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Chapter 799 Want to Improve

On October 1st, National Day, "My Hometown and Me" was officially released.

As one of the most anticipated movies during the National Day holiday, "My Hometown and Me" did not disappoint everyone.

The cumulative box office exceeded 4 billion in 11 days of release, and the attendance rate, average number of people per show, single-day box office and screenings all ranked first in the National Day holiday!

The film received a high audience rating of 9.3 on both Maoyan and Tao Piaopiao ticketing platforms, and its popularity and reputation have been soaring, leading the National Day box office.

The earlier released "Win" failed to keep up, "The Vanguard" failed both in terms of reputation and box office, and the highly anticipated animated film "Jiang Ziya" also failed to meet expectations at the box office.

The National Day holiday was filled with many blockbuster films, but "My Hometown and Me" was the only one dominating the market.

[Jiang Ziya] has nothing to do with [Wei Ming Tian Xia Animation Company]. It is an animated film produced by [Colorful House Pictures] under Guangxian.

During the production, [Colorful House] contacted [Wei Ming Tian Xia], hoping to link [Jiang Ziya] and [Nezha], but was rejected by Gu Wei.

It's not that they don't give face to Guangxian, but [Wei Ming Tian Xia] itself has plans to produce an animated version of the Fengshen Universe, and may also produce a solo animated film of Jiang Ziya in the future. Of course, it is impossible to collaborate with [Colorful House]'s [Jiang Ziya].

The company's "Yang Jian: The Legend of the Condor Heroes" began preparations for production in 2018 and is now almost completed. It will most likely be released next year or the year after.

In "Yang Jian", Nezha, Ao Bing, Taiyi Zhenren and others will all appear, which is truly the same world view as "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World".

It cannot take advantage of the traffic of "Nezha", and the popularity of "Jiang Ziya" is far less than that of the original time and space.

However, when promoting the film, it still marketed itself as the strongest domestic animated film after "The Monkey King" and "Ne Zha". Coupled with the visually attractive trailer and the publicity and promotion with great investment, "Jiang Ziya" had very good box office results in its first three days, second only to "My Hometown and Me".

It’s a pity that the subsequent reputation of "Jiang Ziya" was not good, and it failed to retain the traffic brought by the publicity and promotion, and the box office continued to decline in the later period.

To be honest, the animation effect of [Jiang Ziya] is good.

[Color House] is backed by Guangguang, and has no shortage of funds and talents. It is considered to be the top animation film company in the industry.

After the unprecedented success of "The Return of the Great Sage" and "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World", capital has paid more attention to the animation film industry, and some high-quality projects have also received more funds.

[Jiang Ziya] was planned and produced under such circumstances.

However, sufficient funds can only improve the animation effects to the best, and the most important thing for a movie is still the storyline.

This is precisely the aspect of "Jiang Ziya" that is most criticized by the audience.

The plot of the movie can be summarized in one sentence: A younger brother accepts the order of Big Brother to assassinate the target, but finds out that the target is innocent. The younger brother feels guilty and kills Big Brother to avenge injustice.
Does it look familiar? It’s the classic routine of American Hollywood gangster movies.

Basically, as soon as the movie starts, the audience can guess the subsequent plot.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Tianzun is definitely the biggest boss.

Shen Gongbao's sentimental drama is not embarrassing to watch, it is quite complete with a beginning and an end. It's just that it really fails to give the audience a sense of immersion. The foreshadowing before is almost glossed over, and the emotion of blocking a sword fails to resonate at all.

This level is far behind [Nezha].

The sentimentality of Nezha has been laid out since the beginning of the movie, with the origins of the spirit pearl and the demon boy, Shen Gongbao's discussion of the prejudices in people's hearts, and Li Jing's request for a talisman to die in his place in order to keep his son alive.

The true feelings were witnessed by the audience, and the scene where he faced the heavenly calamity in the end really made countless viewers cry.

In comparison, the sensationalism of "Jiang Ziya" is too low-level, with too little foreshadowing, and it fails to achieve the desired effect.

After the filming of [Joy of Life 2] started, Gu Wei became busy again.

As the leading actor, he has a lot of scenes to play. He arrives on the set every morning and leaves in the evening, shooting from morning to night.

As for the heroine, Jing Tian is very idle. Compared with the first part, Lin Wan'er has fewer roles, and she only needs to come to the crew when there is a filming task.

In fact, apart from the male lead Fan Xian, the character with the most scenes in "Joy of Life" should be "Wang Qinian" played by Tian Yu.

He is Fan Xian's loyal follower and appears almost whenever Fan Xian is around.

A week after filming started, Wang Xiaochen and Wang Churan joined the crew.

The roles they played were temporary supporting roles in the drama, and they appeared in the scene about Baoyue Tower at the beginning of the TV series.

Wang Xiaochen plays "Yuan Meng", the supervisor of Baoyue Tower, who is the madam in a traditional brothel and a villain.

Wang Churan’s “Sang Wen” is an otaku who was forced into prostitution in Baoyue Tower.

There aren't many scenes for the two of them, and they can be finished within a few days of joining the crew.

"My Lord, do you want to investigate Baoyue Tower?"

"Who did you listen to?"

Wang Churan looks really beautiful in ancient costume, with bright eyes, high nose bridge, cherry lips, and a palm-sized face that is fair and rosy. She looks even more stunning in the ancient female hair accessories designed by the crew. She is very convincing in playing the role of the oiran with this image.

"My Lord, you have come back from the dead and come to a place like this to see me. You can't really like me, right?

I am just an ordinary woman. Apart from Baoyue Tower, there are ordinary people and ordinary things around me."

"Then what's so unusual about this Baoyue Tower?"

“Baoyue Tower has just opened and has already attracted courtesans from all over Kyoto, making them the most profitable attraction.

Every family has a backer, but no one ever dares to say no.

This is not normal.”

"Crack! Wang Churan stood firm and tried to find the rhythm of the lines again.

We’ll do this again later!”

The director's voice came, and Wang Churan on the opposite side had a guilty look on his face.

"Sorry, Brother Wei."

Compared with his stunning appearance, Wang Churan's acting skills are much worse. His expressions and lines are not very good. The first scene after joining the crew was shot several times.

"Well, let's go over the lines for this scene again. I know this line is a bit long. Although you have memorized it, you still need to pay attention to your manners and expressions while speaking it."

Gu Wei was not impatient, but tried his best to guide her.

"You have to put yourself into the character's mindset when you say this line. Fan Xian goes to Sang Wen to find out about the situation in Baoyue Tower, and Sang Wen also wants to use Fan Xian to escape.

So she was willing to help, and she felt a little anxious inside.

You have to find this feeling.”

"I see."

"Also, don't move your head too much when you're speaking your lines~"

With Gu Wei's careful guidance and help, the scene was shot twice more before it was passed.

After a scene is finished, the crew prepares to move on and the actors can take a break.

"Brother Wei, I'm sorry to trouble you~"

In the lounge, Wang Churan, wearing a costume, approached Gu Wei.

She really prepared well for this drama, but she didn't expect that the crew of "Joy of Life" had such high requirements for the actors. She had never been like this in previous dramas, and the director would just let her go if it was almost right.

"It's okay, it's normal for actors to make NGs, and you just joined the crew, so you also need a familiarization period," Gu Wei consoled with a smile.

"However, your preparations today are indeed not very sufficient. I looked at the shooting schedule. We are still shooting the Baoyue Tower scene tomorrow, and you will also be on location. Go back and prepare well."

Wang Churan nodded vigorously, his eyes rolling around, not knowing what he was thinking.

After saying that, Gu Wei ignored her and looked down at his phone.

After the National Day holiday, "My Hometown and I" earned 7 billion yuan at the box office in 19 days, and its word-of-mouth ratings on major platforms also led the way, continuing the success of last year's "My People, My Country" model.

The reviews for the "UFO Falls from the Sky" unit directed by Gu Wei are average, neither the best nor the worst, but because Gu Wei is the director and the "Detective Chinatown" team joined, the discussion about the story in this unit is very high.

Peng Yuchang from Gu Wei Company also has a movie released during the National Day holiday, "Home at One Point", which he co-starred with Liu Haoran and Yin Fang.

This movie is a younger version of "Chinese Partners", telling the story of young people recalling their entrepreneurial journey.

[Home at One Point] was shot quickly and released quickly. The film started shooting in July this year, wrapped up in August, and was released in October.

The result was that the movie's box office on the first day was only 2600 million, and the screening rate dropped from 16% to 8% on the second day.

While watching the news about the 11th movie season on his phone, Yang Dan walked up to Gu Wei.

"Boss, Director Han Yan's team sent a message that after the screening of "Send You a Little Red Flower", they decided to schedule the film to be released during the Lunar New Year holiday this year."

"Did you tell me the exact date?"

"December 12, New Year's Eve"

Gu Wei frowned slightly and put down his phone.

"It must be the time arranged by China Film Group. They are quite good at choosing."

There are many producers for "Send You a Little Red Flower", and the publicity and promotion was done by one of the producers, China Film Group, so many things related to the release were arranged by China Film Group.

"Should the release date of the company's "Love in the City 2" be moved forward or backward?"

Yang Dan asked again.

She knew that the company's film "The Love Master 2" was also scheduled to be released before New Year's Day.

"The Good Wife 2" is a comedy film, and it definitely has the advantage of being released on the festive holiday of New Year's Day.

However, "Send You a Little Red Flower" is Gu Wei's movie.

I think all movies starring the boss are popular no matter what the subject matter is, and it may have some impact on the box office of "The Good Wife 2".

This is one person fighting against another.

Gu Wei thought for a while.

"No, let's stick to the original time.

The two films are of different genres, so there won’t be too much competition, and the New Year’s Day schedule is also big enough.”

Gu Wei knew that although "Send You a Little Red Flower" was a good movie, the box office would not be too high due to the subject matter.

15 billion is a big hurdle.

[The Good Wife 2] is basically a 5 to 10 billion yuan film, and there is not much competition when the two films are released together.

In the evening, the crew's hotel.

Wang Churan changed into beautiful clothes, put on makeup, and looked at herself in the mirror.

"Perfect, Wang Churan, you are so beautiful!"

After admiring it narcissistically for a while, she picked up the script and went out happily.

The actors in the crew are basically all in the same hotel, but their rooms are different depending on their identities.

People like the male and female protagonists, director, producer, etc. live in the best rooms, basically on the same floor.

The remaining actors were arranged in rooms of different sizes according to their roles and status.

I took the elevator up one floor, walked to a door and pressed the doorbell.

She naturally came to find Gu Wei.

We haven't seen each other for a month. During the day, he caused trouble for Gu Wei on the crew, so he had to come over in the evening to express his gratitude.

Wang Churan really wanted to.

A few seconds after the doorbell rang, the door was opened from the inside, but the person who appeared was not the one she expected.

“Sister Jingjing Tian!”

The smile on Wang Churan's face became stiff. She didn't expect that the heroine Jing Tian of the crew would actually open the door for her.

After saying that, she looked up at the room number to make sure she didn't get the wrong room.

It turned out to be true.

Jing Tian opened the door and looked up and down at Wang Churan who was standing outside.

"you are?"

"I'm Wang Churan, a new actor in the crew, playing the role of "Sang Wen". Is this Mr. Gu Wei's room?"

Jing Tian nodded: "Yes, do you have something to do with him?"

"Teacher Gu Wei helped me a lot during the filming today, and we will have a scene together tomorrow, so I thought about coming over to act with him."

"Oh, he's taking a shower, why don't you come in and wait for a while?"

Jingtian glanced at the script in Wang Churan's hand and invited her in with a smile.

Wang Churan glanced into the room and found that there was indeed no one there. He could vaguely hear the sound of water running in the bathroom.

She hesitated for two seconds and put on her signature smirk.

“If it’s inconvenient, forget it.

I can go back and study on my own.

I won’t bother you anymore.”

"Okay then, when Gu Wei comes out I'll tell him you were here."

Wang Churan nodded, turned around and left in embarrassment.

Jingtian didn't say anything else. He watched the other person leave and the smile on his face disappeared. He shook his head.

After a while, Gu Wei came out of the bathroom after taking a shower.

He was wearing a white bath towel and walking out while wiping his head.

"Someone just came to see you."

"Who are you? Is there something urgent that brings you here so late?" Gu Wei sat down next to Jing Tian, ​​picked up the glass of water on the table and took a sip.

Da Tiantian looked at Gu Wei with a playful smile on his face: "A little girl who wants to take a shortcut"

Gu Wei was confused, Jing Tian smiled and said, "Wang Churan, she brought the script and said she wanted to review tomorrow's scene with you."

Gu Wei suddenly realized: "We have a scene tomorrow. Her acting skills are average. She may not be confident in herself."

"Huh! Average acting skills?
I feel like she acted very well in what she said to me just now.

Young girls nowadays are still young and are very motivated to make progress.”

Of course Gu Wei knew why Wang Churan came, he could only say it was unfortunate because he didn't send a message to tell him before he came, so it was inevitable that he would run into Jing Tian.

He smiled and hugged Da Tiantian's slender waist, jokingly saying, "It's a good thing to want to make progress. I like people who are ambitious."

After hearing this, Jing Tian looked at Gu Wei angrily, then turned his head and ignored him.

Gu Wei stopped talking, hugged Jing Tian in his arms, lowered his head and kissed the other's white neck, and the big hand on his waist reached into his clothes and went up.

Da Tiantian's breathing became more and more rapid, her face flushed, and her eyes became gradually blurred.

"They will bully me"

Gu Wei raised his head and met her eyes.

"Don't you like me bullying you?"

"like."

(End of this chapter)