Chapter 209 Tenderness
On January 8, the epic love story "The Crossing", which had been released for more than a month, was withdrawn from theaters, having only earned 195 million yuan at the box office.
Despite the huge investment, big production and participation of top actors from China, Japan and South Korea, the film did not go further at the box office.
Facts have proven that if the film is not well made, no matter how big the actors are, it will be useless.
The combination of Zhang Ziyi, Kim Sung-woo, Huang Xiaoming, Song Hye-kyo and Nagasawa Masami is so powerful that it still has no effect, and the audience just doesn't buy it.
Brother Xiaoming never imagined that the big production by an international director could not compete with the low-budget romantic comedy in which he starred at the box office.
"A Woman Who Acts Like a Baby Has the Best Luck" was also released a few days ago, with a box office of 230 million, slightly exceeding "The Crossing".
But the cost of this love movie is less than one-fifth of "The Crossing".
Gu Wei now has some understanding of why those traffic stars have been so popular with capital since this year, and why the two who returned from South Korea have been so favored by film and television companies.
There are many well-known actors in the film and television industry today. Although they have great status and are very popular among the people, it is very mysterious to talk about their box office appeal.
If you have a good script and a good director, the box office has the potential to explode, but if the director or the script is bad, the movie will also be a big flop.
But traffic stars are different. In 2015, traffic stars still had their own fans and audiences.
No matter how bad the movie is, it can still gross hundreds of millions at the box office thanks to the fanatical fans. As long as the cost of the movie is controlled, it is easy to make a profit.
If they could trick some passersby into coming in to watch the movie, or if the quality of the movie was better, then a high box office would be a given.
Before this, the best example was director Guo Xiaosi.
Although he is not a traffic star, his movies are completely fan movies. No matter how bad the movie is, he can still make a lot of money just by relying on book fans.
Of course, Gu Wei has no right to criticize others now, because he is also one of the stars who benefits from the traffic.
In 2014, two hit TV series won him countless fans, including some die-hard and fanatical fans.
One ancient idol drama and one modern idol drama allow Gu Wei to attract audiences with different preferences in all aspects. No matter whether you like to watch ancient costume dramas or modern dramas, there is always a Gu Wei that suits you.
As of now, at the beginning of 2015, it is no exaggeration to say that Gu Wei is the male star with the most fans among the younger generation of domestic entertainment.
Although Lu Han and Li Jiaheng are also very popular, they have just returned to China and have no works released yet.
Most of their fans are brought over from EXO, which has great limitations. Many young people in China do not pay attention to Korean Wave.
The three little ones have just started to gain popularity in the past two years, and their popularity is still gradually accumulating. It was not until they performed on the Spring Festival Gala that they gradually became household names.
The older generation of traffic stars, such as Zhang Han and Han Geng, have not released any good works in the past two years, and their popularity has declined somewhat.
Especially Zhang Han, after breaking up with Zheng Shuang in June 2014, not only did his popularity plummet, but he was also chased and scolded by many of Shuangzi's fans.
In October, he posted a photo of himself eating beef noodles on Weibo, and Shuangzi's fans commented below, "Zheng Shuang has become so thin, and you still have the mood to eat beef noodles?" followed by all kinds of verbal abuse.
Throughout 2014, Gu Wei stood out among the young male actors in the domestic entertainment industry. His excellent works made him gain both popularity and reputation.
It is precisely for this reason that Enle Films is willing to spend a huge sum of money to invite Gu Wei to come to the rescue, because they saw the traffic he brings.
The crew members of [Wei Wei] have returned to Beijing one after another, and director Lin Yufen has begun to devote his main work to the post-production of the TV series.
As a modern drama, the post-production of this TV series is relatively simple, but the game-related scenes in the TV series are a little more difficult to produce.
Everyone has their own expertise. The editing and post-production of the TV series will naturally be done by the director and editor. Gu Wei only needs to wait for the finished film to come out.
Director Lin gave Gu Wei an estimated time, and the post-production of "Love O2O" would be completed in about two months.
This speed is already very fast, thanks to the fact that "Love O2O" is a modern drama and has only 30 episodes.
Like Gu Wei's previous film "Gu Jian Qi Tan", it took more than a year from post-production to release.
In the evening, after leaving the company, Gu Wei took a car to the Louis Vuitton store in a nearby shopping mall to buy a women's bag, and then bought a bouquet of bright red roses at a flower shop on the street.
The car drove to the underground parking lot of an upscale residential complex, and Gu Wei took the elevator upstairs alone.
He walked to the door of a house as if he was familiar with the place and rang the doorbell.
Soon, the door was opened.
Zeng Li was wearing a light brown home suit, a pair of pink slippers, and her hair was tied into a neat bun. When she saw Gu Wei at the door, a bright smile appeared on her beautiful face.
"Sister Li, I'm back.
This is a gift for you.”
Gu Wei said as he handed over the flowers and the bag containing the bag.
"Thank you~"
Zeng Li took the flowers and gifts without looking at them carefully. It was obvious that her happiness had nothing to do with the gifts, but was entirely due to Gu Wei's arrival.
He put the things aside and bent down to help Gu Wei take out slippers from the shoe cabinet.
Although the home clothes were a bit loose, this action still showed the mature woman's beautiful curves in front of Gu Wei.
After entering the door, Gu Wei took off his mask and hat and hung his coat on the hanger beside him.
"Go wash your hands, I've prepared the meal."
Zeng Li put the shoes in the entrance hall and talked to Gu Wei.
After a while, both of them sat down at the dining table in the restaurant.
There were four dishes and one soup on the table, two meat dishes and two vegetable dishes. Although Zeng Li was a vegetarian, because Gu Wei was coming, she still thoughtfully made two meat dishes.
Gu Wei didn't hesitate, picked up the fragrant white rice, picked up some vegetables and started eating.
After a busy day, he was indeed a little hungry.
The rice had a rich aroma, was soft and delicate. Gu Wei picked up a piece of braised pork ribs, which had a crispy texture and tender meat. It seemed that Zeng Li's cooking skills had improved again.
"Mmm~ It's delicious, Sister Li, your cooking skills are amazing.
She is definitely a model of a good wife and mother.”
"If it tastes good, eat more~"
Zeng Li was also very happy to hear Gu Wei's praise and see him eating with such relish.
A big smile appeared on her face, and her beautiful big eyes narrowed into crescents.
She picked up the rice, took a bite of the stir-fried potato shreds in front of her, and started eating.
Under the yellow light of the kitchen, two people sat quietly on either side of the small dining table and ate their meal. The atmosphere was particularly warm.
Zeng Li took two bites of food, looked up at Gu Wei who was eating voraciously, and felt a little dazed for a moment.
It is now 2015, and she still clearly remembers the scene when she met Gu Wei for the first time during the casting for the movie "Detective Chinatown" in early 2013 when she went to the audition.
When she first met Gu Wei, she thought the director was very young and very handsome.
She graduated from the Performance Department of the Central Academy of Drama. She has been in the industry for many years and thinks she has seen many handsome men, but Gu Wei's appearance is the best among the male actors she knows.
Later, he unexpectedly received the news that he was selected. Through gradual contact, he gradually came to understand Gu Wei's temperament and character.
But at that time, she only regarded Gu Wei as a handsome and gentle boy.
I never thought that I, who was nearly 40 years old, would have a relationship with this older boy who was almost a generation younger than me, and that it has continued until now.
She knew clearly in her heart that with the age difference between them, there was almost no future for them.
So after the filming of "Detective Chinatown" was completed, she never took the initiative to look for Gu Wei.
I just hope that as time goes by, the relationship between the two people will gradually fade and eventually return to the distance of ordinary friends.
Unfortunately, Gu Wei came to see her from time to time, and she had no way to refuse him and could only treat him gently.
Fortunately, Gu Wei brought her only good things.
Youth, vitality and enthusiasm made her, who had always been alone, feel a happiness she had never experienced before.
Gu Wei also gave her great help in her career.
After the release of the movie "Detective Chinatown", her acting career, which had not seen much improvement for more than ten years, also ushered in new developments.
Originally, she could only play supporting roles in some film and television dramas, but after the movies were released, she gradually received many scripts for female lead roles.
Looking at Gu Wei's young and handsome face in front of him, Zeng Li sighed secretly in his heart.
"Enemy~"
"Sister Li, what are you thinking about?"
After finishing a piece of spareribs in the bowl, Gu Wei found that Zeng Li was looking at him with a dazed look.
"Ah~ Nothing~"
Zeng Li came to his senses and covered up.
"I'm thinking about a TV series that wants me to take it."
"What TV series? Tell me about it."
Gu Wei asked curiously.
"Directors Li Jun and Li Xiao are co-directing a TV series called 'Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou Don't Believe in Tears' and they've asked me to play the female lead."
Zeng Li said.
There is indeed such a TV series that has approached her and will start filming after the New Year. She has already read the script and thinks it is pretty good.
"[Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou don't believe in tears]?"
Gu Wei muttered to himself.
He had some impression of this drama. Although it was not a TV series with huge ratings, its broadcast performance was above average among TV series in 2015.
The original version seems to be played by Ma Yili and Zhu Yawen. Now because of his butterfly effect, the heroine has found Zeng Li.
"I've heard people talking about this TV series. Sister Li, you can take it on."
Gu Wei said.
"Okay, I'll listen to you."
Zeng Li agreed with a smile.
She didn't care much about whether to accept the TV series or not. Since Gu Wei said so, she would just go for it.
After dinner, Zeng Li sent Gu Wei to rest and cleaned up the dishes himself.
Gu Wei didn't hesitate to go to the living room, sit on the sofa, and scroll through his phone out of boredom.
There are two movies released in the market today, one is Wang Jiawei's "The Grandmaster" (3D), and the other is Lu Han's first movie after returning to China, "20 Again".
The reason why "The Grandmaster" is marked with 3D is because this movie was released in 2013, and two years later a 3D remake was made and re-released.
It is unlikely to achieve high box office, but with the brand of Wang Jiawei and "The Grandmaster", it can still make some money.
Although Gu Wei is not very fond of Wang Jiawei, he has to admire her because she makes really good movies.
"The Grandmaster" took 10 years to produce, and although it failed to win investors, it still won numerous awards after its release.
A few years ago, Zhang Ziyi was involved in the "Triple Door" scandal, and her reputation and personal image were almost completely destroyed. She had no room to survive in the Chinese-language film industry.
However, the release of "The Grandmaster" helped her make a comeback and almost returned to the peak.
She gave impeccable acting in this film and won 12 Best Actress awards including the Golden Horse Award and the Hong Kong Film Award.
Her experience also tells all the actors in the entertainment industry that as long as you have real ability, you can turn things around even if your reputation collapses, of course, provided you don't break the law.
[Back to 20] has been playing the Lu Han brand from promotion to release, but in fact the real protagonist of this movie is Yang Zishan. As the name suggests, this movie tells the story of the heroine played by Yang Zishan, who returns from an old lady to a 20-year-old girl.
Lu Han can only be regarded as the second male lead in the movie, but since he is the most popular now, it is understandable that the producers use his name for promotion.
This world is fair. If the movie is promoted under Lu Han’s name and becomes a big hit at the box office, then everyone will naturally give him the credit.
After a while, Zeng Li finished cleaning up in the kitchen and came over to sit next to Gu Wei.
"What are you looking at?"
"See what movies are coming out soon."
After saying that, he put down his phone and hugged Zeng Li in his arms.
The beautiful lady smells nice and soft and it feels great to hold her in my arms.
"Stop messing around~"
Zeng Li's face turned red, and she struggled slightly in embarrassment.
"I'm not making a fuss. I just want to be closer to Sister Li."
Gu Wei spoke in her ear.
Now Zeng Li's ears even turned red.
Gu Wei did not go any further, but just hugged Zeng Li quietly.
Zeng Li didn't move either, and the two of them quietly enjoyed the moment of warmth.
"Sister Li, do you blame me?"
After a while, Gu Wei suddenly asked.
"Why do you ask?"
Zeng Li felt a little strange.
"We had very few opportunities to meet last year. We usually just sent WeChat messages or called each other. I thought you would be unhappy."
Zeng Li, who was in Gu Wei's arms, turned around to face him.
Looking at Gu Wei's clear eyes, she reached out and slowly stroked his young and handsome cheek.
"Silly boy, how could I blame you? I've been in this industry for almost 20 years, so of course I know how busy and popular you were last year.
This is how it is in our industry. Once we start filming, we won't see each other for months. I'm very happy that you can think of me occasionally."
"After we finish rehearsing for the Spring Festival Gala tomorrow, I'll be back on set. A movie I promised to film has been waiting for me.
I originally wanted to stay with you for a while longer when I returned to Beijing this time."
Gu Wei said in a low voice.
"You are still young, your career is more important. Sister Li is here. When you have time, come find me. I am always here."
Gu Wei looked at Zeng Li's beautiful face. It was the face of a beauty in blue, a truly majestic beauty. Even time could not diminish its beauty, but only add mature charm to it.
He just felt how lucky he was to have the favor of such a beautiful woman in this life.
In the almost two years since he had a relationship with Zeng Li, Zeng Li had never made any material demands on him.
Even though they hadn't seen each other for a long time due to work, she never expressed any dissatisfaction to him.
Every time they met, she spoke softly and gently, wrapping him gently like water, never asking for anything in return, yet satisfying all his requests.
Thinking of this, Gu Wei stood up and picked up Zeng Li.
"Ah, what for?"
Zeng Li was caught off guard by Gu Wei's sudden action and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Sister Li, I miss you~"
Gu Wei looked into her eyes and spoke gently, then carried Zeng Li towards the bedroom.
(End of this chapter)
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