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Gu Wei, who returned to the crew of [Changjin Lake] on the first day of the new year to continue filming the movie, was also affected by the hot sales of [Tang Detective 3].

From the first day the movie was released, his mobile phone has been receiving congratulatory messages from various friends and partners, and some are direct calls.

".I read the relevant news, and congratulations to Yui-chan for being recognized by the media.

When the movie is released in Japan, more viewers will definitely see Yui-chan’s excellent performance in the movie!

The distribution in Japan has been handed over to your leading film company, Toho, and it has been scheduled to be released in May.

I will definitely go there to promote it before it is released.

Of course I miss you, but there is no need to rush, I will stay for two more days."

During the lunch break, Gu Wei received a call from Yui Aragaki and chatted with the other party for a few words.

Several actors who were dining together frequently cast surprised glances at Gu Wei while they were on the phone.

It's not that they were surprised by the content of the call. On the contrary, no one could hear what he was saying because Gu Wei spoke Japanese throughout the entire conversation.

"You are indeed a language genius, you actually speak Japanese so well!

Although I don’t know what you are talking about, the accent is no different from the Japanese movies I watched before.”

Gu Wei hung up the phone, and Wu Jing, who was still eating beside him, sighed.

I heard Gu Wei talking on the phone in Korean some time ago, but I didn't expect that his Japanese was so fluent.

"Japanese movie, action movie?"

"That's right. The first Japanese movie I watched was [Pursuit]. Ken Takakura is so handsome!"

After Wu Jing finished speaking, he looked at Gu Wei's half-smiling expression and realized what he meant in an action movie.

"Ahem, I rarely watch other movies. I actually don't know much about Japanese movies."

Speaking, Wu Jing quickly changed the subject: "By the way, I watched the news this morning. Your movie "Tang Detective 3" has already exceeded 2 billion in box office just two days after its release. This speed and box office performance are too exaggerated.

It seems that there should be no suspense about breaking [Wolf Warrior 2]’s box office record of 6 billion! "

"Has the box office already reached 2 billion? I haven't watched it today yet"

Zhu Yawen on the side was also listening to the chat between the two: "I just looked at my phone and the real-time box office is already 2.2 billion. This year's Spring Festival release [Tang Detective 3] is completely killing everyone. In the past two days The box office figures are simply too exaggerated!”

Gu Wei nodded: "The [Tang Detective] series is so famous and has a wide audience base, so the box office data in the first few days of its release must be the highest.

However, whether [Tang Detective 3] can really break the record of [Wolf Warrior 2] depends on the subsequent box office performance."

Li Chen, who plays "Yu Congrong", said at this time: "I read online reviews and found that Jia Ling and Shen Teng's film [Hello, Li Huanying] also had good reviews and results. The box office fell in two days, second only to [Tang Dynasty]. Detective 3】"

"I remember you told me before the Spring Festival that you were optimistic about Jia Ling's [Hello, Li Huanying]. I didn't expect this comedy movie to do better than Lu Yang's [Assassination Novelist]!" Wu Jing said to Gu Wei .

“I’ve seen this movie, and apart from the comedy elements, the emotional sincerity is the key to success.

I think [Li Huanying] will most likely be the big winner second only to [Tang Detective 3] during the Spring Festival this year! "

In the Spring Festival release of 2021, everyone originally thought that "Tang Detective 3" would kill everyone.

As a result, the film failed to gain traction due to word-of-mouth, and Li Huanying, who had a huge reputation, counterattacked.

The other party stepped on "Tang Detective 3" to take the lead, occupying more films in the late Spring Festival period, and became the biggest winner of the Spring Festival period.

The total box office even exceeded 5 billion.

Nowadays, Gu Wei's version of "Tang Detective 3" far exceeds the original version in terms of quality, and it will definitely achieve better results if its reputation does not collapse.

At the same time, [Li Huanying]’s box office performance will definitely decline when [Tang Detective 3] occupies more film schedules.

It’s just that the quality of [Li Huanying] is not bad after all.

In addition to the comedy aspects of this movie, the biggest highlight is Jia Ling's sincere feelings for his mother Li Huanying. As the saying goes, technology is not enough for emotion.

Because it is "real", [Li Huanying] can impress audiences who were born in the 1970s and 1980s.

This is also the basis for the movie to be a big hit in the end.

Many people think that Jia Ling's movies are nothing more than good marketing and useless.

This view is a bit too extreme.

If marketing were really that omnipotent, there would not be so many movies produced by big companies such as Huayi and Enlight, and movies that are truly box office hits would always have merit.

However, Jia Ling's later film "Weight Loss Diary" continues to be a hit, which seems to be a bit of a waste of money for "Li Huanying". It is because the quality is not worthy of the performance.

Just like Da Peng's "Pancake Man" back then, it looked like it was making a lot of money, but it actually lost its reputation. If you want to continue on the path of directing in the future, you will have to pay off the debts ahead.

In the next few days, [Tang Detective 3] made great progress and continued to break various box office records.

1.13 billion on the first day, 890 million on the second day, and 740 million on the third day.

It seems that the single-day box office has been declining every day, but the total box office results are increasing rapidly, and even if the box office is declining, "Tang Detective 3" has always been the single-day box office champion.

On February 18, [Tang Detective 3] was released for 7 days, and the total box office officially exceeded 4 billion.

In addition, among the other films released during the Spring Festival, "Better Days, Li Huanying" received a box office of 2.5 billion due to its good reputation, second only to "Tang Detective 3".

Lu Yang directed Lei Jiayin and Yang Mi's "Assassination of Novelist" which earned more than 600 million yuan at the box office, and its reputation is acceptable. It still has potential in the future and ranks third.

Zhou Xun and Chen Kun's "The Order of the Samurai" lost both box office and reputation. The total box office in 7 days barely broke 200 million yuan. After the Spring Festival, the single-day box office dropped to less than 10 million yuan, and there were not many films left.

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The filming of "Changjin Lake" was the same as always. The mountainous area became colder and the conditions on the scene became worse and worse.

The actors spent most of their time shooting night scenes, because several battles in the movie took place at night.

Our army's firepower and equipment were not as good as the enemy's. If we wanted to attack the enemy's camp, the best way was to raid it in the dark at night.

In addition to the part of the script that Gu Wei changed at the beginning, Lin Chaoxian added a lot of action scenes and explosion scenes to him when filming.

The result was that Gu Wei often suffered minor injuries. Although there was no big problem, he was inevitably bruised.

On this day, we were filming war scenes again, one of which was an explosion scene. Gu Wei and Wu Jing were fighting the enemy in a dilapidated house, and then a grenade was thrown in, and the two were blown away.

The crew used real scenes for filming, but the props team used too much gunpowder, and the impact of the explosion knocked the two to the ground, with flames burning around them.

The director quickly shouted "Cut!", and the staff on the side quickly surrounded them.

After being helped up, the two were covered in dirt on their bodies and faces, and half of Gu Wei's face was even swollen.

Wu Jing noticed Gu Wei's injuries and asked worriedly, "How do you feel?"

Gu Wei shook his head to let the dirt on his head fall off a little: "I wasn't prepared, and I just hit my side face. Do you see if there is any bleeding?"

"No, but it's obviously swollen!"

At this time, the doctor with the group also came forward to treat Gu Wei's facial injuries, and asked the two if they felt any pain in their bodies.

The director of this scene was Lin Chaoxian, who came forward very anxiously.

"Doctor, are they okay? Do they need to go to the hospital for a checkup?"

Gu Wei and Wu Jing are not only the leading actors but also the biggest names in "Changjin Lake". If they have problems during filming, no one can take the responsibility.

"It seems that there is no problem now. Teacher Gu Wei's face is a little swollen due to the collision, but it is not serious. It will go down in a day or two with some medicine.

If you are worried about other aspects, it is best to go to the hospital for a comprehensive checkup."

After the doctor finished speaking, Gu Wei smiled and said, "It's nothing, Director Lin, can we use that shot just now? If not, we can shoot another one."

"It can be used. The shot just now is very real and does not need to be reshot.

The most important thing is your health."

"I don't think there is anything wrong. It's just that the shock wave just now was a bit big. I was not well prepared. It was no different from falling down." Wu Jing said with a smile.

He was relieved that Gu Wei was not injured. He has been shooting action scenes for many years, and such minor injuries are commonplace for him.

After listening to the two, Lin Chaoxian was relieved.

"Okay, then you two can take a break today and shoot other people's scenes first.

Gu Wei's side face also needs to reduce swelling." The two returned to the rest area from the shooting site, and Lin Chaoxian called the props team leader over and scolded him.

"I have been shooting non-stop these two days, and I can take a break for half a day with this."

Wu Jing sat down in the shed he built, picked up the water bottle and took a sip.

"You can rest for one or two days longer than me, but I guess you have to wait until the swelling on your face subsides before shooting again."

Gu Wei was looking at his mobile phone without raising his head.

"I'm in good health, and I usually recover very quickly from injuries. Even though my side face is a little swollen now, I'll be fine tomorrow after a good sleep."

"The doctor said it would take a day or two."

"You still don't believe it, how about we make a bet?"

Wu Jing thought about it and shook his head: "Forget it, I won't bet with you. I've never won bets with you before. You're too smart."

Gu Wei pressed the screen of his mobile phone and sent a message: "It's a coincidence that someone was going to visit me today, and this crew thing happened."

"Come to the crew?"

"Why would we let someone come to our mountain valley? I asked her to go to the crew hotel.

It just so happens that I have time now, so I'll go meet him and have a meal together."

Wu Jing nodded.

He was a sensible person. Gu Wei didn't say the name of the person who came to visit, and he wouldn't ask further.

Soon, Gu Wei changed his clothes and removed his makeup, and took a car out of the crew.

Back to the hotel, he met Yang Mi who came to visit.

"Mijie~"

After greeting each other, Gu Wei took off the mask on his face.

"Are you injured? Does it hurt?"

Originally, she was very happy to see Gu Wei, but when she saw the swelling on his face, Yang Mi frowned, and moved closer to observe. She reached out to touch it, but was afraid of hurting Gu Wei.

"It's okay, just a minor injury. The crew was filming just now. I had an accident when I fell out. I fell and it will heal soon."

"Did you apply medicine? Are there any other injuries besides your face?"

Gu Wei grabbed Da Mimi and lifted her up to touch his hand. The two sat down face to face.

"The doctor who followed the crew has treated me and applied ointment. There are no other injuries.

By the way, how did you have time to come and visit me?

You should be busy promoting [Assassination of Novelist] recently, right?"

Hearing what Gu Wei said, Yang Mi was relieved.

"I ran with the crew for a few days during the Spring Festival holiday. Now the box office trend of the movie has basically been determined, and the road show has ended.

Just when I had time, I thought of coming to visit you.

Didn't we agree a few days ago?"

"It's just a coincidence, Miss Mi. I happened to be injured today and the crew asked me to rest for half a day. If you hadn't come here as usual, I might not have been able to spare time to see you."

"Is the shooting task so tight?"

Gu Wei nodded: "War scenes are too complicated to shoot, and there are too many people and materials that need to be dispatched in all aspects.

Sometimes we have to shoot a scene for half a day, and the progress cannot be made quickly.

And there were too many night scenes, and the shooting took place all night long.”

"It's not easy~"

Gu Wei smiled: "Fortunately, the previous filming of [Operation Mekong], [Wolf Warrior 2], and [The Wandering Earth] each had its own difficulties, so I didn't feel much about filming [Changjin Lake].

What would you like to eat later? "

Yang Mi's eyes never left Gu Wei's face, and it could be seen that she was really worried about Gu Wei's injury.

"If you're like this, don't go out to eat. We can just have a bite at the hotel."

The two chatted for a while, and the hotel service staff delivered the prepared dishes to the room. Gu Wei and Yang Mi had dinner together.

"[Assassination Novelist] has done well at the box office. It has now exceeded one billion. Congratulations to Miss Mi for another movie with a box office of over one billion!"

After taking a few bites of the food, Gu Wei raised his wine glass, and at his request, the two opened a bottle of red wine.

"Is it really okay for you to drink when you are injured?" Yang Mi did not answer his words but became concerned about drinking.

"It's really okay. Believe it or not, you won't be able to see this little injury when you get up tomorrow."

"Okay then~"

The two clinked their glasses and took a sip.

“The investment in [Assassination Novelist] is quite high, and now that the box office has exceeded 1 billion, it is finally not losing money.

Originally, I thought the box office of this movie could be higher, but now it seems that if it has a box office of 100 or 200 million, it will basically be over.

Your movie "Tang Detective 3" has now exceeded 5.3 billion in box office, and depending on the situation, the probability of reaching 6 billion is very high."

Gu Wei shook his head.

"There is a high probability that it will not arrive. The box office surged too much in the first seven days of the Spring Festival. Although the reputation will remain good later, the box office potential has been exhausted, and the single-day box office drop has been too large.

It exceeded 4 billion in 7 days, and now it has taken 13 days to reach an additional 1.3 billion box office."

"Hasn't it already been announced that it will be delayed? There will still be more than a month of release time."

"We all know in our hearts that the box office of a movie in a single day will be lower the later it is released. Although we can delay the release by one month with the extension key, the next 40 days may not be able to catch up with the one-day box office during the Spring Festival.

I think there should be no problem for [Tang Detective 3]’s total box office to exceed 5.5 billion, but it will be difficult to reach or even exceed 6 billion.”

Yang Mi added a chopstick to the vegetable salad and ate it.

“Even if it doesn’t break the box office record, [Tang Detective 3]’s results are good enough.

I remember that the box office of the first two films of "Tang Detective" was 1 billion and 3.9 billion respectively. The total box office of your series of movies has exceeded 10 billion, making it the most popular series of movies in China.

The third part failed to break the record, and it will definitely break it when the fourth part comes.

[Tang Detective] The popularity accumulated through the first three movies is already extremely exaggerated! "

Gu Wei did not refute this time, he also agreed with Yang Mi's words.

The biggest advantage of a series of movies is that it can accumulate popularity. As long as the previous movie is well shot, it will accumulate a huge base for subsequent works. Even if the movie is not well shot, it can still have good box office results.

Those series of movies in Hollywood often include 5 or 6 movies, and some even have even numbers.

It's because as long as one movie in the series is successful, it will be very easy to get good results later.

By the end, the audience has feelings.

[Fast and Furious] That’s it, the ninth part has been filmed.

The two chatted while eating and drank a bottle of red wine.

After eating and resting for a while, Gu Wei went into the bathroom and took a shower.

When filming [Changjin Lake], I was rolling in the dirt almost every day. In addition to taking off makeup and changing clothes, Gu Wei would wash it again. He would also wash it again when he returned to the hotel at night.

Not long after he entered the bathroom, the bathroom door was pushed open and Dami Mi came in wrapped in a bath towel.