Chapter 260 Finally Becoming the Person I Hate the Most
"Ultimately, it's because you're so popular right now, and your box office appeal is so strong, everyone wants to take advantage of your fame!"
Yang Mi sighed.
Gu Wei smiled and said nothing more.
Who doesn’t like people who can bring benefits to others and help them make money? This is true not only in the entertainment industry, but in every industry in society.
Gu Wei is now like a champion financial manager in the financial circle. The funds he manages all have extremely high yields, which makes it clear that you can make a lot of money by investing money in them.
In this case, he is the father of investors. Countless people wave checks and be humble, hoping to invest money and get a piece of the pie.
Gu Wei, who had already woken up, did not stay in bed any longer. He threw back the quilt and got out of bed. He raised his arms horizontally and did a chest expansion movement. He moved his neck left and right, and the joints of his body made crisp sounds, which completely awakened this young and energetic body.
Yang Mi was lying on the bed with his head supported by one arm, looking at Gu Wei who was standing under the bed.
He has a slender and muscular body, streamlined muscle lines, a high nose bridge, deep eyes, handsome facial features and delicate skin without a single flaw.
At this moment, his naked body under the sunlight outside was like an ancient Greek sculpture, in which strength and beauty were perfectly combined.
"You know what I thought of you when I saw you?"
Gu Wei, who was getting dressed, was stunned by Yang Mi's question.
"What?"
Yang Mi's eyes seemed to be glued to him.
"Apollo, the sun god!"
"What's the meaning?"
Gu Wei didn't understand what Yang Mi meant.
"It's hard to imagine how much God favors you. Your figure and appearance are almost perfect, especially your skin. When I'm with you, looking at your face up close, your delicate skin makes me, a woman, feel extremely envious!
And I don't see you using too much makeup and skincare products.
How can a grown man like you be so 'naturally beautiful'?"
Gu Wei put on his clothes and gave Yang Mi a big smile on the bed.
"Hurry up and get up, lazy cat. Our flight back to Beijing is this afternoon. If you're any later, your assistant will call you to hurry up.
There’s no point praising me, it’s time to get up~”
As he spoke, Gu Wei bent down to pick up the clothes that were thrown on the ground during foreplay last night and put them on the bed.
His figure and appearance have nothing to do with God, it's entirely the result of the system.
After several purchases of houses and cars and other expenses, he used the experience gained to increase his [Physique] and [Appearance] to 94 points.
Each additional point above will require 100 million experience points.
This value is basically the limit of ordinary humans.
Just looking at his appearance, no matter who he is, when they see him for the first time, they will think that he is the most handsome man, and it can even transcend the differences in aesthetics between the East and the West. In other words, even in the eyes of Westerners, Gu Wei is a top handsome guy.
As for his physical fitness, his strength, speed, endurance and nerve reaction ability have reached the level of world-class athletes.
Now we should train Gu Wei and let him participate in the Olympics. He can sign up for events such as short-distance running or long-distance running, which require very high physical fitness. Maybe he can qualify from the group and get a ranking.
In terms of skills, [English] becomes [Language], and the [Chinese] and [English] that appear in the sub-items under this skill are both at the [Proficient] level.
He guessed that if he learned other languages, they might also appear under the broad skill of "Language".
Gu Wei plans to try it out when he has time, as it is always good to have many skills.
Other skills remain unchanged and are all at the [Mastery] level.
To reach the [Master] level, you need 100 million experience points, which can only be achieved by purchasing luxury houses, yachts, private jets, etc.
After last night's intense exercise, Yang Mi still felt a little sore after a night's rest.
The wrap-up party was supposed to last until midnight, and by the time we got back to the hotel and tossed around, it was already late at night when we finally went to bed.
No wonder Yang Mi, who got up at 10 o'clock, still looked sleep-deprived.
The two of them packed up quickly and went downstairs to have lunch.
They then rushed to the airport with their respective teams.
Yang Mi yawned all the way. After getting on the plane, he sat down in his seat in the first class cabin, put on an eye mask and started to catch up on his sleep.
Gu Wei, who was sitting next to her, was flipping through the magazine on the plane out of boredom.
"Hello, Mr. Gu, would you like something to drink?"
A stewardess with an unusually voluptuous upper body came over, half squatted down and asked Gu Wei softly.
She has a face that looks like an internet celebrity, with a pointed chin, a high nose bridge, big round eyes and long eyelashes.
The half-squatting posture while looking at Gu Wei makes the advantageous parts of the body more prominent, which is very eye-catching.
Gu Wei had already taken off his mask when he got on the plane.
The stewardess's eyes were fixed on his face, and of course her signature smile was there.
Gu Wei glanced at Yang Mi who was sleeping soundly next to him, put a finger to his mouth and made a "hush" gesture to the flight attendant.
Then he waved his hand and said softly:
"No, thank you~"
The busty stewardess didn't say anything else. She gave Gu Wei a sweet smile, turned around, twisted her soft waist and walked away.
"Xiao Ju, why didn't you ask for an autograph from the famous star?
Aren't you usually the one who's most infatuated with him?"
In the rest area of the plane, a tall and pretty stewardess asked the stewardess with a good figure.
"His friend next to him was resting, how could I have the nerve to disturb him.
I met Gu Wei on a flight last year. I asked for his autograph and we even took a photo together."
Xiaoju said this with a smile on her face, as if she was lost in memories.
"Really? Tell me quickly, what's Gu Weiren like? Is he as approachable as they say online?
Although I have seen his dramas before, I am not his fan.
Today was the first time I saw him in person. I didn’t expect him to be even more handsome than on TV. I’ve decided to be a fan of Gu Wei from now on!
The tall stewardess said with a little excitement.
"He is indeed very approachable and doesn't have the airs of a big star. The last time I met him, he was very nice to me.
And I always feel that after not seeing him for a year, he seems to be more handsome and more charming than last year."
Xiaoju muttered as she thought about the face she had just seen on Gu Wei's face.
After meeting Gu Wei last year, Xiaoju slipped him a note with her cell phone number on it, hoping something would happen. Unfortunately, her wish did not come true.
"The one sitting inside Gu Wei is Yang Mi, right? They seem quite close. Do you think the online rumors are true?"
Xiaoju glanced at her colleague.
"That's fake. They were just filming a movie together. I've seen their interviews before, and they both said they were just friends."
When the plane was about to land, Yang Mi also woke up.
"Has Miss Mi rested well?"
Gu Wei handed her a glass of water.
Yang Mi took it and took a sip, and felt much more energetic.
"Isn't it your fault~"
She looked at the familiar scenery of the capital outside the window, and said to Gu Wei beside her with some reluctance:
"If you can accept [I am a witness], we can work together for another two months~"
"I'm really too busy with work and can't make time for it. Look, I even turned down [The Great Wall]."
Gu Wei spread his hands helplessly.
“I know you’re busy, big star!
Don’t forget to come visit me on set when you have time, and if you’re in Beijing, try to stay at Jinmao Mansion.”
Yang Mi invited Gu Wei.
"Miss Mi ordered me to do it!"
Gu Wei said with a smile.
It was already afternoon when the plane landed. Gu Wei returned home, put down his luggage, and had a completely relaxed rest for the night.
The filming of "Assassin's Blade 2" took more than two months. This movie is the most difficult one he has filmed since he entered the industry.
There are a lot of fighting scenes and night scenes, which makes filming very tiring and exhausting.
During this time, he also participated in the promotional activities for the release of "Left Ear", flying around the country for several days.
Add to that Yang Mi's frequent requests from the crew, and anyone else would have gotten a pair of panda eyes long ago.
In other words, Gu Wei has a super strong physique and excellent recovery ability, so he doesn't feel too much pressure.
Although I'm fine physically, I still need to relax mentally.
The next morning, Gu Wei, full of energy, drove to the company. He had been away from filming for two months, and many things in the company were waiting for him to deal with.
"There's news from Blueberry TV that Love O2O will be aired on China Blue Weekly Drama Theater in the middle of next month.
The TV station hopes that before that, you and Nazha can appear together on two of their variety shows for promotion."
In the office, Yang Liwen reported to Gu Wei.
The exclusive first-round broadcast rights of "Love O2O" were finally bought by Blueberry Channel at a price of 3.5 million per episode.
There are 30 episodes in total, with a total price of 105 million yuan.
Mango TV gave up after it reached 3.2 million.
This price may seem high, but it is actually nothing considering Gu Wei's current fame.
In recent years, the selling prices of popular TV series have hit new highs. At the beginning of the year, the broadcasting rights of Fan Bingbing's "The Empress of China" were sold for a total of 460 million yuan after several rounds.
That TV series has more than 90 episodes, and the average revenue per episode is more than 5 million.
Of course, it was not broadcast exclusively in the first round, but was jointly purchased by Mango TV, Blueberry TV, Taiwan's Taichung TV, and Hong Kong's Jade TV.
With Gu Wei's current fame and the performance of his two hit dramas "Swords of Legends" and "Come On, My Love", if "Love O2O" was not just a low-budget romantic idol drama with only 30 episodes, it would not be a problem for it to sell at a higher price.
Fortunately, the online broadcasting rights of "Wei Wei" were sold at a higher price. With the three major platforms and LeTV competing together, the wealthy Tencent Video finally won it with a tiered contract with a maximum salary of 6 million per episode.
Originally, Youku Video had offered a generous price of 5 million per episode, but Gu Wei finally chose the tiered betting contract offered by Tencent.
The contract stipulates a minimum guarantee of 3 million per episode. For every 3 billion increase in the online broadcast volume of the TV series, the purchase price per episode will increase by 1 million, with a maximum of 6 million.
The online broadcast statistics are based on one year from the start of the TV series broadcast.
That is to say, if the online broadcast volume of "Love O2O" exceeds 9 billion, Tencent Video will have to pay Gu Wei 6 million per episode, which means a total of 180 million in film purchase fees.
This requirement is extremely difficult for ordinary TV dramas, but it is nothing for Gu Weilai.
Due to the long-tail effect, the two TV series he aired last year, "Gu Jian Qi Tan" and "Come On, My Love", have both been broadcast online over 10 billion times so far.
Among them, "Come, My Love" has only been broadcast for more than half a year.
Gu Wei was 100% sure that Love O2O was of no less quality than that of Her Love Story.
"Any suggestions from Blueberry Station?"
Gu Wei asked.
"In addition to the currently popular Running Man Season 2, they hope that you, boss, can appear on an episode of The Voice of China."
After saying that, Yang Liwen looked up at Gu Wei.
"I'm on The Voice?
Become a student?"
Gu Wei asked in surprise.
"What they want is for you to sing a song as a mystery contestant. Of course, all four mentors will turn around, and you can interact with them and promote the TV series.
This will also be a surprise for the Voice of China production team to attract audiences."
"Haha, this Blueberry Channel plan is really great. They're leveraging my fame to boost the popularity of the Voice of China show while also promoting the upcoming TV series. It really kills two birds with one stone."
Gu Wei touched his chin and thought for a while.
There is no loss for him.
"Who are the mentors of The Voice of China now?"
Since entering the circle, Gu Wei has been busy filming and has not paid much attention to the popular variety show "The Voice of China".
"This year is the fourth season of The Voice of China, and the four permanent mentors are Zhou Jielun, Yu Chengqing, Na Ying, and Wang Feng."
Gu Wei's heart moved, and he wondered what the effect would be if he sang "Rakshasa Sea City" on the stage of The Voice of China.
As soon as this idea came to his mind, he suppressed it. He was going there to do publicity, not to make enemies.
Although he liked Dao Lang's songs very much, he had no grudges against the Eagle in the past or present, so it was not worth it to offend him for no reason.
"Contact Blueberry TV and arrange your time so you can go to The Voice of China. I'll prepare an original song by then, and it will be even better."
"Understood, Boss, I'll make the arrangements!"
Yang Liwen agreed.
Gu Wei flipped through some documents handed to him by his assistant, and seeing that Yang Liwen had not left, he asked:
"Anything else?"
"The crew of [The Great Wall] just contacted me. I'd like to ask when you can join the crew?"
"They are quite efficient. I just promised Mr. Han yesterday, and he contacted me today."
Gu Wei glanced at the calendar on the table.
“Next Monday.
Although the guest appearance won’t take long, I still have a lot to do after I get back.”
After saying that, Gu Wei remembered something.
"By the way, has the crew of [The Great Wall] sent me the script for my role?"
He agreed to make a friendly guest appearance with Han Sanping, but he didn't know what role he would play.
Gu Wei didn't care too much. He was just helping out, so it didn't matter what role he played.
In his impression, in the movie "The Great Wall", except for the roles played by Zhang Hanyu, Liu Dehua and Lu Han, the others can be regarded as friendly guest appearances.
In the original version, the young emperor played by Wang Junkai, Lord Shen played by Zheng Kai, and the three generals under the palace commander, these characters had very few lines and shots, so it is not wrong to say that they were guest appearances.
Yang Liwen handed a thin little notebook to Gu Wei.
He took it and flipped through it.
"Wow~ It's really a friendly guest appearance, only 4 lines, I like it!"
The small notebook mainly contains the story outline of "The Great Wall" and the background of the character he will play, as well as a few descriptions of shots that require him to show his face and 4 lines of dialogue.
"I heard that this role was originally intended for another actor and the contract had already been signed.
It's just that both China Film Group and Wanda Film Group strongly urged you to participate, so they finally decided to give the role to you and replace the original actor."
"Who was replaced?"
Gu Wei wanted to confirm.
"I heard it was Peng Yuyan."
In fact, this result is not surprising.
The three generals are the most suitable roles for Gu Wei to guest star in "The Great Wall". General Deng, played by Huang Xuan, only has one line and a few shots in the entire movie. If he plays the same role, Gu Wei's presence will be too low.
General Chen, played by Lin Gengxin, has the most scenes, but he has connections with Wanda and will not be easily replaced, so in the end, the unlucky one becomes Peng Yuyan.
"I never thought that I would become the person I hated the most!"
Gu Wei sighed.
He remembered that a long time ago, he was chatting with Yang Zi and heard her talk about how after she signed the contract and joined the crew, her role was replaced by someone with connections and she had to leave.
At that time, Gu Wei was indignant and helped Yang Zi condemn these people with connections, saying that their behavior was simply shameless and that they even scolded the crew, showing that they had no sense of contract.
If the domestic entertainment industry is full of people like them, it will be over sooner or later.
I didn't expect that in just a few years, I would become the one who squeezed out others and snatched away roles.
Although he didn't want to play this role and was just trying to help, the final result was no different.
Listening to Gu Wei's sigh, Yang Liwen had no reaction. She had seen too many such situations in her many years as an agent.
There is no such thing as the spirit of contract, everyone is working for profit.
(End of this chapter)
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