Chapter 336: Still the Original Taste (Supplement 1)
Reba was also present today. She has not been on any acting gigs recently, but has been doing some commercial performances. According to the company's requirements, she is waiting for the filming of "Eternal Love" to start. After all, she is the number one female supporting actress chosen by the boss.
Originally, she also wanted to chat with Gu Wei. They hadn't seen each other for a while. Gu Wei was her boss now, so it was necessary to improve his favorability.
However, seeing the A-list actresses surrounding Gu Wei, she didn't dare to get close to him.
It just so happened that her best friend Nazha was there too, and the two girls gathered together and started chattering.
"Reba, I saw your movie [Diamond Lover], the big star acted really well!"
Naza praised sincerely.
After hearing this, Reba looked around and was relieved to find that Tang Yan was far away from them.
This TV series made her a little famous. How could she, the ultimate beneficiary, be unaware of the twists and turns in it?
Although she had a good relationship with Tang Yan during the filming, she could not oppose the company's decision, and she would not object to such a beneficial thing.
Compared to the somewhat clumsy Nazha, she is much more thoughtful.
In fact, if we look at it from the perspective of future generations, it made sense for Yang Mi to choose Reba to join the company for training at the Shanghai Theatre Academy.
Putting aside her looks, Reba's personality and behavior are really similar to Yang Mi's. Both of them are female stars with strong career ambitions.
But she was luckier than Yang Mi. She had a company to back her up when she first started out, and she was also strongly supported, so she did not appear as outspoken as Yang Mi.
"It's okay, but it can't compare to your movie 'Love O2O'."
Reba replied modestly.
She was wearing a relatively conservative white long dress today, with fair skin, three-dimensional facial features, and long hair draped over her shoulders.
Nazha was dressed in jeans and a leather jacket, looking very casual.
Two beautiful border beauties were chatting together in the same frame. Each of them had her own unique beauty, which attracted the attention of many people present.
"Hehe~ Let me tell you, a few months ago I went to New York with the crew to shoot a movie."
Nazha talked to her best friend about her experience of filming "Detective Chinatown 2" in the United States.
Reba looked envious.
"That's great! I wonder when I'll be able to make a big-budget movie like this again."
“I’m telling you, it was very difficult. I was unfamiliar with the place and couldn’t speak the language.
After leaving the crew, I was like a deaf and dumb person, with no idea what those foreigners were saying.
Fortunately, Gu Wei found me a translator later."
"I can speak English. I'm very good. Why didn't Gu Wei look for me?"
The villain in Reba's heart was screaming madly, but her face was smiling without any change.
"Why do we give you a translator?
I guess it won't be used during filming~"
"Um~ I don't have that many scenes. You know I'm just a supporting actress, but my character is the official partner of the male lead, Qin Feng.
Even the heroine Liu Yifei can't compare to this.
When I wasn’t filming, I went out and wandered around New York City and bought a lot of things.
The director was worried, so he assigned me a translator and bodyguards. When I was shopping at the mall, those white salespeople thought I was some big shot, and there were a bunch of people following me. It was really interesting!
Nazha was talking with a giggle, but she didn't know that her best friend was already very jealous.
"So what are you filming lately?"
Reba asked casually.
“No, I’ve been participating in brand promotions since returning to China. After [Love O2O], I’ve taken on many endorsements.
Gu Wei wouldn't let me take on any dramas. He said my acting wasn't good enough, and he was afraid that my hard-earned popularity would be lost if I starred in a few bad dramas."
As he spoke, he frowned and looked a little angry.
"We are classmates. My acting is not as bad as he says!"
"Yes, Nazha, you played Bei Weiwei so well, netizens say you are the chosen Bei Weiwei!"
Reba praised again.
To be honest, she really envied this fellow countryman whom she had known since childhood. He was obviously stupid and simple-minded. Apart from his good looks, his acting skills and knowledge were all good.
But she was lucky. After entering the circle, she was first supported by Tang Ren, and then her ex-boyfriend arranged everything for her. Along the way, she didn't have to put in any effort at all and won simply without any effort.
Although Reba has gained a certain degree of fame now, it is still unknown whether she will be able to play the leading role in film and television dramas in the future, and when she will become a big star. I can only envy and be jealous of Nazha.
Not long after, the guests took their seats and the premiere ceremony officially began.
The host invited Jingwei, the host of the Sixth Princess.
It's a bit dramatic to say that the host of the premiere of the first season of "The Sword of Assassin" was Jingwei. Now, three years have passed, and she was still invited to the second season.
Lu Yang stood on the stage and exchanged glances with Gu Wei next to him. For a moment, the two brothers had mixed feelings.
When filming the first movie, Lu Yang was an unknown little director. Although he had some family background, he had not proven himself in the market.
After the script was written, I didn't make a penny for more than a year.
Gu Wei was even worse than him at the time. He was just an ordinary sophomore student at the Film Academy, and was a little famous on campus because of his appearance.
But after leaving Beijing Film Academy, no one knew him.
It was under such circumstances that the two young men who had just started out hit it off immediately after meeting each other. One contributed the money and the other contributed the labor, and finally they worked together to create the [Embroidered Spring Blade].
After the movie was released, it was a huge hit at the box office.
Lu Yang became a new generation of talented director like Ning Hao, and Gu Wei also began his journey in the film and television industry, step by step becoming the absolute top star in the domestic entertainment industry.
Of course, these are all Lu Yang’s inner thoughts.
If Gu Wei knew what his senior brother was thinking, he would definitely say something like, "We hit it off right away." To be more precise, he would say, "We were not meant to be together. This is all thanks to my money!"
Including the various encounters he had later, they were all achieved by relying on foresight and money. It can be said that these two are indispensable.
Several members of the main creative team stood on the stage. Director Lu Yang spoke first, followed by a question-and-answer session. Some reporters and even some audience members in the audience could stand up and ask questions to the leading actors.
Not to mention Gu Wei and Yang Mi, Zhang Yi, Lei Jiayin and Zhang Tianai have also seen the world and can handle these problems with ease.
However, their fame is still not as great as that of the male and female protagonists, and everyone's main attention is focused on Gu Wei and Yang Mi.
"Gu Wei, in the two films of Sword of Assassins, you worked with two of the industry's top actresses, Liu Yifei and Yang Mi. Who do you think has better acting skills and was more pleasant to work with?"
As soon as Yang Mi answered a question, another reporter asked Gu Wei a controversial question.
Yang Mi, who was standing next to him, turned around and looked at Gu Wei with a smile, obviously very interested in his answer.
Gu Wei held the microphone and smiled.
"I can tell from the sound of your question that you have bad intentions. You want me to offend someone!"
After he finished speaking, the audience laughed.
"Yang Mi and Liu Yifei played different roles in one or two films, so it's hard to directly judge who is better and who is worse."
The reporter who asked the question was somewhat disappointed after hearing what Gu Wei said. Although he had already expected Gu Wei to say that, he still had a sense of luck. If Gu Wei leaned towards one side, it would be big news.
Gu Wei didn't care what the reporter thought, he just held the microphone and continued speaking.
"I would say both actors' acting is excellent, each with their own unique style, it's hard to tell who's better.
I am very good friends with them and we get along very well.”
As he said this, Gu Wei turned around and looked at Yang Mi beside him.
"So what do you think are the similarities and differences between filming the second part and the first part?"
Another reporter asked.
“The storylines of the movies are different, but the excitement is the same.
The actors you work with are different, but their professionalism and excellent acting skills are the same.
The actress is different, but the beauty is the same!"
He said the last sentence while looking at Yang Mi, and the audience burst into laughter again.
After a while, the question-and-answer session ended, the lights in the theater dimmed, and the movie began to play.
"Miss Mi, was what I just said okay?"
In the corner beside the big screen, Gu Wei whispered in Yang Mi's ear.
"You're so cunning, and you still want to show off to me?"
Yang Mimei rolled her eyes at him, but it was too dark and Gu Wei couldn't see anything.
At the beginning of the movie, the camera shows a battlefield with countless dead bodies, all kinds of corpses are scattered all over the ground, and a line of large words appears on the big screen at the same time:
"In March of the 47th year of the Wanli reign of the Ming Dynasty (1619 AD), Sarhu, Liaodong"
Among the corpses on the ground, a body slowly moved. He gradually straightened up and supported himself on the ground with the sword in his hand.
The camera zoomed in, and although his hair and beard were messy and his face was covered in black dust, one could still vaguely recognize him as Gu Wei.
The title of the movie appeared in the middle of the screen: [Blade Master II: Shura Battlefield]!
"Wow~ Gu Wei actually deliberately acted so ugly in this movie!"
Nazar said softly.
"It's okay, I think a beard makes me look more manly, I like it~"
Reba said, looking at the big screen.
Nazha turned her head and glanced at her best friend, and Reba quickly added:
"I mean, I like the manly type."
As the plot of the movie continues, Gu Wei rescues a comrade on the battlefield, "Lu Wenzhao" played by Zhang Yi.
The two men stood on a battlefield that looked like hell and was littered with corpses. Facing the sun slowly rising in the distant sky, Zhang Yi, who had escaped death, uttered a sentence that influenced his code of conduct for the rest of his life.
"Tens of thousands of lives were lost like grass. If you don't want to die like this, you have to find a new way to live!"
Gu Wei looked at him, then looked at the rising sun in the distance, wondering what he was thinking.
The camera slowly pulls away and the voice-over comes
"Asura, one of the Eight Immortals.
The place where Ashura and Indra fought is called—Shura Field!"
"Yes, that's the feeling!"
In the audience, Song Yang clenched the pen in his hand and felt a little excited.
He is a professional film critic who has written for major entertainment news outlets and is now a Weibo influencer with over 100,000 followers.
He is also a fan of martial arts films.
He watched the first part of "The Blade of the Assassin" when it was released. The film was not very famous at that time, and he didn't take it too seriously at first, but he was amazed after watching it.
Song Yang swore that he hadn't seen such a wonderful martial arts movie in a long time.
So he has been following the filming of "The Assassin 2" for the past two years. Now that it is finally premiering, he asked someone to get a ticket for it just to have a sneak peek.
Sure enough, Lu Yang and Gu Wei did not disappoint him, and the movie started with the same flavor as the first one.
The camera turns, and it is eight years later. Gu Wei and Zhang Yi have both become members of the Jinyiwei, and the real plot slowly unfolds.
"The Sword Identity 2" is exactly two hours long, and the story is full of interesting moments. The audience at the premiere quickly immersed themselves in the plot.
The heroine "Hokusai" played by Yang Mi appears in the drizzle holding an oil-paper umbrella, like an orchid in the water, simple, elegant and beautiful.
"Chen Lian"'s admiration for her also shifted from calligraphy and paintings to real people.
Then Lei Jiayin, who played "Pei Lun", and Zhang Tianai, who played "Ding Baiying", also appeared on the stage.
The story becomes more and more tense, the fighting scenes become more and more intensive, and Zhang Tianai's sword that cuts off Gu Wei's weapon also amazed all the audience.
Soon 120 minutes passed, Chongzhen ascended the throne, and everyone died. Only Shen Lian survived to the end and continued to serve as his Jinyiwei.
The escaped Yang Mi sat in a bamboo house outside Hangzhou, painting. On the paper, a man in a flying fish costume was holding an oil-paper umbrella, seemingly waiting for something.
The lights in the theater came on and thunderous applause broke out from the audience.
The main creators stood up and applauded with everyone.
"Sister Mi, don't forget our agreement, a billion box office!"
Gu Wei clapped his hands and said with a smile without turning his head.
Yang Mi raised the corners of her mouth slightly but did not answer him.
I still owe 4 chapters
(End of this chapter)
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