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In the past few days at the end of September, Gu Wei, in addition to busying himself with his company's affairs in the capital, attended two movie premieres.

The first one is "The Lost City of Hong Kong", which will be released on the 25th, directed and starring Xu Zhengzheng.

Originally, Gu Wei and Xu Zheng had no friendship. They had never cooperated before and they didn't know each other at all.

However, Mr. Wang from [Enlight Media] strongly invited him to participate. Gu Wei couldn't help Wang Changtian's face, so he had to go to help.

However, he kept a low profile throughout the premiere. He went quietly, sat in the audience and watched the movie. After the premiere, he said hello to Lao Wang and left.

Of course, the media inevitably caught him in the middle and asked him how he felt about watching the movie. Gu Wei was very considerate and praised the movie.

But in fact, in Gu Wei's opinion, the quality of "Hong Kong 囧" is relatively average and not as amazing as "Thai 囧".

As the third part of "The Lost Journey", to be honest, it kind of ruined the reputation of this series.

First of all, Xu Zheng is no longer satisfied with being simply funny in [囧], he wants to express some of his thoughts through movies.

It is a middle-aged man’s nostalgia for his youth and his reflection on life.

All the jokes revolve around this central idea.

It’s not that what he did was bad, the movie should indeed express something so that the audience can gain something from watching it.

But the key is that he pursued this expression a little too much and ignored the real attraction of comedy to the audience, which is that it must be funny.

The success of "囧囧" has nothing to do with the content of the film, but the ingenious packaging design and dense laughter from beginning to end.

The audience entered the cinema and laughed non-stop from the beginning to the end of the movie.

This is the main reason that attracts people to watch it, not because they want to see something in the movie that can convince and educate themselves.

Compared with the second part, the baggage of "囧 in Hong Kong" is a bit perfunctory, and it feels like a mechanical application, not as natural as "囧 in Thailand".

Furthermore, Bao Beier's audience popularity is still far behind that of Wang Baoqiang.

If the same plot is played by Wang Baoqiang, everyone will accept it, but if it is Bao Beier, the audience may feel bored. This is entirely due to the different image of the actor himself in the audience's mind.

However, despite its many shortcomings, [囧], as the much-anticipated third installment of the [囧] series, has performed very well since its release.

The box office on the day of the premiere exceeded 200 million, and the box office on Saturday and Sunday reached 240 million and 220 million respectively.

The box office in the first three days was 660 million.

This ferocious momentum is even stronger than when the current box office champion "Monster Hunt" was released.

After all, the highest single-day box office of "Monster Hunt" did not exceed 200 million.

Just when everyone was looking forward to whether "囧" would set a new box office record, the box office performance of the movie on Monday in the second week dropped directly from 220 million to 91.24 million, which was more than halved.

Moreover, the reviews on the Internet are not very good. Among them, the most questioned by netizens is why Wang Baoqiang is not used and it is not as funny as [Thai囧].

At this time, everyone also knew that this movie would do well at the box office, but it would definitely have no chance of breaking the record.

The second premiere that Gu Wei attended was more thoughtful.

He was invited by Shen Teng to attend the premiere of "Charlotte's Sorrow" which was released on the 30th.

Although he has no friendship with "Happy Twist", he has a good relationship with Shen Teng, and the post-production of "The Richest Tomato" directed by Yan Fei and Peng Damo has not yet been completed.

Gu Wei was still waiting for the two directors to finish working on "Charlotte's Troubles" so that he could return to his regular work.

On the day of the premiere, Gu Wei's appearance was indeed a bit unexpected by the news media present.

It was also reported that he attended the premiere of "囧 in Hong Kong" two days ago, but after all, that movie is the sequel to the former box office champion "囧 in Thailand", and director Xu Zheng is also a big name in the industry.

It was not surprising that Gu Wei showed up to cheer for everyone.

But [Charlotte's Trouble] is different.

From the production company [Happy Twist] to directors Yan Fei and Peng Damo, to the male and female protagonists Shen Teng and Mary.

It would be wrong to say that he is not famous.

[Happy Twist] Including two directors who are very famous in the field of stage plays.

Shen Teng and Mary are famous comedians who have appeared on the Spring Festival Gala many times.

It's just that they had nothing to do with movies before "Charlotte", and they were all newcomers to the film industry.

Shen Teng has acted in several movies before, all of which were small supporting roles or guest appearances. This is the first time he has been a real protagonist.

Therefore, not to mention the media and the audience, even they themselves do not have much confidence in what kind of results [Charlotte Troubles] can achieve.

"Brother Teng, congratulations, the movie is finally about to be released, and the future king of comedy is rising!"

Gu Wei teased Shen Teng with a smile.

"You can't say that, isn't this flattering me and killing me? I don't dare to take it, I don't take it!"

Shen Teng shook his head repeatedly.

"It's okay, no one else can listen when I tell you."

"That's right, then I, the future king of comedy, is indeed on the rise!"

Shen Teng said stupidly.

"Don't you two treat me as a human being when you are chatting?"

Mary interjected.

"Oh~ Gu Wei doesn't treat you as an outsider, does he, brother?"

"Yes, Sister Ma Li is also the future queen of comedy!"

Gu Wei said with a smile on his face.

"No, your Brother Teng has a girlfriend, and she's about to get married.

I don’t want to spread scandals with him, so I’d better let him be the comedy king on his own. "

Mary shook her head repeatedly.

"Why do I feel like you look down on me?"

Shen Teng was not convinced.

"Then you feel wrong. It's not that I don't look down on you at all, but I look down on you very much!"

Gu Wei found it very interesting to watch the daily bickering between the two.

"Mr. Gu, are you here too?"

Yan Fei and Peng Damo also saw Gu Wei appearing at the premiere and hurried over to say hello. After all, they took Gu Wei's salary to film and ran away before the post-production was completed.

It felt like an actor suddenly left the scene to shoot another one in the middle of filming. Gu Wei felt a little guilty when he saw it.

"Congratulations to the two directors on the release of their new movie, it will definitely be a box office hit!"

Gu Wei said with a smile on his face.

"Please give me your kind words, Mr. Gu. We are all newbies in the film and television industry. Our first movie does not aim to sell a lot of box office. We just hope to have a good reputation and that the audience will like it."

The two directors looked at each other, and Yan Fei, who was more outgoing, said.

But what he said was indeed the inner thoughts of the crew of "Charlotte".

Everyone wants their movie to be a hit, but they also know that they are newbies in the film industry, and the chances of their first movie being a hit are too slim.

Gu Wei smiled and didn't take it seriously. At this time, who could have known that the movie "Charlotte's Sorrow" would become a huge hit and sell over one billion yuan.

Neither the director nor the actors would dare to even think about it.

After chatting with a few people for a while, the premiere started soon.

After the old-fashioned interactive interview session, the movie started.

Of course this was not Gu Wei's first time watching this movie.

To be honest, looking at his situation in this kind of movie that goes back to the past has a sense of comedy, but I don’t know if he is "Charlotte" now, who will be the character in the end of the week, who said the sentence "I feel that I have always been Living in his shadow.”

The movie ended soon after the screening. In the last segment, the host invited all the guests present today to come to the stage to give blessings to the movie.

With [Happy Twist]’s connections, some celebrities came to support us today.

For example, the famous director Ning Hao praised "Charlotte" after he came on stage and used two words "particularly beautiful" to describe the movie.

And He Jiong, who came to the scene today, stated that he would post a Weibo post every day to support "Charlotte" before the film is released on September 30.

After Xiao Yueyue came on stage, he sang "Song of the Five Rings" at the request of the audience.

Finally, Gu Wei also walked up to the stage.

“I met Shen Teng, Mary and the two directors during the Spring Festival Gala last year, and I have always admired and admired their ability in comedy.

Sure enough, "Charlotte" is a very good comedy movie. I wish this movie a big hit at the box office and hope that more people can see this very good movie! "

September 30, the last day of the month.

In addition to "Charlotte", there are also Andy Lau's "Rescue Mr. My Life" and director Lu Chuan's "The Nine-Storey Demon Tower".

Everyone chose to release it on this day because of the seven-day National Day holiday on October 1st.

I want to achieve good box office results during this National Day season.

The three movies plus "囧", which was released a week in advance, are basically the mainstay of domestic movies in this year's National Day schedule.

No surprise, "Nine-Storey Demon Tower" is a 3D disaster adventure film adapted from the popular IP "Ghost Blowing Lamp" and directed by the famous director Lu Chuan, which is highly anticipated by movie fans and book fans.

On the first day of release, it received the highest share of 31% of the films scheduled nationwide, while "Charlotte" and "Save Mr. My Life" were not favored due to their reputation and subject matter, and only accounted for about 10% of the films scheduled.

[Hong Kong 囧] Although the decline has been obvious, it still has a stable film schedule of more than 20%.

However, after entering the National Day Golden Week, after a few days of release, the trends of various movies have undergone unexpected changes.

The most normal thing is "Rescue Mr. Wu", which is similar to what everyone initially predicted. Even with powerful stars such as Andy Lau, Liu Ye, and Wang Qianyuan joining the cast, this movie still cannot be a box office hit.

There were only 13.26 million on the first day of the premiere, and it has been fluctuating between 1,000 and 20 million since then. The movie's reputation is very good, and it should be no problem to break the 100 million box office in the end, but it will stop there.

Although the box office of "囧 in Hong Kong" has dropped significantly compared to the first week, it still earns 70 to 80 million every day.

And "Nine-Storey Demon Tower", which everyone thought would be a hit, had a box office of 92.13 million on its first day of release, and a box office of 102 million on October 1, the next day. The box office has been falling since the 2nd, almost to It dropped by 10 million every day. Until the last day of the long holiday on October 7, the single-day box office was only 32.48 million.

The main reason for this situation is that the reputation of [Nine-Story Demonic Tower] has collapsed.

A large number of book fans who entered the theater because of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" came out and cried out that they were deceived. The movie borrowed the name of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", but the content was changed in a mess, and there was no trace of the original work at all.

Regarding this situation, Lu Chuan spoke eloquently in the interview. He felt that the movies he made were his own works, and he hoped that the audience would not be affected by the original work. The quality of the movie was the key.

After the report came out, netizens criticized it.

[If you want to make your own work, don't mark it as an adaptation of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp". You want the traffic of "Ghost Blowing Lamp", and you don't want people to say that you rely on novels to sell well. You are a bitch and you still have to build a memorial! ! 】

[What the hell is this change? It completely ruins the original work. Please give me your money back! ! 】

[When I watch Lu Chuan’s movies from now on, I will be like a dog, and I will post it as proof! 】

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Affected by this bad reputation, the box office of "Nine-Storey Demon Tower" naturally dropped again and again.

In the end, even the original author of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", "Tian Xia Ba Shang", couldn't bear it anymore. He believed that the movie "Nine-Storey Demon Tower" made an "excessive" adaptation of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" and infringed on his copyright. China Film Co., Ltd. and "Nine-Storey Demon Tower" director Lu Chuan filed a lawsuit in the XC District Court of Beijing.

After hearing this matter, the court ruled that "Tian Xia Ba Sing" won the case and ordered the defendant to compensate the author 50,000 yuan.

It doesn't matter if [Nine-Story Demonic Tower] pounced, there was a dark horse that no one expected during the National Day holiday - [Charlotte's Annoyance].

Although this movie had only a little more than 10% of the film schedule on its premiere day, it achieved good results with a super high attendance rate of 34.51 million.

The subsequent box office trend was completely opposite to that of "Nine-Story Demon Tower". With its high reputation, the box office continued to rise.

Seeing this situation, the theater chain continuously added more films to "Charlotte". Finally, in the last two days of National Day, the box office reached 112 million in a single day.

"Charlotte" became a complete hit and was called the only surprising comedy movie in the second half of the year by the audience.

Shen Teng, a sketch actor, has also transformed into a popular movie actor and comedy star.

Gu Wei's office.

He made tea and sat across from a woman with fair skin and beautiful face.

"Senior sister, does this tea taste good?"

Gu Wei asked with a smile.

"It's okay. I don't know if you like this. My dad has a lot of good tea. It's all given by others. He can't finish it himself. I'll bring you some later."

"Isn't this bad?"

Gu Wei hesitated.

"It's okay, it's okay. It's a waste to leave it alone. Why don't I take it out and give you a drink, which can be considered as sharing some of the burden for him."

The daughter of the Han family waved her hands, looking like she didn't feel bad for betraying her father.

"Then I will be disrespectful and thank you in advance, senior sister!"

Gu Wei had a smile on his face, as if he could see Han Sanping's heartache when he discovered that his beloved tea had disappeared.

"By the way, I came to see you today for business.

The script I told you before was finally completed after several revisions. "

The Han girl looked at it and took out a thick white bound book from the bag beside her.

Gu Wei took it and saw four big characters written on the cover: "The Road of Life".

He flipped it up casually, and the content inside was the movie "I'm Not the God of Medicine".

After a while, Gu Wei closed the book.

"Sister, your script is very complete and well written."

Hearing Gu Wei's compliment, the daughter of the Han family couldn't help but smile.

"When can we start preparations for the movie?"

"Actually, I have been interested in your script since the last time we had dinner together.

Just a few days ago I found a very suitable director.

I think with his ability he will be able to make this movie well. "

Gu Wei said.

"Oh? Which great director? Do I know him?"

The daughter of the Han family looked curious.

"I'm not a great director, but you definitely know this person."

Gu Wei smiled and picked up the tea cup, blew on the tea leaves floating on it, and took a slow sip.

"Gu Wei, I noticed that you are not very old, and you always imitate some old men's way of speaking. Just like my dad's gang, you love to titillate."

The daughter of the Han family complained.

"Hehe, it's my fault. Wen Muye, senior sister, you must know him. Like you, he graduated from the 11th-level Beijing Film Academy Directing Department with a master's degree."

"Xiao Wen?

Of course I know my classmate.

But, can he do it? "

The daughter of the Han family expressed doubts about what Gu Wei said.

She has been classmates with Wen Mu for two years, so of course she knows that he is indeed a very talented director.

But she also knew that his classmate had just graduated and had no experience in directing feature films.

"You can't believe others and you can't believe me. After all, I am the one who has to spend real money to make this movie!

I have signed Wen Mu to my company.

I know you were worried that he had too little experience in filming and was too young, so you specially arranged a relatively simple romantic comedy for him to work with.

At the same time, he was assisted by an assistant director with rich shooting experience in the company.

When that movie is finished, we will start preparations for this movie right away! "

Gu Wei also said good things for Wen Mu.

Others didn't believe in his ability, but Gu Wei knew that after all, "I'm Not the God of Medicine" was originally Wen Muye's work.

Moreover, he has subsequently made other hit movies, so there is no need to question his ability and talent.

"Uh~ Okay, I'll just listen to you."

The daughter of the Han family hesitated for a moment and then agreed.

Just like Gu Wei said, if nothing else is mentioned, he is an investor in this movie, and he must be the most concerned about whether the movie will be successful and successful in the future.

Since he already had a complete plan, he had no reason to object.

“By the way, one more thing, the name of this movie needs to be changed.

[The Road of Life] looks like a drama at first glance. If you want the movie to be a hit, this title won’t do it. "

Gu Wei said.

"Then do you have any good suggestions?"

"According to the performance of the male protagonist 'Cheng Yong' in the movie, it is not an exaggeration to be called a god. He can be called the 'God of Medicine', and the name of the movie can be called [I am not the God of Medicine]!"

"[I'm not the God of Medicine]?"

The daughter of the Han family muttered twice.

"It's indeed a good name!"