At around 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Gu Wei looked at the time, packed up the things on the desk, and prepared to leave the company.

There is also an activity to attend in the evening, so you can't be late.

After returning from the United States, the daily itinerary must be full, and if you want to relax and rest, you have to find an opportunity to take a break from the busy.

However, he has also been prepared, since he likes the shining stage, it is inevitable to pay some hard work for it.

After going downstairs, I got into the nanny car and went all the way to the Millennium Hotel in Beijing.

The celebration of "Monster Hunt" is held here tonight.

There were a lot of people at the dinner, in addition to all the staff of the film's main creators, [Anle Pictures] also invited many media friends to participate, wanting to take this opportunity to promote another wave.

At the beginning of the banquet, Jiang Zhiqiang and director Xu Chengyi took the stage to speak respectively.

The general content is still how difficult it was when the film was prepared and produced, and the current results are all due to the efforts of all the crew and everyone's support.

I would like to thank all the creative staff who worked hard for the film and the publicity staff who worked hard after the release of the film.

Originally, Mr. Jiang wanted Gu Wei, the leading actor, to come on stage to say a few words, but Gu Wei refused with a smile.

After the two finished speaking, Gu Wei and Bai Lily, who was wearing a black slim dress and heavy makeup, came to the stage together.

Four people stood side by side on the stage, each with a small hammer.

The staff pushed up a long ice sculpture with 7 zeros behind the Arabic numeral 267, representing the box office result of 2.67 billion for [Monster Hunt].

Jiang Zhiqiang and Xu Chengyi stood in the middle, and Gu Wei and Bai Lihe stood on both sides.

Pose and let the media friends on the opposite side take various pictures, and then the four of them smashed the hammer in their hands together in the shouting of Mr. Jiang.

After the ceremony, the host took the opportunity to ask Mr. Jiang if he would make a sequel to [Monster Hunt].

Jiang Zhiqiang said with a smile on his face that the script was already being prepared, emphasizing that they [Anle Pictures] will do their best to build [Monster Hunt] into a high-quality series of movies like [Shrek] and [Kung Fu Panda].

After all kinds of links, everyone also began to eat.

At the main table, after several rounds of toasting by the happy crowd, Jiang Zhiqiang sat down beside Gu Wei.

"Gu Wei, I have to thank you so much!"

"Mr. Jiang, what did you say?"

"At that time, [Monster Hunt] was facing a reshoot of the role, if you hadn't come to the rescue, and the final shooting effect was better than the original, there would be no achievements in the current movie.

It was you who saved this movie and saved [Anle]! ”

Jiang Zhiqiang patted Gu Wei's shoulder and said with a sigh.

"Don't dare, don't dare, Mr. Jiang, you tortured me.

I'm just a small actor, and I can't talk about whether I can save it or not.

Even if there was no Gu Wei at that time, there were Zhang Wei and Li Wei, and there would eventually be actors who would come up to play this role.

What really makes the film a success is Mr. Jiang's decision and Director Xu's high-quality shooting. ”

Gu Wei said modestly.

As for how much of a role he played in the movie, he saw it most clearly in his two lives.

Even if there is no him, there will be Jing Bairan on the top, although it is impossible to achieve the current result by then, but it is still a blockbuster movie.

"You're so modest, how much of a role you play in the movie, others don't know about me.

Without your participation, our movie would not have been able to rush to such a high box office anyway. ”

Gu Wei smiled and didn't answer again.

"You also listened to what I said on stage just now, what do you think about the second part of [Monster Hunt]?"

Jiang Zhiqiang changed his words and suddenly talked about the second part of the movie.

"Our movie has achieved such good results, and it is only right that we will continue to shoot it.

But it mainly depends on you and Director Xu, I'm just an actor after all. ”

Gu Wei didn't think that far.

When he took over [Monster Hunt], he also looked at the super high box office results of this movie, and he didn't think about what would happen to the filming of the second part.

"Director Xu is now working on the script, if there is no accident, you and Lily will be the protagonists.

I believe that as long as we work together, the second part will definitely create more brilliant results. ”

Jiang Zhiqiang's words have been made very clear, and the original cast will continue to come after filming the sequel and invite him to continue to star.

Gu Wei's expression remained unchanged, but he was already muttering in his heart.

He remembered that the male protagonist of [Monster Hunt 2] was Liang Chaowei, if he followed the script of the original time and space, he, the male protagonist of the first part, would become the second male protagonist in the second part.

If it was still the original script, Gu Wei would not accept anything.

The script is not good, and the poor reputation is one thing, he even refused the second male of Zhang Yimou [The Great Wall], and he didn't agree to match Matt Damon, what is Liang Chaowei.

Although he is not as good as old superstars like Liang Chaowei, Liu Dehua, and Zhou Yunfa in the domestic entertainment coffee position, and he has not won any actor to prove himself, Gu Wei is completely worthy of them in terms of popularity.

No matter how old you are, how good your acting skills are, how brilliant you once was, and you have to see if the current movie results are not, Gu Wei's current box office appeal in domestic entertainment is absolutely unique, and no one can compare.

To put it more rampantly, Cheng Long made a movie and asked Gu Wei to be the second male, he had to think about it, and there was a high probability that he would not accept it, not to mention others.

Of course, there is an exception, that is, the film you invest in, if it is to make money, then you can grieve yourself, and it doesn't matter if you have a supporting role or not.

Gu Wei thought so, but his face was silent.

Jiang Zhiqiang was still talking to himself.

"The total box office score of the movies you have starred in now is almost 5 billion, right?"

"A little over 4.8 billion."

"You make a few more movies, and when [Monster Hunt 2] is released, I am confident that you will reach 10 billion at the box office.

When the time comes, the first actor with a box office of 10 billion yuan in domestic entertainment, think about what a great honor it is! ”

Jiang Zhiqiang used this to tempt Gu Wei.

"Mr. Jiang, you're right."

Gu Wei just smiled and nodded, but he was quite disdainful in his heart.

He felt that the other party was painting a big pie.

It's not that Jiang Zhiqiang is wrong.

[Monster Hunt 2] can indeed add a big result to Gu Wei's box office results, but when you are looking for actors to act in movies, should you talk about the treatment first, how much money can be given, and say that these "tens of billions of actors" or something, do you want Gu Wei to be paid less for honor?

The salary of the protagonist of a series of movies will be higher and higher, especially the best-selling series of movies, which is a normal rule in the industry.

Like Robert Downey Jr., the actor of Iron Man in the Marvel series of movies, in the first movie [Iron Man], the salary was only $500,000.

In the later period, the movie was a big hit, and his salary rose all the way, and by the time [The Avengers] had reached $50 million, an increase of 100 times.

There are also Johnny Depp from the [Pirates of the Caribbean] series and Vin Diesel from the [Fast and Furious] series.

Even if it is the [Detective Chinatown] series filmed by Gu Wei, Wang Baoqiang only received a salary of 5 million in the first part, and it rose to 20 million in the second part.

This is because his three consecutive movies [Frozen: The Gate of Rebirth], [One Man's Martial Arts], and [Taoist Priest Descending the Mountain] all failed at the box office.

Among them, the first two were extremely tragic, [Frozen: The Gate of Rebirth] invested 200 million, the box office was 142 million, and the investor lost 150 million.

Although the reputation of [One Man's Martial Arts] exploded, with an investment of 167 million and a box office of 118 million, it still lost more than 100 million.

The box office reputation of [Taoist Priest Descending Mountain], which he pinned his hopes on, doubled in word-of-mouth.

So when Gu Wei asked him to shoot [Tang Detective 2], Wang Baoqiang urgently needed a movie to reverse his decline, otherwise his acting career would begin to decline.

With a salary of 20 million, Gu Wei is also very sincere, and Wang Baoqiang did not ask for more.

Compared with Wang Baoqiang, Gu Wei's appetite is much greater.

The main reason is that his box office appeal is already strong, and there is no shortage of movie shots.

To put it mildly, wouldn't it be nice for him to make some movies from his own company to make money for himself, and the projects of other film companies outside can't be invested in shares, or the kind of roles that can win awards, it won't be interesting to shoot.

Gu Wei has already set a bottom line for himself to star in [Monster Hunt 2], participate in the shares and change the script, there is no problem for him to star, [Anle Pictures] has to give him a part of the investment share, and then the role must also be the first male lead, and he must also have the right to partially modify the script.

It seems very embarrassing to say, if this request gets out, Gu Wei will definitely be crowned as a big name.

But he's worth the price now.

Just like when the big baby was interviewed by the media when she didn't appreciate the 80 million cutouts, the reporter said that netizens questioned her salary, and the big baby said very confidently, "I'm worth the price!" ”

Of course, she relied on fame and popularity at that time, and Gu Wei completely relied on real results.

These are all afterwords, and now Jiang Zhiqiang is just making an advance with Gu Wei, and the script has not yet been made.

When the script is actually sent to Gu Wei, it will not be too late to make these requests.

Hearing that Gu Wei had been echoing him, Jiang Zhiqiang did not doubt him, and felt that his proposal had moved the other party, and happily toasted with Gu Wei, and the guests and hosts were happy for a while.

As the night got darker, the celebration party also came to an end, Gu Wei said goodbye to Jiang Zhiqiang, politely refused Bai Lily's invitation, and got into the car to the Palm Springs apartment, there was no way that there was still a small sick number waiting for him.

The next day, the entertainment section of the major news media published the [Monster Hunt] celebration, after all, the first film and television box office still has a card, and any news released will attract everyone's attention.

The most eye-catching thing in the news is that [Anle] announced the start of the plan to shoot a sequel, not only ordinary audiences, but also major companies in the film and television industry also attach great importance to this news.

[Monster Hunt] is so successful that it has brought at least 500 million net profits to [Anle Pictures], which company is not red-eyed.

Now that the second part is being filmed, everyone is trying their best to join in, hoping to get a piece of the pie.

However, these have nothing to do with Gu Wei, and he will be busy with the reshooting of the remaining shots of [Tang Detective 2] in the next few days.

There is still a scene in the movie where Gu Wei and Wang Bao are trapped in prison and has not been filmed.

"Qin Feng" and "Tang Ren" were caught by the seventh uncle's godson "Lu Guofu" and locked up in a private cell.

"Lu Guofu" doesn't care if it's really a murderer or not, he just wants to find a murderer who everyone admits to give to the seventh uncle, so as to inherit the seventh uncle's inheritance.

And "Song Yi", who is considered by everyone to be the murderer, is his best choice.

"Qin Feng" and "Tang Ren" suffered from the disaster of pond fish because they were mixed with "Song Yi", and he led people to arrest them and forced them to ask about the whereabouts of "Song Yi".

Without saying a word, the two were locked up.

"Qin Feng" traced the identities of several killed people and the location of their murders in a private cell, and with the help of "Tang Ren", he unraveled the truth about the murderer's alchemy of the five elements and five viscera pills.

The plot of the whole section is about 10 minutes in the movie, all of which take place in a private prison cell, and the actors are all domestic actors except Gu Wei and Wang Baoqiang, so they were not arranged to be filmed in New York.

"Lao Qin, this time it's hanging~

It doesn't matter, he's going to kill one more person, we still have a chance! ”

Wang Baoqiang was a little frustrated, and then comforted.

"Anyway, that's a human life!"

Gu Wei tugged at him, a little unwilling.

Wang Baoqiang was also very helpless.

"But what can we do if we can't get out?"

Gu Wei was completely helpless, and some broken jars said some angry things.

"Don't you know how to chant mantras? Chant the mantra! ”

"Just read it!"

Wang Baoqiang couldn't be excited, and compared to gestures, he really began to chant mantras like decent, as if he was doing things.

"Wear three clears

Foot on the soldiers

Positive Beidou

Seven stars on the left

Taishang Laojun is as anxious as a law! ”

Finally, he bent down and folded his hands and pointed in the direction of the gate and shouted:

"Open !!"

But the iron door opened.

Wang Baoqiang thought that the gods had appeared, and knelt on the ground and kowtowed forward.

"Hahaha!!

Thank you, thank you! ”

Naza, dressed as a two-dimensional girl, leaned against the door, turning the key in her hand and chewing gum.

"You still thank the Queen Mother~"

"Click! This shot is over. ”

The assistant director's voice came, Gu Wei walked to the side and looked at the monitor and took the loudspeaker on the side.

"Alright, it's done, let's pack up our things."

The staff listened to him and began to pack up.

Gu Wei returned to the venue and looked at Wang Baoqiang with a smile on his face.

"Bao Qiang, all the shots of our movie have been filmed, you performed well!"

Wang Baoqiang grinned a little reluctantly, and his interest didn't seem to be high.

Gu Wei turned his head to look at Nazha on the side again.

"Naza's performance is also very good, come on!"

After two days of recuperation, Naza is now full of vitality again.

"It's all good for the director!"

I don't know if it's intentional or not, her words are quite a pun.

Gu Wei didn't care and turned his head.

"Bao Qiang, why do you film again after returning to China, I feel that you are a little depressed?

Nothing happened, did it? ”

Gu Wei asked with concern.

"Director, it's okay, what can I do, I haven't had a good rest in the past two days."

Wang Baoqiang said a little reluctantly.

"Bao Qiang, from the start of filming [Tang Detective 1] to now, we have known each other for almost three years.

I recognize your acting skills and character very much, and I also regard you as my good friend.

If you have any difficulties, feel free to come to me, and I will definitely not stand idly by if I can help. ”

Gu Wei patted him on the shoulder and said with some seriousness.

"Director, Brother Wei, I'm fine, I'll definitely open my mouth if there's something"

Wang Baoqiang was a little moved by Gu Wei's words, but he still didn't say anything.

On the car walking back from the studio, Nazha asked Gu Wei with some curiosity:

"Do you see what's going on with Brother Baoqiang?"

"Nope!"

Gu Wei shrugged.

"I'm just making a gesture that I can help people if something happens."

"It always feels like you know something."

(End of chapter)