Chapter 525 Joining the Group [Medicine God]
This year is definitely a bumper year for Mango TV.
At the very least, it will set a new record in advertising and investment promotion.
Although I missed Gu Wei's "Eternal Love" at the beginning of the year, the even more popular "In the Name of People" was broadcast in March.
In the coming May, Zhao Liying's "Princess Agents" will be released. This drama can compete with "Eternal Love" in terms of data, and it would have been the undisputed king of dramas in previous years.
In terms of variety shows, He Jiong's new variety show "A Longing for Life" received good responses after it was broadcast. In addition, "Divas Hit the Road 3" in which Gu Wei participated became popular before it was broadcast. Mango TV's various data in the first half of this year were absolutely explosively high, and it made a lot of money from advertising fees.
The flight from Shanghai to Nandu only takes one hour. On the plane, Gu Wei had already made arrangements for "Take My Brother Away Quickly".
He has no intention of changing his previous plan to release the film during the summer vacation. Between the May Day and National Day vacations, the summer vacation is the only time when the film is big enough to give low-budget films a chance to compete for box office revenue while other blockbuster films are released.
[Take My Brother Away] There aren't many stars in the film. Peng Yuchang and Zhao Jinmai are not very famous now, and Zhou Ye is a complete newcomer. If a suitable release date is not chosen, this film will most likely flop.
The movie itself tells the story of middle school students, and it is appropriate to release it during the summer vacation when students are on vacation.
Gu Wei plans to set the release date as July 6th.
The summer season has just begun at this point in time. The Hollywood blockbuster "Transformers 5: The Last Knight" was released on June 23rd, which has been released for more than two weeks and its popularity has passed. There are still 21 days before "Wolf Warrior 2" is released on July 27th, which leaves just enough time to win at the box office. There are no other movies with outstanding box office results during the same period.
When we came out of the airport, the special car sent by the crew was already waiting at the exit of the VIP channel.
The filming of "Dying to Survive" has been underway for a while now, and the filming locations for the domestic dramas are all in Nandu, so there is no need to travel around for filming locations.
After arriving at the crew, director Wen Mu also introduced Gu Wei to several main actors in the crew.
Except for Xiao Yang and Peng Yuchang, the other three members of the main cast of "Dying to Survive" have not changed. They performed very well in their own right, and Gu Wei's own company has no suitable replacements, so naturally they try to keep the original appearance as much as possible.
Gu Wei greeted a few people gently. They would be working together later, so they wanted to get to know each other first.
Several people also knew that the big star Gu Wei was the real boss of this play, and they were very respectful to him.
"Has everything been going smoothly since the filming started?"
After walking around, Gu Wei chatted with Wen Mu alone.
“It went very smoothly. The preparation time for this film was very long and all preparations were done very well.
The crew members have been through the previous production, so I am now comfortable with them."
Unlike when filming "The Love Master" where he still needed Gu Wei to play the villain and help support him, Wen Mu is now the one who has the final say in the crew and has begun to show the temperament of a great director.
These are the impacts brought about by the huge sales of "The Love Master".
In fact, it’s the same no matter what industry you are in. Only when you achieve results will others respect you and listen to what you say.
"How was the performance of the previous film? This film is different from the previous comedies and the requirements for the actors are relatively high."
Gu Wei still wanted to know the effect of the film with Xiao Yang as the protagonist, and whether Wen Mu would be satisfied with the director.
"The effect is very good. Xiao Yang's acting is very good. I always thought he was a pure comedian. I didn't expect that the filming of "Dying to Survive" gave me such a big surprise."
Judging from his expression and tone, Wen Mu is also very satisfied with Xiao Yang as the protagonist.
"Many comedians have top-notch acting skills in the industry, but people often overlook this."
The most typical example is the sketch king and his old partner Fan Wei. After they stopped performing sketches and started filming movies and TV series, they both contributed performances worthy of Best Actor.
There is also Yu Qian, who worked with Gu Wei in "Wolf Warrior 2", and his acting skills are not inferior to any professional actor.
"When are we going to shoot the scenes in India?" In addition to Nandu, "Dying to Survive" will also be filmed in India, mainly for the scenes where the male lead goes to an Indian pharmaceutical factory to buy medicine.
"Once all the scenes in China are finished, the scenes over there with only Xiao Yang will be relatively simpler."
Gu Wei, who arrived at the crew the day before, did not start filming immediately. After chatting with Wen Mu for a while, the crew continued filming that day. Gu Wei sat aside and watched everyone filming with great interest.
Just as Wen Mu also said, Xiao Yang's performance was indeed good. After seeing his performance, Gu Wei felt that it was in no way inferior to Xu Zheng in the original version.
Both of them have that greasy feeling of middle-aged people, which makes them humorous in themselves, but once they get serious, the emotions they express are very shocking.
The rest of the cast is equally excellent.
Wang Chuanjun, who plays "Lv Shouyi", is tall and thin, with sunken cheeks and a pale face. This is not entirely due to the makeup artist's work. According to director Wen, after Wang Chuanjun took the role, in order to show the character's frailty, he completed 8,000 rope jumps every day and lost more than 20 kilograms.
Previously, the crew was filming a scene where Wang Chuanjun was lying on a sickbed. In order to present the feeling of a person collapsing in front of the camera, he stayed up for two days without sleeping.
Gu Wei had never met Wang Chuanjun, but he had a general understanding of him through movies, TV dramas and some news.
What can I say about this person? He is a good actor, or even a drama maniac. It can be seen that he has aspirations in performing arts.
It means that they have low emotional intelligence, or they are not tactful enough and tend to act on impulse.
He was initially known to everyone for his role as "Guan Gu Shenqi" in "Love Apartment", and the crew of "Love Apartment" can be regarded as his benefactor and mentor.
But when the filming of "Love 5" was in progress, he directly rejected the crew's invitation and clearly expressed his disgust for the role of "Guan Gu Shenqi" on the Internet.
For the audience, Wang Chuanjun's behavior is like picking up the bowl to eat and then cursing when he puts the bowl down. He is too ungrateful.
[Love Apartment] has been mired in plagiarism scandals and its reputation is indeed not good, but Wang Chuanjun could just make a cameo appearance in a few scenes like Chen He did, and part ways amicably with the crew and the audience.
As a result, he used the method that was most disadvantageous to himself.
When The Ferryman was released at the end of last year, half of the celebrities in the entertainment industry were flattering Wang Jiawei, flooding the screen with comments like "I like it too!"
Only Wang Chuanjun stood out and posted on Weibo: "I don't like it!"
You can say that he is trying to attract attention, but he is the only famous star in the entire entertainment industry who stood up to speak out. Compared with the goodwill he has gained from the audience, he has completely offended Wang Jiawei, and those stars who flatter Director Wang will not have a good impression of him.
It is said that when Wang Jiawei was preparing to shoot "Prosperity", Wang Chuanjun went for an audition. However, considering his fame and acting skills after the release of "Dying to Survive" at that time, he still returned empty-handed.
In addition to Wang Chuanjun, the heroine Tan Zhuo in "Dying to Survive" is also a powerful actor.
She is not a professional actor, and her first film was the romantic film "Spring Breeze Intoxicated Night" directed by Lou Ye.
She collaborated with the little prince of art films, Qin Hao, and played the leading female role in her first film. She was then nominated for the Best Actress at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival.
Tan Zhuo is a bit like Zhou Xun, both are talented actresses. Later, she collaborated with Baoqiang in "Hello! Mr. Tree", with Zhang Yi in "The Murderer", and played the single mother "Liu Sihui" in "Dying to Survive".
Although Tan Zhuo has never been very famous, her acting skills are recognized by many directors and professionals in the film industry, especially in the art film industry.
Gu Wei is very optimistic about her collaboration with Xiao Yang in "Dying to Survive". As early as when he signed Xiao Yang, he bought the adaptation rights of the Indian movie "A Time to Die". After "Dying to Survive" became a big hit, the two of them teamed up for the second time in "A Time to Die", and the topic immediately became maximum!
After a day's filming, Gu Wei arranged a dinner for the crew at a nearby hotel in the evening.
If he were just an actor, he would just join the crew to film, and leave after the filming was finished. However, Gu Wei is also an investor and a nominal producer. Most of the crew members are employees of his company, so there are more things to consider.
The atmosphere at the dinner party in the evening was very good. The filming of "Dying to Survive" had been going on for over a month and everyone had been busy with the filming. It was very happy for everyone to relax occasionally.
"How do you feel after joining the crew? Did you encounter any problems during the filming?" At the dinner table, Gu Wei asked about Peng Yuchang's filming situation. After all, he was a relative who was inserted by him, and he was the youngest in the entire crew except for the kid who played Xiao Yang's son.
"Hmm~ To be honest, it was quite difficult at the beginning. I didn't perform well in many shots, and the number of NGs was the highest among the whole crew."
Peng Yuchang has a buzz cut and looks dazed. His iconic yellow hair in the movie is a wig, and he can just take off the wig when he gets a haircut later.
"Luckily, several teachers on the crew took good care of me and told me how to act. Director Wen also had the patience to polish the shots over and over again.
Now I feel like I’m getting into it, I feel like I’ve become one with the ‘yellow-haired’ character in the movie.”
"Oh? From your tone, you sound very confident in your acting~
I need to ask Director Wen if this is the case."
Peng Yuchang didn't refute what Gu Wei said, but scratched his head and smiled foolishly.
"Peng Peng is performing really well now. He has improved a lot compared to when the filming started!" Xiao Yang said with a smile.
He and Peng Yuchang are both artists under Gu Wei. There is a huge difference between their ages and images, so there is almost no competition for resources. They quickly became friends while filming together.
"Thanks to Brother Xiao's help and Director Wen's guidance," Peng Yuchang said a little embarrassedly.
"Haha~ It's mainly because you have the talent. Acting is a profession that requires a lot of talent. Plus, if you're willing to work hard, you'll naturally grow quickly."
Listening to what the two said, Gu Wei smiled and nodded.
Peng Peng is not good-looking, so it is unlikely that he will become an idol star. Fortunately, he has a good talent in acting, so he may become a powerful actor in the future.
Gu Wei remembered that in his original time and space, he was nominated for the [Best Actor at the 55th Taiwan Golden Horse Awards] in 2018. Although he did not win the Best Actor award, being nominated was also a symbol of strength.
Ask for a monthly ticket!
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
