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Chapter 233 Recruitment Failed
After the Spring Festival holiday, migrant workers from all over the country came back to work one after another, continuing their 996 and 007 life.

The flow of people in the capital increased day by day, and soon became crowded again.

[The Return of the Great Sage] also dropped from the box office of more than 6000 million the previous day to just over 3000 million. This is normal, after all, everyone is at work, and only some students who have not finished their winter vacation have time to go to the movies.

After the box office broke one billion, everyone knew that a new box office record for domestic films was about to be set.

After all, the original record holder [Tai囧] only had a box office of 12.67 billion, and it was released at the end of 2012, more than 2 years ago.

Zhou Xingchi's "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" and Gu Wei's "Detective Chinatown" were close to this figure, but they were still a little short of breaking it.

It stands to reason that after more than two years of construction of domestic theaters, the number of big screens in the country now is much more than when "囧囧 in Thailand" was released.

The chances of a new movie getting a high box office are naturally greater.

It's a pity that making movies is not a math problem. No matter how many movie theaters are built, if the quality of the movie is not enough, the audience will not buy it, and the box office will not be as high.

Therefore, the development in China over the past few years has only raised the upper limit of the box office of excellent movies. The ones that are good-looking and the audience likes will explode, and those that are not good will still not be good.

Many people in the circle have thought about which director's masterpiece will eventually surpass "囧囧 in Thailand" and become the new box office record holder.

Some guessed it was Jiang Wen. After all, "Let the Bullets Fly" a few years ago was too amazing, and the box office received a good reputation. As the director himself said, he made money standing up.

It's a pity that after the release of Jiang Wen's new film "One Step Away" at the end of 14, this kind of speculation was shattered.

The word-of-mouth of this movie is very polarized. People who like it think it is a magical movie. Jiang Wen and Ge You are two great actors who are brilliant. There are various metaphors in the whole movie, and there are points that can be dug deeper. It is very enjoyable. .

Most of the people who hate it have an attitude, what is this thing, I don’t understand it at all, forget it, go back and read movie reviews.

When a movie needs the audience to go back and read the movie reviews to understand it, it is completely divorced from the masses and reduced to a small group of people.

Audiences all over the country know that Jiang Wen is talented. In "Let the Bullets Fly", he told an easy-to-understand story to the audience. After reading it, he can recall a lot from it, so everyone likes it.

It may be that the previous success made Jiang Wen a little bit drifting. [One Step Away] completely fell into his self-world. He just expresses himself, regardless of whether the audience can understand it.

In the end, the film earned 5 million at the box office. Although it was already a big hit in the eyes of ordinary directors, it was Jiang Wen. The last film [Let the Bullets Fly] had a box office of 6.7 million. Audiences all over the country were looking forward to his performance. For the next work, getting this result is considered a rush.

Some people also think it will be Zhou Xingchi. After all, last year's "Journey to the West Conquering the Demons" scored 12.5 billion, which is only more than 1 million short of breaking the record.

Others think that it may be veteran famous directors like Feng Xiaogang and Zhang Yimou, one is the box office king of domestic comedy films, and the other is the pioneer of domestic blockbuster films.

But no one expected that the last record-breaking movie would be an animated movie, and the director was completely unknown.

Before [The Return of the Great Sage] was released, no one in the film and television industry knew Tian Xiaopeng at all.

This situation was unexpected by everyone. In just 13 days, the box office of "The Return of the Great Sage" broke through one billion.

Although the Spring Festival file is over now, and the single-day box office of the movie has dropped, there are still nearly 3 weeks of release time. Everyone will wait and see how the final box office will be.

The box office hit of "The Return of the Great Sage" also has another effect, which is to drive the development of the animation film industry.

There are a small number of people who are the first to eat crabs and are courageous, but there are too many people who follow others after seeing others succeed.

Gu Wei has Enlight Media as a partner who wants to invest in it, and there are quite a few other film and television companies who intend to develop in this direction.

In the past few days, there has been good news from the company.

After two months of editing and post-production, 【A Slight Smile is Alluring】is finally completed.

After watching a few integrated films in the screening room, Gu Wei was very satisfied. The plot was not much different from the original version, but the final effect was much better.

Needless to say, in terms of actors, Gu Wei easily crushed Yang Yang in terms of appearance. When he played "Left Ear", he and Yang Yang were in the same frame. Standing together can only be said to be a bit bullying Teacher Yang Yang.

Not to mention Nazha, the gap with Shuangzi is not too big. In terms of acting skills, there is Zhang Songwen's tutoring and no hip stretching. The whole process is online, which is not inferior to the original version.

Because Gu Wei provided ample funds, the costumes of the various characters in the TV series, the layout of the scenes, and the graphics of some games are all done very well.

A look is well made.

There was an episode during post-production. Director Lin Yufen approached Gu Wei when he was finally composing the soundtrack for the TV series, and asked him to write a theme song for the film. After all, Gu Wei's talent in music is obvious to all. It's normal for home movies to make a song.

Gu Wei agreed, turned his head and asked the company's people to find Wang Sulong, he wrote the original theme song of [A Little Smile is Alluring] [A Smile Allure], Gu Wei thinks the original music is perfect, there is no need to write it yourself Go to trouble and make another song.

His current thinking is to use money to solve things that can be solved with money as much as possible, and lie down when he can.

"Director Lin, you've worked hard for the past two months."

In Gu Wei's office, Director Lin Yufen was sitting on the reception sofa, with Longjing tea Gu Wei made for her in front of her.

"President Gu is serious. It's all for work. This is what I should do as a director."

Lin Yufen said with a smile, took a slow sip from the steaming teacup in front of him.

"I have been filming for so long and have worked with many directors. In my opinion, Director Lin is definitely a master in idol dramas. You are unique in both your control over the plot and the shaping of the hero and heroine."

"Mr. Gu, you are too generous~"

"I don't know what work arrangement Director Lin has next?"

Sitting opposite Gu Wei, he asked casually.

Lin Yufen hesitated for a moment.

"Director Li Guoli of [Sugar Man] approached me. Their company is planning to make a TV series with the theme of [Liao Zhai], and they asked me to be the chief director."

"[Sugar Man], I remember last year their movie [Wuxin Master] was directed by you, Director Lin, and it was also a very good movie."

"I'm friends with Li Guoli, and I cooperated with [Sugar Man] more at first."

After chatting for a while, Lin Yufen got up and said goodbye.

Gu Wei originally wanted to invite Lin Yufen to come to his company as a contracted director. Over the years, he has accumulated a lot of IP, and in the end he must turn them into film and television. Lin Yufen is lacking in both ability and works. director.

It's a pity that Lin Daozhi is not here. Gu Wei expressed his intention to solicit twice, but she politely refused.

Thinking about it, Lin Yufen is a director from Hong Kong Island. At first, he made a lot of TV series for "Sugar Man", and last year he was hired by "Ciwen Film and Television" to shoot "Hua Qiangu". If the timeline remains the same Under the circumstances, she will accept the invitation of [Hua Ce] and [Jia Xing] to shoot [Three Lives Three Worlds Ten Miles of Peach Blossom].

It can be said that he maintains a good relationship with these big companies in the TV drama circle, and does not fall to any one side. It is normal to reject Gu Wei now.

After Director Lin left, Gu Wei called Zhao Mingcheng in.

[A Slight Smile is Allure] He is still the producer of this TV series.

"In addition to the normal remuneration in the contract, Director Lin will give her a big red envelope.

Let me just say that I would like to express my gratitude to her for her hard work in the first cooperation! "

Zhao Mingcheng understood Gu Wei's meaning as soon as he heard it.

It is very normal for film and television companies to win over these famous directors in the circle.

(End of this chapter)