Chapter 200 Ending and Signing
The recording of this episode of Running Man is almost done, and all the designed game segments have been completed. Although Zhao Liying had a problem in the last round, it was indeed Gu Wei and his red team that lost.
The overall score is 2 to 1, the yellow team wins.
Zhao Liying rested for a while, adjusted her mentality, changed her clothes, and recorded the final award ceremony with everyone.
Gu Wei, who was standing beside her, turned and looked at her with concern.
Zhao Liying smiled and regained her energetic state.
"Don't worry, I'm fine."
There are tens of thousands of actors in China, and countless young and beautiful women.
Zhao Liying was able to stand out from the crowd in the end. From a rural girl with no background and no professional training, she became a top star step by step and took the lead among the 85 flowers. In addition to the right time and place, the most important thing was her own resilience and persistence.
The recording of Running Man was over. After saying goodbye to several members of the Running Man team, Gu Wei had to catch the evening flight back to Shanghai.
"Bao Qiang, I plan to start filming the second part of Detective Chinatown in the second half of next year. You, Tang Ren, need to reserve your schedule."
Before leaving, Gu Wei mentioned to Wang Baoqiang that the filming of "Detective Chinatown 2" will start next year.
The successive hits of "Lost in Thailand" and "Detective Chinatown" in the past two years have doubled Wang Baoqiang's fame and status.
He took on one movie after another. Gu Wei told him more than half a year in advance because he was afraid that he would not have time when the time came.
After all, "Detective Chinatown" is going to be filmed abroad, so we have to set aside some special time.
"No problem. I've been waiting for the director's call."
Wang Baoqiang had a silly smile on his face.
The two films he released this year, "A Man's Martial Arts World" and "Ice Age: Rebirth", did not perform well at the box office.
Especially the latter, which cost 200 million yuan but only grossed 140 million yuan at the box office, causing huge losses for the investors.
The producers originally thought that they would invite Wang Baoqiang and Zhen Zidan, the hottest figures in the film and television industry in the past two years, to work together. With the two's box office appeal, the only difference in the amount of profit the movie would make would be how much.
I didn't expect that I would lose all my underwear.
The movie only has a Douban score of 3.4 and was heavily criticized by film critics.
The failure of this film also made people in the industry doubt Wang Baoqiang's box office appeal.
He is in urgent need of a movie like "Detective Chinatown 2" which is sure to be a hit to make up for his losses.
"Okay, it's settled then.
I will have someone inform your agent of the specific schedule."
Patting Baoqiang on the shoulder, Gu Wei turned and left.
After leaving the program crew, Gu Wei and Zhao Liying will also separate.
Gu Wei returned to Shanghai to continue filming, and Zhao Liying returned to Hengdian. According to the plan, the post-production promotion work for "Come on, My Love" was basically completed.
If there is no opportunity to continue working together, given Zhao Liying's workaholic personality, the two will not have the chance to meet again for a while.
"What plans do you have after this drama?"
Zhao Liying knew that Gu Wei was filming a TV series in Shanghai.
"I have two more films to shoot early next year, and I will be shooting my own film in the second half of the year."
Gu Wei thought for a moment and said.
Zhao Liying felt a little depressed after hearing what he said.
She is an open-minded and cheerful person. She doesn't like to drag things out, whether in work or in relationships.
Unfortunately, every time I face Gu Wei, my feelings are always complicated.
There is admiration, inferiority, disgust towards the scumbag, as well as gratitude and reluctance.
Gu Wei couldn't see so much.
Thinking about the experience of being on a variety show with Zhao Liying, and thinking about the situation where she is currently being criticized by some netizens, I kindly reminded her.
"Given your personality, you should appear on fewer variety shows in the future.
If you do something wrong, you will be caught by the black fans.
Moreover, your sense of variety shows is not strong, so there won’t be too many shots of you in the later stage, and your exposure will not be increased much.
If I had that much time, I might as well shoot more TV series."
After hearing what Gu Wei said, Zhao Liying thought about the process of recording Running Man today and said with some lingering fear:
"I know. If I don't get asked, I will try to appear on fewer variety shows in the future."
After she finished speaking, she looked at Gu Wei and said casually:
"[Shanshan] It's over. Will we have another chance to work together in the future?"
Gu Wei thought about it, the film and television copyright of "11 Secret Agents Princess" is still in his hands. This TV series is a pure heroine-led drama. If he wants to be as popular as the original time and space, he has to find Xiao Zhao.
Several actresses in his company are definitely not suitable. With Nazha's acting skills, if she plays the role, she will easily end up like Dabaobei, and directly ruin the big IP.
Zhang Tianai is okay, but her performance is definitely not as good as Zhao Liying's.
After all, next year's "The Journey of Flower" will boost Zhao Liying's fame just like this year's "Swords of Legends" boosted Yang Mi's fame. It can be said that the drama has skyrocketed.
Zhang Tianai is far behind them in terms of fame, national popularity and audience appeal.
"Of course, you also know that my company produces several self-produced dramas every year. If there is a suitable opportunity, I will ask you to be the heroine. Don't be disgusted."
"If you ask me to act in a play, will you be the male lead?"
Zhao Liying was very happy to hear what Gu Wei said.
"You're so popular now, I have to be compatible with you. Is there anyone else besides me who can match the male lead?"
"Okay, let's make a deal. As long as you play the male lead, I will definitely agree to let you play the female lead."
After saying that, she stretched out her white and tender little finger and looked at Gu Wei with a happy face.
"Hook~"
Gu Wei looked at Zhao Liying with amusement, and seeing that she looked serious, he also raised his little finger and made a pinky promise with her.
Just like that, the two of them made a play contract as if it were a joke.
After separating from Zhao Liying, Gu Wei boarded a flight to Shanghai.
Hangzhou is less than 200 kilometers away from Shanghai, and it only takes one hour by plane.
It was already late at night when the plane landed, and we drove back to the hotel where the "Love O2O" crew was staying.
Gu Wei took nearly a week off to deal with various things, and now he can finally return to the crew to concentrate on filming.
The next morning, Gu Wei showed up at the crew early.
"Gu Wei, you're back!"
Nazha, who arrived at the crew later, was very surprised to see him.
During the past few days that Gu Wei was away, her scenes were filmed every day.
There is no other way. More than 90% of the scenes in a TV series are played by the male and female protagonists. Now that the male protagonist is gone, naturally only she can be filmed.
Without Gu Wei around, her workload increased, which naturally made her mood not so good.
Now that Gu Wei is back, she is one of the happiest people.
"Have you been filming well these past few days while I was gone?"
"Of course, now I'm getting into the groove. The director praised me several times."
Nazha said with some pride.
Before Gu Wei could reply, Zhang Songwen came over with the script.
"Boss Gu, you're back."
Seeing Gu Wei, he smiled and said hello, then said to Nazha:
"Today's filming is relatively short, with only a few shots. You should have memorized your lines, right? Let's practice a few times first, and then I'll teach you how to act."
Nazha was a little embarrassed and replied.
“I’ve memorized almost all of it.”
Gu Wei looked at Nazha with a smile on his face, and then said to Zhang Songwen:
"Teacher Zhang, thank you for your hard work. Nazha's good performance in this TV series is all thanks to you."
Zhang Songwen glanced at Nazha and understood what was going on. It seemed that his presence had delayed her from bragging, so he quickly made up for it.
"No, no, I just do things for money.
And Nazha is very talented. With just a little guidance from me, she can perform very well.
The director has been praising her acting for making great progress these past couple of days."
Nazha, who was standing by, looked very happy as she listened to Zhang Songwen's praise.
Gu Wei glanced at Nazha, then said to Zhang Songwen:
"Teacher Zhang, we're already halfway through filming this drama, and it's going to wrap up by the end of this month. Have you thought about what you're going to do after this job?"
"Boss, to be honest with you, I like filming. Although I can't get any decent roles now and can't make any money, after this job is over, I will still return to Beijing and continue my work of looking for films.
Actually, I also want to thank you, boss. The salary of these two months is enough for me to support myself for a long time. I don’t have to worry about life.”
Zhang Songwen's life was very difficult during this period. Because he could not get any acting jobs, he often had no food to eat. The salary that Gu Wei paid him in the past two months was enough to solve most of his problems in life.
After hearing what he said, Gu Wei didn't say any more nonsense.
"Teacher Zhang, after more than a month of contact, I have seen your character and ability. You also know that I have my own film and television company. The TV series we are filming now is produced by my company.
People like Nazha and Li Xian and Meng Ziyi from the crew are also contracted actors under my company.
If you don't mind, I'd like to sign you. With a dedicated management team and company resources, you won't have to worry about not having any films to shoot."
Zhang Songwen is currently an unknown person, but his abilities are absolutely impeccable. His acting skills alone are better than all the contracted actors in Gu Wei's company.
His age and appearance are suitable for playing supporting roles in some film and television dramas. Gu Wei's company has as many resources as it wants.
Moreover, when his own company is filming in the future, he can be asked to play some golden supporting roles. When he is in the same crew, he can also be asked to teach other actors in the company how to act. By signing him, he can be both an actor and an acting teacher, which is very cost-effective.
When they first met, Gu Wei had the idea of signing him, but after all, they had just met at that time, and all his information was known through the news of the original time and space.
Now, after a month of contact, Gu Wei understood what kind of person he was, and he was completely relieved and decided to sign him.
After hearing what Gu Wei said, Zhang Songwen was stunned. He never expected that Gu Wei wanted to sign him.
He is 38 years old this year and is a complete unknown in the entertainment industry, with no fame at all.
He worked in Beijing to make movies, and earned less than 20,000 yuan a year for ten consecutive years. He was rejected by directors 800 times in three years.
In the original time and space, it was not until 2020 that he gained some fame in the industry for playing supporting roles in some TV dramas and signed with the agency Taiyang Chuanhe. Before that, no company was interested in him.
Faced with Gu Wei's invitation, Zhang Songwen was a little excited and he confirmed it again.
"Are you telling the truth?"
"Of course~"
Gu Wei looked at him with a smile on his face.
(End of this chapter)
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