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On October 1, National Day, [My Hometown and I] was officially released.

As the most anticipated movie in the National Day, [My Hometown and I] did not disappoint everyone.

The cumulative box office exceeded 1.1 billion in 4 days of release, and the attendance rate, average number of people per show, single-day box office and screenings all ranked first in the National Day!

The audience rating of the film on the two ticketing platforms of Maoyan and Tao Piao Piao was as high as 9.3, and the popularity and word of mouth were soaring, leading the National Day.

[Winning], which was released first, was weak, [Vanguard] failed in both word of mouth and box office, and the highly anticipated animated film [Jiang Ziya] also failed to meet expectations.

The National Day, which was full of blockbusters, became the only one dominated by [My Hometown and I].

[Jiang Ziya] has nothing to do with [Weiming Tianxia Animation Company], it is an animated film produced by [Colorful House Pictures] under Light Media.

During the production, [Colorful House] contacted [Wei Ming Tian Xia], hoping to make [Jiang Ziya] and [Nezha] linked, but was rejected by Gu Wei.

It's not that they don't give face to Guangguang, but [Wei Ming Tian Xia] itself has plans to produce an animated version of Fengshen Universe, and may also produce a single-person animated film of Jiang Ziya in the future. Of course, it is impossible to link with [Colorful House]'s [Jiang Ziya].

The company's [Yang Jian: Searching the Mountains and Conquering the Demons] began preparations for production in 2018, and is now almost completed. It is likely to be released next year or the year after.

In [Yang Jian], Nezha, Ao Bing, Taiyi Zhenren, etc. will appear, and it is truly the same world view as [Nezha: The Devil Boy Comes to the World].

It can't take advantage of [Nezha]'s traffic, and the popularity of [Jiang Ziya] is far less than that of the original time and space.

However, when promoting the film, it still claimed to be the strongest domestic animated film after "The Monkey King" and "Nezha: The Devil Boy". Coupled with the visually attractive trailer and the unconditional publicity and promotion by Light Media, the box office performance of "Jiang Ziya" in the first three days of its premiere was very good, second only to "My Hometown and Me".

Unfortunately, the subsequent reputation of "Jiang Ziya" was not good, and it failed to retain the traffic brought by the publicity and promotion, and the box office declined in the later period.

To be honest, the animation effect of "Jiang Ziya" is good.

With Light Media's backing, "Colorful House" has no shortage of funds and talents, and is considered to be the top animation film company in the industry.

After the unprecedented success of "The Return of the Monkey King" and "Nezha: The Devil Boy Comes to the World", capital has attached more importance to the animation film industry, and some high-quality projects have also received more funds.

"Jiang Ziya" was prepared and produced under such circumstances.

However, sufficient funds can only improve the animation effect to the best, and the most important thing for a movie is the storyline.

This is precisely the most criticized part of "Jiang Ziya" by the audience.

The plot of the movie can be summarized in one sentence: A younger brother accepts the order of the older brother to assassinate the target, but finds out that the target is innocent. The younger brother feels guilty and feels wrong, so he kills the older brother to feel unfair.

Does it look familiar? It is a classic routine of American Hollywood gangster movies.

Basically, the audience can guess the subsequent plot as soon as the movie starts.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Tianzun must be the biggest boss.

Shen Gongbao's sensational drama is not embarrassing to watch. It is quite complete from beginning to end, but it really can't give the audience a sense of substitution. The previous foreshadowing is almost glossed over, and the emotion of blocking a sword can't resonate at all.

This level is too far from [Nezha].

Nezha's sensationalism has been foreshadowed since the beginning of the movie, including the origin of Lingzhu and Mo Tong, Shen Gongbao's discussion on prejudices in people's hearts, and Li Jing's request for a talisman to die in order to keep his son alive.

The true feelings are obvious to all the audience, and the scene of facing the heavenly calamity at the end really made countless audiences cry.

In comparison, the sensationalism of "Jiang Ziya" is too low-level, with too little foreshadowing, and it cannot achieve the expected effect.

After the start of "Joy of Life 2", Gu Wei began to be busy again.

As the leading actor, he has a lot of scenes. He arrives at the crew every morning and leaves at night, shooting from morning to night.

As the female lead, Jing Tian is very idle. Compared with the first part, Lin Wan'er has fewer scenes. She only needs to come to the crew when there is a shooting task.

In fact, in "Joy of Life", in addition to the male lead Fan Xian, the most important role should be "Wang Qinian" played by Tian Yu.

He is Fan Xian's loyal follower, and he appears basically whenever Fan Xian is there.

A week after the start of filming, Wang Xiaochen and Wang Churan joined the crew.

The roles they played are considered stage-by-stage supporting roles in the play, and they appeared in the scene about Baoyue Tower at the beginning of the TV series.

Wang Xiaochen plays the supervisor of Baoyue Tower "Yuan Meng", which is the madam in the traditional brothel and is a villain.

Wang Churan's "Sang Wen" is a courtesan who was forced into prostitution in Baoyue Tower.

The two of them don't have many scenes, and they can be filmed in a few days after joining the crew.

"My Lord, do you want to investigate Baoyue Tower?"

"Who told you that?"

Wang Churan's ancient costume looks really beautiful, with bright eyes, a high nose bridge, a cherry mouth, and a small face as white as a palm, which is even more stunning under the ancient costume female hair accessories designed by the crew. Her image is very convincing as a courtesan.

"My Lord, you came back to life and came to this place to see me. You can't really like me, right?

I am just an ordinary woman. Except for Baoyue Tower, there are ordinary people and ordinary things around me."

"Then what is unusual about this Baoyue Tower?"

"Baoyue Tower has just opened, and it has already gathered courtesans from various families in Kyoto. They are all the most profitable signs.

Each family has a backer, but no one has ever dared to say no.

This is unusual"

"Cut! Wang Churan, stand firm, find the rhythm of the lines again.

We'll do this again later!"

The director's voice came, and Wang Churan on the opposite side looked guilty.

"Sorry, Brother Wei."

Compared with the stunning appearance, Wang Churan's acting skills are much worse, his expressions and lines are not very good, and the first scene after joining the group has been filmed several times.

"Well, let's go through the lines of this shot again. I know this line is a bit long. Although you have memorized it, you still have to pay attention to your manners and expressions while speaking."

Gu Wei was not impatient, but tried his best to guide her.

"When you say this line, you have to put yourself in the role's psychology. Fan Xian asked Sang Wen to understand the situation of Baoyue Tower, and Sang Wen also wanted to use Fan Xian to get out.

So she is willing to help, and she is a little anxious inside.

You have to find this feeling."

"I know."

"Also, don't shake your head too often when you say the lines~"

With Gu Wei's careful guidance and help, it was filmed twice more before this scene was considered passed.

After a scene was finished, the staff prepared to transfer, and the actors could take a break.

"Brother Wei, I'm sorry to bother you~"

In the lounge, Wang Churan, wearing a costume, came to Gu Wei.

She really prepared for this play well, but she didn't expect that the crew of [Celebrating More Than Years] would have such high requirements for the actors. She didn't do this when filming before, and the director let her pass.

"It's okay, it's normal for actors to NG, and you just joined the crew, so you also need a familiarization process," Gu Wei smiled and comforted.

"However, your preparation today is indeed not very sufficient. I looked at the shooting schedule. Tomorrow we will still shoot the Baoyue Tower scene, and you will also be out of the scene. Go back and prepare well."

Wang Churan nodded vigorously, his eyes rolling around, and I don't know what he was thinking.

Gu Wei ignored her after he finished speaking, and looked down at his phone.

After the National Day holiday, [My Hometown and Me] received a box office of 1.9 billion in 7 days, and the word-of-mouth ratings on major platforms also led the way, continuing the success of the [My Motherland and Me] model last year.

The evaluation of the unit "UFO Falls from the Sky" directed by Gu Wei is average, not the best nor the worst, but because Gu Wei is the director and the "Tang Detective" group joined, the discussion of the story of this unit is very high.

Peng Yuchang of Gu Wei's company also has a movie released in the National Day, which is "Home at One Point" co-produced by him, Liu Haoran and Yin Fang.

This movie is a young version of "Chinese Partners", telling the story of young people recalling their entrepreneurship.

"Home at One Point" was shot quickly and released quickly.

The movie started shooting in July this year, finished in August, and then released in October.

The result was that the box office on the first day of the movie was only 26 million, and the second day of the screening was reduced from 16% to 8%.

While watching the news about the National Day movies on the phone, Yang Dan walked to Gu Wei.

"Boss, Director Han Yan's team sent a message that after the screening of "Send You a Little Red Flower", it was decided to be released during the Lunar New Year holiday this year."

"Did they tell us the specific date?"

"December 31, the eve of New Year's Day."

Gu Wei frowned slightly and put down his phone.

"It was arranged by China Film Group, they are quite good at choosing."

"Send You a Little Red Flower" has many producers, and the publicity and promotion team found one of the producers, China Film Group, so many things about the release were arranged by China Film Group.

"Should the company's "Love Saint 2" be released earlier or later?"

Yang Dan asked again.

She knew that the company's movie "Love Saint 2" was also scheduled before New Year's Day.

"Love Saint 2" is a comedy movie, and it will definitely have an advantage to be released on the festive New Year's Day.

But "Send You a Little Red Flower" is Gu Wei's movie.

I think the boss's movies, regardless of the subject matter, are popular, and it may have an impact on the box office of "Love Saint 2" at that time.

This is a case of one's own people fighting one's own people.

Gu Wei thought about it.

"No, let's stick to the original schedule.

The two movies are of different genres, so there won't be too much competition, and the New Year's Day schedule is also large enough."

Gu Wei knew that although [Send You a Little Red Flower] was a good movie, the box office would not be too high due to the subject matter.

1.5 billion is a big hurdle.

[Love Saint 2] is basically a 500 million to 1 billion plate, and there is not much competition when the two movies are released together.

In the evening, the crew's hotel.

Wang Churan changed into a beautiful dress, touched up her makeup, and looked left and right in front of the mirror.

"Perfect, Wang Churan, you are so beautiful!"

After narcissistically admiring it for a while, she picked up the script and went out happily.

The actors of the crew are basically in the same hotel, but the rooms are different for different identities.

Like the male and female protagonists, directors, producers and others live in the best rooms, basically on the same floor.

The rest of the actors are arranged in rooms of different specifications according to their roles and status.

She took the elevator up one floor, walked to a door, and pressed the doorbell.

She came to see Gu Wei, of course.

They hadn't seen each other for a month, and she had caused trouble for Gu Wei in the crew during the day, so she had to come over at night to show her appreciation.

Wang Churan missed him very much.

The doorbell rang for a few seconds, and the door was opened from the inside, but the person who appeared was not the one she imagined.

"Sister Jing Jingtian!"

The smile on Wang Churan's face became stiff. She didn't expect that the heroine Jing Tian of the crew would actually open the door for her.

After she finished speaking, she looked up at the room number, so as not to make the mistake.

It turned out to be true.

Jing Tian opened the door and looked up and down at Wang Churan standing outside the door.

"Who are you?"

"I am Wang Churan, a new actor in the crew, playing "Sang Wen". Is this Mr. Gu Wei's room?"

Jing Tian nodded: "Yes, do you have something to do with him?"

"Mr. Gu Wei helped me a lot in the filming today, and we will have a rival scene tomorrow, so I thought about coming to play against him."

"Is that so? He is taking a shower. How about coming in and waiting?"

Jing Tian glanced at the script in Wang Churan's hand and invited her in with a smile.

Wang Churan glanced into the room. There was indeed no one. The sound of water running in the bathroom could be vaguely heard.

She hesitated for two seconds, and a signature fake smile appeared on her face.

"If it's inconvenient, forget it.

I can go back and study by myself.

I won't bother you."

"Okay, I'll tell Gu Wei that you've been here when he comes out."

Wang Churan nodded and turned away in a bit of embarrassment.

Jing Tian didn't say anything else. He watched the other person leave and the smile on his face disappeared. He shook his head.

After a while, Gu Wei came out of the bathroom after taking a shower.

He was wearing a white bath towel and walked out while wiping his head.

"Someone just wanted to see you."

"Who is it? What's the emergency so late?" Gu Wei sat next to Jing Tian and took a sip of the water cup on the table.

Da Tiantian looked at Gu Wei's face with a playful smile: "A little girl who wants to take a shortcut"

Gu Wei didn't understand, Jing Tian smiled and said: "Wang Churan, she took the script and said she wanted to compare tomorrow's play with you."

Gu Wei suddenly realized: "We have a play tomorrow, her acting skills are average, maybe she is not very confident about herself."

"Huh! Average acting skills?

I think she acted well in the few words she said to me just now.

Today's young girls are not very old, and they are very active in wanting to improve."

Gu Wei certainly knew why Wang Churan came, but he could only say that it was unfortunate. He didn't send a message to tell him before coming, so it was inevitable to meet Jing Tian.

He smiled and hugged Da Tiantian's slender waist, jokingly saying, "It's a good thing to want to make progress. I like people who are motivated."

Jingtian looked at Gu Wei angrily and turned his head away.

Gu Wei stopped talking, hugged Jingtian in his arms, lowered his head and kissed his fair neck, and put his big hand on his waist into his clothes and went up.

Da Tiantian's breathing became more and more rapid, her face flushed, and her eyes gradually blurred.

"You just bully me"

Gu Wei raised his head and looked into her eyes.

"Don't you like me bullying you?"

"I like it."