Huayu’s ex-husband

Chapter 163 162. Xiaozhang came to apologize

On September 4th, the celebration banquet for "Those Years" was still held at the Yanjing Guobin Hotel. In fact, the last celebration banquet for "Into the Road" was held here.

And the hotel service is quite good in all aspects, worthy of the name of an established five-star hotel, so I still chose this place this time.

Of course, the most important thing is that the hotel is also very considerate. I know that there will definitely be a lot of celebrities and celebrities coming this time.

Of course, media reporters will definitely come, which will be a good publicity effect on the hotel's image in all aspects, so he offered a 50% discount, and Wei Wu readily agreed.

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

As soon as she entered the door, she was presented with a heavy gift, nodded and bowed, smiled, and apologized to Wei Wu, the concierge:

"Director Wei, I'm sorry. I was originally planning to come over to the last celebration party for "A Journey Away", but the crew of "Memoirs of a Geisha" suddenly asked me to reshoot a few scenes.

"So I went to Neon, so I didn't catch up. I'm really sorry. Please don't be offended."

People have said this, what else can Wei Wu say?

Regardless of whether it was true or false, at least they found a reasonable reason, and Wei Wu naturally couldn't say anything else.

However, Wei Wu suspected that it might be true that she went to Neon during those few days, but it was not necessarily to reshoot scenes. It's probably to attend some business event, or to travel and relax.

So Wei Wu could only express generously: "Hey, what a big deal! If you didn't mention it, I would have forgotten about it!

"Why don't I just have a celebration banquet? It's as if I'm throwing a lot of troops. It doesn't mean that everyone has to come. To be honest, I don't even remember who came."

Zhang Ziyi smiled and said: "Since you, sir, have a lot, I can rest assured. But I really had a reason for not coming last time. I definitely didn't mean not to come."

Wei Wu waved his hand magnanimously and said, "I told you it's okay. Besides, it's all over! Of course I believe you didn't mean it. Didn't you come today?"

When he said this, someone happened to come to the door again, so Wei Wu made a false gesture:

"Why don't we stop waiting at the door and invite people inside quickly?"

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

Zhang Ziyi gave him an apologetic smile, then nodded and went in first.

In fact, when walking inside, Zhang Ziyi was full of mixed feelings. Mainly, she didn't expect Wei Wu to jump out so fast!

If I had known this, I would not have maintained my identity and deliberately tried to please Zhang Yimou, but now I am in trouble.

No wonder the saying goes: Don’t bully the young when you bully the old. This is the crystallization of the wisdom of the people!

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

Even if a new drama opens in two years, the heroine will most likely not find him.

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

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

In addition, she is now very red and purple. According to Zhang Yimou's personal habits, it is naturally time to find the next girl.

Since the probability of Zhang Yimou cooperating with him in the future is slim, why did he offend Wei Wu in order to please him in the first place? Just for that little bit of incense?

Oh, how stupid I am!

Although Wei Wu said it was beautiful, Shuang Bing did not come alone on the fourth day. How could Wei Wu not remember it?

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

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

And I heard that since the new CEO Zhong Lifang took office, Weiguo Pictures has been making frequent moves recently, and has started drastic restructuring to establish a group company in preparation for its subsequent listing!

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

If he doesn't bow his head at this time, then if she wants to bow her head again later, Wei Wu may not be willing to pay attention to him!

A star, no matter how big your wrist is, unless you have strong capital backing or very strong connections——

Otherwise, you will still have to grovel in front of top directors. No matter whether you are at home or abroad, you will still have to lick your feet to the point before you have the opportunity to star in other people's movies.

Especially in China, which is a director-centered system, the director’s power is really too great!

Especially for a top director like Zhang Fengchen, his power is boundless!

When they reach their level, it's not just as simple as actors or colleagues vying to fawn over them, but even the local authorities occasionally have to fawn over them.

For example, for actors like Brother Kaizi and Zhang Dabeard, almost every time they film a movie, they basically have to build a new film and television city somewhere, which often costs hundreds of millions, and most of it is invested by the local government.

For example, for the filming of "Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin", 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 the others were filming "New Shanghai Beach". This was also built by Brother Kaizi in 1996 when he was filming "Feng Yue".

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 financial contributions.

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 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 immediately 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 inflated, 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 excited, 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, let alone 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 to see if there are any gaps that can be corrected. You can't be so reassured 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? Will it also be held 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 to hold a celebration banquet today, so I specially picked a day to hold it behind you to avoid you running back and forth.

"After all, I wasn't kidding when I said we wouldn't open the banquet if you don't come!"

Wei Wu laughed loudly, bowed his hands and said:

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

Ning Hao guessed that he was a little high at the moment, so he stretched out his right hand and spread out five fingers to make a high-five:

"Okay, let's make an agreement and see you tomorrow."

Wei Wu gave him a high-five and said:

"Okay, see you there or see you."

"Someone is coming, so I can go in first?"

"Well, you go ahead and see you later."

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