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Yang Liwen's work efficiency is very high, and she didn't mention the rejection to other crew members. The crew of "Operation Mekong" quickly communicated with her.

[Bona Film and Television] did not hesitate and responded on the same day, agreeing to the request to convert the film remuneration into investment.

In this case, [Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons] will be rejected.

Gu Wei received two important phone calls one after another. One was from Zhou Xingchi himself.

I hope I can persuade him to take up his own movie.

Gu Wei was quite surprised when he received a call from Zhou Xingchi.

He has grown up watching Zhou Xingchi's movies and has a good impression of him.

After all, the title of King of Comedy is not just for talk. Many of the movies he has starred in in the past can be called classics.

[The King of Comedy], [Tang Bohu Dian Qiuxiang], [Westward Journey], [Kung Fu], etc. are all very excellent works.

It's a pity that Gu Wei is a relatively rational person. He likes Zhou Xingchi well, but he doesn't have any admiration for him, let alone change his decision for him.

Of course, Gu Wei's chat with Director Zhou was quite lively on the phone, and he praised him all kinds of ways, giving Zhou Xingchi the impression that Gu Wei was his little crush.

Finally, I regretted that I couldn't take the photo this time because my schedule was full, and I will definitely cooperate with him next time I have the chance.

After hanging up the phone, Gu Wei's smile quickly disappeared.

Zhou Xingchi's Mandarin is average and his speaking speed is relatively slow, so he doesn't say much in a conversation. To show his sincerity, he offered to give Gu Wei a higher salary on the phone, but unfortunately Gu Wei ultimately refused.

The Zhou Xingchi who became a boss making movies is different from the actor he used to be.

Now he is more like a businessman. When he makes a movie, the first thing he has to consider is what factors have the greatest impact on the movie's box office and how to maximize profits.

If you look at it vertically, you will find that since Zhou Xingchi became director, the protagonists of his movies have always been the most popular stars in the entertainment industry at that time.

[Journey to the West: Conquering Demons] is looking for Wen Zhang and Huang Bo, [Mermaid] is looking for Deng Chao, [Journey to the West: Conquering Demons] is looking for Li Jiaheng.

He has always believed that movies with popular actors will have higher box office.

Now that I am so interested in inviting Gu Wei, I also see Gu Wei's high popularity and extremely strong box office appeal.

But in fact, when people watch Zhou Xingchi's movies, they mainly focus on the word Zhou Xingchi. As for who the leading actor in the movie is, it actually doesn't matter much.

As long as the quality of the movie passes the standard, everyone will come to watch it for the sake of Mr. Xing.

The second call was from Yu Dong, the chairman of [Bona Film and Television].

Compared with Zhou Xingchi, Yu Dong has a more enthusiastic attitude. This boss is one of the real giants in the film and television industry.

He also graduated from the Film Academy, but he studied neither acting nor directing, but majored in management.

After graduation, he was assigned to work at Beijing Film Studio. The director of Beijing Film Studio at that time was Han Sanping, now the chairman of China Film Studio.

Yu Dong rose to prominence in the factory with his hard work and excellent interpersonal communication skills. He was quickly appreciated and promoted by Han Sanping, and became the youngest department-level cadre in the history of Beijing Film Studio.

Until 1999, after accumulating many years of distribution experience, Yu Dong jumped out of the public sector to start a business and founded Beijing Bona Cultural Exchange Co., Ltd. - China's first private film distribution company, and won the first prize issued by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television. Block "Film Distribution License".

After years of development, [Bona Pictures] has become one of the private giants in China's film and television industry, comparable to Huayi and Enlight.

Just because of Yu Dong's strong official background and his previous work experience, Bona has actively cooperated with the official in recent years, and the style of the works produced by the entire company is biased towards the theme of red movies.

"Dong Yu, you are too polite. You are also my senior. We are all a family, so of course we should be closer.

Last time I had dinner with Director Han, he mentioned you to me. I didn’t expect that we would have the opportunity to work together so soon.

Don’t worry, junior brother, I don’t dare to say anything else. It still has some box office appeal. This cooperation will definitely make the movie a hit.

If I didn't have this confidence, I wouldn't be able to take the initiative to use my salary to become a shareholder.

Okay, I'll wait for you to call me. Then call Director Han and let's get together."

Compared to Zhou Xingchi, Gu Wei's conversation with Yu Dong was more casual. Although Yu Dong was superior to Zhou Xingchi in terms of status, he and Gu Wei were already inextricably linked.

Yu Dong is Han Sanping's old subordinate. [Bona Film and Television]'s development from weak to strong is inseparable from Han Sanping's help and official support.

Gu Wei is also a person that Han Sanping likes very much now. After several cooperations and the fact that he has made good friends with Han Jianu, Han Sanping now responds to his requests and treats him as one of his own.

In addition, both of them are from film schools and are alumni, so they are naturally close to each other.

It should be said that having a professional background is really useful for some people. When you are truly capable, this status will easily gain the favor of your fellow seniors who graduated from the same school as you.

Everyone will be closer when communicating, and of course it will be easier to achieve a cooperative relationship.

Of course, if you are at the bottom and can't do anything, no one will help you just because you are an alumnus. There are many people who can provide you with icing on the cake, but few people who can help you when you need it. You still need to be tough on yourself.

The movie "Operation Mekong" produced by Yu Dong is actually very fake.

At this time, main theme movies have not yet gained momentum.

The company's last film "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom" was also co-produced by Bona in collaboration with Wanda Pictures, Bayi Film Studio, China Film and others, and it was also based on the idea that risks could be shared.

Unexpectedly, the final box office was more than 800 million, making a huge profit.

However, "Taking Tiger Mountain Out of Mind" is already famous. "Yang Zirong", who hunts tigers up the mountain in "Linhaixueyuan", is not only well-known to every household, but also a classic in the hearts of a generation.

The bandit secret code of "The king of heaven covers the tigers of the earth, the pagoda suppresses the river monsters" has been passed down from generation to generation as a "hot meme".

In contrast, far fewer people know about the real events that "Operation Mekong" was adapted from.

Moreover, police and gangster films have always been the most popular genre of Hong Kong films. Although the film director Lam Chao-hsien is also a famous director on Hong Kong Island, it is impossible to film a story about mainland police in the style of a Hong Kong Island police and gangster film.

In recent years, even the authentic Hong Kong-style police and gangster movies produced locally in Hong Kong, with the participation of many movie stars from Hong Kong, have not done well at the box office, not to mention that this movie must have a mixed style.

Moreover, the film has the support of the Ministry of Public Security, so the final content of the film must be approved by the Ministry of Public Security. Random changes will definitely not work.

Therefore, in order to consider the box office after the movie is released, Yu Dong can only work hard on acting.

I hope to find an actor who can carry the box office to support "Operation Mekong".

Although Zhang Hanyu has good acting skills and has participated in some of the best-selling movies, if you study carefully you will find that his best-selling movies are basically with big directors, such as Feng Xiaogang's "Assembly" and Xu Ke's 【Take Weihu Mountain outsmart】.

Without the blessing of a famous director, it would be completely impossible for him to take the lead alone.

In 2013, Zhang Han collaborated with Wang Luodan on a love movie "What I Love is You Love Me", which only grossed 30 million at the box office.

Later, the movie "Red Hot" starring him and directed by Li Ming also failed at the box office, and the investors suffered heavy losses.

It can be seen that Zhang Hanyu is a good actor with acting skills, but he is not a big star who can attract fans to watch movies.

At this time, [Left Ear] had just been released, and Gu Wei naturally came into his sight.

The low-budget love movie was driven only by Gu Wei, and its box office performance was almost on par with the big IP movie "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom" directed by Xu Ke and joined by many movie stars.

At that time, Yu Dong knew that Gu Wei was the big star he was looking for to support the movie.

With Gu Wei joining the cast, even if "Operation Mekong" does not perform well after its release, as long as Gu Wei's fans support it, it can still maintain its capital.

So when Gu Wei proposed to become a shareholder based on his salary, he agreed without hesitation. Anyone in the film and television industry who can truly make a company bigger understands the importance of sharing the pie.

Although exclusive is delicious, one hundred percent and five hundred and fifty percent, which one is more obvious.

Only by finding people to make the cake bigger can you get more. Sometimes sharing will not harm your own interests, but will get more because the basic market is enlarged.