Chapter 139: I want to level up
Seeing that it was Cheng Daoming's call, Gu Wenwu was a little surprised, thinking how could he even be alarmed by this great god. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"Hey, is it Xiao Gu?" Cheng Daoming's calm voice came.
"Hey, Mr. Cheng, it's me, what's the matter with you?" Gu Wenwu said.
"Xiao Gu, what have you been doing lately, why haven't I seen you." Cheng Daoming said.
"What else can I do, read at home, now that the movie is over, I have nothing to do." Gu Wenwu replied truthfully.
For Cheng Daoming, Gu Wenwu has always had an attitude of gratitude and respect. Not to mention anything else, just because people were willing to put down their bodies and accompany themselves on the show to promote, this is already a great favor. So for Cheng Daoming, he doesn't want to hide anything.
"Reading, that's not bad, you're idle, I'm annoyed by these media reporters." Cheng Daoming didn't say it explicitly, but Gu Wenwu naturally knew what he meant. Why is it annoyed by the media, naturally because of the sequel to "The Great Detective".
In fact, according to Cheng Daoming's character, it was impossible to ask Gu Wenwu what to call, but due to the popularity of "The Great Detective" abroad, even Cheng Daoming's fame abroad has increased greatly, so how can Cheng Daoming sit still. You must know that Cheng Daoming's development in China has reached its peak, and he is the top in the first line, but if he wants to break through the first line and reach the super first line, he must go international. This is something he can't do no matter how many TV series he shoots in China. And now, "The Great Detective" seems to have made a small hole in the unbreakable film, allowing Cheng Daoming to see a glimmer of light.
Gu Wenwu thought for a while and decided to tell the truth: "Mr. Cheng, in fact, I am ready to postpone the sequel to "The Great Detective". ā
"What do you mean by delay?"
"That said, I already have plans for a new film, so the sequel to 'The Great Detective' may not start until after the film is finished." Gu Wenwu said.
"Oh, I see, no wonder, but I'm curious to see what your new film will be." "The Great Detective" is so hot, but Gu Wenwu does not shoot a sequel while the iron is hot, but wants to make a new film, then this film is definitely not ordinary.
"Well, the script is still being written, and only a rough idea has been determined at present, but I can tell you that it is not a commercial film." Gu Wenwu said.
"Not a commercial film?" Cheng Daoming chewed on this sentence, and the expression on his face suddenly became subtle. It's not a commercial film, it's naturally an art film. And abandon the sequel to a popular movie and make an art film instead, then Gu Wenwu's purpose will be obvious.
"Haha, listening to you say this, I'm looking forward to it, if you encounter any problems, you can come to me, I still have a little face in the circle." Cheng Daoming said with a smile.
"Thank you so much, Mr. Cheng."
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Gu Wenwu has a guest at home, and this guest's face is not very good. Looking at Gu Wenwu, who was sitting opposite him, leisurely looking at the book, the guest's face became even worse.
"Don't you have anything to say?" Wang Shicong's unhappiness was written on his face.
Gu Wenwu calmly turned another page of the book, and said unhurriedly: "What to say?" ā
"You said that you didn't make a good sequel, what kind of art film did you make."
When Gu Wenwu heard this, his brows furrowed slightly, what is this called.
"What, do I still need to listen to your Mr. Wang's guidance for any movie I make?" Gu Wenwu said lightly.
Wang Shicong's expression froze, and he was immediately speechless. Regardless of the company, there is no saying that it can make what films its directors must make. For those well-known directors, they can make whatever movies they want. The most important thing is that Gu Wenwu is not Wang Shicong's subordinate, the two of them are just a cooperative relationship. Wang Shicong was not qualified to point fingers at Gu Wenwu, let alone rush into Gu Wenwu's house to ask him for his guilt.
Gu Wenwu didn't care about Wang Shicong's expression, he read by himself. And Wang Shicong, who reacted in time, also realized the inappropriateness in his words.
"I'm sorry, Lao Gu, I was in a bit of a hurry, I didn't pay attention, I apologize to you." It is precisely because they are friends that they must respect each other, otherwise it will be difficult to maintain the relationship. Although Wang Shicong asked himself that he didn't mean that, there was indeed something inappropriate between his words, so it was still necessary to apologize.
"It's just a small thing, don't care." Gu Wenwu just said that, if you really want to take it to heart, you won't be able to take it to heart. His energy is not that small.
"But I still want to ask, why don't we strike while the iron is hot and make a sequel, many companies are making detective films now, if the audience gets bored watching detective films, it will be very bad for us." Wang Shicong said.
"It's because everyone is filming, so we have to slow down." Gu Wenwu put down the book and said with a straight face.
"Why?" Wang Shicong didn't understand what Gu Wenwu meant.
"Because everyone is filming, the competition will be very fierce at that time, even though we have the popularity and reputation accumulated from the previous film, but so many detective films are released at the same time, which will inevitably affect us, so I postponed the filming date, firstly, to avoid competition, and secondly, so many detective films must be mixed, and the audience will definitely look forward to our sequel more after getting tired of watching shoddy detective films."
"But what if they're all good movies?" Wang Shicong said.
"The audience will only be bored with bad movies, and they will never be too many good movies." Gu Wenwu said confidently.
"Okay." Wang Shicong was persuaded by Gu Wenwu.
"Then if you don't make a sequel, you can consider making something else, why do you have to make an art film that doesn't make money." Wang Shicong asked again.
"Because, I want to level up." Gu Wenwu looked at Wang Shicong with a strange eye, as if he was wondering how he didn't even know this.
Upgrade? Hearing these two words, Wang Shicong instantly understood. The upgrade here naturally does not refer to the upgrade of the characters in the game, but to the upgrade of the coffee position. On Gu Wenwu, it naturally refers to the second line to the first line.
"No, you're starting to think about the frontline now." Wang Shicong's face was incredible.
"What's not to do?" Gu Wenwu asked rhetorically.
"But, but, it's too fast, besides, you should be far from the line." Wang Shicong said.
"Far away, then let me ask you what are the hard requirements for first-line directors?"
This question naturally does not make it difficult for Wang Shicong. I saw that he gave an answer after a little thought: "If a director wants to reach the first line, there are two hard conditions, one is that the cumulative global box office of his works reaches 500 million or more, and the other is that his works have won awards at A-class film festivals." ā
"That's right, then let me ask you again, what is the global box office of "The Hangover", and what about "The Great Detective"?"
"The domestic box office of "The Hangover" is 140 million, the overseas box office is 120 million, and the domestic box office of "The Great Detective" is 370 million, and the overseas box office has not been counted for the time being." For these data, Wang Shicong is naturally at his fingertips.
"That's not it." Gu Wenwu spread his hands and didn't speak again.
Wang Shicong was really stunned this time.