Chapter 326 Asian Goddess
I returned to Beijing and stayed there for a few days. I checked the post-production progress of "Detective Chinatown 2" and communicated with the editors to ensure that the film did not deviate from the style in Gu Wei's mind.
Directors Yan Fei and Peng Damo are back to "work".
At this time, the box office of "Charlotte's Troubles" has exceeded 1 billion. After the word of mouth spread, the crew did not need to do additional publicity. They naturally had to come back to continue the unfinished work.
The budgets for the company’s two new dramas, “The Love Master” and “Princess Agents”, have been worked out.
[The Love Master] is a low-budget comedy film, costing about 40 million yuan.
The main reason is that the male lead Xiao Yang and Wen Mu also plan to invite several other actors who are not very famous and their pay is relatively cheap. In addition, there are no big scenes in the filming of comedy movies, and the 40 million also includes part of the publicity and promotion costs.
"Princess Agents" is different. The estimated cost of this costume drama is over 100 million yuan, and it is a big production comparable to "Swords of Legends" and "The Journey of Flower".
However, high investment means high returns. Although Gu Wei did not participate in "Princess Agents", Zhao Liying's fame and high-quality production alone are enough to ensure that this drama will make "Wei Ming Tian Xia" a fortune.
Gu Wei was in the office looking at the company's accounts for the recent period.
As a boss, being able to check accounts and checking them frequently is a basic skill.
The animated film "The Monkey King: Hero is Back", which was released in February, was not taken off the screen until mid-April because it obtained a secret key for extension.
Now it is October, half a year has passed, and the box office revenue of the movie has all been received.
[Wei Ming Tian Xia] held a 60% stake, and the company's share of the box office revenue was more than 400 million yuan. After deducting the 100 million yuan investment cost at the time, this former domestic box office champion brought the company more than 300 million yuan in net profit.
The box office revenue from "The Left Ear", which was a huge hit in the first half of the year, has also arrived.
At that time, the movie sold over 800 million yuan. Gu Wei used his salary as equity during the filming, which accounted for one-third of the total investment in the movie. Now he has received nearly 100 million yuan.
It’s just that this is his income as an actor and goes into the agency’s account.
Although two film and television projects are about to be launched, the company still has more than enough cash in its account.
When you have a lot of money, you have to find a way to spend it. Later, Gu Wei considered buying the entire building where the company is located as a venue for the company's future expansion.
We will also increase our investment in our own charity fund, and we expect to invest 100 million yuan this year.
This way, you can get a lot of tax relief, and doing charity will also give yourself a golden coat in the eyes of the upper class.
On October 12, Gu Wei flew to Thailand.
[Operation Mekong] is about to start filming in Bangkok, and as the leading actor, Gu Wei certainly cannot delay the filming time.
On the plane, he took out the script and read it carefully again.
This version of "Operation Mekong" actually has a similar storyline to the original.
The film also opens with the "Chinese crew member murder incident in the Golden Triangle". Then the country decides to send anti-drug elites to form a special operations team for this case, with Gao Gang (played by Zhang Hanyu) as the team leader. They sneak into the Golden Triangle to find out the truth and try their best to find out the mastermind behind the case.
Gu Wei plays the role originally played by Peng Yuyan, "Fang Xinwu", a Chinese anti-drug intelligence agent who has been lurking in the Golden Triangle for many years.
The only difference is that the story line of the character "Fang Xinwu" has been enriched.
Whether it is the story line in which he captured criminals and obtained intelligence while lurking alone in the early stage, or the series of battles that took place after Zhang Hanyu arrived in the Golden Triangle and Gu Wei joined the special operations team, his shots and the proportion of his roles exceeded those of others.
As long as the main plot remains unchanged, as long as Gu Wei is given a little more screen time, he will definitely be the male lead.
Zhang Hanyu was demoted from the leading male role in the original story to the second leading role.
However, even Zhang Hanyu himself would not care too much about this. He knew that Gu Wei's current fame and box office appeal were not comparable to his own.
Bona chose Gu Wei to play the male lead entirely for future box office considerations, and both he and the director of "Operation Mekong" Lin Chaoxian recognized Gu Wei's performance at the box office.
The plane landed at Bangkok Airport. As soon as Gu Wei got off the plane, his agent Yang Dan received a call.
"Boss, your trip to Bangkok was leaked at some point.
Now the area outside the airport is full of local Thai fans.
The crew from Operation Mekong called to pick you up and asked us to talk to the airport about arranging security personnel to escort you out."
Yang Dan said to Gu Wei after hanging up the phone.
“How many fans can I have in Thailand?”
Gu Wei was a little confused, but he still followed his agent's instructions and waited for the airport's arrangements, and did not rush out.
More than ten minutes later, he walked out escorted by a group of airport security personnel.
Sure enough, there are huge crowds of people outside Bangkok Airport, and it is completely blocked.
Various local Thai young men and women, some holding support signs with Gu Wei's name printed on them, some holding his posters, and the rest holding up their mobile phones, waiting for their idol to appear.
As soon as Gu Wei appeared under heavy protection, these young fans screamed.
Some shouted in Thai, some in English, and some in broken Chinese, calling out Gu Wei's name.
Unfortunately, Gu Wei could understand it.
After taking on this role, Gu Wei knew that some of the scenes would need to be spoken in Thai and Burmese, so he found a specialized language teacher and studied with him for two days.
After his skills were formed, he naturally mastered two new languages.
After walking out of the airport with difficulty and getting into the car that the crew came to pick him up, Gu Wei finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Ever since he experienced his fans' enthusiastic airport pick-up in China, he made an agreement with his fans not to pick him up, and on the other hand, he kept his itinerary absolutely confidential and never leaked any information to anyone.
So it has been a long time since there have been fans picking up people at the airport in China.
“How come I have so many fans in Thailand?”
"Boss, the two dramas [My Love from the Palace] and [Love O2O] were both very popular when they were broadcast in Thailand, so it's no surprise that you have so many fans here."
Yang Dan explained.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Gu Wei. I think the crew told the locals about your arrival time, and no one expected this to happen."
The crew member who came to pick us up said apologetically.
"It's okay, it's not a big deal, just be careful next time."
Gu Wei waved his hand and didn't mind.
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"Mr. Yu, I'm sorry, I'm late!"
After arriving at the crew, the first person I met was Yu Dong from Bona.
Operation Mekong is the top priority of Bona Film Group this year. Yu Dong personally served as the producer and also played a cameo role in the film.
"It's just perfect that you're here now. The crew will officially start filming tomorrow. Gu Wei, you've arrived just in time!"
Yu Dong smiled and shook hands with Gu Wei happily, then patted his shoulder to show his closeness.
"I've heard from everyone here that Gu Wei Ni is very popular in Thailand. He's truly the leading figure of the younger generation in our domestic film and television industry. His fame will spread across the globe, and it won't be long before he becomes an international superstar like Cheng Long!"
"Mr. Yu, you're so kind! I don't know why so many fans came to pick me up at the airport today. I'm still confused."
Gu Wei smiled bitterly.
"I've already explained this to the people below. This kind of thing will definitely not happen again!"
Yu Dong promised Gu Wei.
"Director Lin, our leading man is here!"
Leading Gu Wei into an office in the crew, Lin Chaoxian was explaining something to his subordinates inside.
Director Lin is short, bald, and wears a pair of black-framed glasses. He has the aura of a great director.
However, after seeing Gu Wei, his serious face immediately turned into a smile.
"Gu Wei, welcome, welcome. I've heard of your name for a long time, and today we finally meet. You're really handsome, even more handsome than Andy Lau when he was young!"
Lin Chaoxian is from Hong Kong Island, but he has been filming in mainland China for many years and speaks Mandarin quite well.
"Director, you're too kind. I can't compare myself to Brother Hua~"
Gu Wei also greeted Director Lin with a smile.
The two chatted for a few sentences and gradually became familiar with each other.
In fact, Lin Chaoxian had some opinions about Gu Wei at first. After all, his original favorite actor was Eddie Peng.
However, as Gu Wei's films performed better and better this year, especially after "Monster Hunt" became the number one in film box office history, he completely changed his mind.
As a director of a commercial film, the ultimate goal is to make his movie tickets sell well.
And Gu Wei is obviously the key person who can help the movie sell well at the box office.
Compared with the future box office performance of his own films, Eddie Peng, an actor he admires, is not that important.
the next day.
The front page headlines of entertainment news in Thailand reported that Gu Wei arrived in Bangkok and was greeted by fans at the airport.
[Asian beauty arrives in Thailand, Bangkok Airport is packed!]
The King of Idol Dramas from China has arrived in Thailand and has been enthusiastically welcomed by Bangkok fans!
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Many entertainment media in Thailand reported the news, some using exaggerated words.
The news quickly spread to China, and the mainstream media in China saw this as a sign that Gu Wei was promoting the spread of Chinese pop culture overseas.
Just like South Korea spread the "Korean Wave" across Asia through variety shows and idol artists.
It may seem that foreign stars are popular, but in reality it is an “invasion” of the weak culture by the strong culture.
Many netizens who were watching the news also felt a great sense of pride while watching the news.
After all, Gu Wei is a genuine Chinese star who is so famous in Thailand and has so many fans. They all feel a sense of honor.
Not to mention Gu Wei's fans, who started bragging about their idol online and completely looked down on other young idols in the entertainment industry.
[It seems like the way we address my brother should be changed. We can no longer call him the top star in the domestic entertainment industry. We should call him an Asian superstar!]
Some media outlets previously reported that Gu Wei's two dramas were popular throughout Southeast Asia, but I didn't believe it. Now it seems I was short-sighted. Excellent works are truly universally loved!
I'm not surprised at all that Gu Wei is so popular overseas. With his looks, he'd be a force to be reckoned with in the entire Asian entertainment industry. Even if he had no works and only looked good, these foreigners would be confused!
[This incident proves that everyone in Asia has the same aesthetic taste!
What, you say they're different? That proves that Gu Wei's looks have transcended cultural barriers, forcing people from different countries to reach a unified aesthetic!
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(End of this chapter)
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