Chapter 642: Backdoor
"Anything else?"
Yang Liwen hesitated for a moment.
"Director Zheng Weiwen has taken on the project for The Untamed and is currently preparing the crew and selecting actors.
He has already met the male lead, Xiao Zhan."
"Oh? Director Zheng, what is your impression of Xiao Zhan?" Gu Wei asked with interest.
After all, the male lead was chosen by the investors without the director's consent.
However, considering Xiao Zhan's image, I believe Zheng Weiwen will not have any problems.
“After the meeting, Xiao Zhan conducted a trial fitting.
Director Zheng was quite satisfied and felt that the other party's image and temperament were more in line with Wei Wuxian in the original novel.
that is"
"What is it?"
“There was a small problem with the choice of the other male protagonist, Lan Wangji.
According to your instructions, Mr. Gu, all male actors from our company as well as Jiaxing and Wajijiwa who have schedules and are of appropriate age have been notified to audition.
But there doesn't seem to be anything suitable inside.
Director Zheng Weiwen contacted the company a while ago, hoping to invite some other young male actors in the entertainment industry to audition."
Gu Wei touched his chin.
“Is that so?
Aren’t Li Xian, Zhang Binbin, and Zhang Yunlong all good enough?
And I remember there were quite a few members in the boy band under Wanjijiwa.”
"Li Xian, Zhang Binbin and others don't have much of a CP feeling with Xiao Zhan in terms of image, and the acting skills of the other members of the boy band are really limited."
"Then let's listen to the director and see what kind of actor he chooses for the role of Lan Wangji.
But there is one bottom line. If the audition is successful, you must communicate with the artist immediately to ask whether he or she is willing to sign with our company.
We can help communicate with the original agency and even pay the penalty for breach of contract on his behalf.
If you don't want to, you can't use it even if it's suitable.
This is the bottom line!
Just tell Director Zheng the truth, I believe he will understand."
[The Untamed] is not an ordinary resource. At this stage, no one except Gu Wei knew that this BL drama would become so popular in the future and would single-handedly support two top stars.
As a web drama without any big stars, "Wei Ming Tian Xia" cannot make much money from the selling price.
It all depends on the two top stars who became popular later to make money.
Gu Wei will never give up the 1 billion RMB revenue in three years to others. This is not a small number. The income brought by a top-tier company is even more than that of an ordinary listed company.
Even if there is no suitable one in the end, he will not let outsiders get the upper hand if he decides within his own company.
"I'll talk to Director Zheng later. It shouldn't be a problem."
Yang Liwen nodded. She already understood what her boss meant, so things became easier.
It doesn’t matter who you choose, what matters is that the person you choose is your own talent.
Judging from the character in "The Untamed", "Lan Wangji" is unlikely to be played by a popular star. He may be a small star outside the fourth or fifth tier like Xiao Zhan.
She believed that with Wei Ming Tian Xia's current fame and strength, it would be unlikely for such a small artist to refuse the olive branch extended by the company.
After returning to Beijing for two days and causing some stir, Gu Wei flew back to Yunnan to continue filming "Sito".
A few days later, Zhu Xudan finished filming his last scene and left the crew.
Everyone held a small wrap-up ceremony for her and prepared a small wrap-up banquet in the evening.
After all, she is the second female lead in the TV series, and she is also an artist under their own company, so she still has to be given the proper respect.
"Sister Tiantian, I really can't bear to leave you.
If the company hadn't arranged other work for me, I really wanted to stay with you guys on the set until the very end."
Zhu Xudan looked at Jingtian, then secretly glanced at Gu Wei beside him, with an expression of reluctance.
"Work is important. We may have the opportunity to cooperate again in the future." Da Tiantian held Zhu Xudan's hand and comforted him in a gentle voice.
After spending more than a month together, she also liked Zhu Xudan, who had a somewhat simple personality, and felt that she was similar to herself in some aspects.
"Boss Gu, I'm leaving now. Don't forget me if you find a suitable role later."
Gu Wei smiled and nodded.
After Zhu Xudan left, the crew's filming entered the second half.
After Qin Fang and Si Teng's initial acquaintance, their subsequent understanding and companionship, their relationship became increasingly close, and some feelings that everyone understood were spreading wildly in the dark.
The relationship between the two was officially revealed after this scene in the evening.
"What are you doing? You're getting bolder and bolder." Qin Fang took Si Teng to the cinema to watch "Avatar". Halfway through the movie, he suddenly took Si Teng's hand and walked out.
The two of them came to the banyan tree in the small square outside, and Da Tiantian shook off Gu Wei's hand and said dissatisfiedly.
"Si Teng, what I want to say is, I can do it." Gu Wei looked into Jing Tian's eyes with a serious expression.
"you can?"
“Whether it’s a human, a Kar, an alien, or an Avatar.
Si Teng, as long as it's you, I'm fine with it." After watching the movie "Avatar" where humans and aliens fall in love, Qin Fang finally couldn't control his emotions and wanted to confess to Si Teng.
"What can you do?" Si Teng didn't think too much at this time and didn't understand what Qin Fang meant.
“You are no longer alone after all this journey.
There are many things I can do with you.
When I promised you before, I can do everything. This is my promise.
But I don’t want you to merge with Bai Ying, I don’t want you to become another you.
What I like is you in front of me!" Gu Wei did not hesitate and expressed his feelings loudly and directly.
"What did you say?" Jing Tian's expression was a little surprised, but he was more moved after Gu Wei's confession.
"I said, I hope that you and I can truly become one.
Si Teng, I like you!"
After the words were spoken, neither of them moved. They just stared at each other, maintaining that posture.
The camera slowly circles around the two people, which is also a more traditional shot mode in idol dramas. When the male and female protagonists are in more important occasions, they will be filmed in a 360-degree loop to make it look more romantic.
In the script, in this scene, a small white flower will bloom on Si Teng's head, because her true form is a vine, and this will happen when she is emotional.
Moreover, the big tree above their heads will also bloom small white flowers under the control of Si Teng's magical power, and the petals fall like rain, which is extremely romantic.
Of course, these need to be added later when creating special effects.
"Crack! Excellent, this part is passed!"
The director's voice was heard, and the last scene of the day was finished.
Jingtian finally stopped controlling his expression and smiled widely.
In fact, the two of them had shot this scene several times, but they had to reshoot it every time because Da Tiantian laughed or had the wrong expression.
"Are you happy after hearing so many confessions?" The staff at the venue were packing up their things, and Gu Wei raised his eyebrows at Jing Tian.
"What? I was just in a bad state just now. I didn't understand Si Teng's psychology. Later, I adjusted it a few times and it was fine. It's not like what you said." Da Tiantian would definitely not admit it.
At night, in the hotel room.
Jingtian was wearing a light yellow nightgown and leaning on the sofa.
Her black hair was tied up, and her beautiful face was not made up. It seemed that she had washed up. However, with her sweet skin, she looked particularly beautiful even without makeup, with a kind of cute and pure beauty.
She was holding a plate of green grapes in her hand, eating one from time to time, her eyes fixed on the TV. It was obvious that the program on the TV was very attractive to her.
Gu Wei walked out of the bathroom. After taking a shower, he changed into comfortable pajamas and walked over to sit next to Jing Tian.
Da Tiantian noticed Gu Wei's arrival and put her pair of long white legs on him without any hesitation.
"Ah..." Then she picked a grape and motioned him to open his mouth.
Gu Wei put his arm around Jing Tian's slender waist and ate the fruit he fed him.
"Is it sweet?"
“Average”
"How could that be? It tastes very sweet to me." Jingtian ate another one himself.
Gu Wei gently pinched her little nose.
"Because you are sweeter"
"That's annoying!" Da Tiantian smiled and slapped Gu Wei's hand away.
"What are you looking at?" Gu Wei put one arm around Jing Tian's slender waist and the other hand on her fair and smooth legs, watching the TV opposite the sofa.
"It's a new variety show from Tengxun Video. It's very popular recently." Jing Tian turned to look at the TV, and at the same time did not forget to feed Gu Wei some fruit.
It is now 2018, and online TV is developing extremely rapidly.
As early as two years ago, Southern New Media Development Co., Ltd. cooperated with Tencent Video to launch an Internet TV APP for living room smart TVs and set-top boxes - Cloud Video Aurora.
You can think of it as Tencent Video on smart TV. Everything that can be watched on computers and mobile phones can also be watched on online TV.
Jingtian is currently watching a variety show on Aurora Cloud.
"[Produce 101]."
“You know?
Yes, you definitely know." Da Tiantian looked at Gu Wei with a smile.
"What's the meaning?"
"During this filming, I was still wondering why your assistant was replaced.
I originally thought it was just a normal personnel change in your team, until I watched "Produce 101" and found out that your assistant actually became an artist and even participated in a girl group audition program!
It’s Yang Chaoyue, right? I didn’t know her before, but after watching the show, I realized she looked familiar. I learned about her from the show.”
"You can also remember the assistant beside me?" Gu Wei didn't expect Jing Tian to recognize Yang Chaoyue.
"Why can't I remember? I always saw you with her when we had dinner together before. She was a pretty girl. I remember her."
After saying that, Da Tiantian looked at Gu Wei with curiosity.
"What do you think, letting your assistant participate in a girl group audition?
Don't tell me you don't know, it was this little girl who had a dream of becoming a star, and she gave up her assistant job to pursue her dream."
"How could that be? I have already signed Yang Chaoyue to my own company, and she is now an official artist," Gu Wei said calmly.
"What do you think? Although Yang Chaoyue is indeed pretty and has a good foundation, the leap from a personal assistant to a girl group member is too big. How can you be so confident that she will become famous?"
Although he had expected this, Jingtian was still very surprised to hear Gu Wei say this.
Being a celebrity is easy, but difficult. Some people may spend their entire lives without becoming famous.
Just as Xiao Wang said in an interview with reporters before, colleges and universities with performing arts departments across the country can produce 100,000 fresh graduates every year. Even if only half of them are handsome men and beautiful women, there are still 50,000 people.
So in the entertainment industry, being good-looking is an advantage, but it cannot be considered a core advantage, because there are too many good-looking people.
"Did Yang Chaoyue also graduate from a professional college before becoming your assistant?"
Gu Wei shook his head.
"I know what you mean. Not only is my former assistant not a professional, he didn't even finish high school.
Before coming to our company, she worked as a female worker in a factory in her hometown. Her family was poor, so she started working after graduating from junior high school.
Later, she came to Beijing alone to work hard. It happened that my company was recruiting assistants for artists at that time, and no academic qualifications were required, so she applied for the job.
It was a coincidence that she became my personal assistant."
After hearing what Gu Wei said, Jing Tian was even more surprised.
She originally thought that Yang Chaoyue was also a professional actor, but she didn't have many opportunities, so she became Gu Wei's assistant. After working there for two years, she wanted to be an artist again.
I didn’t expect that the reality was that the other person was really a complete amateur.
"After watching the first episode, I still had high hopes for this beautiful girl. But after hearing what you said, I feel like her chances of debuting are slim."
"How is she doing?"
[Produce 101] The first episode was aired on April 21st, and today is the 28th, which is the second episode.
"Not too good. In the initial evaluation of the first 101 girls' debut, she only got a C. Her singing and dancing skills are average, but she speaks quite honestly."
After all the contestants have performed in the first episode, the judges will rate them and divide them into classes. The best ones will be in Class A and the worst ones will be in Class F.
Class C is in the middle, but if they keep doing this, debuting will be impossible.
Gu Wei nodded. He was not surprised that Yang Chaoyue had such ability.
Others have been trained in singing and dancing since childhood, and some have other talents. She has only been trained for a few months and her talent is average. She was probably able to enter Class C because of her sincerity and cuteness.
The two of them sat on the sofa and watched the second episode of "Produce 101" together.
In this episode, the contestants were rated and divided into classes for the second time based on their respective performances.
Yang Chaoyue, who performed poorly, was not promoted but demoted from Class C to Class F.
The variety show ended, and Jing Tian, who was leaning on Gu Wei, raised his head slightly.
"It's over. Your former assistant may be eliminated."
Gu Wei reached out and hugged Da Tiantian.
"Do you know what the ultimate goal of the show [Produce 101] is?"
"Select outstanding female group members and finally debut as a group"
"That's right. If they want to debut, they must have a girl group company, similar to South Korea's SM Entertainment. Do you know which company they will sign with in the future?" Gu Wei asked again.
“I haven’t paid attention to this.
But this is a Tengxun Video program, so it's likely to be signed to Penguin Pictures, right?" Jing Tian guessed.
"You're right. The 11-member girl group that will debut in the future will indeed be signed to Penguin Pictures, but their team's operations will be handled by [Produce 101]'s initiator and partner [Wajijiwa]."
"[Wow wow wow]?
It’s the entertainment company that was founded by Mr. Long from Mango TV.” Long Danni is very famous in the entertainment industry. She was once the president of Tianyu Media and the mastermind behind Super Girls.
"That's right, I also have some shares in Wajijiwa, and I can have some say over at Tengxun," Gu Wei said with a slight smile on his face.
Jingtian's eyes widened slightly and looked at Gu Wei.
"Are you trying to find a backdoor for Yang Chaoyue?"
"It can't be said to be a backdoor deal. It's our own company's project, so there's nothing wrong with promoting our own artists.
But then again, maybe I don’t need to do anything. The final decision on who will make it to the next round is still determined by the audience vote. Maybe Yang Chaoyue can advance on her own just by relying on her popularity with the audience.”
Gu Wei spread his hands and said.
(End of this chapter)
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