Chapter 759: Sudden
#Various satellite TV stations compete with each other, and the New Year's Eve concert is full of stars! #
#Mango TV once again won the New Year's Eve concert ratings championship, CCTV ranked second, Dragon TV and Lizhi TV ranked third and fourth#
#Gu Wei's original English song [Sold Out] is a hit again, and the New Year's Eve concert ignites the audience's enthusiasm! #
#Yang Mi and Tengger perform a new version of [Wild Wolf DISCO]#
#TFBOYS reunites after disbanding#
After New Year's Eve, the Internet is full of news about the New Year's Eve concerts of major satellite TV stations.
Mango TV's New Year's Eve Gala won the first place with 3.8% live broadcast attention and 23% market share, once again becoming the biggest winner of this year.
Of course, this achievement is mainly due to the fact that Mango TV invited enough popular stars, such as Gu Wei, Yang Mi, Yang Zi, and the TFBOYS group, who almost captured the hearts of all young audiences.
The performance of several people at the New Year’s Eve concert naturally became a hot topic the next day.
Originally considered an old song, "Sold Out" became popular again and was on the hot song charts of several music platforms on New Year's Day.
Early in the morning on New Year's Day, Gu Wei got up and washed.
After getting dressed, he looked at Yang Mi who was still sleeping soundly on the bed in the bedroom. He didn't wake her up, left a note on the bedside, and then walked out of the room.
"Give Yang Mi's personal assistant a heads-up and don't let her team worry."
Gu Wei explained something to Yang Dan before getting on the car to the airport.
It was already late at night when we came back last night. After several exercises, Da Mimi was exhausted and fell asleep. It seemed that he would not wake up for a while.
"I understand~" Yang Dan nodded in agreement. This was not the first time such a thing had happened, and she was already used to it.
In the entertainment industry, celebrities have their own circles, and agents also have their own circles.
Yang Dan is not very old and has not been in the industry for long, but because she is close to Gu Wei, she is also somewhat famous among domestic entertainment agents.
Not to mention the stars under [Wei Ming Tian Xia], Yang Dan has had contact with the management teams of Yang Mi, Reba, other artists under Jiaxing, and some stars who have a good relationship with Gu Wei.
"Boss, we've already acquired the copyright for the Japanese film 'How to Steal the Key' that you requested. We've also acquired the film and television adaptation rights for the martial arts novel 'Auspicious Pattern Lotus Tower'."
Gu Wei nodded.
“Say hello to Director Rao Xiaozhi, now that we have the copyright, we can start preparing for his film.
Inform the scriptwriting department to finish the script for [Auspicious Lotus Flower Building] first."
[The method of stealing the key] is [the crowd]. Rao Xiaozhi started writing the script after talking with Gu Wei last time.
[Auspicious Lotus Tower] is a long martial arts novel published by the author Teng Ping in 2019. After being adapted into a film and television series, it became [Lotus Tower].
It is said that martial arts dramas have declined, but "Lotus Tower" is definitely a rare high-quality martial arts drama in recent years.
The film has a fast pace, exciting fighting scenes, well-developed protagonists, a solid script and memorable lines, unique characters and relationships, eye-catching real-life shooting, exquisite costumes and props, ancient music, and sound effects that fit the atmosphere.
These advantages together have contributed to the Douban score of "Lotus Tower" exceeding 8.
Gu Wei had said before that he wanted to shoot a martial arts drama, and he was talking about "Lotus Tower".
Gu Wei also knows Guo Hu, the director of the original "Lotus Tower". He is the director of popular TV series such as "Ashes of Love", "Mr. Zhou", and "Love and Destiny".
However, Gu Wei knew him earlier, because Guo Hu was Lin Yufen's apprentice. When filming "Gu Jian Qi Tan", he was the executive director of the crew. Later, when "Eternal Love" started filming, he still followed his master Lin Yufen.
During the New Year's Day period, several movies including "Liberation: Final Rescue", "Beloved", "Happy New Year, My Love", and "Angel Has Fallen" were released.
The hit December movie "The Accidental Murder" is in its fourth week of release, and "Ip Man 4" is in its third week of release. Although they are still performing well due to their good reputation, the box office has generally leveled off.
The newly released love movie "Love" broke the 100 million yuan box office in 7 hours and exceeded 200 million yuan in 25 hours, truly leading this year's New Year's Day box office.
However, although "Love" had good box office, its reputation was mediocre. The reason why it was able to dominate the New Year's Day period was that this year's New Year's Day was too close to the New Year. The movies that were really confident about the box office went to the Spring Festival period, and the big one among the short ones allowed "Love" to achieve a good result of 436 million in the first week.
However, due to limited word of mouth, the single-day box office of "Love" dropped to 11.54 million yuan in the second week, a huge drop.
"The Accidental Murder" announced that it had obtained the secret key for extension in the third week of its release. By the end of the fourth week, the final box office of the film had exceeded 1.5 billion.
"I didn't expect that Love Will Always Be the Biggest Winner of this year's New Year's Day box office. Few romantic medleys have ever achieved such good results."
[Zhou Chu] In the crew, Wen Mu also chatted with Gu Wei.
Before joining "Wei Ming Tian Xia", he co-directed a movie "City of Love", which is a similar love compilation movie.
There are five well-known actresses, Yang Mi, Jiang Shuying, Bai Baihe, Jiang Yiyan and Zhang Rongrong, and the male actors are also well-known. However, the total box office is 53.59 million, which is not enough to cover the stars' pay.
After that movie, Wen Mu never received any suitable projects again until Gu Wei invited him to join "Wei Ming Tian Xia".
"The audience has no choice. Several of the films are mediocre. At least [Pampered] has a bunch of stars."
Because Zhang Zifeng was in the film, Gu Wei specially helped promote it on his Weibo.
Purely for his sister's sake, he had no feelings about the movie itself.
The six stories are pieced together and revolve around different pets. The logic can be barely explained, but when you think about it carefully, you will find that they are full of various bugs.
"This year's Spring Festival movie season is so busy. Mr. Gu should be back in a few days to promote Detective Chinatown 3, right?"
The films that have been scheduled to be released during the Spring Festival include Xu Zheng's "Lost in Russia", Chen Kexin's "Leaving the World Behind", Cheng Long's "Vanguard", Lin Chaoxian's "The Rescue" and Gu Wei's "Detective Chinatown 3".
All five blockbusters are of top-tier configuration. Although their popularity varies, they all have the potential to become a huge hit without exception.
"Don't worry, the IP of Detective Chinatown is already mature and has no shortage of fame, so I don't need to go back so early."
Gu Wei knew that if nothing unexpected happened, the release date of "Detective Chinatown 3" would definitely be changed, so he naturally didn't need to go back.
As time goes by, the filming of "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils" progresses little by little.
One day, bad news came and the epidemic broke out.
Due to policy reasons, cinemas across the country have closed down one after another.
The shutdown of cinemas, which are the terminal of the film and television industry, has caused the entire industry chain to be unable to operate normally.
The inability of a large number of films to be scheduled for release has also resulted in some film and television companies being unable to recover their payments in a timely manner, thus affecting many films currently being filmed and some projects in preparation.
Some small companies even went bankrupt due to broken capital chains.
The entire entertainment industry is in a slump, and many people working in the industry don’t know what to do.
".I know that the release date of [Detective Chinatown 3] was postponed due to force majeure. I just need to communicate with China Film, Guangguang, and Wanda.
No one can give a definite date for when the film will be released, so let’s wait and see.”
"The projects that the company is preparing do not need to be stopped, but everything must follow government regulations, and everyone should take care to protect themselves.
If you are unable to work for special reasons, or the entire company is in this situation, don't panic. Salaries must be paid on time.
Tell everyone that even if everyone stays home from now on, everyone’s salary will be deposited into their accounts on time, and there will be no reduction in the amount.”
I called Yang Liwen who was far away in Beijing and told her some things.
Gu Wei was mentally prepared for this widespread disaster, but most of the time he was powerless to do anything.
If you are poor, you should take care of yourself; if you are rich, you should help the world.
Gu Wei can be considered "successful", but he can only do things within his ability, such as spending some money on charity.
This natural disaster has completely exceeded his capabilities. Let alone doing anything, the closer it gets to the time point, the more he restrains himself and does not do anything that is not related to him.
On the one hand, it is to protect himself, and on the other hand, the government has done its best and there is no need for Gu Wei to do anything extra.
All he could do was respond to the call and donate.
After hanging up the phone, Gu Wei called his parents at home.
I told my parents that I can’t go home for the Chinese New Year this year and I’m staying in Taipei with the crew.
Mother Gu was a little worried and asked Gu Wei many questions about his life. She also told him to pay attention to his safety when he was alone outside.
Dad Gu was calmer and just told him that everything was fine at home and he didn't need to worry.
At this time, nothing is happening in Taiwan, but everyone is more worried about their relatives and friends in mainland China.
"Brother Wei, can't we go back?" Zhou Ye had a worried look on his face. Recently, there have been a lot of online news reports, and the attention of the whole country and even the world has been focused on the country.
"How is that possible? I can return to China even now, but the procedures are a bit complicated, and I will most likely have to be quarantined for a while.
Don't worry too much. When SARS broke out, it was also very serious, but it was quickly brought under control.
You were probably only in your teens at that time, so you should have some impression of it," Gu Wei consoled with a smile.
"I just called home, and my parents said nothing was wrong and told me to be careful outside by myself."
“Then you don’t have to worry anymore.
All we need to do now is to film the movie well.
Your scenes will be finished early, so it might be a little troublesome to go back then.
But it doesn't matter, you can follow the crew and we'll all go together after filming is finished."
Gu Wei comforted Zhou Ye with a few words, and the little girl's mood soon improved.
What happened in the country also had some impact on the filming of the drama, and people were a little panicked.
Gu Wei and Wen Mu also discussed it and held a small meeting with the main creators. After calming down these people's emotions, the crew returned to its original state.
After Gu Wei returned to the crew, the filming progress slowly moved on to the second story, where Chen Guilin kills a Hong Kong man.
The film "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils" tells the same story as "A New Account of Tales of the World", with metaphors everywhere.
The protagonist Chen Guilin is Zhou Chu, while the two most wanted criminals, Aberdeen and Zun Zun, correspond to the evil tiger and evil dragon.
However, unlike the story, Zhou Chu was a rampant man in the village when he was young. Later, he was enlightened by someone and killed a ferocious tiger and a vicious dragon. He also turned over a new leaf. At this point, the three evils were eliminated, and he became a famous loyal minister and filial son.
In the movie, Chen Guilin is crazy from beginning to end. He also has his own softness and kindness in his heart, but his purpose of killing is just for fame.
Thinking he has a terminal illness, based on the principle of "leaving a name behind after death", he decides to do something unprecedented, not for justice or peace of mind, but just to make a splash before he dies.
Before, Chen Guilin appeared and shot the gangster Tietou in public at the funeral, and then smiled happily at the police outside, which established the character of the protagonist.
Chen Guilin is fearless and has a fearless arrogance and the evil power of doing whatever he wants.
Afterwards, whether it was killing Hong Kong boy or killing the Venerable, it seemed that Chen Guilin killed the two wanted criminals ahead of him for the sake of reputation, but in fact, it was also through these two stories that Chen Guilin's character and psychological changes were shown from various levels and angles.
For example, killing Hong Kong boy to save Cheng Xiaomei played by Zhou Ye.
This proves that he has a soft and kind heart. Although he kills people, he does not bully the weak. He has the demeanor of an ancient hero.
After several days of night shooting, a series of chases and fights, the Hong Kong boy played by Francis Ng was officially killed.
After the director shouted "Cut", Gu Wei got up from the bloody Wu Zhenyu.
"Are you okay?"
Gu Wei reached out his hand to pull Wu Zhenyu up. The two of them had just been engaged in a fight scene involving various tools. It wasn't pretty, but it was extremely realistic.
"It's okay. I was often beaten during filming. These are just a small matter."
Wu Zhenyu stood up and brushed off the dirt on his body, the blood from his head was still flowing down.
Of course, it’s impossible that all of it is prop blood.
Gu Wei's condition was not good either. He had various injuries on his face and body, and he looked dusty and dirty.
The staff nearby saw this and quickly stepped forward to hand over towels to the two of them.
Wu Zhenyu finished filming and the crew held a small wrap-up party for him. The next day, he left the crew and returned to Hong Kong Island.
The Spring Festival is approaching soon and the crew has half a day off.
In the evening, the crew booked a hotel banquet hall and gathered everyone together to have New Year’s Eve dinner and watch the Spring Festival Gala.
Working in the film and television industry, especially working on a film crew, it is common to not be able to go home during the holidays, and everyone has become accustomed to it.
This year's Spring Festival Gala is the same as usual.
Xiao Yueyue once again appeared on the Spring Festival Gala stage, but his crosstalk was still not funny.
Chen Teng and Ma Li's skit [Going Through the Motions] continued the previous style.
Ma Li plays a pregnant director. In fact, she is really pregnant and is already 7 months pregnant.
Cheng Long sang the song [The Mountains and Rivers Will Never Fall], but it was just a branch venue of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area branch venue.
Although Gu Wei refused the Spring Festival Gala, with the operation of "Wei Ming Tian Xia", Xiao Zhan and Zeng Shunxi, who became very popular this year, both appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala.
Xiao Zhan participated in the sketch [I Like You, You Like Me], while Zeng Shunxi sang the song [Mom and Dad] with Li Ronghao and Wang Junkai.
Actress Tong Liya served as the host of this year's Spring Festival Gala.
Her performance was average and no one cared much about it, after all, she was not a professional host.
However, starting this year, Tong Liya has had more and more official resources, and she is often invited to perform at some important evening parties.
After having the New Year’s Eve dinner with the crew in the evening, Gu Wei drank two more glasses.
After returning to his room, he did not forget to call his parents at home, and then edited New Year greetings messages for some good friends.
During this period, Nazha also made a video call
(End of this chapter)
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