Chapter 201 Just Good Friends
After finalizing the contract with Zhang Songwen, Gu Wei called Yang Liwen and didn't have to worry about the rest.
The company will soon have a new general, and Gu Wei is in a very good mood.
After a while, the actors who had filming tasks today arrived one after another.
When everyone saw Gu Wei coming back, they greeted him warmly.
"Have you finished promoting the TV series?"
After greeting Gu Wei, Li Xian stood with him and started chatting.
He knew that Gu Wei had asked for leave to promote "My Lucky Star". This drama was so popular now that he watched it every week.
"I'm participating in Running Man, which will be broadcast in a few days."
"Running Man, this variety show is also very popular."
Li Xian said with envy.
"I'm away for a few days. How's the filming going?"
Gu Wei asked casually.
"I'm doing better. I don't have much filming to do for the guys playing your roommates. I've been playing games the past two days.
Everyone misses you so much!"
"I've only been away for a few days and you're already missing me. Is that too much?"
Gu Wei was puzzled.
Li Xian said with some amusement:
"Since you left, there's no one to lead us. We keep losing games. I'm about to lose gold these days."
Gu Wei was a little amused and helpless after hearing this.
"You guys are really good."
"I'm okay, it's them who are weak. You can lead them, but I can't."
Lee County countered.
After Gu Wei returned to the crew, the filming progress of "Love O2O" was back on track.
Everyone returned to the happy time of filming during the day and playing games and having dinner together after the filming.
Gu Wei quickly raised the gaming levels of Li Xian and others.
Gu Wei returned to the crew to film quietly, and this year's Lunar New Year box office battle officially began with the release of Huang Xiaoming's movie.
On November 28, the second day after the premiere, Huang Xiaoming's "Women Who Act Like Coquettishly Have the Best Fortune" premiered nationwide.
Although at the premiere, Huang Xiaoming said that he would immediately set a wedding date if the movie box office exceeded 1 billion.
But this movie did not become a billion-level movie as he had hoped.
The national box office on Thursday, the first day of its release, was 23.08 million yuan. On the following two days, Saturday and Sunday, the box office was 27.51 million yuan and 30.73 million yuan respectively.
The film grossed 81.52 million in its first week.
Then on Monday of the second week, the box office was halved, closing at 14.93 million.
Basically, the final box office of this movie will be more than 200 million.
As a romance film, although this movie is unlikely to make a lot of money, it will have no problem making a profit.
But I think Huang Xiaoming might be a little disappointed.
Last month, Liu Yifei’s movie "Red Beauty" was officially released at the beginning of this month.
As a Sino-Korean co-production, the film achieved a box office of 66 million in one month after its release. Although it was bound to lose money, it at least broke the box office record for Sino-Korean co-productions, which is some consolation.
This data also shows that it is difficult for co-production films to achieve good results in the mainland market.
When this movie was released, the organizers invited dozens of media outlets to hold the premiere press conference, but did not invite any celebrities to participate.
It was only when Gu Wei chatted with Liu Yifei on WeChat that he learned about her movie release.
"Gu Wei, I want to watch this movie."
In the evening, Gu Wei took a shower and walked out of the bathroom wearing a white bathrobe.
Nazha was wearing a pink pajamas, sitting cross-legged on the sofa, with a lollipop in her mouth and a silver pad in her hand. When she saw Gu Wei coming over, she said to him.
Gu Wei sat next to Nazha, took the pad from her hand, and took a look. The movie she wanted to watch was "The Taiping", which was called "China's Titanic".
"Why did you think of watching this movie?"
"These days the internet is full of promotion for this movie. It's directed by the famous director Wu Yusen, and stars Zhang Ziyi, Kim Sung-moo, Song Hye-kyo, and Nagasawa Ami.
And look at the slogan, 'It's better to give your life to love than to war,' how beautiful it is."
Nazha said with a look of longing.
"Haha, this movie is on its first day of release today, and the real-time box office and audience feedback haven't come out yet. We can wait and see for a while."
As he said that, Gu Wei reached out and held Nazha in his arms.
It is definitely not possible to go to see the movie. It is no secret that Gu Wei is filming in Shanghai. Since the filming of the TV series started, there have been paparazzi lurking around the crew.
Gu Wei took other crew members out to eat several times and was secretly photographed by paparazzi. However, there were so many people together that being photographed entering and leaving the restaurant was not a big deal.
If he takes Nazha to the movies alone, even if they go today, she will definitely be on the hot search list tomorrow.
Besides, he really had no interest in watching the movie "The Crossing".
As an internationally renowned director, Wu Yusen used his own personal experience to tell all directors in the industry the consequences of losing money while making movies.
He originally broke into Hollywood with "A Better Tomorrow" and then established his foothold in Hollywood by filming "Face/Off" and "Mission Impossible 2".
He was on the verge of becoming an internationally renowned director and was welcomed by major film companies.
As a result, in 2002, he took on the role in MGM's A-level blockbuster "Windtalkers". This big production, which cost 115 million US dollars, only grossed 77 million US dollars worldwide after its release, and the film company suffered a direct loss of more than 80 million US dollars at the box office.
With its stock price plummeting, MGM, one of the eight major Hollywood film studios, declared bankruptcy.
Wu Yusen messed up this movie and could no longer make it in Hollywood, so he returned to China.
When he just came back, he was warmly welcomed by Han Sanping as an international director. He provided money and manpower for him to shoot "Red Cliff", which cost 600 million yuan to produce, took in 580 million yuan at the domestic box office and 1 billion yuan worldwide. China Film Corporation suffered heavy losses.
The film he is shooting now, "The Crossing", has completely ended his directorial career. With an investment of 400 million yuan, Gu Wei remembers that the final box office of the two films in the original time and space was only 250 million yuan. According to the box office sharing rules, the investors lost more than 300 million yuan!
No company in China dares to ask him to make a movie anymore.
A week later, the 12th episode of Running Man was broadcast on Blueberry Channel.
The variety show Running Man has been on the air for a month and a half as of this episode.
The show became more and more popular, people were discussing it more and more online, and the TV station's ratings broke records.
The guests invited in this episode are the male and female protagonists of the hottest idol dramas in the past two months, Gu Wei and Zhao Liying.
Blueberry TV had already released the news that Gu Wei and the others were participating.
On Friday night, Yang Zi, who was filming for the show "Da Yangge", sat in front of the TV in his hotel room, waiting for the episode of Running Man to be broadcast.
The conditions of the [Da Yangge] crew are really not that good. Even the room where the heroine Yang Zi lives is just a double room in an ordinary hotel.
There's no way around it. Funding is one thing, but the place where they filmed was too desolate and there weren't any good hotels.
Yang Zi has been following Running Man since the first episode, and she has also watched the original Korean version of Running Man.
Given her personality, she is very interested in this kind of outdoor variety show.
Her good friend Gu Wei will be the guest in today's episode, so she can't miss it.
As the Running Man theme song [Superhero] sounded, this episode officially began.
After the Running Man team entered the venue, four guests came in one after another.
Gu Wei entered the venue wearing a black sportswear. His slender figure and angular facial features gave him the feeling of a sports anime protagonist.
"You're trying to be cool by ripping off your name tag. What will you do if you get ripped off later?"
Yang Zi muttered as he looked at Gu Wei on TV.
After a while, the first round of the game ended, and Gu Wei actually won the final victory in the name tag tearing battle, which was beyond Yang Zi's expectations.
Then she looked down at the second round of high jump competition and the third round of water competition.
During the show, there were many shots of Gu Wei and Zhao Liying chatting and looking at each other. The program crew thoughtfully added special effects such as red cheeks and small red hearts, as well as soothing background music when the two were in the same frame.
"There's a good chance these two are up to something. Gu Wei is such a jerk."
As a good friend of Gu Wei since school, Yang Zi knew a lot about his love history. Apart from several female celebrities who were rumored to have had affairs with him on the Internet, she knew clearly about the two girlfriends Gu Wei had in school.
Moreover, after these two people broke up with him, one has been promoted by him, and the other is being promoted by him.
Li Xian was a witness throughout the entire process. He participated in both TV series, from "The Princess Weiyoung" to the current "Love O2O".
So Yang Zi knew that although Gu Wei was a very good person and was very kind to his friends, he was definitely a playboy when it came to love.
After watching this episode of Running Man from beginning to end, Yang Zi couldn't help but send a WeChat message to Gu Wei.
"I just finished watching Running Man. Is the rumor about you and Zhao Liying true?"
“Good friend, thank you!
"Little Monkey Zi, just focus on filming and stop gossiping."
Gu Wei recovered quickly.
'Haha, good friends?
Guess whether I believe it or not.'
Yang Zi looked at Gu Wei's reply and laughed.
This episode of Running Man had a high viewership rating of 3.14 and an audience share of 10.24 due to the participation of Gu Wei and Zhao Liying, setting a record for the viewership since the show was launched.
When the show was broadcast that night, Gu Wei also watched it with Nazha. It can only be said that this kind of variety show depends entirely on the editing and post-production.
In the third round of the game, Zhao Liying's drowning incident was not seen at all in the entire program, as if it had never happened, and everyone was just playing games happily.
Many people's words and actions have completely changed their original meaning after being edited by the program crew.
Fortunately, they did not cut Gu Wei's shots too much. At least all his actions and words were not misinterpreted due to the editing.
Of course, this is also because Gu Wei is a big star.
This episode of Running Man sparked widespread discussion among netizens after it was released.
More and more drama fans have turned into CP fans of the "Fish Pond Couple".
The discussion about the TV series "My Sunshine" on the Internet has once again become heated.
After watching Running Man, I went back to rewatch "Come On, My Love" again. This drama is too sweet, I can't take it anymore. The "Fishpond Couple" must be together!!
It's so delicious! I've watched it countless times. Zhao Liying's Shanshan is naturally cute and silly, fresh and unpretentious, without any trace of acting. Gu Wei's portrayal of the overbearing CEO is very successful!
[The pride of mainland idol dramas! Silly and sweet but not stupid, I like it! Who said that silly and sweet characters don’t need acting skills?
Shanshan is a living example of how not everyone can play a silly, innocent character! Shanshan's adorable and cute personality is truly endearing! My favorite line is "Shanshan is a little sun, full of positive energy!"
[I support the "Fishpond Couple" and they must be together! ! ! ]
【I'll give 500 to you when you get married! ! 】
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At this time, "My Sunshine" has aired 30 episodes, and there is only one week left before all the episodes are broadcast.
Needless to say, the ratings reached a peak of 2.41, which is very close to the summer blockbuster "Gu Jian Qi Tan". The audience share also reached 11.14, almost becoming a phenomenal modern idol TV series in 2014.
In recent years, no modern idol drama of the same type has surpassed this achievement.
It can be said that from then on, "Shan Shan Comes" became a benchmark in the current idol market.
Anyone who shoots a modern idol drama will use it as a template and goal.
What’s even more valuable is that although this TV series is just an idol drama, it has received very high praise from the media and audiences.
[The background setting of "My Sunshine" is down-to-earth and close to the life of white-collar workers in modern cities.
It has a standard plot, attractive male and female protagonists, attractive costumes, and dialogues designed to suit young people. It has a warm and dream-making nature. 】——Tengxun Entertainment
[Although the plot is common, it satisfies the public's fantasy of idol dramas] - Sina Entertainment
Gu Wei not only has the temperament of a young master, but also has a warm feeling. When he gazes at her affectionately or smiles to express his doting, the audience will not be distracted but will be drawn into the plot.
Zhao Liying's image and connotation are quite consistent with the original work, she is cute and natural.
Their performances all deserve 90 points. 】——Sohu Entertainment
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The Douban score of the TV series, which is about to end, has increased again, from 7.8 points in the 16th episode to 8 points now.
This rating is unprecedented for a domestic idol drama.
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