China Entertainment's whatever you want

Chapter 60

Early the next morning, the entertainment sections of the major news outlets posted news one after another.

"A rookie actor becomes a rookie director, is it self-confidence or arrogance?"

"Spending 7000 million out of pocket to make a movie, do you have a plan in your mind or are you a fool with a lot of money?"

"As soon as I can walk, I want to fly. The director's dream of the Yanying Acting Department students!"

For Gu Wei, a new director, making a movie, the media basically didn't like it.

The media with a good relationship with the three major companies will be more gentle in their words. After briefly describing Gu Wei's identity and the new movie that is about to start, they express doubts about Gu Wei's ability as a new director.

Regarding the matter of Gu Wei paying out of his own pocket, he said that the director is very courageous. In the end, what kind of movie do you expect Director Gu to bring us?
As for the irrelevant and entertainment-oriented news media like Southern Metropolis Daily, it is very rude.

Just ridicule directly without doubt, and don't care what kind of movie will be made in the future.Let's draw a conclusion now, and bluntly say that this movie must be a bad movie.

The reason given was that Gu Wei was just a rookie actor, and he wanted to be a director even before he was a good actor.

Moreover, Gu Wei is still a college student at the Film Academy, and this year he is a sophomore majoring in acting.

What good-looking movie can a 21-year-old student make, even though he paid for it by himself, but it’s not just a fool with so much money, he will definitely lose everything in the end.

It's no wonder the media reported that Gu Wei, an actor-turned-newcomer director, was able to spend so much money on his own to make a movie.This matter does have enough news breaking points.

Regardless of his age, occupation, and identity as an investor, this matter is enough to attract readers' attention.

What do the news media care about the most?Is it the truth?Wrong, sales volume is the most important thing, how many people read the report, can attract readers, they will report how to report.

Everything comes first.

After all, to put it bluntly, private media are just starting a company to do business.

What's more, in order to attract attention, some tabloids and self-media published an article claiming that Gu Wei paid for his own money to make bad movies, which may involve money laundering, and suggested that the relevant departments strictly investigate!
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"Mr. Gu, have you read today's media reports? What a mess they are reporting!" Chen Zhixi pushed the door into Gu Wei's office, holding a roll of newspaper in his hand, and said angrily.

"Miss Zhixi, don't be angry.

I had expected these things a long time ago. After all, people who don’t know about my filmmaking know it, and it’s normal not to like it.

But look, no matter how they report, our movie is out of the circle, and it became popular before it was shot.

You know marketing. If you don't make a movie and get scolded, you're afraid that no one will know about it.

And now there is still a long time before the filming is completed and finally released, we have enough time and opportunity to reverse the public's impression of this film in the later stage.

How hard they are scolding now, how painful the slap in the face will be in the end! "

Gu Wei explained to Chen Zhixi in detail.

In fact, Chen Zhixi didn't understand this truth, but seeing the news in the morning was too irritating, she was also angry for a while, now she calmed down after listening to Gu Wei's words, and she could figure out what was in it.

"However, criticism is fine, and it is acceptable to be negative, but direct malicious slander in some news cannot be tolerated."

Gu Wei looked at some news on the computer and frowned.Then let Yang Liwen come to his office.

"Sister Yang, some small newspapers are now reporting that our company is filming money laundering, you should notify the law firm you cooperate with, collect evidence, and then send them a lawyer's letter.

Ask them to retract the report and publish an apology in the newspaper. If they don't agree, go to court. "

"Understood, Mr. Gu, I'll do it now."

Chen Zhixi listened and said
"Mr. Gu, these tabloids may not be so easy to compromise. They are least afraid of going to court. No matter whether they win or lose, it will increase their popularity. Even if they lose in the end, they will just apologize and it will not cause them too much loss."

"It doesn't matter. First of all, the company must come out to clarify this kind of rumors that we violated the law as soon as possible. Suing is the best way to prove that we are not guilty.

If we remain indifferent, over time, things that did not exist will leave traces in the hearts of the public, thinking that we have acquiesced, which is extremely detrimental to our image.

Secondly, if these media can go to court with us, it will also be beneficial to maintain the popularity of the movie, at least there will be no shortage of exposure.The legal fee I paid was the publicity fee in the current period. "

"Mr. Gu, you are really a marketing genius." Chen Zhixi said with admiration.

[Detective Chinatown] has officially launched, and the actors have also joined the team.

The first scene to be filmed is two domestic scenes.

One is why Tang Ren went abroad, and the other is why Qin Feng went abroad.

Tang Ren, played by Baoqiang, bumps into the bride and his younger brother on their wedding day in the village.

In the end when the news got out, Tang Ren became the laughing stock of the whole town, and everyone looked at him with pity.Unable to stay in the country anymore, Tang Ren finally chose to go abroad to Thailand to hang out.

This paragraph is inserted in the plot, it is Tang Ren's memory, and it can be regarded as explaining the reason why Tang Ren went abroad, and the origin of part of his character.

The filming of this scene was very simple. The crew had already found a location for the shooting, and the people in the village were all looking for group performers from Beijing Film Studio.

Tang Ren's newlywed daughter-in-law and younger brother found two great partners, after all, there was only one scene.

Originally, Gu Wei wanted to suggest to Wang Baoqiang that his wife Ma Rong should play a guest role, but after thinking about it, it didn't work out, so he didn't open his mouth.

And Baoqiang's agent looks fair and clean, which doesn't match the image of Baoqiang's younger brother.Let go of this idea.

There are no lines in this whole process of Baoqiang, only the younger brother is arrested and said, "Brother, I misunderstood."

With Bao Qiang's acting skills, it was very easy to shoot this part, it was basically a one-way pass, and Gu Wei saved another one just to be on the safe side.

It is also very novel to be director Gu Wei for the first time. He is a bit like a Hollywood director. Everything in the crew is arranged in an orderly manner by the producer and several assistant directors.

He is only responsible for shooting according to the script and sub-shots, looking at the effect on the monitor, and then comparing it with the movie screen in memory, shouting if there is no problem, and reshooting if there is a problem.

If he sees something dissatisfied during the filming process, he will directly ask the relevant people to change, such as costumes, props, and even the actor's action lines, until he is satisfied with the changes.

If there is anything that you don’t know or can’t understand during the filming process, the producer Lu Yang is on the side, acting as a versatile little helper.

This made him feel that the director is still very good at filming.

A scene of Qin Feng played by Gu Wei is the entrance interview scene of the Criminal Police Academy.

When asked why he wanted to apply for the Criminal Police Academy, Qin Feng stammered blankly, "I want to complete a perfect crime."

The interpretation of Qin Feng's role is nothing to Gu Wei, who is now at the [Proficient] level in [Acting Skills].

However, the disadvantage of self-directing and self-acting is that after filming his own scenes, Gu Wei has to go back to the monitor to see how he just shot.It's a little more troublesome, unlike being an actor, you only need to film a movie, and you don't have to worry about the rest.

(End of this chapter)