Huayu started by giving the system to female stars

Chapter 163 162. Xiao Zhang came to apologize

On September 4, the celebration banquet of "Those Years" was still held at the Yanjing Guobin Hotel. In fact, the celebration banquet of "Lost on Journey" was held here last time.

The hotel service was quite good in all aspects, worthy of the name of an old five-star hotel, so this time it was still chosen here.

Of course, the most important thing is that the hotel is also very considerate, knowing that there will be many celebrities coming this time.

Of course, media reporters will definitely come, which will be a good publicity for the hotel's image in all aspects, so they took the initiative to offer a 50% discount, and Wei Wu readily agreed.

The number of celebrities attending the celebration banquet this time has increased compared to the last time, and even Zhang Ziyi, who was absent last time, came early today.

As soon as she entered the room, she presented a valuable gift, bowed and smiled, and apologized to the concierge Wei Wu:

"Director Wei, I was going to the celebration party of "Lost on Journey" last time, but the crew of "Memoirs of a Geisha" suddenly asked me to reshoot a few scenes.

"So I went to Neon, so I missed it. I'm really sorry. Please forgive me."

Since she said so, what else can Wei Wu say?

Whether it is true or not, at least she found a reasonable reason, so Wei Wu naturally couldn't say anything more.

However, Wei Wu suspected that it might be true that she went to Neon those days, but it might not be to reshoot scenes. It is very likely that she went to attend some business activities, or travel to relax.

So Wei Wu could only say generously: "Oh, it's not a big deal! If you didn't mention it, I would have forgotten about it!

"I'm just having a celebration banquet, why do you have to make such a big fuss? It's not like everyone has to come. To be honest, I don't even remember who came."

Zhang Ziyi smiled and said, "Since you are so magnanimous, I feel relieved. But I really had a reason last time, and I definitely didn't mean to not come."

Wei Wu waved his hand generously and said, "I've said it's okay, and it's all in the past! Of course I believe you didn't mean to do it, and you came today, didn't you?"

At this point, someone else came to the door, so Wei Wu made a false gesture:

"Why don't we stop standing at the door, please come in quickly!"

"Okay, then you go ahead, I'll go in!"

Zhang Ziyi forced out an apologetic smile at him, then nodded and went in first.

In fact, when she walked in, Zhang Ziyi felt mixed emotions, mainly because she didn't expect Wei Wu to jump so quickly!

If I had known this, I would not have been so self-respecting and deliberately tried to please Zhang Yimou, which has now become too late to reverse the situation.

No wonder there is a saying: Bully the old and not the young. This is the wisdom of the people!

The key is that Zhang Yimou will prepare for the 2008 Olympics in the next two years and has no time to start a new play.

Even if he starts a new play in two years, the female lead will most likely not look for me.

After all, I am not Gong Li, and my relationship with him is not that high.

Moreover, Zhang Yimou has already cooperated with her three times. To be honest, it is a big question whether he will cooperate with her again in the future!

In addition, she is now very popular. According to Zhang Yimou's personal habits, it is natural for him to look for the next Mou girl.

Since the probability of Zhang Yimou cooperating with me in the future is not high, why did I offend Wei Wu to please him? Just for that little bit of incense?

Alas, I am so stupid!

Although Wei Wu said it beautifully, the four actresses and two actresses didn't come alone. How could Wei Wu not remember it?

To be honest, I don't mean to bow to Wei Wu, but the problem is that Wei Wu is really too young!

And he is not just a famous director, he is also the boss of a new film and television company.

And I heard that since the new CEO Zhong Lifang took office, Weiguo Film has been making frequent moves recently, and has launched a drastic reform to form a group company to prepare for the next listing!

Now Wei Wu is so awesome, let alone waiting for the company to go public in two years!

If I don't bow my head at this time, then even if she wants to bow her head later, Wei Wu may not be willing to pay attention to him!

A star, no matter how big you are, unless you have strong capital backing or very strong connections behind you -

Otherwise, you have to kowtow in front of top directors, whether at home or abroad, and you have to lick them well before you have the opportunity to star in other people's big directors' movies.

Especially in China, the director-centered system is originally a system, and the power of the director is really too great!

Especially for top directors like Zhang, Feng, and Chen, the power is even greater!

At their level, it is not just as simple as actors or colleagues scrambling to curry favor with them, even sometimes the local government has to curry favor with them.

For example, for almost every time a movie is made, Brother Kaizi and Zhang Da Huzi basically have to build a new film and television city in a certain place, which starts at several hundred million, and most of it is invested by local governments.

For example, in order to shoot "The Emperor and the Assassin", the Hengdian Qin Palace was built at a cost of 1.2 billion. There is also the Chedun Film and Television Base where Liu Tianxian and others shot "New Shanghai Bund", which was also built by Brother Kaizi when he shot "Feng Yue" in 1996.

Of course, Zhang Dabeard is no less generous. For example, the famous Xiangshan Film and Television City was built mainly because of the filming of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". There are also Tianlong Babu Film and Television City in Dali, Huangdi City Film and Television City in Zhuolu, etc.

Therefore, these great directors are really capable of driving billions of investment with a popular film and television drama, and even create the rise of a film and television base, or revitalize a tourist attraction.

Of course, their main role is to serve as an introduction or a pry bar, to introduce new ideas.

The development of these latter film and television cities must be mainly due to long-term local policy support and money and efforts.

Therefore, if there is a place that wants to develop film and television tourism, of course it is hoped that these big directors can go and film there. Some not only add money to the policy, but even give them a small amount of shares in the film and television city to attract them to film.

So speaking of Brother Kaizi, don’t look at the fact that most of his movies flop at the box office and don’t make much money.

But behind the scenes, I don’t know how much I’ve made just by collecting rent from the movie studio and paying out dividends every year! Of course, the same goes for Zhang Beard.

It can be said that when Wei Wu becomes more famous, which film and television city will he go to film in, especially those emerging film and television bases that have not yet developed.

Not only would they not charge him rent, they might even have to pay him in return!

When Wei Wu watched Zhang Ziyi go in, he turned around and saw Ning Hao coming in.

Wei Wu accepted the gift, and after the two exchanged pleasantries, Wei Wu naturally asked about the box office situation of "Crazy Stone":

"How's it going? I heard that you've also done some painting over there, right?"

Ning Hao nodded and said, "Yes, I just painted it the day before yesterday."

"Crazy Stone" was released on August 3rd, so it was exactly one month old as of September 2nd the day before yesterday.

The box office potential of this movie has almost been exhausted, and the summer vacation is over, so Ning Hao did not apply for an extension.

"Really? I've been too busy recently, and the crew just moved from Hengdian to Yinchuan, so I didn't bother to pay attention to this matter. How much was the final box office?"

Ning Hao could hardly suppress the smile on his face and said excitedly:

"34.47 million, temporarily ranking 12th in the annual rankings."

Wei Wu immediately smiled and cupped his hands and said, "Congratulations! I've said it before, gold always shines! Brother Hao, you have become famous in one battle, and you will also be a famous director in the future!"

Wei Wu was a little strange at first. Normally, this result shouldn't be ranked so high!

Then I thought about it, and it turns out that there are still many high-grossing movies this year that have not been released yet, such as "Baby Project", "The Banquet", "Ink Attack", "Golden Armor" and so on.

Therefore, the temporary ranking of the movie "Stone" is a bit artificially high, but it should fall down in the year-end review, and the final ranking should probably be seventeenth or eighteenth.

But even so, this movie with an investment of only 4 million has achieved such impressive results.

Ning Hao has become famous in one battle. At least from now on, the industry knows that there is someone like him, and he can be regarded as a famous super star director!

Although Ning Hao couldn't hide the smile in his eyes, he still expressed modestly:

"Hey, compared to you, I am nothing! Even famous directors are far behind!

"And thanks to you. If it weren't for you to help promote it, our movie wouldn't have received such high attention, and naturally it wouldn't have achieved such results.

"But what I'm most gratified about is that at least we didn't lose money on this movie, and it didn't live up to your trust and investment."

Wei Wu immediately waved his hand boldly and said: "Making money and losing money is not important! And to be honest, I never thought that our movie might lose money!"

"After all, with such a good script and your strength, it is basically impossible to lose money!"

Hearing what Wei Wu said, Ning Hao not only felt a little passionate, but also felt that having a confidant in life was enough.

If someone else had said it, he would definitely not take it seriously so easily. But Wei Wu supported it with a million dollars of real money, and it was definitely not just words.

And after the investment, Wei Wu really let go!

Including the later editing and so on, Wei Wu didn't say a word about it even if he asked about it, not to mention watching it. From the beginning to the end, I never interfered even a little bit, and I completely respect his creative freedom 100%.

I have to say that this point also moved Ning Hao very much.

After all, those lay investors who don’t understand anything sometimes have to pretend to read a simplified version or something, and then point fingers and make some opinions that they think are wise but are actually insignificant.

After all, it’s a different place. If you invest in a movie yourself, even if you trust the ability of another director——

When at least the simplified version comes out, you have to have a good grasp of it first and see if there are any gaps that can be fixed. You can't be so confident and just ignore it completely.

Ning Hao suddenly looked a little excited and held Wei Wu's shoulders and said:

"Today is the celebration banquet for your "Those Years", and I won't overdo it, so I won't say any more thanks today.

"In this way, we will have a celebration banquet for "Crazy Stone" tomorrow. If you don't come then, we won't have a banquet!

"And you have to sit in the chief seat. After all, we have agreed before! So don't refuse, okay?"

Wei Wu nodded and asked: "Tomorrow? Is it also happening in Yanjing?"

Ning Hao nodded and said: "Yes, it will be held at the Sheraton Great Wall Hotel tomorrow.

"I just heard that you were coming back today to hold a celebration banquet, so I specially picked a day after you to hold it, so that you don't have to run back and forth.

"After all, I said that if you don't come, I won't have the banquet, and that's not a joke!"

Wei Wu laughed and bowed:

"Okay, okay, Brother Hao, you really took the trouble. OK, I will definitely go to support you tomorrow!"

Ning Hao was probably a little excited at this moment, and he stretched out his right hand and opened five fingers to make a high-five gesture:

"Okay, then it's a deal, see you tomorrow."

Wei Wu gave him a high-five and said:

"Okay, see you there."

"Someone is coming, so I'll go in first?"

"Well, you go first, see you later."

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