Chapter 600: Rejecting the invitation to the premiere (1.1 words long chapter)
After the award ceremony, everyone was still immersed in excitement.

The three major European film festivals and the Academy Awards, each film festival trophy has a unique shape.

The Academy Awards are little golden men, the Berlin Film Festival is a standing bear, available in gold and silver, and the Cannes is a golden palm leaf, with different awards having different sizes.

Gu Wei was playing with the Best Actress trophy in his hand. The cup-shaped trophy had a layer of silver on the outside, and it looked like it was silver-plated. His eyes were bright.

Before the award ceremony, Zhang Yimou and Gu Wei made interview appointments with several media reporters.

Sina, Sohu and Penguin took turns, and almost everyone answered two or three questions.

At the end of the interview, only the Six Princesses from CCTV were left. After everyone's excitement wore off, coupled with the continuous questioning, a feeling of exhaustion instantly came over them.

"Director Zhang, Director Gu, why don't we go somewhere else and sit down to talk." Seeing that the group looked tired, the reporter from the Sixth Princess gave a suggestion.

"Well, we can go to another place." Zhang Yimou held the trophy, looked at the others and nodded after seeing that they had no objection.

"Okay, we'll stay in the hotel next door. There's a meeting room over there." The reporter pointed to a place not far away, and at the same time he was already very happy. A private interview was a rare opportunity.

Gu Wei ignored the other party's little thoughts and just wanted to finish the interview as soon as possible as there should be more official activities at the film festival later.

As the biggest winner of this year, the crew of "Parasite" definitely couldn't refuse.

Arriving at the hotel conference room, everyone gathered in a circle and all appeared on camera.

"Director Zhang, this time Parasite won four awards. What do you want to say to the domestic audience?"

Zhang Yimou glanced at the others, then replied with a smile:
“First of all, I am definitely happy. After all, I never thought I would gain so much before coming here.

To be honest, we were very satisfied with this trip to Venice. Not only did Yifei and Qin Hao achieve breakthroughs, but I also won my third Golden Lion Award and set a new record.

I would like to say thank you to our fans and fans who have supported us. Thank you for your support along the way..."

The reporter of the Sixth Princess also smiled:
“It is indeed a big breakthrough, but it also proves that Parasite has this strength, otherwise the chairman of the jury would not have voiced his support.”

"Then I would like to ask Director Zhang, does the fact that "Parasite" won the grand prize mean that this movie will participate in next year's Academy Awards?" The reporter looked at the manuscript in his hand and continued to ask.

"Well, that depends on whether the nomination quota can be confirmed. I am naturally very happy to represent the country." Zhang Yimou answered very cautiously, and did not say that it was 90% certain, for fear of being found fault by those with ulterior motives.

Afterwards, Liu Yifei and Qin Hao were interviewed with two questions respectively, and then it was Gu Wei's turn.

"Director Gu, you successfully won the Best Screenplay Award this time. When you gave your acceptance speech, you also said that you would come to Venice again with your work. Do you have any plans to shoot an award-winning film in the near future?" The reporter held up the microphone, expecting some big news to be revealed.

"Haha, I will definitely come to Venice, but the time may be later. I don't have any plans to make art films in the near future. After all, my next movie is "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" in cooperation with Warner, and they have been waiting for my schedule."

"The Wandering Earth is about to be released. Does Director Gu have any expected target for the overseas box office of this movie?"

"That's not the case, but I still hope the box office is as high as possible."

“The post-production editing of The Revenant has been completed. Can it be successfully nominated for the Oscars next year?”

It has to be said that Gu Wei is a very popular topic and the Sixth Princess seems to have endless questions to ask.

It was originally planned to be an interview, but it turned out to be an exclusive interview. By the time it ended, more than half an hour had passed.

After the interview, everyone walked out of the hotel together.

"Okay, okay, everyone put away the trophies, there will be a cocktail party later." Zhang Yimou received an official notice that the next party would be held later in a hotel not far away.

"Haha, I got what I wanted!"

"Can I not go to the cocktail party? I just want to have a good sleep holding the trophy." Qin Hao held the Volpi Cup tightly and said directly.

"Yeah, me too." Liu Yifei kept nodding beside him.

Gu Wei: "You sleep with it, what about me?"

The group walked out of the venue chatting and laughing, becoming the envy of others.

"Haha, congratulations!"

Song Ge, who had just seen off a few film producers, congratulated them with a smile when he saw everyone coming out after the interview.

"Thank you, Mr. Song."

Qin Hao and others answered with a smile and raised the trophy in their hands.

After taking the phone handed over by the assistant, everyone found that various congratulations messages kept popping up, but no one called directly. It seemed that others also understood that there were other activities at this time and they were embarrassed to disturb them directly.

Gu Wei picked out messages from Han Sanping, Ye Ning, Wang Changtian and others to reply to, and then posted a message on his personal Weibo, "There are too many messages, so I won't reply to them one by one. Thank you all for your concern and support."

After seeing Gu Wei's actions, Zhang Yimou, Liu Yifei and others followed suit, replying individually to those they had a good relationship with, and then also responded in unison on Weibo.

The cocktail party lasted until the early morning, when it was already noon in China.

The front page headlines and hot search lists of the domestic entertainment industry were almost all dominated by news from the Venice Film Festival, apart from the completion of the new campus of the Central Academy of Drama and the preparations to invite big directors in the industry to work at the school.

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Nortel.

In response to the statement on the official website of the Central Academy of Drama, senior management of Beijing Film Academy responded quickly and held an internal meeting immediately.

"They are all famous directors from Beijing Film Academy. We can't just sit there and watch them being invited to work at the Central Academy of Drama one by one."

After some deliberation and discussion, Xie Xiaojing, Vice President of the Film Academy, naturally became the candidate to invite Gu Wei, Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige.

Originally, Tian Zhuangzhuang was also a very good candidate. He was a childhood friend and good friend of Chen Kai, had a good personal relationship with Zhang Yimou, and also had a decent relationship with Gu Wei. Unfortunately, he retired from the Beijing Film Academy after he turned 60 last year.

Xie Xiaojing, who was entrusted with an important task, looked a little unhappy. If nothing unexpected happened, he would retire next year, and he didn't want to get involved in these things at all.

Before, Xie Xiaojing mentioned to Gu Wei about working at Beijing Film Academy, but he directly refused. Now he has received an order from the school leaders to invite several big directors to work at the school. Is this a joke?
"The highest position they can get is only associate professor. Would they come to Beijing Film Academy to suffer for this position? They can't be free to start a company or make a movie outside?"

Xie Xiaojing was amused by the school leaders' actions and shook her head helplessly.

At the same time, I had already made up my mind that at most I could simply extend an invitation and it was impossible to do it according to the requirements given by the school.

...

In the room on the third floor of the hotel.

"Hey?"

Gu Wei was awakened by the ringing and vibrating sound of his cell phone. He picked up the phone in a daze without even checking the caller ID, and put it directly to his ear after the call was connected.

The next moment, the questioning voice on the phone made him completely sober.

I thought it was something serious, why did they call me so early in the morning?

Gu Wei stood up and looked at the time. It was already past 9 o'clock. It seemed that the other party had calculated the time specifically when calling.

It has to be said that Beijing Film Academy is always unwilling to lag behind in the competition with other universities.

Before going to bed last night, Gu Wei took a look at the domestic news and naturally saw that the Central Academy of Drama was preparing to invite directors in the industry to take up a position. However, the other party had just started talking but had not taken any action, so the Beijing Film Academy was not happy.

According to their thinking, Zhang Yimou and Gu Wei both graduated from the Beijing Film Academy, so even if they were invited to hold positions at the Central Academy of Drama, it would not be their turn.

Just after the meeting at Beijing Film Academy, Xie Xiaojing called Gu Wei to discuss inviting him to work at Beijing Film Academy.

Gu Wei was not interested in returning to school to teach, even if it was just a temporary position.

After dealing with it with a few words, Gu Wei no longer felt sleepy.

Liu Yifei, who was standing next to him, was awakened by Gu Wei's noise. She half-opened her eyes and asked who was calling.

Gu Wei did not hide anything and told him the whole story in general.

To be honest, Gu Wei was extremely disgusted with the bureaucracy within the Beijing Film Academy. In the original time and space, Brother Chen Kai had rejected the invitation from the Beijing Film Academy and accepted the invitation from the Shanghai University Film Academy to serve as the dean.

Later, Tian Zhuangzhuang joined the Shanghai Film Academy in 16 as vice dean.

It was not until 22 that Zhang Yimou accepted the invitation of Beijing Film Academy and was officially hired as a distinguished professor. Feng Xiaogang was hired as a visiting professor.

The various actions of several big directors have proven that the waters of Beijing Film Academy are very deep, and Gu Wei does not want to work in the system at all.

For example, now that Gu Wei has a new project, he can reject the candidates recommended by Beijing Film Academy when making a movie, but when he was working at Beijing Film Academy, some things were difficult to refuse.

There is so much intrigue within the system, and it's totally not as comfortable as being free and at ease outside.

"Wouldn't it be bad to reject it directly?" Liu Yifei was a little worried. After all, the influence of Beijing Film Academy was there.

"It's okay. Your man is not afraid of these comments now. Besides, they invest so much money in Nortel every year. They know it well."

Gu Wei waved his hands, not worrying about it at all.

Hearing this, Liu Yifei felt relieved. She got up, washed, and packed up. The entire "Parasite" cast had agreed to go out and play together today, so they had a good time celebrating.

Listening to the sound of water dripping from the bathroom, Gu Wei felt warmed in his heart and prepared to help the young lady rub her back.

As soon as I took a step, my cell phone rang. I picked it up and saw that it was opened by Jiang Wen.

"I give up." Gu Wei complained to himself, but still chose to answer the call.

"Haha, congratulations, brother. You almost won all the awards this year." Jiang Wen's unique voice came from the phone.

"Are you here to take credit?" Gu Wei said jokingly.

"I'll go to your place. Someone from the Central Academy of Drama asked me to come here as a lobbyist. They want to invite you and Director Zhang to work there. What do you think? Are you interested?"

"Not interested in!"

Hearing Gu Wei's refusal, Jiang Wen was stunned for a moment and then laughed, "Okay, your reply is enough. I just want to bring a message."

I have to say, Jiang Wen is really good at talking. Liu Yifei had even come out of the bathroom, but he was still chattering on.

"Who is it?" the young lady holding her head with a bath towel asked softly.

"Jiang Wen." Gu Wei mouthed the word, and the other party nodded, then picked up the phone and started fiddling with it.

In China, Liu Yifei’s Weibo was just updated.

A selfie holding the Volpi cup and certificate, not very professional as always, but still as youthful and beautiful as ever.

The words Miss Liu wrote, with a hint of arrogance and boasting, are a reflection of her mood: "I still have two days to stay in Venice. I have an appointment with Sister Yuan Quan and the others to have some fun here.

Here, let me show you my trophy and certificate, Venice Film Festival Best Actress, haha."

Those who came to join in the fun and show support all came out at once.

"Congratulations to Yifei for winning the Best Actress award at the Venice Film Festival. She's getting closer and closer to the Grand Slam, haha."

"Yifei, you're the best!"

"Come back and let your sister touch you and share in the good fortune!"

"Where's Director Gu? When will you start making an art film? Let's go to Cannes and win the Palme d'Or for Yifei."

As soon as Gu Wei hung up the phone, he saw Miss Liu holding a mobile phone and smiling happily, tapping the screen with her fingers, as if she was replying to a message.

"Are we done chatting?" Seeing Gu Wei coming over, the young lady asked with a smile.

"Well, Old Jiang has gone too far. He insisted that I treat him and Sister Yun to a meal." Gu Wei did not mention that Jiang Wen had invited him to work at the Central Academy of Drama, so as to prevent Miss Liu from worrying again.

"Ah, when?"

"Let's talk about it after we return home. If we contact the media directly here, they will definitely report nonsense again." Gu Wei said.

"That's right, Director Jiang's new movie will start shooting soon." Liu Yifei nodded and then continued to ask.

"Well, it will start at the end of this month at the earliest, or next month at the latest. After procrastinating for half a year, we finally have a clue." Gu Wei said helplessly.

"What did you just do?"

"Ah, I posted a Weibo and many people commented below. I selected a few and replied." Liu Yifei waved her cell phone and said with a smile. It seemed that she had been flattered a lot.

"Oh, let's go, let's eat first. Aren't you going to go out with them in the afternoon?"

"Uh-huh."

……

At noon, we did not choose to have lunch at the hotel, but instead found a local specialty restaurant.

It has to be said that the taste of Westerners is very different from that of Chinese people. After arriving at the restaurant, everyone looked around and saw that most of the dishes were various kinds of risotto and pasta.

The key point is that the noodles are basically mixed noodles, served with various sauces, and the taste is only average.

Pasta and risotto with squid ink, pea risotto, onion anchovy sauce with coarse noodles, Venetian liver, creamy cod sauce, sweet and sour sardines…

Each person ordered one or two special dishes.

"Come on, let's raise our glasses. This meal is a celebration banquet to celebrate our successful return." Song Ge stood up and raised his glass.

"Haha, thank you, Mr. Song."

"Cheers everyone."

Gu Wei, Zhang Yimou, Liu Yifei, Hu Ge and others raised their glasses together and said various celebratory words.

"Let's celebrate today in advance. We'll have a celebration banquet when we get back home. Let's have a good time and finally have a good rest. We'll be busy at the end of the year."

Zhang Yimou was a little excited at the moment. After "Parasite" won the Golden Lion, a leader in China called him. If nothing unexpected happens, his spot in the competition for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards next year should be confirmed.

Hearing what Zhang Yimou said, Gu Wei understood instantly. Han Sanping also sent him a message last night. The discussion at the top was very fast this time, and the quota was most likely decided.

Feng Xiaogang's "1942", Chen Kaige's "Search", Zhang Yimou's "Parasite", three to choose from, as long as you have a normal brain, you will know which one to choose.

The specific results will not be announced for some time, but it does not prevent domestic netizens from commenting that this is another most promising year, just like the domestic League of Legends teams before S8, every year is the most promising year.

After the toast, everyone started to eat and taste the special food of Venice.

To be honest, this Venetian-style liver is really good. The calf liver is sautéed with onions, and the rich flavor of the liver is perfectly combined with the sweetness of the caramelized onions.

It received unanimous praise from everyone, but the strange taste of the sweet and sour sardines made everyone lose interest in continuing to taste it.

The meal lasted more than an hour. In the afternoon, Liu Yifei, Yuan Quan, Qin Hao and others went to check in at nearby attractions, while Gu Wei, Zhang Yimou and Song Ge met with several film producers.

In the cafe.

Gu Wei, Zhang Yimou and Song Ge sipped their coffee leisurely. After taking a sip, Gu Wei and Zhang Yimou frowned slightly, finding it difficult to accept the unique taste of the local coffee.

"Coffee sprinkled with cinnamon powder tastes weird." Song Ge was not used to the taste. After taking a sip, he asked the waiter to change the cup.

On the contrary, the middle-aged white men opposite seemed to be tasting something delicious, sipping it mouthful by mouthful.

"Mr. Smith, a film that won the Golden Lion Award should be worth more than this price?"

After taking a sip of the newly served coffee, Song Ge breathed a sigh of relief and said to the people in front of him.

During this Venice Film Festival, there were many film producers from all over the world. The popularity of "Parasite" remained high during the event and was one of the targets that major film producers expected to win.

There were more than a dozen film producers who had been negotiating with Song Ge, but after the award ceremony, only the five in front of him were left, and those who stayed were all powerful buyers.

After all, the copyright price of "Parasite" at this time has exceeded the expected affordability of many people.

"Song, if it's all overseas copyrights, it's certainly not worth this price, but if it's just Europe, then this is the most we can offer!"

Dave Smith is about 50 years old. He travels back and forth between major film festivals all year round to purchase film copyrights, and either releases them publicly to earn box office revenue, or sells them to other film and television companies to earn the difference. He is quite famous in this industry.

After hearing the price the other party said, Zhang Yimou and Gu Wei looked at each other and nodded slightly. The copyright fees in Europe alone could recover the cost of the film. As for Australia and other places, the size of the market determined the price, so it could only be considered an extra bonus.

Since it is a business, bargaining is normal. Song Ge and the other party kept talking, and Gu Wei and Zhang Yimou interjected from time to time.

Wow, Zhang Yimou had previously thought that Gu Wei was good at making movies, but he didn’t expect that the other party’s bargaining skills were also quite strong.

On the other hand, Liu Yifei and her group of five started a tour to check in at tourist attractions in the water city of Venice, following the usual practice of Chinese people when traveling.

We took photos first at every place we went. Every attraction, such as St. Mark's Square, Rialto Bridge and Bridge of Sighs, left footprints and selfies of the group.

In addition to taking photos, Yuan Quan, Qin Hao and others are also constantly updating their latest developments on Weibo.

Various selfies and group photos were constantly uploaded to Weibo, sparking discussions among many netizens.

Including classmates from Class 96, friends in the circle, some teachers from the Central Academy of Drama, and fans also interacted on Weibo.

What’s interesting is that after Qin Hao won the Best Actor Award at the Venice Film Festival, Zhang Ziyi, who had not been in contact with him for many years, was the first to post a message in the 96-level QQ group. Not only did she send her congratulations, she also made an appointment with Chen Minghao, Yuan Quan and others to get together after they returned.

I have to say, some people who can become big stars really have thick-skinned faces.

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domestic.

The news that "Parasite" won the Golden Lion Award, including the Volpi Cup for Best Actor and Actress, is still high on the list of major media.

And as time goes by, the heat is getting higher and higher, and the latest news and gossip are constantly reported by reporters.

As the winner of both the Berlin and Venice Film Festival awards, Liu Yifei's popularity in China is a bit scary at the moment, with a large number of fans posting various comments online.

There is no need to say more about congratulations and praises.

One of the comments said: "Liu Yifei has completely surpassed other big stars in the country and has become a unique presence in the domestic entertainment industry."

As soon as this post was released, it received a lot of likes and reposts from fans.

"She won the Best Actress Award at the Berlin Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival, and was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar. Yifei has won awards at all three overseas film festivals. In terms of awards, she has completely crushed big stars like Fan Binbin, Li Binbin, and Zhang Ziyi."

I have to say, crazy fans can sometimes be a real headache.

The person involved, Liu Yifei, is still traveling in Venice to celebrate, but some people in China are already trying to stir up trouble and deliberately bring bad things upon her.

As expected, fans of other big stars quickly fought back, with all kinds of sarcastic comments popping up.

"Haha, I never thought Liu Yifei had acting skills. She just got lucky because she had a good director..." "She's just an enhanced version of Jing Tian. She can star in so many domestic and foreign blockbusters because of the capital behind her."

"Surpassing all the actresses in the country? Don't you take me, Gong Huang, seriously?"

"In terms of honors, Gong Li still has to go to the top. She has won the three major European Grand Slams and the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Grand Slam in China. Liu Yifei has never even been to Cannes. Why is she pretending?"

Among so many comments, some are from die-hard fans of other big stars, while the other part is definitely fueled by the internet army.

Just like that, a war of words began between the true fans and the haters.

Meanwhile, movies released in September are competing fiercely with imported films.

"Movies such as 'The Great Battle' and 'The Stolen Five Years' have become the mainstay of domestic box office sales, struggling to resist the offensive of imported films."

"Domestic films such as "Eyewitness", "Very Lucky", "Escape Plan" and "A City" have held their premieres one after another and will soon be released in major theaters in the mainland."

After the premiere of "Eyewitness", director Fei Xing was interviewed by reporters and said that if the movie broke 200 million, a prequel would be made. When the lead actor Sun Honglei appeared, the scene was very crazy. Some fans burst into tears on the spot, claiming that they were moved by the fatherly love shown by Sun Honglei after watching the movie.

At the premiere of A City, Han Han said that he liked the novel very much, "It's okay if others find it inexplicable, I'm not a tailor who can tailor-make it for everyone, I just take care of myself.

I believe that with my aesthetic taste and strict standards, what I like will not fool people."

Wow, he is worthy of being a writer. After the premiere, some viewers who watched the movie posted complaints and comments online.

On the other hand, the battle for talent between the Central Academy of Drama and the Beijing Film Academy is becoming increasingly fierce.

The reason is that the new campus of the Central Academy of Drama has just been completed, and it is planned to invite outstanding filmmakers, directors, and actors in the film and television industry to teach at the new campus.

Later, he turned his attention to directors in the circle who were not employed by art schools, and almost none of them were spared.

After all, every famous director has his own channels and resources.

As a result, when the Beijing Film Academy saw that this was not going to work, it also tried the same trick and invited directors in the industry to work at the school.

The two sides were actively poaching each other, causing chaos in the director industry and all kinds of gossip news emerging one after another.

The matter was not settled until Gu Wei, Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Feng Xiaogang and others spoke out on Weibo, saying that they were currently too busy with work to spare the time and were not considering taking up a position at the school for the time being.

The open competition is over, but the private competition has just begun.

...

in the hotel.

Liu Yifei just came back after a day of playing and collapsed directly on the bed, while Gu Wei next to her was chatting with Leonardo who was calling.

"Gu, congratulate Crystal and me for winning the Volpi Cup for Best Actress. I admit I'm a little envious."

"Matt said he would treat you to a nice dinner when you come to Hollywood."

"This guy also told me that he wanted to work with you on an art film. His appetite is too big. He is not satisfied with "2012"."

"I think you don't need to pay attention to him. Now we should focus on next year's Oscars. I am becoming more and more confident now."

Leonardo kept talking.

The huge success of "Parasite" made Leonardo, who was far away on the other side of the ocean, extremely excited. Especially since Gu Wei won the Best Screenplay Award, it made him think that next year's Oscars would be the most promising year.

Listening to the other party's confident tone on the phone, Gu Wei admitted that he was a little panicked. After all, it is easy to die suddenly if you open champagne before the game.

"Listen to me, Leon, I'm very confident about "The Revenant". It's hard to say whether I can win the Best Actor award. After all, my competitors this year are quite strong." Gu Wei felt that it was time to cool down the other party. Otherwise, he would let himself go completely before the Oscars even started.

"Gu, in addition to The Revenant, I also have The Wolf of Wall Street. Does this count as double insurance?"

After hearing Leonardo's words, Gu Wei remembered that he had also collaborated with Martin Scorsese on "The Wolf of Wall Street", and it seemed that he was also preparing to participate in next year's Oscars.

"Have you read the recent Hollywood media reports? The popularity of films like Dallas Buyers Club, 12 Years a Slave, and Gravity remains high, and the audience's expectations for them are no less than those for The Revenant."

There was a brief silence on the other end of the phone. "Well, I admit that there are a lot of opponents this year. Matthew lost more than 30 pounds for this movie. My God, I can hardly recognize him.

Tell me, will I be a runner-up again this year? "

Seeing that his big stick had an obvious effect, Gu Wei was afraid that he would lose all confidence in hitting the opponent directly, so he said jokingly: "Although Matthew lost more than 30 pounds for the movie, you are not bad either, you gained more than 30 pounds for the movie, haha."

Leonardo: “…”

The two chatted for more than half an hour. After Gu Wei hung up the phone, he turned around and saw Miss Liu lying on the bed with a frown on her face.

"what happened?"

"There's a quarrel online. Oh, it's so annoying!"

Gu Wei picked up the young lady's phone and took a look, then he understood what had happened.

"You, sometimes you just think too much. Don't worry about them. The copyright issue has been taken care of. Let's go out and have fun together tomorrow." Gu Wei said gently, rubbing the young lady's forehead.

"Huh? How much did you spend?" Hearing Gu Wei's words of comfort, Liu Yifei smiled and then asked curiously.

Gu Wei reported a number.

"Really?"

"Ah."

...

In the next few days, Gu Wei, Zhang Yimou and others appeared on the channels of scenic spots in cities around Venice.

I played until the 10th, then set off for home.

airport.

"Okay, let's go in quickly, they are all waiting!" Gu Wei and Liu Yifei hugged each other and said softly.

"Well, I'll wait for you at home."

The global premiere of "The Wandering Earth" is about to begin. The dates in New York and Los Angeles are set for the 12th and 15th. After Gu Wei communicated with the main creative staff, they decided to go directly from Italy to the United States to avoid the hassle of traveling back and forth.

After more than ten hours of flight, Liu Yifei and his team landed at the Capital Airport on time.

The reporters, who had been waiting for a long time, surrounded the few people in an instant like sharks seeing blood.

When reporters asked why Gu Wei didn't come back with them, everyone said that he still had time to finish his work and did not directly disclose his itinerary.

After more than half an hour of interview, Zhang Yimou and others finally got away.

When leaving, everyone went their separate ways. Zhang Yimou had to go and confirm the quota with the superiors, while Qin Hao, Yuan Quan and Chen Minghao made an appointment to have dinner with their classmates from Class 96.

Liu Yifei left with Hu Ge, but they separated halfway through. One went home to see her mother, and the other went to Hengdian to visit her friends Yuan Hong and others.

...

the next day.

Zhang Yimou and Liu Yifei came to Beijing Film Academy again. They accepted the school's invitation to give a speech in the auditorium, which could be regarded as a disguised promotion for Beijing Film Academy.

After all, a Golden Lion Award and a Volpi Cup are worthy of such formality from the school.

At the same time, under the envious gaze of his classmates, Han Dongjun joined Guo Fan, Hu Jun, Liu Ye, Huang Xiaoming, Zhou Xun, Yang Zi and other main creative staff and set off for the Capital Airport together.

Having just visited the set of "Parasite" yesterday, and today visiting the set of "The Wandering Earth", the airport reporters felt like they were the happiest people this year.

There was another round of interviews, and the reporters let them go only after being urged by assistant director Guo Fan.

"Let's go in. Director Gu is already waiting in Los Angeles."

"Okay, Director Guo."

"Listen to Director Guo's arrangements, everyone hurry up."

I have to say, Guo Fan became a little addicted to being called Director Guo.

Shaking their heads to get rid of these thoughts from their minds, the group walked towards the boarding gate, carrying suitcases of various sizes.

On the other side, Zhang Yimou and Liu Yifei, who came to Beijing Film Academy, were shocked by the scene before them.

It happened to be the start of the new school year at Beijing Film Academy, and almost all freshmen had to participate in military training, in addition to many graduates invited by Beijing Film Academy.

At this time, the entrance of Beijing Film Academy could only be described as loud with drums and gongs and huge crowds of people.

"Isn't this scale a bit too big?" Liu Yifei was actually a little nervous at this moment.

"It's okay, let's go in." Zhang Yimou was obviously used to Beijing Film Academy's style of doing things, and he was not troubled at all.

Along the way, both sides were filled with shouts from students from the Beijing Film Academy and some movie fans. The two of them had smiles on their faces and kept waving and greeting each other.

"Haha, Director Zhang, look at this." Suddenly, Liu Yifei laughed out loud, pointed at the banner on the gate of Beijing Film Academy, and said to Zhang Yimou.

Zhang Yimou looked up and couldn't help laughing. He saw three sentences written on the big banner.

At the top is: Congratulations to our school’s outstanding director Zhang Yimou for winning the Venice Golden Lion Award.

Below it says: Congratulations to our outstanding graduate Liu Yifei for winning the Venice Film Festival Best Actress Award.

Looking further down it says: Congratulations to our school’s outstanding director Gu Wei for winning the Best Screenwriter Award at the Venice Film Festival.

It has to be said that this was the first time that Gu Wei was overshadowed by others on the Beijing Film Academy’s celebratory banner.

The more Liu Yifei watched, the more interesting she found it. She then took a photo with her cell phone and sent it to Gu Wei who was in Los Angeles.

...

At the same time, Gu Wei, who was having dinner with Leonardo and Matt Damon, saw the message and responded with a wry smile.

After a while, Liu Yifei sent an emoticon of laughing, which looked a little bit annoying.

After learning that Gu Wei had come to Los Angeles, Matt Damon took leave from the crew of "Elysium", and the three of them got together for a rare occasion.

The last time we got together was at the New York premiere of "2012".

Leonardo treated them again this time. In a high-end box in Beverly Hills, the three of them drank red wine and ate fresh steaks.

Leonardo and Matt Damon did not refuse Gu Wei's request to invite them to be special guests and attend the New York premiere of "The Wandering Earth" and readily agreed.

.........

9 month 15 number.

During the New York premiere, the theme song and final trailer of "The Wandering Earth" were released simultaneously around the world.

Following the second round of global promotional songs, a month later, people both at home and abroad were once again fascinated by the film.

The theme song "Wandering with the Earth", written and composed by Liu Huan and sung by Liu Huan, quickly became available on major music platforms upon its release.

The lyrics incorporate Cao Cao's "Viewing the Sea", expressing mankind's lofty ambitions to wander the earth and their deep affection for their homeland. Coupled with Liu Huan's unique voice, the song became a hit on the Internet in just three hours after its release.

In addition, Xingchen Ticketing has been running smoothly and has opened the movie ticket pre-order function. Coupled with the unremitting promotion of major theaters and the ticket subsidies exclusive to "The Wandering Earth", although it has only been a short week, it has achieved tens of millions of data.

Based on the original screening and the three trailers, netizens have concluded that there is a 99% chance that "The Wandering Earth" will be a good movie, as more and more viewers are planning to watch it, causing the pre-sale box office to rise again and again.

In another time and space, The Wandering Earth received a lot of praise overseas, but the box office was pitiful. The main distribution was not done well, and it was not able to enter commercial theaters on a large scale, and the publicity was not particularly effective.

But at this time, Xingchen Films has already established a global distribution network, with simultaneous releases at home and abroad. The posters in various languages ​​and the dubbing versions of the films in several major languages, such as Japanese, Korean, English, and French, have also been produced early on.

With the global premiere of "The Wandering Earth" being held, the publicity and promotion of this film is becoming more and more intense.

On the island side, Star Films and its partner Toho Co., Ltd. held a large-scale premiere celebration for "The Wandering Earth".

Given the national character of the island nation, it is easy for them to be moved by such a tragic special effects blockbuster. When they saw several shots involving elements of the island nation in the film, they were even more excited to discuss.

"If I were at that moment, I would also choose to commit suicide."

"Shooting is a coward's act. A true samurai should choose seppuku."

"I suddenly want to drink miso soup."

"The first one to rush back to provide assistance was our Japanese Corporal Sato Ryuichi!"

"This is a true samurai!"

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The island nation's entertainment media gave great praise to the premiere of "The Wandering Earth".

After all, Chinese-language films belong to Asian films, and Asian films have always been relatively weak in the science fiction genre.

Now that "The Wandering Earth", a sci-fi blockbuster that can compete head-on with Hollywood, has been released, it is quite interesting that many audiences in the island country actually feel proud of it.

In some film and television forums of some island countries, viewers who watched the premiere left many interesting comments.

“Although I don’t quite understand what they are doing, they look really awesome!”

"Don't even mention our local movies. They're just for kids and can't even be compared to these!"

"The other side of the strait is really getting better and better. The level is beyond Hollywood!"

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In the entire American market, "The Wandering Earth" was distributed by Warner Bros.

The premiere ceremony in Hollywood was also co-hosted by the two companies.

There were many guests invited to the premiere, including Leonardo, Matt Damon, Will Smith...

Spielberg, Nolan, Martin Scorsese, Cameron…

In order to achieve the desired publicity effect, Warner also invited a large number of famous film critics.

After watching the movie, the media and the audience gave it a lot of positive reviews.

Because since "Interstellar" and "2012", many American audiences have been looking forward to the science fiction blockbusters directed by Gu Wei.

After all, the routines of other Hollywood directors are too outdated, and they are becoming less and less exciting to watch.

The emergence of "The Wandering Earth" obviously brought them new shocks and freshness.

In view of the limited time of the creative team, the original three premieres and media screenings in Europe were changed to two, in London and Paris.

Although there is one less show in Berlin, according to feedback from the local distribution branch, many European citizens have great expectations for "The Wandering Earth", a science fiction blockbuster that reflects the escape of all mankind, and the box office should not be bad.

If there is one place with a slightly worse reputation, it is South Korea.

After the premiere, the local media gave relatively objective reviews, but netizens were a bit sour, using the same tone as when "2012" was released.

The main reason is that Koreans are quite proud of their own films, and feel that they far surpass Chinese-language films in terms of subject matter, depth and artistry.

However, due to market limitations, many Korean filmmakers are unable to compete with Chinese-language films in terms of special effects blockbusters, which makes them very distressed.

These emotions are reflected on the Internet, and it becomes: "This is a special effects blockbuster made up by the Chinese. There are too many unreasonable parts in the movie!"

"The Americans saved the earth, the British saved the earth, and now the Chinese have started to save the earth. When will it be our turn as Koreans?"

"The Chinese destroyed it, so of course the Chinese have to save it!"

Amidst favorable reviews from media from all over the world, and praise, complaints and expectations from netizens from all over the world.

The first domestically produced 3D science fiction blockbuster "The Wandering Earth", produced by Xingchen Films and directed by Gu Wei, has completed its global tour premiere.

The domestic premiere in Shanghai was scheduled for the 26th, and the venue was chosen to be the Shanghai Film Auditorium, which was also Ren Zhonglun's strong request.

Although the Shanghai Film Auditorium is not large, there were many big stars and famous filmmakers in the industry present. It can be said that more than half of the entire Shanghai circle was there.

Just as everyone expected, the premiere was very successful. The high atmosphere and warm applause after the screening also conveyed everyone's expectations for "The Wandering Earth".

Time comes on the 28th.

The premiere in the capital, which was also the last global premiere of "The Wandering Earth", was held as scheduled at the Great Hall of the People.

To be honest, "The Wandering Earth" was scheduled to be released on October 10st. Originally, Gu Wei did not plan to hold another premiere in the capital. After all, the interval was too short, and a film screening was also held in August.

However, partners such as Han Sanping, Ye Ning, Wang Changtian, and Yu Dong insisted on holding the event. In their words, "Shanghai Film Academy has held it, so why can't the capital city not hold it?"

"Hey, I just wanted to save some money for you!" Gu Wei said jokingly in front of everyone.

"No, don't save money, make it bigger." Han Sanping said directly. Anyway, what he wanted in his mind was to surpass the scale of the one held at Shanghai Film Studio.

As Han Sanping is about to step down, Shanghai Film Group's Ren Zhonglun has become more and more active recently. At the premiere in Shanghai, he even publicly stated that he hopes to have more in-depth exchanges and cooperation with Xingchen Film and Television in the future.

More in-depth communication and cooperation?

How deep it goes? This is blatant poaching.

For this reason, neither Han Sanping nor La Peikang could allow the premiere in the capital to be small in scale.

Before the premiere in Shanghai was even over, many film and television executives, filmmakers, directors and big stars in the industry had received invitations from China Film.

"Director Gu, the premiere must not be missed. It concerns our reputation and we can't let outsiders see it clearly." Wang Changtian also echoed.

Hu Jun, Zhou Xun, Liu Ye and other main creative staff members also secretly breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that the premiere in the capital would not be cancelled.

Although everyone was exhausted after traveling around the world for more than half a month, the premiere at their doorstep made them feel like returning home in glory.

This was the first time in half a month that everyone enjoyed superstar treatment. Thanks to Gu Wei's global influence, everyone was interviewed by various media outlets and received constant coverage wherever they went, giving them a chance to show their faces.

I often receive calls and text messages from relatives and friends in China, and I needless to say I feel envy and jealous.

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(End of this chapter)