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After the incident in Beijing was over, Gu Wei returned to the Oriental Movie Capital to continue filming "The Wandering Earth".

The time soon came to late August.

In the fourth week of its release, the total box office of "Wolf Warrior 2" officially exceeded 5 billion, and is heading towards 5.5 billion.

The summer season is about to come to an end, and several new films have been released in the film market.

Among them, the three movies with the highest proportion of filming are "Sha Po Lang·Gan Lang", "Broken Game", and "One Hundred Thousand Bad Jokes 2".

"Break" is a police film co-produced by Guo Tianwang and Wang Qianyuan. It is a remake of a Korean movie "To the End".

To be honest, the quality is good, the storyline is complete and the actors' acting skills are online, but the box office is not satisfactory.

Neither Aaron Kwok nor Wang Qianyuan is a star with box office appeal. The film's lack of publicity resulted in a box office score of only 43.96 million in the first four days of release, with an average of only about 10 million per day.

[100,000 Bad Jokes 2] is better, with 55.52 million in the first three days. Since it is a cartoon, the cost is relatively low, so although the box office is not very high, it is still profitable.

The only new film with better results is "Sha Po Lang·Gan Lang", with a box office of 220 million in its first week, second only to "Wolf Warrior 2" in its fourth week of release, ranking second in the single-week box office rankings.

The director of "Sha Po Lang: Greedy Wolf" is Ye Weixin. The "Ip Man" series of movies that have become popular in recent years is his work.

Director Ye has a good relationship with Zhen Zidan, and he can be said to be a benefactor to Zhen Zidan.

As early as 2005, Ye Weixin filmed the earliest "Slaying the Wolf", and found Donnie Yen, who was not very famous at the time, to star.

Wu Jing played a villainous mini-boss in it, and contributed a wonderful fighting scene with Donnie Yen.

However, as a villain, he was beaten unilaterally by Zhen Zi.

It is said that after filming that scene, Zhenzi broke several wooden sticks.

From that time on, Wu Jing's career began to enter a trough. He played soy sauce as a supporting role in various Hong Kong films, and his popularity became less and less.

And Donnie Yen took a ride on Ye Weixin's coattails, and the two collaborated on "The Fuse", "Dragon Tiger Gate" and later the "Ip Man" series that made him famous.

[Sha Po Lang·Gan Lang] has nothing to do with the 2005 film [Sha Po Lang]. Although it belongs to the same series of movies, they are only similar in shooting style and have no connection in terms of story and plot.

The protagonist of the movie is Gu Tianle. It is also a police action movie, and the quality is better than "Break".

Hong Kong films are really in slump right now. Not only is the market shrinking, but the talent is also gradually withering away.

The older generation's Double Weekly Cheng and the Four Heavenly Kings are gradually getting older, and almost none of the new generation of actors can handle the task, leaving only Gu Tianle struggling to support it.

In the current market, as long as it is a Hong Kong film, almost all of it stars Louis Koo, without exception.

In fact, Guanxi and Nicholas Tse had high hopes at the beginning, but it was a pity that one became a master of photography, and the other focused on cooking, and they did not care about the Hong Kong film industry.

At present, Hong Kong films are not dead yet. They are supported by some older actors and Hong Kong film directors who are older than them. When this wave of people can no longer make films, Hong Kong films will truly come to an end.

This is not alarmist.

In recent years, a large number of newcomers have emerged in the Mainland entertainment industry. Young stars represented by Gu Wei have gradually established themselves in the industry, even crushing the older generation of stars in terms of number of fans.

However, there are basically no newcomers in Hong Kong. People talk about people like Andy Lau, Louis Koo, and Liang Chaowei. In terms of talents, the generation has been completely eliminated.

[Sha Po Lang·Gan Lang] has a good box office. In addition to the fact that the movie is really good, the publicity also played a big role.

Knowing that Wu Jing is now popular, Wu Jing has been mentioned many times since the premiere of the movie.

What about "Director Ye Wei-xin thinks Wu Jing is the better villain~" "Martial arts director Hong Jinbao thinks the fight scenes between Wu Jing and Donnie Yen in the old version of [Slay the Wolf] are classics"

If you know how to ride on the popularity and promote it hard, the box office of the movie will naturally not be much different.

"Brother, did you win the lottery today? Are you so happy?"

On the set in the morning, Zhao Jinmai was wearing a bloated protective suit while looking curiously at Gu Wei, who was also wearing clothes next to him.

"Is it so obvious?"

"Of course. When I look at you, it seems like something good has happened to you. You've been smiling all morning."

"Actually, it's nothing. When I got up, I took a look at the real-time box office. The box office of [Wolf Warrior 2] exceeded 5.5 billion."

At the end of the fourth week, no matter how popular "Wolf Warrior 2" is, it can't help but fall into decline. The single-day box office has dropped to just over 20 million, but this is not important, because the total box office of the movie has exceeded 5.5 billion yuan, which is far from the original time and space. 5.6 billion is just one step away.

At this time, there is still a month until [Wolf Warrior 2] is released.

Gu Wei is happy because, according to the current box office trend, it is certain that the box office of "Wolf Warrior 2" with him in it will exceed that of the original version, and it will steadily exceed 5.6 billion by the end of this week.

As for whether it can reach 6 billion in the end, it’s hard to say. After all, the box office in a single day will be lower as time goes by. In the last month, it may get a box office of 2 to 3 billion, or it may only get more than 100 million.

But no matter what, it turned out that Gu Wei's joining had a positive effect on [Wolf Warrior 2], which is why he was happy.

"Awesome, awesome." Zhao Jinmai gave a thumbs up involuntarily.

"You are unprecedented and unprecedented, and you have completely left your name in the history of Chinese film!"

“No one in the past has no faults, but no one who comes after will certainly not.

There will definitely be a movie in the future that will surpass [Wolf Warrior 2] at the box office, but it won’t be certain how long it will take.

While "Titanic" was the domestic box office champion for 11 years, "Monster Hunt" only lasted for more than half a year.

I don’t know how many years [Wolf Warrior 2] can sit in this position.”

"That's not up to you yet"

"It depends on me?" Gu Wei didn't understand what Zhao Jinmai meant.

"Yes, depending on when you make a movie that surpasses [Wolf Warrior 2] at the box office, it will be the champion for a few years."

"Haha. Why me and not someone else?"

"I can't think of anyone else in China whose movies have such a high box office besides you." Zhao Jinmai shook his head and said seriously.

At the end of August, more than half of Gu Wei's scenes in "The Wandering Earth" were completed, and Wu Jing officially joined the cast.

"Brother Jing, are you done with all your work outside?"

"Absolutely. During this period of time, there are endless interviews one after another. I can hide and be quiet even when I'm on set filming."

"Haha. Who makes you so popular now?

Let’s go, take you to see Director Guo.”

The first person that Wu Jing joined the team to notify was definitely Gu Wei. On the day of his arrival, Gu Wei went to pick him up outside the Oriental Movie Capital.

"Look, it's Wu Jing!"

"Hello, Teacher Wu Jing!"

"Teacher Wu Jing [Wolf Warrior 2] did a great job!"

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When they walked into the studio, the crew were very surprised when they saw the people around Gu Wei. Some of them were brave enough to say hello, and Wu Jing responded with a smile.

During the release of "Wolf Warrior 2", Wu Jing's popularity and attention were indeed unmatched by anyone, even Gu Wei, who was also the leading actor, was a little behind.

It's not that Gu Wei is not as famous as Wu Jing, but the two have different topics.

Gu Wei has always been very popular, and the popularity of "Wolf Warrior 2" only made him reach a higher level, while Wu Jing was almost exhausted before "Wolf Warrior 1", and later relied on "Wolf Warrior 1" which had a good box office Just saved some reputation.

[Wolf Warrior 2] allowed him to reach the top in one step, directly becoming the most popular director and actor in China.

This is like two students in the class. One has always scored more than 90 points, and this time he scored 100. No one will be too surprised; but the other usually only scores more than 60 points, and this time he got full marks, so everyone will naturally Pay more attention to him.

"Teacher Wu Jing, welcome."

Guo Fan, who was on the crew to discuss the shooting with the photographer, his eyes lit up when he saw Wu Jing approaching.

"Sorry, Director Guo, I joined the group a little late."

"No, I came just in time, a few days earlier than the agreed schedule."

Wu Jing joined the team to film, and the happiest person was Guo Fan. In his heart, Gu Wei and Wu Jing were the sleeping dragons and phoenixes of "The Wandering Earth". Now that they are together, he is completely relieved.

Guo Fan chatted with Wu Jing very enthusiastically for a while, and then took him around the crew studio to get familiar with the shooting location. The process was similar to that when Gu Wei came.

"Brother Jing, please take care of yourself first. There are two more scenes today. After the filming is over, I will put some drinks for you in the evening."

"Director Guo, you are busy and don't worry about me."

Guo Fan smiled and started to get down to business.

This was Wu Jing's first time on the set of "The Wandering Earth". After entering the studio, especially Guo Fan took him around, just like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden. Everything he saw was eye-opening for him.

Wu Jing never thought that a science fiction film could be made like this. It turned out that someone in China really put their heart into creating a science fiction film.

"How is it? Is it heavy?" After Guo Fan left, Wu Jing walked two steps to Gu Wei and watched him put on protective clothing with the help of the staff.

"Of course it's heavy, weighing dozens of kilograms, but mine is still relatively light. Look at the black exoskeletons worn by Li Guangjie and the others over there. That one weighs 80 kilograms. After they put it on, they basically performed for a whole day." Gu Wei Nunu gestured to Wu Jing to look over there.

"I heard from the director, but fortunately I don't need to wear such heavy equipment."

"Hehe. You also have a scene in a space suit. It is said that that one is not much lighter than this one."

"Why does it feel like shooting a science fiction movie is more difficult than shooting an action movie?" Wu Jing looked at Gu Wei's equipment and picked up the round helmet from the ground. "This thing is so exquisitely made, it feels like the real thing."

"In science fiction films, you can't just rely on words. Props are the most important. All kinds of high-tech equipment must be realistic. Otherwise, how can you show your awesomeness in science and technology?

These props are jointly designed and produced by [Beijing Physical Effects 421 Studio] and [New Zealand Weta Studio]. They are full of texture and details. If you tell them they are real, people will believe them. "

As he spoke, Gu Wei raised his hand and showed Wu Jing the robotic arm on his hand, which was the one "Liu Qi" used to smash the display screen at the beginning of the movie.

Wu Jing looked at this high-tech robotic arm, then looked up at the surrounding scenery.

"It will cost a lot of money to create such a big scene, right?"

At this time, he changed his carelessness in helping Gu Wei and began to pay attention to this domestic film.

"Not much, 400 million." Gu Wei stretched out four fingers and said calmly.

"Is China Film so courageous?"

"I am half the China Film family."

“You invested so much?

Aren’t you afraid of losing money?”

Wu Jing was a little surprised. He knew that Gu Wei was an investor in "The Wandering Earth", but he only thought that the investment was based on remuneration, which would be for nothing at most. He did not expect to invest so much money.

Gu Wei grinned, showing a row of white teeth.

"Brother Jing, your [Wolf Warrior 2] has helped me earn so much money, there must be somewhere to spend it.

I think Director Guo is a practical person, and "The Wandering Earth" is a very good science fiction movie.

Maybe if everyone works together, this film can open the door to Chinese science fiction films and set an example for future science fiction films.

For a dream, a little money is nothing."

After listening to Gu Wei's words, Wu Jing couldn't help but give him a thumbs up. Everyone can say nice things, but who can spend 200 million yuan.

Considering the current situation of domestic science fiction films, if Gu Wei can spend so much money to support the filming, it can only be said that he really loves it.

"Let me introduce you, this is my sister, Zhao Jinmai."

"Hello, Teacher Wu Jing." Zhao Jinmai saw that Wu Jing was a little cautious.

"Hello, the little girl is so cute. You don't need to call her teacher, just call her Brother Jing."

"There is no scene with Uncle Da today. He is not here. You two are the only ones among us who have a scene together."

The crew has been filming for two months, and Wu Mengda's scene is almost finished filming. After Wu Jing joined the crew and filled in their scenes, he can finish filming.

"Uncle Da and I know each other. When we were living together in Hong Kong Island, we worked together on a film. It has been more than ten years ago."

"It just so happens that we have dinner together in the evening. You can catch up on old times and have two more drinks with Uncle Da."

Oriental movies are said to be big or small.

The news that Wu Jing joined the cast spread quickly, and the crew of [Crazy Alien] next door also knew that another leading actor of [The Wandering Earth] had arrived.

"Guo Fan, what kind of shitty luck is this?" Ning Hao heard the news from the staff, shook his head and sighed.

He has a really good relationship with Guo Fan. Ning Hao helped a lot during the filming of "The Wandering Earth". Even if Guo Fan doesn't need help now, the two of them always discuss some shooting issues together.

Both of their films were adapted from Liu's novels, so they naturally have common topics.

"Luck is a very wonderful thing. You never know when it will happen to you." Xu Zheng wore a strange device on his head, and there were some white dots on his face.

He and Ning Hao are close friends, and he also played a role in "Crazy Alien", that is, the alien who looks like a monkey.

The thing he wears on his head is a motion capture device used to capture his facial expressions.

The expressions of aliens in future movies were created by capturing Xu Zheng’s facial movements.

"Haha, you can't stand up and talk without hurting your back. Your company is working on a low-budget romance film, and you were so lucky that Gu Wei fell in love with it."

"I didn't expect it, luck, luck." Xu Zheng smiled and looked very embarrassed.

"But Guo Fan was really lucky. He found the two protagonists Gu Wei and Wu Jing for the film. As a result, the last movie they collaborated on turned out to be like this.

[The Wandering Earth] suddenly became popular before it was aired

Haozi, let's go out to have a meal with Guo Fan, Wu Jing, and Gu Wei next door someday, so that we can keep in touch and bond with each other.

I will be cooperating with Gu Wei at the end of the year, and I’m not familiar with him yet.”

Ning Hao thought for a while.

"Okay, take Shen Teng and Hiroko with you. They have a good relationship with Gu Wei. I'll meet Guo Fan."