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Chapter 168
[Left ear] It also has extraordinary significance to Gu Wei.

This is Gu Wei's first youth film, and it is also the most suitable film for him at this stage.

Although Gu Wei knows a lot of films that have achieved both box office and word of mouth, his current age and image determine that there are many roles that are not suitable for him to play.

For example, the movie [Charlotte Annoyance] that is currently being filmed, he knows that it will be a big hit at the box office after it is released next year, but there is no role suitable for him in the movie.

It is impossible for him to play Charlotte, that is Shen Teng's exclusive role, and his age and image cannot be played.

Only Yin Zheng's "Tidal Sea Spirit" Yuan Hua is suitable for him, but the production cost of "Charlotte Annoyance" is only 2000 million, and Gu Wei's current film salary is also 2000 million.

The producer probably didn't even have the courage to find him.

Moreover, with Gu Wei's current fame and status, playing a supporting role in a low-budget comedy is completely self-degrading and thankless.

Most of his current fans are fans of him after watching "Gu Jian Qi Tan", and it's strange to see him playing the role of "Tidal Sea Spirit".

But if Gu Wei's own company controls and invests in a movie, then it's no problem for him to go in and play a supporting role. In order to make money, everything else can be put aside.

It turned out that Gu Wei also wanted to invest in [Charlotte Trouble]. Later, he asked his agent to find out that besides Happy Twist, the producers of that movie also included Wanda Film and Fuji Xun Video, both of which were not short of money. It was difficult for him to get in.

Gu Wei thought it would be good to make some youth films, who made him look young, who in the circle of young stars who were about his age had made a lot of youth films.

What kind of drama to play at any age, when Gu Wei gets older in a few years, it may not be suitable for him to act in a youth drama.

Gu Wei didn't want to be like some male actors who still have to act as young meat at a very old age. Even make-up can't hide the old look on his face. It's too embarrassing for the audience to watch the show.

And there is another advantage of making youth films, which can let everyone intuitively see your box office appeal.

Everyone knows that most of the people who watch this kind of movie are young men and women, basically they go for the stars in the movie.

If the box office is a big hit, it is naturally the credit of the protagonist of the movie, does it bring its own fans to the box office?

[Left Ear] After the finale, the follow-up work has nothing to do with Gu Wei. Only after the large-scale publicity on the eve of the release, will the actors of the film crew gather again.

The film's release date has been confirmed, probably around April next year. Of course, these are all decided by the producer Guangguang Media and the director Su Youpeng.

Although his film salary is converted into investment, he is not the master after all, all he can do is to cooperate with the publicity in the later stage and wait for the money to be distributed.

Coincidentally, Wu Jing's "Wolf Warriors", another film invested by Gu Wei, is scheduled for April next year.

However, the two films are of completely different genres, a military war and a youth idol, so there is no need to worry that they will compete too fiercely with each other.

In the golden autumn of September, the capital city also ushered in the fine autumn weather, without the chirping of cicadas, and the endless heat. Gu Wei felt cool.

After returning to the capital, Gu Wei took a brief rest, and then began to devote himself to work without stopping.

"Left Ear" was filmed for more than two months. Gu Wei only went back to the capital when he was a guest star in "Panbing Man".

"Mr. Gu, these are the dramas I've been looking for you recently."

Manager Yang Liwen knocked on the door and came in, holding a thick stack of scripts and putting them on the desk in front of Gu Wei.

"I screened out some obviously unreliable three-no dramas. The rest of them are basically produced by well-known companies in the circle, and some of them are produced by directors who have made achievements."

"Hey~ so many dramas looking for me?"

Gu Wei looked at the tall stack of scripts in front of him, and said in amazement.

"You don't know how popular you are now, I have basically read these scripts, most of them are TV dramas, and the invitations for movies are slightly less.

TV dramas are looking for you are male lead, most of which are costume dramas. "

Yang Liwen said that she divided the scripts into two piles, the taller ones are TV dramas, and the lower ones are movies.

"Some of these film and television companies have signed actors under their own names, why don't they praise their own people?"

Gu Wei flipped through the script of the TV series while talking to Yang Liwen.

"After the TV series are produced, I am afraid that they will not be able to be broadcast on the stars, and secondly, I am afraid that they will not be able to sell at a good price, and even many TV stations will not buy them after filming.

With your current popularity and popularity, Boss, no matter what TV series you appear in, that TV series will immediately become the most popular TV series, attracting the attention of major TV stations, and can easily sell for a good price after filming.

It's good to praise one's own people, but selling dramas to make money is the most important thing!
It is said that during the preparation period of the new TV series in the circle, as long as the role is suitable, an invitation will be sent to you.

We will look for other actors only after we reject it. "

"So exaggerated?"

Gu Wei doesn't know enough about his current popularity.

"Of course, at the beginning of the year you and Zhao Liying collaborated on the TV series [Shanshan is Coming]. At the beginning, the production company's drama Ku had a good talk with Lizhitai, but it was bought by Mango TV at a high price.

It is said that now Lizhitai regrets it to death, and the director of the film purchase department has been criticized by the station. "

Gu Wei basically reads the script by looking at the name, and skips the ones that don’t impress him directly, and opens and flips through the ones that have some impressions.

"[Tomb Raiders Notes] Huanrui hasn't started filming yet?"

Gu Weizai suddenly found [Tomb Raiders Notes] sent by Huanrui in a stack of scripts.

He had made up his mind when he first acquired the copyright of this big IP, but unfortunately he is not the only smart person in the world.

【Tomb Raider Notes】is a novel serialized by Nanpai Sanshu on the Internet since 06, and it has become a hot seller since it was officially published in 07.

In 12, Nanpai Sanshu and Shanghai Chengzong Culture Communication Co., Ltd. signed the film adaptation rights and production rights of "Tomb Notes", and agreed to start filming within one year.

However, until the end of 2013, Shanghai Chengzong Culture Communication Co., Ltd. did not perform the contract. According to the contract, Nanpai Sanshu issued a unilateral notice to the other party to terminate the contract.

Subsequently, Nanpai Sanshu sold the TV adaptation rights of "Tomb Raider Notes" (Parts 1-9) to Huanrui Century for a copyright fee of 500 million yuan.

"This book was handed over by Huanrui recently. They are planning to shoot a 12-episode web series. The production cost of a single episode is about 500 million."

Gu Wei frowned and thought for a while. His current quotation for TV series is 80 an episode, which is a bit higher than the 60 an episode two months ago.

Don't think it's too expensive, Gu Wei is following the market trend. The crews who sent him scripts all agree with his salary, and some even passed on the word that as long as Gu Wei is willing to participate, the salary can be discussed again.

If he joins the crew of "Tomb Raiders Notes", because there are only 12 episodes, his salary is 960 million, but it will take 3 to 4 months to shoot, although he remembers that "Tomb Raiders Notes" was also screened on the Internet later. Fire, but the price is not high.

"The filming time is too long, the series is too short, and the salary is too low. Please politely decline Huanrui and say that I don't have any schedule. After all, the previous cooperation was very pleasant, and there will be opportunities to cooperate again in the future."

Gu Wei put "Tomb Raider's Notes" together with the pile of scripts he had flipped through just now, and casually talked to his manager.

Probably flipped through the scripts of these TV dramas, except for one [Tomb Raider Notes] which is interesting, the rest can’t be read. The only thing that caught his attention was that everyone was very happy to give money.

His salary alone for a 50-episode TV series is 4000 million, but unfortunately, he accepted all the movies with better ratings in his impression.

As long as Gu Wei accepts the show, he will finish the show honestly, and he will never interrupt the show in the middle. At most, he will take a short vacation for something. With his fame and popularity, the crew understands.

As a result, his annual output of filming is not high. If he has Yang Mi's efficiency of filming 11 films a year, he can easily earn a few small goals in a year just for the film salary.

It's a pity, Gu Wei still cherishes his feathers too much, for fear of smashing his own signboard.

Throwing these scripts aside one by one, Gu Wei seemed to see countless small money flowing away, and his heart ached.

After flipping through the script of the last TV series, Gu Wei picked up another stack of movie scripts.

"Mr. Gu, there are fewer invitations for movies, and some of them are not the protagonists, but I think you can pay attention to them. I will mark all the ones that need special attention."

Gu Wei was not surprised when he heard this. Compared with TV dramas, the casting of movies is more strict. It is not only based on the fame of the actors, but also the acting skills and the degree of fit with the characters.

Gu Wei flipped through a few books, and sure enough, most of them were youth films, the titles of which he had never even heard of.

But there are also surprises.

There are two scripts from Huayi Brothers, both of which are specially marked by Yang Liwen.

One is a drama action film [Old Paoer] directed by Director Guan Hu and starring Feng Xiaogang.

Gu Wei was invited to play the role of "Zhang Xiaobo", the son of the male protagonist "Sixth Master", which is also the role played by Li Yifeng in Yuanshikong.

Speaking of "Old Paoer", the movie "Old Paoer" is also very interesting. In order to attract more young audiences into the movie theater, Yuan Shikong found two top performers at the time to match Feng Xiaogang.

As a result, the two of them later had accidents one after another.

Although the follow-up box office results of "Old Paoer" are very good, and Feng Xiaogang won the Golden Horse Best Actor for this movie, but it is tasteless to Gu Wei.

The only advantage for him to accept this movie is that he can build a good relationship with the Huayi group and increase his own contacts.

But he hasn't forgotten that when the movie was released last year, there was still a little conflict between him and Feng Xiaogang, and it would be awkward to meet him then.

Gu Wei has always believed that different circles don't need to be hard-pressed. He has a reputation and resources, so there is no need to establish a good relationship with everyone.

Thinking of this, he threw the script of "Old Paoer" aside.

Yang Liwen saw the name of the script and wanted to say something, but she didn't open her mouth after seeing Gu Wei's expression.

There is also [Predecessor 2: Spare Tire Strikes Back] directed by Tian Yusheng, which is a sequel.

The box office of the first film exceeded 2 million, and Gu Wei remembered that the box office of this sequel should have exceeded [-] million.

It's a pity, it's another chicken rib, if [Predecessor 3] asks him, he will agree.

After flipping through all the movie scripts, Gu Wei took out one and put it on the table, and said to Yang Liwen.

"An Le sent me an invitation, did they decide to switch roles and reshoot so quickly?"

Yang Liwen looked down, and there were three large characters [Monster Hunt] written on the script.

"Yes, in fact, Anle communicated with the General Administration after the incident happened.

The attitude of the General Administration is that illegal artists must be completely banned. If the roles are not changed, the movie cannot be released.

More than 2 million yuan has been invested in the filming of this movie, and the investor, Anle Films, is already riding a tiger.

Their boss Jiang Zhiqiang made the decision and took out another 1 million for a re-shoot.

It's just that this matter is still in the confidential stage, and no news has been released to the media and the public. "

The Ke Zhendong incident that was revealed last month shocked the entire entertainment circle, and Gu Wei certainly paid attention to it.

This young Wanwan actor who became popular by playing the role of "Ke Jingteng" in "The Girl We Chased Together" has ruined his future because of crimes.

What was even more unlucky was Anle Films. Before the movie was released, it was banned by the General Administration because of the bad artist. It seemed that the investment of more than 2 million yuan was going to be in vain.

Gu Wei reckoned that An Le's side had been stabbed by Ke Zhendong's heart.

Seeing that Gu Wei was very interested in [Monster Hunt], as a manager, Yang Liwen couldn't help persuading him.

"Mr. Gu, [Monster Hunt] is the first movie format in our country, and no one in the circle knows whether it will be successful or not.

Now that something like this has happened again, the cost of production has skyrocketed, and it is even more difficult to get back the cost.

If you want to take over this mess, you have to be cautious. "

Gu Wei smiled, what Yang Liwen said made sense, and most people in the circle probably think so.

It's a pity that he took the open-book exam and knew the answer.

After the original time and space "Monster Hunting" was released, it achieved a good result of 24 billion box office, breaking the box office record of mainland movies in one fell swoop.

Although there were some negative news about box office fraud in the later period, there was a box office of about 20 billion after all.

This data is a very big achievement for the leading actor of the movie.

What's more, Jing Boran, the male protagonist who was arrested and rescued in the original version, didn't have much fame before the filming of "Monster Hunt".

Now if it is Gu Wei, he may not be able to win the box office champion of domestic movies by virtue of his strength.

"When will An Le Films plan to reshoot?"

Seeing that her advice was useless, Gu Wei seemed determined to accept this movie, Yang Liwen didn't say anything else, she still admired Gu Wei's vision.

"Probably from the end of this year to the beginning of next year, the schedules of other actors will need to be coordinated.

Anle really wants you to take this movie, and they offered a remuneration of 3000 million yuan far from the supermarket price. "

After hesitating for a moment, Yang Liwen added.

"President Jiang, who is rumored to be Anle on the Internet, has put all his wealth on him to make this movie."

Gu Wei smiled and was not surprised by this. At this time, people in the circle are generally not optimistic about [Monster Hunt].

After all, counting the money for reshoots, this movie is already a super-big production with an investment of more than 3 million yuan. Movies with this investment amount can be said to be rare in the movie circle at this time.

If other movies have this kind of investment, it must be a group of big stars, but the original version of "Monster Hunt" found a little-known Jing Boran as the leading actor.

It can be seen that the general opinion of this movie in the circle at this time.

Anle Films is now looking for Gu Wei, naturally they want to use his popular popularity to help the film maximize the box office. After all, they have already studded this wave, and there is no way out.

"You meet with An Le to confirm the time for the re-shooting. If there is no problem, then sign the contract."

(End of this chapter)