Chapter 128 The Crown Princess is confirmed
The crew returned to Shanghai to continue filming, and the director had become accustomed to Gu Wei's constant request for leave.
At least Gu Wei’s acting skills are good and it doesn’t delay the filming progress.
When filming idol dramas in Taiwan, he had seen all kinds of weird things.
Not to mention taking leave for filming, some popular actors are filming several dramas at the same time. They haven't even taken off the makeup from the previous drama, but they run to the crew of a modern drama wearing ancient costumes.
People like Gu Wei, who were at the peak of their popularity, could still spend a lot of time on the crew and only take occasional leave to go out for work. They were already considered rare among the popular stars.
Is this a worse world?
"Hey~ Director Gu is back to film~"
Early in the morning, Zhao Liying came to the crew and saw Gu Wei was also on the set.
A smile first appeared on his face, then he skipped to Gu Wei's side.
Gu Wei ignored the sarcasm in her words, took out a small bag from the assistant behind him, which contained a white fur scarf, and handed it to Zhao Liying.
"Well, this is the gift I brought you back."
Zhao Liying took it happily, with a look of surprise on her face.
"Wow~ I actually have a gift. Gu Wei, are you so nice now?"
As she spoke, she fiddled with the scarf, put it around her neck, and looked at Gu Wei with her round little face.
"Is it beautiful?"
"It looks good, especially cute."
When Zhao Liying came in the morning, she was wearing a little rabbit-shaped earmuffs on her head, a pink down jacket, and a scarf, revealing a pair of big eyes and a smooth forehead. She was really cute.
While Zhao Liying was still fiddling with her new scarf, other actors from the crew arrived at the venue.
Gu Wei took out a few more bags from the back like a magic trick and gave one to everyone.
Everyone expressed their gratitude after receiving Gu Wei's gifts.
Baikeli received a black scarf, and Zhang Yangguo received a white one.
He put the scarf around his neck and said to Zhang Yangguo, "Wife, isn't it handsome? We have a couple's color, black and white."
After hearing what he said, Zhao Liying looked at the white scarf around her neck and took it off with some disappointment.
She thought it was a gift specially given to her, but it turned out that everyone got one, and suddenly she felt that the scarf was not so attractive anymore.
After Gu Wei returned to the crew, the director concentrated on filming his scenes, keeping him busy from morning to night every day.
We shot all day that day and still had night scenes to continue at night.
At Feng Teng's house, it happened to be Chinese New Year's Day, and everyone except the heroine Xue Shanshan was not there for various reasons.
On New Year's Eve, Feng Teng and Shanshan were the only two people in the villa.
"Shanshan" felt it was too lonely and wanted to find some topics to talk about, but was ruthlessly retorted by "Feng Teng".
She was a little discouraged, but she didn't give up and told Feng Teng her true feelings.
In the end, her confession received no verbal response. 'Shanshan' reluctantly stood opposite 'Feng Teng' with her arms open.
"It's okay, then~ Happy New Year~" She tried hard not to cry.
'Feng Teng' played by Gu Wei stood up from the sofa opposite and walked to Zhao Liying.
Without any hesitation, he held her little face with both hands and kissed her hard.
The two were immersed in this long kiss. After about 20 seconds, Gu Wei raised his head and looked at her emotionally.
"Xue Shanshan, let's give it a try~"
As soon as he finished speaking, he lowered his head and kissed her again, and the camera froze at this moment.
"Cut! Okay, this one passed, and we're done filming today."
Following the director's shout, Gu Wei and Zhao Liying also separated from their intoxicated kiss.
"Liying, good performance. Let's pass it again."
Gu Wei said to Zhao Liying with a smile.
Zhao Liying's breathing was still a little rapid, her face was a little red, and she stammered
"It's okay, you're great too~"
[Shanshan] From this scene on, the hero and heroine truly confirmed their relationship. This can be considered a kiss that sealed their love.
The subsequent plot slowly begins to sprinkle sweetness to the audience.
A few days after Gu Wei left the capital, his agent Yang Liwen signed all his endorsement contracts.
Communicate with the manufacturers and shoot the commercials directly in Shanghai if it is convenient.
If it really doesn't work, Gu Wei can only fly back to Beijing and fly back after finishing the filming.
There's nothing we can do about it. He took the money. Millions for each family is not a small amount.
So for a period of time before the New Year, Gu Wei's schedule became busy.
In addition to filming TV series every day, I also have to coordinate time with the crew to go out and shoot commercials.
Although it was hard work, he was still very happy when he saw the little money falling into his pocket.
A few days later, Zhao Mingcheng brought another good news to Gu Wei.
After several rounds of negotiations, Tencent Video finally agreed to give "Go Princess Go" the treatment of a Class B web drama.
Membership fees are split 50-50, and advertising revenue is also split 50-50.
This drama has a total of 37 episodes. The first 10 episodes are planned to be free to watch, and from the 11th episode onwards, only VIPs can watch it. There are also 2 episodes that can be watched in advance on demand and then paid.
Based on the B-level profit sharing of 8 yuan per episode, the paid click income for a single episode by a member is approximately 0.27 yuan.
The paid period is within one year after the completion of the follow-up broadcast. If during this year, the effective click-through rate of "Crown Princess" members reaches 100 million, then according to the profit-sharing ratio of 100 million*0.27*50%, Gu Wei Company can get 13.5 million.
In other words, as long as the effective playback volume of members exceeds 200 million, the income generated by members alone will far exceed the one-time buyout money.
The one-time buyout price offered by Tencent was 600,000 per episode, so the total amount was only 22 million.
Maybe Tencent Video didn't think that "The Princess Weiyoung" would have such an astonishing number of views.
After all, you have to know that since 2011, all the TV series with over 100 million online views are popular TV series that can be broadcast on satellite TV.
Many of them were the top dramas of the year. For example, "Scarlet Heart", a hit drama for a while, had only over 300 million online views that year.
There is no example of a huge hit for a low-budget online drama like "The Princess Weiyoung" that cannot even be broadcast on TV.
Normally, a pure online drama with tens of millions of views can be considered a hit of the year.
The reason why Tencent Video was able to offer this contract was, firstly, that they were not optimistic about how popular the drama would be, and they would not suffer any loss by buying it this way; secondly, it was also because of the gimmick of Gu Wei’s guest appearance.
[Go Princess Go] is scheduled to premiere on February 4, the fifth day of the Chinese New Year, on Tencent Video.
Two episodes will be broadcast every day, and all episodes will be finished before students return to school at the end of February.
In more than half a month, Tencent Video will carry out a certain degree of promotion on its official website.
Of course, the main highlight is Gu Wei's participation. Since he is very popular now, he might as well fool the audience first.
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Time slowly passed as Gu Wei was busy at work.
The Chinese New Year was approaching, and Gu Wei still found time to return to Beijing twice to participate in the rehearsal of the Beijing Spring Festival Gala.
For people like Gu Wei who perform singing programs, the rehearsal for the Spring Festival Gala is still very simple.
The song sung by Gu Wei was "The Lone Brave Man". The rehearsal went very well and the director team was very satisfied.
"Cut! Okay, this one passed, time to call it a day."
At noon on the 29th, the crew was very humane and only arranged half a day of filming. After all, it was Chinese New Year tomorrow, and everyone had to have time to go home.
"Liying, I wish you a happy new year in advance~"
The last scene of the day is still the one with Gu Wei and Zhao Liying.
After shooting this shot, Gu Wei looked at Zhao Liying with a smile on his face and said.
"Happy New Year~"
Zhao Liying also looked very happy.
As the plot progresses, although there are some minor twists and turns between the hero and heroine, the general trend is still towards becoming increasingly sweet.
Gu Wei also gradually discovered that Zhao Liying's eyes became gentler when she looked at him.
When on the crew, besides filming, I would just hang around Gu Wei and chat with him.
I haven't had time to ask him to play chess with me yet. There was already a scene in the story of "Shan Shan" where the two of them played chess together.
In the TV series, Gu Wei plays the role of Feng Teng, a chess master whose level in both Chinese chess and Western chess far surpasses that of the rookie Shanshan.
But in reality, on the crew, the two of them only played checkers. Although they also knew chess, they were just noobs playing against each other.
After leaving the crew, Gu Wei took the afternoon flight back to his hometown to celebrate the New Year.
Although he is very busy at work, he still has to go home for the New Year. He is not someone who would give up his life for work.
Although now he is in a very busy state due to various reasons.
But Gu Wei himself knew that he was actually a lazy person.
He would rather lie down than stand up. If he had endless money to enjoy life, he would rather not be a big star now.
The hard work now is all for the future. After Gu Wei entered the circle and filmed several dramas, he found that filming was actually a very interesting thing.
It's not just about getting by with the job, but about experiencing different life stories by playing different roles and working with different actors.
It's a very interesting thing.
The plane landed and Dad Gu was waiting for Gu Wei outside the airport.
"Dad, I called you before and told you not to come. It's so cold now, and I'm an adult. I can just take a taxi back."
Get in the car and fasten your seat belt, Gu Wei said to his father.
"It's not a difficult task to pick you up. Your mother is at home preparing a feast for you. Otherwise, she would like to come too."
After a while, the car drove into Gu Wei's residential area.
Back home, Gu Ma looked at Gu Wei's face and said with some distress:
"Son, I feel like you've lost weight again. Have you been working too hard recently?"
Gu Wei hasn't been home for a year, and his parents can only see him during the Chinese New Year.
In his mother's eyes, he was always getting thinner.
"Mom, work isn't very busy. I feel a little stronger now than before."
As he said this, he stretched out his arms and bent them to show off his muscles, which made Gu Ma laugh.
In the evening, Gu Ma prepared a large table of delicious food, which whetted Gu Wei's appetite.
His parents knew that Gu Wei could only stay for one day during the New Year holiday and would have to return to the capital on the first day of the new year.
Gu Wei told them about his participation in the Beijing Spring Festival Gala. Although they were reluctant to let him go, they all supported their child's work.
I know that at Gu Wei's age, career comes first.
They can't help much, but they will never hold Gu Wei back.
(End of this chapter)
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