Chapter 651 Young You
After lunch the next day, Gu and Wei finished the recording and left from the [Mushroom House].
"Zifeng, have you been filming recently?"
Sitting in the show crew's car heading out of the town, Gu Wei turned around and asked.
“No, in March I joined the team to shoot a movie, starring Teacher Zhou Xun and Teacher Qin Hao [Hello, Zhihua].
After finishing the role, I went back to school.
I came to record this show because the TV series I filmed with Peng Peng is about to be released."
"Zifeng, how old are you this year? "
Liu Yifei, who was sitting next to her, asked curiously.
"17 years old."
"Oh my god, you are only 17 years old!"
Liu Yifei knew that Zhang Zifeng was relatively young, but she was still surprised to hear her age.
"Isn't that why I'm still in middle school?"
Zhang Zifeng nodded slightly and replied with a smile, "There is still one month of summer vacation, and I will be in my second year of high school in the second half of the year."
" Zifeng, like you, started filming at a very young age. Even though she is not yet an adult, she has been acting longer than me!" Gu Wei added.
"Really?
The first drama you debuted with me should be "Xiu Chun Knife". I remember it was in 2012.
Zifeng was only 11 years old in 2012!"
Liu Yifei was a little surprised.
“You said it too late.
Zifeng's first movie was probably "Tangshan Earthquake" directed by Feng Xiaogang. How old were you when you filmed that movie? "
"That movie was filmed in 2009, when I was 8 years old."
"That is to say, it has been 9 years since my debut. It is really important to become famous early.
Which school are you going to go to for the college entrance examination in the future, Beijing Film Academy or China Theater Academy? ”
With Zhang Zifeng’s reputation and acting skills, it is certain that she will enter the three major film and television schools in the future. There is a high probability that she will not choose to go to the three major film and television schools in the country. It is said that it is one of the three major domestic schools, but it is actually better to go to Beijing Film and Television Schools and China Film School. The play is a little worse.
It is said that Chinese opera produces actors, while Beijing Film Academy produces stars. This is indeed true. In terms of acting professionalism, Chinese opera is more strict than Beijing Film Academy. Many big names in acting are from Chinese opera.
But in terms of overall strength, Beijing Film Academy is the number one film and television school in China. Not only has the acting department produced many stars, but the directing department has also produced many well-known directors.
“I want to go to Beijing Film Academy!”
Zhang Zifeng answered without hesitation. It seemed that she had already thought about this question.
“Haha, it’s pretty good. With your current acting skills, it doesn’t make much difference whether you go to Beijing Film Academy or China National Theater.
You and I both graduated from Beijing Film Academy, and we will be alumni when you pass the exam."
The three of us chatted in the car, and finally separated at the airport.
"We have to leave. , Zifeng, let’s see you next time.”
“Brother Wei, when will I have the opportunity to cooperate with you again? "Zhang Zifeng has been holding back while recording [Longing for Life] in front of the camera. Now that they are about to separate, she finally expressed her inner thoughts.
"You are so young, there will be many opportunities for filming in the future, maybe there is something suitable. We can cooperate when the opportunity comes. Don't worry, go back and study hard." Gu Wei smiled and rubbed Zhang Zifeng's head.
She and Zhao Jinmai, the little girl Gu Wei who worked with them, regarded them as younger sisters.
"Then don't forget me when you get the right opportunity"
"Don't worry, our Zi Feng is so good at acting, we will definitely not forget you!"
After speaking, Gu Wei looked at Liu Yifei again.
"Sissi, see you in a few days!"
As the release date of the movie approaches, various press conferences and road shows require the two of them to work together to promote each other, so there will be no shortage of opportunities to meet during this period.
"Are you really not calling me sister now?" Ever since filming "Cohabitation in Time and Space", Gu Wei has always called Liu Yifei "Sissy", even though they had just recorded "The Longing for Life" ] Same thing, it turns out that he always calls "Sister Yifei" very politely.
Gu Wei touched his nose.
“We have such a good relationship, so don’t worry about these details.”
Zhang Zifeng and Liu Yifei are both going back to the capital, while Gu Wei is flying to the mountain city.
[Young You] has been turned on and is waiting for the male protagonist Gu Wei to join the cast.
The mountain city is built on the mountain and lives by the water. The so-called 8D Magic Landscape City is naturally three-dimensional, very suitable for composition and very beautiful. Many photographers have taken good photos here, and many movies The shots inside also look very beautiful.
From [Crazy Stone], to [Hot Pot Hero], [Passing Through Your World], mountain cities are the cities preferred by film directors.
Zeng Guoxiang undoubtedly also likes this place.
The mountain city has many large overpasses, high-rise buildings, and small alleys, like a maze.
Putting the characters here gives you a feeling of being unable to escape from this place, which is very helpful for the movie to present the inescapable melancholy of adolescence. It is the most suitable shooting location for "Youth".
When Gu Wei arrived, the crew was holding a meeting, and several other main creators had already arrived in advance. They basically joined the set a few days or even more than a week in advance to adapt to the environment.
"Director Zeng, I'm sorry, I have a lot of trivial matters and I'm a little late."
"The crew just started shooting, and Mr. Gu arrived at the right time." After Gu Wei entered the door, Zeng Guoxiang He stood up from his seat and shook hands with him, with a smile on his face.
Tsang Kwok-cheung is currently one of the most promising directors of the new generation in Hong Kong. He has a strong background and is capable. His last film [July and Ansheng] was well received and won two Golden Horse Awards. Later, the trend was in full swing.
However, none of the works he directed before were too blockbuster. Even "July and Ansheng" only had a box office of 160 million. Of course, this result is quite good for a feature film, but considering the current scale of the mainland film market Look, this box office is far from a big hit.
He is not a director who is good at making commercial films, but this time he is able to cooperate with Gu Wei, who is known as the box office king in the industry, and he is extremely confident in "Youth".
When the project for this film was started, the producers were [Goodbaby Production Company] and [Paipai Culture Media] controlled by him and producer Xu Yuezhen.
In order to attract Gu Wei into the game, the two major producers and other joint producers gave 40% of the investment share to [Wei Mingxia], so that [Wei Mingxia] who joined later became a Became the largest investor in [Young You]. The starring role of Gu Wei has also become one of the people with the strongest say in the movie, and he also has the title of producer and producer.
Of course, this does not mean making a wedding dress for Gu Wei. In fact, [Goodbaby Production Company] and [Paipai Culture Media] have the largest investment share combined, and the control over the filming of the film is still between him and the producer. Xu Yuezhen's hands.
The main reason for paying such a high price to recruit Gu Wei was to make the cake bigger.
No matter how much a film practitioner loves art, the ultimate goal of making a film is to make money. As far as the current domestic film industry is concerned, films starring Gu Wei basically mean box-office hits. Sell.
Over the years, as the movies Gu Wei has starred in have become hits one after another, many people in the industry have also analyzed the reasons why he has such high box office appeal.
First of all, Gu Wei is the only top figure in domestic entertainment. His fan base is very large, which is unmatched by other stars. As a traffic star who stands at the top position, no matter what he shoots For such a movie, fan behavior will bring a stable box office.
This situation will also happen to other traffic stars, but their fan base and appeal are far less than Gu Wei.
Secondly, over the years, every movie has been a hit and almost no bad movies have been made, which has allowed Gu Wei himself to accumulate a good reputation. Among the largest group of passers-by, his appeal is very strong. Whenever a new movie comes out, everyone wants to watch it.
Finally, he himself has always been very popular. Every time a new movie is released, there is no lack of publicity. Moreover, because of the continuous success, theaters also trust him very much, so there is almost no need to worry about scheduling the movies he stars in. .
Only through the positive superposition of many aspects can Gu Wei continue to succeed.
As long as he does not commit suicide and does not ruin his reputation by starring in bad movies one after another, his title of box office king can continue forever.
Therefore, even if a huge price is paid, both the producer Xu Yuezhen and Zeng Guoxiang himself, as well as other producers, are very welcome to Gu Wei's joining.
They look forward to Gu Wei once again playing his magical role so that the feature film "Youth" can have a high box office.
Originally, when the project of "Young You" was established, the planned investment was 50 million, and it was a small-budget movie.
This is actually normal. After all, it is a literary and artistic drama, just like Zeng Guoxiang’s last movie [July and Ansheng]. The total investment was only 30 million, and the final box office was 160 million. The producer’s income About 60 million, with a profit of 30 million.
This movie "Young You" is actually not much different from "July and Ansheng" in all aspects of subject matter. Before filming, everyone thought that the final box office performance of the movie would probably exceed "July and Ansheng". However, That’s at the level of 200 to 300 million.
Now that Gu Wei has joined, because of his salary and the producer's increase in post-publicity expenses, the budget of "Youth" has soared to 120 million yuan, and the cost has more than doubled.
However, the investors are not worried at all. On the contrary, they are very much looking forward to the results of this movie after its release.
Even director Zeng Guoxiang is more confident. The movie "Left Ear" that Gu Wei and Ma Chun made in a few years has received a box office of 800 million. Now, although the theme of "Young You" is different , but they are all youth films. He feels that there is great hope of breaking 800 million or even reaching 1 billion.
It’s like the romance movie [Ex 3] at the beginning of the year, which sold 2.3 billion at the box office.
You must know that the first two movies in this series only had a box office of 120 million and 250 million. Zeng Guoxiang has watched all three movies. To be honest, he did not see how good the third movie was in terms of quality. The content and expression are not much different from the previous two films. It has the same director and the same production team, and even the actors have not changed much. The only difference is the joining of Gu Wei and Ni Ni.
Everyone knows how much box office appeal Ni Ni has, so from this movie, insiders once again saw Gu Wei's exaggerated box office appeal.
"Director Zeng, I have a movie coming out recently, so I may have to ask for leave from time to time." After exchanging a few words with Director Zeng, Gu Wei first brought up the ugly words.
"I understand, I understand, I know that the love movie directed by Xu Zheng has been very popular recently.
Congratulations in advance to Mr. Gu on the success of the movie." Zeng Guoxiang also knew that with Gu Wei's identity must have a lot to do, and we were prepared to arrange the shooting plan according to his time.
This world is always unfair, but also relatively fair.
The requirements between people always match their status. Great directors have strict requirements and will also look at who the other party is. As far as Gu Wei's current celebrity status is concerned, even Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige will not ask him to concentrate. You are not allowed to do anything while filming.
After the greetings, Director Zeng took Gu Wei to chat about the movie again. Although he was the last to join the team, Zeng Guoxiang found that he was not unprepared for the filming. He listened to Gu Wei’s comments about the story and character design. After thinking about it, I nodded secretly in my mind. Sure enough, such a great reputation did not come in vain. There are indeed two brushes.
"Gu Wei, I didn't expect that we could finally work together after so long after graduation."
After entering the door, Gu Wei said hello to everyone and kept chatting with Director Zeng. Zhou Dongyu, who wanted to have a friendly relationship with him, had no chance to interrupt. Finally, producer Xu Yuezhen brought up a topic to divert the director's attention, and she had the chance to speak.
"Dongyu, you are the Golden Horse Best Actress, please take care of me in future filming." Gu Wei said politely. Although he had an average impression of Zhou Dongyu, he would not hit the smiling person. After all, they were classmates before. , we will continue to work together in the next two months.
"My requirements are very strict, you must work hard!"
After hearing Gu Wei's words, Zhou Dongyu climbed up the pole and didn't know why he thought of replying like this.
Gu Wei suddenly lost his temper. The corners of his mouth twitched slightly and he couldn't even keep a smile.
He didn’t know if this person really thought that way or if he simply had low emotional intelligence and couldn’t speak. Although Gu Wei didn’t win the Best Actor Award at the International A-Class Film Festival, he was still the Magnolia Film Festival winner in terms of acting skills. Never been suspected.
"Haha. Let's work hard together." Gu Wei said perfunctorily, no longer interested in chatting with Zhou Dongyu, and then looked at Zhou Xi who was sitting on the other side of him.
"Xiao Ming, when did you join the team?"
Zhou Ming wore a sky blue skirt today, with long black hair shawl down her shoulders, and a palm-sized face with delicate features. Come on, you can see that Zhou Dongyu was crushed by more than one level.
She has been staring at Gu Wei since he entered the room, as if she wanted to say hello but didn't dare.
Now that Gu Wei took the initiative to talk to her, a sweet smile immediately appeared on Zhou Ming's face.
“I arrived a week ago, and in the past few days I have been familiar with the venue, memorizing lines, and adjusting myself.”
"It's so early, aren't there any classes at school?"
"I've already asked for leave. The teacher knew that I was going to act in this play and guided me for a while.
I am now acting "Wei Lai" is very confident in this role! "It seems that he is really well prepared, otherwise Zhou Ming would not be so confident.
"So I have to test you. How do you understand the character "Wei Lai"?"
Zhou Xi thought for a while and organized his words.
"Wei Lai is undoubtedly the villain in the movie. She appears to be a beautiful and well-behaved rich girl, but in fact she is very dark inside. Taking advantage of her strong family background, she bullies the weak in school and takes pleasure in doing so.
I think she should have two faces, one is the good girl from a rich family that others see, and the other is the real face of the perpetrator
Although she grew up in a wealthy family. Depressed and cold, she has no basic respect for human life. Under her angelic face, there is bottomless darkness.
Wei Lai's homophone is the future, but she has no future after all. ”
“Yes, I understand it well, it just depends on your performance during shooting.”
Gu Wei complimented, which made Zhou Ming's smile brighter.
(End of this chapter)