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After lunch the next day, Gu and Wei finished the recording and left from the [Mushroom House].

"Zifeng, are you filming recently?"

As he was walking out of the town in the show crew's car, Gu Wei turned around and asked.

"No, in March I joined the team to shoot a movie, "Hello, Zhihua" starring Teacher Zhou Xun and Teacher Qin Hao.

After finishing the role, I went back to school.

I came to record this show because the TV series I filmed with Peng Peng is about to be released."

"How old are you Zifeng?"

Liu Yifei, who was sitting next to her, asked curiously.

"17 years old."

"Oh my god, you're only 17!"

Liu Yifei knew that Zhang Zifeng was relatively young, but she was still surprised to hear her age.

"Isn't that why you're still in middle school?"

Zhang Zifeng nodded slightly and replied with a smile, "There is still one month left for summer vacation, and I will be a sophomore in high school in the second half of the year."

"Zifeng, like you, started filming at a very young age. Even though she is not yet an adult, she has been acting longer than me!" Gu Wei added.

"real?

The first drama you debuted was probably "Xiu Chun Knife" with me. I remember it was in 2012.

Zifeng is only 11 years old in 12 years!"

Liu Yifei was a little surprised.

"You said it too late.

Zifeng's first movie was probably "Tangshan Earthquake" directed by Feng Xiaogang. How old were you when you filmed that movie? "

"That movie was shot in 2009, when I was 8 years old."

“In other words, it’s been 9 years since I debuted. It’s really early to become famous.

Which school are you going to go to for the college entrance examination in the future, Beijing Film Academy or China Theater Academy? "

With Zhang Zifeng's reputation and acting skills, it is certain that she will enter the three major film and television schools in the future. She will most likely not choose to go to the drama school. It is said to be one of the top three in the country, but it is actually a little worse than Beijing Film Academy and China Theater Academy.

It is said that Chinese opera produces actors, and Beijing Film Academy produces stars. This is indeed true. In terms of acting professionalism, Chinese opera is more strict than Beijing Film Academy. Many big names in acting are from Chinese opera.

But in terms of overall strength, Beijing Film Academy is the number one film and television school in China. Not only has the acting department produced many stars, but the directing department has also produced many well-known directors.

"I want to go to Beijing Film Academy!"

Zhang Zifeng answered without hesitation. It seemed that she had already thought about this question.

"Haha, it's pretty good. With your current acting skills, it doesn't really make much difference whether you go to Beijing Film Academy or China Theater Academy.

You and I, Sister Fei, both graduated from Beijing Film Academy, and we will be alumni when you pass the exam."

The three chatted in the car and finally separated at the airport.

"I'm leaving, Zifeng. See you next time."

"Brother Wei, when will I have the opportunity to work with you again?" Zhang Zifeng had been holding back in front of the camera while recording "Longing for Life". Now that they are about to be separated, she finally expressed her inner thoughts.

"You are so young, there will be many filming opportunities in the future. Maybe there will be a suitable opportunity for us to work together. Don't worry, go back and study hard." Gu Wei smiled and rubbed Zhang Zifeng's head.

She and Zhao Jinmai, the little girl Gu Wei who worked with them, regarded them as younger sisters.

"Then don't forget me when you have the right opportunity."

"Don't worry, our Zi Feng's acting skills are so good, we will definitely not forget you!"

After speaking, Gu Wei looked at Liu Yifei again.

"Sissi, see you in a few days!"

As the release date of the movie approaches, various press conferences and road shows require the two of them to promote together, so there will be no shortage of opportunities to meet during this period.

"Are you really not calling me sister now?" Ever since filming "Cohabitation in Time and Space", Gu Wei has always called Liu Yifei "Qianxi", even if they had just recorded "Longing for Life", it was the same. They all call her "Sister Yifei" very politely.

Gu Wei touched his nose.

"We have such a good relationship, so don't worry about these details."

Zhang Zifeng and Liu Yifei were both going back to the capital, while Gu Wei flew to the mountain city.

[Young You] has been turned on, and we are waiting for the male protagonist Gu Wei to join the cast.

The mountain city is built on the mountain and lives by the water. The so-called 8D Magic Landscape City is naturally three-dimensional, very suitable for composition and very beautiful. Many photographers have taken good photos here, and many shots in movies look like it. Very beautiful.

From "Crazy Stone" to "Hot Pot Hero" and "Passing Through Your World", mountain cities are the cities preferred by film directors.

Zeng Guoxiang undoubtedly also took a fancy to this place.

There are many large overpasses, high-rise buildings, and small alleys in the mountain city, which is like a maze.

Putting the characters here gives you a feeling of being unable to escape from this place, which is very helpful for the movie to present the inescapable melancholy of adolescence. It is the most suitable shooting location for "Youth".

When Gu Wei arrived, the crew was holding a meeting, and several other main creators had already arrived in advance. They basically joined the set a few days or even more than a week in advance to adapt to the environment.

"Director Zeng, I'm sorry, I have a lot of trivial matters and I'm a little late."

"The crew has just started filming, and Mr. Gu arrived at the right time." After Gu Wei entered, Zeng Guoxiang stood up from his seat and shook hands with him, with a smile on his face.

Tsang Kwok-cheung is currently one of the most promising directors of the new generation in Hong Kong. He has a strong background and is capable. His last film "July and Ansheng" was well received, and he won two Golden Horse Award winners. He is currently in the limelight.

However, none of the works he directed before were too blockbuster. Even "July and Ansheng" only had a box office of 160 million. Of course, this result is quite good for a feature film, but considering the current scale of the mainland film market Look, this box office is far from a big hit.

He is not a director who is good at making commercial films, but this time he can cooperate with Gu Wei, who is known as the box office king in the industry, and he is extremely confident in "Young You".

When the project of this film was started, the producers were [Goodbaby Production Company] and [Paipai Culture Media] controlled by him and producer Xu Yuezhen.

In order to attract Gu Wei into the game, the two major producers and other joint producers gave 40% of the investment share to [Wei Mingxia], so that [Wei Mingxia] who joined later became [Young You] largest investor.

The starring role of Gu Wei has also become one of the people with the strongest say in the movie, and he also has the title of producer and producer.

Of course, this does not mean making a wedding dress for Gu Wei. In fact, [Goodbaby Production Company] and [Paipai Culture Media] have the largest investment share combined, and the control over the filming of the film is still between him and the producer. Xu Yuezhen's hands.

Paying such a high price to recruit Gu Wei was mainly to make the cake bigger.

No matter how much a film practitioner loves art, the ultimate goal of making a film is to make money, and in the current domestic film industry, films starring Gu Wei basically mean box office hits.

Over the years, as the movies Gu Wei has starred in have become hits one after another, many people in the industry have also analyzed the reasons why he has such high box office appeal.

First of all, Gu Wei is the only top star in domestic entertainment. His fan base is very large, which is unmatched by other stars. As a top traffic star, no matter what kind of movies he shoots, his fan behavior It will bring a wave of stable box office.

This situation will also happen to other traffic stars, but their fan base and appeal are far less than Gu Wei.

Secondly, over the years, every movie has been a hit and almost no bad movies have been made. This has allowed Gu Wei himself to accumulate a very good reputation. Among the largest group of passers-by, his appeal is very strong. As long as a new movie is released, everyone will I will all think about going to see it.

Finally, he himself has always been very popular. Every time a new movie is released, there is no lack of publicity. And because of the continuous success, theaters also trust him very much, so there is almost no worry about scheduling the movies he stars in.

Only by the positive superposition of many aspects can Gu Wei continue to succeed.

As long as he doesn't commit suicide and doesn't ruin his reputation by starring in bad movies one after another, his title of box office king can continue forever.

Therefore, even if a huge price is paid, both the producer Xu Yuezhen and Zeng Guoxiang himself, as well as other producers, are very welcome to Gu Wei's joining.

They look forward to Gu Wei once again playing his magical role so that the feature film "Young You" can have a high box office.

When the project of "Young You" was originally launched, the planned investment was 50 million, and it was a small-budget movie.

This is actually quite normal. After all, it is a literary and artistic feature film. Just like Zeng Guoxiang’s last movie [July and Ansheng], the total investment was only 30 million, and the final box office was 160 million. The producer’s income was about 60 million. 30 million profit.

The theme of "Young You" is actually not much different from "July and Ansheng" in various aspects of subject matter. Before filming, everyone thought that the final box office performance of the movie would probably exceed "July and Ansheng", but it would only be 200-300 million. s level.

Now that Gu Wei has joined, because of his salary and the producer's increase in post-publicity expenses, the budget of "Youth" has soared to 120 million yuan, and the cost has more than doubled.

However, various investors are not worried at all. On the contrary, they are very much looking forward to the results of this movie after its release.

Even director Zeng Guoxiang is more confident. The movie "Left Ear" made by Gu Wei and Ma Chun in the past few years has received 800 million in box office. Although the current "Young You" has different themes, they are both youth movies. , he feels that there is great hope of breaking through 800 million or even reaching 1 billion.

Just like the romance movie [Ex 3] at the beginning of the year, which sold 2.3 billion at the box office.

You must know that the first two movies in this series only had a box office of 120 million and 250 million. Zeng Guoxiang has watched all three movies. To be honest, he didn’t see how good the third movie was in terms of quality. He felt that the content and expression were not as good as before. The two films are not much different, with the same director and the same production team, and even the actors have not changed much. The only difference is the addition of Gu Wei and Ni Ni.

Everyone knows how much box office appeal Ni Ni has, so from this movie, insiders once again saw Gu Wei's exaggerated box office appeal.

"Director Zeng, I have a movie coming out recently, so I may have to ask for leave from time to time." After a few words of greeting with Director Zeng, Gu Wei first brought up the ugly words.

"I understand, I understand, that love movie directed by Xu Zheng, I know it has been very popular recently.

Congratulations in advance to Mr. Gu on the success of the movie." Zeng Guoxiang also knew that as Gu Wei, there must be a lot to do, and he was well prepared to arrange the shooting plan according to his time.

This world is always unfair and relatively fair.

The requirements between people always match their status. Great directors have strict requirements and will also look at who the other person is. As far as Gu Wei's current status is concerned, even Zhang Yimou and Chen Kai will not ask him to concentrate. You are not allowed to do anything while filming.

After the greetings, Director Zeng took Gu Wei to chat about the movie again. Although he was the last to join the team, Zeng Guoxiang found that he was not unprepared for the filming. After listening to some of Gu Wei's ideas about the story and character design, he nodded secretly. , Sure enough, such a great reputation does not come in vain, there are indeed two brushes.

"Gu Wei, I didn't expect that we would finally be able to work together after graduation."

After entering the door, Gu Wei said hello to everyone and kept chatting with Director Zeng. This gave Zhou Dongyu, who wanted to have a close relationship with him, no chance to interrupt. Finally, the producer Xu Yuezhen brought up a topic to divert the director's attention. , she had a chance to speak.

"Dongyu, you are the Golden Horse Best Actress. Please take care of me in future filming." Gu Wei said politely. Although he had a general impression of Zhou Dongyu, he would not hit the smiling person. After all, they were classmates before. In the next two months, We also need to work together.

"My requirements are very strict, you must work hard!"

Zhou Dongyu climbed straight up the pole after hearing Gu Wei's words. He didn't know why he thought of replying like this.

Gu Wei couldn't hold himself together for a moment. The corners of his mouth twitched slightly and he couldn't even keep a smile.

He didn't know if this person really thought that way or if he simply had low emotional intelligence and couldn't speak. Although Gu Wei had never won the Best Actor Award at the International A-Class Film Festival, he was still the Magnolia Movie Emperor, and his acting skills had never been doubted. .

"Haha. Let's work hard together." Gu Wei said perfunctorily, no longer interested in chatting with Zhou Dongyu, and then looked at Zhou Xi who was sitting on the other side of him.

"Xiao Ming, when did you join the team?"

Zhou Ming wore a sky blue dress today, with long black hair cascading down her shoulders, and a palm-sized face with exquisite facial features. From the appearance point of view, she surpassed Zhou Dongyu by more than one level.

She had been staring at Gu Wei since he entered the room, as if she wanted to say hello but didn't dare.

Now that Gu Wei took the initiative to talk to her, a sweet smile immediately appeared on Zhou Ming's face.

"I arrived a week ago. In the past few days, I have been familiar with the venue, memorizing lines, and adjusting my condition."

"It's so early, aren't there any classes at school?"

"I had already taken leave, and the teacher knew that I was going to act in this play and guided me for a while.

I am now very confident in playing the role of "Wei Lai"! "It seems that he is really well prepared, otherwise Zhou Ming would not be so confident.

"So I have to test you. How do you understand the character "Wei Lai"?"

Zhou Ming thought for a while and organized his words.

"Wei Lai is undoubtedly the villain in the movie. She appears to be a beautiful and well-behaved rich girl, but in fact she is very dark inside. Taking advantage of her strong family background, she bullies the weak in school and takes pleasure in doing so.

I think she should have two faces, one is the good girl from a rich family that others see, and the other is the real face of the abuser.

Although she grew up in a wealthy family, it was repressive and cold, which caused her to have no basic respect for human life. Under her angelic face, there was a bottomless darkness.

Wei Lai's homophone is the future, but she has no future after all."

"Yes, I understand it well. It just depends on your performance during filming."

Gu Wei complimented, which made Zhou Ming's smile brighter.