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It is nothing new for Huang Bo to be a director in making movies.

In recent years, there have been too many actors becoming directors, and most of them have done a good job. Regardless of the quality of the movies, simply looking at the box office, they win more and lose less.

Initially, Xu Zheng filmed the box office hit "Thailand", then Deng Chao brought "The Breakup Master", Dapeng filmed "Pancake Man", and Gu Wei also had his own "Chinatown Detective".

In fact, Wang Baoqiang planned a comedy movie "Havoc in Tianzhu" that he directed and starred in last year, but it just happened that Gu Wei invited him to shoot "Tang Detective 2" and there was no time.

As a result, after returning from filming "Tang Detective 2" in the United States, the divorce broke out again. Even the money for the lawsuit and tax payment was borrowed from Gu Wei, so of course he couldn't take care of filming the movie.

It was not until the beginning of this year that the divorce lawsuit was completely concluded, and Baoqiang also got back part of his property.

Things were settled, life had to go on, and work had to be done, so the previous movie was put back on the schedule.

According to Gu Wei's understanding, Bao Qiang's film is currently being filmed.

In the original time and space, "Tang Detective 2" was filmed after Wang Baoqiang's divorce, and "Havoc in Tianzhu" was also filmed in 2016. Now because of the butterfly Gu Wei, Baoqiang's directorial debut has been postponed by 1 year, I wonder if the movie will still be as bad as The Original Time and Space.

By the way, although Baoqiang's divorce lawsuit has ended, he is currently suing his former manager Song for alleged job embezzlement. It is said that the evidence is conclusive. If there are no accidents, Song's sewing machine is set.

Of course, these news were not reported by the media. Gu Wei and Baoqiang have always been in contact. They have been friends for several years, and Gu Wei borrowed money at the critical moment. Wang Baoqiang has regarded him as a close friend.

These things are no secret to him now. Baoqiang told Gu Wei all about them when they were talking on the phone.

Even Wang Baoqiang, the three leading actors in "Thailand", wanted to be a director and make movies. Of course, Huang Bo couldn't lag behind.

In fact, in recent years, actors have flocked to become directors, and the most fundamental reason is profit-driven.

The first few, such as Xu Zheng and Wu Jing, did so because they had a desire to create and hoped to express something they wanted to express in their works.

Of course, Wu Jing also had no choice at the time. He was middle-aged and gradually out of date, so the crew who cast him were either supporting roles or villains.

Since he can't get good resources, he might as well praise himself.

Later, everyone discovered that the threshold for becoming a director was so low, and it was very popular for actors to cross over into directors, and the audience liked it, so everyone started to get involved in this industry.

Bao Beier filmed the comedy "Happy Secret Agent" with the support of "Enlight Media", and Wen Zhang, who was behind the transformation, also directed "Lu Yao Knows Ma Li".

Even Xiao Shenyang, who filmed "Love Saint" with Xiao Yang last year, is also preparing to direct and star in a comedy film "Moths Crossing the River".

Today's entertainment industry is different from the past. Most artists and stars do not value their so-called status.

Everything is about money.

If you can make money by filming, then film, and if variety shows give you more, then go on variety shows.

Since being a director can make money, there will naturally be capital to support these thoughtful actors turning into directors.

Including the big black bull Li Chen, he also made a movie "Sky Hunter" with the support of his girlfriend.

If it succeeds at the box office, it will be the second Wu Jing.

According to data, during the week from August 7th to August 13th, a total of 8 new films of various genres were released, including "Psychological Crime" and "Rogue Alliance". The box office totaled 2.19 billion in one week, and the cumulative number of moviegoers reached 62.43 million.

Among them, "Wolf Warrior 2", which was released in its third week, still has a strong upward momentum. With a box office of 1.61 billion, it continues to top the weekly box office list.

The suspense movie "Psychological Crime" starring Li Yifeng, Liao Fan and Wan Qian ranked second with a box office of 116 million; the action movie "League of Thieves" starring Liu Dehua and Shu Qi and joined by French actor Jean Reno ranked second with a box office of 102 million The results ranked third.

As for other movies currently in theaters, the weekly box office is basically only tens of millions or even lower.

This year’s summer season, the domestic film market is undoubtedly booming.

July was originally a little quiet at first, but until the release of "Wolf Warrior 2", the domestic film market entered an unprecedented boom.

However, unlike the Spring Festival blockbuster films that share the box office, the summer blockbuster is basically dominated by the "Wolf Warrior 2" family.

As for other movies released at the same time, they had no choice but to become cannon fodder.

The fact that the wheel kills the ant does not mean that there is any grudge against the ant. It can only mean that the ant is unlucky to be under the wheel.

Three weeks after its release, the box office of "Wolf Warrior 2" has reached 4.856 billion yuan, far exceeding the original domestic box office champion "Tang Detective 2".

"Wolf Warrior 2" has raised the box office of domestic movies from the highest level of 3 billion to 4 billion or even 5 billion.

As of the 13th, [Wolf Warrior 2] has accumulated a global box office of US$674 million, becoming the top single-film box office in the world in 2017. It has successfully entered the top 100 global box office lists and has become the only Chinese-language film among Hollywood blockbusters.

At the same time, the number of domestic moviegoers of "Wolf Warrior 2" also exceeded the 125 million of the Indian movie "Baahubali 2", ranking second in the world in the number of moviegoers in a single market.

Currently, Cameron's "Titanic" ranks No. 1 in the world in terms of the number of movie viewers in a single market. The total number of movie viewers in North America is 138 million.

[Wolf Warrior 2] has only been released for three weeks. With its long-term box office performance, it should not be a problem to surpass [Titanic] in the future.

"I know you have worked hard along the way. We have created history and records together. Your names are in the history of Chinese film! Thank you, thank you!"

After the excited words fell, Wu Jing drank three glasses of wine in a row.

"The director has a good drinking capacity!"

“The director is awesome!”

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After finishing three glasses of wine, Wu Jing flipped the glass over without changing his expression, causing everyone to cheer.

On August 14, the crew of [Wolf Warrior 2] held a celebration banquet in Beijing. Wu Jing opened the show first and was extremely excited.

Although the movie has not yet been released, such excellent box office results continue to stimulate everyone on the creative team.

As early as the end of the second week, Wu Jing led the publicity team back to Beijing and planned to hold a banquet to celebrate. However, Gu Wei had just returned to the group to film for a few days and it was difficult to leave immediately, so he postponed it for a week.

According to Wu Jing's request, no media were invited to this celebration banquet, and there were no formal things. It was just a matter of eating and drinking to celebrate the success of "Wolf Warrior 2".

As the protagonists, Wu Jing and Gu Wei had no airs about themselves. They drank one glass after another, and the atmosphere was very lively.

“Director, when will the third part be shot?

[Wolf Warrior 2] is so popular, everyone is looking forward to your third installment! "A crew member asked after toasting a glass of wine.

"That's right, director, what kind of bad guys are you and Teacher Gu going to fight in the third part? In the second part, we're going to fight international mercenaries. Do we have to upgrade it in the third part?"

Others also asked curiously.

"Haha. You are too anxious. Are you thinking about the third part before [Wolf Warrior 2] is released?"

Wu Jing was obviously very happy and asked everyone with a smile.

"The third part has been planned. Brother Jing and I are going to play a big game this time and save the earth!" Gu Wei sat next to Wu Jing and joked.

Wu Jing was stunned after hearing Gu Wei's words, and then immediately understood what he meant, and smiled: "Gu Wei is right, in the third part we will be superheroes and save the earth!"

When the crew at the dinner table heard this exciting news, they let out bursts of exclamation.

"Really? I didn't expect that we Chinese can also save the earth!"

“In the past, foreigners did this job, but now it’s our turn too.”

"Not only do we want to save the Chinese people, but we also want to save the whole world. The director and Mr. Gu are awesome!"

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Gu Wei and Wu Jing looked at each other and laughed while listening to everyone's discussion.

"Director, when will our crew start filming? We are all waiting to create history with you again!"

"Filming has already started. Gu Wei has been with the team for a month." Wu Jing raised the corners of his mouth and continued to talk nonsense.

"Ah? How come we don't know?"

"Is there another crew?"

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Lu Jianmin, who was sitting next to Wu Jing, looked at everyone confused, smiled and shook his head.

"Gu Wei and Wu Jing are teasing you, there's nothing like [Wolf Warrior 3].

The two have collaborated on another science fiction film, which is currently being filmed.

[Wolf Warrior 2] is over, and the next time I see them working together will probably be in that film."

"Oh, I see!"

"I remembered. It was previously reported in the news that Mr. Gu participated in a science fiction film called [The Wandering Earth], but I didn't expect Director Wu to also participate."

"That said, I'm really looking forward to it."

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After Mr. Lu finished speaking, everyone understood what they had just said.

Gu Wei, who first proposed this statement, had a smile on his face. He felt that he was not teasing everyone. In the future, many netizens will call "The Wandering Earth" "Space Warriors", and there is nothing wrong with calling it the third part.

"Xuanfa has already communicated with theaters, and starting from this week, a batch of IMAX versions of [Wolf Warrior 2] will be launched nationwide.

Aren’t there a lot of viewers these days who are watching twice and three times. The effect of the IMAX version is even more shocking. I believe it can help our movie go further." After dealing with a wave of staff who came up to toast, Gu Wei talked to Wu Jing about business. .

"Brother, what do you think the final box office of our movie will be?" Wu Jing did not talk about this, but asked about the box office issue.

Gu Wei thought for a while.

"Now in the fourth week, the single-day box office has been less than 100 million, but the single-day box office is still 80-90 million. Even if it will continue to decrease in the future, it should be no problem to break 5.3 billion after this week.

We have received the extension key, and [Wolf Warrior 2] will be screened until the 27th of next month.

It depends on whether it can reach 6 billion in the next month or so.

There is hope, but it’s hard to say. After all, the number of people watching our movies is too high, and basically everyone who has the conditions to watch the movie has seen it.

We have tapped the movie-watching potential of the domestic market to its limit! "

There is nothing wrong with Gu Wei's analysis.

The current population of the country is 1.4 billion. Excluding those who are too old and too young to watch movies, those who simply have no movie-going habits, and the largest group of people whose economic conditions do not allow them to go to movie theaters at all, the real target group is basically all I have watched [Wolf Warrior 2], some even multiple times.

Although China has become stronger and richer, the income of most people is still limited.

According to statistics from the National Bureau of Statistics in 2016, about 840 million people in the country have an average disposable monthly income of less than 2,500 yuan, of which about 560 million people have an average disposable monthly income of less than 1,400 yuan.

At present, a movie ticket is as cheap as RMB 30 or RMB 40, or as expensive as RMB 70 or RMB 80. Those with an average monthly income of less than RMB 1,400 cannot afford to spend money to go to the cinema.

Therefore, what currently limits [Wolf Warrior 2] is not the movie itself, but the market and the general environment.

In the future, if the box office of domestic movies wants to make a breakthrough, it is not enough to work on movies. We need to wait for more people to become rich.

“Whether it’s 5 billion or 6 billion, it makes no difference to me.

In fact, after the movie exceeded 3 billion, I felt like I was dreaming every day."

Wu Jing was not as excited as Gu Wei imagined, but rather confused.

When "Wolf Warrior 1" sold for 500 million yuan, he was very high-spirited. At that time, Wu Jing felt that what he shot was popular after all, and the future was promising.

Later, when filming "Wolf Warrior 2", he thought that this film would be a big hit and surpass "Wolf Warrior 1", but he never expected that it would achieve such exaggerated results.

To this day, he still doesn’t understand why [Wolf Warrior 2] has become so popular.

Rely on hot scenes? Patriotism?

These are not unique to him, other directors can also produce these elements in their films.

"Don't think too much, because we did well, that's why we achieved this result. No matter what the anti-fans say, there is no lack of moral integrity.

Our efforts are worthy of this achievement.”

Gu Wei understood what Wu Jing was thinking now.

[Wolf Warrior 2] is not RMB, and it is impossible for everyone to like it. Now that the results are so exaggerated, some bad voices will naturally appear on the Internet.

And Wu Jing himself is not that confident, just like a high school student whose test scores are usually only in the first tier. After the college entrance examination, he was told that he became the top scorer in the national college entrance examination. He would also wonder if there was something wrong. He didn't. Not that big of a capability.

In fact, this is still a matter of popularity. The movies made by Wu Jing do have their own unique charm. In addition, they caught up with the popularity of the main theme, so they soared into the sky.

Just as Gu Wei had thought before, the right time, right place, and right people, and the success of [Wolf Warrior 2] was a bit of destiny.

"When I was on the set a few days ago, I was worried that Brother Jing, you would be too popular now and would be a little carried away. Who would have thought that you would become melancholy instead." Gu Wei joked.

"What's too hot? No matter how hot I am, I can still compare to you, and I've never seen you forget yourself." Listening to Gu Wei's words of comfort, Wu Jing's mentality also adjusted.

"And my senior brother just called me a few days ago. He congratulated the movie on its success and told me to keep a low profile at this time."

"Your senior brother?"

"Li Lianhe"

Gu Wei suddenly realized.

"Seriously, Brother Jing, what are your plans for the third part?" There is an easter egg at the end of [Wolf Warrior 2], and the third part will definitely be made.

After hearing Gu Wei's inquiry, Wu Jing naturally wouldn't treat him like others.

He smiled helplessly.

"To be honest, my original intention of becoming a director and making movies was actually to flatter myself. You should know what kind of brother I was in those years. There is almost no such person in the entertainment industry.

Now [Wolf Warrior 2] is so successful, I have received several movie scripts in the past few days, inviting me to play the leading role.

The results of another "Wolf Warrior 2" are so exaggerated, I have no confidence in making a more popular "Wolf Warrior 3".

So this third part can only be put on hold for now.”

Gu Wei nodded. He understood what Wu Jing meant. If he didn't have a choice, he wouldn't be a director.

Now that it has become popular again, there is no need to be in such a hurry to film the third part.

It seems that Wu Jing still did not start filming the third part of The Original Spacetime until 2024, seven years later. Instead, he participated in many other directors' films in the past few years.

"Let me prepare the third part slowly, but when the time comes, we will definitely still be fighting side by side as brothers.

As I joked just now, it is not impossible to save the earth together in the third part! Wu Jing patted Gu Wei on the shoulder and said with a smile.

"It can't be us brothers going to fight aliens, right?" Gu Wei also joked.

"It's not impossible."