Chapter 269 Pick and Choose
The next morning, Nazha woke up from a deep sleep and found herself in a warm embrace. The familiar touch made her know who the owner of the embrace was at the first time.
She twisted her slender and flexible body on the bed and turned over to face Gu Wei.
Looking at the man opposite her who was fast asleep but still holding her in his arms, a happy smile appeared on Nazha's face.
She stared at Gu Wei's face with her eyes wide open. His high nose bridge, sexy thin lips, and sword-like eyebrows added a bit of sharpness to his face. Even if his most charming eyes were not open, looking at them for a long time would still make people intoxicated.
After looking at it intently for a while, Nazha licked her lips, leaned her head forward, and kissed Gu Wei's lips with her lips. She felt better and better, and her eyes slowly closed.
When she opened her eyes again, she found that Gu Wei's star-like eyes were looking at her with a playful smile on his face.
Nazha felt a little embarrassed.
"Sorry to wake you up~"
"It's okay, just continue."
Gu Wei said.
Nazha lowered her head shyly, huddled together like a quail, and did not respond.
The corners of Gu Wei's mouth curled higher and higher.
"If you don't continue, I'm going to start."
Last night, Lianci Nazha slept with her. Now they were both awake. Nazha's cute actions throughout the morning made her look extremely delicious.
After a good night's sleep, Gu Wei was full of energy but had nowhere to vent it.
Some morning exercise is naturally inevitable.
Gu Wei, feeling refreshed, came out of Palm Springs International Apartments and drove straight to the company.
He was in a good mood this morning. After entering the company, Gu Wei greeted the employees who greeted him with a smile on his face.
"Mr. Gu seems to be in a good mood today. Is there any good news from the company?"
After Gu Wei left, the two employees talked in a low voice.
"All the films our company invested in are huge hits. If I were Mr. Gu, I would definitely be in a good mood every day."
I walked into the office and asked the assistant outside to make me a latte with more sugar.
He sat down in the boss chair and started to process some documents left behind before leaving.
After a while, Yang Liwen knocked on the door and came in.
"Boss, these are some scripts I've recently asked you to write. I've already screened them."
Although the agent said so, he still handed over a thick stack.
This situation happens every once in a while, and Gu Wei is no stranger to it.
He was already a popular star, and there were countless companies and crews looking for him to act in movies. After the success of "Left Ear", his box office appeal was constantly praised by people in the circle, and film offers came in like snowflakes.
Even if Gu Wei knew the art of splitting himself into two, he still couldn't handle it.
I could only ask my agent to look at the piles of applications one by one, and then call them one by one to reject them.
The reasons are similar. My schedule is full. I’m sorry. I hope we can have a chance to work together next time.
This way you won't offend anyone, and who knows if there will be opportunities for cooperation in the future.
"Boss, this invitation is different. There are several heavyweight film contracts. I hope you will consider it carefully."
Seeing that Gu Wei was still as careless as before, Yang Liwen couldn't help but open her mouth to remind him.
Gu Wei perked up after hearing his agent's words. He knew that the other party would not speak without a purpose.
The first thing that caught his eye was director Guo Xiaosi's new movie "Lost Dynasty", which will start shooting in the second half of this year and is a live-action CG fantasy film produced by LeTV Pictures Co., Ltd.
It has been confirmed that the female lead is Fan Bingbing. If Gu Wei joins, they will be the top male and female stars in the domestic entertainment industry.
It is certainly unique in attracting young audiences.
The cover is different from other scripts in that it has two large characters "Jue Ji" written in a flamboyant style in the center.
Gu Wei shook his head and threw it together with other books he had read.
Fan Bingbing was quite interested, but Guo Xiaosi gave up.
No amount of money can offset the loss of reputation.
The "Tiny Times" series has completely consumed the impression of Guo Xiaosi among passers-by. Even if he makes some good-looking and highly rated movies in the future, it will not get very good results.
Moreover, although he has not seen the movie "Jade Dynasty", he has the impression that it seems to continue the reputation of "Tiny Times".
In a short while, Gu Wei had almost finished reading all the scripts.
It has to be said that whether a star is popular or not and what his status in the circle is can be seen from the projects that invite him.
When Gu Wei first entered the industry, he only had one work, The Blade of the Assassin, and the number of people looking for his scripts was very mixed.
There are low-budget online movies, hit dramas produced by third-rate companies, and various directors that you have never heard of, with different main and supporting roles.
At that time, he was like looking for gold in the sand. Even if he had the ability of foresight, there had to be real gold in the sand.
Really large-scale productions with high-quality resources for large investments would not actively seek me out at that time.
Now, after several works have been launched in succession, the TV series have become a hit and the movies have been a big hit. The works led by Gu Wei have brought huge profits to investors, partners and broadcasting platforms.
The people who are looking for him now are the truly top mainstream resources in the circle. After all, no one can resist money. Everyone hopes that Gu Wei’s joining will make their projects more successful and bring greater profits.
Just like the role invitations he saw today, even an ordinary actor in the circle can tell which ones are truly "good ones" by looking at the production company, investment cost and the director's name.
Now Gu Wei is no longer panning for gold in the sand, but picking the most precious piece from a pile of jewels.
He flipped through a script called "The Formula for a Tomboy's True Love" in his hand and threw it aside.
This is a low-budget love movie invested by Huace Media. Gu Wei and Zhao Liying were invited to play the male and female protagonists respectively. It seems that they intend to take advantage of the popularity of last year's "Come on, Mr. Lucky Duck" to let the two of them work together on the screen again.
The idea is good. At this stage, it is no exaggeration to say that Zhao Liying is the hottest star in the domestic entertainment industry.
"The Journey of Flower" is currently in theaters, and her popularity is growing day by day. Even Gu Wei cannot match her popularity on the Internet at this moment.
Unfortunately, the script is really nothing original and the director is not famous. Although Zhao Liying can handle TV dramas, her performance in movies has always been poor.
If Gu Wei had joined, I believe his fame would have been able to boost the box office of the movie, but it would have been of no help to him at all and would have simply consumed his fame and the audience's goodwill.
"Boss, this script was delivered to me through Juku Film and Television. Would you like to reconsider it?"
When Yang Liwen saw Gu Wei's actions, she knew that he had passed the movie, but there were some things she had to say.
After all, Juku has cooperated with Weiming Tianxia before, and the relationship between the two parties has always been good.
Juku Film and Television is a subsidiary of Huace Media, and the invitation sent through this channel is also in the hope that Gu Wei can take on this role.
"It's okay, just reject the crew directly, and I'll call Mr. Fu from Juku Films later."
Fu Binxing, the female boss of Juku, has always maintained a good personal relationship with Gu Wei. When she was filming in Shanghai before, she invited Gu Wei out for dinner. She is a very elegant and professional woman.
After hearing what Gu Wei said, Yang Liwen said nothing more.
In the end, there were only three scripts left in front of Gu Wei, all of which were big-budget films directed by big names. If an ordinary star could participate in any of them, it would be worthy of praise from his or her team.
Now three books have found Gu Wei at the same time, which also shows how popular he is in the industry.
The first one is the love movie "The Ferryman" produced by Wang Jiawei, directed and written by Zhang Jiajia, and produced by Alibaba Pictures.
Gu Wei was invited to play the second male lead in the movie, "Guan Chun", the role played by Takeshi Kaneshiro in the original version.
The male lead is played by Liang Chaowei.
Wang Jiawei is very famous and her ability is unquestionable. "In the Mood for Love" and "The Grandmaster" are both movies that can be regarded as masterpieces.
Unfortunately, he is only a producer, and Zhang Jiajia, who switched from being a screenwriter, is far inferior to him in storytelling ability.
Later, the "I Like" incident broke out, and Gu Wei didn't want to get involved in such muddy water.
Eliminate first.
The second script was a film that Gu Wei really couldn't make up his mind about.
"The Monkey King 2", produced by Zhou Xingchi and directed by Xu Ke, is the sequel to "The Monkey King 2".
This movie achieved a high box office of 1.65 billion in the original time and space, but unfortunately it won the box office but lost in reputation.
The film's rating is much lower than that of "The Demons 2", and it was not highly rated in subsequent audience feedback.
Gu Wei believes that the reason why the original version has a bad reputation is largely due to the poor acting of the two main characters, Li Jiaheng and Lin Gengxin.
The Tang Monk and Sun Wukong played by them are really unlikable. If they had played the protagonist Tang Monk themselves, the quality of the movie would definitely be better than the original.
Of course, another disadvantage of "The Demons Strike Back" is that the plot is relatively weak. The main storyline is all about fighting monsters, and this is something that Gu Wei, as an actor, cannot change.
After much hesitation, he reluctantly threw the script of "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back" aside and put the last one "Operation Mekong" in front of him.
Yang Liwen, who had been watching from the side, finally couldn't help it. She was about to speak when Gu Wei threw the [Ferryman] out, but after thinking about it, she held back.
Now that she saw that Gu Wei had also passed "The Demons Strike Back", she was a little confused.
"Boss, these two invitations are from Wang Jiawei and Zhou Xingchi!
Would you not consider it again?"
These are not audition invitations. As long as Gu Wei nods, he can immediately confirm the role and sign the contract with the crew.
Yang Liwen really couldn't understand it. In "The Ferryman", he was the second male lead, and the director Zhang Jiajia was not very famous. The show relied entirely on Wang Jiawei, so it was understandable that Gu Wei refused.
However, "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back" is not only the sequel to the hit movie "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", but also produced by Zhou Xingchi and directed by Xu Ke, who is also one of the top directors in Hong Kong. The two of them joined forces to invest up to 400 million in this big production. Yang Liwen could not imagine the possibility of failure.
What's more, the invitation is to play the leading role, so it can be said that every opportunity counts. No male actor in the entertainment industry would refuse such an opportunity.
“I like this better than the first two movies.”
Gu Wei picked up the script in his hand and shook it.
[Operation Mekong] is an action police and gangster film produced by [Bona Film Group] and directed by Lin Chaoxian. It is adapted from real events.
After its release, it performed very well both in terms of box office and word of mouth.
The script that Gu Wei received invited him to play the original role of Peng Yuyan, "Fang Xinwu".
But what is different from the original version is that in this version of the script, "Fang Xinwu" has obviously more scenes and is the leading male role in the movie.
Zhang Han plays the second male lead, Gao Gang.
Gu Wei estimated that Bona made some adaptations to the script in order to get him to agree to star in it.
This is not surprising. It is obvious which one can attract more audiences, Zhang Han or Gu Wei. At least Gu Wei's own fans will definitely support the work starring their idol.
Bona did this entirely for box office considerations.
Originally, this kind of police and gangster movie with a main theme had never been a big hit before, so if they asked Gu Wei to come in and boost the box office, of course he had to be the male lead.
The ultimate goal of making a movie is to make money, and everything must serve the box office.
"All three films will be shot in the second half of this year, and the shooting period is quite long. If we don't want to overlap with other projects, we will definitely have to make some choices."
Gu Wei said lightly.
Seeing Gu Wei's firm attitude, Yang Liwen opened her mouth but said nothing more.
"Understood, Boss. I'll reply to all these companies and crews in a moment."
After saying that, he tidied up the scattered scripts on the desk and was about to leave.
Gu Wei looked at the script of "Operation Mekong" in front of him and touched his chin.
"How much did Bona Films offer for the film?"
"30 million. After the release of 'The Left Ear,' your external film remuneration quotation will be 30 million. Bona is paying according to the market price."
"I see. Don't rush to reject [The Demons Strike Back], but first talk to [Bona Films]. If they want me to take the role, they'll need to convert my salary into an investment share.
If they agree, I'll reply to [The Demons Strike Back]."
The investment cost of [Operation Mekong] is 150 million, and Gu Wei's salary can account for 20% after conversion.
Gu Wei is confident that the box office will definitely surpass the original version after he participates in it. By then, he will not only make money, but also have a high-rated and hit movie on his resume. Isn't that wonderful?
Moreover, participating in "Mekong River" can also build a relationship with "Bona Film Group" to a certain extent.
The subsequent main-theme movies produced by Bona basically achieved great success in both word-of-mouth and box office. With Gu Wei's current development trend, it is not impossible for him to enter the market and get a share of the pie.
Yang Liwen looked at Gu Wei and nodded.
"Understood, I'll do it now!"
(End of this chapter)
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