Chapter 196 Keep paying
Yesterday, Gu Wei and Yang Mi met at the premiere of Huang Xiaoming's movie, and the fact that they finally sat together became a hot topic.
[Gu Wei and Yang Mi had an intimate conversation at the film premiere, and their multiple collaborations are extraordinary! 】
Gu Wei clicked in and took a look. The picture showed the two of them sitting side by side and chatting together yesterday.
In terms of content, it is a cliché. It just lists the two people’s previous cooperation resumes, and then talks about the original scandal.
He chuckled lightly and paid no attention.
Gu Wei flipped through the hot search rankings, and a piece of news caught his eye.
[Gong Li criticized the unfairness of the Golden Horse Awards! 】
Just these days, the 51st Golden Horse Awards will be held at the Taipei Arts Center in Taiwan.
This Golden Horse Awards has nothing to do with Gu Wei. In last year's Golden Horse Awards, he won the Best New Actor Award for "Xiu Chun Dao".
This year he only had one film "Detective Chinatown" released and it didn't receive any nominations.
Although the Golden Horse organizer also invited him to attend, Gu Wei was not very interested in this kind of simple fun.
I didn’t expect that by not going to the Golden Horse Awards this year, I missed a great show.
Gu Wei clicked on the news and took a look.
It turns out that at this year’s Golden Horse Awards, Gong Li was strongly nominated for her role as the heroine in "The Return". When everyone thought that she had to be the best actress, the best actress was actually nominated by an unknown person. Wanwan actress won.
Gong Li was still smiling when she left the Golden Horse Awards, but her manager Zeng Jingchao suddenly issued a statement to the Taiwanese media criticizing the Golden Horse Awards.
“I came to the Golden Horse Awards this time, and I would like to thank the Golden Horse Awards for giving me this opportunity to let me know what an unprofessional film festival is like, and an unfair film festival will make all art The staff look down upon it.”
More bluntly: "I will never come to this amateur film festival again, it has no meaning at all. This is my first time to come to the Golden Horse Awards, and it will also be my last time to come to the Golden Horse Awards!"
This As soon as the words came out, there was an uproar immediately. The Golden Horse Awards Executive Committee issued an urgent statement saying that "the review process and results have always been independent and fair, and are not affected by any external force."
The attention this matter received on the Internet It's getting higher and higher, and netizens are taking advantage of it, and of course there are those who take sides.
Some people think that Gong Li can't afford it. Even though you are nominated, it doesn't mean that you will be awarded an award. In the end, if you don't win the award, you will be furious. It would be too arrogant to say that the judges are unfair.
Some netizens also support Gong Li. After all, the selection results of the Golden Horse Awards in recent years are indeed very controversial. In many cases, they have given too much attention to local films and actors in the Bay Area, and the nominations for mainland and Hong Kong Island have been too much. It's very unfair to the author.
Especially for an actor of Gong Li’s stature, who won the top prize at three major European film festivals at the age of 28, was invited to be a judge at the Cannes Film Festival at the age of 33, and became the chairman of the jury at the Berlin Film Festival at the age of 35.
The Golden Horse Award is not a must-have award for her.
If she had not been treated unfairly, she would not directly break up with this award, one of the three gold medals in the Chinese film industry.
Netizens took various sides and analyzed it, and had a lot of fun online. But for insiders like Gu Wei, this matter is actually very simple and clear.
In the film and television industry, whether it is stars or awards, fame is determined by levels.
Take Gu Wei’s participation in the Popular Film Hundred Flowers Award some time ago as an example.
If a little-known actor is shortlisted for the Hundred Flowers Award, and he attaches great importance to this award, then he will definitely go to the award ceremony, and whether he will win or not will be known at the ceremony.
But when Gu Wei received the notification of the award nomination, he originally didn’t want to go. In order to allow him to come, the organizer used Gu Wei’s reputation to make the Hundred Flowers Award better, and hinted that he would definitely win. Award, I believe this is the same method when inviting Huang Xiaoming, Zhao Wei and others.
Similarly, considering Gong Li's current qualifications and status, Golden Horse Best Actress is not an indispensable honor for her.
In order to invite her to attend, the organizers of the Golden Horse Awards would definitely hint that she could gain something. This is also part of the unspoken rules in the industry.
In the end, Gong Li came and brought popularity and attention to the Golden Horse Awards. In the end, he returned empty-handed and was given a sedan chair by an unknown actress. This was a trick by the organizers of the Golden Horse Awards. , her anger can naturally be imagined.
Gu Wei thought for a while, local protectionism has become more and more serious in the past few years of the Golden Horse Awards, and Chen Chong, the chairman of the jury of this year's Golden Horse Awards, had a grudge with Gong Li in the early years, so it is not enough to do such a thing. strange.
Gu Wei was reading the news, and his assistant knocked on the door and came in.
"Boss, director Tian Xiaopeng is here."
"Okay, I'll be there right away."
A few days ago, director Tian Xiaopeng of [The Return of the Great Sage] contacted Gu Wei's company and said that animation The film has basically been produced and I want to show it to investors.
At that time, Gu Wei was still filming in Shanghai, and he also made an appointment with Director Tian Xiaopeng through his agent. This time he returned to the capital for the reason of making an appointment with Director Tian.
In the company’s reception room.
"Director Tian, long time no see. I have been very busy recently. Thank you for waiting for me for so many days."
After entering the door and shaking hands with Tian Xiaopeng who was waiting, Gu Wei said to him cordially.
"Where is it, Mr. Gu, the animation film has been basically completed. I hope to get your corrections."
Tian Xiaopeng deeply understands what he is here for, and with Gu Wei Keep your posture very low when speaking.
"Director Tian is so kind. I have been looking forward to the completion of our animated film. I know you will not let me down."
Gu Wei said with a smile on his face.
The two of them said a few polite words and then came to the company's screening room.
The lights in the room were turned off, and the production of [Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage] began to show on the screen opposite.
This version of the movie brought by Director Tian lasts for more than 80 minutes. The entire story is the same as the version that Gu Wei of the original time and space has seen. Amazing enough! It can be said to be the pinnacle of domestic animated films during this time period.
The movie ended and the lights came on.
Gu Wei looked at Tian Xiaopeng and said kindly:
"Director Tian, the film is very good. I never thought that our domestic animated films can also achieve this effect. You and Your team has worked hard.”
Tian Xiaopeng was also very happy when he saw Gu Wei’s praise.
He has paid too much to make this animated film. [The Return of the Great Sage] is like his child. Although he thinks it is very good, he does not know what effect it will have when it is released later.
After all, Chinese animated films were too weak before, and the Chinese themselves didn’t believe they could make good animated films.
Now that he has been recognized by Gu Wei, a big investor, he is very excited.
After praising him, Gu Wei added:
“Looking at it as a whole, I can’t find any major faults with the movie. Needless to say, the story is very well set up.
In the process of the Great Sage losing himself, he met Jiang Liuer who trusted and admired him and helped him regain his courage and confidence
Jiang Liuer inspired the Great Sage with his bravery, kindness and perseverance, allowing him to find his original self.
The animation style of the film is realistic, the scenes are dreamy and mysterious, and the pictures are full of beauty.
The fighting scenes in the film are also very exciting. "
Gu Wei spoke out his experience after watching the movie, and then changed the subject.
"There is just one thing. I feel that in the end the Great Sage found his courage, and after he truly returned, The battle against the evil BOSS, Demon King Chaos, was a bit hasty. He killed the opponent instantly.
Although I can also understand that this can reflect the power of the Great Sage, from the perspective of an audience, I was watching the climax, but it ended in three or two, which was a bit unsatisfactory.
It would also be good if the fight lasted longer and the villain was tortured more. "
Tian Xiaopeng listened to Gu Wei's words and showed a wry smile.
"Mr. Gu, I know what you said, but now our crew really has no money.
We have already drawn the original paintings for the subsequent fighting scenes, but unfortunately we don’t have the money to produce them.
Now this 89-minute movie has spent all the 20 million you invested later, and now the movie can be released normally.
There are no problems with the storyline and visual effects.
But if you want to strive for excellence first, you have to invest more. "
What Tian Xiaopeng said made Gu Wei understand that he had already been prepared for the other party to ask for money.
"How much money is left? ”
"Although the climax battle sequence is short, it is relatively complicated to produce. We also need to do the overall rendering of the entire film, which will cost about 8 million."
"No problem, I will take the money. . ”
Gu Wei did not hesitate. For such an excellent animated movie as [The Return of the Great Sage], it would not matter if he was asked to pay so much.
With more abundant funds than the original time and space, I believe the final effect will be better than the original version.
Compared to the box office performance of over 1 billion after its release, the more he invested in the early stage, the greater the reward will naturally be when the final dividends are distributed.
“Thank you so much, Mr. Gu.
I would like to thank you on behalf of the entire [The Return of the Great Sage] team.
Don’t worry, with this funding, the final effect of the film will be even more perfect. . ”
Tian Xiaopeng was very happy. He did not expect that asking for money would go so smoothly this time.
In addition to being grateful, he was also happy that he had found the right person.
[The Return of the Great Sage] There are many investors in this animated film. In the early stage, Enlight Media actually accounted for the majority of the investment, together with a number of small investors such as Hengdian Film and Television, which jointly invested 40 million.
After all the money was spent, none of the original investors were willing to invest more, for fear that it would be a bottomless pit and wanted to stop losses in time.
He met Gu Wei on the recommendation of Mr. Guangguang Wang.
Although the other party was young, his generous investment and recognition of him left a deep impression on him.
So this time he was short of money again. Tian Xiaopeng didn’t even look for light, but directly found Gu Wei.
Of course, this result now makes him happy for the decision he made.
"Director Tian, how long will it take for the final perfection of the film?"
"One month, and one more month, Mr. Gu, you will definitely be able to see a better movie. Perfect [The Return of the Great Sage]”
(End of this chapter)