Chapter 533 I don't want to give him face
The next morning, after saying goodbye to Yang Zi, Gu Wei drove to Pudong International Airport with Xiao Zhan and Jiang Peiyao.
Without complicated check-in and security checks, the group walked through a dedicated VIP channel and directly boarded the Gulfstream G550, which was slightly smaller among the passenger planes.
Jiang Peiyao and Xiao Zhan both come from ordinary families and this is their first time experiencing riding on a private jet.
The two followed Gu Wei the whole time. After Jiang Peiyao got on the plane, she looked left and right, looking like she had never seen the world before.
Xiao Zhan was better, without any big movements, but his constantly moving eyes betrayed him. As a boy, he was actually more interested in this big toy of the top rich man than Jiang Peiyao.
"If you're tired, there's a bedroom inside where you can take a nap. But we'll be in the capital in two hours, so we can't sleep too long."
After sitting down, Gu Wei took the laptop from his assistant, opened it and placed it on the small table in front of him.
In addition to several seats, the main cabin of Gu Wei's private jet also has a dedicated office area, which makes it convenient to work at any time during the flight.
Jiang Peiyao and Xiao Zhan both shook their heads. It was only morning and the flight time was short, so there was no need to sleep.
"Oh, by the way, there's dedicated Wi-Fi on the plane. You can connect to the internet even after takeoff."
Because he had to work, Gu Wei was afraid that the two of them would be bored, so he reminded them.
As soon as he finished speaking, a slim and pretty stewardess walked over with a dignified step. When she came to Gu Wei, she leaned over slightly and spoke in a gentle voice.
"Boss, do you need something to drink?"
Gu Wei, who was turning on the computer, didn't even raise his head.
"A glass of water."
The flight attendant nodded slightly, her expression unchanged, then looked at Xiao Zhan and Jiang Peiyao.
"What would you like to drink? We have cola, juice, and tea."
"I want a glass of water too." Xiao Zhan said hurriedly.
"Give me a glass of orange juice~" Jiang Peiyao said after thinking for a while.
The stewardess nodded, then straightened up and left.
"Brother, is this stewardess also your employee?"
After the flight attendant left, Jiang Peiyao asked curiously.
"Of course, including the pilot of this plane, their entire flight team serves me exclusively, and I pay all their salaries." Gu Wei opened his mailbox and answered Jiang Peiyao's questions while checking the new emails.
Jiang Peiyao was a little shocked when she heard what Gu Wei said.
Her father is a director and choreographer of the military art troupe, and her mother is a grassroots civil servant. Although she has never had to worry about food and clothing since childhood, her life is far from that of a top wealthy person like Gu Wei.
After a while, the flight attendant brought over water and juice, and also served a fruit plate with various fresh fruits.
"Boss, the fruits were just added to the plane this morning. They're all fresh."
Gu Wei nodded to indicate that he understood.
The plane slowly took off and headed high into the sky. Gu Wei was working. After Xiao Zhan and Jiang Peiyao got over the initial excitement, they also took out their phones to check their phones.
The G550 flies particularly smoothly. Private aircraft usually fly at higher altitudes than civil airliners, and their cruising altitude is generally above 12,000 meters.
This altitude has reached the stratosphere.
The flight in the stratosphere is easy, with less noise and less turbulence, giving people a more comfortable flying experience.
The engines of private jets are also lower in power than those of civil aircraft and have better sound insulation. When you sit on the plane, you will not feel the discomfort caused by the huge noise of civil aircraft, and you don’t have to worry about being affected whether you are working or resting.
After replying to a few important emails, Gu Wei turned off the computer, picked up the water cup next to him and took a sip.
"Brother, I just checked online. It says a private jet like yours would cost at least $40 million."
Jiang Peiyao saw that Gu Wei had finished his work and took his eyes off his phone.
"Yes, this is the price for a customized Gulfstream. It will be more expensive if the interior decoration is included." Gu Wei smiled.
"That's 300 million. It's a real toy for the super-rich."
Gu Wei's purchase of a private jet has not been publicized, but it has not been kept secret either. There have been news reports online before.
“Actually, it’s not that bad to buy it, and many wealthy people can afford it if they grit their teeth.
However, the high annual maintenance costs after purchasing the house are the reason why many wealthy people are reluctant to buy it.
Take my Taiwan-based G550, for example. The annual cost of management fees from the hosting operator, flight route application fees, crew salaries, and insurance costs is over NT$30 million, roughly 10% of the aircraft's purchase price.
Seeing that Jiang Peiyao was so curious about private jets, Gu Wei simply told her about it in detail.
“It costs 30 million every year!
If you earn less, you definitely can't afford this.
How much would it cost if I flew first class every time I went out?"
Not to mention the 300 million for buying planes, the 30 million spent every year alone is an unimaginable astronomical figure for Jiang Peiyao now.
The conversation between the two also attracted Xiao Zhan's attention.
"Boss, this private jet should be considered the highest-end one. Many wealthy people in China buy jets that are not that expensive." Compared to Jiang Peiyao, he knew more.
Gu Wei smiled.
"It's not the highest-end model. As for Gulfstream, they've already released the new G650, which is 200 million more expensive than mine. I remember the boss of JD.com bought that model.
But there are indeed many smaller private jets that are much cheaper, ranging in price from tens of millions to hundreds of millions."
As he spoke, Gu Wei looked at Xiao Zhan who was quite interested in him.
"At this stage, being a celebrity is definitely a very lucrative career as long as you can become famous.
If you like, you may have the opportunity to buy your own plane in the future."
If Xiao Zhan can still become a top star, he can indeed afford it, but someone like Gu Wei probably can't. A cheaper one is still fine.
Of course, as his boss, the more he earns, the more Gu Wei gets.
"Me? That's unlikely, boss, you're joking." Xiao Zhan pointed at himself with an incredulous look.
He didn't know where Gu Wei got the confidence from. Anyway, he didn't dare to think about it. Now Xiao Zhan felt that it would be great if he could become a second- or third-tier star in the future.
Gu Wei smiled and didn't explain much.
Two hours passed quickly and the plane landed at Beijing International Airport.
After coming out of the airport, Xiao Zhan was picked up by people from Wajijiwa. Gu Wei first sent Jiang Peiyao back to school, and then took a car to the company.
"The promotion for 'Take My Brother Away' has already begun since the beginning of this month."
In the office, Yang Liwen was reporting some recent work to Gu Wei.
"China Film Group is responsible for scheduling the films and offline promotion in theaters, while we are responsible for online promotion and publicity for the filming team.
The official Weibo account has released two "brother and sister version" posters, as well as a video trailer with the theme of "changing brothers."
Gu Wei nodded.
“Where is the creator now?”
"Ms. Han doesn't like to be in the spotlight, so Peng Yuchang took Zhao Jinmai and Zhou Ye to record Happy Camp.
According to the plan, they will participate in another episode of "Running Man" after the end.
Because our film is adapted from the comic of the same name, we plan to hold a film viewing and sharing session at the National Comic Exhibition in Hangzhou in the middle of this month.
After that, the national roadshow before the release will officially begin."
"Very good. After [Love Saint], our company has become more and more professional in publicity and promotion." Gu Wei smiled with satisfaction as he listened to Yang Liwen's report.
In early July, Weiming Tianxia will release a movie and a TV series.
The TV series "You Are My Glory" mainly relies on Dragon TV, Blueberry TV and Tencent TV for promotion. Gu Wei and Reba will also participate in some variety shows and meet-and-greets to help promote it.
The movie "Take My Brother Away" has become the company's main project in recent stages.
After reporting this, Yang Liwen brought another stack of scripts and placed them in front of Gu Wei.
"So many more?"
"There are a few that I think are important and need your review, boss. If it doesn't work, I can respond to the production team promptly."
Gu Wei nodded and began to flip through the pages.
This is not a hard job, but Gu Wei is probably the only one in the entertainment industry who is impatient with choosing scripts. If other actors knew about this, they would definitely be envious and jealous.
There's no way around it, the entertainment industry is like this, with the vast majority of resources in the hands of a very small number of people.
"What is this? What is Guo Degang thinking? He even invited me. Why does he think I would accept?"
Yang Liwen took a close look at the script in Gu Wei's hand. The cover read "Nineteen Generations of Ancestors."
"I think they're looking for you, Boss, to guest star. I heard Guo Degang mobilized his connections and found more than ten celebrities in the industry to guest star, including Lin Zhiling, Wu Jing, Wang Baoqiang, and Fan Bingbing."
Guo Degang and Deyun Club have been very popular in recent years. With the support of Beijing Satellite TV, he has accumulated a lot of connections. Now he is trying to be a director for the first time, and everyone is willing to give him face.
Talking about the reason for making this movie, it is said that it was because Lao Guo was angry with netizens.
After Guo Degang became famous, he was invited to shoot many movies, but they were all bad movies.
So many netizens scolded him online, saying that he didn't want to perform crosstalk properly but instead chose to cross over to make bad movies.
Lao Guo was quite straightforward and responded publicly that he was just an actor before and he had no say on how the movie would turn out. We will see when he becomes a director himself.
So this movie [Nineteen Generations of Ancestors] was created!
"Haha, Lao Guo's reputation is not working for me. He said crosstalk is good, but forget about filming.
If you want to make money while the heat is on, just be low-key. Everyone is doing it and no one says anything to him. He makes bad movies but still pretends to be an artist.
Besides, I don’t even know him, if Yu signed the invitation.” Gu Wei paused.
"Forget it, even Brother Qian can't do it. This movie is too bad. No matter who says it, there's no way I'm going to act in it."
As he said this, he threw [Nineteen Generations of Ancestors] aside.
Gu Wei read a few more books.
"The more important book you're talking about is Jiang Wen's [Evil Does Not Suppress Justice], right?"
“Although the previous film, [One Step Away], did not receive very good reviews and box office, Jiang Wen is still recognized as the most talented director in the industry.
His film "Hidden Man" is considered the most popular film among domestic celebrities in the first half of the year.
Director Jiang handed over the message and said that he had watched "The Left Ear" before and thought that you have a great figure and are very masculine, which is very suitable for the role of the male lead in his movie. He hopes to work with you once.
Gu Wei was speechless after hearing what Yang Liwen said. It seems that being too outstanding is not good, even men will be thinking about you.
Of course this is a joke.
Jiang Wen was probably referring to the scene in [The Left Ear] where he appeared, played basketball shirtless, and showed off his muscles.
Gu Wei thought about it for two seconds, shook his head slightly, and threw the script aside.
"Reply to Jiang Wen and tell him that my schedule is too full and I don't want to overlap with other projects. I suggest you find someone else. I hope we can work together again in the future if there's a suitable opportunity."
"Boss, won't you reconsider it?"
Yang Liwen didn't expect that Gu Wei would reject Jiang Wen's invitation so quickly, because he was the male lead in Jiang Wen's movie.
"Don't think about it, just reply like this!" Gu Wei's attitude was very clear.
In fact, he had many reasons for not accepting the "Evil Never Dies".
First of all, I really don’t have time. I have to join the crew of "The Wandering Earth" at the end of the month. Unless I have other overlapping projects, I would be crazy if I gave up "The Wandering Earth" for "Hidden Man".
The second reason is that Gu Wei couldn't figure out what filming "Evil Does Not Suppress Justice" would bring him.
The box office of this movie in its original time and space was over 500 million yuan. With Gu Wei's participation, it is possible to reach 1 billion yuan.
But Jiang Wen is always the protagonist of his movies. Even if he promises that Gu Wei will be the male lead, it cannot cover up his strong presence in the movie.
Finally, Gu Wei remembered that the heroine of this film was Director Jiang’s wife Zhou Yun. He was talking about love with someone else’s wife in front of the director, and there seemed to be a passionate scene. Gu Wei found it a little hard to accept.
Since the boss had made the decision, Yang Liwen didn't say anything more.
He quickly finished reading a small pile of scripts, which included the movie "Animal World" jointly produced by "Ruyi Film and Television" and "Guangguang Media". Gu Wei remembered that it was starred by Li Yifeng. The box office and reputation were average, so he was not very interested.
There is also the hot-blooded youth fighting drama "Sweet Combat" sent by Mango TV, which is adapted from the Korean comic "Wild Girl". The heroine has been confirmed to be Guan Xiaotong.
Holding the script, Gu Wei's mouth curled up slightly.
I don’t know if Lu Han and Guan Xiaotong will still be together in the future if I take on this drama.
[Sweet Combat] is quite famous, but not because of the popularity of the drama, but because this movie is the love story of Lu Han and Guan Xiaotong.
After thinking about it, Gu Wei dismissed the mischievous idea in his mind. He had a good relationship with both of them, so there was really no need to do this.
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P.S. I recommend a book called Huayu Seedling, a director’s article. The link is below [Huayu: The Happy Life of a Director]. (Not included in the figures)
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