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"Brother Wei." Zhou Ye put down her phone and was touched.

She didn't expect that Gu Wei would post a Weibo specifically for her being scolded.

You know, with Gu Wei's fame and traffic, the influence of a Weibo is very terrifying.

Especially this kind of Weibo targeting a certain person can make an ordinary person instantly become an Internet celebrity known by netizens.

"Okay, it's a piece of cake.

And it's not certain whether it will work or not. The most important thing for this kind of thing is that you have a big heart." Gu Wei smiled and touched Zhou Ye's head.

"Yeah! I understand."

Zhou Ye nodded seriously, and the frustration just now disappeared in an instant, and he couldn't help but secretly happy in his heart.

'Sure enough, Brother Wei is a very gentle person, handsome, good-natured, perfect, worthy of being my idol! '

The road show of [Youth] lasted for 10 days, and the main creative team traveled all over the country to several major cities.

The effect was also very obvious.

The movie was released two weeks ago, with a total box office of 1.689 billion yuan. Maoyan platform predicts that the final box office of "Better Days" is 2.1 billion yuan.

It is a bit low for the current box office results, but it is normal.

"Better Days" is a niche subject. After the first two weeks, it is obvious that most of the interested audiences have been attracted to the theater. The box office in the third week of working days has dropped relatively sharply.

The last stop, all the main creators returned to Beijing.

"Mr. Gu, you have worked hard these days!" As the box office of "Better Days" continued to rise, producer Xu Yuezhen's attitude towards Gu Wei became more and more flattering.

According to the investment share, if the final box office of "Better Days" can reach 2 billion, then the income of her and director Zeng Guoxiang's company will be as high as 400 million yuan.

In her eyes, Gu Wei is no longer a partner in filming together, but a god of wealth.

No matter how to please him, it is not too much.

"It's not hard work, it's what I should do, all for the good results of the movie."

Tsang Kuo-hsiang smiled and said, "The fact that our movie has such a high box office now is all thanks to Mr. Gu.

I met with Producer Xu and planned to hold a celebration banquet after the movie is released at the beginning of next month. Is Mr. Gu available?"

"At the beginning of next month," Gu Wei thought about it. According to the plan, [Joy of Life] should be finished by then, so he nodded.

"No problem~"

"Okay, then it's settled!" Tsang Kuo-hsiang smiled and clapped his hands.

The ten-day road show had a great impact on him. It was not the hard work of running around, but the fact that he woke up every day to see the box office of [Better Days] the day before. The surprises again and again made him a little numb later.

Tsang Kuo-hsiang first entered the entertainment industry as an actor, and did not switch to being a director until 2010.

Before [Better Days], he had made three movies and a short film.

The most famous one is "Soulmate", with a total box office of 170 million yuan, and the two female protagonists Zhou Dongyu and Ma Sichun won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress.

The remaining two films, "Lovers' Whispers" had a box office of 4.1 million yuan in the mainland; "One Night After Drunkenness" had a cumulative box office of 9.82 million yuan.

From these data, it can be seen that Zeng Guoxiang's previous performance in directing movies was really average, and he knew his own strengths.

Now, the box office of "Better Days" has exploded to such an extent, which is really beyond his expectations. It is a surprise among surprises!

Of course, he also understands who is responsible for the strong money-making ability of the movie.

For a drama film with a niche theme like "Better Days", it is a high level of director to be well shot and win awards, but it has such a high box office, even far exceeding those purely commercial films, which is completely a reflection of the appeal of Gu Wei, the "box office king".

In the 10 days after the movie was released, the public opinion on the Internet was also like this.

The media and film critics praised the director for his superb level and for presenting another excellent film to the audience after "Soulmate".

The audience and netizens' attention was on the male and female protagonists, especially Gu Wei.

Many media outlets repeatedly marveled at Gu Wei's super high box office appeal in their reports.

Some even compared it with Wu Jing's "The Climbers" last month. After Wu Jing and Gu Wei separated, the two actors who are recognized as the two with the strongest box office appeal in the domestic entertainment industry were compared again, and the gap was obvious.

Of course, this argument is suspected of dragging down others and is not mainstream.

As the director of the film, although Zeng Guoxiang was somewhat unwilling in his heart, it was the fact that everyone, even himself, thought so.

He was not the first director brought up by Gu Wei. Tian Yusheng of "Ex-Files 3", Su Lun of "Time Travel Together" and even Su Youpeng of the earliest "Left Ear" all had mediocre previous works, but after cooperating with Gu Wei, the movies sold well.

If you want to talk about the director's ability, after "Left Ear", the box office of Su Youpeng's new movie "Suspect X" was only half of that of "Left Ear".

Tian Yusheng's new film "The Great Wish" even had only one-tenth of the box office of "Ex-Files 3".

So, even if Zeng Guoxiang was a little unhappy in his heart, he could still recognize the facts rationally and actively build a good relationship with Gu Wei.

"Xiao Ye, go back and concentrate on preparing for "Zhou Chu". I have already told Zhang Songwen. If you have any questions, just ask him."

"Don't worry, I will try my best to do my best!"

After the road show, Gu Wei also had to return to the crew to continue filming. Before leaving, he said hello to Zhou Ye and Zhang Zifeng.

"What about Zifeng? You have to go back to school after work here, right?

I remember you are in your senior year of high school this year and will take the college entrance examination next year, which is the most important time."

Zhang Zifeng nodded, showing a big smile.

“My grades in culture classes were okay, and my art exams were more than adequate.

I have to go back to school, but I can only attend classes for about a month. I have two movies to be released at the end of next month, and I have to go out to promote them."

"Two movies? Zifeng, you are so awesome!

You are so good before you even go to film school. As a senior, I am far behind you! Zhou Ming said enviously while holding Zhang Zifeng's arm.

It's no secret that Zhang Zifeng wants to apply for the Beijing Film Academy. She has already told Gu Wei and the others that she will be a freshman in the Arts Entrance Examination next year and Zhou Ming will graduate.

"Why do you envy me? I envy you. You are working with Brother Wei on your new movie."

"What kind of movies are they?" Zhou Ming asked curiously.

"One is a drama film [Dear Happy New Year] with two teachers Bai Baihe and Wei Daxun, and the other is a romantic comedy called [Beloved]."

"Remember to let me know when Zi Feng's new movie is released, and I will help you promote it online." Gu Wei said with a smile.

"Well, okay, thank you, brother!" Zhang Zifeng said happily.

"And me, I'll help you too. My Weibo followers have increased a lot recently!" Zhou Xi reminded him not to forget himself.

It takes two and a half hours to fly directly from Beijing to Ningbo.

[Celebrating More Than Years] The remaining scenes are all in Xiangshan Film and Television City. Xiangshan does not have an airport, so the private plane can only land in Ningbo and then transfer to Xiangshan.

"Boss, these are the films that have been approached for you recently. One of them is an invitation from director Zhang Yimou. You need to consider it carefully."

On the private plane, Gu Wei was carefully reading the script of "Qing Yu Nian" when Yang Dan came over with a pile of other scripts.

Gu Wei was not surprised, so he took it and prepared to look through it slowly.

The one on top is what Yang Dan said about Zhang Yimou's play.

"[Above the cliff]?"

Gu Wei looked at the name on the cover and read it out.

He has some impression of this movie. It is a spy movie with good box office and reputation.

However, he remembered that the male and female protagonists of the original time and space were Zhang Yi and Qin Hailu respectively. If he replaced Zhang Yi, it would not be realistic to play husband and wife with Qin Hailu.

"In this movie, Director Zhang invited you to play the role of "Wang Chuliang", one of the members of the four-person secret agent team. If you look closely, you should be considered the second male lead."

Gu Wei suddenly realized that it was the character of Zhu Yawen in the original version, who was paired with Liu Haocun.

He looked through the script and frowned slowly.

The role of "Wang Chuliang" doesn't seem to be very good, it's very well-behaved and doesn't give the actor much room to play.

It's not worth it to be demoted to play the second male lead for such a role, even though the director is Zhang Yimou.

Not long after, Gu Wei closed the script and put it aside.

"When will [On the Cliff] start?"

"Probably early next year."

"When I called Director Zhang, I told him that my schedule couldn't be accommodated. I can only regret this time. I hope we have the opportunity to work together next time."

After listening to Gu Wei's words, Yang Dan opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but seeing the boss's indifferent expression, he still didn't say anything.

"clear."

Gu Wei continued to look at other scripts. Although there were many scripts, there were very few that he could take a second look at.

"Haha, I am quite close to Liu Haocun. The only book I picked out is also related to her."

After reading all the scripts, Gu Wei only had one left in his hand, "A Little Red Flower for You" written and directed by Han Yan.

After reading it, he handed the script to Yang Dan.

"Communicate with Han Yan's team. We should follow the old rules. If they can accept it, we can cooperate."

Under the current salary limit order in radio and television, Gu Wei's old rule for accepting movies is a minimum investment share of 30%.

His previous film "Cohabitation in Time and Space" was 30%, and "The Ex 3" and the currently being released "Young You" were both 40%.

"Understood, I will communicate with them when the plane lands."

Gu Wei tapped his fingers on the table in front of him, thinking about something.

[Celebrating More Than Years] will probably be completed by the end of November. From the start of filming in August to now, it took more than 3 months and more than 100 days to shoot.

After that, we should shoot "Zhou Chu's Elimination of Three Pests". This has been scheduled for a long time. The crew and location are all ready. It is planned to start shooting in mid-December.

In the meantime, Gu Wei had some other work to deal with.

The autumn and winter fashion week in Paris invited by LV, it is hard for him, as a global spokesperson, to be absent.

Wen Muye's film "Manslaughter" will be released in early December.

At the end of the year, the company still has many things that he needs to deal with.

[Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Pests] is scheduled to be filmed for two months, and it will usually be completed around February next year.

However, Gu Wei knows what will happen early next year. When the production is suspended, the filming will certainly not be able to continue. It is normal to be delayed for a month or two.

After "Zhou Chu", Gu Wei's original plan was to shoot "The Storm Chaser".

This TV series has already begun preparations due to the investment of [Wei Tianxia]. Gu Wei asked last time that director Yao Xiaofeng was considering the issue of actors.

Now if I take over "A Little Red Flower for You", the shooting of "Wind Chaser" will have to be postponed.

There is nothing wrong with my own films.

"Communicate with Han Yan and try to arrange the filming time around April next year."

Thinking of this, Gu Wei explained to Yang Dan again.

"clear."

Han Yan is not an unknown person.

He graduated from the directing department of the Central Academy of Drama. He was a professional. He shot his first movie in 2002, and then directed the romantic film "Never Disappearing Waves", which gradually became famous.

In 2015, he directed the romantic comedy "Go Away! Tumor King" starring Bai Baihe and Wu Yan, which was a great success.

That year, the film represented mainland China in the 88th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.

In 2017, he wrote and directed the film "Animal World". Although the box office was not too high, the reputation was quite good.

Han Yan is a very famous commercial director of the middle generation in the domestic entertainment industry. His fame and status far exceed that of Zeng Guoxiang.

"Old Han, I have good news for you.

Gu Wei's team has sent a message that he is very interested in "Send You a Little Red Flower" and plans to take over this film."

Xi Jialin pushed open the door with some excitement. He is Han Yan's assistant director and has followed him for many years.

Han Yan, who was originally writing something with his head down, raised his head and took off his glasses.

"Really? It's good news indeed.

I heard that Gu Wei rarely takes on outside dramas. There are so many crews looking for him every year. It's rare that he is interested in our drama!"

"Haha, I didn't have much hope when we discussed sending him the script. You also know what our drama is about.

Gu Wei used to shoot commercial films. It's hard to imagine that he would take on our theme."

Xi Jialin smiled, obviously still excited.

"I don't think so. I think it may be because of this theme that Gu Wei is interested.

He has shot commercial films for so many years. In terms of box office, he has reached the peak of domestic entertainment. Maybe he wants to make a breakthrough in acting in the past two years, so he will consider taking on some literary dramas.

Youth of You, which is currently being screened, is the best example."

Xi Jialin nodded in agreement.

"Maybe you are right. No matter what the reason is, it is great news for us that he can consider taking on Little Red Flower!"

The two chatted for a while, and Xi Jialin told Han Yan about Gu Wei's conditions.

"Isn't the 30% investment share a bit too high?

There are already many investors in this movie, including China Film, Tengxun, Hengdian Film, Ruyi Film, etc. If we want to take out 30% of the share, the proportion of other investors will be greatly reduced."

Han Yan is a relatively pure director.

Although he is the main controller of [Send You a Little Red Flower], there are many investors behind him.

"Do you know what the current real-time box office of [You Without You] is?"

"How much?

I haven't watched it today."

"It's already 1.8 billion, and it should break 2 billion by the end of this week.

This kind of movie can bring in more than 2 billion in box office. Which investor would not want Gu Wei to join and take a 30% investment share?"

Han Yan nodded slightly and smiled: "You are right.

No matter how the investor distributes it, this 30% must be left to Gu Wei.

Are there any other requirements?"

"There is another shooting time, but it is not much different from what we thought at the beginning. The rest will be discussed in detail later."

"Gu Wei!

To be honest, I am looking forward to working with him, but I still have some concerns."

Han Yan's eyes were slightly complicated.

"What are you worried about?"

"I'm worried that he's too big a star. I heard that when he was filming "Better Days", he was dissatisfied and directly changed the female lead. Zeng Guoxiang couldn't persuade him.

He was also very strong during the filming.

Cooperating with such a big-name actor is fine if it goes well, but it's hard for everyone if it doesn't go well."

"There are gains and losses. We are jealous of Gu Wei's strong box office appeal, so we naturally have to endure some things that may happen.

Gu Wei is also a director. Even as an actor, he will have his own unique views on the movie, and it is inevitable that there will be some conflicts with the director.

This requires us to communicate and resolve."

Han Yan sighed and laughed again.

"You're right. If I wasn't jealous of the 1 billion or 2 billion box office, I wouldn't have invited him. I will pay attention to it at that time. There should be no problem if we communicate well.

I heard that Gu Wei's personality is still very gentle, but his ideas are more positive."