Chapter 814 Pre-sale breaks record
Clara is busy in January, with three movies she stars in releasing this month.
The costume fantasy action film "Chang'an Conquers the Demon" on the 8th, "Big Red Envelope" on the 22nd, and "The Empathy Master" on the 29th.
Among them, [Chang'an Fu Yao] and [Big Red Envelope] are the female protagonists, and [Empathy Master] is the female supporting role.
Of course, all three movies are bad movies without exception.
But it doesn't matter. As a Korean female star, it is completely impossible for Clara to become famous in domestic entertainment. As long as she can make movies and make money, she will be satisfied.
After the broadcast of "Love Saint", she gained a certain degree of popularity in domestic entertainment, and the company helped her take on many similar roles.
Facts have proved that no matter how easy it is to cheat and make bad movies, it is always good for her to show her face more.
Moreover, domestic audiences don't care how well she performs as a foreigner, they are all here for her face and figure.
With this fame, Clara has made a lot of money in the past two years by digging holes under the arrangement of the company, which far exceeds her income in the Korean entertainment industry.
".I have been busy promoting the movie during this period. Although I am a little tired, I am very happy. The audience is very enthusiastic. It turns out that I have so many fans now
Especially the male fans are very excited to see me
Can you go visit Oppa after you finish your busy work? I heard from my agent that Oppa is currently filming a very difficult movie."
After returning to the hotel after a busy day, Clara called her boss.
It can be said that her domestic entertainment has been going smoothly in the past two years. Now she is very happy that she left Korean entertainment and came to the Chinese entertainment industry.
Apart from anything else, her current income is more than ten times what she earned in Korean entertainment. Sometimes she wonders why she didn't come to China earlier.
She is also very satisfied with her current agency. Her boss is not only a real power figure in domestic entertainment, but he is also handsome and has a good figure. Compared with the fat and fat middle-aged men in Korean entertainment companies, it is a world of difference.
If the boss of the Korean agency had Gu Wei's looks and figure, how could she care about unspoken rules or anything like that.
After hanging up the phone, Clara walked to the full-length mirror, looked left and right, and dragged her proud bust with both hands.
“I seem to be a little fat these days, it’s time to exercise.
You must show your most beautiful side in front of the BOSS.”
Clara is very smart, and she knows very well that her handsome boss is her biggest supporter in domestic entertainment.
Coming from a Korean entertainment background, she knows that a beautiful face and sexy figure are not valuable. Not to mention natural ones, artificial ones can be mass-produced in Korea.
If she, a foreigner, wants to make money successfully in the Chinese entertainment industry, she also has to please her boss.
[Changjin Lake] crew.
Although it was already late at night, the filming location was still brightly lit and crowded.
Gu Wei was wearing a worn-out military-style cotton-padded jacket and sitting on a stool in the rest area.
I had just finished shooting a night scene and received a call from Clara during the break.
"Can you also speak Korean?"
Seeing Gu Wei hang up the phone, Wu Jing asked curiously.
"Of course~"
"Tsk tsk, you are really versatile. Even if you are not a star, you must be a good translator"
When filming "Wolf Warrior 2", they went to Africa to film together. Wu Jing knew that Gu Wei's English was also very good.
"Please, no one would leave a big star to work as a translator."
They had just finished filming a battle scene. At this moment, Gu Wei and Wu Jing were both in a mess, their faces were dirty, and their bodies were gray and white, made of dirt and prop snow.
But none of them dealt with it, because now it was just a break between shooting, and they would have to continue shooting in a while.
"I haven't heard that you have any Korean friends?"
"An artist under our company, Clara, is British-Korean.
[Love Saint] Have you seen it? That beautiful model inside”
After Gu Wei finished speaking, Wu Jing also remembered.
"I remember, the one with a very good figure and looking very sexy in red.
Is she an artist under your banner?
I just knew”
Gu Wei smiled: "It turns out not to be the case, but Clara didn't do very well in Korean entertainment. I signed her after filming [Love Saint]. Now her focus has shifted to China.
This month she will be starring in three movies released, give me a call to share the joy"
“Three movies in one month, that’s awesome~”
"Haha, two of them are considered big online movies, one-day trips to theaters, and only one comedy produced by Enlight can be considered a serious theater movie.
By the way, I also helped her get a role in [The Wandering Earth 2], as one of the attackers of the villain’s space elevator. Brother Jing, you will also have a scene together”
Wu Dingding nodded. He had received the script of "The Wandering Earth 2" very early and knew which character Gu Wei was talking about.
"[The Wandering Earth 2] should be able to start filming in the second half of this year, right?"
"Yes, I have talked with Guo Fan before. The preliminary preparations are almost completed, and the crew is expected to start filming around October.
I estimate that I will be able to give you a letter in two months.”
Although Gu Wei does not star in "The Wandering Earth 2", "Wei Ming Xia" is still the second largest investor after China Film Group.
Gu Wei is the producer of the film.
The two were chatting when a staff member came over.
"Teacher Wu Jing, Teacher Gu Wei, the director shouted, we are about to shoot the next scene"
The two nodded, got up and walked out of the shed built by the crew.
“It feels like it’s getting colder at night”
When he went out, the cold wind hit him. Wu Jing shivered and tightened the tattered cotton clothes around him.
"It's probably around minus 20 degrees, haha, I feel okay"
Gu Wei rubbed his hands, and the breath in his mouth turned into a burst of white water vapor.
"Ask the staff to add some clothes to your clothes. Don't get cold and catch a cold even if you don't get injured during the action scenes. Brother Jing, you are almost 50 years old.
Later, Sister Nan blamed me for not taking good care of you. I promised her to watch you during the filming."
Wu Jing was quite unconvinced after hearing this.
"What's wrong with 50? I can still play at 50 and still look young.
My firepower is not much worse than that of a young man in his early 20s. Don't listen to your sister Nan, just deal with her at the wine table.
Gu Wei shrugged and did not try to persuade him again.
The good didn't work but the bad didn't work. Wu Jing really caught a cold because of this night's scene.
Specifically, they filmed all night that day, and the two of them fell asleep on the set in the middle of the night.
When Gu Wei woke up, he was in good health and fine, but Wu Jing started to have a runny nose and sneezing, which were obvious symptoms of a cold.
"I asked you to wear more clothes and keep warm, let's see~"
After Wu Jing caught a cold, Gu Wei laughed at him mercilessly.
"Ah!" Wu Jing sneezed and blew his nose with paper.
"Accident, it was purely an accident. I took medicine and drank more hot water, and it will be fine in two days"
His cold was indeed not serious and did not affect the crew's filming.
"I have to take leave in two days and leave the group." "Are you promoting the movie?"
"Yes, the road show of [Tang Detective 3] started very early, because I never participated in the filming of [Changjin Lake].
Before it was released, I, the director and the lead actor, had to go on a few shows.
I have to attend the Spring Festival Gala on New Year’s Eve, and the crew will continue filming on the first day of the new year.”
"Then I'll see you on CCTV in a few days. I'll come back with you on the first day of the new year~
Ah sneeze! ”
Wu Jing also performed in this year's Spring Festival Gala. He performed the martial arts "Heroes of Heaven and Earth" with Donnie Yen and many students from martial arts schools.
"No problem"
The period between New Year's Day and Spring Festival is also a Lunar New Year period, but there is not a single movie with a good box office during this time period this year.
The three movies that Clara starred in were all released during this time period, and all three were bad movies. The highest-grossing one, "Big Red Packet," was over 200 million, and the other two were one-day theater trips.
In mid-January, two Bay movies were released, "The Wind and Cloud" and "Hunting the Soul".
"Hunting Soul" is a suspense and crime-themed movie starring Zhang Zhen and Zhang Junning. It has a good reputation and has a box office of over 100 million.
[The Legend] was much worse. Even with the support of Zhou Jialun's fame, the total box office could not exceed 10 million.
Jay Chou is not the star of "The King", but the producer of this movie, and he has a cameo role in it.
It is said that Jie Lun made this movie to satisfy his wife's movie dream, and the heroine is naturally Kunling, the Queen's sister-in-law.
Jie Lun worked hard to film "The King", smashing dozens of racing supercars and wearing out thousands of tires. He also recruited many friends from the music and entertainment circles to come to his aid.
However, the story of the movie is too cliche, and all the plots are predictable. The thrills of several racing scenes are not particularly good, and many plot developments seem like child's play.
The director Chou Jialun found had a background in commercials and music videos and had limited abilities. This resulted in the visual effects of "The Wind and Cloud" being okay, but the plot was too weak.
The whole movie is like Zhou Jialun and his friends playing house. Even Jialun fans will find it difficult to give high marks after watching it.
There is another point that the audience has to complain about. As the heroine, Kun Ling is obviously very ambiguous with the male protagonist in the plot, but in the climax at the end of the movie, the two of them do not have any intimate scenes, not even a kissing scene. At most It was just a slightly awkward hug and pat on the shoulder. It was obvious that Jay Chou couldn't bear to see his wife having intimate scenes with other people.
To be honest, when you are an actor, you can't even let your wife film the kissing scene, so why bother with a love line? The acting is embarrassing, and the audience is even more embarrassed watching it.
Gu Wei came out of the crew and flew directly to Shanghai to join the crew of "Tang Detective 3" who were running a road show to promote.
[Tang Detective 3] In fact, the announcement started in December.
As early as before New Year's Day, the film crew released the "Tokyo" version trailer and the "Tokyo" version poster.
In the more than a month from New Year's Day to the Spring Festival, the "All Members Gathering" version of the trailer, the "Qin Feng in Prison" version of the plot trailer and the "Who is Q" version of the trailer were released one after another.
On January 29, six films released during the Spring Festival period started pre-sale at the same time, and it took 32 hours for the first-day pre-sale box office to exceed 100 million.
Among them, "Tang Detective 3" is undoubtedly the most anticipated by the audience, and it is also the one with the fastest pre-sale results.
After the pre-sale started, 7 hours and 41 minutes later, the pre-sale box office of "Tang Detective 3" exceeded 50 million, setting a record for "the fastest pre-sale box office of a domestic film to exceed 50 million".
"Director~"
"Baoqiang, you've worked hard these days!"
After joining the rest of the crew, Gu Wei first greeted Wang Baoqiang.
In his absence, Baoqiang is the focus of [Tang Detective 3] promotion.
"Director, you don't need to be so polite. It's all what I should do." Wang Baoqiang smiled honestly.
In the third film, he also held part of the investment share in the movie, so he has the most direct interest in the box office of "Tang Detective 3".
"How are you preparing for that new movie you told me about before?"
"I am still revising the script. I have found several screenwriters, but the final script is not satisfactory."
Gu Wei thought for a while.
"In this way, after a while, nothing will happen. If you go to my company, I will ask the screenwriting department to arrange several screenwriters to make targeted modifications according to your requirements until you are satisfied.
You don’t have to doubt the professionalism and ability. Many scripts, including the "Tang Detective" series, are written by the screenwriters of our company."
"Great, director.
I have always believed that the script is the key to a movie. Without a good script, it will be difficult to carry out subsequent preparations.”
Gu Wei smiled and nodded.
"Have you decided on a title for this movie?"
"Because it is based on the real "Enbo Fighting Incident", I plan to call it [In the Octagon]."
After exchanging pleasantries with Bao Qiang, Gu Wei greeted the other members of the road show team separately.
In fact, the road show team of "Tang Detective 3" is not large.
Because there are many Japanese actors in the movie, it is not convenient for them to come, so the remaining domestic actors can be counted.
After spending a day in Shanghai, the crew flew to Guangdong, then to Shenzhen, and finally returned to Beijing to prepare for the premiere ceremony.
After several days of road show promotion and various online and offline promotion activities, the pre-sale box office of "Tang Detective 3" has grown rapidly.
With two days left before the Spring Festival, the pre-sale box office of "Tang Detective 3" has officially exceeded 700 million.
"Hello, Li Huanying" ranked second with a pre-sale box office of 150 million, Lu Yang's "Assassination of Novelists" ranked third with 59.12 million, "Order of the Samurai God" ranked fourth with 38.41 million, and "Bear Infested Wild Continent" ranked fifth with 33.54 million , [New God List: Nezha] No. 6 with 26.71 million.
As of February 10, the total pre-sale box office of all films released during the 2021 Spring Festival has exceeded the 1 billion mark.
The premiere of [Tang Detective 3] held in Beijing was called the "New Year Family Banquet", but it was actually a press conference with no purpose of publicity.
On the stage, the four leading actors, Gu Wei, Wang Baoqiang, Xiao Yang and Nazha, all wore the same style of detective trench coats. They performed activities as arranged by the host and answered questions from reporters on the scene.
"I would like to ask Mr. Gu Wei, what is the biggest problem you face when filming [Tang Detective 3] in Japan this time?"
"It must be expensive. Shooting in Tokyo is not much cheaper than in New York, and many of [Tang Detective 3] are big scenes. In order to shoot a scene at Shibuya Crossing, we specially recreated it 1:1 in nearby Tochigi Prefecture. Rebuilding a Shibuya."
"Did you learn some Japanese during the filming in Tokyo?"
Gu Wei smiled and was about to speak when Baoqiang rushed to answer.
"The director doesn't need to learn it. The director's Japanese is super good and he can communicate with the Japanese actors without any barriers. We are very envious watching from the side"
After he finished speaking, there were surprised "Oh" sounds in the audience.
"Teacher Gu Wei, can you show us a few words?"
Remember, after asking Gu Wei, he spoke a few words in Japanese normally.
Although most people couldn't understand it, everyone knew from the way he was able to speak Japanese that Gu Wei really knew Japanese.
"Actually, I have said before when I was on the show that I have some talents in languages, and I know a lot of them, and Japanese is just one of them." Gu Wei explained with a smile.
"Did Teacher Baoqiang learn a few sentences?" The reporter's eyes turned to Wang Baoqiang again.
"After filming for such a long time, I learned a few lines."
After speaking, Baoqiang also started to show off his Chinese-Japanese.
"Simi Marseille (excuse me), Mosimoshi (telephone greeting), linen belt (no)"
When he said "flax belt" there was a burst of laughter.
Wang Baoqiang was a little confused and didn't know why everyone was laughing.
Gu Wei suppressed his laughter: "It's okay, your Japanese accent is too strong, it's normal for everyone to laugh"
(End of chapter)