Chapter 044 Valentine's Day
Although Gu Weiqi did not appear in person during the midnight test screening of "Lifting Little Hands", this film was undoubtedly recognized by the audience. So when it was fully released in Tang Dynasty theaters the next day, Jiahe's "Modern Bodyguard", Princess Jin's "Funny Era" and Shao's "Magic Sword Romance" were also drawn. However, these three major theaters followed closely with the release of "Fierce Scorpion", "Fierce List" and "Flying Corpse".
In addition to "Lifting Little Hands", these three major theaters are all horror films. is approaching the Spring Festival, and the audience must be happy when watching movies, and it is undoubtedly a mistake to release this kind of horror film now.
However, because of this, under the strong publicity, "Lifting Little Hands" was well received as soon as it was released. On the first day of release, it received 800,000 box office. The next day, as word of mouth spread, the attendance rate began to show a blowout, and the ticket windows of various theaters in the Tang Dynasty were lined up in long queues. In order to meet the audience's viewing needs, Xu Yanbing immediately issued an order to increase the number of shows.
And as the film continues to ferment, the attendance rate in the first week can be said to be high. In just one week, "Lifting Little Hands" has created a good result of 6.8 million box office. Donglai Company can be said to be jubilant. But this time it's going to be bitter for Jiahe, Shao and Princess Jin.
Shao Tycoon saw that the "flying corpse" was hitting the street, so he hurriedly released it for a week and let people draw it, and put the debut film "A Thousand Kings Fighting a Thousand Tyrants" directed by Wang Jing on top.
This film starring Wang Yu, Xie Xian, Chen Guantai, Huang Xingxiu, a collection of thousands of arts, action, gunfights, drama and other elements in one, the plot is tense and suspenseful, relaxed and funny, is a rare masterpiece, has achieved a box office of 5.08 million in history, ranking ninth in the box office list of the year.
Wang Jing also became famous because of this work and occupied a place in the film industry.
But it is undoubtedly very unwise to have a hard time with the "little hands" now. Although this film is excellent, it is still not as good as the former in terms of plot. Especially in terms of production costs, it is far inferior to the former. However, after half a month of release, it still received more than 4 million box office. It is hundreds of thousands less than in history, but even so, the Shao family has made a small profit, if you count other areas such as Nanyang, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Taiwan, plus the distribution of video tapes, it will make a lot of money.
However, Wang Jing was still very depressed. In fact, if you persist for a while, after the enthusiasm of "lifting your little hands" has passed, the film "A Thousand Kings Fighting a Thousand Tyrants" can still gain more box office. It's just that the Shao family has a big business, and 34 films have to be shot in a year, and if a film fails to meet the box office target in the first week, it will be painted.
Jiahe's wrinkled boss saw that the box office of "Fierce Scorpion" was not very good, and the attendance rate fell repeatedly, so he hurriedly released it for ten days, and put the "loser" directed by Hong Jinbao and starring Yuan Biao.
And Princess Jin's side, Lei Tycoon also ripped off the "murder list" and put the "fairy comfort nest" that Xinyicheng had just made up. This film is starring Shi Tian, Mecca, Wu Ma and Liao Anli, and it is also a rare small-budget film, which has won 5.1 million box office in history.
For a while, the four major theaters launched a new round of box office fighting. However, Gu Weiqi didn't have time to pay attention to these, because at that time, "The Grandmaster of Guoshu from Scratch" had already filmed the scene of the male protagonist and the female protagonist rippling in the middle of the lake.
In order to make this scene more romantic and beautiful, when Gu Weiqi was writing the script, he specially arranged for the heroine to kiss goodbye to the male protagonist before treading water. However, during the actual shooting, he was excited, and his tongue pried open Yang Yanpan's mouth, and he had a wet kiss that was forgetful.
As a result, Yang Xuanpan subconsciously struggled and pushed him away. The two of them were standing on a small boat, but Gu Weiqi was caught off guard and fell into the water, and everyone looked at each other. The former's pretty face also turned red at the same time, and Liu Zhenwei, who was in control of the shooting, had to stop.
Gu Weiqi came out of the water, wiped the water on his face, and said to Yang Pan, who was staring at him with apricot eyes: "I'm sorry Pan, I was too excited just now." That's why I can't help it for a while...... Don't be angry, okay? ”
At this time, Yang Xuanpan's chest rose and fell violently, and her thinking was actually relatively conservative, after so many years of filming, let alone wet kisses, even kiss scenes were very rare. Therefore, when Gu Weiqi pried her mouth open, he was ashamed and anxious, but now that he looked at the embarrassed appearance of the other party falling into the water, he felt funny, and most of the anger in his heart for no reason disappeared at once.
In fact, she still has a good impression of Gu Weiqi, not to mention that the young man is good-looking, but also talented. In particular, he did not hesitate to invest 10 million Hong Kong dollars to make movies, but with this courage, it is difficult to find all over Xiangjiang. And she has been taking good care of her during this filming day, for fear that she will be wronged. And every time it was time to eat, she also added a meal for her, which made Zheng Wenya, Yu Pu'an, Li Saifeng and other girls envious.
It's just that Gu Weiqi's wet kiss today came a little too suddenly, which made her a little unacceptable for a while, but now there are still many people around to look at it, and she is embarrassed to get angry again, so she said coquettishly: "Hurry up and change your clothes, be careful of catching a cold." But if I don't get angry, I'll have a big dinner tonight, and I'm going to slaughter you severely! ”
"Okay, no problem!" Gu Weiqi was overjoyed in his heart, being able to have dinner with a beautiful woman, this was definitely a good opportunity to get closer to the other party, so he waved his hand and said: "Everyone, call it a day, let's shoot here for the time being!" ”
"Okay!" Everyone cheered, and finally the next morning shift.
Since the filming of this movie started, everyone has been working at full speed, rushing to shoot day and night, sometimes finishing work very late, and it is very hard every day. It's only five o'clock in the afternoon, which is a relatively early day, so I am naturally very happy.
When Gu Weiqi got on the boat, he ordered people to go to the shore. When I went ashore, I quickly took off my clothes in the locker room of the recently modified large RV, which was so wet and sticky to my body. Especially now that it's December, the weather is still relatively cold.
Others were also busy packing up equipment and props, and Yang Yanpan also went to another RV to remove makeup.
When Gu Weiqi came out, he had changed into a pair of light blue jeans, a white shirt on the inside, a knee-length black windbreaker on the outside, and a pair of canvas shoes made by his own clothing and shoe company. This dress looks casual, but it shows his radiant temperament very well, especially with the uninhibited smile on the corner of his mouth, it is simply charming.
At this time, the young and beautiful Li Saifeng walked up to him and asked weakly: "Boss, I have my birthday tomorrow night, can you come to celebrate my birthday?" ”
At this time, Li Saifeng was only sixteen years old this year, with a very foreign narrow-brimmed hat on his head, a small pink coat on his upper body, and light blue jeans on his lower body.
"No problem." Gu Weiqi looked at her and readily agreed, and said with a smile: "It's good if you tell me the time and place, I'll be over tomorrow night." ”
The girl was overjoyed, so she replied: "At 8 o'clock in the evening, the Little Red House Hotel on Lijing Road, the No. 8 private room on the second floor." ”
"Okay." Gu Weiqi nodded and said casually: "Are you alone?" ”
"No, and Zheng Wenya, remember to come to the boss." Li Saifeng said and turned to leave.
Yang Xuanpan didn't let Gu Weiqi wait long, so he finished his makeup, changed into slacks and a small coat and came out. Then Gu Weiqi drove her to the western restaurant on the fourth floor of the "Jade Shan Fang International Restaurant", which had just been put into operation.
Once they were seated, the waiter brought the menu and asked them what they were eating. Gu Weiqi directly threw the menu to the other party, and she saw that the prices of the dishes were ridiculously high, although she said that she would slaughter him severely. But after looking at the menu, I only ordered a cheaper steak and fruit salad.
On the contrary, Gu Weiqi ordered French caviar and truffle foie gras, and even asked for a bottle of red wine worth more than 100,000 Hong Kong dollars, opened it himself, poured it into the cup, and said with a smile: "I look forward to it, I have worked hard for you to catch up with the filming these days, I respect you!" ”
Compared with the 21st century, the Xiangjiang actors in the 80s are really hard-working and dedicated. is not like in later generations, even if it is a third-rate star, he is followed by a group of agents, and all kinds of life assistants are guarded by the stars like the moon.
Yang Yanpan picked up the cup and chuckled: "I feel okay, it's not hard, it's just that the pressure is very high, but fortunately, my scene is finally about to finish." When the time comes, you can rest for a while. ”
The two talked and touched their cups and took a sip, chatting while eating and drinking, Yang Xuanpan had a cheerful personality, and talked endlessly about the interesting anecdotes of filming in the past. Gu Weiqi played the role of the audience very well, interjecting a sentence or two from time to time, and the atmosphere was very warm.
The two have been filming together for many days, coupled with the ambiguity during the day, tonight's dinner has invisibly shortened the distance between the two.
The next evening, Yang Yanpan's scene was filmed. Executive director Liu Zhenwei reminded Gu Weiqi that today is Valentine's Day on February 14, and the question is whether he can end work early.
If he hadn't been reminded, he wouldn't have noticed that it was February 14th. Especially remembering that Li Saifeng had to celebrate his birthday tonight, he agreed to let everyone call it a day. However, before finishing work, she hurriedly instructed Fang Lingwei to go to a nearby shopping mall and flower shop to buy a lot of chocolates and flowers and give them to the girls present.
A group of girls happily accepted the gifts, among which Yu Pu'an and Wei Haohua asked him if he had time to go out to play at night, but he pushed it away with an excuse. In fact, for these two beauties, to be honest, he still has a lot of ideas. It's a pity that he promised Li Saifeng to go over to celebrate her birthday today, otherwise he wouldn't mind going out to have fun.
And at present, what he wants to soak most is Yang Xuanpan, so after Yang Xuanpan removed his makeup, he asked the other party to come out to play at night. But the other party told him that her mother was going to celebrate her birthday in the evening, and the brothers and sisters were going to celebrate her mother's birthday together. This made Gu Weiqi quite speechless, but this is fine, otherwise I am afraid that I will miss the appointment with Li Saifeng at night.
In order to rush home to celebrate his mother's birthday, Yang Yipan chatted with him for a while, and then hurriedly drove his Ford car away. Originally, Gu Weiqi wanted to buy her mother a birthday gift, but looking at her hurried departure, she finally thought about it.
Of course, Gu Weiqi did not forget to buy a birthday gift for Li Saifeng, and walked around several high-end jewelry stores in Mong Kok for a long time. I picked and chosen, but in the end, I bought a limited-edition watch from Patek Philippe.
According to his previous idea, he wanted to buy a diamond necklace, but then he thought about buying a watch. It's not that I'm afraid of spending more money, but I think this thing is more suitable. And the value of this watch itself is nearly 200,000 Hong Kong dollars, which is definitely generous enough.
In addition to buying a watch for Li Saifeng, Gu Weiqi also bought a precious handbag for Fang Lingwei and a bear cub for Guan Zhilin. In addition, he also made a call to Luo Canan, who was on a mission to the United States. In short, the first Valentine's Day since rebirth was so busy that he was anxious, Guan Zhilin said that he would spend Valentine's Day with him, but he found an excuse to push it.