Chapter Forty-Eight: Wang Shicong (Asking for Recommendation and Collection)
"Haha, Mr. Gu, if you are humble, you will be proud. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info" Wang Shicong got up with a smile, shook hands with Gu Wenwu, and said.
From him, Gu Wenwu didn't feel the slightest arrogance. In comparison, Lin Feng is far behind. The son of the owner of a medium-sized entertainment company, dragged like 50,000, and felt superior wherever he went. And Wang Shicong, as the son of the chairman of Wanda Group, is gentle and polite to others. When compared with the two, there is a world of difference.
"It's not modest, it's really not daring to be, there are so many talents in the lyric world, which round will get me out, isn't it torturing me." Gu Wenwu said.
"Okay, then don't mention this, I heard that Mr. Gu won the most popular award at the college student film festival, he is really an all-rounder." Seeing that Gu Wenwu was really not interested in this topic, Wang Shicong immediately changed the topic.
"Mr. Wang, don't praise me like this, otherwise I will be proud, just such a small award, nothing commendable, then Mr. Wang, you will be the director of Wanda Group at a young age, which is an achievement that many people can't achieve in a lifetime." Gu Wenwu said.
"Haha, it's not worth mentioning, why don't we order food first." Seeing that Gu Wenwu wanted to introduce the topic to himself, Wang Shicong did not accept the invitation, and skillfully brought the topic over.
"Alright, let's order some food then." Gu Wenwu said.
The waiter was called in, and the three of them ordered a few dishes each. While the food was served, the three of them chatted again.
"Mr. Gu, I don't know what you've been busy with lately, I heard that you wrote the theme song for Bai Xue's new album, is Mr. Gu going to stage a miracle of arranging a record again?" He Qingdao.
"How is it possible, it's just because the people from Xingsuo Company are too sincere and have helped me a lot, so I wrote a song for Bai Xue, otherwise, even if the price is high, I won't write a song for her, I really don't have time to write a song for others now." Gu Wenwu said.
The two of them understood the meaning of Gu Wenwu's words. Xingsuo helped him, and he wrote songs for them. And now Wanda Records has not helped him anywhere at any time, and it is only a pure cooperative relationship with Gu Wenwu. If you want to ask Gu Wenwu to write songs for them at a high price, I'm afraid it's impossible. With a few words, Gu Wenwu blocked all the roads. Both of them frowned secretly in their hearts, this Gu Wenwu was really a little difficult.
"By the way, Mr. Gu, if I'm not mistaken, you seem to have said last time that you are now preparing to make your own new movie, is that true?" He Qing said suddenly.
"It turns out that Mr. Gu is preparing his own movie, no wonder he has no time to write songs, I don't know how Mr. Gu's new movie is being prepared?" Hearing He Qing's words, Wang Shicong's eyes lit up, and there seemed to be a breakthrough in the matter.
"What, is Mr. Wang also interested in movies?" Gu Wenwu asked.
"Mr. Gu doesn't know, our Mr. Wang is not only the CEO of Wanda Records, but also the vice president of Wanda Entertainment Company, and Mr. Wang has participated in the production of many TV series and movies of Wanda Entertainment Company." He Qing explained on the side.
I'll go, Wang Shicong of this world is so fierce, no wonder he was entrusted with a heavy task by his Lao Tzu. Gu Wenwu was shocked in his heart, and he paid more and more attention to Wang Shicong.
"I see, it seems that the previous words were still biased, Mr. Wang's achievement, ordinary people are afraid that they will not be able to achieve it in two lifetimes." Gu Wenwu said with a smile.
"Mr. Gu has won the award, with Mr. Gu's ability, the new movie will naturally not be bad, I don't know which company is so lucky to invest in Mr. Gu's movie." Wang Shicong asked.
"Well, don't hide it from the two of you, this time my new movie has no investors, and I funded it independently." Gu Wenwu said.
What, independent films. Both of them were shocked when they heard this. Independent cinema is not something that everyone can enjoy. Even if it is a large entertainment company, when it is ready to shoot a movie, it has to attract investors. For what, not to reduce investment risks. Before the movie is released, no one dares to guarantee that it will be able to return to its original cost, and if there are a few more partners, the loss will be reduced in case of loss.
Big companies are still like this, Gu Wenwu is just a small director, does he dare to play like this, and he is not afraid of losing his fortune? Is this Gu Wenwu crazy and dare to play like this. Thinking of this, the two of them looked weird.
Looking at the expressions of these two people, Gu Wenwu could probably guess what they were thinking, only to see Gu Wenwu say: "Do you two think I'm crazy, in fact, this thing does sound a little crazy, a person invests in a movie, how big this person's heart must be, but I invest in my movie, and I am full of confidence in my movie, and the investment in the movie is not so big, it looks like hundreds of thousands, I can still afford to lose this money, and it is a big deal to start over again if I lose." ā
Gu Wenwu's words shocked the two of them a little. Arrogance, or self-confidence? To be overconfident is to be arrogant. But Gu Wenwu in front of him didn't seem to be overconfident, he knew that he might fail, and he was ready to bear it. He wasn't afraid of defeat, it felt like a fighter who knew he was going to die, but still went into battle alone.
Wang Shicong actually had some admiration in his heart. If he were Gu Wenwu, I am afraid that he would not be able to face it so calmly.
"Then why didn't Mr. Gu go to an investor, is there any reason for it?" Wang Shicong asked.
"Well, firstly, it's troublesome, I'm the person who hates trouble the most, and secondly, I'm just a little director who is not famous, and if I really want to attract investment, people won't look down on me, so I'm too lazy to attract investment." Gu Wenwu said.
In fact, the main reason is that Gu Wenwu feels that if others invest, his right to speak will be reduced. When the time comes, the investor will have a role here, a role there, and there may be multiple producers on the head, which is unacceptable to Gu Wenwu. So he simply invests himself, so that there are not so many constraints. He doesn't have to worry about losing money anyway. Gu Wenwu naturally wouldn't tell the two of them about this.
"I don't know if Mr. Gu can tell us about your new movie, a movie that can make Mr. Gu so confident, I think it shouldn't be comparable to ordinary movies." Wang Shicong pondered for a while and said.
What does this Wang Shicong mean, does he want to invest in his own movies? Gu Wenwu secretly pondered the intention of Wang Shicong's words in his heart. If not, why would he care about his new movie, and if so, it would be too sloppy. Even if you want to win yourself over, you don't need to do this. Forget it, no matter what he thinks, it doesn't hurt that he wants to hear what he has to say.
"No problem, my new movie is called 'The Hangover' and it's a comedy." As soon as Gu Wenwu got up, he was interrupted by Wang Shicong.
"Comedy, that is to say, Mr. Gu is making a commercial film." Wang Shicong asked.
"That's right, it's indeed a commercial film." Gu Wenwu said.
Commercial films, that's interesting. Business and art are generally not in the same film. Art films are for awards, and commercial films are for making money. Movies that take care of both are really rare. And now Gu Wenwu is making commercial films, which means that he wants to make money.
A director gambled his entire net worth and made a commercial film, and there were only two results. Either you will go bankrupt or you will be full of money. What kind of movie it will be, we will know right away.
Wang Shicong originally just asked casually, but now he is interested in Gu Wenwu's new work.