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It was raining and windy last night, and I couldn't get rid of the remaining wine after a deep sleep.

Although Gu Wei and Zeng Li didn't drink, the storm was not light.

After a deep night's sleep, Zeng Li woke up the next day and felt much lighter, as if a thousand pounds of weight had been lifted off his body.

Since the airing of "Ode to Joy", her fame has rocketed to the forefront of the industry. She has been approached for countless scripts, including idol dramas and heroines pursuing careers, which has kept her busy filming for the past two years.

When he was young, his career was tepid, but when he reached middle age, he suddenly became famous because he met a younger brother like Gu Wei. In the past year or so, Zeng Li has experienced what it feels like to be a famous star.

Pretty good, just a little tired

However, if he had to choose again, Zeng Li would still want to be famous.

Not to mention the benefits of money and fame, at least once you become popular, you will have more options to choose from.

She was not well-known before, so there were only a few scripts for her every year. Most of them were supporting roles in the third or fourth series. If she didn't act, she would have to be idle.

Since she became famous, she has been offered more roles than she can take. She can choose the crew and roles she likes according to her own requirements.

This feeling of being able to take charge of your own career is great!

In the morning, Gu Wei went to the company after dinner.

Zeng Li was cleaning up the house at home.

The day after tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and she has no work arrangements for these two days. She is just waiting to return to her hometown to celebrate the New Year after attending the Spring Festival Gala.

After a busy morning and tidying up the house, Zeng Li was wearing a light gray home clothes, holding a small rag in his hand, tying up his hair and pinching his waist. He felt very accomplished.

Zeng Li wiped the sweat off his head and looked at himself in the full-length mirror. Maybe it was because of the morning work, but Zeng Li always felt that he looked particularly good today.

He had obviously cleaned up the house without putting on any makeup, the skin on his face was fair and rosy, and he was much more energetic than usual.

She suddenly remembered what her old classmate said to her when she went to find Qin Hailu last time after Gu Wei left.

Looking at himself in the mirror, he raised his hand to touch his smooth face.

"It can't really be because of Gu Wei, right?

This kind of thing also has beautifying effects, I’ve never heard of it.”

I thought about it over and over again, wondering if I was overthinking it.

"Should you ask Gu Wei to come over tonight?

try again? "

Zeng Li hesitated in his heart.

"Forget it, his parents are in the capital and the family is finally reunited, so don't call him that.

Maybe I’m overthinking it, maybe I’m too tired from work, but when I come back I feel radiant after a good rest.”

Zeng Li calmed down and stopped thinking too much. Anyway, it was a good thing. He walked to the kitchen humming a song and started thinking about what to eat for lunch.

In the company office, Gu Wei is processing some documents.

Around the end of the year, there are a lot of things going on in [Wei Tianxia].

"Love Saint" has been released. This small-cost comedy film independently invested and produced by the company has achieved great success at the box office. The final box office was 758 million. After excluding the cost, "Wei Ming Xia" has a net profit of more than 200 million. .

There will be some income from online copyrights in the future, which can be regarded as a steady stream.

And since the first part was so successful, "Lovers 2" is also on the schedule. However, director Wen Mu and starring Xiao Pan and "I'm Not the God of Medicine" are also filming, so they can only get the script out first and wait until they have it later. Time to start preparations again.

The two dramas produced by the company last year, "Three Lives, Three Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Blossom" and "The Legend of Chu Qiao," have already been scheduled for release.

[Three Lives, Three Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Blossom] is on the 30th of this month, and there are still 5 days left.

"The Legend of Chu Qiao" is scheduled to be broadcast by Mango Channel in May at the "Youth in Progress" theater.

Gu Wei's company doesn't need to worry about these two dramas. There are local TV stations and video platforms that have purchased the copyrights for marketing before and after the show.

"Sweet Honey Ashes Like Frost" starring Yang Zi and Li Xian is in post-production, and director Wu Jinyuan has been working overtime in the company's editing room recently.

However, the post-production time for a costumed fairy tale drama like this will not be too short. It will take 3 to 4 months before the finished film is released.

Because the copyright transaction price for this film did not meet expectations, Gu Wei had told him to put it on hold until Yang Zi and Li Xian became famous before selling it.

In this way, the broadcast time will probably be pushed to next year. There are too many TV dramas with the potential to be popular this year, and it will also prevent their own dramas from being concentrated in this year, and they will be self-defeating.

Gu Wei and Reba's urban romance drama "You Are My Glory", which was finalized in November last year, has completed the post-production process and is now negotiating with several local satellite TV stations for the first-round broadcast rights.

This drama can be regarded as a customized drama for [Honor of Kings]. The online broadcast channel must choose Tengxun Video. However, the price is still being negotiated. However, Tengxun has always been wealthy. Even if it is to promote [Honor of Kings], they will offer one. The price makes Gu Wei satisfied.

After all, in the structure of Tencent Group, games are far more important than video platforms, and [Honor of Kings] is the most important project of Tencent Games after [League of Legends].

Tengxun Games' annual revenue of hundreds of billions is as good as Gu Wei's.

As a side note, making games is really far more profitable than filming.

In 2016, the total box office of the Chinese film market was 45.712 billion yuan, which has reached a new high in recent years.

According to the financial report released by Tencent a few days ago, Tencent’s total revenue in 2016 was 151.9 billion, and mobile game revenue was 38.2 billion.

One company dominates the entire domestic entertainment film market.

The revenue from mobile games alone almost caught up with the total box office of the domestic movie market that year.

This is even when [King of Glory] is not particularly popular.

Gu Wei knows very well that in the next few years, with the upgrading of smartphones, the mobile game "Honor of Kings" will become more and more popular. In the future, it is estimated that the revenue of Tengxun mobile games alone will far exceed the domestic movie market. total box office for the year.

A person cannot watch movies every day, but he can play games anytime and anywhere.

The campus fantasy film "Take My Brother Away Quickly" starring Peng Yuchang and Zhao Jimai is almost in post-production.

Gu Wei discussed with the professionals in the company and decided to release the film in the summer of this year.

But before [Wolf Warrior 2] is released, to avoid being crushed into cannon fodder by Gu Wei's own film.

Although this movie is produced by Wei Tianxia alone, Gu Wei plans to give China Film and Wanda a certain share of investment to bring in the two allies.

Part of the reason is because of the director Han Jia Nyeo, who has a special status and will definitely receive preferential treatment if she invites China Film and Television to the show.

On the other hand, this movie is different from "The Holy Love", which was also produced by the company alone. From the two directors Han Jianu and Rao Xiaozhi to the actors Peng Yuchang, Zhao Jinmai and Zhou Xi, they are all newcomers.

None of us are well-known. It is difficult to get film schedules based on the movie itself. The only reason for recruiting allies is to consider the box office.

[Love Saint] The reason why [Wei Ming Xia] eats alone is because the film is a comedy, and Xiao Pan, Xiao Shenyang, Qiao Shan, Yan Ni and others are also famous, plus Gu Wei's blessing , I am not afraid that the theater chain will not arrange the film.

Looking back on the entire year of 2016, Gu Wei gained a lot.

"Xiuchundao 2" was released on December 30, 2015, with a total box office of 1.03 billion, making it the best-selling martial arts movie in the past 10 years.

Before this, there were only "Hero" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", which were even better than "Xiu Chun Dao 2" with global box office.

Gu Wei accepted this movie early, and his salary was only 20 million, but he still had 30% of the investment.

It has been almost a year since the movie was released. After excluding the cost, "Xiu Chun Knife 2" has brought Gu Wei more than 100 million in net profit.

Unlike "Xiu Chun Knife", which only involved participation and investment, "Detective Chinatown 2", which was released in the summer of 2016, is a film controlled by Gu Wei himself.

The film cost 350 million yuan, and Gu Wei had three roles: director, screenwriter, and starring, and received a total of 60 million yuan in remuneration.

The final box office was 3.9 billion, and [Wei Ming Xia], as the film’s main controller, accounted for 60% of the investment.

A total of 125 million was recovered from more than ten product placements in the movie.

This movie brought [Wei Tianxia] nearly 1 billion in revenue.

"Operation Mekong", which was released on National Day, had a final box office of 2.08 billion. Gu Wei's remuneration was converted into investment, accounting for 20% of the stock, and finally received 150 million yuan.

Throughout 2016, Gu Wei had no TV series to air, but these three movies were released.

In addition to the income from movies, Gu Wei renewed his endorsement deals with nine brands in January 2016: Lay's Potato Chips, Baicaowei, Master Kong Ice Tea, Mosen Glasses, L'Oreal Men, KFC, Tuborg Beer, Ching Young, and Watsons.

All are two-year contracts, which will expire in January 2018, with a total of 410 million endorsement fees.

In September, he signed a two-year endorsement contract of 60 million US dollars for [Honor of Kings]. In November, he signed contracts with Coca-Cola and Porsche for 2 years and 15 million US dollars respectively.

In the last few days of December, he signed a contract with Bulgari for US$10 million over two years.

In 2016, Gu Wei's income from endorsements was as high as 730 million yuan.

In addition to these, there is also the continuous copyright income generated by films produced by Wei Ming Xia in previous years such as "Tang Detective 1", "Prince Concubine's Promotion", "A Slight Smile", and "The Return of the Great Sage". .

Among them, "A Little Smile Is Charming" has sold satellite TV screening rights several times, earning the highest income.

The company's early production "Yu Zui" was packaged and sold by Gu Wei to LeTV Video along with the subsequent copyright. However, I heard that the film has now been removed from the shelves, causing LeTV Video to criticize "Wei Ming Xia".

Gu Wei was looking through the company's various data reports for the past year. There was a knock on the office door, and Director Rao Xiaozhi walked in.

Gu Wei raised his head and said with a smile: "Director Rao, sit down! I'm looking for you and Senior Sister Han. The screening of "Take My Brother Away Quickly" is scheduled for later this year. The company plans to release the film this summer. "

Rao Xiaozhi held a white-covered book in his hand and sat on the sofa next to Gu Wei's desk.

"Mr. Gu, please take care of the arrangements regarding the release of the movie. If there is anything you need me to do, just ask the company."

Rao Xiaozhi kept his posture very low.

On New Year’s Day this year, his first movie [Hello, Madman! ] was released on the same day as Wen Muye’s [Love Saint], and as a result, [Love Saint] was a huge hit, and [籼好, Crazy! 】The final box office was only 15.66 million, and the capital was not recovered.

Although it has a good reputation, it really hurt Rao Xiaozhi's self-confidence that the first film he directed suffered such a heavy loss.

"Don't worry, Director Rao, [Take my brother away quickly], you and Senior Sister Han will have no problem filming, the quality of the film is guaranteed, and the company will do its best in terms of post-production promotion.

This is a low-budget campus fantasy film, so it’s unlikely to be a big hit, but it’s no problem to make a small profit back.”

Rao Xiaozhi and Gu Wei chatted for a few words around "Take my brother away quickly" before getting to the main topic of their visit today.

"Mr. Gu, I wrote a script when I was free last year. I'll bring it over for you to take a look at."

He said and handed over the white-covered book in his hand.

Gu Wei took it over with some surprise and saw four big characters written on the cover: "Panic Guns and Walking Planes".

The name was unfamiliar, and he couldn't think of a movie with this name he had seen before.

But after all, it was his own director, so Gu Wei's expression didn't change at all and he just opened the book and started reading.

Rao Xiaochi waited uneasily without making any sound.

Gu Wei read the book at a glance, and soon flipped through the script, gaining a general understanding of the story.

‘Sure enough, you can’t just read the title, otherwise you will miss a good movie’

Gu Wei let out a sigh of relief, and the smile reappeared on his face.

"Director Rao, the story you wrote is very exciting. The stories of several small characters are connected together through a broken gun. It is absurd but real and touching, and it is very flavorful."

After hearing Gu Wei's comments, Rao Xiaozhi's heart dropped to the ground.

“Last year I was on a plane and listened to Yao Shisan’s song [Blind Man], and I was particularly touched by the nostalgia conveyed in it, so I came up with the idea of ​​making a movie about my hometown.

Boss, you also know that I was a drama director before, and part of this script also borrowed from the drama [Idiot]."

Gu Wei nodded.

"When I look at the script and story, it feels a bit like Director Ning Hao's [Crazy Stone], with montage film techniques, parallel and intersecting segmented shooting, and finally all the branches come together."

"Yes, that's what I think. In fact, it is based on the reference to [Two Smoking Barrels], multiple clues in the narrative, and finally converged into one main line."

"How much is the estimated cost of filming Director Rao's film?"

Rao Xiaozhi calmed down after hearing Gu Wei's question.

"When I was writing the script, I had already thought about some of the main actors and scenes. 30 million would be enough for all the filming."

Gu Wei did not reply immediately, looking at the cover of the script and thinking about something.

Rao Xiaozhi felt uneasy, and when Gu Wei didn't say anything, he thought he thought the cost was too high. After all, the total box office of his last movie was only 15 million. This time, the cost of 30 million would have to be more than 90 million to make a profit.

"Mr. Gu, as for the cost, we should think of ways to reduce it."

Gu Wei was stunned and looked up at Rao Xiaozhi.

"I have misunderstood you, your book is very good!

There is no problem with the cost of 30 million. If it is not enough later, it can be made up.

In this way, just like Wen Muye's "I am not the God of Medicine", start preparations after the New Year. I will explain it later and let all departments of the company cooperate with you.

Both of your films will be promoted as important projects of the company this year."

"Thank you, Mr. Gu."

Rao Xiaozhi beamed. He didn't expect that his new film would go so smoothly.

"What are Director Rao's thoughts on the actors?"

"When I was writing the script, I thought of a few actors who often perform in dramas, and they fit the image of the characters in the drama very well."

"Okay, you know best who to use for the script you write. If there is a suitable role, I hope you can first consider the company's actors."

Rao Xiaozhi nodded, it was normal to praise his own artist.

Gu Wei hesitated.

"I think this movie can be renamed to a more appropriate name, [The Unknown] would be a good one."

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