mijobooks Chapter 15 "Nightclub" Celebration Banquet
Chapter 15 "Nightclub" Celebration Banquet
Monday, July 10th, evening.
Beijing welcomed its first snowfall of the winter, and the corner towers of the Forbidden City were also adorned in silver. A snowfall in the Forbidden City brought back memories of the imperial palace.
As snowflakes fluttered down, Gu Qingshan was somewhat excited and reached out to catch them.
"It's just snowing, what's so exciting about that?" Jing Tian asked, looking puzzled.
Kan Qingzi wholeheartedly agreed, "Exactly, back in Northeast China, it's already snowing heavily, and the temperature drops to minus twenty degrees Celsius at night."
All five of them are from the North, where it's perfectly normal for snow to fall in winter. Every winter they've experienced snowfall is snowy.
"You don't understand!" Gu Qingshan said with a smile. "It has never snowed where I'm from. This is the first time I've ever seen snow in my life."
How exciting it was to see snow for the first time!
Lu Shan laughed and said, "I haven't congratulated you yet. Your movie is a box office hit, one of you has become a famous director, and the other has become a star."
While they were at school, they were always keeping an eye on "Nightclub".
Even the entire Beijing Film Academy is paying attention to "Nightclub".
From the moment Gu Qingshan approached Jing Tian with the script for "Night Shop" and asked her to play the female lead, to Jing Tian's outburst of investing three million yuan in "Night Shop," the entire Beijing Film Academy began to pay attention to Gu Qingshan, Jing Tian, and the film "Night Shop."
When the news came out that "Nightclub" had grossed 713 million yuan on its opening day, it caused a sensation at the Beijing Film Academy, and everyone was shocked.
Many people make movies but can't even break seven million at the box office, but Gu Qingshan, a first-year management student, made a movie that grossed 713 million on its opening day.
By now, Gu Qingshan and Jing Tian have become prominent figures on campus.
They were the most popular; no one in the school was more popular than them.
"What famous director? He's far from it." Gu Qingshan shook his head with a smile. "Let's go, let's go to Donglaishun."
Gu Qingshan and his group arrived at Donglaishun, entered a private room, and began to enjoy hot pot with mutton.
They ate hotpot while chatting.
"A few days ago, the school held a beauty pageant, and Tian Tian received more votes than Yang Mi, successfully ranking first," Chai Biyun said.
Lu Shan said, "Not only did she surpass Yang Mi on the school beauty list, but now Tian Tian is also more popular than Yang Mi."
Among the students at the Beijing Film Academy, Yang Mi was the most popular.
Yang Mi debuted as a child star. When she was in her second year of high school, she played the role of Guo Xiang in the Zhang Da Hu Zi version of "The Return of the Condor Heroes", and then she played Wang Zhaojun.
However, Jing Tian's role as the female lead in "Night Shop" directly surpassed Yang Mi's popularity, which she had painstakingly accumulated over several years.
That's the effect of a movie.
"Everyone's asking when your next movie will start," Kan Qingzi said with a smile.
These women had the advantage of being close to the source, knowing about Gu Qingshan's next movie early on, and even getting roles in it.
With the box office success of "Nightclub", everyone is paying even more attention to "Love is Not Blind".
If "Love is Not Blind" becomes a box office hit like "Nightclub," even if they only play supporting roles, it will become an important part of their resumes.
Zheng Shuang, looking curious, asked, "Will 'Nightclub' break 6000 million at the box office?"
"It's probably going to be difficult. 'The Warlords' is about to be released, and 'Assembly' will be next week. These two blockbusters will take up the vast majority of the screenings, leaving very few screenings for other movies." Gu Qingshan thought for a moment and shook his head.
He's already very satisfied with the current box office performance.
Given the quality of the film "Nightclub", it will be difficult for it to break 2000 million.
If it weren't for Apple and Fate Calling for Transfer being the biggest competitors during this period, and if the female lead hadn't happened to be Jin Suo, whose little tricks were surprisingly effective, making "Night Shop" the only film to dominate the box office, and if the audience didn't actually have many choices, "Night Shop" would never have achieved this level of box office success.
More than an hour later, everyone went to sing karaoke.
He and Jing Tian have been extremely busy lately and need to relax.
......
The next day at seven o'clock in the evening.
The Peninsula Hotel, Wangfujing
Gu Qingshan held a grand banquet here to celebrate the box office of "Nightclub" exceeding 50 million.
Xu Zheng and his wife Tao Hong attended the celebration banquet in formal attire. With the box office success of "Night Shop", Xu Zheng, as the leading actor, has reaped a great harvest.
Gu Qingshan greeted the two with a smile. They met on the set of "Spring Bright Pigsy" and then got together. Speaking of Tao Hong, she was a synchronized swimmer and a champion of the National Games. As an actress, she won Best Actress at the 10th Damascus International Film Festival in Syria, Best Actress at the 1998 Huabiao Awards, and Best Actress at the 18th Golden Rooster Awards for her role in "Black Eyes".
In terms of achievements in film, Xu Zheng is far behind Tao Hong now.
Gu Qingshan knew very few people in the industry. Tonight's celebration banquet was mainly for the "Nightclub" crew, with only seven tables in total.
No media reporters were invited. Other film crews would invite reporters to their wrap parties for publicity, hoping to boost box office revenue.
Gu Qingshan believes that "Night Shop" won't do much at the box office anymore, so he's naturally too lazy to invite reporters, and also to avoid making them uncomfortable.
Gu Qingshan sat at the main table, with Jing Tian sitting next to him, and Xu Zheng on the other side. Tao Hong sat with Xu Zheng.
Everyone ate and drank heartily, creating a lively atmosphere.
With the box office success of "Nightclub," Gu Qingshan didn't skimp on the banquet table, which was still quite upscale.
Lu Shan, Chai Biyun, and others either sang or danced to add to the festivities.
Students in the Performing Arts Department of Taipei Film Academy, whether male or female, are all multi-talented.
The whole place was very lively, with no dull moments.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the movie 'Nightclub' is a work that we all worked together to complete. Now that the box office has exceeded 50 million, it is a collective achievement. Let's raise a glass to ourselves!" Gu Qingshan invited everyone to raise their glasses together, and then drank his glass first.
Everyone drank with smiles on their faces.
Many members of the production team have received invitations from Gu Qingshan to join his "Love is Not Blind" production team, and they have already started working.
At this celebration banquet, Gu Qingshan also gave everyone a red envelope. Although the red envelopes were not much, they were a heartwarming gesture.
After finishing his drink, Xu Zheng smiled and raised his glass, "Everyone, let's all toast Director Gu!"
Everyone laughed and raised their glasses to toast Gu Qingshan.
When everyone had almost finished eating, Jing Tian instructed her assistant to give everyone a gift, which she had prepared herself.
The woman gave him cosmetics, a set of SK-II products. The man gave him a watch.
A thunderous cheer erupted from the crowd.
Gu Qingshan was amazed by Jing Tian's generosity. This gift alone must have cost several thousand yuan, and with so many people involved, it must have cost hundreds of thousands of yuan. And they just gave it away like that!?
Looking at Jing Tian again, it seems that he didn't give away a gift worth hundreds of thousands of yuan, nor did he show any arrogance or boastfulness. He doesn't appear arrogant at all.
Gu Qingshan was thinking that if it were any other girl with her background, she would probably have been arrogant and domineering long ago.
And she seems to have never been involved in any news reports of being arrogant or demanding.
As for resources, her resources aren't those of ordinary people; rather, those film projects probably only exist because of her.