Chapter 584 [Do You Know?] Filming Starts
On September 21, 54 days after its release, Wolf Warrior 2 finally broke the 6 billion yuan box office, becoming the first domestic film to have a total box office of over 6 billion yuan.
There were still 6 days left before the movie was released, and the General Administration once again approved the extension application of "Wolf Warrior 2".
However, this postponement should not have much impact on the final box office of the film, because the current single-day box office of "Wolf Warrior 2" is less than 1 million, which has truly exhausted all its box office potential.
So even if the film is released for another month, the box office revenue will only increase by 20 to 30 million at most.
Gu Wei is extremely satisfied with the box office performance of "Wolf Warrior 2" at this time.
He remembered that the final box office of the original film was 5.695 billion. Now with his participation and the magical change of the plot, it not only maintained its position as the box office champion, but also the final result increased by more than 300 million. This proved that Gu Wei's version of "Wolf Warrior 2" was popular with the audience, and his own box office appeal was real.
On the 23rd, People's Daily Online published the list of winners of the 14th "Five One Project" for spiritual civilization construction (2014-2017).
Among them, 60 outstanding works awards and 11 films were awarded, including positive energy patriotic films such as "Wolf Warrior 1", "Wolf Warrior 2", "Operation Mekong", "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy", and "The Hundred Regiments Offensive".
At the same time, the summer blockbuster "Wolf Warrior 2" was also nominated for awards at many film festivals, including the "14th Guangzhou University Student Film Festival", the "13th China-US Film Festival", the "1st Saipan International Film Festival", and the "4th Silk Road Film Festival".
It’s a pity that Wu Jing was busy filming at Oriental Movie Metropolis at the time, and Gu Wei was about to join the crew. Even though they knew that the chances of winning awards at these small film festivals were very high, the two of them couldn’t spare the time to go.
On the 25th, Hengdian Film and Television City.
[The Story of Minglan] is officially launched here.
Gu Wei had joined the crew the day before and had a meal with producer Hou Hongliang, director Zhang Kaizhou, screenwriter Zeng Lu, Wu Tong and other main creative staff of the crew.
Of course, there is also Zhao Liying, who joined the crew many days in advance.
"What are you laughing at?" The weather was a little chilly in the morning. Gu Wei had already put on his makeup, dressed in ancient costume and a wig, and was standing in the crowd waiting for the opening ceremony.
"It's quite novel to see you in ancient costume for the first time." Zhao Liying also wore the makeup of an ancient woman, with her hair in a bun, wearing a green dress, bright eyes and white teeth, and her face was as white and delicate as porcelain.
"I've done a lot of period dramas before, so there's nothing strange about it."
"There's still a gap between seeing him on TV and seeing him face to face."
"Why, am I not handsome?" Gu Wei shook his head slightly, revealing the look of a playboy.
[The Story of Minglan] Gu Tingye in the early stage should have this temperament.
Zhao Liying looked Gu Wei up and down.
"He's quite handsome indeed, and his style is completely different from your modern, overbearing CEO look."
"What's the point of being handsome? You didn't like him at first.
It’s a pity that even though I’m so handsome, the girl I admire always likes someone else.” Gu Wei sighed pretentiously, causing Zhao Liying opposite him to cover her mouth and chuckle.
In "The Story of Minglan", the heroine Sheng Minglan's first love should be the young master Qi Heng. The two of them are in love with each other, but due to various external factors, Qi Heng eventually chooses to marry someone else, and the heroine is heartbroken.
Later, Gu Tingye, who had been silently helping Minglan, took decisive action and married this smart and beautiful daughter of the Sheng family.
"Who can be blamed for this? It's because you're a playboy with a bad reputation. At least the young master was devoted to me at the beginning and was very infatuated with me.
When you first appeared, you not only had a mistress, but also two children. How could Minglan like you?"
The two of them had a funny chat and the opening ceremony began soon.
This is a new drama produced by Noon Sunshine, and the male and female protagonists are top-tier stars such as Gu Wei and Zhao Liying, so the attention is naturally very high.
However, although there were many media outlets present, it did not affect the proceedings at all.
After setting off firecrackers, lifting the veil, worshiping gods and other processes were completed, director Zhang Kaizhou and the main creative team began to send away the reporters present.
"Excuse me, Liying, this is your second time working with Gu Wei, and once again playing a couple. Is there any difference in your feelings compared to the previous film, 'My Lady of Love'?"
"What you said is not true, this time Liying and I are not lovers, but husband and wife.
It's the type of marriage first, love later." Zhao Liying was thinking about how to answer when Gu Wei beside her interrupted with a smile.
“Gu Wei is right, they are indeed husband and wife.
After all, the story takes place in ancient times. Although we knew each other for a long time, we didn't fall in love. Instead, we got married formally at the behest of our parents and the matchmaker, and then slowly developed feelings of love as we got along.
The last time we worked together was a modern drama, and this time it's a costume drama, and the plot and characters are more complicated.
I’m really looking forward to this collaboration with Gu Wei.”
"Teacher Gu Wei, do you think that the role of Gu Tingye you are playing this time has any similarities or differences with the roles you have played in previous costume dramas?"
"Gu Tingye is a very charming character, smart and brave, wise and responsible, and can truly consider things from the heroine's perspective. He is gentle and considerate, and can be said to be the perfect dad-like boyfriend.
However, his situation is a bit similar to that of my previous character "Chen Lian". The person who likes him doesn't like him at first. I was just talking about this with Liying.
It can be said that my love life has been a bit bumpy.
However, he is much smarter than Chen Lian and is a man who dares to think and act, so he can find a good match.
After the opening ceremony, the crew officially started filming.
"The Story of Minglan" is a long TV series with a complicated plot and many characters. In addition to the two male and female protagonists Zhao Liying and Gu Wei, the supporting roles also have a lot of roles.
The crew set a shooting period of 4 to 5 months, which is not long for a well-produced TV series with more than 70 episodes.
However, Gu Wei's filming time was not that long.
Although he is the male lead, his screen time is only about half of Zhao Liying's.
Because he had informed Noon Sunshine in advance, after the filming started, Director Zhang Kaizhou would focus on shooting Gu Wei's scenes first.
The first day of filming went very smoothly.
Gu Wei and Zhao Liying are old acquaintances. With their acting skills, it was not difficult for them to star in this drama. They quickly got into the state after working on a few shots.
As soon as the director shouted the final “cut,” the first day of filming was complete.
"Old Kong really wasn't lying. Gu Wei's acting skills are truly impeccable. It's such a pleasure to work with him.
Zhao Liying also performed very well, and this casting was a good choice." Behind the monitor, Director Zhang looked at the footage shot throughout the day and felt very happy.
In the evening, after dinner, Gu Wei and Zhao Liying rehearsed in the hotel room.
Don't get me wrong, they are really acting together.
Unlike Gu Wei, Zhao Liying attached great importance to the drama "The Story of Minglan". From the moment she received the script, she kept thinking about the character, memorizing the lines, and thinking about how she could perform the role more appropriately.
When Gu Wei's "Wolf Warrior 2" was a big hit and he was busy filming "The Wandering Earth", Zhao Liying had already joined the crew early and received some training from the crew on ancient etiquette, including standing and sitting postures, speaking methods, precautions, etc.
It can be said that she has devoted herself to the preparations for the filming during this period.
Now that filming has started, the crew did not follow the timeline of the story, but instead filmed Gu Wei and her scenes first.
After the filming, Zhao Liying found Gu Wei, hoping to read the script with him and rehearse her scenes.
Of course, Gu Wei would not refuse her request.
He has worked with Zhao Liying before and knows that she is very dedicated to her work when filming on the set. She can't be called a "drama maniac", but she definitely puts in more than most people.
The reason why Zhao Liying is so popular today is inseparable from her professional and serious attitude.
"What kind of feelings do you think Sheng Minglan had towards Gu Tingye at the beginning?" Gu Wei asked Zhao Liying while holding his script.
"Friendly? Gratitude? But certainly not admiration"
Gu Wei nodded.
“According to the plot, there was no romantic interest between these two people after they first met.
Sheng Minglan lost her mother at a young age. She suffered from the unkindness of her stepmother, difficult sisters, and neglect of her father. She hid her intelligence, buried her edge, and grew up enduring humiliation and adversity.
Because her mother told her before she died that nothing was more important than living, Sheng Minglan kept it in mind and lived cautiously in the wealthy family's compound.
She has a certain fondness for Gu Tingye, but it is a feeling of gratitude for Gu Tingye’s help, not admiration.”
"I know this. Minglan's first love is still the young master. Although there is a huge difference in their status, the young master took the initiative to enter Minglan's heart. This should be considered the first time that Minglan fell in love with someone." Zhao Liying thought about it with her script.
"Then what kind of feelings do you think Gu Tingye has towards Minglan at the beginning?"
"Pity and admiration," Gu Wei said after thinking for a moment.
“In fact, although Gu Tingye is the legitimate son of the Marquis’s family, he also lost his mother at a young age, was not loved by his father, and had a vicious stepmother like Xiao Qinshi.
So his life is not happy either.
Fortunately, as a man, he has more choices than Sheng Minglan and has a higher status.
When he saw Sheng Minglan had the same experience as himself, he felt pity for her at first, but then he discovered the intelligence and sharpness beneath her soft exterior, and he had even more respect for her."
After saying that, Gu Wei smiled.
"So when you become interested in someone, that's when you start to fall in love with them. Obviously, after several encounters with Minglan, Gu Tingye got to know her better and better, discovered many shining points in her, and gradually fell in love with her.
But unfortunately, at this time, Minglan still likes the young master, and her relationship with Gu Tingye is just a simple friendship and gratitude.
Just like that, I entered the unrequited love stage again."
"But unrequited love didn't stop you from using tricks to marry Minglan home." Zhao Liying pursed her lips and looked at Gu Wei with her big eyes.
"So I say this is the outstanding part of Gu Tingye's character. He dares to think and act, and is not bound by means. What matters is achieving the goal.
If you like someone, marry her first and then build up the relationship slowly.
Besides, Gu Tingye helped Minglan several times and saved her life. Maybe Minglan hadn’t fallen in love with Gu Tingye at that time, but she didn’t dislike him. "
Gu Wei and Zhao Liying talked a lot about their understanding of the characters and reviewed the scenes to be filmed tomorrow.
Zhao Liying stood up and said goodbye.
"Would you like to stay a little longer?" Gu Wei said jokingly.
Zhao Liying rolled her eyes at him.
“You said you wanted to keep me, but I never saw you do anything.
We both have the surname Gu, but you are far inferior to Gu Tingye."
Gu Wei touched his nose and didn't respond to Zhao Liying's words.
In the teahouse, Zhao Liying was wearing a light blue ancient costume dress, eating a plate of snacks, and was accompanied by two maids.
While they were chatting, Gu Wei walked in angrily, sat opposite her, and looked unfriendly.
"I have helped your mother, and the pair of knee pads you thanked me for are still at my house.
But I believe that I have never used a favor to demand repayment, and I have preserved the friendship between your brother and me.
But you, instead of repaying kindness with evil, ruined my marriage and destroyed my destiny.
Why is that?"
Gu Wei didn't waste any time. He went straight to the point and questioned Zhao Liying as soon as he came in.
This scene is because Gu Tingye fell in love with the heroic Yu Yanran during a polo match, so he offered a betrothal gift to propose to her.
Yu Yanran is the granddaughter of Grand Tutor Yu and one of Minglan's few good friends.
After this incident, Minglan came to visit, but Gu Tingye's concubine Man Niang came to the house, which made the Yu family's grandparents and grandchildren very angry.
Minglan stood up for Yanran, turned the tide, and exposed Manniang's evil plan.
As a result, Gu Tingye's marriage was ruined.
Zhao Liying found an excuse to send the two maids away.
"My second uncle has asked me many questions, and I also want to ask him, why do you want to marry the girl from the Yu family?"
In "The Story of Minglan", the Gu family and the Qi family are related by ancestry. According to seniority, Qi Heng should call Gu Tingye his second uncle.
Therefore, several brothers and sisters of the Sheng family also followed Qi Heng in calling Gu Tingye "Second Uncle Gu".
"What can I say to a yellow-haired girl like you?"
"I didn't know at first, but when I saw your second uncle's mistress that day, I understood everything!"
"What can you understand?" At this time, Gu Tingye only regarded Minglan as an ignorant little girl.
"Sister Yanran, please come quickly and be gentle. With such a wife as your first wife, she will definitely be able to tolerate your concubine.
Girls are not like you men, who have a broad world outside and can fly freely.
We just have these little things to do every day. If I think about it carefully, I can guess it, let alone others. "Sheng Minglan lost her mother when she was young, and she sees the things going on in the rich and powerful compound more clearly than anyone else.
“Although my intentions were not pure, I made a firm decision.
After I get married, I will naturally abide by the law and live in harmony with my wife.
Both she and I have lost our mothers. If she can treat my mistress well, I will naturally not treat her unfairly.
You are so young, what do you know?
When you are about to get married, you will realize that everything in this world needs to be considered."
"Old Madam Yu was so angry that she vomited blood, Second Uncle, did you know that?"
"What?"
"The old Grand Tutor was initially reluctant to agree to the marriage, but for some reason suddenly changed his mind and was about to agree. Second Uncle never considered why, at this critical juncture, your concubine suddenly showed up at the Yu Mansion."
“She came from a humble background and was always weak.
She's afraid that I'll marry a lady from a high-class family, leaving her with nowhere to stay, so she'll naturally go and beg me." Gu Tingye didn't know the true identity of his concubine Zhu Manniang at this time, and was determined to protect her.
"Then how did she know where the Grand Tutor's Mansion was?
It can also make the old lady vomit blood.
He also forced my sister Yanran to drink concubine tea.
It may be true that I was born in a humble family, but it is not necessarily true that I have always been weak!" Minglan said with conviction. As an outsider, she saw things more clearly than anyone else.
"I understand. This is how you all see her, and this is how you see me too!" Gu Tingye was a little angry after hearing Minglan's words, and he stood up and prepared to leave.
"Second Uncle Gu!
You once saved me, and I am very grateful to you.
I sincerely remind you that your concubine Zhu Manniang may not be a good person."
Although Gu Tingye had a bad reputation for being a playboy at that time, Minglan was still grateful for his kindness.
"She went to the Yu family to cry and complain, so she's not a good person. But you're hanging on to Qi Heng, so you're a good person?"
Changing the topic, Gu Tingye turned his attention to Sheng Minglan again.
"What did you say!" Minglan was also unprepared and was obviously a little panicked.
"Isn't it true that the young master has you in his heart?
You can hide this from others but not from me.
You are playing hard to get with him, holding him in your hand like a kite. If you tighten your grip, he will come, and if you loosen your grip, he will leave.
You have ruined a good man." Gu Tingye jokingly told everything he saw and guessed.
"You are talking nonsense!
I never said a word to him and never overstepped the bounds.
You are filthy in your heart and you look at others as filthy.
In order to live a comfortable life, you harmed my sister Yu, and now you are slandering me."
"If I had known this, I shouldn't have harmed the girl from the Yu family. I should have harmed the girl from your Sheng family." Gu Tingye, who had already walked out the door, looked at Sheng Minglan through the window with a smile.
"What do you mean?" Minglan took a step back, her face panicked.
"What's the meaning?
If I insist on marrying you, won't your old father marry you to me and let me bring you trouble?"
"You dare! Believe it or not, I will fight you!"
"Fight? What can you fight with me?" Gu Tingye looked at Minglan with interest, then left the teahouse with his servants.
“There are mountains to climb and water to jump into in this world, so there is no place I can’t fight for!
"I could be a bhikkhuni, a Taoist nun, or marry someone and live there forever, or herd cattle and plow the fields, but I would never marry you," Minglan retorted defiantly, hiding behind the window with a timid look, no longer as sharp as she was at the beginning.
"Cut! Good, this is very good, get ready to move on to the next scene." The director's voice came from the loudspeaker. Zhao Liying breathed a sigh of relief, walked out from the middle of the venue, and sat down in the rest area on the side.
Gu Wei is already here. At the end of the scene, he was supposed to walk out of the camera.
"You did a good job. Keep it up." Gu Wei encouraged Zhao Liying as he watched her take a sip of water from the assistant.
"There are too many lines in our play. I have to memorize them for a long time every day." Zhao Liying said as she took out the script again to familiarize herself with the lines for the next scene.
Gu Wei watched her working hard with a smile, and slowly drank the tea brewed by his assistant.
"How come I never see them memorizing their lines, yet they can perform without missing a single word?"
After reading the script for a while, Zhao Liying raised her head and felt a little unbalanced when looking at the leisurely Gu Wei.
"It was the same when we were filming [My Love from the Palace] together before. It was rare to see you memorizing your lines on set, but you had the least NGs among all the actors.
There weren’t many lines in each shot of that drama, so I didn’t pay much attention to it.”
"I have a good memory, and I can immerse myself in the role deeply. Many times I just need to glance at the script before performing, and I don't need to recite it over and over again," Gu Wei said nonchalantly.
"Sure enough, compared to you guys who are talented, God is so unfair to those of us who rely on hard work." Zhao Liying looked indignant.
"Don't you think that part just now was very interesting? Minglan can't escape the 'true fragrance law'." Gu Wei put down the water cup in his hand and said with a smile.
"The Law of True Fragrance?"
“Yes, it’s that really delicious video on the Internet.
She swore she would never become a nun and would never marry Gu Tingye, but in the end she happily became his Marquise. Isn't this "really sweet"?
"Haha, that's right."
(End of this chapter)
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