The announcement of Gu Wei's two top endorsement titles has caused a lot of discussion on the Internet, of course, those who really care and are happy are his fans, and netizens are just watching the excitement.

It was because of this news that Gu Wei's fans discussed, and the popularization of various cold and hot knowledge made everyone know that the TV series starring Gu Wei had become so popular abroad.

Some netizens climbed over the wall and logged on to the Internet only to find that among the ten domestic TV series with the highest number of views on YouTube, Gu Wei starred in three of them, namely "A Smile is Alluring", "Shanshan is Coming" and "Langya Bang".

And the number of broadcasts is more than 100 million, and [Weiwei] firmly occupies the top spot.

This news was excavated, which made netizens more excited than Gu Wei winning the endorsement of two international brands, after all, this can be regarded as a fire abroad and winning glory for the country!

China Film Group.

Small conference room.

Xu Jianhai, the producer of "The Wandering Earth", and Guo Fan, the director, sat opposite each other, chatting while drinking tea.

"Brother Xu, is it reliable for you to say that Mr. La's statement that Gu Wei wants to invest in our movie?"

Guo Fan rubbed his hands, looking a little anxious.

After he was selected by China Film as the director of "The Wandering Earth", his mind was devoted to the preparation of the movie.

[The Wandering Earth] is a real big-budget hard science fiction movie, it is extremely difficult to shoot, and the investment is very high, although China Film has invested some money, but according to Guo Fan's calculations, it is far from enough to shoot the effect in his heart, so now he is very excited to hear that someone wants to invest.

"Don't worry, I've worked under Mr. La's hands for so many years, and I still know him well.

He said that if there is such a thing, then there is a good chance that it will be fine.

Let's wait patiently, it's not time yet, people will come in a while, and it will be clear to talk face-to-face. ”

Xu Jianhai picked up the jasmine tea in front of him, blew it, and took a sip gently.

Unlike Guo Fan, Xu Jianhai is not engaged in art, he is more of an official.

When Lapeikang was not the chairman of China Film Group, he was the general manager of China Film Jingcheng Film Production Branch, and Xu Jianhai was his deputy and had been working under him.

Now that Mr. Lama is rising, he naturally lifted up his former henchman and sat in his original position.

The big project of "The Wandering Earth" was also handed over to him as a producer, all because of La Peikang's trust in him.

Guo Pan listened to Xu Jianhai's words, although he was still a little worried in his heart, he no longer had anything to say.

He also picked up the teacup in front of him and took a sip, wondering if Gu Wei, a big star he had never met, could bring new funds to his movie.

Guo Fan is actually not from a professional class, he has been painting since elementary school, and graduated from Hainan University with a bachelor's degree in law.

The job I did after graduation had nothing to do with filmmaking.

It's just that he liked painting since he was a child, and later became interested in making movies, so in 09 years, he was admitted to the graduate school of the Management Department of Beijing Film Academy, although he was not a director major, but he also began to get in touch with everything about making movies.

In 2011, he co-directed the love movie "The Adventures of Li Xianji" with Li Yang, and in 2014, the director's work "You at the Same Table" was released nationwide, with a total box office of 470 million yuan in the mainland.

Guo Fan can be said to be very talented in film shooting.

He likes Cameron's movie "Terminator" very much, and dreams that he can make a similar sci-fi film in the future.

In 2012, China Film purchased Liu Cixin's sci-fi copyright [The Wandering Earth], and in 2014, China Film decided to start the filming of the "The Wandering Earth" movie.

At that time, China Film first looked for international directors, such as Cameron, Alfonso, and Luc Besson.

hoped that these famous directors would come to shoot Liu Cixin's works, but they were all rejected.

Later, China Film found several big domestic directors, but they were also vetoed.

Their biggest reason is that China does not yet have the ability to make good sci-fi films.

China Film had no choice but to look for it from young directors, and they found Guo Fan, who had always been eager to shoot science fiction films.

At that time, Guo Fan had only made two small films and had no experience in science fiction films.

However, in the face of the suspicion of the leaders of China Film, Guo Fan patted his chest and promised: "I am willing to shoot [The Wandering Earth]."

Although others think that we can't make science fiction films, and I know that the conditions are limited and there will be many difficulties, as long as you are willing to give me this opportunity, I will do my best to make our own science fiction films. ”

And he used his painting skills to draw hundreds of sketches of various scene tools in the movie, and his serious spirit and pious attitude towards science fiction movies impressed La Peikang and other leaders, and finally decided to let Guo Fan direct "The Wandering Earth".

It's only been 15 years that China Film has determined Guo Fan as the director, and allocated a part of the funds for him to start preparing for the movie, and now more than a year has passed, Guo Fan has prepared a lot of things, but it will take at least half a year to start filming, not counting the actors, there are too many things to prepare in the early stage of this movie.

And after Guo Fan began to prepare for the movie, he found that the money given to him by China Film was far from enough for film shooting and post-production.

For more than a year, he has also tried to find other investors, but unfortunately everyone hid away as soon as they heard that they were making science fiction films.

After all, the reputation of domestic sci-fi films is too bad, and when investors hear that they want to make sci-fi films, their first reaction is that they are bad movies with five-cent special effects, and no one dares to invest in them.

It is precisely because of this that Guo Fan heard that the big star Gu Wei was interested in investing money in [The Wandering Earth], so he hurried over.

He still has a careful thought in his heart, even if Gu Wei can't invest too much money, if he can fool him into playing the male protagonist of [The Wandering Earth], with Gu Wei's current fame, Guo Fan will go out to attract investment in the name of the other party It will be much smoother.

Thinking so, the door of the small conference room opened from the outside, and La Peikang was the first to walk in, followed by a tall man, extremely handsome face, and a man with a smile on his face.

"Let me introduce, this is Xu Jianhai, the producer of [The Wandering Earth], and this is the director Guo Fan.

Lao Xu, Xiao Guo, and the big star Gu Wei, I don't need to say more, you all know each other.

The company under his name [Wei Mingxia] has always been a partner of China Film. ”

After La Peikang entered the door, Xu Jianhai and Guo Fan stood up.

Then Mr. Lama began to introduce the three of them to each other.

"Producer Xu, director Guo Fan, I'm very happy to meet you today, you have been waiting for a long time."

Gu Wei smiled and shook hands with the two.

"Where, where."

After some pleasantries, the four sat down, and the conversation quickly got to the point.

"Director Guo, I am a fan of Mr. Liu Cixin's books, I like his science fiction works very much, and I am very much looking forward to adapting Mr. Liu's books into movies and putting them on the big screen.

I also talked to Mr. La's about this before, and he also expressed his support for me to join the [The Wandering Earth] project.

I wonder what the budget for our film is now, and what is the gap? ”

Gu Wei didn't beat around the bush, and his words were very direct.

Guo Fan listened to his words, looked at Xu Jianhai who was sitting on the side, and the other party nodded to him slightly.

"China Film's temporary investment is 200 million, but according to my estimates, if you want to shoot the expected effect, the entire shooting and post-production costs add up to at least 400 million yuan."

When he said this, the expressions of La Peikang and Xu Jianhai, who were sitting next to him, did not change, obviously this was not the first time that Guo Fan had said this number.

Gu Wei listened to Guo Fan's words and bowed his head and was silent for a while.

He remembered that after the original time and space sold in [The Wandering Earth], some media reported that the total investment of the movie was 50 million US dollars, equivalent to 350 million yuan.

In addition to the initial investment of China Film, it also includes the money of other investors, as well as the 60 million invested by Guo Fan when the capital chain was broken during the post-filming.

The matter of Wu Jing's investment in [The Wandering Earth] was also used as material for publicity when the movie was released, and basically everyone knows it.

To put it simply, Guo Fan asked Wu Jing to make a cameo, but the more and more plays were performed, and then the crew ran out of money, and said to Wu Jing that he couldn't give you a salary, can you invest a little to come in, Wu Jing was moved by Guo Fan's professionalism and love for movies, so not only did he not ask for a salary, but he also took out 60 million from his pocket to him.

Of course, because of taking the 60 million, Wu Jing also made a lot of money later.

It can also be seen from this incident that the filming of [The Wandering Earth] is indeed very difficult, especially in terms of funding.

The original version of Guo Fan was frugal, borrowed from east to west, and finally spent 350 million to shoot the movie, and now he opened his mouth and said that the shooting cost of 400 million is also normal.

"Isn't it too much?"

Guo Fan saw that Gu Wei was silent and was a little worried.

"Ah~ No, I'm thinking about something else."

Gu Wei looked up and smiled.

"Mr. Gu, don't mention how much you want to invest for the time being, I have an idea here, the actor of the movie [The Wandering Earth] is actually very suitable for you, do you think you want to consider it?

Don't you particularly like the works of Mr. Liu Cixin, and now you have the opportunity to become the protagonist of his works.

Our drama is a big investment of 400 million, if you join, I am confident that [The Wandering Earth] will be filmed as the first science fiction masterpiece in China! ”

Guo Fan looked at Gu Wei expectantly.

He actually doesn't think that Gu Wei can solve all the funding gaps in the movie, and compared with investing money, Guo Fan prefers Gu Wei to play the male lead.

With Gu Wei's popularity and coffee position, if he agrees to star, he will not have to worry about investment first, and there will definitely be a large number of investors willing to fill the investment gap.

Secondly, when the movie is released, with Gu Wei's box office appeal, it can be used as a guarantee for the box office of the movie, even if it is a domestic science fiction film, there will be many audiences who are willing to go into the theater to watch it in the name of Gu Wei.

It is completely a double win, solving all the difficulties that Guo Fan is facing now.

Gu Wei smiled, he originally planned to recommend himself as the male protagonist after becoming an investor, but he didn't expect that this was not the end of the investment, Guo Fanxian was worried about his person.

He knew that Guo Fan had the idea of playing with a slight roll of his eyes.

"Director Guo, let's decide on acting later, you go back and send me a copy of the script first, I'm actually very interested in starring in science fiction films, especially Mr. Liu's science fiction works.

As an actor, I also want to try to shoot different types of films. ”

Gu Wei didn't agree immediately, Guo Fan's face was slightly disappointed, but after listening to what he said later, he had confidence again.

"Let's talk about investment first, I am very impressed by Director Guo's courage to shoot a domestic sci-fi film with such a high cost.

I also hope that we can make an excellent science fiction movie that the Chinese people can be proud of.

You can get the specific plan for the filming to our company when you go back, and if there is no problem, the remaining 200 million investment [Wei Mingxia] is willing to make up for it.

Of course, with this money, our company will also send special staff to join the group to help Director Guo and you complete the filming of the movie together."

Gu Wei also said a lot after taking out the money, the investment in the movie is not as simple as how much you want and I will give you as much as you want.

If it is a simple layman's investment, like the former coal boss, he must give as much as he wants, and as for how much money is spent on filming, they are all blindsided.

Gu Wei is an academic school and the boss of a film and television company, and he knows the doorways and tricks in filming best.

After the investment, you must have your own people into the group, financial accounting and other things are necessary, and it is best to have people from your own company in terms of props and factory affairs of the crew.

In this way, we can ensure that all the money invested in the film is used for filming.

There's no such thing as a $5,000 straw hat.

Guo Fan didn't think so far, he was stunned when Gu Wei said that he would invest 200 million.

"Mr. Gu, do you really want to make up for the gap of 200 million?"

When he came to his senses, he confirmed it again.

Gu Wei nodded.

"Of course, but it still depends on the meaning of Mr. La's and Xu's producers?"

As he spoke, he turned to look at the two beside him.

La Peikang didn't expect Gu Wei to be so arrogant, and he would take the investment of 200 million yuan.

Even if he, the chairman of China Film Group, wants to make a movie with 200 million yuan, he will have to hold a meeting to discuss it and go through layers of approval.

This is still the public money used, but Gu Wei took out the money in his pocket.

He glanced at Xu Jianhai.

"Of course, we won't have any opinions, China Film invests in [The Wandering Earth], and the ultimate goal is to make a good science fiction film to fill the gap in this area in China.

Mr. Gu can spend a lot of money to support domestic science fiction movies, and we are happy to see it. ”

La Peikang said, and Xu Jianhai on the side also nodded slowly.

Unlike private film and television companies that only consider interests, China Film is a state-owned enterprise, and it considers more about the development of domestic films, and making money is only secondary.

Filming [The Wandering Earth] itself is an extremely risky matter, and China Film had to come up with a start-up capital of 200 million, and now Gu Wei has come over to help share the risk, and everyone is happy to see it.

"Okay, then it's decided, let's prepare materials and sign the contract at the same time."

When the matter was settled, all four people in the conference room smiled happily, and everyone felt that they had earned it.

"By the way, Director Guo, when do you plan to start filming the movie?"

Gu Wei asked again.

Guo Fan's spirit was very excited at this time, and he introduced Gu Wei in detail.

"Since last year, [The Wandering Earth] has been in the process of intense preparation, in the [Oriental Film Metropolis] we have built 8 studios dedicated to filming, with a total area of 100,000 square meters, in which the carrier car, dungeon, space station, etc. are all real-life construction.

I also found manufacturers to customize various props involved in the movie, exoskeleton protective clothing, firearms, various high-tech equipment and so on.

It will take half a year to finish all this at the earliest, and with the time to find actors, I plan to officially start filming around June or July next year. ”

Gu Wei nodded, similar to what he expected.

(End of chapter)