Chapter 518 Hit Drama
In the evening, Gu Wei brought several executives from Wei Ming Tian Xia to entertain Long Danni and her group. They ate and drank together and communicated with each other, and both the guests and the hosts had a great time.
The next day, several people from [X玖少年团] came for audition. At Gu Wei's suggestion, the relatively young Xiao Zhan got the role of the second male lead without a doubt, and the others were given some small supporting roles as a consolation.
After the audition, Xiao Zhan came over alone to find Gu Wei and express his gratitude.
Obviously, Long Danni must have told him that Gu Wei had a good impression of him when she returned, and today's audition results also proved this.
In the entertainment industry, there are no simple roles for those who can really make it. Not to mention those who became famous at a young age, those stars who were unknown at the beginning but became famous later in life must have outstanding qualities in some aspects.
Xiaozhan is also of this type to a certain extent.
He was not born into a professional family. He studied design in college and worked as a designer for a while after graduation.
It was not until 2015, when he was 24 years old, that he participated in the amateur development inspirational variety show "Burning Boy" and became a trainee. He finally formed the "X玖少年团" and made his successful debut.
But the group [X玖少年团] is actually not very popular, and Xiaozhan has always been a little-known figure.
It wasn't until the hit TV series "The Untamed" in 2019 that he became a top star overnight and became one of the most popular young male stars.
Having said that, since Wajijiwa started their idol variety show, they have almost been tied to Tencent Video. As a costume drama invested by Tencent, it is normal for The Untamed to find male actors from Wajijiwa to star in it.
But Xiao was neither the captain nor the face of the group in [X玖少年团]. The fact that he finally got this opportunity also indirectly shows that he has some outstanding qualities.
At the very least, Long Danni definitely wants to support him.
"Mr. Gu, thank you very much for your appreciation of me!
I will definitely work harder and strive to play the role in the drama well~"
Xiao Zhan is 183cm tall, slightly shorter than Gu Wei. Today, in order to audition for the role of "Wu Bai", he wore a black pullover and looked a bit cool.
However, when he spoke to Gu Wei, he looked humble and his expression was very sincere.
"Don't feel too stressed. Mr. Long should have told you that I'm now a shareholder of Wajijiwa, and therefore your boss.
It’s only natural for a boss to support his own artists.”
Gu Wei didn’t have too many thoughts, he just simply wanted to keep the benefits within the family.
[Wei Ming Tian Xia] does not have any suitable actors under its name. He has just invested in [Wajijiwa], so naturally he wants to give Long Danni some benefits.
As for the fact that this pie fell into Xiao Zhan's hands, it was entirely because Gu Wei only remembered him, and he didn't know any of the other members of [X玖少年团].
After Gu Wei finished speaking, Xiao Zhan said many words of thanks, including some expressing his loyalty.
Although he didn't know why his new boss valued him among the nine people in the group, the smart boy quickly realized that this was a very good opportunity.
Compared with [Wajijiwa Entertainment], [Wei Ming Tian Xia] under Gu Wei has much stronger resources in film and television.
Idol boy groups cannot reach the top of the domestic entertainment industry. If they want to have greater development in the future, the only way is to act.
"Work hard, I'm optimistic about your future. Look at the popular Lu Han and Li Jiaheng now. You'll have the chance to reach their level in the future."
Gu Wei chatted with Xiao Zhan for a while and patted him on the shoulder to encourage him.
As a boss, his skill in drawing cakes became more and more proficient. The cakes he drew were big and round, which made Xiao Zhan very happy and he nodded in agreement repeatedly.
After Xiao Zhan left, Gu Wei touched his chin and thought about something.
"Mr. Gu, are you looking for me?"
After a while, Yang Liwen knocked on the door and came in.
"Sister Yang, I recently read a novel called The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, it's really good.
Later, please contact the website and the author and buy the film and television adaptation rights for this book!"
If it weren't for Xiao Zhan, Gu Wei almost forgot about the popular gay drama "The Untamed" in 2019.
The original work is the 2016 online novel "The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation", which was renamed "The Untamed" after being adapted into a film or TV series.
It is only the beginning of 2017, and the copyright of the novel is most likely still in the hands of the website and the author.
How popular was this drama back then? As a gay-themed web drama broadcast on Tencent Video, it brought out two top stars, Xiao Zhan and Wang Yibo, so you can imagine how popular it was.
Before the broadcast of "The Untamed", Xiao Zhan was a not-so-popular member of "X玖少年团", and Wang Yibo was just one of the so-called Tiantian Brothers.
After the TV series was released, the two of them quickly became popular and became top stars almost overnight.
Xiao Zhan immediately received the big-budget fantasy film "Zhu Xian", and Wang Yibo was able to collaborate with Zhao Liying in the TV series "You Fei".
It can be seen how quickly the two people's status and fame have risen.
However, Gu Wei wanted to get the role in "The Untamed" not to star in it. With his current status and position, it would be too cheap for him to star in a gay drama, and he would not act in it no matter how popular it is.
But it's not bad to use it to make money and promote one's own actors.
Xiaozhan is under their own company, and Wang Yibo is from Lehua, so it has nothing to do with him. If they find someone else to cooperate with Xiaozhan, this kind of TV series that relies on plot and production can still become popular even if the actors are changed.
In the afternoon, Gu Wei came out of the company and took a car to the studio of [People's Oriental Publishing and Media Co., Ltd.] to shoot a solo cover for next month's [People] magazine.
【People】is under the supervision of People's Publishing House. It is the earliest biographical publication in China and a national journal.
The monthly single cover features people from all walks of life who have a wide influence in society and are very authoritative.
From 2016 to now, the people who have appeared on the cover of this magazine include women's volleyball coach Lang Ping, Hou Hongliang of Noon Sunshine, famous writer Liu Zhenyun, world swimming champion Sun Yang, etc.
This time, I found Gu Wei, and he happened to have time, so he agreed to be the cover character of the May issue.
It didn't take long to shoot the cover photo for a serious magazine. After the shoot, [People] arranged for a reporter to conduct a separate interview with Gu Wei.
“For me to have achieved what I have today, I must first thank the country and this era.
This is not a hypocritical compliment, but the true feelings I want to express from my heart.
I was born in the 1990s and grew up in a relatively privileged family environment, but I don’t take all of this for granted.
The education I received since childhood, the advice of my parents, and the past lives that the elders in my family always mentioned have made me know, understand and see the rapid development of the country and the improvement of people's living standards.
After entering the film and television industry, from studying at the Beijing Film Academy to later starting to make movies, I felt more deeply that as our country becomes stronger, the domestic film and television industry is growing little by little, and the market is getting better and better.
The reason why we in the film and television industry can achieve some success today and win the love of the audience is not because of how well we do, but because our market is big enough, the audience has money in their pockets, and we have caught up with the best era!
Like the Korean film and television industry, they also have many outstanding talents, but they can never invest too much money to make movies, and no matter how good the works are, they cannot get high box office.
The box office of [Detective Chinatown 2] of nearly 4 billion RMB is unimaginable for Korean filmmakers, because their total population is only 50 million, which is less than the population of a province in our country.
Therefore, Korean films will eventually decline. As a lucky Chinese filmmaker, sitting on the future world's number one film market, I will definitely work harder in the future to shoot more and better works to repay every audience who likes me!
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The interview ended and it was already dark.
Gu Wei took a car to Zeng Li's home.
After returning from the recording of "Divas Hit the Road 3", Nazha was called away by the crew to do promotion. The fantasy drama "Fighter of the Destiny" that she collaborated with Lu Han will be released on the 17th of this month, and now is the most critical time for promotion.
It just so happened that Zeng Li had just returned from an event out of town two days ago, and Gu Wei came to find her immediately after receiving her message.
Gu Wei pushed the door open and walked into the room, but no one came to greet him.
After changing shoes and walking inside, I heard the sound of cooking from the kitchen. When I took a few steps closer, I saw Zeng Li wearing a light yellow home suit, a blue kitchen apron with cartoon patterns, and a high bun on her head, and she was seriously cooking delicious dishes.
What a beautiful little cook.
Because of the sounds of cooking and the range hood, Gu Wei was completely unaware of her approaching.
"Sister Li, what delicious food are you going to make?"
Gu Wei walked behind her, gently hugged Zeng Li's slender waist, and spoke with his head naturally resting on her shoulder.
Zeng Li was startled by the sudden hug, and his hand holding the spatula trembled.
But I felt relieved after hearing Gu Wei's voice.
"Why did you come in without telling me? You scared me!" Zeng Li was not angry. She just turned her head slightly and gave Gu Wei a charming look. She was always so gentle when she was with Gu Wei.
"Haha, want to give you a surprise~"
"I didn't feel surprised, but I was frightened." Zeng Li didn't stop cooking while speaking.
"Okay, go to the living room and take a rest. I'll be done in about 10 minutes. Wait for me there."
Gu Wei stood behind Zeng Li and was affectionate with her for a while before leaving obediently. Not long after, all her dishes were cooked, and the two of them sat at the dining table and started a sumptuous dinner.
"Sister Li, your sweet and sour pork ribs are so delicious!" Gu Wei filled a bowl of rice, picked up the delicious ribs in front of him and praised them.
Zeng Li has been a vegetarian all year round, but every time Gu Wei comes, she will cook two meat dishes for him. Her thoughtfulness touches Gu Wei very much.
"If it tastes good, eat more. Anyway, no matter how much you eat, you never get fat. It won't affect the filming." Zeng Li picked up the broccoli in front of her and put it in the bowl with a smile on her face. Every dish she cooked would be eaten up by Gu Wei, which was a silent compliment to her as a cook.
Besides, it is a happy thing to have the food you cook liked by your loved ones.
(End of this chapter)
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