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Chapter 225 Let Yifei Cry

October 2th, Sunday.

Valentine's Day has passed, and the results of the second day of the release of "The Return of the Great Sage" are also out.

On Saturday, the single-day box office of "The Return of the Great Sage" successfully exceeded 1.098 million, reaching [-] million, creating a new single-day box office record for domestic animation films.

At the same time, as more and more people watched the movie, a trend of watching "The Return of the Great Sage" gradually appeared on the Internet.

Due to the excellent quality of the film, many netizens regard "The Return of the Great Sage" as a new hope for domestic animated films compared to other animated films released in China.

When you go to the cinema to watch movies, you are supporting the development of domestic animation films.

Of course, this kind of public opinion is also the result of the deliberate guidance of the publicity team of Guangguang Media on the Internet, and the water army cooperated by Gu Wei Company also did its part.

Director Tian Xiaopeng was completely on fire.

Numerous news media hope to give him an exclusive interview.

These are not problems. Under the arrangement of the professional team, director Tian Xiaopeng held a special press conference for publicity.

He and key members of the film production team were interviewed by various media.

During the interview, Director Tian revealed to the reporters many details about the shooting of the movie.

such as:

The opening of the movie is a tribute to the 1964 version of Havoc in Heaven.

There are roughly four or five versions of Sun Wukong's image design, and there are countless versions with fine adjustments in the end. The current version is the final decision of the director.

The scene of "the mountain demon chasing the little Tang monk in the mountains and forests" in the film was so complicated that whoever did it collapsed. During the production process, four or five animators left their jobs. The final length was more than 1 minute and more than 1500 frames The clips were made for half a year.

In the last scene of the film, the decisive battle between Wukong and the villain "Chaos" was originally relatively short and hasty, but after watching the finished film, the investors felt that it could be done better, so they allocated funds to enrich the fighting plot before it was presented. appeared in this perfect effect.

The tidbits, details, and difficulties encountered during the production of such films were all told in the reporter's question after question.

The media who understand these things also know more deeply how hard-won this work that claims to have opened up a new situation in Chinese animation films.

On the second day of the press conference, as the film continued to be screened, these news also appeared in the newspapers, adding fuel to the film's popularity.

It is worth mentioning that on Valentine's Day on the 14th, "The Return of the Great Sage" was undoubtedly the single-day box office champion in the country, but the performance of a new movie that was released that day was also amazing.

Directed by Xu Jinglei, written by Wang Shuo, starring Li Jiaheng and Wang Likun, the love movie "There is a place only we know" was released nationwide on Valentine's Day. It made a box office of 9396 million on the first day of its release, and shocked many people in the circle. .

For a low-budget romantic film, the box office almost exceeded [-] million on the first day of its release, which is beyond everyone's expectation.

The last love movie that got off to such a good start was Zhao Wei's first work "To Our Dying Youth", which finally achieved a box office of 7.2 million.

Of course, that was still in 13, and now two years have passed, neither the construction of theaters nor the audience is comparable to that at that time.

Therefore, the major entertainment companies in the circle are optimistic about the follow-up box office of this movie, and everyone has higher expectations for some of the most famous traffic stars in domestic entertainment.

The film "Returning to 1 Years Old", starring Lu Han in January and being the main promotion, was released in early February. After more than a month of screening, the film finally achieved a good result of 20 million box office.

This is considered a big profit for a small-cost comedy romance drama, after all, the cost of the movie is only 3000 million.

Don't wonder why the cost of Lu Han's role is so low. At this stage, Lu Han has just returned to China. He has no popularity and has not proved himself at all.

However, after [Returning to 20 Years Old] has sold well at the box office, if there is a follow-up cooperation with him, it will definitely not be the original price.

The success of [Back to 20] seems to have pointed out an easy way for many film and television companies in the industry to make money from filming.

That is a reliable script + reliable supporting actors + traffic stars.

In other aspects, as long as you don't stretch your hips too much, find traffic stars as a breakthrough point for publicity, use fans as the basis for watching movies, and then control the cost, and the movies you make will make money steadily.

Now the box office of Li Jiaheng's new film makes everyone believe this even more.

A low-budget romance film without any big stars, relying entirely on Li Jiaheng's own fans and fame, the box office almost exceeded [-] million on the first day, which is already very telling.

Valentine's Day is over, and the box office is the highest in the market. Although the hottest movie is "The Return of the Great Sage", in the film and television industry, everyone pays more attention to Li Jiaheng's "There is a place only we know".

[The Return of the Great Sage] Although it is good, everyone knows that it is of excellent quality and will definitely make a lot of money, but in the eyes of capital, the production cycle is too long, taking 8 years; the cost is too high, with a production cost of 1 million yuan; the payment is also unstable , After so many years, there has only been a "The Return of the Great Sage" in China. Before it, there were animation films with large investment, but they all ended up on the street.

No one can guarantee whether investing 1 million yuan to produce an animated film will be a box office hit like "The Return of the Great Sage".

So although these film and television companies are very envious of the box office results of "The Return of the Great Sage", they still refuse to let them make new animated films by themselves.

[There is a place only we know] This kind of movie is different, and its success is replicable.

In everyone's eyes, it is nothing more than an ordinary romance movie with a traffic star. There are countless low-cost romance movies shot in China every year, and some of them have high ratings, but the box office just can't make it up.

As long as this model works now, it can be applied in the future, and it can completely become the "formula" for movie hits.

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Gu Wei in the office received a call and hurried out to the company's front desk.

According to the agreement between the two, Liu Yifei came to watch a movie with him today.

I saw her wearing a purple pullover sweater on her upper body, a pair of loose gray-white slacks on her lower body, a brown baseball cap and large black sunglasses.

Today, instead of wearing the purple down coat from last time, I changed into a short black down jacket. Because it was hotter when I entered the building, I took off the down jacket and put it on my arm.

Gu Wei was wearing a black slim suit with a white shirt inside, looking like a professional elite.

He looked Liu Yifei up and down, and said with a smile:

"Sister Yifei, I found that your usual outfits are always so casual~"

Liu Yifei took off the big black sunglasses on her face, showing a sweet smile.

"Of course I can wear whatever I want when I'm not working, just take it easy."

"Sure enough, if you are beautiful, you can do whatever you want, and whatever you wear is a fashion show."

Gu Wei's praise made Liu Yifei show a big smile, a beautiful face, only the gums are slightly exposed, but it is even more cute.

The girl at the front desk of the company had a surprised expression when Liu Yifei took off her sunglasses, her eyes widened, and she looked at her in disbelief.

She might have yelled if the boss hadn't been around.

"Miss Liu Yifei, can you sign for me?

I am your fan. "

After Gu Wei and the two finished speaking, the girl at the front desk couldn't help but open her mouth.

"Xiaoyu, I remember you said you were my fan when you joined the company?"

"Haha, aren't you my boss, as long as the boss pays me back, you will always be my idol.

But I have admired Liu Yifei for many years, and he has been my idol since I was a child.

Boss, don't be jealous~"

Gu Wei was a little dumbfounded by what the girl at the front desk said.

Liu Yifei also covered her mouth and snickered beside her.

She took the pen and wrote on the paper

"I wish Xiaoyu success in work, youth and health! ——Liu Yifei."

"Thank you so much, Sister Tianxian, I will treasure it when I go back.

You are simply too beautiful in person, prettier than anything I've seen on TV before! "

Xiao Yu said happily after accepting the signature.

"Work hard, go to work and chase stars, be careful that I will deduct your salary."

Gu Wei pretended to threaten, and brought Liu Yifei into the company. Xiao Yu waved happily at Liu Yifei with his signature.

The two walked through the office area and went straight to the company's screening room.

The employees who were working in the company saw the boss leading a person inside, and many of them cast their eyes this way, and then whispered to each other.

"Xiaoling, Xiaoling, do you think the one next to the boss is Liu Yifei?"

A handsome female employee patted the colleague sitting next to her and said.

The colleague was originally concentrating on the computer in front of her, but after listening to her words, she couldn't help but look around.

"Where is it? Let me see~
Wow, Liu Yifei is really here! "

"This is the first time I have seen Liu Yifei in real life, she is so beautiful, her skin is so white that it seems to be glowing!

Our boss actually has friendship with her. "

The little girl who had just discovered Liu Yifei sighed.

"What's the matter, our boss worked with Liu Yifei on his first play [Xiu Chun Knife]. The two must have known each other since then. It's been 3 years."

Xiaoling popularized what she knew to her colleagues.

"Boss, they are a good match. The man is tall and handsome, and the woman is beautiful. They are a perfect match!"

"Lulu, weren't you a CP fan of 'Yutang Couple' before? Why did you become so fast today?"

"Although Zhao Liying is very cute, she is incomparable to Liu Yifei in terms of appearance. I didn't know until I saw her today that she is so beautiful in real life!"

Liu Yifei, who was passing by, obviously also heard the comments of Gu Wei's employees. She turned her head to look at everyone very cheerfully. Although she didn't stop walking, her beautiful face was full of smiles, and she waved to everyone who looked at her.

It immediately caused everyone to exclaim.

Gu Wei, who was leading the way, didn't care when he saw it. The employees of his company usually had little contact with other stars, but it was Liu Yifei's first time here.

After the two walked over, the supervisor came over.

"Okay, stop chatting, everyone should work.

The company has a rule that you can’t speak out when you see anything, and everyone knows it in their hearts.”

Gu Wei took Liu Yifei into the company's screening room, and the two sat down on the leather sofa in the back row.

The door was opened, and Gu Wei's assistant brought in some drinks, fruits and snacks and placed them on the small movable table in front of them.

"Boss, what else do you want?"

The assistant bent down and asked softly.

"No, I'll call you if something happens."

"Ok~"

After finishing speaking, he left the theater.

"The employees in your company are very interesting~"

Liu Yifei opened a bottle of mineral water, took a sip, and said.

"It's not that Yifei, you are too charming. They are all my fake fans. Once you come, they will expose their real idols."

Gu Wei spoke while turning on the projector with the remote control.

The lights in the room dimmed, and [Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage] began to be shown on the screen opposite them.

It is still the majestic Monkey King and the cute nagging but enthusiastic and brave Jiang Liuer.

Liu Yifei was quickly attracted by the movie all his attention.

Although Gu Wei has watched it once, there are some good movies that he never gets tired of watching.

Time flies, and soon the movie will be in the decisive battle with the demon king. Jiang Liu'er is buried alive by a boulder falling from the sky.

Gu Wei touched her arm lightly, and handed over some tissues.

Liu Yifei turned his head and glanced at him, with a pear-blossoming face, Gu Wei couldn't care about the little monk for a while, but felt sorry for Liu Yifei who was beside him.

Fortunately, the climax came soon, justice finally defeated evil, and the little monk did not die.

The movie's ending song sounded, and Gu Wei also turned on the lights in the projection room.

Liu Yifei was still immersed in the plot of the movie and did not come out.

She wiped the tears from her eyes gently with a tissue.

"Gu Wei, this cartoon is so good, no wonder you had so much confidence in it before.

Thanks to your investment, it would be a pity if such a good film was aborted because of money~"

"It's all thanks to the director and the production team. After eight years of hard work, I just happened to be at the right time and tried my best."

The two of them came out of the theater and went into Gu Wei's office to rest.

Although the tears on Liu Yifei's face had been wiped away, her eyes were obviously red.

They walked over, and the two male employees whose seats were near the aisle started whispering to each other.

"Why do I feel like Liu Yifei has cried?"

"If you don't want to do it, you are spreading rumors about the boss!"

"Brother, I said Liu Yifei, which word mentioned the boss?"

"Hehe, just the two of them, you said Liu Yifei cried, aren't you talking about the boss?"

"Um~ I mean it seems like, maybe I'm wrong, but I really want to say something, the boss is awesome!!"

"That's right, the boss is amazing~ Liu Yifei is willing to make her cry!"

"This time you said it!"

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Entering the office, Gu Wei took out a pot that was said to be Mingqian Longjing tea.

Pour a glass for Liu Yifei who is sitting on the sofa.

"You take a rest in my office, and I'll take you downstairs to a very delicious restaurant in a while. I often go to his old customer."

"Thank you, did you disturb your work today?"

Liu Yifei had already adjusted her mood, and she said a little embarrassed when she heard that Gu Wei was going to take her to dinner later.

"No, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the company has nothing to do. I have been busy with the release of "The Return of the Great Sage" a few days ago. Now the movie is going well. The post-publicity work has two distributors, Guangguang and Wanda, to follow up. I don't need it either. Too much to worry about."

Gu Wei picked up the small cup of tea in front of him, took a sip, and there was a wisp of fragrance that lingered between his lips and teeth. It seems that the old Guo of the Bank of Communications did not fool him, it was really good tea.

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