Chapter 668: Mr. Meow
In a prisoner transport vehicle, Gu Wei and Zhang Zifeng were both wearing prisoner uniforms.
Under the insistence of police officer Zheng Yi, Chen Nian took the initiative to confess and turned himself in, telling the truth about his accidental murder.
However, Xiaobei was still found guilty of hiding a body and falsifying the scene and was required to serve his sentence in prison.
"Xiaobei, I feel so relaxed right now, just like the feeling of finishing the last final exam."
The long shot just now captured the position of everyone in the police car, and then the camera zoomed in, directly facing the faces of Gu Wei and Zhang Zifeng.
"Really? Did your teacher guess the topic correctly?"
"I won, a letter to twenty years later"
The corners of Zhang Zifeng's mouth curled up slightly. Even though the two of them were about to go to prison to serve their sentences, she still had hope for the future.
When she voluntarily surrendered herself, her eyes were filled with ease and relief.
"Are you afraid?" Gu Wei asked.
“I was afraid before, but now… I still feel a little bit
And you? "
"There was a little bit before, but I'm not afraid now!" Gu Wei turned his head and looked at Zhang Zifeng, his eyes full of determination.
"If it happened again, would you do it again?"
Zhang Zifeng turned her head and looked at him, asking the doubts in her heart. She wanted to know whether Xiaobei regretted taking the blame for her.
Gu Wei turned his head and looked into the distance, a little absent-minded, as if thinking about something.
“There are no ifs, and I don’t want there to be such ifs.”
"Crack! Passed! Congratulations everyone, [You Without You] has officially wrapped!"
Director Zeng Guoxiang's voice came from the loudspeaker, and the last shot was completed. The filming of "Better Days" finally came to a successful conclusion.
"Oh oh oh, it's done!"
“Happy wrap!”
“.”
After the filming was completed, both the actors and the creative staff in the crew cheered continuously.
"Thank you for your hard work over the past two months~"
Gu Wei said to Zhang Zifeng beside him with a smile.
"Thank you, Brother Wei!"
"Thank me for nothing, I should thank you.
Not only did you come to the rescue, but as a young girl you also sacrificed so much by shaving your head."
"It's nothing, it's all for filming~" Zhang Zifeng didn't care and said with a smile.
"Will your classmates laugh at you if you go back to class with this hairstyle?"
"How could that be? They all know that I'm going to act. And if my classmates knew that I was working with you, I wonder how envious they would be!" Zhang Zifeng thought of this.
"Brother Wei, please give me some autographed photos later. There will definitely be people asking for them when we get back, so it's better to be prepared!"
"no problem"
The two walked out of the venue while chatting, and Gu Wei took the cup of water from the assistant and took a sip.
"Brother Wei, Chen Nian and Xiao Bei both ended up in jail. Do you think this is the best outcome?"
Looking at the staff on the site busy packing up, Zhang Zifeng recalled the filming over the past two months and felt quite emotional.
"Better Days" tells the story of school bullying, and she is currently in high school, in the same environment as Chen Nian.
Zhang Zifeng has definitely never been bullied, but because of her age, she has the most direct feeling about what happened to Chen Nian in the movie.
When you are in school, even if you are not bullied and have never bullied others, you will inevitably see similar things.
"This ending isn't perfect, but it's the best choice for Chen Nian and Xiao Bei."
The name of police officer Zheng Yi is a homophone of "justice", which means "justice". Judging from his actions, he has indeed implemented justice.
If Xiaobei really took the blame for Chen Nian, the lives of these two people would be truly over.
For a young man, a moment of warmth and impulse can cost him his life, so it is worth it no matter what he does.
Xiaobei felt that he could give everything for Chen Nian, so he resolutely helped her take the blame for the murder.
Chen Nian will also be grateful to Xiao Bei and look forward to him being released from prison so that they can live a happy life together.
But time is the most terrible thing in this world. It can erode many things, including the love that young people believe is stronger than gold.
After Xiaobei goes to prison and faces a long prison life, will he regret his impulsive behavior?
After Chen Nian gets into university and sees a more exciting world, will she change her original ideas and hope to start her own life?
Decades later, how could the down-and-out middle-aged man who had just been released from prison and was out of touch with society, and the heroine who had graduated from a prestigious university and had a wonderful life, return to their youth again?
I'm afraid that the sincerity and beauty of the past will turn into an ending where one feels that the other person owes him or her something and the other person wants to get rid of him or her.
Perhaps, by that time, the two of them might be in another tragic situation.
Of course, "Better Days" is a movie after all. Although it has tried to be as close to reality as possible, some issues that will arise in its future release must also be considered.
It is definitely impossible to take the blame, otherwise the movie will definitely not pass the review.
This kind of shooting is the maximum acceptable scale.
Filming started at the end of May and wrapped up at the end of August. The filming of "Better Days" took a total of three months.
The original estimate for the filming time was more than two months. After all, it was just a story that took place in the city, and the scene didn’t even leave the mountain city.
However, the filming was delayed for more than half a month due to the replacement of the female lead. Fortunately, the final result was good and the entire filming was completed smoothly.
After the usual wrap-up party, Gu Wei took Zhou Ye and Zhang Zifeng with him and flew back to the capital.
One of them is a college student and the other is a high school student. Besides filming, they also have to deal with their studies.
In the afternoon, the plane landed at Beijing International Airport.
After separating from Zhou Ye and Zhang Zifeng, Gu Wei did not go home, but asked the nanny car to drive to a villa area in the suburbs of Beijing.
A black Mercedes-Benz stopped outside a villa. Gu Wei got out of the car, walked to the door and rang the doorbell.
After a while, the door was opened and Nini welcomed Gu Wei in with a smile on her face.
She was wearing loose and comfortable home clothes, her hair was loose, and she wore black-framed glasses. Maybe because she was at home, she didn't wear much makeup, but her exceptionally superior facial features and slim figure made her look lazy and beautiful.
"Hello, Mr. Meow~"
Gu Wei walked in, changed his shoes, and then handed over the gift box in his hand.
"What gift should I give if it's not a festival?"
Although Nini said this, her expression was unusually happy.
When I opened the gift box, inside was an extremely luxurious sapphire and platinum necklace.
"Does it look good?"
"nice."
"I saw this necklace a while ago and thought it would suit you, Mr. Miao, so I bought it. It just so happens that I came here to bring it to you this time."
Ni Ni was slightly moved after hearing this. She put down the necklace, turned around to look at Gu Wei, raised her feet and kissed him.
"Thank you~
But I haven’t prepared any gifts for you.”
Gu Wei put his arm around her slender waist and lifted up Nini's small chin with one hand.
“Aren’t you the best gift?”
After saying that, he lowered his head and kissed her again.
Gu Wei lied, or rather, he told many similar lies.
This time, when I returned to Beijing after finishing the filming, Ni Ni happened to be at her home in Beijing these days. She learned from chatting on WeChat that Gu Wei was coming back, so she called him over.
I bought the necklace at a shopping mall on the way here. Although it wasn't something elaborate, it was quite expensive.
He sends out a lot of similar small gifts every year, on various holidays, and on the birthdays of his good friends and "good friends". Although he can't be there in person, he never misses the gifts.
Gu Wei’s small gifts were at least luxury goods worth more than six figures, and each one was extremely precious to ordinary people.
But it doesn't matter to him. No matter how many gifts he receives, it doesn't matter. He has special storage places at home and in the company, and there are always a lot of gifts prepared all year round.
".Ugh, no."
Just when Gu Wei was about to take further steps to capture the city with his big hands, Nini stopped him.
Their lips parted, and Gu Wei looked at her strangely.
"I almost forgot, I'm still cooking in the kitchen.
Why do you think of this as soon as we meet?"
Nini licked her lips and looked at Gu Wei with some anger.
"I can only blame you, Mr. Miao, for being so tempting."
"Slippery tongue~
You rest in the living room first, I'll go cook."
Ni Ni rolled her eyes at Gu Wei, put the sapphire necklace in the box, and then walked briskly towards the kitchen.
This was not the first time Gu Wei came to Nini's house, and he was very familiar with everything.
Sitting down on the sofa in the living room, I found a white Scottish Fold cat lying next to me, so I picked it up and touched the kitten's soft fur.
"Little cutie, do you still remember me?"
"aim"
The kitten did not resist, but lay obediently in Gu Wei's arms, enjoying his caress.
After a while, the meal was ready. When Ni Ni has nothing to do, she likes to cook by herself and posts it on WeChat Moments from time to time. It is one of her hobbies.
Although these dishes are home-cooked, they taste really good.
"How is it? Is it delicious?"
"It's very delicious. Mr. Miao's cooking skills have improved a lot!" Gu Wei gave a thumbs up.
After hearing this, Nini laughed happily.
As the saying goes, women dress up to please themselves, and a chef is happiest when others like the dishes he cooks.
After dinner, the two of them cleaned up the dishes together and sat in the living room to rest.
"Isn't your new drama currently on air? How do you have time to go home and rest?"
Gu Wei sat on the sofa, eating melon seeds and watching TV. "Running Man Season 2" was playing. The difference from the original version was that Reba did not leave.
Because of Gu Wei's connections, it was extremely easy for her to record "Running Man". In addition, the popularity of this variety show is still very high, so she has no reason to leave.
"Don't even mention it. The performance of The Rise of Phoenixes was terrible, and it wasn't something that could be changed by publicity. Before and after the release, I ran a few promotional announcements as arranged by the company, but I found that it had no effect, so I gave up."
Nini leaned on the sofa and put her long legs on Gu Wei.
She felt a little depressed when talking about this.
The performance of "The Rise of Phoenixes" can be described as a disastrous failure. The ratings have been on a downward trend since the first episode. Now it has broken the historical lowest point of Mango TV's prime time, hovering around 0.1. There was once a rumor that it might withdraw from the prime time.
This drama is Ni Ni's first TV drama, but she didn't expect it to start off well and the results were so bad.
Although she earned a lot of money in terms of film remuneration, the poor performance of the TV series directly affected the quality of her future roles and subsequent income.
Even if you were a movie star before, when the producers find out that you can't compete with the ratings, the resources coming to you will naturally decrease.
"Um, I heard that when filming, Chen Kun brought his own screenwriter into the crew and changed the script from a female lead to a male lead?"
Nini hesitated.
“It’s not as outrageous as people say online, but the script was indeed revised after Chen Kun took over the role.
The original novel is called "Phoenix Power", which is a story about a heroine told from a female perspective.
As you know, the male lead’s role has been increased a lot in the current version.”
Gu Wei glanced at Nini, not knowing how to persuade her.
As an ordinary actor, even if he is as famous as Ni Ni, he still has no say in some things.
As a senior in the industry, Chen Kun is more famous and influential than Ni Ni. When something like this happened during their collaboration, she couldn't change anything.
Moreover, the main responsibility for this matter actually lies with the director, as he is the one who can truly control the quality of a drama.
Gu Wei is also familiar with the drama [The Rise of Phoenixes]. The costumes, makeup, props and acting skills of the actors are actually very good and are above the industry standard.
The problem lies in the story, that is, the plot of the TV series.
The story is not attractive at all, and many viewers said they couldn't understand it. After watching a few episodes, they found it boring and gave up on the show, which is why the ratings are so dismal.
"It's just bad luck. In our industry, which actor can guarantee that all his works will be popular?
Many actors are lucky enough to have one or two masterpieces that are remembered by the audience in their lifetime."
After Gu Wei finished speaking, Nini looked up and stared at him, making him a little confused.
"If someone else said this, it would be fine, but coming from you, it doesn't sound comforting at all.
Aren’t you the actor whose every work is popular?”
Gu Wei finally reacted and said with a bit of a smile:
"My mistake. Don't worry about the details. The idea is correct."
Nini curled her lips and said nothing.
The two of them watched a variety show on TV. After a while, Ni Ni felt a little tired, so she stopped eating melon seeds, put her legs to the other side, and lay down in Gu Wei's arms.
"I've accepted another TV series. This time it's a popular ancient costume fantasy drama. Do you know the director?"
Gu Wei reached out and pushed the hair away from Ni Ni's face, revealing her fair face.
"who?"
"Director Lin Yufen~"
"Ha~ This guy is indeed familiar, and not only familiar, but also a good friend."
Director Lin is the TV drama director who has collaborated with Gu Wei the most times. Since 2014, the two have collaborated on "Love O2O", "Eternal Love" and "You Are My Glory", all of which were hits of the year.
Gu Wei became a huge star because of this, and Lin Yufen also became the most famous idol drama director in mainland China.
"The new drama is called Eternal Love, and the story background is somewhat similar to your previous drama Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms.
The male lead hasn't been decided yet, would you like to play the role?"
As she spoke, Ni Ni turned her head and looked at Gu Wei expectantly.
"【Chen Xi Yuan】." Gu Wei thought for a moment.
"I received this script some time ago, and the producer Huace has a good relationship with my company." He shook his head.
"Unfortunately, I don't have time!
Normally, in the second half of the year, there is a TV series produced by the company, followed by two movies, one of which is the third installment in the Detective Chinatown series, so I simply can’t spare the time.”
Gu Wei is not shirking responsibility. Although the story of "Love and Destiny" is a bit old-fashioned, the plot is actually good.
Costume dramas produced by Lin Yufen usually do not disappoint, but there is a problem with the casting of the original version. Zhang Zhen's performance as an ancient idol is really not up to par, which is very distracting.
Even so, "Love and Destiny" has a high score of 8.3 on Douban, but it failed to become a hit due to various reasons.
If Gu Wei were to star in the drama, it might be possible to recreate the popularity of "Eternal Love".
Ni Ni was a little disappointed after hearing what Gu Wei said. She really wanted to film with Gu Wei again.
But she also understood that it was normal for someone as famous as Gu Wei to be busy.
The two of them watched the variety show on TV and chatted about some things in their daily work.
Because her new drama flopped, Ni Ni had been in a bad mood these days, but now that Gu Wei has arrived, she is happy too.
As time went on, the two of them started doing the same things they did when they first met without knowing when.
After a long kiss, Nini's eyes were blurred and she swallowed the saliva in her mouth.
The buttons of her loose home clothes were unbuttoned halfway, revealing her fair and smooth shoulders.
The variety shows on TV are still being broadcast, but no one cares anymore.
The white Scottish Fold cat lay on the carpet next to it, staring at the two figures merged into one on the sofa.
(End of this chapter)
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