Chapter 601 Airport Incident
industry.

Following "Let the Bullets Fly", Jiang Wen's latest movie "One Step Away" finally has new developments. Due to problems with the crew's preparations, the film has not started shooting yet, so Jiang Wen held a press conference in the capital first.

At the press conference, leading actors Ge You, Tong Liya, Wen Zhang and others all made appearances.

At the same time, domestic films in September are about to enter the final stage of their release.

"Eyewitness" successfully broke through 200 million, while "Perfect Match" and "A City" flopped at the box office. Some people on the Internet joked that although they are all writers, there is still a gap in the field of film making.

Afterwards, Zhang Yimou posted two consecutive Weibo posts to thank the Film Bureau and colleagues in the industry for their support.

"Parasite will not let down the leaders' trust. Thank you for your support!"

The Film Bureau has officially confirmed and announced the films that will be nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Award at this year's Oscars.

That is: Zhang Yimou’s "Parasite"!
Countless actors and artists in the industry rushed to leave messages of congratulations and flattery under Zhang Yimou's Weibo.

Now that the dust has settled, Zhang Yimou is very leisurely replying to messages from people in the circle on Weibo one by one, all with smiling faces.

Many netizens also encouraged online:

"Come on Director Zhang, this Venice Golden Lion-winning work will definitely do well this time."

"Maybe Director Zhang Yimou and Director Gu Wei will meet at the Oscars ceremony early next year?"

"If that happens, it will be a historic moment, haha!"

In response to the encouragement and jokes from netizens, Zhang Yimou rarely liked each one and publicly expressed his attitude:

“I believe that Parasite will create surprises at the Golden Globes and Oscars…”

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After the Shanghai Film Premiere, the crew of "The Wandering Earth" did not stay in Shanghai for long.

The next day, Gu Wei and the main creative team, including their accompanying assistants, returned to the capital.

During the global tour premiere of "The Wandering Earth", gossip in the circle kept coming out one after another, attracting countless people's attention.

First, Huayi Company used 2.52 million yuan in cash to buy 70% of the shares of Zhang Guoli's company.

I heard that this was the result of Feng Xiaogang's matchmaking between the two sides.

Afterwards, when the news of the Queen Princess and Li Yapeng’s divorce was announced, the entire entertainment industry was in an uproar.

According to statistics from major media outlets, after this news was revealed, it quickly occupied the headlines of major news media. Even the unprecedentedly popular "The Wandering Earth" could not prevent it from topping the hot search list.

Afterwards, because it involved the Chinese entertainment queen Wang Fei and first-tier male star Li Yapeng, a large number of first- and second-tier celebrities posted messages on Weibo to express their regret and condolences.

At its peak, her popularity was comparable to that of Liu Yifei, who won the Venice Film Festival Best Actress award, and attracted countless netizens to watch.

The entire entertainment industry, and even the entire Internet, are concerned about and discussing the divorce between Princess Wang and Li Yapeng.

Later, as more and more divorce details and gossip came out, Zhou Xun and Chef Xie were also implicated.

Some curious netizens dug up entertainment news from more than ten years ago and compiled a chart, detailing the love, hate and vengeance between Wang, Li, Zhou and Xie.

Wow, it’s even more exciting than what is shown in TV dramas.

capital Airport.

As soon as Gu Wei and his group walked out of the exit, they were spotted by reporters. The main reason was that there were too many people and they were very conspicuous.

As usual, Gu Wei and others were asked by reporters about things that happened during the premiere. I have to say that sometimes the reporters' questions were quite speechless. They were just the same old same old questions over and over again with nothing new.

But when it came time to interview Zhou Xun, things suddenly went wrong.

"Excuse me, what do you think about the divorce between the princess and Li Yapeng?"

As soon as the Sina Entertainment reporter finished speaking, Huang Xiaoming noticed that Zhou Xun's face next to him changed instantly.

"I don't have any opinion. If you have nothing to do, you can find something else to do instead of coming here to ask me what I think. Do you understand?"

Hearing Zhou Xun's answer, Huang Xiaoming next to her shook his head helplessly, then pulled her away.

But the reporters would never miss this good opportunity. "It's said on the Internet that Wang, Xie, Zhou, and Li are all single now. Do you have any thoughts of getting back together with your ex?"

"May I ask, when you broke up with Li Yapeng, was it because he cheated on you or because there was a third party involved?"

"It is said that the relationship between you, Li Yapeng, and the princess was very complicated. Is there anything you can reveal about this?"

The purpose of this group of reporters was very clear, they were waiting for Zhou Xun to return to the airport, and the questions they asked were very tricky.

At this time, Zhou Xun's expression was gloomy, and he could hardly suppress his anger. If Huang Xiaoming hadn't stopped him, he would have probably started cursing.

Due to the large number of people, the interviews were conducted separately. Gu Wei realized something was wrong after the interview was over, and came to Zhou Xun and Huang Xiaoming, and the leader whispered a few words to him.

After hearing this, Gu Wei instantly became furious. Everyone had been running back and forth for the past half month and was already very tired. In addition, he had just returned to China and had not yet adjusted to the time difference. The continuous staying up late made his temper much worse than before.

"Which media outlet are you from? Why are you blocking here just to interview these random people? Where is your professional ethics?"

"You just make up stories and report all this nonsense. What do you want to do?"

Gu Wei had a gloomy face and blurted out a series of words. Hu Jun, Huang Xiaoming and Han Dongjun next to him saw that something was wrong, so they dispersed the reporters with their assistants, while protecting Gu Wei, Zhou Xun and others as they walked towards the parking lot.

But what they didn't notice was that the reporters' faces were full of excitement, and some even held up recording devices and shouted, "Gu Wei, defending Zhou Xun like this, wonder if there is a special relationship between the two of them."

Some people even asked whether Gu Wei had broken up with Liu Yifei. All kinds of messy speculations kept coming out of their mouths, and in the end, the words became more and more unpleasant.

In the chaos, the young and energetic Han Dongjun stepped forward and the two sides had physical contact, and some pushing and shoving was inevitable. It was not known whether it was a coincidence or the other party did it on purpose, but the two paparazzi in the front inexplicably fell down during the dispute.

Now, the scene became completely chaotic, flash lights kept flashing, and the scene suddenly became lively.

There were insults, shouts, and screams from the women at the scene. Everyone knew that this incident would definitely be on the news.

Subsequently, with the cooperation of airport security personnel and assistants, the onlookers were evacuated.

Then, Gu Wei asked the others to leave first, and he faced the numerous reporters directly and took on all the questions.

After saying this, Gu Wei left the airport directly under the escort of his assistant without waiting for the other party to react.

…That afternoon, the incident of “The Wandering Earth” crew pushing people at the airport escalated into a “beating” incident.

"Director Gu Wei suspected of beating someone at Capital Airport?"

"Mainland famous director Gu Wei is suspected to have broken up with Liu Yifei and found a new love?"

"The main creators of "The Wandering Earth" and reporters got into a fight at the airport?"

The whole circle was instantly detonated by this incident.

For a time, many netizens who did not know the truth also posted comments online, complaining about Gu Wei's "beating" behavior, and some even said that Gu Wei should bear legal responsibility for violently beating people.

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It's very lively outside.

Following the news of Wang and Li’s divorce, the last global premiere of “The Wandering Earth”, and Huayi Company’s acquisition of Zhang Guoli’s company, the “The Wandering Earth” crew beating incident at the airport directly topped the hot search list.

At the same time, there are many photos taken recently posted online, from which we can see that the scene is very chaotic.

Inside Xingchen Film and Television Company.

Gu Wei's phone never stopped ringing. Han Sanping, Wang Changtian, Ye Ning, Yu Dong, Lu Zheng, Yang Shoucheng and other industry leaders called him one after another.

There was only one meaning, it was not a big deal, and it asked Gu Wei to calm down. All media reporters were like this. At the same time, they said they would speak at any time if necessary, and the news on the Internet would be suppressed quickly.

But after thinking about it, Gu Wei directly rejected everyone's suggestion to suppress the news, telling them not to worry, as this matter would not affect the box office of "The Wandering Earth".

Afterwards, after Gu Wei appeased Hu Jun, Liu Ye, Zhou Xun, Huang Xiaoming, Han Dongjun and others, he met with Song Ge, Wang Chen, Chen Guofu, Jiang Xueruo, and Wang Jinghua to discuss how to deal with the matter.

"Director Gu, don't worry about the media. President Cao from Sina called and said that the keywords will be blocked on Weibo. I am also contacting other media outlets. The news will disappear from the Internet by tonight." Song Ge said calmly, but he was secretly a little worried in his heart. This happened at a critical moment and it would still have an impact.

"There's no need. Let them report it. If we suppress it by force, it would mean that we are guilty. We haven't done anything wrong, so what are we afraid of?" Gu Wei waved his hand nonchalantly.

Seeing that the boss was still angry, no one knew what to say.

Afterwards, everyone suggested some other methods. For example, Wang Jinghua said that the company's artists should publish articles to boycott bad reporters and paparazzi and not let them become too arrogant.

While everyone was talking, Liu Yifei called.

Even through the phone, Gu Wei could feel the young lady's worry and concern, and even a hint of tears in her voice.

Seeing this, Gu Wei could only comfort her over the phone.

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That night, the heat of the airport incident had not yet died down.

Suddenly, a lot of criticisms of "The Wandering Earth" appeared on the Internet.

First, "Nandu Entertainment" wrote an article saying that "The Wandering Earth" is unscientific in its setting. You don't need to watch the feature film. Just the contents in the theater trailer alone have a lot of scientific flaws.

As the film says, humans built 10,000 planetary engines, each 11 kilometers high (higher than Mount Everest), providing a total of 150 trillion tons of thrust for the Earth, driving the entire Earth out of the solar system. However, according to Newton's second law, this method cannot drive the Earth out of the solar system.

Furthermore, even if we could build 10,000 planetary engines that are 10,000 meters high and provide enough thrust to free the Earth from the solar system, we still cannot push the Earth away. This is because the Earth's crust is too thin. The entire Earth is like an egg. If we push it with a force that exceeds the eggshell's ability to withstand, the "egg" will break and the Earth will disintegrate.

Another thing is that the Earth cannot keep its atmosphere when it is separated from the Sun and flying in space. Without the Sun, the ground temperature should be at absolute zero. Under such low temperature and unable to photosynthesize, life on Earth will soon lose all food and starve to death on the way to the distance...

The article should have been written by an expert with considerable scientific knowledge, but it was not signed. It is probably because he was afraid that the film would be refuted if its reputation was too good after it was released.

However, most domestic netizens do not know any experts, and the articles published on the "Nandu Weekly" platform can have a significant impact.

While netizens were hotly discussing the issue, Southern Metropolis Daily, which had criticized "2012", also wrote an article criticizing "The Wandering Earth". However, it started from the original novel and criticized the original novel for mentioning that it was unscientific to escape from the solar system with the help of Jupiter's gravity.

"The mass ratio between Jupiter and Earth is not large enough. It is impossible for Earth to use Jupiter's huge gravity to achieve the acceleration effect of a gravitational slingshot. Once the Earth is captured by Jupiter's gravity, the result will inevitably be that the Earth and Jupiter will be entangled with each other, and the two will revolve around each other. The rotation radius will become smaller and smaller. Finally, the Earth and Jupiter will collide violently and form a new planet..."

The criticisms from these two parties are relatively good. At least they are well-reasoned and seem to be serious analyses.

As for the news on Douban.com and various film and television forums, it is simply disgusting.

What is "Gu Wei slapped Hu Jun and Liu Ye"?

“It is suspected that the quality of The Wandering Earth is poor, and director Gu Wei took the opportunity to stir up trouble just to promote the movie.”

"Han Dongjun is a newcomer and his acting is terrible."

"It is suspected that Zhou Xun and Yang Zi hooked up with Gu Wei and accepted the unspoken rules of the entertainment industry." and other messy news.

These situations came suddenly, but in an instant they became overwhelming and spread across the Internet in an instant. It was obvious that there was a mastermind behind the scenes, and it was not just one or two people.

To this end, Song Ge convened a meeting of company executives overnight to discuss countermeasures with Gu Wei and others.

Gu Wei has only one attitude towards these messy remarks: he cannot allow others to slander him, and he must win the war of public opinion, no matter how much money he spends.

The Propaganda Department and the Legal Department must all take action.

First, increase the publicity of "The Wandering Earth" and increase "online marketing" spending.

Secondly, the Ministry of Justice has warned and prosecuted a number of public accounts and marketing accounts that maliciously damaged the reputation of Xingchen Film and Television Company and its artists, and is not afraid of spending money.

As a result, even though "The Wandering Earth" has not yet been released, it has become popular all over the Internet.

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Since the beginning of the 21st century, there have been only a handful of commercial films that have been able to hold their premieres in the Great Hall of the People.

In 03, Zhang Yimou's first big-budget commercial film "Hero" held its premiere at the Great Hall of the People. 200 college students played the role of Qin Bing, shouting "wind", "wind", and "strong wind". It was widely reported by domestic and foreign media at the time, opening the era of domestic commercial blockbusters.

Now, because of the airport incident and other media comments on "The Wandering Earth", netizens are looking forward to the premiere of this movie held in the Great Hall of the People.

When the time came to the 28th, the entire entertainment industry turned its attention to Xingchen Film and Television Company.

Gu Wei is also prepared to have a good talk with the media at the premiere.

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(End of this chapter)