Chapter 582 New Project
On September 20, Forbes released the "2017 China Celebrity List".
This year's list was released particularly early, and the period selected was also quite special, from July 2016 to June 2017. As a result, a lot of data will overlap with last year's list.
Gu Wei is undoubtedly still the number one, with a statistical income of 400 million yuan.
This figure is undoubtedly inaccurate. Even if we don't take into account the income from film remuneration, the various endorsement fees that Gu Wei has added in the past year are far more than the data released by Forbes.
However, most of his income is kept confidential, so it is normal that Forbes' statistics are inaccurate.
The second place also remained unchanged and was firmly held by Fan Bingbing, whose revenue for the whole year last year was 300 million yuan.
In terms of income, he ranks third, only behind Gu Wei and Cheng Long, who earns 330 million.
Her exposure rate far exceeds that of Brother Cheng Long. After all, she is known as the woman who lives on the hot search, and there is no end to all kinds of hype news about her.
[I Am Not Madame Bovary] made her the best actress again. The female-themed TV series [Win the World], which she starred in and invested in, became popular before it was even aired, attracting Tmall Technology to buy its exclusive online broadcasting rights at a sky-high price of 480 million yuan, showing its strong money-making ability.
The third and fourth are Yang Mi and Zhao Liying. Needless to say, these two are undoubtedly the two most popular female stars in the domestic entertainment industry besides Bingbing.
Da Mimi is the host of the hit TV series "Eternal Love", and it is said that "there will be no Bai Qian after Yang Mi".
Zhao Liying has appeared in "Sisters Who Make Waves", "Princess Agents", and "The Tower of 72", and has appeared in all kinds of movies, TV series, and variety shows.
The two have similar incomes, Yang Mi's is 200 million and Zhao Liying's is 190 million.
The fifth place is Lu Han. As the most popular male star after Gu Wei of the younger generation, his popularity has always been very high. Coupled with the blessing of "Running Man", his income of 210 million is second only to Zhao Liying.
Brother Cheng Long ranked sixth. Apart from the time when his works were released, the older brother does not have as high exposure as the young people, so even though his income is as high as 330 million, he still failed to make it into the top five.
Zeng Li unexpectedly ranked seventh on the celebrity list this year. This is also the first time she has entered the top ten of the Forbes Celebrity List since she entered the industry.
In fact, it makes sense. Andy in "Ode to Joy 1 and 2", Gao Xiaoqin in "In the Name of People", and Tang Jing in "The First Half of My Life", the important roles in these three hit dramas have made Zeng Li's popularity soar in the past two years.
Although her annual income is only 90 million, the lowest among the top ten, she still ranks ahead of Angelababy, Jay Chou and Li Jiaheng.
Zhang Tianai and Nazha from Gu Wei Company failed to make it into the top ten, ranking within 20.
Reba, who became very popular this year, jumped from 72nd place last year to 21st place, showing rapid progress.
"It's a pity that this list is only available up to June of this year, otherwise Wu Jing would definitely be in the top three, and Zhang Tianai would also be in the top ten.
Chao Ge and his wife are very stable, 12 and 13, it seems that their ranking is similar to last year
I remember that last year Huang Xiaoming was seventh and baby was eighth. In less than a year, baby has not changed, while Xiaoming has dropped to 16th place.
This is because he is so focused on protecting his beloved wife that he doesn’t pay much attention to his own career.”
Gu Wei, sitting in the office, holding the freshly-published celebrity list in his hand, expressed his opinions.
"Boss" Not long after, Yang Liwen knocked on the door and came in.
"Sister Yang, there are two things I need you to do." Gu Wei put down the list in his hand and gave the order directly.
"I've picked out two novels from the company's copyright library. Please give them to the screenwriting department and have them adapt them into TV scripts as soon as possible."
Yang Liwen glanced at the two books on the desk. She remembered that it was Gu Wei who asked her to buy the copyright of [Half-demon Si Teng] at the end of last year.
The other book, "Eastern Palace," seems to have been bought in the first two years after the company was founded, which is quite a long time ago.
“Is this the next project our company will launch?”
Since it is going to be adapted into a script, the boss must be planning to shoot these two TV series.
"Almost, but don't worry, just prepare slowly. According to my plan, these two dramas will be filmed in time next year."
"As for the director..."
“This is also the main reason why I came to you.
When the script is out, go find a director named Li Muge and invite him to direct our company's next project." Gu Wei hesitated for a moment, then picked up the [Half-Demon Si Teng]
“Take this one first!”
"Li Muge?" Yang Liwen thought about it.
"I know this director, but he doesn't seem to be a professional. He's been shooting urban romance dramas before, but he doesn't seem to have any outstanding works."
As a veteran in the entertainment industry for over 20 years, most directors have heard of Yang Liwen's name, even if they don't know her.
Gu Wei smiled.
"I know that Director Li was a top student majoring in computer science at Peking University, and he entered the film and television industry by chance.
He first followed director Gao Xixi, and only in recent years did he independently direct TV series.
I've seen Director Li's work and I think he can do a good job directing a company drama!"
"Sito" and "Eastern Palace" are both works by Li Muge. This director has a good way of using colors and is particularly good at capturing the most beautiful side of women.
In these two TV series in the original time and space, Li Muge used his unique camera language to show the most beautiful sides of Da Tiantian and Peng Xiaoran, which was very professional.
Of course, he was also the director of Mr. Yang Yang's film "My Human Fireworks".
But to be honest, the investor of "Human Fireworks" is Yuekai Entertainment. As the leading actor and investor, Mr. Yang Yang has too much say and has intervened in the filming for the sake of his handsome image.
Director Li couldn't show off his skills on the male and female protagonists, so he put all his energy on the obedient Wei Daxun. The result was that Yang Yang fell down and Daxun was full.
A TV series with extremely bad reputation actually made an actor who was almost the third or fourth male lead become popular.
Yang Liwen nodded and picked up two novels from the desk.
"By the way, Wanda should be contacting our company soon to discuss the scheduling of Nezha during the Spring Festival. Please be prepared to coordinate with them."
"Okay, boss."
After handling some matters in the company in the morning, Gu Wei went downstairs to [Wei Ming Tianxia Animation Production Company].
"Mr. Gu~"
"Hello, Mr. Gu"
“.”
The employees were busy along the way, and when they saw him, the boss, they stopped and greeted him, and Gu Wei nodded in response.
"Mr. Gu, you are here~
"What are your instructions?" Director Jiaozi was talking to his staff in the office. When he saw Gu Wei come in, he hurried over.
"I hope I didn't disturb your work."
"No, no, Yang Jian is currently in the preparation stage and isn't too busy."
The production of [Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World] has been completed, and director Jiaozi's team has also taken a break for a while. After returning, they are ready to start another project of [Animation Production Company].
Previously, they were also hesitating about what theme to choose for the next animated film. The candidates included [Jiang Ziya], [Yang Jian], [Lei Zhenzi] and other main characters in Fengshen.
Later, Gu Wei decided that the company’s second animated film after Nezha would be Yang Jian.
"I heard from the screenwriting department that you've already sent back several versions of the script they provided. Didn't you find anything you liked?"
“It’s not that I didn’t like it. In fact, there were some good points in all the versions of the script, but I always felt that something was missing.
Just like the previous production of "Nezha", although it tells the story of Nezha's growth, the core idea is "a person's origin cannot determine his future." Ao Bing is the reincarnation of the spirit pearl but does bad things, while Nezha is the reincarnation of the magic pill but can do good things.
The story is relatively simple, but the idea is profound.
Those versions of the script for Yang Jian were very enjoyable to read, but the core was always a little thin."
Director Jiaozi scratched his head and explained to Gu Wei.
"Haha. You're right.
I have also read those versions of the script. They are basically adaptations of traditional mythological stories such as Yang Jian "splitting the mountain to save his mother", "carrying the mountain to chase the sun", "slaying the dragon and capturing the dragon", etc. Compared with "Nezha", they are indeed a bit less interesting.
You can communicate more with the screenwriter department. After all, they are professionals in story design.
Now the main problem is that you are not satisfied with the script, and they don’t know where the problem lies, and they can’t improve it better.”
"It was indeed my oversight. I'll have a chat with Manager Chen from their department later."
After hearing what Gu Wei said, Jiaozi realized his problem and quickly admitted his mistake.
Gu Wei nodded and suddenly noticed the drawing paper he had been holding in his hand.
“Is this the new image you started designing?”
“Oh, that’s right. Although the specific story hasn’t been finalized yet, we have already started preparing to design Yang Jian’s image.
The team has currently created more than 30 different images, including young Yang Jian and young Yang Jian."
As he spoke, Jiaozi began to take Gu Wei to visit the various versions of Yang Jian's design drafts on the drawing paper in the studio.
"These are not all. The company's artists are still constantly creating new images, some handsome, some rough, some solemn, all kinds of them. When the time comes, we will select the appropriate image based on the specific story.
When we were making Nezha, we designed 100 versions, and Yang Jian couldn’t be left out.”
Gu Wei highly recognizes the expertise of dumplings.
"This time, the production time shouldn't be as long as three years, right?"
"No, with the experience of Nezha, and with sufficient personnel and funds, I am confident that I can cut the production time of this film in half."
"Okay, now the most urgent thing is to finalize the script.
Director Yang, I'll be asking you to go to the screenwriting department of the film and television company more often these days. I'll also instruct Manager Chen to focus on our film "Yang Jian" and strive to get a suitable script as soon as possible."
“No problem, boss.”
In the afternoon, after leaving the company, Gu Wei took a car to a high-end villa area between the East Fourth Ring Road and the East Fifth Ring Road.
This is the residence of Deng Chao and his wife in Beijing. Brother Chao invited him to visit their home today, which can be regarded as fulfilling his promise at the Golden Rooster Awards.
Not long after ringing the doorbell, the door was opened from the inside.
"Brother Chao."
"Just come, what are you bringing?" The person who opened the door was Deng Chao, who was wearing light gray loose home clothes.
He took the gift from Gu Wei and let him into the house with a smile.
"What are all these things?"
"The bird's nest is for Sister Li, and the remaining ginseng, deer antler, and ganoderma are for you. You can soak them in wine and drink them. They are very nourishing!"
"Ahem. With my strength, I have no use for these things, but since you are so kind, I can only accept them reluctantly." Deng Chao said pretentiously, and then put the things given by Gu Wei in a cabinet on the side with a happy face.
Gu Wei changed into slippers and followed Deng Chao into the house.
"Gu Wei~"
"Brother Wei~"
Chen He and Lu Han had already arrived in the living room and were sitting on the sofa eating fruit and watching TV.
Sitting next to Lu Han was a person whom Gu Wei was very familiar with.
"Xiaotong, why are you here?"
"Brother Wei." Guan Xiaotong greeted Gu Wei a little embarrassedly.
"You guys." In fact, Gu Wei knew what was going on when he saw Guan Xiaotong. He raised his eyebrows at Lu Han and the others.
"Brother Wei, Xiaotong is my girlfriend now." Seeing that his girlfriend was embarrassed, Lu Han, who was sitting next to her, came out to explain.
"When did that happen? I remember you said you didn't have a girlfriend when we were filming Running Man in Prague, right?"
"I didn't have a girlfriend at that time, but now I have a girlfriend after returning to China to shoot "Sweet Combat"."
“You guys are really fast.”
"It was obvious that they fell in love at first sight, and then it was out of control." Chen He said while sitting on the sofa on the other side and eating oranges.
"Gu Wei is here." Gu Wei wanted to say something when Sun Li, wearing an apron, came out of the kitchen and greeted him.
"Sister Li."
"Sit down first and chat with Xiaolu and the others. The meal will be ready soon."
"Thank you for your hard work, Sister Li."
"You're welcome, it's just like home."
When Sun Li was speaking, Deng Chao stood behind her where she couldn't see him and made expressions to Gu Wei, as if to ask him if he was awesome and whether he had a high status.
Gu Wei glanced at him with a smile, and Sun Li also noticed it and turned to look at her husband.
Deng Chao immediately became serious again.
"Wife, go cook the food first. I'll chat with them for a while and then come over to help you."
Sun Li obviously knew what her husband was like, but she didn't expose him. She turned around and walked towards the kitchen with a smile.
"How about it, is my status in the family great?" Deng Chao watched his wife leave, raised his eyebrows and showed off in front of Gu Wei with a smug look on his face.
"Awesome, it seems Sister Li always listens to you, right?"
"Needless to say, I always say what I mean. I am the head of the family!" Deng Chao boasted arrogantly.
"Yes, Brother Chao always says what he means at home," Chen He said with a smile, "Sister Li says one thing and he never goes back on his word. It's what he means!"
After he finished speaking, Gu Wei, Lu Han and Guan Xiaotong burst into laughter.
"What do you know? I'm just respecting my wife, a good man."
Seeing that no one believed his bragging, Deng Chao began to explain himself in a way that made things even more obvious.
"Chen He, don't you listen to your wife?"
"Yeah, I heard it." Chen He said that others were very happy, and the result was the same when it was his turn.
"Will Xiaolu listen to Xiaotong?" Next it was Lu Han's turn.
"This." Lu Han and Guan Xiaotong looked at each other.
"We discuss everything together." Before he could finish his words, Guan Xiaotong said it for him.
"Yes, let's discuss it."
"What are we still discussing? Isn't it still Xiaotong who decides what to do?" Chen He exposed Lu Han again.
The little deer smiled and scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed.
After chatting for a while, Deng Chao went to the kitchen to help, leaving Gu Wei and the other three in the living room.
"Are you two planning to make it official, or are you still continuing your secret relationship?" Gu Wei asked Lu Han and Guan Xiaotong.
"I don't think we need to rush into an official announcement. We are both in the rising stages of our careers, and we are also worried that an official announcement will have an impact.
The main thing is that I’m afraid of the impact on him.”
Guan Xiaotong spoke first.
"We do have some disagreements on this matter. I think dating is not a big deal. There are many celebrities in the entertainment industry who are dating and even married.
Besides, I don’t want to be sneaky, so there’s nothing wrong with admitting it openly.”
Lu Han shrugged.
"Xiaolu's idea is very manly, but what Xiaotong said does make sense.
Many actors fall in love, but Xiaolu, you have too many female fans, many of whom are girlfriends. The official announcement will definitely cause some damage to your popularity.
Of course, there are pros and cons. Openly admitting it will also have a certain positive impact on your reputation. After all, everyone likes a man who takes responsibility."
"Let's think about it again." The two looked at each other, but didn't say anything final.
Not long after, Deng Chao and his wife prepared the meal and everyone started eating together.
“Thank you Brother Chao and Sister Li for your hospitality, this dish is so delicious.
Congratulations again to Brother Chao for winning the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor!
"Congratulations, Brother Chao!"
"Congratulations!"
At the dinner table, Gu Wei raised his glass to toast, and everyone responded.
"Thank you, thank you everyone. We are all family, so there is no need to be too polite. Let's just eat and drink well today!" Deng Chao happily picked up the wine glass. "Of course, the main thing is to thank my wife for the delicious food she cooked today and for her hard work."
As he spoke, Deng Chao turned and looked at Sun Li beside him.
"Wife, you deserve half of the credit for my trophy."
Sun Li looked at Deng Chao's sudden sentimentality, smiled and said nothing. She was already used to her husband's personality.
Lu Han, Chen He and others around him started to make a fuss.
"Brother Chao, I feel like you are taking advantage of Sister Li," said Gu Wei.
"What do you mean?" Deng Chao was confused.
"Look, you've only just won a Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor, while Sister Li has already won two Golden Eagle Awards for Best Actress, two Magnolia Awards for Best Actress, and countless other awards. Your subtext is to tell her that your awards are worth half as much as my husband's."
"Well, that's not wrong. When you won your first Magnolia Award, it was me who accepted it for you.
So half of the credit for your military achievement belongs to me."
Seeing Deng Chao's smug expression, Sun Li felt helpless.
“It’s all thanks to you”
(End of this chapter)
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