Chapter 256 Best Partner
In the evening, after an intense exercise, Yang Mi with twin ponytails leaned in Gu Wei's arms.
Her little face was fair with a rosy glow, and due to excessive physical exertion, there was a thin layer of sweat on the tip of her nose and forehead.
My whole body was completely limp and I couldn't exert any strength.
The promotion of "Fall in Love with You" has come to an end, and she has returned to the crew, but Yang Mi's mood after returning is much worse than when she left.
The enthusiastic response just now was also a way for her to vent the negative emotions in her heart.
"Do you think my acting skills are really that bad?"
In the dark room, Yang Mi, who was already lying in Gu Wei's arms like mud, said.
This sentence seemed to be asking Gu Wei, but also seemed like she was asking herself.
"Why would you think that? Sister Mi, you're my senior, a graduate of a prestigious film academy, a professional.
When you first debuted, many people praised your acting talent, and you have indeed played many classic roles.
Why are you doubting yourself now?"
All that needed to be done had been done. How could Gu Wei possibly tell the truth? That would be too inhuman. Of course he had to say something nice.
Putting the facts aside, Yang Mi's acting skills are actually very good.
"Alas, the movies I've acted in over the years have been criticized, from Far Cry to The Great Wudang to the past two years' Tiny Times series.
The movie he acted in was a bad one, and his acting skills were criticized by netizens as being worthless.
This time, it was the same with [The Love of Siam], I even doubted whether I really couldn’t act anymore.
Yang Mi said with some sigh.
Gu Wei knew that Yang Mi was just upset because the box office of "Silent Separation" was not ideal, and now was the time when online criticism was the loudest. As a 5G surfer, she had seen too many negative reviews and was a little depressed for a while.
Even without the comfort and enlightenment from others, with her big heart, she would probably get over it in two days. After all, Yang Mi has been attacked for so many years. If she couldn't get over this little thing, she would have retired long ago and would never have reached her current position.
"Momentary success or failure doesn't mean anything, and performance in one play doesn't tell the whole story. There's still a lot of time to come. I believe that sooner or later, you will slap those haters in the face."
Gu Wei comforted.
Although he himself didn't know when Yang Mi would be able to slap others in the face with her acting skills, at least in the original time and space, no matter how popular she was, it seemed to have little to do with her acting skills.
But he was absolutely sincere in saying this now.
Because Yang Mi's soft and boneless little hands had grasped the key, Gu Wei was now completely under her control.
"You've truly become a hot actor in the film industry. When I came back, Huang Xiaoming asked me when he would invite you out for dinner."
Yang Mi's small hands were white and tender, and her fingers were long and slender like scallions. When she moved them, Gu Wei took a breath.
"We know each other well, don't you understand? This is all luck."
Yang Mi said with some dissatisfaction:
"If it's luck, then you're really lucky.
Since we met, I have never seen you fail in anything. Are you God's son? "
Gu Wei reached out and stroked Yang Mi's black, shiny, and smooth hair, and said jokingly:
"Maybe I am. Look at my appearance. Don't I look like the standard template of the Chosen One?"
"Haha, narcissist!"
Although he said so, Yang Mi knew that Gu Wei's career path could be described as a cheat. He went from being a newcomer to being famous all over the country, with great success in both film and television, in just three years.
His performance in the past two years reminded Yang Mi of Liu Yifei when she just debuted.
She is naturally beautiful and has top-notch looks that everyone envies. After just a few dramas, she became the most famous female star in the country and her future is limitless.
Gu Wei's performance was even more exaggerated than Liu Yifei's at that time, because he was able to walk on two legs of TV series and movies, and he was also the boss of a film and television company, with a lot of high-quality resources in his hands. He was simply a hexagonal warrior.
"Brother Xiaoming and Baby are getting married soon, right?"
Gu Wei suddenly asked.
He remembered that the two of them seemed to have held their wedding this year, but he had no idea of the exact date.
"He didn't say, but given Huang Xiaoming's personality, he'll definitely invite you once the date is set~"
As he spoke, Yang Mi looked up at Gu Wei's handsome face.
"Maybe they'll even invite you to be best man?"
"Our relationship hasn't reached that point yet, has it?"
Gu Wei was a little surprised. He had met Huang Xiaoming a few times and had dinner with him once. They could only be said to be casual acquaintances.
"He's always wanted to befriend you. How could he miss such a good opportunity to get closer? It's perfectly normal for Huang Xiaoming to do this given his personality."
The two chatted for a while, and Yang Mi, who was completely exhausted, fell asleep in Gu Wei's arms.
In its third week of release, "Left Ear" earned a total of 157 million yuan at the box office in 7 days, and the total box office reached 764 million yuan, officially surpassing Zhao Wei's "Youth" released in 2013, becoming the number one domestic youth film at the box office.
Su Youpeng is ranked alongside Wu Jing, who also had a box office hit, and is called by the media the most outstanding new star in the director industry this year and a future commercial director.
Chen Duling's fame soared and she was named the strongest newcomer in the film industry this year by some gossipy media.
Ma Sichun, who plays the second female lead "Li Bala" in the movie, is regarded by many as the successor to her aunt Jiang Wenli because of her outstanding performance of the role, and has the hope of winning the title of Best Actress in the future.
Others like Yang Yang, Ou Hao, Hu Xia, Guan Xiaotong and others also received varying degrees of attention.
Apart from the crew, the happiest person right now is Wang Changtian, the CEO of Light Media.
He called Gu Wei three times within two days, and the excitement in his words could be heard through the phone.
Originally, for the low-budget youth film "Left Ear", he just wanted to break even. After all, it was a new director with some unknown new actors. He thought the return on investment was due to the fact that director Su Youpeng was a very famous actor and could be used as a publicity point.
Unexpectedly, Gu Wei unexpectedly agreed to join the film, and then directly boosted the box office of the film.
Now it seems that Light Media can earn more than 200 million yuan from the movie "Left Ear".
You should know that the net profit of Light Media in 2014 was only about 300 million yuan, while the two movies "The Return of the Great Sage" and "The Left Ear" at the beginning of this year created more than 300 million yuan in profits for Light Media.
At this time, Gu Wei was like a god of wealth in Wang Changtian's eyes. Since he started working with him, every movie he made was a success, the only difference was how much money they made.
Now the domestic film market is growing year by year. A lot of capital has turned its attention to the film and television industry. Hot money has poured in, high-grossing movies have been released frequently, and the market is like a cluster of flowers.
But as the boss of a film and television company, Wang Changtian knows clearly how difficult it is to make money by making movies.
Take 2014 as an example. Among the more than 300 films released throughout the year, only the top 32 made real profits. The remaining few barely broke even, while the vast majority were in a loss-making state, and some even suffered huge losses of tens of millions or even hundreds of millions.
When people see movies like "Lost in Thailand" and "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" that have made billions in profit, they think that making movies is very profitable. In fact, this is just survivor bias.
Audiences always focus on the movies that are box office hits. No one cares about the most numerous movies that lose money or are only in theaters for a few days.
So even though he has been deeply involved in the domestic film and television industry for more than 20 years and has become the CEO of a listed company, he still walks on thin ice every time he decides on a film for his company to invest in, because he doesn't know whether the film will lose so much money after it is released that he will question his life.
The same reason applies to the fact that he did not inject more capital into the later stages of "The Monkey King: Hero is Back". The risks in the film and television industry are simply too high, and one cannot place too big a bet on a single film, lest one suffer huge losses in the event of failure.
However, it seems that there is no risk of losing money when working with Gu Wei. Every project he participates in can make money. Even the TV series "Gu Jian Qi Tan" in which Guangguang participated in the investment of Huanrui, in which Gu Wei played the male lead, ended up being a hit all year round, topping the ratings and making a fortune.
At that time, he just thought that Gu Wei had gotten a bargain, and the success of the TV series was mainly due to Huanrui.
But now he doesn't think so. He feels that if Gu Wei hadn't participated, it would be questionable whether "Gu Jian Qi Tan" could have become as popular as it is now.
It's not that Wang Changtian is blindly admiring Gu Wei now, but in his decades of experience, he has seen people who have unparalleled luck for a period of time and are successful in everything they do in their industry.
He felt that Gu Wei was in this state now.
What he has to do now is to participate in projects related to Gu Wei as much as possible. As long as Gu Wei can continue to be successful, he will be Wang Changtian's closest partner.
On May 12, "Avengers 2" was released. On the first day of its release, it topped the national box office with a box office of 185 million yuan, and the box office of this single film accounted for 95% of the total national box office on the 12th.
Affected by this, the single-day box office of "Left Ear" fell to less than 5 million, and other domestic films only had box office revenues of several hundred thousand.
Domestic filmmakers exclaimed that another behemoth had entered the Chinese film market.
However, these have little to do with Gu Wei, who is filming seriously on the set. He has now moved with the crew to Anji County, Zhejiang Province.
Anji is located in the heart of the Yangtze River Delta, in the northwest of Zhejiang Province. It is a place with picturesque scenery, dense bamboo forests, and a well-developed water system. It is the last filming location of "The Sword of Assassin 2".
The place where "Chen Lian" and "Hokusai" first met in the movie, as well as the venue where "Chen Lian" fought in the bamboo forest at night, are all here.
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