Chapter 391 I Have a Secret Recipe
The crew came to Huairou Film and Television Base to shoot for a few days, and a face familiar to Gu Wei joined the crew.
"Gu Wei, let me introduce you to this famous crosstalk artist, Mr. Yu Qian!
This is my little brother, the big star, Gu Wei"
Wu Jing introduced a middle-aged man with casual clothes and curly hair to Gu Wei.
"I don't deserve it, I don't deserve it. Don't listen to Wu Jing's nonsense. What performing artist? I'm just a crosstalk performer."
Yu Qian waved his hand and said happily.
"Hello, Brother Qian, I really like listening to your crosstalk, but I'm usually busy and don't have time to go to your performance. When will you perform next time? Please get me some tickets."
Gu Wei didn't hesitate to look at the adorable man with a permed hair opposite him, shook his hand and asked for the ticket directly.
"No problem. Knowing that the big star Gu Wei will come to the show, Lao Guo will definitely reserve the best seat for you."
With Wu Jing's introduction, Gu Wei chatted with Yu Qian for a while. They added each other as friends and left their contact information, and became friends.
Gu Wei has always had a good impression of Sha, but he has never had the chance to meet him.
Yu Qian found that Gu Wei, a popular star, was not arrogant or conceited at all, and it was very comfortable to communicate with him, so he naturally wanted to make friends with him.
Wu Jing and Yu Qian have been good friends for many years. In his early years, when his career was at a low point in Hong Kong Island, he loved watching Yu Qian's crosstalk. Later, by chance, the two met, and they have been friends for more than ten years.
Originally, Wu Jing invited Yu Qian to star in "Wolf Warrior 2" and offered him a salary of 800,000 yuan. However, because it was a movie starring his good brother, Yu Qian decided not to accept a penny for the friendly guest appearance, which touched Wu Jing very much.
In a well-decorated supermarket, Yu Qian, wearing a plaid shirt, a round straw hat, and holding a fan, was supervising the workers as they moved goods.
Wu Jing took the payment for the goods, pinched his fingers, frowned slightly, and moved closer to Yu Qian.
"Hey, buddy, three are missing!"
Seeing that he was unmoved, Wu Jing shook the banknotes in his hand.
“We are all Chinese, is this okay?”
This sentence actually attracted Yu Qian's attention. He waved his fan and said cheerfully:
"I'm no longer Chinese since 3 p.m. on the 14th of last month. What's the matter? Did you just come from China?"
He looked at Wu Jing with some sarcasm, and just then the sound of gunfire came from outside.
"See? This is the price for the current situation!"
As Yu Qian said this, he had a profiteer's smile on his face.
“Crack!”
The executive director's voice came from the microphone.
Wu Jing trotted behind the monitor and watched for a while.
"Okay, that shot is over, stagehands, pack up and move to the next set!"
After Yu Qian finished filming a scene, he walked out of the scene leisurely, fanning himself, as if he was not there to work but on vacation.
"Brother Qian, would you like a bottle of water?"
Gu Wei, who was resting on the sidelines, handed over a bottle of mineral water.
"No, bro, I have this."
Yu Qian smiled and took out a thermos cup from the side, sat next to Gu Wei, unscrewed the lid, and slowly took a sip.
Gu Wei took a glance and saw a thick layer of wolfberries floating on the surface of the cup.
Yu Qian looked at him and smiled.
"Do you have a cup? I'll pour you some."
"Haha~ Okay, give me some too."
The assistant standing behind him turned around and took a disposable paper cup and put it on the table.
Yu Qian raised his glass and filled it up.
Gu Wei picked it up. The water was golden in color and had a faint fragrance as the steam rose.
He blew on it and slowly took a small sip.
I smacked my lips, it was a little sweet and a little bitter, and there was a lingering sweetness when I swallowed it.
"How about this? I have not only soaked wolfberries in this water, but also red dates, chrysanthemums, and astragalus.
Drinking it year-round can replenish kidney qi, nourish yin and liver, reduce swelling and improve eyesight, and is a holy product for home health preservation."
Yu Qian said while shaking his head.
"Not bad, Brother Qian, you understand life."
"Hahaha~ This is just water for daily health maintenance. Gu Wei, you are young and can't use it now.
If you need it in a few years, I have several tonic recipes here. I got them from an old Chinese doctor. I’ve personally tested them and they’re definitely effective!
"Hehe~ When I need it, I will definitely ask Brother Sign for you."
Yu Qian became interested and explained to Gu Wei many tips for health preservation for middle-aged people, and he nodded frequently.
"Brother Qian, I heard you have a horse farm in the suburbs of Beijing?"
After they chatted for a while, Gu Wei asked.
"Yeah, I love playing with small animals, so I set up a place on the outskirts of town to raise some ponies and small animals for my own play."
"I'm also quite interested in horseback riding. Brother Qian, if you have time, can you introduce me to some horses? I'll also buy two horses and keep them in your stable."
"No problem, when you are free, just contact me and I will give you some advice."
Yu Qian patted his chest and took on the responsibility.
Then he began to explain to Gu Wei the types of horses, including which breeds are suitable for sprinting and which breeds are suitable for equestrian competitions.
On June 10, the 22nd Magnolia Awards ceremony was held at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center.
The Magnolia Award is one of the three major television awards in China, along with the Feitian Award and the Golden Eagle Award.
However, as a government award, the Feitian Award focuses more on the themes and values of TV dramas; the Golden Eagle Award uses a combination of expert review and audience voting to represent the opinions of the audience.
The Magnolia Award is an international award, and most of the judges come from all over the world, making it more fair and just.
This year's Magnolia Awards announced the shortlists for the four major categories on May 19.
Nirvana in Fire, the highest-rated and popular TV series in the second half of last year, was nominated for seven awards, including Best Chinese TV Series, Best Director, Best Screenwriter, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Supporting Actor.
It’s a bit embarrassing to say, there are a total of eight categories that domestic TV dramas can be nominated for. Except for Tang Yan who was not nominated for Best Actress, the remaining "Nirvana in Fire" were all shortlisted.
Gu Wei attached great importance to the Magnolia Award. He asked Wu Jing for two days off and flew here from Beijing.
He has been in the industry for a few years. Although every TV series he starred in was a big hit and his fame and popularity were unmatched, he did not win many truly valuable awards. Don’t be fooled by the fact that the grand prizes of the [National Drama Festival] and the [TV Drama Quality Festival] were awarded to Gu Wei, but in fact, those were just award ceremonies for distributing cakes. You can win them as long as you go. The awards are just with different names. This is also known to everyone in the circle.
Only the Feitian Awards that Gu Wei attended last time and the Magnolia Awards that he attended today are truly heavyweight domestic awards.
Gu Wei knew that according to his money-oriented approach, most of the dramas he filmed were idol dramas.
There is nothing wrong with a TV series being a big hit and selling well, but it is not enough to rely on these idol dramas to win awards.
If he doesn't change his acting style in the future, last year's "Nirvana in Fire" might be the only film in recent years that he has a chance of winning an award for.
In the afternoon, I took a car to the hotel near the award ceremony. The crew of "Nirvana in Fire" had already arrived.
"Isn't Mr. Hou here?"
After entering, he greeted the people from [Noon Sunshine] and found that Hou Hongliang was not there. Gu Wei asked director Kong Sheng with some confusion.
"Something happened at the company, so I'll be leading the team for this awards ceremony."
Gu Wei nodded.
[Noon Sunshine] There are quite a few people in this lounge, and most of the main creative staff of the two crews of [Nirvana in Fire] and [The Disguiser] are here.
In addition to Gu Wei being nominated for the Best Actor award for his role as "Mei Changsu", Jin Dong also competed with him for his role as "Ming Lou" in "The Disguiser".
Kaikai Wang was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor for his role as Prince Jing, and Liu Yijun was also nominated for his role as Wang Tianfeng in The Disguiser.
Teacher Liu Mintao was nominated for the [Best Supporting Actress], and directors Kong Sheng and Li Xue were naturally nominated for the [Best Director]
If you only look at the shortlist, [Noon Sunshine] definitely wins.
Tang Yan, who was chatting with Liu Mintao, noticed Gu Wei and hurriedly greeted him.
"Sister Mintao~"
Gu Wei walked up and greeted Liu Mintao first.
Liu Mintao smiled and nodded.
"You guys chat, I'm going to go for a walk over there"
Tang Yan was wearing a black and white long evening gown today. The style was quite novel. The top was slung across her body, revealing her entire snow-white shoulders. The hem of the skirt was also tilted. Her pair of straight and slender white legs, one inside and one outside, were very seductive.
She wore a pair of black high heels, her black hair draped over her shoulders along her graceful swan neck, her face was fair, her lips were red, she had a pair of big eyes, and two dimples when she smiled, which made her look both sexy and playful.
"What have you been busy with lately?"
She looked at Gu Wei, and the light in her eyes seemed to be about to drip out.
Tang Yan felt that she had been unlucky this year. Things had not been going well for her recently, and her movie was a flop when it was released.
Everyone was nominated for the TV series she starred in, except her.
After the Magnolia nominations were announced, many netizens commented online, saying that "Nirvana in Fire" was well-made and worthy of so many nominations, and that the Magnolia Awards were fair.
Everyone tacitly ignored her as the heroine.
Only some of her die-hard fans comforted her on her Weibo, saying that she had performed very well and it was not her fault that she was not nominated this time. If she maintained this level, she would have great potential in the future.
The key point is that even her fans don’t think there is anything wrong with not nominating her for the Magnolia Award, which makes Tang Yan feel very depressed.
However, although she was not nominated, she still received an invitation to the awards ceremony. Tang Yan was not a stingy person, so she showed up in formal attire.
Now seeing Gu Wei, she felt that she finally had a way to vent her recent anger.
"I'm filming a movie, the sequel to last year's Wolf Warrior directed by Wu Jing. I might even go abroad at the end of this month."
Gu Wei didn't know that Tang Yan had already thought of eighteen actions in her mind the moment she saw him, and he just chatted with her normally.
"Oh, I remember now. At the beginning of last month, I saw the news about your movie's launch conference online. It was just a few days after the release of "Dream Partners".
I was really upset about the film's poor box office performance those days, and I was in a bad mood."
As he spoke, Tang Yan frowned and thought of his failed film.
"There are many reasons why a movie fails at the box office. You're not the lead actor, so don't bear too much pressure."
Gu Wei comforted him.
"I know, but I'll always be criticized by netizens if I act in a bad movie, and I'm always online, so I'll always be unhappy."
Tang Yan wrinkled her nose slightly, feeling a little unhappy.
The two chatted for a few more words, and Tang Yan looked at Gu Wei and asked:
"When will you return to the crew?"
"I've only taken two days off. I'll attend the awards ceremony tonight and fly back tomorrow morning."
After hearing what Gu Wei said, she looked around and said softly:
"Let's have dinner together at the end of the night?"
Gu Wei looked at her fiery eyes and coughed lightly.
"That's settled then, Sister Tangtang."
(End of this chapter)
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