Chapter 227 We Are All Brothers
The Spring Festival travel rush is an unavoidable topic for Chinese people.
It is known as the largest, most periodic human migration in human history.
In about 40 days, more than 3 billion people moved, accounting for 3/7 of the world's population (about 7 billion people), which is equivalent to two major migrations of the entire country's population.
Beijing, one of the largest cities in the country, was the hardest hit during the Spring Festival.
The population of the capital has been declining since students went on vacation in January.
This situation intensified a few days before New Year's Eve, because the statutory holiday of the Spring Festival was approaching, and many office workers who came to Beijing from other places would ask for leave a day or two in advance to go back to their hometowns to celebrate the New Year.
According to statistics, the permanent population of Beijing is about 21 million, but there are only 14 million locals with Beijing household registration. That means that during the Spring Festival, about 7 million non-locals will leave.
This does not include some people who have obtained Beijing household registration but whose hometowns are in other places. They will still travel during the Chinese New Year.
So these two days, when Gu Wei went to and from get off work, he saw that there were fewer and fewer people and cars on the streets.
Nazha also boarded the plane back to the border yesterday. Her parents and sister were waiting for her to go home for the New Year.
"I know, Mom. You don't have to wait for me or worry. I'll be taking the flight home on the first day of the new year.
Don't worry, you and my dad can just stay home and watch my performance on the Spring Festival Gala.
Of course, your son is the most handsome!
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In the office, Gu Wei hung up the phone call from his mother expressing his condolences.
After all, he couldn't celebrate the New Year with his family this year, and it was his first time to participate in the Spring Festival Gala. Mother Gu felt sorry but was also proud of her son, so she called him out of worry.
Because tomorrow is New Year's Eve, there are not many staff members in the company, and many of those who are from other places have already asked for leave in advance to go back.
"Boss, we've already bought the copyright for Brewster's Millions from Universal Pictures. Do you think we should hire someone to write the script next?"
Zhao Mingcheng, general manager of the film and television company, reported in the office.
Gu Wei thought for a moment and said:
"Don't worry, screenwriter. Contact the two directors, Yan Fei and Peng Damo, from Happy Twist and ask them if they're willing to take on this drama.
If they agree, give them the screenwriting work as well.
Anyway, this is an adapted film, and it has the framework of the original version. We just need to localize some of the content.”
Now that the copyright of "Brewster's Millions" is in hand, the box office hit "The Richest Man in Xihong City" in the original time and space will be inevitable.
The original script was written by the two directors, so there won't be too many problems if they do it again.
Although Gu Wei can do it, he is the boss after all. If he can be lazy, he will definitely not assign himself too much work. It will only cost him more money as a screenwriter.
"Boss, Yan Fei and Peng Damo have been working as stage play directors at Happy Twist. They've never made a movie before. Should we look for more famous directors from other industries?"
Actually, you can contact Director Ning Hao and ask him if he is willing to take on this film?"
Zhao Mingcheng hesitated for a moment and put forward his own suggestion.
At this time, Yan Fei and Peng Damu are still two directors who have been deeply rooted in stage plays for many years.
Since Chen Teng and Mary appeared on the Spring Festival Gala, they have been responsible for directing the Spring Festival Gala skits of Happy Twist.
Although the duo's debut film "Charlotte's Troubles" has been completed, it will not be released until the second half of this year.
Therefore, Zhao Mingcheng was skeptical about whether the two directors could make a good movie.
Gu Wei fully understood his concerns, but he was the one who had seen the answer after all. Gu Wei did not want to change the original director of the movie "The Richest Man in Xihong City" unless it was absolutely necessary.
After all, when it comes to movies, the director has a huge influence on it. The same script and the same actors may produce completely different results when shot by two different directors.
The gap between them may be worlds apart.
Since the original version of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" was already very well made and achieved great success in both box office and reputation, there was no need to make any unnecessary changes.
Of course, this time the heroine has nothing to do with that Taiwanese girl. He can use her to promote his own company's people. After all, she is just a supporting female lead and anyone can play the role.
"Don't worry, I've seen the stage plays they directed, they are very talented comedy directors.
You should contact them normally and try to make sure they can take on this movie.
Don’t be stingy with the fees; try to give more generously.”
"I understand. I will definitely see to it."
Seeing that Gu Wei was determined to do so, Zhao Mingcheng stopped trying to persuade him.
Since he joined the company, he has implemented many of Gu Wei's decisions. No matter how ridiculous they seemed at the time, the final result was success, so he has a blind trust in Gu Wei.
This year's Spring Festival Gala has undergone significant changes compared to previous years, with fewer singing and dancing programs and more language programs.
The entire evening party had a total of 39 programs, of which 10 were language programs, 3 were crosstalk programs, and 7 were sketches. This ratio has never been seen in previous Spring Festival Galas.
It seems that last year's Spring Festival Gala directed by Feng Xiaogang reduced the number of language programs, which ultimately led to a decline in both reputation and ratings. This has given this year's director team a certain warning.
However, looking at the program list, this year's Spring Festival Gala's star power is dimmer than in previous years.
You can see it by comparing.
Last year's Spring Festival Gala featured celebrities such as Cheng Long, Li Ming, Zhang Jiahui, Ge You, Yao Ming, Huang Bo, Liu Huan, Harlem Yu, Kelly Chen, and many more.
They also invited Lee Min Ho, the long-legged Oppa who was very popular in Asia at that time, and Sophie Marceau, who was known as the French Kiss.
This year, in addition to Liu Dehua, there are also Zhang Fengyi, Zhu Yawen, Duan Yihong, Na Ying, Karen Mok, G.E.M., Li Yuchun and others.
This comparison shows that, except for Liu Dehua, the others cannot be compared with last year.
Of course, it is possible that the director team has focused all their energy on language programs and has not paid much attention to inviting celebrities.
On New Year's Eve, the backstage of the Spring Festival Gala was still so crowded. In the hall and corridors, all the dancers and actors who were about to perform were making nervous preparations. Although they had rehearsed over and over again, everyone was still a little nervous when they were about to meet the national audience.
In Gu Wei's own dressing room, he and Zeng Li had already put on their makeup and were chatting with Chen Teng and Mary who had also prepared.
Chen Teng and his companions were not as privileged as Gu Wei to have their own dressing room. There were a lot of comedians in this year's Spring Festival Gala, and they were using a public dressing room with other sketch actors. After they were done, they had to make room for others.
After several rehearsals, Chen Teng and Gu Wei had become very close, so after putting on his makeup, he simply came to stay with Gu Wei.
"Brother Teng, what do you think about what I mentioned to you?
Can you guys [Happy Twist] still stop you from filming?"
During the last rehearsal, Gu Wei mentioned to Chen Teng about asking him to film a movie. Chen Teng was very surprised at the time, but did not agree immediately. He just said that he would go back and seek the company's consent. After all, he was an actor of "Happy Twist".
Before Chen Teng could reply, Mary interrupted:
"Of course he agreed. He was so happy! He even boasted about it to us when he got home.
Saying that you have a keen eye for talent and that his talent has finally been discovered~
Isn't that right, Brother Teng?"
Chen Teng had a smile on his face and didn't feel embarrassed at all when being teased by Mary.
"Of course, my brother's vision is definitely at the level of a Bole. Didn't he discover a talented horse like me?"
"You're a bit old, my steed~"
Mary continued with Chen Teng's words.
Gu Wei watched them chatting with a smile on his face.
"Okay then. Since you don't mind, Brother Teng, I'll have someone from the company contact your agent later."
"Don't worry bro, since you found me for this movie, just wait for it to be a big hit at the box office!"
Chen Teng patted his chest and made the promise, but his seemingly serious expression always gave people the feeling that he was joking.
Chen Teng never thought that he would meet a big star like Gu Wei during the rehearsal of the Spring Festival Gala. After getting to know him, he inexplicably got a movie role and became the male lead.
He was the most handsome boy in the PLA Art Academy, and he has been hanging around in stage plays since graduation. Although he has gained a certain degree of fame in recent years by performing sketches and appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, he is still far from appearing on the big screen.
Last year, Happy Twist finally made up its mind to enter the film and television industry, adapting the highly acclaimed stage play Charlotte's Troubles into a movie and putting it on the big screen. As the mainstay of Happy Twist, he naturally had the opportunity to play the male lead.
Now that the movie has been completed, we don’t know how it will perform in the future, but I didn’t expect a new movie to come to us.
It feels like I didn't do anything and the pie just fell from the sky.
Thinking about how he had agreed to so many conditions of the company in order to play the movie version of "Charlotte", and how he was given the male lead of another movie after just a few words with Gu Wei, he looked at Gu Wei with special affection, thinking that this little brother had a great affinity with him, and he must get along well with him in the future.
Gu Wei also looked at Chen Teng with a happy face.
"You earn fame, I earn money, we have always been good brothers!"
(End of this chapter)
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