gu Wei, he nodded.

The content of the meeting was very simple, and the core was to crack down on the piracy industry.

The Internet is the main concentration of film and television piracy, but Internet companies are at a loss as to where to start and are troubled by it, so action has to be taken from above.

There is no way around it. After the reform and opening up, in order to develop the economy, many industries in China grew wildly in the early stages, including the Internet and other fields. There were no corresponding regulatory agencies in the early stages.

But as the national economy develops better and better, problems have also been discovered. What should we do?
In capitalist countries, it may take some discussion and public support before the issue can be resolved, but in China, it is very simple. Once a document is issued, the departments below can only follow it immediately.

It is not enough to just follow the instructions; the key is to achieve results.

Look, the leaders above directly set the time and results.

"In the coming year, multiple relevant departments will come up with solutions to completely eradicate the stubborn problem of piracy..."

Look, this is execution.

Therefore, in the country, no matter how big the capital grows, it cannot overcome the policies.

After talking about piracy, the leaders of the General Administration moved on to the next item.

"In order to accelerate the development and prosperity of the film and television culture industry, policies encourage Internet companies to enter the film and television culture industry."

On the stage, the deputy director spoke eloquently, but it didn't sound like a communication but rather like an order.

"Haha, this is a good thing. With more money coming in, the market will become better and bigger, and our company will become stronger and stronger." Yu Dong turned around and said to Gu Wei.

“That’s true, but Internet companies are different from the financial industry, and even more different from coal bosses and real estate developers.

Their desire for control and tyranny are not just talk, they are cannibalistic!"

Gu Wei said with a serious expression that after all, Internet giants have an advantage in funding, and filmmaking is an industry that particularly requires money.

"What are you afraid of? If they dare to come in, we have a way to let them know who has the final say in this industry." Wang Changtian didn't care at all and seemed very confident.

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(End of this chapter)