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The next scene is a rivalry between 'Qin Feng' played by Gu Wei and 'Sinuo' played by Zhang Zifeng.

"Zifeng, your previous dialogue should look innocent, and the smile at the end should be impactful. You should practice it first."

"Okay, director." Zhang Zifeng replied obediently.

Although Zhang Zifeng is young, she has much more acting experience than the protagonist Gu Wei. She started filming commercials when other children were still in kindergarten.

Later, he successively played children's roles in some movies and TV series. In 2009, Zhang Zifeng, who was only 8 years old, starred in Feng Xiaogang's "Tangshan Earthquake".

Last year, before Xu Zheng's "囧囧" was released, she also collaborated with Xu Zheng in a movie "Modern Times", in which she played Xu Zheng's daughter.

So in terms of acting skills, Gu Wei is not worried about her at all. She is already a mature actress.

Little sister Zifeng is indeed a talented player. She understood what Gu Wei meant and the filming of the scene started.

The performance was slightly worse in the first two times, but it was almost perfect the third time. The camera turned from top to bottom, and the ghostly eyes and smiling face shocked Director Huang behind the monitor.

"Very good, Zifeng, you performed very well." Gu Wei praised after reading it.

In the camera, Zhang Zifeng has different personalities when she plays different roles, but after the show, she returns to being a shy little girl in her teens.

Gu Wei didn't say anything after hearing the compliment, he just smiled sheepishly.

After filming this scene, the sun outside also moved to the right position.

The crew and actors hurriedly adjusted their positions to finish filming the scene where the murderer was revealed.

Zhang Zifeng also finalized his departure from the group and returned to China with his mother.

She originally joined the cast half way through the filming of the movie, and then the crew concentrated on filming her scenes for a few days, and then she naturally left the set.

On April 24, the last chase scene on the road was filmed and the crew officially wrapped.

"Card! Passed!

[Detective Chinatown] is officially finished! "Gu Wei said to the entire crew with a big loudspeaker.

"Very good!"

"It's finished!"

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Cheers came and went.

Making a movie is not an easy task. From the start of a movie to the completion, the entire crew is like a machine running at high speed, and no one dares to slack off at all.

The crew filmed in Bangkok, Thailand for 55 days.

There were no weekends or holidays for 55 days. Everyone put in their own efforts and sweat for the filming of the film.

For a crew like Gu Wei and others who go abroad to shoot a movie, there are more than 100 people. Every day of filming, the crew's funds are flowing away like water.

No one dared to relax at all, for fear that the money would be gone before the film was finished.

Now that the movie is finally finished, it feels like a big stone has been lifted off everyone's shoulders, and it feels particularly relaxed.

In the evening, the crew prepared a closing banquet.

As an investor and director, Gu Wei, the biggest person in the entire crew, stood up and held the wine glass.

“Everyone, this first glass of wine, I toast to everyone in the crew.

[Detective Chinatown] This movie is my first movie as a director. Although I am only a new director, I know that this movie must be an excellent movie.

Because of your dedication and efforts.

After 55 days of hard shooting, I will deeply remember the contribution of everyone here to the film.

I'm so lucky to have a great group of people working with me on this film.

Now I'm proud to make movies with great people.

And this movie is extraordinary and it will not disappoint anyone.

I believe that in the near future, everyone will be proud to have participated in the filming of "Detective Chinatown".

thank you all! "

After speaking, he raised his hand and drank the wine in the glass.

"good!"

"The director is awesome!"

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Gu Wei's opening speech heated up the atmosphere of the banquet.

Everyone also drank the wine in their hands.

At the dinner table, everyone mingled with each other. You toasted me a toast, and I drank a toast back to you.

The two live treasures Chen He and Xiao Pan also started drinking with Bao Qiang and Pan Yueming, saying that they wanted to continue their unfinished drinking game that night.

At the main table, the crew members also came over to toast Gu Wei, and of course Gu Wei also accepted everyone who came.

Everyone was playing and making noise, letting out the happiness in their hearts.

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The plane landed from Bangkok to Beijing International Airport, and Gu Wei and his group walked out of the airport passage one after another.

The main creators all wore detective trench coats and black sunglasses, becoming a beautiful sight at the airport.

"I'll go, do you think that's Wang Baoqiang?"

"It seems that the one behind him is 'Zeng Xiaoxian'!"

"The one walking in front seems to be the actor who played [Xiu Chun Dao]~"

Some passers-by at the airport saw their group and started talking a lot.

Before they even left the airport, reporters gathered around them, and Gu Wei and the others stopped when they saw this.

Some were outside taking photos, and some came closer with microphones.

"Director Gu Wei, is your movie "Detective Chinatown" finished?"

"Yes, after this period of filming the movie has been completed."

"So when are you planning to release it? When will you meet the audience?"

"This also depends on the post-production time and schedule arrangements."

"Did you have no setbacks when you went abroad to film a movie this time? Did everything go smoothly during the filming?"

"The filming went very smoothly. I have a professional team and a group of excellent actors. With their joint efforts, we completed an excellent movie."

The reporter's interview at the airport also attracted some people to watch. After asking a few simple questions, Gu Wei and the others left.

Do you think it was the news that the crew returned to China that attracted reporters to the airport? too naive.

The interview was a real interview, but the reporters were hired by the company in advance.

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Popular celebrities don't have to do this kind of thing, but second- and third-tier celebrities or celebrities who are past their prime and want to be popular often do this.

The purpose is to increase exposure and increase popularity.

From the moment the movie is finalized, the promotion of the movie begins.

The crew's return to China is just the beginning. The company has arranged interviews with reporters at the airport. The news will be published tomorrow to give the public an impression first. Later, as the film's date approaches, it will gradually increase its publicity efforts.

Everyone's clothes and interviews with reporters paid for by the airport are all part of the preliminary publicity.

Gu Wei has always believed that publicity and distribution account for at least one-third of a movie's box office, and the rest depends on the quality and reputation of the movie.

As a producer, Chen Zhixi also agrees with this point. Looking at the high-grossing movies she worked on as a producer in the later period - "Pancake Man" and "I am Li Huanying", the box office success was largely due to Xuanfa and Marketing results.

The two of them hit it off with Gu Wei's ideas on movie promotion.

[Detective Chinatown] Among the entire cast, Wang Baoqiang is the most famous, but looking at his appearance, you can tell that Baoqiang is a thoroughly capable actor.

Chen He and Xiao Pan have a certain reputation, but they are not enough to attract audiences to the cinema.

Gu Wei is now a male protagonist with a proven track record and a hit movie, so his status in the industry is pretty good.

However, his national popularity is too low, there are no popular TV series, and Gu Wei does not accept other movies, TV series, variety shows, etc., resulting in his exposure being too low.

Therefore, if "Detective Chinatown" wants to be as popular as the original version or even better than the original version, Gu Wei and the others need to put a lot of effort into publicity.