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The special day brought unprecedented prosperity to the film market during this year's National Day.

The box office of "My Motherland and Me" exceeded 2.8 billion in three weeks, and "The Captain" also broke 2.6 billion in the long run.

Even the criticized "The Climbers" has broken 1 billion in total box office, and there is no problem with profitability.

In late October, as the box office of the three movies gradually declined, the entire domestic film market slowly returned to its normal state.

Although there were also 4K versions of main theme movies such as "Founding Ceremony", "Crossing the Yangtze River", and "Red Son Goes to the Meeting Alone", they did not make any splashes at the box office.

On October 22, the official Weibo of "Better Days" announced the start of pre-sale.

In just two days, the pre-sale box office of the movie quickly exceeded 100 million.

No one expected that a youth drama with the theme of school bullying could be so popular, but considering that the male lead is Gu Wei, it is normal.

Even if the subject matter is not pleasing, with Gu Wei's super high popularity and huge fan base, as long as the movie is released, there will be a basic box office.

On the 24th, Gu Wei's plane landed in Beijing at noon.

First went back to the company for a simple rest, and then took Zhou Ye to the premiere of "Better Days".

"Brother Wei, how do you like my outfit?"

In the nanny car, Zhou Ye wore a blue dress, black hair draped over her shoulders, a clean face with delicate features, and smiled sweetly at Gu Wei opposite.

"Not bad, very beautiful!" Gu Wei smiled and nodded.

Zhou Ye's facial features are very superior, and she is invincible in youth. At the age of 20, she is full of youthful vitality.

"How do you read the script recently?"

After Gu Wei returned to Beijing at the end of last month, Zhou Ye was confirmed to play the role in "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils", and the company has not arranged any other work for her recently.

"I read the script several times and memorized my lines. I was very attentive!"

"Although Cheng Xiaomei's role is not very long, it has a certain depth. You have to grasp the character's personality and inner state to play it well."

Zhou Ye stretched out his hand and scratched his head: "Then I will go back to school to ask the acting teacher for advice?"

"No, we have an acting teacher in our company."

"Who?" Zhou Ye asked curiously.

"Zhang Songwen, he used to do acting training. You are all actors in "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils". I will say hello to him later. You can go to him for advice."

I first met Zhang Songwen when I was looking for an acting teacher for Nazha for "Love O2O". He is best at teaching people how to act.

"Okay."

It didn't take long for the nanny car to drive to the outside of the premiere venue. Gu Wei took Zhou Ye in through a special passage.

"Brother Wei, Xiao Ye!"

In the venue, Zhang Zifeng, who was wearing a white T-shirt, blue jeans and short hair, saw Gu Wei leading Zhou Ye in, and happily stretched out her hand to greet him.

"Zifeng, I haven't seen you for a few months. You seem to have gained some weight."

Gu Wei said with a smile.

The last time they met was when they were filming [Detective Chinatown 3].

Zhang Zifeng, who was originally very happy, pouted immediately after hearing his words.

"No way, I didn't gain weight. I have always been very careful to control my weight, okay!"

"Haha, no, no, I was wrong~" Gu Wei smiled and teased her.

"Gu Wei!" Director Zeng Guoxiang saw him coming and walked over with a happy face.

"Director Zeng~"

"I just checked, the pre-sale of our movie has exceeded 160 million RMB. According to the current trend, the pre-sale may exceed 200 million when it premieres at midnight tomorrow!"

Zeng Guoxiang was a little excited. When he was preparing for the movie, he knew that Gu Wei's participation would definitely make the movie a big hit at the box office, otherwise he would not agree to give him 40% of the investment share.

But he never expected that the pre-sale alone would almost pay for itself before the movie was released. From this point of view, the future box office of this movie will be far more than 500 million or 800 million, and it is entirely possible to break 1 billion.

Zeng Guoxiang's previous movie [Soulmate], although it has a good reputation, the box office was only 170 million.

Now this [Better Days] is also not a commercial film. He thought that even with Gu Wei's participation, the box office might only be 500 million or 800 million.

Looking at it now, he is still conservative.

"Congratulations, no, I should say congratulations.

Pre-sale is just the beginning. I believe that with the excellent quality of our film, everyone will be satisfied!" Gu Wei is confident that with his box office appeal, there is no problem that the box office of "Better Days" will exceed the original version.

Although the female lead has changed from Zhou Dongyu to Zhang Zifeng, and it seems that she is much less famous, Zhou Dongyu has never had such a thing as box office appeal, and the high box office of the original version has little to do with her.

In a horizontal comparison, Gu Wei crushes the four characters in all aspects. Under the same conditions, he will naturally achieve greater success.

The premiere ceremony of "Better Days" was the day before the national release.

In addition to inviting some media people and film critics in the circle, the remaining audience tickets were distributed to some lucky audiences in Beijing through lottery.

Wang Fang is such a lucky audience.

She participated in the lottery with her classmates at school. Among dozens of people, only she and her good friend Zhang Yinghui were lucky enough to be drawn.

"Xiaohui, have you noticed that there are so many celebrities at the premiere today? I just saw several celebrity faces."

In the theater, the two girls' seats were relatively far back. Wang Fang opened her eyes wide and looked around, saying in a low voice.

"Do you think the guy wearing the hat over there is Lu Han?"

"It should be, the person beside him seems to be Huang Zitao.

Lu Han seems to have a good relationship with Gu Wei. He was scolded so badly at [Shanghai Fortress] this year, but it was Gu Wei who stood up for him. "

Both girls are loyal fans of Gu Wei and know everything about him.

"Actually, I don't quite understand. Logically speaking, they are both top class. Our brother and Lu Han should be in a competitive relationship, but they seem to have always had a good relationship."

Zhang Yinghui smiled slightly: "You think too superficially.

Gu Wei has been more than just a top-notch person for many years.

He has completely distanced himself from other young male artists.

Their resources are not at the same level, so of course there is no competition."

Wang Fang nodded thoughtfully, then smiled: "My brother is still the most powerful!"

Not long after the two sat down, the host opened the show, and then the main creator and his team walked onto the stage.

Gu Wei stood in the center C position, with director Zeng Guoxiang on his left and heroine Zhang Zifeng on his right.

His appearance naturally caused screams in the stadium.

"Wow! Brother is so handsome!"

"Gu Wei, look here, we love you forever!"

"The movie is a hit, you are the best!"

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After a while, with the host's comfort, the fans present stopped screaming. Everyone could feel Gu Wei's invincible anger.

After the usual self-introduction, the main creators expressed their thoughts on the movie, and then it was time for the screening.

The main creators left the show, and the lights in the theater slowly dimmed.

"Does any student know the difference between was and use to be?"

The video begins with Chen Nian teaching children in class.

Zhang Zifeng's makeup is mature and her smile is soft and sunny.

"Which classmate knows?"

"Was means past." came a student's voice.

"Actually, both of them mean the past, but the difference is that if you use use to be, there is a sigh of losing paradise. Do you remember it?

Let’s read it again together.”

"This used to be our playground."

"This was our playground."

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As one sentence after another was read in English, the camera slowly turned to a little girl in the classroom who did not raise her head, seeming to convey some deep meaning to the audience.

Then the scene changed, and Gu Wei's face appeared on the big screen, with a warm smile and a light in his eyes.

Then came Zhang Zifeng with the same smile, but she was much greener than the one at the beginning.

"Gu Wei is so handsome. He is obviously without makeup in this shot, but he is still so handsome.

It’s over, my heart melted into his smile.”

"Not to mention their appearance, their temperament is also very bright. The two of them are full of youthfulness!"

"Zhang Zifeng has really grown up. In my mind, she has always been a child."

At the beginning, everyone discussed a few words, and the theater returned to calm. Then the camera switched to the campus.

Although "Young You" has revealed the theme of the movie during the promotion, which is about school bullying, the audience obviously did not think that this subject would be too uncomfortable to film.

At the beginning of the movie, the girl who committed suicide by jumping off the building shocked everyone.

Later, Zhang Zifeng was bullied by classmates and bullied and beaten by other girls, which made people even more angry.

"This Wei Lai is so annoying, how can he be so vicious at such a young age!"

"It's so irritating. If I had a child like this, I would strangle her to death!"

"It's so disgusting, I really want to go up and slap her twice."

Zhou Ming in the audience heard the whispers from the audience, and her expression was not very good. She also knew that it was because of the role, but who doesn't want to be liked by the audience.

Gu Wei turned to look at Zhou Ming and noticed her unhappiness, so he comforted her in a low voice: "The more annoying the audience is, the better your performance is, which is something to be proud of."

Zhou Ming heard this and pursed his lips: "I know, but it always feels bad. I still want to play a good person."

Gu Wei smiled: "There will be plenty of opportunities in the future."

The movie continues.

Xiaobei and Chen Nian met unexpectedly. They sympathized with each other because of the same misfortune and stayed together to keep each other warm.

This section is the most heartwarming section in the movie.

Then came the even more sadistic one.

Xiaobei was taken away by the police for questioning. Chen Nian, who was unprotected, was bullied by a group of people from Wei Lai. Not only was he beaten but his hair was cut.

Xiaobei was furious when he came back. He wanted to take revenge but was stopped by Chen Nian. He also cut his hair to accompany Chen Nian.

Many girls in the audience sobbed and wiped the tears from their faces when they saw this scene.

Yang Yinghui looked at the big screen and sniffed, thinking of something.

"I heard that the heroine of this movie was originally Zhou Dongyu, but she didn't want to cut her hair during the filming of this scene. She annoyed Gu Wei by acting like a big star on the crew, and then she was replaced by Zhang Zifeng."

"Is it true?" Wang Fang didn't want to cry after hearing this gossip, and turned to look at her best friend in surprise.

“This is news that came out during the filming of [Young You]. Some media reported it, but I don’t know if it is true or not.

But it’s definitely true that Zhou Dongyu was replaced.”

"Fortunately, Zhou Dongyu was replaced. Her appearance is too low. If she acted, I wouldn't be able to watch her. She is a bit too unsuitable for Gu Wei."

The movie was still playing. Wei Lai went to Chen Nian to beg for mercy, but she accidentally pushed him down the stairs and killed him, which made many viewers feel relieved.

But Chen Nian killed someone, which made everyone's heart hang in the air again, because the college entrance examination was about to start.

Xiaobei dumped the body and took the blame, and Chen Nian passed the college entrance examination successfully.

Finally, under the persuasion of the policeman Zheng Yi, Chen Nian still told the truth, and both of them were imprisoned.

At the end of the film, Chen Nian finally became a teacher after being released from prison, and Xiaobei still silently protected her behind her.

The text scrolled on the big screen, and Gu Wei's magnetic voice told about the country's positive measures on the protection of minors.

Including [Minors Protection Law], [Directive Opinions on Preventing Bullying and Violence among Primary and Secondary School Students], [Strengthening Comprehensive Governance Plan for Bullying among Primary and Secondary School Students], etc.

"When the family, society, you and me, everyone contributes a little bit, we can protect teenagers and protect the world!"

After the last sentence, Gu Wei's figure also dimmed, and the ending song [fly] sang.

The theater was lit up, and many viewers were still immersed in the movie.

A few seconds later, thunderous applause rang out in the theater, which lasted for a long time.

Many viewers had tears in their eyes and clapped their hands vigorously to express their love for the movie.

The creators took the stage again and entered the audience interaction session after the screening.

At this time, the audience present realized that so many big stars came to the premiere ceremony today.

Wu Jing, who was sitting in the front row, stood up first and took the microphone.

"Gu Wei and I are old friends, and we have worked together on many movies.

But every time I watch Gu Wei's new movie, I feel pleasantly surprised, and every time I see him, I feel different because he is growing up.

You can think about all his works over the years.

Romance movies, detective comedies, fantasy movies, police and gangster movies, military movies, science fiction movies, including today's unique dramas like "Better Days", you can find that Gu Wei has been trying new things. He does not define himself, but tries different movie types and roles as much as possible.

I think this is what a real actor should do!

The most important thing is that every new attempt he makes is successful, because Gu Wei really makes movies with his heart, and every audience can see this."

After Wu Jing finished speaking, there was another round of applause in the venue.

It seems like commercial flattery, but think about it, what is said is true.

Many actors in the entertainment industry only shoot the dramas they are good at, such as comedians generally only play comedies, action stars shoot action movies, and some only shoot youth romance movies.

It's not that they can't shoot other types of movies, but it's very easy to fail after changing.

Everyone likes to stay in their comfort zone, except Gu Wei, who has tried all kinds of movies since his debut, and has always succeeded.

Wu Jing finished speaking and handed the microphone to Lu Han on the other side.

"Brother Wei's movie [Better Days] is so good, I couldn't help crying just now.

School bullying is a very common but very serious problem. I hope this movie can make more people pay attention to it!"

He sat down after he finished speaking, and Huang Zitao stood up beside him and didn't know what to say.

"Brother Lu said what I wanted to say, Brother Wei is awesome, he acted so well, and little sister Zhang Zifeng acted very well too. Your smile really scared me back then"

After he finished speaking, everyone laughed again.