Chapter 648 New Artist
The next day, when Da Tiantian woke up in the morning, she didn't mention what she said last night, which made Gu Wei feel relieved.
After the two reluctantly parted, Jingtian rushed to another crew to continue filming the next movie.
Instead of returning to Beijing, Gu Wei flew to Zhejiang Province to participate in the recording of an episode of "Longing for Life" as a flying guest.
There is still a month left before the release of "Time Raiders". Gu Wei's main job recently is to appear on some variety shows to help increase the popularity of the movie.
"Ashes of Love" is set to premiere on August 2nd. Lizhi TV and several online streaming platforms are optimistic about the show's success."
On the way, Yang Dan reported to Gu Wei the latest developments regarding the company's business.
The copyright of "Ashes of Love" was successfully traded some time ago. The first round of broadcasting rights for local satellite TV stations were purchased by Lizhi TV, and the online broadcast rights were jointly invested by iQiyi, Tencent Video and Youku.
This 63-episode ancient costume fantasy drama sold a total of 756 million yuan in copyright fees, an average of 12 million yuan per episode.
This price is already quite high, even higher than last year's "Eternal Love" and "Princess Agents".
It has to be said that currently if a TV series wants to sell at a high price it has to be a costume drama.
Both TV stations and video platforms are willing to spend money.
Over the years, everyone has recognized a rule: ancient costume dramas are more likely to become hits.
The reason why the copyright of "Ashes of Love" can be sold at such a high price is not only because Yang Zi became a top star because of the explosive popularity of "Go Go Squid!", but also because of an unexpected reason.
Zhu Yilong, the actor who played the second male lead "Runyu" in "Ashes of Love", became famous because of the recently hit BL web drama "Guardian".
He rose from an unknown little actor to become a popular male star, and is considered to be preparing to become a top star.
As a result, the support of three popular stars, including top female star Yang Zi, Li Xian who has secured second-tier traffic because of "Princess Agents", and newly popular Zhu Yilong, has made all parties very optimistic about "Ashes of Love", which is why the copyright transaction price was over 700 million yuan.
Gu Wei nodded to show that he understood.
He has no doubt about the future performance of "Ashes of Love". The TV series itself is of good quality, Yang Zi and Li Xian have a good CP feeling, and Zhu Yilong will definitely perform better than Luo Yunxi in the original version.
Not only does he have a better image, he is also a future Golden Rooster Award winner and his acting skills are far superior.
After the domestic copyright is sold, the company does not have to worry about the subsequent matters. Lizhi TV and the three major platforms will naturally do a good job of promotion and broadcasting.
This TV series that has been shelved for two years is about to be released, but Gu Wei is a little worried about the male lead, Li Xian.
The original version of "Ashes of Love" was a huge hit, making Deng Lun and Luo Yunxi famous. The character design of the second male lead "Runyu" was indeed very good, so the second male lead could also have a seat at the table when the show became a hit. There were even many die-hard fans of "Runyu" who criticized the male lead online, believing that the character of "Runyu" in "Ashes of Love" was more suitable to be the male lead.
The story has not changed, but the actor who plays "Runyu" has become Zhu Yilong, who is better than Luo Yunxi in both appearance and acting skills. After the TV series is broadcast in the future, there will inevitably be some debate about who is more popular, the male lead or the second male lead.
"How's the casting for The Untamed going? Has the other lead actor been decided?"
"It's been confirmed. Director Zheng originally had his eye on a male artist from Lehua, but he was deeply tied to his original company and didn't want to terminate his contract.
Later, Director Zheng chose a man named Zeng Shunxi from a group of young new actors.
He debuted as a trainee and his previous agency contract was with Shang Wenjie Studio.
After passing the audition, Manager Yang talked to him and Zeng Shunxi immediately agreed to sign the contract as long as we could help him get back to his original company.
It seemed that he was not very happy staying in Shang Wenjie's studio and had long planned to quit.
But the contract is still long and he himself is not famous, so he can only be at the mercy of the company.
"Zeng Shunxi?" The name sounded familiar to Gu Wei.
"Was he in the Fighter of the Destiny movie that Nazha and Lu Han filmed before?"
"Yes, he plays the second male lead in it."
Gu Wei nodded.
"Has Mr. Yang taken care of the contract?"
“It has been resolved. After I agreed, the company took the initiative to contact Shang Wenjie Studio.
They were reluctant at first, but later, Mr. Yang promised to give them some film and television resources and paid part of the liquidated damages. Only then was Zeng Shunxi able to terminate the contract and sign with our company."
[The Untamed] Now that the two male leads have been confirmed, Gu Wei doesn't need to worry about anything afterwards, and the crew can just start filming as normal.
The original director, script, and Xiao Zhan’s “Wei Wuxian” will not affect the final effect even if “Lan Wangji” is replaced by someone else.
It is impossible for this drama to be broadcast on TV as a BL drama. As for the production, [Wei Ming Tian Xia] has brought in Tencent Video, so the TV series will definitely be broadcast on Tencent in the later stage, and the online broadcast channel has also been determined.
After landing in Hangzhou, Gu Wei met Liu Yifei who had also arrived. After they were ready, they got on the crew's car and drove all the way to the Mushroom House.
"Just arrived today?"
"I arrived yesterday and rested for a night to adjust to the time difference."
"I didn't expect you to come?"
"Do you think I won't come back?
As the lead actor, I will definitely contribute to the promotion of the movie before it is released."
Gu Wei shook his head.
"I'm not talking about that, I mean I never thought you would be on a variety show with me.
I remember you rarely appear on variety shows."
“It’s really rare. To be honest, I’m not very interested in appearing on variety shows.
I also appeared on some variety shows after filming movies in the early years, but most of them were interview programs like "Lu Yu You Yue" and "Ke Fan Listens"
"Well, this time, 'A Longing for Life' isn't an interview program."
"I've seen this variety show on TV, and I thought it would be great to just stay over there and have a meal and chat with Mr. He Jiong and the others.
Besides, don’t you still exist?”
Liu Yifei chuckled and looked at Gu Wei with her beautiful eyes.
They were both sitting in the back row. She was wearing blue skinny jeans, a white blouse and a denim jacket, looking very casual.
"Haha, you're right, I will definitely protect you!" Gu Wei patted his chest and guaranteed.
Liu Yifei smiled, took out a hairband from her pocket, straightened her waist and shook her head, reached behind her head with both hands and tied up her originally scattered hair with the hairband, revealing her fair and beautiful face, making her look more dashing.
"Why are you looking at me?" She noticed Gu Wei was looking at her while she was tying her hair.
"I feel like you have lost weight, Xixi"
"Your eyes are quite accurate. You have indeed lost a few pounds."
"The training before the start-up must be very hard, right?"
“It’s OK. The amount of exercise in the training is quite high. The main purpose is to familiarize myself with the various routines for future filming. This is not a difficult task for me.
You know, I'm really good at fighting." Liu Yifei raised her fist and gestured in front of Gu Wei.
"Yes, yes, yes, Sissi, you are a fighter."
The vehicle drove along the road, which became narrower and narrower, surrounded by woodlands and fields, and they were getting closer and closer to the [Mushroom House].
(End of this chapter)
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