Chapter 145 Pre-release Promotion
Two days later, Yang Liwen received a reply from Guangguang, agreeing to Gu Wei's request and using the film remuneration as investment.
In this way, Gu Wei became one of the investors of this film, accounting for one-third of the total.
For this, Su Youpeng specially called Gu Wei to express his gratitude.
[Left Ear] This film was produced and distributed by Light Media. Wang Changtian admired Su Youpeng very much and trusted him, giving him a lot of autonomy.
Originally, the male lead of the movie, Su Youpeng, wanted to find a newcomer. After all, the budget of this movie was not high, and he did not have much confidence in the box office.
But after listening to his idea, Wang Changtian suggested that he send an invitation to Gu Wei.
He looked at Gu Wei's information and found that he was indeed suitable in terms of age, appearance and acting skills. Gu Wei was also famous and had many fans, so having him in the film would definitely benefit the box office. However, Gu Wei was too expensive.
He was still worried about what to do if the crew's budget was not enough after hiring Gu Wei. Unexpectedly, Gu Wei was very understanding and was willing to use his salary as investment. He was overjoyed when he knew it, and specially asked for Gu Wei's private mobile phone number and called him.
"Director Su, I'm a fan of yours. When I was younger, I especially loved watching your film, 'The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber.' Now that you've asked me to make a movie, how can I not support you?"
Since Gu Wei entered the entertainment industry, he has had a lot of idols. Regardless of gender, as long as they can bring him benefits, they are all his idols from his youth.
"Thank you, Gu Wei. This is my first time directing and I finally understand how difficult it is.
You really helped me a lot by using your salary as investment."
"You don't have to be so polite. I've been a director myself, and I know how frustrating it is to spend money on filming. Since I'm planning to be involved in this movie, I naturally hope that our film will be even better."
After hearing what Gu Wei said, Su Youpeng on the other end of the phone was grateful again.
The two chatted for a while and agreed to meet on set after filming started.
After hanging up the phone, Gu Wei was full of emotion. Su Youpeng was such a down-to-earth person. He made money for him and thanked him, which made Gu Wei feel a little embarrassed.
"Are you going to make a movie again?"
In the crew, Gu Wei and Tang Yan were sitting on the side to rest. Tang Yan was eating snacks beside him while Gu Wei was on the phone.
"Well, I've accepted a movie, and it'll take a while before filming starts."
Gu Wei said indifferently.
"That's great. I don't know when I'll be able to play the leading role in a movie."
Tang Yan said with some envy.
The 85 flowers of their generation, such as Tang Yan and Yang Mi, have performed very well in the field of TV dramas, have a high national popularity and are very popular with the audience.
However, they generally do not have many film resources, and the occasional films they can make are basically bad ones. The real big productions in the industry or good films that require acting skills never come to them.
Gu Wei didn't know what to say, so he could only comfort her, "Sister Tangtang, when our TV series is released, more directors will see your acting skills, and then you will have opportunities."
“Actually, before I came to film Nirvana in Fire, a crew from a drama called Lu Shui Hong Yan approached me to play a supporting role.
Unfortunately, it conflicted with our TV series schedule, and Director Kong Sheng wouldn't let me overlap with other projects, so I hesitated for a moment and reluctantly gave up."
Tang Yan said this with a look of regret on her face.
【Lush Beauty】? Wasn’t that the beginning of Liu Yifei’s film flop?
In the original time and space, Tang Yan seemed to have played a supporting role to Liu Yifei in that movie, playing a stewardess.
Now because of his butterfly effect, he is unable to participate in the show.
Gu Wei looked at Tang Yan with the look of a fool, thinking, 'Luckily you gave up on "Lush Hongyan". If you gave up on "Nirvana in Fire", you would regret it when the TV series was released later.'
Just like the original version of "Nirvana in Fire", the crew originally wanted to find Huang Xiaoming to play the role, but Huang Xiaoming wanted to take on a romantic TV series "The Splendid Adventure" at the time, so he rejected "Nirvana in Fire". As a result, Brother Hu became popular again with this drama.
Fans of Brother Hu online have spoken out to thank Brother Xiaoming for not taking the role.
——
May in Beijing is the season of lush grass and singing birds. The weather gradually transitions from cold to warm, but it has not yet entered the hot summer. It is the most comfortable time of the year.
In a restaurant on the street, Gu Wei and Yang Mi sat at a table by the window. There were all kinds of delicious food on the table. They ate and chatted, laughing happily from time to time. The whole dining atmosphere was great.
You can see their faces through the window from across the street. It is really rare for big stars like them to have dinner together in public.
"Miss Mi, do you have to laugh so exaggeratedly? I guess the photos we need to take have been taken. We don't need to be so contrived."
"Really? Was my smile too exaggerated? Then I'll control it for a bit." After hearing what Gu Wei said, Yang Mi quickly restrained his smile and put on a graceful demeanor.
Gu Wei and Yang Mi were not really on a date or dinner, they were acting out a scene, or to be more precise, a scene to create a scandal.
"Gu Jian Qi Tan" is about to be released on Mango TV's Diamond Theater. Huanrui Century wants the male and female protagonists Gu Wei and Yang Mi to appear together to stir up a scandal and promote the release of the TV series.
For example, today they went out to eat together, which was all arranged in advance. Everyone in the restaurant was their own family. While they were eating, different people took photos of them from different angles. These photos will be posted on major media and social platforms tomorrow.
With the current popularity of Yang Mi and Gu Wei, they are sure to be on the headlines.
Of course, Huanrui did this only after obtaining the consent of both people.
In order to achieve better results for the TV series, Gu Wei certainly doesn't mind doing this.
Yang Mi had already announced that she was single again, so of course she didn't care.
For example, when the original time and space "Gu Jian Qi Tan" was released, the producer Huanrui took the same action.
At that time, the male lead Li Yifeng was still an unknown 18th-tier star, and his popularity was entirely supported by Yang Mi alone.
In the future, this practice will become a professional process. Whenever a popular drama is released, the male and female protagonists will inevitably be paired together, and various news reports will continue. When asked by the media, they will neither admit nor object. If asked, they will just say that they are good friends. If they say some ambiguous words, it is hype.
The audience watching the drama will also enjoy various sweet moments, and their enthusiasm for following the drama will soar.
There are also reports on this topic in the media.
The ratings of TV series are rising steadily.
This is a win-win-win situation.
After the TV series was over, the male and female protagonists no longer appeared in the same frame, and the media did not report it, so the CP was slowly untied.
"What has Sister Mi been busy with lately?"
After the staff indicated that the photo shoot had been completed, Gu Wei no longer needed to pose and started eating normally and chatting with Yang Mixian.
"Filming. At the beginning of the year, I set up a company with two agents. Now I have a big family to support. It's difficult~"
Yang Mi sighed.
"Sister Mi, you have to call me Boss Yang from now on. I'm sorry for my disrespect."
Gu Wei teased.
Yang Mi wore a light blue thin shirt and tight jeans today. Although there was no exposure at all, it definitely highlighted her good figure.
She rolled her charming big eyes at Gu Wei and said.
"Boss Gu, please stop mocking me, a worker. My small workshop is in partnership with someone, so how can it compare to your big company?"
Hearing her say this, Gu Wei smiled and said nothing.
Yang Mi lowered his head and took two bites of food, then asked him.
"Why haven't I heard anything about you recently? Are you filming something?"
"I'm filming a historical drama about political intrigue. There are so many lines, it's quite tiring."
There is nothing to hide about this, it can be easily found on the Internet.
"A political drama, this is another resource I can't get."
Da Mimi sighed, looked up at Gu Wei's tall body and angular face, and felt a little itchy for a moment.
"Gu Wei, do you have time to come to my place for a drink later?
I have a bottle of wine that a friend brought from Bordeaux, France.”
She leaned her arms on the dining table, her upper body leaning forward, her hands supporting her chin, and her big watery eyes looked at Gu Wei.
Upon hearing Yang Mi's invitation, Gu Wei, who was drinking from a glass of water, was almost snatched away.
"Ahem~ If Sister Mi invites me, I will definitely go, even if I have something else to do.
Well, I prefer drinking, especially red wine."
The two people, each with their own thoughts, were in no mood to eat and hurriedly ended this staged dinner.
After going out, they got into their own cars and drove away in two different directions.
As luck would have it, their cars met again in the underground parking lot of Jinmao Mansion.
After getting out of the car, the two people had a tacit understanding and did not communicate with each other in words; a glance was enough.
Without any physical contact, Gu Wei and Yang Mi got on the elevator in silence and walked all the way to Yang Mi's home.
After entering the room, Gu Wei was taking off his shoes when the door was slammed shut by Yang Mi!
I deleted 200 words at first, but it didn’t work, so I deleted another 400 words.
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
