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Early the next morning, news appeared in the entertainment sections of major news outlets.

“A new actor becomes a new director, is he confident or arrogant?”

"I spent 70 million to make a movie. Is it a confident thing or a fool with too much money?"

“I want to fly as soon as I can walk, it’s the director’s dream of students studying in Yanying Department of Acting!”

The media are basically not optimistic about Gu Wei, a new director, making a movie.

The media who have good relations with the three major companies will use gentler words. After briefly describing Gu Wei's identity and the new movie that is about to be launched, they express doubts about Gu Wei's ability as a new director.

Regarding the fact that Gu Wei paid for it out of his own pocket, he said that the director is very courageous. In the end, we are looking forward to what kind of movie Director Gu can bring us?

As for a news media like Southern Metropolis Daily that has no relationship and puts entertainment first, it is very rude.

No need to doubt it, just ridicule it, and don't worry about how the movie will be made in the future. Let’s jump to conclusions right now and say that this movie must be a bad movie.

The reason given was that Gu Wei was just a new actor, and he wanted to be a director before he was even a good actor. It was simply bizarre.

Moreover, Gu Wei is still a college student at the Film Academy, and this year he is majoring in acting as a sophomore.

How can a 21-year-old student make a good-looking movie? Even though he paid for it himself, it’s just because people have so much money, and they will lose everything in the end.

It’s no wonder the media reported that Gu Wei, a new actor-turned-director, could spend so much money on his own to make a movie. This matter indeed has enough news breaking points.

Regardless of his age, occupation or status as an investor, this matter is enough to attract readers' attention.

What do news media value most? The truth? Wrong, sales volume is the most important. If you report it to attract more people and attract readers, they will report it.

Everything is about profit first.

After all, private media, to put it bluntly, are just setting up companies to do business.

What's more, in order to attract attention, some tabloids and self-media published articles saying that Gu Wei's use of his own money to make bad movies may have involved money laundering, and suggested that relevant departments investigate strictly!

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"Mr. Gu, have you read today's media reports? What nonsense they reported!" Chen Zhixi opened the door and walked into Gu Wei's office, holding a roll of newspapers in his hand and saying angrily.

"Sister Zhixi, you don't have to be angry.

I have anticipated these things. After all, people who don’t know about my filmmaking know about it, so it’s normal for them not to be optimistic about it.

But you see, no matter how they report it, our movie has gone out of the industry and become popular before it is even filmed.

You know marketing. If you don’t make a movie and get scolded, you are afraid that no one will know about it.

And it’s still a long time before the movie is filmed and released, so we have enough time and opportunity to change the public’s impression of the movie.

No matter how hard they scold you now, the slap in the face in the end will hurt! "

Gu Wei and Chen Zhixi explained in detail.

In fact, Chen Zhixi didn't understand this truth, but seeing the news all morning was so irritating that she was angry for a moment. Now that she calmed down after listening to Gu Wei's words, she could figure out what was going on.

"However, criticism is okay, and disapproval can be accepted, but direct malicious slander in some news cannot be tolerated."

Gu Wei looked at some news on the computer and frowned. Then let Yang Liwen come to his office.

"Sister Yang, some small newspapers are now reporting that our company is laundering money in movies. You should notify the cooperating law firm, collect the evidence, and then send them a lawyer's letter.

Ask them to withdraw the report and publish an apology in the newspaper. If they don't agree, file a lawsuit. "

"Understood, Mr. Gu, I'll do it right away."

Chen Zhixi listened and said

"Mr. Gu, I'm afraid these tabloids are not that easy to compromise. They are not afraid of lawsuits. No matter they win or lose, it will increase their popularity. Even if they lose in the end, they will just apologize and it won't cause them much loss."

"It doesn't matter. First of all, the company must clarify the matter of spreading rumors that we are violating the law as soon as possible. Prosecution is the best way to prove that we are not guilty.

If we remain indifferent, over time, things that did not exist will leave traces in the minds of the public, and they will think that we have acquiesced, which is extremely detrimental to our image.

Secondly, if these media can go to court with us, it will be beneficial to maintaining the popularity of the movie. At least there will be no shortage of exposure. The legal fees I paid were the current publicity fees. "

"Mr. Gu, you are really a genius in marketing." Chen Zhixi said with admiration.

[Detective Chinatown] has officially started shooting, and all the actors have joined the cast.

The first scenes to be filmed are two scenes in China.

One is why Tang Ren went abroad, and the other is why Qin Feng went abroad.

Tang Ren, played by Bao Qiang, catches the bride having sex with his younger brother on their wedding day in the village.

When word spread, Tang Ren became the laughing stock of the entire town, and everyone looked at him with pity. Unable to stay in China any longer, Tang Ren finally chose to go abroad to live in Thailand.

This paragraph is inserted into the plot and is Tang Ren's memory. It also explains the reason why Tang Ren went abroad and the origin of part of his character.

The filming of this scene was very simple. The crew had already found the filming location, and the people in the village were looking for extras from Beijing Film Studio.

Tang Ren's newlywed wife and brother found two great matches, after all, there was only one scene.

Originally, Gu Wei wanted to propose to Wang Baoqiang that his wife Ma Rong should make a guest appearance, but then he thought it was not a good idea, so he didn't open his mouth.

And Bao Qiang’s manager looks fair and clean, which doesn’t fit in with the image of Bao Qiang’s younger brother. This idea was also abandoned.

There are no lines in this whole process of protecting one's strength, except for the sentence "Brother, I misunderstood" after the younger brother was arrested.

With Bao Qiang's acting skills, filming this scene was very simple. It was basically just one pass, and Gu Wei made another pass just to be on the safe side.

Being a director for the first time, Gu Wei, was also very novel. He is a bit like a Hollywood director. Everything on the set was arranged in an orderly manner by the producer and several assistant directors.

He is only responsible for shooting according to the script and sub-shots, seeing the effect on the monitor, and then comparing it with the movie scenes in his memory. If there is no problem, he will call it out, and if there is a problem, he will reshoot.

If he saw something that he was dissatisfied with during the filming process, he would directly ask the relevant people to change the costumes, props, and even the actors' actions and lines until the changes were made to his satisfaction.

If there's something I don't know or can't figure out during filming, the producer, Lu Yang, is there to act as an all-around helper.

This made him feel like he was a good director when filming.

A scene in which Gu Wei plays Qin Feng is an interview scene for the entrance to the Criminal Police Academy.

When asked why he wanted to apply for the Criminal Police Academy, Qin Feng said expressionlessly, "I want to complete a perfect crime."

The performance of the role of Qin Feng is simply trivial for Gu Wei, whose [acting skills] are already at the [proficient] level.

However, the disadvantage of directing and acting is that after filming his own scene, Gu Wei has to quickly go back behind the monitor to see how the filming went. It's a little more troublesome, it's not like being an actor who only needs to film and don't have to worry about the rest.