eurekapd Chapter 206: As long as Yuanjian remains silent, it must be Gu Heng causing trouble!
Chapter 206: As long as Yuanjian remains silent, it must be Gu Heng causing trouble!
Under the impact of Avatar, Source Code finally ended its screening period.
It ultimately finished its run with a total box office of 6.1 million yuan.
In the past, this achievement would have been enough for Vision Entertainment to strut around and boast about for three years!
The problem is, no one in the industry is interested in congratulating Gu Heng anymore.
Because Avatar is just too damn scary!
In just half a month since its release, the box office has soared to 5 million!
Judging by their blatant money-grabbing tactics, they're aiming for a billion!
The ceiling that "Let the Bullets Fly" just raised in the history of Chinese-language films is about to be shattered by Cameron!
Immediately, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television and other industry leaders became restless.
A meeting! A meeting! A meeting is necessary!
Gu Heng was naturally also taken to the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, where he attended meetings for several days with other well-known directors.
The issue is singular: how can we improve the level of domestic industry?
We can't keep letting Hollywood blockbusters run rampant on our own turf.
All you guys can do is quack!
In comparison, the online sentiment has begun to shift.
Many people are even saying that China can't produce any blockbuster films.
These people are usually useless, but they're experts at kicking someone when they're down.
These words sparked outrage among countless netizens.
We have directors who can make sci-fi films!
Isn't Director Gu a ready-made solution? Can you honestly say that "Source Code" is poorly made?
The netizens were incredibly resourceful, and within a few days they uncovered the story of Gu Heng collaborating with China Film Group to integrate three of the country's top special effects companies.
This made netizens even more excited!
Netizens flocked to Vision Entertainment's official Weibo account to voice their opinions.
"Director Gu! Didn't 'Source Code' have a post-credits scene? Hurry up and finish the next one, let's make a blockbuster too!"
"Cheer up, don't embarrass yourself!"
Not only did Yuanjian's Weibo post receive comments from netizens.
Other companies' Weibo accounts also have this feature.
"Let's show those guys if we can make a blockbuster!"
"I've set a small goal for myself: 10 billion!"
However, faced with the outrage across the internet, all the mentions and comments seemed to disappear without a trace.
Whether it's Vision Entertainment or other companies' Weibo accounts, they're all as quiet as if they were dead accounts.
Gu Heng's personal account remained completely silent.
This emboldened them even more, and their vile faces could no longer be concealed.
"See? They're scared! They're just backing down to stay safe."
The online debate was raging, but the old foxes in the industry who had actually been tormented by Gu Heng were secretly muttering to themselves.
If Yuanjian remains silent, it must be Gu Heng causing trouble!
This kid is full of bad ideas, how could he not make a move?
Sure enough, while these big shots were still observing, Director Jiang Wen couldn't sit still any longer.
This guy also has a fiery temper and can't stand others making fun of Gu Heng, so he directly posted a comment on his personal Weibo.
"Let the bullets fly for a while."
Gu Heng was scrolling through Weibo in his courtyard house when he saw this post and couldn't help but chuckle.
He casually sent Jiang Wen a message: "Director Jiang, aren't you afraid I really won't make it this time?"
Less than half a minute later, Jiang Wen replied urgently: "A man can't say no! Don't I know you? Just tell me when you're planning to announce it?"
After receiving the message, Jiang Wen waited at home with his phone in hand.
After waiting for a full ten minutes, there was still no movement from Gu Heng's side.
Now it was Jiang Wen's turn to panic. He paced back and forth in the living room, his mind filled with unease.
"Holy crap, is this kid really no good? I've practically bragged about him, if he doesn't take the bait, where will I put my face?"
Actually, it wasn't that Gu Heng didn't reply.
Instead, it was our fat little black dog, who looked like a gas cylinder, who suddenly jumped off the back of the sofa and overturned the water glass on the table with one paw!
Most of the glass of water was spilled onto Gu Heng's crotch!
Gu Heng was so angry that he chased the little gas cylinder all over the yard. After finally changing into clean clothes and getting ready, he found several question marks on his phone from Jiang Wen.
Gu Heng typed two words in reply: "Wait."
It was exactly 8 p.m. that evening.
While the entire internet was still debating the future of Chinese films.
Vision Entertainment's official Weibo account, as well as Gu Heng's personal Weibo account, both posted a new update.
Just six simple characters plus two punctuation marks:
"I'm writing it, I'm writing it."
This Weibo post was immediately and then went viral among countless netizens!
"Holy crap! Director Gu's got guts!"
"I knew staying up late was good for your health! I saw this in the middle of the night, and now I'm totally fired up!"
"Dude upstairs, that's called adrenaline!"
Netizens were thrilled, feeling instantly emboldened, but those in the industry collectively couldn't sleep.
Ah Zhen, are you serious?
Now everyone has a question: can this be done to make a blockbuster film?
The next morning, just as dawn was breaking.
Gu Heng was still sound asleep in his bed in the courtyard house when he was woken up by his phone ringing.
Han Sanping called, asking Gu Heng to open the door.
I opened the door, yawning and wearing a coat.
Well, Han Sanping, the mountain eagle, was standing at the door, panting heavily, with dark circles under his eyes.
Han Sanping was truly terrified!
He was really afraid that Gu Heng, being young and impetuous, might impulsively throw hundreds of millions into making a terrible film that he couldn't salvage.
That would squander all the hard-earned foundation of foresight!