Entertainment tycoon who started out as a director

"Yeah, it's quite relaxing!"

Walking into Gu Changwei's villa, which was slightly smaller than Gu Ming's, he looked at the lounge chairs, tea sets, and especially the calligraphy and paintings.

Standing in front of those calligraphy and paintings that looked like that, Gu Ming couldn't help but joke.

"What a leisurely thing, just playing around."

Gu Changwei smiled and waved his hand, "These calligraphy and paintings are also the works of living people and are worthless."

"It's worth nothing when it's dead." Gu Ming complained helplessly, "Isn't it always like this? When you are alive, you can't sell it at a high price. After you die, there will be fewer genuine products, not more. Naturally, the tide will lift all boats."

"Then someone has to improve the author's style. Obviously, with my connections and funds, I can't do such a thing."

"Besides, sometimes, calligraphy and painting by dead people may not be more valuable than calligraphy and painting by living people." Gu Changwei smiled meaningfully.

"I heard that a host's calligraphy and paintings are quite valuable. Now one piece is worth tens of thousands. Judging from my appreciation ability, it seems that the level is a little less than professional."

"I think I can also make money by selling calligraphy and painting."

"Ha..." Gu Ming couldn't help but think of a report that he didn't know whether it was true or not. A calligraphy and painting worth 900,000 yuan during his lifetime was not sold at auction for more than 600 yuan after his death.

All I can say is that I couldn’t understand it, but I was shocked.

"Let's not talk about this, haven't we started working recently?" Gu Ming asked.

"If you can't do it high, you can't do it low!"

Gu Changwei smiled and said, "My current salary is something no one in China pays. It's expensive, and it doesn't have as much influence as Yimou."

"What about abroad?"

"There is no one left. After all, I am an outsider, and I don't have your ability to spend a small amount of money to do big things."

"Okay, actually someone hired me." Gu Changwei curled his lips, "They are all action movies, but the key point is that they are all small productions, not even one worth 30 million US dollars, so the autonomy is not as good as making your movie. .”

"I'm getting older. There's no need to take that risk. I might as well just rest and go fishing from time to time."

"fishing?"

"This is not the arrival of the fish." Gu Changwei glanced at Gu Ming.

"Hahaha, it's indeed here." Gu Ming handed the script to the other party, "It's a small challenge. Let's see if you can accept it."

"No, you look down on me too much." Gu Changwei curled his lips, "Although the starring roles are all provided by you, you can manage such a large crew and make a finished film, so you just made "Titanic" Throw it to me, I dare to guide it."

"uh-huh?"

Gu Changwei was happy when he saw the name on the script.

"Why did you think of filming this? This is what we at our age have seen. A young man like you actually..."

"Mr. Han asked me, and I happened to have an idea in my head, so I thought I would leave it to you."

"Okay, it's good to leave this kind of film to an old guy like me." Gu Changwei opened it and started reading.

After reading it, I felt a little emotional, "I don't know how much your mountain eagle's strength has increased!"

"Historically, there were only about 20 people on a mountain eagle. In the novel, it was exaggerated to more than 200 people. You have more than 1,000 people, and there are tanks..."

"Don't we need a big scene?" Gu Ming said, "Everything has to keep pace with the times, and the main theme is the same. The audience loves to watch it! Letting the audience go to the cinema to watch it first is better than anything else."

"Who would watch a real film about five people fighting against more than 20 bandits in this day and age?"

"Hahaha, why do I feel that if someone remakes it in a few decades, there may be tens of thousands of people on the mountain eagle, and there will also be airplanes." After teasing, Gu Changwei patted the script and said, "I'll take it." "Don't worry, I want to say something. This film needs to be shot in 3D."

"Ah?" Gu Changwei was shocked.

"Although 3D may not be an inevitable trend, when "Avatar" comes out, 3D will definitely be a trend, and it will depend on this to sell more box office."

"Lao Gu, work hard and try to make a 3D theme movie." Gu Ming patted Gu Changwei's arm, "You have to be brave enough to try. I am not afraid of an investor. What are you afraid of?"

"Yeah, you're not afraid of losing money, and I'm even less afraid." Gu Changwei nodded with a smile, and agreed.

Then he looked at the ceiling and thought about something.

After a while, he frowned and said, "I have to make something clear to you first. There seems to be no actor suitable for Yang Zirong under Daystar. The image is too inconsistent."

"It doesn't matter who the other actors are. Who is used and whom is not used? The impact is not that big. But for this role, we cannot make do with it. Anyone who knows this story will know that Yang Zirong cannot be chosen blindly."

"Who do you think is suitable?" Gu Ming asked.

"Jiang Wen."

"Huh?" This time it was Gu Ming's turn to be shocked, "Are you sure you want to use him? I can contact you. This guy will definitely be happy."

"No, I'm not happy." Gu Changwei and Gu Ming looked at each other and laughed, "I just think his image is suitable, but as a director, it's impossible for me to find him to play the leading role, let alone "Let the Bullets" "Fly" just broke the record, and I don't have a masochistic mentality."

"How about Zhang Hanyu? His performance in "Assembly" was okay, and his temperament is suitable for this kind of film. He has both righteousness and gangsterism."

"Okay." The choice in the previous life is really the same result.

"For Mountain Eagle, let's use Liang Jiahui from our Morning Star." If you want to use the original characters, just use them as much as you can.

In fact, when considering this role, Gu Ming also considered whether to use Han Sanpin, the "mountain eagle" in Zhang Weiping's mouth, to play the role of a mountain eagle.

A little bit of bad taste.

With his relationship with him, he wouldn't refuse.

But the problem is, after recalling Han Sanpin's performance when he was filming "Fireworks in the Day", Gu Ming felt that it was quite a lot for him to play a scene like a mountain eagle, and a role that required acting skills seemed to be too much.

If not, it may also affect the quality of the work.

Gu Ming had no choice but to give up.

"As for the remaining main young characters, let's choose them from Daystar."

"Row."

"Also, I'll draw the rough shots, and you can start making preparations."

"It's you who drew the shots again." Chang Wei muttered.

"Wouldn't this save you some trouble? I'll have to suffer a little more. You're getting older after all." Gu Ming was really afraid that Lao Gu would let himself go.

No way, no one can say for sure that a director of Ridley Scott's caliber can let himself go.

If the budget was small, he would have let him squander it, but the investment for this film would have to be at least tens of millions, maybe hundreds of millions. It is still the main theme of Daystar's first film, so he can only suffer from Lao Gu again and scold me. Come to bear.

Besides, if you didn't know that the other party can implement your own ideas and won't force it, you might as well just use Xu Ke.

"Then you are quite a nice person, thank you!" Gu Changwei rolled his eyes, but he accepted the matter by default.

(End of this chapter)