Chapter 63: The Green Years
In order to maximize the promotion of the movie, except for the premiere, Gu Wu and director Xu Jia all ran to the city separately.
As soon as Xu Jia's first film was released, he received many invitations from investors, of course, the investors were willing to give him money mainly because they wanted him to continue making movies to make money for himself. But for Xu Jia himself, the movie is like a child he conceived and born in October, and the pain and hesitation in it are difficult to measure with money.
In addition, he did not position himself as a commercial film director, so looking at the faces of those investors for a while, Xu Jia only felt bored.
"What's wrong with you? The face is very bad. After running for half a month of publicity, now it is coming to an end, and the box office of "Lost Heart Mirror" has also broken 60 million, and it is estimated that it will be able to get 80 million to 100 million by the time it is released, which is a very good result for an art film, you have made money yourself and kept my wallet. ”
Hou Fuxiu handed Xu Jia a small glass of whiskey and smiled.
Xu Jia, who had been tired for a long time, also needed alcohol to ease his brain that had been tense at this time, and after drinking it, he sat down on the sofa and said, "Do not disgrace your mission!" ”
Hou Fuxiu: "Actually, three days after the release, I knew that we couldn't lose money. What's wrong with you? Looking so tired? ”
Xu Jia waved his hand: "Don't say it, in the past, I felt that no one would notice that I was pregnant, but now I feel that too many people come to me to find me, which is really tiring." Those who say it are all well-known investors, and they have to give others face no matter what, even if they are all a bunch of ****! ”
Hou Fuxiu smiled, of course he knew what Xu Jia's troubles were at this time, for a director like Xu Jia who had the dream of a literary film, the biggest trouble at the beginning was that he had no money, and after he became famous, he was most troubled by investors who asked them to cater to the market because of the pressure of the box office. Xu Jia knew too much about Xu Jia's pain at this time, stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder and said, "In that case, why don't you go abroad to play for a while, you have been busy for two whole years for this movie, and you haven't accompanied your sister-in-law and your girl for a long time, right?" I took this opportunity to go out to play with the family and reward my sister-in-law who has worked hard for many years. ”
Thinking of his wife who supported him while working, Xu Jia also felt a little sorry for her, so he smiled: "Brother Hou, you don't know your sister-in-law too well, she is a person who can't be idle." If I take her on a trip, I might as well give her the money directly. Your sister-in-law is a layman. ”
Hou Fuxiu: "Good laypeople, only the laity living in this smoky miasma will not suffer. After speaking, he opened the briefcase on the side, took out an envelope and handed it to Xu Jia.
As a result, it turned out to be a ticket for a luxury cruise ship on the 16th, he looked at Hou Fu Xiu in surprise, and the other party tilted his head slightly and said: "A little heart, just now since you said that my sister-in-law is not willing to spend money, then this is my little heart, she should agree, right?" ”
Xu Jia waved his hand and said nothing: "Thank you, brother." ”
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"Now that the publicity is over, and Zhang Xun's movie is finished, what are your next arrangements? My desk was almost full of scripts. ”
Gu Wu glanced at Zhang Xiao,
Zhang Xiao glared at her: "Do you know how fierce this circle is?" Other female stars are afraid that the audience will forget, and she would rather roll the drama than even spin and dare not rest. How are you? If you are full of a year, you will make a movie! My eldest lady, the movie is the most popular actor, and you don't want to make a TV series, if you are so lazy, your market will be snatched up by those girls who are more youthful and hardworking! ”
After speaking, seeing that Gu Wu didn't reply to her, she turned her head and found that the little girl was asleep, sighed, picked up the clothes on the side and covered them gently, and walked out of the room.
What Zhang Xiao didn't know was that as soon as he left the room, Gu Wu opened his eyes.
She sat on the windowsill and watched the cars coming and going downstairs, and she was a little confused.
In fact, after the word-of-mouth of the Mind Mirror exploded, she can be regarded as a female star with masterpieces in the film industry. You must know that many female stars who are much older than her do not necessarily have their own masterpieces, and she is a young actor who has not yet graduated, because she has "Lost Heart Mirror" as the foundation, and has been ranked as a candidate for the female number one in the hearts of many producers.
If "Flowers" is included, Gu Wu's step-by-step film road can be regarded as extremely stable, and this kind of achievement will not ignore her in front of anyone. But at this moment, when it seemed that she was about to embark on a good future, Gu Wu began to be a little confused.
In fact, she understands what Zhang Xiao is nervous about, in this era, acting in movies is naturally much lower in popularity than TV series, and the salary of most movies is not as good as that of TV series, if you add a good team, it will be lower.
Like the movie she took over and directed by Zhang Xun, the package price is only 300,000 yuan, which seems to be an absolute lot, but compared with others, it can only be regarded as the salary of a first-line TV drama actor for one episode.
Don't talk about Gu Wu, let's talk about Yang Zhengming, Zhang Xiao heard that the price of his TV series has exceeded 10 million, and his salary for making movies does not exceed 1 million.
But for Yang Zhengming, who already has a huge popularity, the movie brings him definitely more than just that salary. As for Gu Wu, she is not popular, and she has no market, and the money she makes is estimated to be less than one of Yang Zhengming's endorsements.
Zhang Xiao is now like asking Gu Wu to quickly rely on the movie to open up her popularity, so as to prepare for endorsements in the future.
Gu Wu debuted from a movie, and she is naturally one level higher than others in terms of endorsement, is it fair to divide people into three, six, nine, and other categories? It's not fair, but everyone in the circle lives according to its rules.
As long as "Flowers" is as good as Zhang Xun's previous works, it will be like a tiger with wings for Gu Wu, and the two masterpieces with a reputation will be close to her, and the road ahead will be much easier.
But now Gu Wu herself is a little confused, she has just seen the script stacked on Zhang Xiao's desk, it has gone through a round of screening, and there are dozens of copies handed to her, but after reading them one by one, she can't choose any of them.
"Could it be that my horizons have become higher?" Gu Wu leaned against the glass curtain wall and muttered to herself
"If you don't have a good movie script, try a TV series?" Then Gu Wu shook her head, she hadn't yet gained a firm foothold in the film industry, and it was too dangerous for her to rashly take on the TV series.
After thinking about it for a long time, Gu Wu didn't think of any way, so she could only take a step and watch one, now go back to school to be quiet for a while, and after a while, she will see if there is a script that suits her.
Originally, Gu Wu thought very well, but she didn't expect that two days later, the company suddenly gave her a lot of fashion resources, and even took her to meet two advertisers of skin care products. The advertiser just took a fancy to Gu Wu's next movie "Flowers" and wanted to sign a contract in advance, so that they could set a suitable spokesperson at the lowest possible price.