Chapter 663 Celebration

In an abandoned factory in Shancheng, sunlight shone in from the broken windows, and the ground was covered with all kinds of garbage.

Gu Wei, who had shaved his head, pressed Zhang Zifeng, who had the same hairstyle, under him, grabbed her shoulders and shouted.

"Chen Nian!"

At this time, Chen Nian had accidentally killed Wei Lai, and Xiao Bei, played by Gu Wei, was going to take the blame for her.

"Look at me, do you see clearly?

I am nothing, no brains, no money, and no future!"

Gu Wei frowned and stared at Zhang Zifeng, his eyes red.

"But I like someone, I want to give her the best ending"

Zhang Zifeng looked at him, her eyes full of stubbornness.

"I won't abandon you"

"I'm not an adult yet, I won't be sentenced for too long, I'll come out when you graduate from college"

"Anyway, I won't leave." Zhang Zifeng looked at Gu Wei, tears falling from the corners of her eyes.

"Only if you win, I won't lose"

"Click! Not bad, passed!" The director's voice came from the speaker, and this short shot was passed in one go.

"Very good, Zifeng is a young girl, but her acting skills are so mature. Gu Wei really didn't push the wrong person." Xu Yuezhen, who was behind the monitor, praised the performance of the two leading actors in the camera.

"It's really very good. The skills are a little rough, but the girl is gifted, has a very deep understanding of the role, and can quickly get into it." Zeng Guoxiang was also very satisfied with Zhang Zifeng. The new heroine performed well, the filming of the movie went smoothly, and the replacement of the role was over for him.

"The recent film "Dying to Survive" produced by Gu's company is very popular, with both box office and reputation. I went to see it two days ago. It's really a good film.

It's also a drama film with realistic themes, reflecting some social problems in medicine."

"Sister Xu, do you still have time to watch movies?"

Xu Yuezhen smiled.

"I'm not a director, not as busy as you.

And we are all in the film industry. Of course, we have to see the quality of good works when they are released."

Her words also aroused Zeng Guoxiang's curiosity.

"I know that [Dying to Survive] is popular. These days, the Internet has been searching for this movie. Is it really as good as everyone says?"

"I can only say that it is a rare good domestic film.

The most rare thing is that this movie is actually a realistic drama with a literary style. Director Wen Muye used a more commercial approach to shoot it, which made the movie very popular in the market and the box office continued to rise.

In the past few days, it has been seen that the box office is heading for 2 billion.

It is generally recognized that domestic art films have poor box office. Even if they have won many awards and have high ratings, it is difficult to make achievements in the box office. Now [Dying to Survive] has broken this rule."

Tseng Guoxiang thought about it.

"It's a pity that I don't have time now. I must study this movie carefully when I have free time."

On the set, after the director shouted "cut", Gu Wei stood up from Zhang Zifeng, stretched out his hand to pull her up, and praised with a smile:

"You acted really well, passed it in one take, and your acting skills are getting more and more mature."

Zhang Zifeng sniffed and got out of the emotion just now.

"Brother Wei, you are so good. You brought me into the play right away."

"Haha, not bad, you are becoming more and more mature and know how to flatter." Gu Wei touched Zhang Zifeng's head.

"No, I'm serious~"

"Okay, okay, for your praise, I'll treat you to a delicious meal after the show tonight."

After Gu Wei finished speaking, Zhang Zifeng smiled happily, and then thought of something.

"Do you want to bring Sister Zhou Ye?"

"Oh~

I didn't expect that you two have a good relationship. You still think of her when you eat delicious food?

She is Wei Lai who bullied you."

"I joined the group later. Sister Zhou Ye has always taken good care of me. She is beautiful and has a good personality. Every time we took a shot together, she kept apologizing to me.

To be honest, it feels difficult for her to play the role of a villain."

"In acting, it is easy to play a role with a similar personality to yourself, but playing the opposite role can show your acting skills.

This role is also a challenge for Zhou Ye.

So far, she has done well."

Gu Wei glanced at Zhang Zifeng.

"Don't worry, I can't forget her. She was entertaining me before you came. Of course I can't forget her when I'm treating you."

In the evening, after having dinner with Zhang Zifeng and Zhou Ye, Gu Wei returned to the crew hotel.

"Boss, Director Xu Zheng asked you when you can be free. He plans to hold a celebration banquet in Beijing."

Yang Dan was in Gu Wei's room, communicating with him and reporting some work matters.

"In the blink of an eye, [Super Time Cohabitation] has been off the screen. How much is the final box office?"

Since the box office of the movie exceeded 2 billion, Gu Wei no longer cared about it. The box office declined too seriously afterwards, with only a few million per day. In addition to the release of [Dying to Survive], all his attention was shifted to this movie produced solely by the company.

"As of the 14th of this month, [Super Time Cohabitation] has been released for 30 days and has a total box office of 2.187 billion yuan."

"Not bad, really good." Gu Wei couldn't help clapping his hands.

He remembered that the original version of Lei Datou and Tong Liya seemed to have taken more than 900 million box office, which was already a big hit.

The box office performance of this version with Liu Yifei more than doubled.

But it is not surprising. For the same story, the combination of him and Liu Yifei is of course much more attractive than Lei Jiayin and Tong Liya.

Although Yaya is also very beautiful, she and Lei Jiayin are in love, and both their image and age always give people a sense of middle-aged love movies.

According to the current box office results, as the investor and the publisher, [Wei Ming Tian Xia] will probably have a net profit of 230 million yuan.

Xu Zheng's [Zhen Le Dao] and [Guangguang Media] also have similar income.

"Do I have any activities in Beijing before the end of the month?"

Yang Dan thought about it.

"On the 28th, L'Oreal has an offline event that requires you to attend, and the location is in Beijing.

[Esquire] wants to invite you to be their cover character next month, but they haven't replied yet."

"Then tell Director Xu to set the time around the 28th, and [Esquire] can also agree to it, and you can just go back and shoot it."

Gu Wei thought about it and arranged it.

"Understood."

While Gu Wei was filming in the Shancheng crew, [Dying to Survive] was harvesting box office in an exaggerated manner, and its trend made people think of [Wolf Warrior 2] in last year's summer season.

Two weeks after the movie was released, the box office quickly exceeded 2.5 billion yuan.

Even on Friday of the second week, the movie "Evil Never Dies" directed by Jiang Wen was released, but it still failed to dethrone "Dying to Survive" from the throne of the single-day box office champion.

Speaking of Jiang Wen, everyone's first impression is that he is an awesome actor, a great director, and very talented.

Especially after the big hit of "Let the Bullets Fly" directed and acted by him, he was almost worshipped as a god.

But unfortunately, after "Let the Bullets Fly", Jiang Wen, who had no shortage of investment, failed to make another movie as popular as "Let the Bullets Fly".

Jiang Wen is definitely talented, but his desire for self-expression is too strong.

Always thinking about making some artistic and advanced films, most of the time he will ignore the audience.

"One Step Away" after "Let the Bullets Fly" and the current "Evil Never Dies" are all this type of film.

The movie is definitely not a bad movie in the traditional sense, but both the story itself and the way of telling the story have been separated from the masses, and most of the audience who enter the cinema are watching it alone.

In the first week of its release, [Evil Never Dies] earned 300 million RMB at the box office, which is completely incomparable to [Dying to Survive] which earned 1.2 billion RMB in its first week.

The reputation of the film is also polarized. Those who like it say it is a typical Jiang Wen-style film, full of metaphors, and you can't just look at the surface plot.

Netizens who don't like it complain: "I don't understand the humor, I don't understand Jiang Wen's humor!"

[It is probably one of Jiang Wen's straightforward and mediocre films. The director's personal bad taste has become a double-edged sword, sometimes flashing with inspiration, sometimes embarrassing and boring. ]

[A parkour film in the Republic of China, the selling point is Peng Yuyan's muscles, the performance is particularly awkward, Jiang Wen's talent is really exhausted. ]

[Is it [Is it [Evil Never Dies]? I thought I was watching [Peng Yuyan Looking for Daddy].]

[Neither Peng Yuyan's butt nor Xu Qing's butt succeeded in keeping my butt in the seat of the theater! 】

Affected by word of mouth, the single-day box office of "Evil Never Dies" which failed to become popular in the second week dropped to 37.62 million yuan, while "Dying to Survive" which was released in the third week still achieved a good result of 57.41 million yuan on weekdays.

On July 27, the box office of "Dying to Survive" exceeded 3 billion yuan after 22 days of release.

On the private plane back to Beijing, Gu Wei gently swiped the tablet in his hand and looked through some recent hot news on the Internet.

Almost half of the summer vacation has passed, and the hottest movie in the movie market is definitely "Dying to Survive" which was released at the beginning of the month.

In addition, a costume TV series exclusively broadcast by iQiyi has also become a big hit.

Since its premiere on July 19, the number of views has increased rapidly, breaking 100 million on the first day of the premiere, 200 million in three days, and 700 million in five days. As of the 27th, the TV series has been released for 8 days, and the total number of views on the entire network has exceeded 1 billion.

Not only the number of views, but also the audience's discussion is very high, and there are constant hot searches about the TV series on the Internet.

Judging from the situation, this ancient costume palace drama "Story of Yanxi Palace" produced by Yu Zheng and starring Wu Jinyan, Nie Yuan, Qin Lan and She Shiman has great hope to become the first hit costume drama in 2018.

Before "Story of Yanxi Palace", many costume dramas were launched in the summer season, including "Legend of Yun Xi" starring Si Qiannian and "Legend of the White Snake" starring Yang Zi. The broadcast results are good and they are considered to be relatively popular dramas, but they are not considered to be hits.

In terms of broadcast results and discussion, it is still far behind the costume dramas that are hit every year.

Since the beginning of this year, the only drama that can be called the hit drama king is "Dear, Beloved" starring Gu Wei and Yang Zi at the beginning of the year.

Originally, all parties were optimistic that "Legend of Ba Qing" would become another hit after "Dear, Beloved".

Fan Bingbing is still very capable in the field of TV dramas. The "Legend of Wu Mei Niang" was also the drama king.

Unfortunately, once the Yin-Yang contract incident came out, this costume drama with a rumored investment of 580 million yuan can only be postponed indefinitely.

In the afternoon, the celebration banquet of [Transcendent Cohabitation] was held in the banquet hall of Kempinski Hotel in Beijing.

"Director Xu, President Wang, I'm sorry to be late. I rushed here as soon as the plane landed."

"The timing is just right. It's hard for President Gu to come back from so far."

Wang Changtian smiled and extended his hand enthusiastically when he saw Gu Wei.

"Yes, not too late, Mr. Gu, it can't be considered a start until the celebration banquet." Xu Zheng also echoed on the side.

"Director Su, congratulations on your first movie's box office sales of 2.1 billion, becoming famous overnight, and adding another talented female director to the domestic film and television industry!"

After exchanging a few pleasantries with Xu Zheng and Wang Changtian, Gu Wei congratulated Director Su Lun at the table.

"It's all coincidence, all thanks to everyone's support, it's nothing.

I know my directing level in my heart, and I'm still far from those well-known directors." Su Lun waved her hand modestly, she is very self-aware.

She knows that the big sales of "Super Time and Space Cohabitation" are not her own credit.

During the filming, Xu Zheng was watching and helping the crew throughout the whole process, and she didn't need to worry about the actors Gu Wei and Liu Yifei.

Basically, she just came up with a script, and then the movie was filmed smoothly and sold well.

"Director Su is too modest."

"As for the box office, Mr. Gu is the biggest contributor to our play.

Su Lun, you have to have a few drinks with Mr. Gu later," Xu Zheng said with a smile.

"Haha, Director Xu, you don't want me to walk out of this hotel normally!"

Wang Changtian looked at Gu Wei with curiosity.

"Why, Director Su has a very good alcohol tolerance?"

"Director Su is Mongolian and has a very good alcohol tolerance. I learned this when I was filming.

The prairie eagle spreads its wings and flies, with three cups on one wing!

If she drinks freely, and Director Xu is fanning the flames, I may not be able to walk out today." Gu Wei explained to Wang Changtian with a smile.

"Really~

Director Su, please show mercy later."

Wang Changtian looked at Su Lun in surprise and immediately admitted his mistake.

"Mr. Gu is too exaggerated. I can only drink a little bit."

Su Lun was a little embarrassed and stretched out her thumb and index finger to make a little gesture.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she finished speaking, the boss Xu Zheng sold her out.

"Not just a little bit, I can testify to that.

Anyway, I can't drink as much as she can.

There's a saying that makes a lot of sense: if women can drink, men won't have a chance to drink."

He said that Gu Wei and Wang Changtian both laughed.

The celebration banquet of "Super Time and Space Cohabitation" did not invite any reporters or media, but only the main creators of the crew.

There was no special part, just eating and drinking, purely celebrating the box office success of the movie.

Of course, red envelopes will be given to everyone later.

This is basically the unspoken rule in the industry. After a movie is a big hit, the main creators and all the staff will receive more or less red envelopes.

Liu Yifei did not come, because "Mulan" will start filming in August, and she has no time to come back.

At the celebration banquet, Wang Changtian and Xu Zheng were very happy. "Super Time and Space Cohabitation" made a lot of money for both of their companies, and the box office share alone had a net profit of more than 200 million.

The movie will also have some income from online copyrights, although it can be a little less, it is not a small amount in the long run.