Entertainment tycoon who started out as a director

There is naturally no major problem with the quality of the first part of "Detective Chinatown".

In addition to the publicity from Morning Star, Gu Ming's name was listed as the producer. Compared with Chen Sicheng in his previous life, the publicity and fame were simply incomparable.

As the first round of screenings ended, audiences took out their mobile phones and posted their viewing experiences on the Internet. The related hot searches for "Detective Chinatown 3" also quickly became popular on Weibo, allowing more people to see it.

If you click in, you will find that most of the reviews for "Detective Chinatown" are positive.

[It's a good movie. I will watch it a second time.]

[Xu Zheng and Wang Baoqiang, the leading actors of the Lost in Lost series, have proven that they both have the ability to be directors. But compared to Lost in Thailand, I think Detective Chinatown is better. Considering that Xu Zheng used those people in Lost in Hong Kong, I still prefer Baoqiang.]

[It's definitely worth watching, but I don't know when the second part will come out to make up for the content I want to see. Baoqiang, please give us some help! Please make the second part for us as soon as possible! ]

The reviews were good enough to attract some people who usually don't go to the movies, but are willing to pay for a good movie, to go to the cinema.

Of course, such films also have their limitations. For some middle-aged and elderly audiences, they may feel that this is a farce or simply cannot understand it.

But even so, the box office exceeded 450 million in a week.

According to the ratio of first-week box office and total box office of most previous films, it is impossible for "Detective Chinatown 2" to break 1.5 billion, but 1 billion should be a goal that can be achieved with a high probability.

One billion is still a considerable box office in today's domestic film market. Even if Hollywood blockbusters are included, one billion is enough to ensure that it will enter the top ten of the mainland film box office list.

It is even more likely that it will not be the bottom tenth place or the second to last ninth place, but will be in the middle area.

And if a new director achieves all this, the glory will be even more dazzling.

Just like "Lost in Thailand" a few years ago, maybe its box office share of the total annual box office is not as high as Xu Zheng's, but "Detective Chinatown 3" has a good reputation!
Therefore, director and leading actor Wang Baoqiang has almost become the director who receives the most frequent phone calls in the circle in recent days.

He answered each one of them with great enthusiasm.

But when faced with other people's vague attempts to test whether he was willing to work together on a movie, Baoqiang almost always declined.

He didn't think these people had any good intentions in talking to him.

Most of Mr. Gu’s Venusstar projects, except for those that everyone dislikes, will be put out for everyone to invest in. This will benefit you, me, and everyone. Although there will be a premium, it also provides an opportunity, doesn’t it?
If I have a new film, they can invest through the company. Why are they trying to win me over?
Should I start my own business or change my career?

Wang Baoqiang shook his head. He had never had such an idea at all.

The relationship between him and Gu Ming was not an ordinary boss and employee, but a relationship of benefactor and opportunity. He had known Gu Ming since he was a group actor nearly twenty years ago. The other party treated him well and even wrote a script for him to shoot.

He didn't want to do that kind of thing in this kind of relationship.

Maybe, changing jobs can make more money?

But what Gu Ming gave was not a small amount, enough for him to be rich for a lifetime. He didn't want to give up other things for more money.

Moreover, he just plays a silly character, but he is not stupid.

Why did Xu Zheng's "Lost in Hong Kong" suffer such a fate? Perhaps it was just bad luck. Then the question is, why is luck always on Mr. Gu's side, while Mr. Gu's enemies are not favored by the goddess of luck?
Perhaps, there is some feudal superstition involved here?
But whether it is superstition or science, why should you try it?

It's totally unnecessary!

Eating my own bite in peace and quiet is better than anything else. …

One month after the release of "Detective Chinatown 3", its box office had reached 1.1 billion yuan.

However, this film has already attracted enough attention. With the release of the annual Oscar nomination list, the entire industry's attention has been uncontrollably tilted towards it.

After all, Gu Ming is still quite competitive in the Oscars.

In the end, it lived up to expectations.

Gu Ming's "Interstellar" was nominated for a total of eight awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing, Best Art Direction, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Original Score.

"Haha, compared to the original film, it has three more nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay!"

Seeing the newly released list of nominations, Gu Ming couldn't help but smile, with a hint of a villain who had succeeded in his scheme on his lips.

In order to ensure that he would win the Best Director award, Gu Ming did something drastic. He either registered in advance or purchased the copyrights of the scripts of films that won major Oscars in the past few years. In the end, he had reserved several spots in advance.

This year's big winner, with nine nominations, finally won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Cinematography for "Birdman".

So, Birdman, the movie that should have been a big hit, never happened.

"That's a bargain for my copy of Interstellar."

Alas, it seems a little too early to speak.

I don’t know if it will win any major awards this time. I hope it won’t be like the previous film “Interstellar”, which was nominated for five awards but only won the Best Visual Effects Award.

It's simply prejudice!

Although Gu Ming doesn't like Brother Chen Kai, he has to admit that it was inappropriate for him not to give the Oscar for Best Director to "Interstellar", and it does make sense!

Of course, this makes sense based on the fact that Interstellar was made by itself.

If it was filmed by Nolan, Gu Ming would still think that there was something wrong with the way Chen Kai spoke!

Don't ask why.

The ptsd brought by "The Promise" and "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain".

After taking a sip of water, Gu Ming began to enjoy with great interest the comments of netizens on the Oscar nomination list.

[The Oscars have nothing to do with me or Director Gu. Besides a few Golden Rooster Awards, what else does Director Gu lack? Can he get one more of the three major European awards? Will the European filmmakers lose face? The Oscars have won a lot of Best Picture awards. Yes, there is only one Best Director award, but how many is too much? Director Gu, give the others some soup.]

[Indeed, let alone eight nominations, I think even if there are eighteen nominations, they will not give the grand prize to Director Gu this time. How old are you? Thirty-six years old. If I can make movies like Director Zhang Yimou, I will have another thirty years of career. Damn, how many awards can a director win in his lifetime!]

[I think if Director Gu died like this, he would be able to publish a biography in the future.]

[The above person is a bad mouth, but I feel that Director Gu is not as passionate about making movies anymore. He doesn't have the drive to make two movies a year. I hope Director Gu won't give up making movies just because he has money. If you don't make movies, what will the audiences in the country, no, the world, watch? ] (End of this chapter)