Chapter 154 Deng Chaohe Eats
"Reba and I went to the same middle school, but we were in different classes. We knew each other back in school, but we didn't see each other often. After I left for school, I haven't seen each other for many years."
Nazha explained, and Reba nodded beside her.
"What a coincidence! I didn't expect you two had this connection."
Gu Wei suddenly realized that since both of them were born in 1992 and their hometown was Urumqi, the probability of them studying in the same middle school was indeed quite high.
However, although Nazha and Reba were both considered one of the four beauties of the frontier in the original time and space, many media and netizens often compared the two of them, but no interaction between the two was seen in the news, or any communication between friends in private.
Even when they appear in the same frame on some occasions, they don't seem to communicate.
When fellow villagers met, or met in such an occasion after many years, the two girls started chattering. You talked about your experiences over the years, and she mentioned the stories of her old school. Gu Wei stood aside and became a spectator.
After a few minutes, the relevant staff came to find Nazha. The premiere was about to begin. Nazha followed the staff to the stage, and Gu Wei also followed Reba to find their seats and sat down.
After sitting down, Reba hesitated for a moment and whispered to Gu Wei beside her, "Is Nazha your girlfriend?"
Gu Wei looked at Reba's big watery eyes
"Why do you think so?"
"I feel like her attitude towards you is different. It feels very casual and intimate."
I have to say that women are really sensitive. After Gu Wei and Nazha only said two sentences, Reba was able to find out that their relationship was unusual.
"Naza and I did date for a while when we were in school, but we broke up later. She should be considered my ex-girlfriend."
Gu Wei felt that there was nothing to hide about this matter, so he told Reba the truth.
"Oh~ What a pity~"
Gu Wei asked curiously, "What's so regrettable?"
"Naza is so beautiful, and you are so outstanding, it's a pity that you two broke up~"
Reba looked at Gu Wei's face and didn't know whether she was speaking sincerely or falsely.
After hearing this, Gu Wei smiled and did not continue the topic.
The lights in the theater gradually dimmed, and the light gathered on the stage in front. The premiere of "The Breakup Master" officially began.
The host first came on stage to give a brief introduction to the movie, and then Deng Chao and Yu Baimei brought several main actors of the movie to the stage.
The main creators first answered some questions from the reporters in the audience in a polite manner, and then it was Deng Chao's turn to perform alone.
Maybe he was excited because it was his first time as a director, or maybe this movie allowed Deng Chao to fully display his comedic talent. In order to attract attention, Deng Chao performed a small show in which he put on high heels and performed pole dancing on the stage, which aroused cheers from the audience and the atmosphere on the scene exploded.
Seeing Deng Chao having so much fun, Yang Mi complained on the spot about how strict Deng Chao was with her during filming, and made a request on the spot, asking Deng Chao to recreate the action of licking the lighter with his tongue in the play. The staff actually brought a lighter as big as a brick. Deng Chao tried it twice and admitted failure with a wry smile on his face.
After everyone finished playing, Deng Chao announced that the movie would begin.
Two hours passed in a flash. The whole plot of "Breakup Master" seemed very simple to Gu Wei. It mainly told the story of a male mental patient and a female mental patient who had a mentally ill love affair and finally got together like mental patients.
Deng Chao may have wanted to pay tribute to Zhou Xingchi and make a nonsensical comedy. Unfortunately, the whole movie is basically his own funny show. The plot cannot stand up to scrutiny, and the jokes are too low-level. It cannot be compared with "Lost in Thailand" released in 2012.
It can be seen that Deng Chao is trying his best to be funny, but unfortunately his humor is too superficial.
In the entire movie, Gu Wei felt that the first 10 minutes when he and Nazha were in Mauritius were the best.
After watching the movie, Gu Wei had already labeled it a bad movie in his mind, but when the movie ended and the room was lit up, he still smiled and clapped his hands, at least to give Sister Mi some face.
"How did you like the movie?"
Gu Wei asked Reba beside him while clapping his hands without turning his head.
"It's very good, very funny, Deng Chao and Mi Jie both acted very well, uh, Nazha acted very well too~"
Reba was not stingy with praise at all, of course maybe what she said was really the truth. Gu Wei sat next to her and watched her laughing from beginning to end. Well, this girl has a low sense of humor.
"What do you think?" Reba asked Gu Wei.
"Haha~ It's pretty good. Sister Mi and Nazha are both beautiful, and Brother Chao works very hard!"
The movie screening is over, but the premiere is not over yet, and the next step is the media interview session.
Today, many of Deng Chao's friends from the industry were in attendance, all big names. After the movie, they were invited on stage to share their thoughts. Of course, they were mostly flattering, just a favor.
The first person to come on stage was Deng Chao's good friend Yao Chen. Facing questions from Deng Chao and Yu Baimei, Yao Chen praised them highly, saying that "Breakup Guru" was a very successful comedy and he almost burst out laughing.
However, what surprised Gu Wei was that He Jiong also came to the scene, went on stage right after Yao Chen, and sincerely expressed his thoughts to Deng Chao.
"I'm extremely excited. This kind of shameless movie is exactly what I like."
He looked sincere and it didn't seem like he was saying anything against his will.
After seeing this, Gu Wei began to understand why the Happy Family had been working so hard to release new bad movies.
It turns out that they didn't want to make a bad movie, but their aesthetic taste was there, and they thought it looked good that way.
What surprised Gu Wei even more was yet to come. Liu Xuan and Bao Bei'er went on stage together. Liu Xuan asked his good friend Deng Chao in a normal manner, "Why didn't you ask me to act?"
Deng Chao smiled and said, "Next time for sure."
Bao Bei'er didn't know what she was thinking. She walked past Deng Chao and said to Yu Baimei, "This movie is so well made. I hope Director Baimei can give me a chance next time."
As he said this, he bent his legs and knelt down in front of Yu Baimei, which made the audience in the audience exclaim in surprise.
Fortunately, Yu Baimei reacted quickly and knelt down on one knee in front of Bao Beier, then supported him and said, "Let's talk alone, just talk!"
Gu Wei could see Deng Chao standing there with an awkward smile on his face from below.
Originally, "The Breakup Master" was Deng Chao's first transition into a director. Although he and Yu Baimei were both directors of the film, the most important gimmick in publicity has always been to use his role as director, and he himself also attaches great importance to this.
Deng Chao asked Yu Baimei to co-direct with him, just like when Gu Wei was filming "Detective Chinatown". He was not confident as a director for the first time, so he asked Lu Yang to be the producer to protect him.
After all, Yu Baimei has a very good relationship with him, but deep down, Deng Chao still thinks that "Breakup Master" is his work.
Especially since this was his first time as a director, he attached great importance to this. He was afraid that others would think that the movie was Yu Baimei's work, so he still regarded himself as an actor.
He didn't expect Bao Bei'er to create such a scene right at the start. He couldn't be angry because she came to support the movie and said a lot of good things about it.
However, he probably didn't have a very good impression of Bao Bei'er. It seemed that Deng Chao never asked Bao Bei'er to appear in the movies he made in the later period.
After the premiere, everyone walked out of the theater.
Gu Wei was about to say goodbye to Yang Mi and Nazha and leave, but he was stopped by Yang Mi and brought to Deng Chao.
"Brother Chao, didn't you always ask me to introduce Gu Wei to you? Now I have brought him to you."
Deng Chao looked at Gu Wei with a happy face.
"Gu Wei, hello. This is the first time we meet, but I've heard of you for a long time. Thank you very much for coming today."
Deng Chao had wanted to meet Gu Wei for a long time. When he was filming "Breakup Guru", he watched the MV of Gu Wei singing and thought that this guy was so handsome and talented.
Later, when the movie directed and acted by Gu Wei was released, the box office exceeded 1 billion yuan in one go. He was a little bit unbelievable. He had been in the entertainment industry for more than 10 years and had just started to think about making his own movie.
Gu Wei, a new actor who debuted for less than two years, suddenly became a big director with a box office of 1 billion. This is simply magical.
But later he watched Gu Wei's movies and had to admit that they were indeed well made.
This made him even more interested in Gu Wei.
"Hello, Brother Chao, nice to meet you. Actually, we met at the premiere of The Four last year, but we didn't have the chance to get to know each other then."
Gu Wei said to Deng Chao with a smile.
"Really? That's such a pity. When we were filming last year, I kept asking Mimi to introduce you to me. I've seen the movies you've made, and you're so talented. There's still a lot I need to learn."
"Brother Chao, you are too kind~"
"I'll play basketball with you in Beijing when I have time."
Deng Chao likes to play basketball with others in his spare time.
"No problem, just call me when it's convenient for Brother Chao."
"Then it's settled!"
After chatting with Deng Chao for a few more words, I said goodbye to him and Yang Mi.
Two days later, on June 26, "The Breakup Guru" was officially released, with a box office of 39 million on the first day and a 30% share of the screening schedule, which is a very good result.
On the 27th, "Transformers 4: Age of Extinction" was released. On the first day of its release, it took up 55% of the screenings and achieved a good result of 174 million yuan.
Because it was a Friday, the box office of "The Breakup Guru" not only did not decline, but instead rose to 42 million.
This is also because after the premiere, Deng Chao took the entire crew on a roadshow across the country, using his own and Yang Mi's popularity to attract audiences to the theaters and maintain the popularity of the movie. In this way, the film's share of screenings did not decline significantly under the pressure of "Transformers".
Obviously, his approach was very effective. In the next two days, although the box office of "Transformers" continued to rise, its screening share was only fixed at around 55%.
The screening schedule and box office of "The Breakup Master" have also stabilized.
These two films, one domestic and one imported, almost took up about 90% of the screenings in domestic theaters during this period, squeezing out other released films and leaving them with no room to survive.
In the first four days of its release, "The Best of Us" grossed 187 million yuan. Although this cannot be compared with the 620 million yuan box office of "Transformers," we should remember that "The Best of Us" is just a low-budget comedy movie.
Although it stars two popular stars, Deng Chao and Yang Mi, the budget was only 50 million, which is not as high as the cost of "Detective Chinatown" shot by Gu Wei last year.
The producers of this film are only Light Media and Deng Chao's own Orange Impression. It can be said that judging from the box office of the first week, the film is destined to make a lot of money. Deng Chao's first challenge as a director was a complete success at the box office.
Judging from the word of mouth, the audience evaluation of "The Breakup Master" is not very high. It only scored 5.5 points on Douban one week after its release, and as the number of reviews increases, the score continues to drop.
Chengfu Banquet, a famous private restaurant in Beijing, is located at No. 27 Beichang Street.
From the outside it looks like a large royal mansion, but once you go inside you will find a different world inside.
The service staff are all dressed in the clothes of ancient court ladies, and the decoration inside the hotel is also in the style of princes and nobles.
Just two days after the premiere, Gu Wei asked Reba to come and try the restaurant recommended by a friend, which was said to be expensive but the food was absolutely worth it.
After the two people entered the door, they were led by the service staff into a room decorated in an antique style.
It looks like a small private room, but the tables, chairs and surrounding decorations are all made of mahogany, looking exquisite and gorgeous.
His restaurant mainly serves Huaiyang cuisine. Gu Wei picked up the menu and ordered the signature Yangzhou Lion Head, Fujian Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, and Braised Three Treasures Duck.
Reba hesitated for a long time after looking at the menu, and ordered a sweet and sour small yellow croaker and a secret sauce roast beef.
"This place is really unique. This is my first time eating at a restaurant like this."
The waiter went downstairs with the menu, looked around, and said to Gu Wei.
"A friend recommended it to me. I heard that the chef used to be a master chef for state banquets, and the dishes here taste quite good.
If you like, I can bring you here often in the future."
After hearing what Gu Wei said, Reba looked at him happily.
Today, Reba wore a white T-shirt, loose gray casual pants, and her hair was tied into a high ponytail. She looked very youthful and energetic.
"Gu Wei, why are you so nice to me?"
Reba looked at Gu Wei and said softly.
"Because we are friends, and Reba is so cute and beautiful, it's normal for me to be nice to you."
Gu Wei looked at Reba and teased her deliberately.
Reba was a little shy when Gu Wei mentioned her, and she lowered her head slightly and ignored him.
It didn't take long for the dishes they ordered to arrive one by one.
I haven’t tasted them yet, but the way each dish is presented on the plate looks like a work of art.
"Hmm~ This Buddha Jumps Over the Wall is so delicious!"
Reba praised as she ate the dishes on the table.
Seeing that she was eating with great enthusiasm, Gu Wei filled a bowl for her.
The two of them ate and chatted, and time seemed to go back to when they were filming "Gu Jian Qi Tan" together last year.
"What plans will Sister Mi's studio have for you next?"
Gu Wei asked Reba while eating the lion's head in the bowl.
“Not recently, but Sister Mi said there will be a TV series in the second half of the year and she will try to get me a supporting role, I heard it’s a big star.
I never thought that after entering the entertainment industry, I would have to play a big star before becoming a big star. It was a very interesting experience."
Hearing Reba say this, Gu Wei realized that it should be the drama "Diamond Lover" that made Reba debut, in which she played the big star "Gao Wen".
It seems that Reba has a good affinity with playing celebrities. When she first debuted, she played a supporting role of the star "Gao Wen", which made her overshadow the female lead and successfully won the audience's love.
A few years later, she played the big star "Qiao Jingjing" in another drama "You Are My Glory", which brought her career to a new level.
"The popularity of [Gu Jian Qi Tan] has already given you a certain audience base. If you act well in a few more dramas, I think you will soon become a real big star. You won't need to just play the role of a star in the drama to satisfy your craving."
"Haha, I hope it's really as you said~"
With both delicious food and beautiful women, Gu Wei felt very happy after the meal.
"Ah~ I'm so full!"
Reba sat on the chair, stroking her slightly bulging belly with both hands, sighing with satisfaction.
"Oh no, I can't hold back, I'm definitely going to get fat~"
Then she frowned again and her face fell.
"When you were eating, I never saw you thinking about getting fat~"
Gu Wei sat aside and teased her.
After dinner, Gu Wei sent Reba back to the hotel.
At the hotel entrance, Reba waved happily to Gu Wei and turned to walk into the hotel.
After entering the hotel, Reba jumped back to her room.
As soon as she entered the room, her cell phone rang. Reba took out the phone and frowned.
"Hello~ Sister Jia~"
The person on the other end of the phone was Zeng Jia from Jiaxing Media.
"Reba, why didn't you come to the company dinner today?"
"I have a friend in Beijing. I haven't seen him for a long time. Let's have dinner together~"
Reba explained.
"I haven't heard you have any friends in Beijing. Reba, although you may not be very famous now, you are still a star. You must report to the company when you go out, and it's best to bring your assistant with you."
"I understand, Sister Jia. I will pay attention next time."
After listening to Zeng Jia's nagging for a while, Reba hung up the phone, patted her chest, and let out a long sigh.
Sitting on the sofa, Reba picked up her mobile phone and looked through the photos she took while eating today.
The first few pictures are of dishes, and the ones at the back are of her and Gu Wei.
Gu Wei sat there with a smile on his face, Reba leaned sideways next to him, grinning happily, making a V sign with one hand and taking a selfie with her phone in the other hand.
Looking at the photo of the two of them together, Reba smiled foolishly and murmured
"Don't these two look good together~"
(End of this chapter)
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