Chapter 682 She is like my old self
In fact, Yang Mi’s current environment is much better than the original time and space.
With the help of Gu Wei, Jiaxing Media has developed better than in the original time and space.
In March 2017, Perfect World subscribed for 1 million shares of Jiaxing Media for RMB 250 million. After the subscription was completed, Perfect World became a shareholder of Jiaxing Media with a 5% stake.
Jiaxing’s valuation also successfully reached 5 billion.
In April this year, the two-year bet with [Shangshi Pictures] was successfully completed. It can be said that [Jaywalk Media] successfully completed the development and growth of the company through several rounds of financing.
In the original time and space, although Jiaxing's valuation became higher and higher and the company's scale became larger and larger after several rounds of capital introduction, Yang Mi's personal shareholding ratio gradually decreased.
Because she did not participate in management, she gradually declined from a partner to a managed star artist, and her status as a boss gradually faded.
This is also the reason why she finally chose to leave Jiaxing Media, which developed from Yang Mi Studio.
But the situation is different now.
[Jiaxing Media] has been raising funds for several times. As a follow-up investor, Gu Wei has always maintained a fairly high shareholding ratio. After the last round of financing for Perfect World, the shareholding structure of the entire company was Gu Wei holding 32.3%, Zeng Jia 19%, Yang Mi 15.96%, Zhao Ruoyao 11.4%, [Shangshi Pictures] 9.5%, Li Juan 6.84%, and [Perfect World] 5%.
Although he is not directly involved in management, Gu Wei, as the largest individual shareholder, has a crucial say in Jiaxing.
With his support, Yang Mi's voice in Jiaxing will not decline, and Zeng Jia will continue to win her over in order to consolidate her position.
Therefore, Yang Mi currently has a very high degree of autonomy. Whether she accepts a role or trains new people is entirely up to her own volition. There is no such thing as sacrificing her own future for the development of the company.
Judging from the current situation, there is no reason for Yang Mi to leave Jiaxing in the future.
It seems that the failure of [Baby] is inevitable. Gu Wei can only say a few words of comfort and give Da Mimi some advice, and he can do nothing else.
The poor performance of this movie is closely related to the fact that the audience's expectations were too high before its release.
Judging from the movie's posters, trailers and other materials, the publicity team has placed a lot of chips on Yang Mi. After all, she is the heroine and the biggest source of traffic for this movie, which is understandable.
The problem is that Da Mimi's performance failed to hold up to such high expectations. Most of the negative reviews after the release were written about Yang Mi, and this transformation was not optimistic.
The audience's criticisms of Yang Mi mainly focused on: poor acting skills, which were instantly outshined by other actors in the same film; deliberately making herself ugly and failing to transform; her dialect was poor and her voice was distracting; some people also said that the character of Jiang Meng itself was not likable.
Yang Mi's look this time is a bit similar to Fan Bingbing in "I Am Not Madame Bovary", which is hard but thankless.
Because both of them have small V-shaped faces and delicate facial features, they are far from the traditional image of the lower class people.
However, "I Am Not Madame Bovary" is a work in which the director's influence is greater than that of the actors. Fan Bingbing's scenes are mostly long shots, which reduces the sense of being out of place.
Most of the shots of Yang Mi are close-up shots of her face, and every expression on her face is seen by the audience. Her acting skills are not solid, so it is naturally impossible for her to perform perfectly.
In fact, there are many examples of female stars in the entertainment industry "playing ugly", such as Ma Yili in "Finding You", Zhao Wei in "Dear", and Gong Li, Yu Nan, and Huang Lu earlier. The evaluations they received were all ok and were not specifically criticized by the audience.
Yang Mi is usually too close to the audience, and her image, voice, and personality all have very distinct personal imprints. It was already difficult for her to play a village orphan before she even started acting.
Objectively speaking, Yang Mi's performance in "Baby" is still better than many of her previous commercial films, but she is still a long way from being a powerful actor.
At the end of October, the crew of "Eastern Palace" returned to Hengdian from Dunhuang and joined up with crew B to shoot the scenes about Feng Dynasty together.
Amnesia is a common tactic in idol dramas. In modern dramas, it is usually caused by car accidents, while in ancient times it was reincarnation. A typical example is "Eternal Love" filmed by Gu Wei.
There is a similar plot in "Eastern Palace". The sinister Li Chengyin personally wiped out Qu Xiaofeng's entire family, causing her to lose everything in an instant.
So the collapsed heroine jumped into the Forgotten River, and the hero followed her, and both of them lost their previous memories.
In the blink of an eye, they arrived in Feng Dynasty. Qu Xiaofeng became the Crown Princess who came to marry a foreign princess, and Li Chengyin also began his action to succeed to the throne of the Eastern Palace. Fate made these two strangers yet familiar people meet again and started another love affair.
That day, after filming a scene of playing on the bed, Meng Ziyi, dressed in an ancient long skirt, walked out of the set while excitedly chatting with Gu Wei.
"Sister Rereba? Why are you here?"
When she arrived at the lounge, Meng Ziyi, who was originally chattering with Gu Wei beside her, saw a tall and beautiful figure and looked surprised.
"I'm here to visit the set. Ziyi can now play the leading lady in big productions. This outfit is really beautiful!"
Reba stood aside and first glanced at Gu Wei, then said to Meng Ziyi with a smile.
The two of them had known each other for a long time. They first started when they were filming "Love O2O". Meng Ziyi played the school beauty in the film, and Reba had nothing to do at that time, so she followed Gu Wei and the others to eat and drink on the set.
When they gathered at Gu Wei's house on New Year's Day, the two of them even slept in the same bed.
Later, in "You Are My Glory", Meng Ziyi played the male protagonist's ex-girlfriend in Reba's crew, and the two can be said to be old friends.
"Aren't you busy lately?" Gu Wei asked Reba. Of course, she had told him in advance that she was coming to visit the set.
"That's fine. I'm here for work too, so I just happened to come see you when I had some time."
Reba looked at Gu Wei with a bright smile on her face.
In fact, her workplace was not in Hengdian but in Hangzhou. She just missed Gu Wei, so she put aside a job and came to visit the set.
“Working hard is a good thing, but you also need to take care of your body and balance work and rest.”
Gu Wei knew that Reba had inherited Yang Mi's work style, and coupled with Jiaxing's arrangements, she had an exaggerated amount of work to do since she became famous.
"I know that many of the company's arrangements now require my consent in advance. Don't worry, I'm fine.
I was able to win the award earlier thanks to your help."
"Don't be polite with me."
The three of them sat down and chatted for a few minutes. After a while, Gu Wei and Meng Ziyi went back to filming, and Reba followed them around the set to watch them perform.
Watching Li Chengyin, played by Gu Wei, and Princess Qu Xiaofeng, played by Meng Ziyi, playing and fighting on the stage, and remembering the look Meng Ziyi had given Gu Wei when they were chatting just now, Reba suddenly felt that all of this was a bit familiar.
'Meng Ziyi's situation is very similar to mine before.
And her appearance and personality seem to be similar to Nazha'
Thinking of this, Reba looked at Meng Ziyi with a fixed gaze.
Reba stayed on the crew for the entire afternoon until the filming was finished in the evening. Gu Wei took her, Meng Ziyi, director Li Muge and other main creative staff of the crew to have a meal together.
Everyone is familiar with the popular female star Reba, especially the people in Gu Wei's company who know her well as she is also a friend of the boss and the heroine they have worked with before.
At the dinner table, Reba did not hide her relationship with Gu Wei at all. She sat next to him and picked up food for him from time to time.
The other people at the table didn't react much, only Meng Ziyi felt very uncomfortable watching this scene.
But there was nothing she could do.
She knew what kind of person her boss was after all these years in the company. Moreover, she knew that Reba and Gu Wei had a special relationship when they were filming.
In this situation, she still jumped into this pit voluntarily. It can only be said that the charm of idol, male god and boss is infinite.
After dinner, everyone went back to the hotel.
Li Muge secretly asked assistant director Zhao Liang:
"Is Reba Mr. Gu's girlfriend?"
Judging from the dinner, the two should be a couple, but Gu Wei did not say so when introducing them.
Zhao Liang looked around and cleared his throat.
"Mr. Gu is young and wealthy, a big star and a big boss, and he's quite the playboy, you know."
He was a young director who was hired when Weiming Tianxia was first established. He has been in the company ever since and is therefore quite familiar with his boss.
Li Muge nodded thoughtfully.
When he was filming "Sito", he thought Gu Wei and Jing Tian were a couple, and now he and Meng Ziyi are also a good match when filming "Eastern Palace".
But considering the atmosphere in the entertainment industry, this is nothing.
Given Gu Wei's status and position, no one would take it seriously if he had a few more girlfriends as long as he didn't break the law.
At night, in the hotel room, Meng Ziyi was lying alone on his bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.
She just went to Gu Wei's room and found that there was no one inside.
No matter how dumb you are, you will know where the other person has gone.
I didn’t get it before, and when I saw my boss flirting with other women, I wondered why he didn’t flirt with me. Now that we have had sex, I have a different thought when I encounter the same thing again.
I feel sad and helpless, which is a terrible feeling.
The most important thing is that she can't do anything because she knows that she is not her boss's girlfriend and is in a passive position in this relationship.
At the same time, in another room of the hotel.
After exercising for a period of time, Reba felt the long-lost comfort and was sweating all over. Although she was very tired, she felt particularly refreshed. She felt that all the fatigue and stress from work these days were swept away.
After a long time, Reba, who had recovered some strength, lay on Gu Wei's chest.
The fair and delicate skin pressed against each other's body, and the two round and straight beautiful legs were entangled with Gu Wei's thighs, just like vines coiled around a big tree, closely attached to him.
"Are you planning to support Ziyi?"
Reba pressed her cheek against Gu Wei's strong chest, feeling his heartbeat, and suddenly asked.
"Yes, Ziyi has been signed to my company for quite some time. She just graduated from the Beijing Film Academy last year. Her previous films have brought her considerable fame. If I give her some support now, she can save herself many years of hard work."
Gu Wei said normally.
In the entertainment industry, there is sometimes only a small difference between the third-tier and the second-tier, and between the second-tier and the first-tier, but many actors may never make it to the top in their entire lives.
Take actresses as an example. Second- and third-tier actresses can also get the resources to play the leading role, but most of them are small productions. They can only play supporting roles in real big productions.
"I remember she was born in 1995, and is only 23 this year, young and beautiful."
Gu Wei lowered his head slightly, stroking Reba's fair and beautiful back with one hand and grasping her soft and smooth flesh with the other.
"Why, are you jealous? You're talking like you're so old?
We are the same age, you are only 26 this year. I remember when we first met, you were still studying at the Shanghai Theatre Academy, and I went to Shanghai to work, and you took me out with you.
"Yes, now thinking about it, my past self was really interesting." Reba also felt a little emotional when talking about the past.
"I remember someone had dinner with me after a one-day tour guide job, but he ended up drinking too much and slept in my room overnight, leaving me to sleep on the sofa."
After Gu Wei finished speaking, Reba felt a little embarrassed.
"I didn't think about it at the time. I just wanted to drink some wine to liven up the atmosphere, and finally fell asleep in a daze." This is the most embarrassing thing that happened to Reba after she met Gu Wei.
At first I wanted to drink to give myself the courage to confess, but in the end I said nothing and did nothing, and I drank until I passed out.
"Although I'm still young, there are always beautiful new girls emerging in the entertainment industry. The new generation is constantly replacing the old generation. I feel like it's only a matter of time before I'm replaced by them."
"How could that be?" Gu Wei held Reba's face with both hands.
"You are unique in my heart and can never be replaced. Whenever Princess Reba needs you, your knight will appear at the first moment."
Reba was deeply moved by Gu Wei's love words. She forced herself to launch another challenge beyond her ability despite her tired body. However, she could not hold on and fell into a deep sleep when Gu Wei was halfway through the charge.
The next morning, Gu Wei joined the crew to film as usual.
"Has Sister Reba left?" Meng Ziyi didn't sleep well that night. It wasn't that she heard anything, as the hotel's soundproofing was quite good. It was just that she had something on her mind and was thinking too much, so she didn't fall asleep until the second half of the night.
"She's gone. She had work and left early this morning."
Gu Wei said casually.
In fact, when he left, Reba was still in bed. According to the level of physical exertion she had last night, it was good enough for her to get up at noon.
He told the other party's assistant to postpone the work.
During the daytime filming, Meng Ziyi was in a very bad state. She performed very poorly in several shots in a row, and the director almost got angry because of the NGs.
"What's wrong? I feel like you seem to be worried about something." After finally finishing filming a scene, Gu Wei asked her.
“Ah~
It's okay, I didn't get enough rest last night, so I'm a little sleepy. Do you think I have dark circles under my eyes? " Meng Ziyi said as she moved closer to Gu Wei.
"You're wearing makeup, so even if you have dark circles, they won't show."
"Yeah." Meng Ziyi smiled innocently.
Gu Wei didn't take it seriously. He took a sip of water and took out his phone to check the news of the past few days.
Meng Ziyi looked at Gu Wei's handsome face and had a lot of thoughts in his mind.
When filming a few days ago, she was completely immersed in the plot. She just felt that the days with her boss were extremely happy and didn't think too much about it.
Reba’s arrival yesterday made her calm down and face the reality.
This reality is not that Gu Wei is a scumbag. She has known this for a long time and doesn't care.
However, after filming "The East Palace", she was not sure whether she was attractive to her boss. After all, in terms of fame, appearance, and figure, she felt that she had no advantages.
'If you can't do it alone, you can find an ally.
Didn't Zhou Ye say that the boss is her idol? Maybe it's a good choice.
Among the artists under [Wei Ming Tian Xia], Meng Ziyi has the best relationship with Zhou Ye. When they were in Beijing, he often asked her to go shopping and have dinner together, and even stayed at her place at night.
"It's hard to find a good friend like me, but she's still thinking of me for such a good thing."
Meng Ziyi thought leisurely.
(End of this chapter)
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