Entertainment tycoon who started out as a director

Chapter 160 Liu Xiaoli asks for advice

Gu Ming spoke.

The two men, who had been practicing poker for several months, immediately started playing.

have to say.

At first glance, it seems that hard work has been done.

I have become very skilled at playing.

But proficiency also comes with proficiency.

When doing some more difficult moves, Huang Xiaoming is obviously not as good as Chen Kun.

Gu Ming could only sigh with emotion.

It seems that the two have similar talents in playing cards.

When there is not much difference in talent, time is the thing that affects the results the most.

Whoever invests more time will do better.

Ever since I told Chen Kun about this, I haven't taken any more roles, not even acupuncture, except for some advertising and brand activities, which I really can't turn down and may have to pay liquidated damages.

Huang Xiaoming, on the other hand, did not take any roles after he finished playing "The Emperor of Han Dynasty".

But he moves a lot!

I know a lot of people, and there are some good people, so if I ask him to come and support me, he will go and I will not refuse at all, and I will give him a lot of face.

The final result is to give face one activity today and another the day after tomorrow.

Face is given away, and time is also given away.

"Okay." After watching their performance for 5 minutes, Gu Ming didn't comment, "Who do you think did it better?"

"Old Chen."

Although Huang Xiaoming is very reluctant to part with him, after all, he is the protagonist of Gu Ming's work. With a large investment and sharing the stage with Hollywood actors, there is a high probability that it will be released all over the world.

But this thing is really too obvious, and being tough is useless.

After playing for 1 minute, he knew that he lost, and the rest of the time was obviously just holding on.

Now that I have given up, I feel a little relieved.

Smiling, he hugged Chen Kun's shoulders and said, "I'm willing to give in!"

"By the way, how long have you been practicing?" Huang Xiaoming asked curiously. "I spent all my free time practicing this, and I even had a card magician teach me, but I still can't beat you."

"I practice in my usual time."

One is free time and the other is normal time.

Direct lore!

What else can Huang Xiaoming say?
OK!Cruel!

"congratulations."

"Hey, congratulations! Are you afraid that you won't have a chance to hang out with Lao Gu?" Chen Kun couldn't help but laugh. He also wanted to hold it in. After all, Huang Xiaoming failed, but he really couldn't help it.

The male protagonist, who invested more than 4000 million US dollars, took off immediately!
"That's true." Huang Xiaoming laughed, "Lao Gu can lead us to act in any movie, and we can easily become an international movie star. After all, he is an international director who has several films with a box office of over [-] million."

"Stop flattering me here."

Gu Ming curled his lips and gave Huang Xiaoming a big eye roll. "Do I still need some flattery from you?"

I hear too much flattery now.

Everywhere you go there are people flattering you.

There is no one left who can speak normally.

Although Huang Xiaoming also paid attention to his identity, he was still a classmate after all. After playing for so many years, it could be said that Gu Ming felt that he was a normal person.

Instead of praising you everywhere.

"Okay, let me tell you in advance that you have been practicing playing cards for so long, and I won't let you practice in vain."

Gu Ming took out two scripts, one for each person.

"Chen Kun is the male lead in the main troupe, and Xiao Ming is a member of the main troupe who can perform close-up magic."

"Yeah, there's still my role!" Huang Xiaoming was surprised and happy. He was really ready to say goodbye to "Now You See Me".

Unexpectedly, there were unexpected gains.

"Of course." Gu Ming smiled.

"I've always been generous to my own people. You are all from the Morning Star. It's okay if I don't involve you when I'm filming a movie."

"You should prepare as soon as possible. There is not much time left for you."

"In a few days, our film will start shooting. Although you don't have much to do with acting, you still need to be mentally prepared in advance. Don't show up on set. You don't even know your lines and you have to read one, two, and three. Four, five, six, seven.”

"Don't worry, we are all veteran actors, we won't go wrong with this." Both of them promised.

……

Shenghai!

The launch ceremony of Gu Ming's "Now You See Me" was held here.

There are a lot of stars, and Viggo Mortensen has also been called over. After the opening ceremony today, he will have his part.

Journalists are a bigger piece.

With a budget of US$500 million, it is definitely the largest investment film ever made in China.

Even "Hero" and "The Promise" did not have such a large investment.

The gimmicks are adequate.

But the reporters still asked the same old questions.

These are all pretty decent questions.

No entertainment reporter dares to stir up trouble, for fear of directly irritating Gu Ming, and then you will not be allowed to participate in any activities.

Maybe they can even get other entertainment companies to block you.

Not worth it.

Of course, some people are not afraid.

Many reporters from Hong Kong Island also came over.

As for Hong Kong reporters, they are very famous here.

"Director Gu, you don't even have a Hong Kong star in this movie. Have you ever worried about the box office of this movie?" a reporter asked in awkward Chinese.

"What do you think?" Gu Ming smiled, "I think celebrities can affect the box office, but celebrities are not the only ones."

"Besides, my film doesn't lack stars either!"

"Huang Xiaoming, Chen Kun, these are the hottest stars now."

"Hollywood movie stars were also invited." "There are no Hong Kong stars. Do you specifically not use Hong Kong stars and have any objections to them?" the reporter asked again.

"This is my freedom. I will use whoever I think is suitable for which film. If there is a suitable role suitable for a Hong Kong star, I will naturally use it. I think I still have a little bit of autonomy now, right?"

"Then..." The reporter wanted to ask another question, but was pushed aside by those on both sides.

Then there is the stylized talk about the target box office and so on.

After bragging, the filming officially started.

The first scene is to show the ability of the hypnotist among the four protagonists.

In a fancy restaurant.

Viggo Mortensen seduces a young woman, played by a student of Yan Danchen named Wang Liwen.

Um, the teacher in "Happy Planet 2"!

Snap your fingers and the person will faint immediately, snap your fingers again and the person will wake up.

He held a piece of money in his hand and asked Wang Liwen to take it, but Wang Liwen found that he could not move his feet at all.

Then he showed off his mind-reading skills to Zhu Yawen.

Successfully read out that Zhu Yawen seems to have cheated on her.

Yes, two somewhat bullshit abilities.

It's like having super powers.

But it’s not important. In a commercial film, the most important thing is that it’s enjoyable to watch. Without his ability to make nonsense, the logic of this film would be unreasonable.

For the sake of the whole, it is necessary to give up some logic.

This film is not about looking at logic either.

In the corner of the restaurant, a hooded man watched them.

Everything was shot very smoothly.

In one day, the opening ceremony was successfully completed and this clip was filmed.

"knock off!"

After shouting, everyone started to move.

Including a mother and daughter.

It was Liu Xiaoli and Liu Yifei.

Yan Danchen arranged a background for Liu Yifei, and her mother followed closely.

It’s better to use two than one.

Gu Ming simply asked his mother to join him.

Just play a mother and daughter dining in a restaurant.

There are no lines, but there will be some scenes for the two of them.

Liu Xiaoli pulled her daughter to Gu Ming.

"Hello, Director Gu."

"This is my daughter, Xixi, a student of Teacher Yan."

"Oh, I know." Gu Ming nodded slightly, "I also played Wang Yuyan in "The Eight Parts of the Dragon" with a big beard. What do you want to see me for?"

"She likes watching your movies very much. She likes every one of them." Liu Xiaoli did not say that she would consider it if there were suitable roles in the future.

It's really unfamiliar.

She knows Director Gu, but Director Gu doesn’t know her!
The only connection is that both of them know Yan Danchen.

Ever since, the words came to my lips, "You are a first-class expert in film and television dramas. How do you think we, Xixi, should develop in the future?"

"Can you please give me some advice? Thank you."

"No problem." Gu Ming glanced at Liu Yifei standing aside.

I haven't started to put on weight these days, I'm quite slim.

"Wang Yuyan took the role very well. I just need to play more innocent and refined roles in the future."

"Oh, by the way, she's still young. Don't accept movies too early. Just get involved in TV dramas first."

“It’s not too late to take on movies when you’re older.”

"Then thank you, Director Gu!" Liu Xiaoli held her daughter's waist, "Thank you, Director Gu."

"Thank you, senior." Liu Yifei smiled brightly.

"Oh, by the way, one more thing. In public places, as long as there are cameras, try not to laugh. Just smile calmly and smile a little."

"I understand." Liu Yifei and her mother left.

But along the way, Liu Yifei was a little unclear as to why Gu Ming only made herself smile.

What's wrong with smiling brighter?
Doesn't it look happy? Is it contagious?

"Mom, am I ugly when I laugh?" Liu Yifei turned her head and made a laughing gesture towards her mother.

"No problem! It's quite beautiful."

"Maybe Director Gu thinks it's not good to laugh in front of the camera."

"Isn't the Wang Yuyan you played a pure character? Laughing will destroy the feeling in the audience's heart."

"Just listen to Director Gu, and be more careful in the future."

If other directors said this, Liu Xiaoli would just smile and pass.

But in her heart, Gu Ming is not another director.

That's a famous director in Hollywood.

Being able to make a big name in that place in the United States.

Suddenly, Gu Ming's status in her heart was raised several levels.

"If you want to return to the United States to become a Hollywood star or something, you may have to rely on him. He is the only director in the country who can sell box office in North America. You are right to listen to him."

"Aren't there also directors Wu Baige and Li Yu?"

"The two of them are no longer good. Each of them screwed up a big production. It's unknown what will happen in the future."

……

Finished filming Sheng Hai’s scenes.

Gu Ming took the crew straight to Hong Kong Island.

There are a lot of scenes to be filmed here.

Among them, the scene in which the money in the insurance company owner's account is wiped out and transferred to various ordinary people, and the scene in which the money is transferred to the guarantor of the insurance company, is planned to be filmed here.

(End of this chapter)