Chapter 81 Launch Conference
The day after taking the final makeup photos, the crew posted the retouched photos online as the first wave of promotion for the TV series.
The actors in the crew also uploaded their makeup photos on their Weibo as required to contribute to the promotion.
Gu Wei has only a few hundred thousand followers on Weibo, which is pitifully few among celebrities.
These are the fans he gained during the release of "The Blade of the Assassin".
Due to the influence of Yang Mi, many fans are paying attention to the final makeup photos.
In 2013, Yang Mi's popularity reached the peak of her film career.
Since the release of "Chinese Paladin 3" in 2009, Yang Mi has become a big star.
That year, she was named one of the new "Four Little Flowers" in mainland China in the "Post-80s New Generation Entertainment Stars" selection initiated by Southern Metropolis Entertainment Weekly, along with Huang Shengyi, Wang Luodan, and Liu Yifei.
On January 31, 2011, the palace-themed time-travel drama "Palace Lock Heart Jade" starring her premiered. This drama was arguably the most popular "Qing Dynasty" time-travel drama of the year, bringing Yang Mi countless fans and popularity.
Last year, she won the Most Popular Actress Award at the 9th Golden Eagle TV Art Festival for her role in the TV series "BJ Love Story".
The success along the way brought Yang Mi a lot of popularity, and in later generations he would have been a top star.
No matter what you do, there is no shortage of attention.
'First floor, I came here specially to see Mimi, Mimi's new drama looks are so beautiful!'
"Bees, bees, crazy for Mimi, support Mimi no matter what she does"
"I'm a fan of Yang Mi, and I came to see her new drama. It must be really good!"
"I came here for the smell. I'm Yang Mi's scent fan, la la!"
'You haters upstairs, get lost! ! '
'.'
"Mi Mi's new drama costume looks so ethereal, she's really a fairy! Who is the male lead? He looks so cool, the two of them look so well-matched, I'm definitely going to follow this drama!"
'This actor seems to be the leading actor in a movie?'
'The actor is Gu Wei, who played the lead role of Chen Lian in the film Sword of Assassins released last year.'
Those who know about it start to share it with others.
Yang Mi had about 20 million followers on Weibo at that time. After posting the photo, the comment section below was in chaos.
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In the next few days, Gu Wei went to the company for a while every day to deal with some company affairs.
When I have nothing to do in the evening, I will ask Yang to go out and exercise together.
Yang Caiyu's physical fitness is still too poor, and Gu Wei, as a classmate, must help her. They exercise together to achieve the goal of exercising and improving their physical fitness.
Isn't there a slogan: 'Strengthen sports and improve people's physical fitness?'
Of course, in addition to strength training, agility training is also indispensable to improve her hand-mouth coordination.
Gu Wei thinks too much about his classmate and always hopes that she can develop well-roundedly.
Of course, Yang also enjoyed it.
Since returning to Beijing last month, Gu Wei has been paying attention to the market value of Bitcoin.
Now it has risen to $800 per coin.
Gu Wei began to sell slowly, taking out the bitcoins stored in the cold wallet from the bank safe and selling them one by one.
His goal is to sell 20,000 pieces in two months.
Although he knows that now is not the time when Bitcoin is most valuable, he now has a better investment direction.
Bitcoin may increase tenfold or twentyfold in the next decade, but investments in other areas may yield returns of a hundredfold or even higher.
On June 15, Gu Wei, who had received the notice long ago, arrived at Hengdian Film and Television City in advance with his small team including his driver and assistant.
Hengdian has entered summer in June.
At the main entrance of the Huaxia Studio at Hengdian World Studios, a 5-6 meter long table covered with a red cloth sat atop a large incense burner and plates of tribute fruit. Three thick, long incense sticks were inserted into the burner.
Right above the studio, there was a huge banner with the words "Good luck to the start of filming of the TV series [Gu Jian Qi Tan]" written on it.
All the main creative staff of the crew were present. Yang Mi was wearing a light gray T-shirt, a black miniskirt, and big sunglasses. She stood side by side with Gu Wei in the first row of the crowd.
As a little-known figure, Reba could only stand in the third row behind Yang Mi, with almost no sense of presence. She was wearing a yellow shirt and flat glasses, and was very cute.
Gu Wei turned around and glanced at her, and found that she was looking around, not knowing what she was looking at.
Led by the director, everyone bowed before the incense burner. The director was at the front, praying while mumbling, praying that the filming of the TV series would go smoothly.
Gu Wei followed the crowd and bowed a few times.
Director Liang Shengquan, a former Shaw Brothers film assistant director, has served as editor-in-chief for ATV and producer for Singapore's MediaCorp. He is a true Hong Kong director. Gu Wei was not surprised by his hosting of such a ceremony.
However, Director Liang came to the mainland to shoot TV series a long time ago.
Director Liang directed Tangren's famous Chinese Paladin and Chinese Paladin 3, as well as Xuan-Yuan Sword: Scar of Sky, in which Nazha also starred. He has extensive experience in filming period dramas and Xianxia dramas.
After burning incense, the next step is to proceed, where the main actors are required to hold a long-handled knife together and cut a roasted suckling pig on the table.
Gu Wei and Yang Mi stood inside, Chen Weiting and Gao Weigang stood on both sides. The four of them held the handle of the long knife together and cut the roasted suckling pig bit by bit.
No matter what he was asked to do, Gu Wei cooperated very well. He kept in mind that his current identity was just a small male lead in the crew.
What puzzled him was why they had to cut the roast suckling pig. Logically, they should also cut the roast chicken when turning on the machine.
don't know.
After all these ceremonies were completed, the main creators stood on the stage and began the interactive session with reporters.
There were many reporters in the audience.
I first asked the director two questions, and then started asking the actors.
A reporter first asked Gu Wei two questions, and Gu Wei answered them normally.
Then another reporter asked
"Gu Wei, what do you think made the director choose you to play the male lead, 'Bai Li Tu Su'?"
Gu Wei looked at Director Liang and said
"I think it's my acting skills and image. I've played the role of a Jinyiwei in ancient costume before, so my image is more suitable for ancient costume. In addition, the director has confidence in my acting skills." Gu Wei grinned.
The director then interjected, "Gu Wei's look in period costume is stunning. I'm sure everyone has seen the final photos we sent out. Gu Wei is one of the best-looking actors in period costume I've ever seen."
The director thought
"You should ask him why he chose me as the director."
After all, Gu Wei's popularity was not that great, so the reporters asked him two questions and then let him go.
The most popular person in the crew is naturally the female lead Yang Mi. Reporters asked many questions around various topics.
With Yang Mi's experience, he naturally accepted all challenges and resolved them one by one with a smile.
Zheng Shuang, who was standing next to Yang Mi, was not spared by the media either. After Zheng Shuang became popular through "Let's Watch the Thunderstorm Together", she attracted countless fans with her straightforward and unpretentious personality. She has a group of die-hard fans on the Internet who support her blindly no matter what she says or does.
Recently, the news of Zheng Shuang's plastic surgery has been widely circulated on the Internet.
Some reporters also took this opportunity to ask questions
"Excuse me, Zheng Shuang, there are rumors online that you've had plastic surgery. Would you like to clarify this rumor?"
I don’t know what Zheng Shuang was thinking. Maybe she felt that the press conference was boring, so she revealed something big about herself and admitted that she had plastic surgery.
"I don't want to clarify, I don't think there's anything to be shy about.
This is all normal. I have the final say over my appearance and I want to change it."
As soon as these words were spoken, the media at the scene were in an uproar. They didn't expect that an ordinary TV series launch conference would have such great results.
Tomorrow's headlines have been booked, and the reporters are all very excited.
Yang Mi, who was standing aside, had a unhappy look on his face.
Sure enough, some reporters who were not afraid of trouble immediately directed the fire at Yang Mi.
"It's been said online that Yang Mi also had plastic surgery. Can you say something on her behalf?"
When Yang Mi heard this, he could only smile awkwardly without replying. He turned around and looked at Zheng Shuang.
At this time, Zheng Shuang didn't know what was going on in her mind.
"I think this is a very normal thing, I don't need to say anything more."
Maybe she felt that since she had admitted everything, others might not care.
Yang Mi's expression was completely out of control. Gu Wei wanted to laugh, but he held it back. After all, there were so many shots being filmed.
He secretly looked at Yang Mi, admiring her ability to control her facial expressions. If there was no one around, she would probably want to kill Zheng Shuang.
From this moment until the end of the interview, Yang Mi never smiled again.
After the reporters left happily as if they had picked up money, Yang Mi turned around and left without saying a word.
(End of this chapter)
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