Magic City, Yunhua Mansion Wei Yang got off the car, holding two plastic boxes, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw Xiao Zhao, Wang Yunping, and the nanny tinkering with a... stove in the yard.
"What are you doing with this?"
"Didn't you say we were going to have hot pot? I'll clean up."
Xiao Zhao probably spent a long time doing this, and his body became a little dirty, with several gray marks on his round face, making him look silly and cute.
"How do you eat this? We have copper pots and electric cookers at home. It's so troublesome to use this."
"It's not just for hot pot. Once this stove is built and placed in the yard, it can be used for barbecue and cooking in the summer and hot pot and soup in the winter. It has many uses."
"That's right."
Wang Yunping nodded in agreement: "Cooking on a clay stove is the most fragrant and nutritious. Gas and electric stoves are much better."
Yes! As soon as he heard this, Wei Yang knew who started this. No wonder Xiao Zhao was so active and did not ask anyone to help him. He did it himself. He pretended to make the stove but really wanted to please the old man.
"Okay, you guys can't figure it out, let me do it."
"You can?"
Xiao Zhao had some doubts because she had a good relationship with Wang Yunping and she knew Wei Yang's background best.
When Wei Yang was a child, his family was not wealthy and lived in the countryside. However, he was the only child in the Wei family, and everyone loved him, so he never had to do much work.
Apart from low-skilled jobs like washing dishes and feeding pigs, the most you can do is cook. Although building a stove is not a big project, not everyone can do it.
"You're looking down on me."
Wei Yang rolled up his sleeves and handed the phone box to Xiao Zhao: "Let's have seafood for lunch, and then order some free-range chicken. In the evening, I'll let you taste what authentic wood-fired earthen pot chicken is."
Earthen pot chicken is a specialty of Xu City, which is adjacent to Wei Yang’s hometown, Zao City. The cooking process is partially similar to Zao City’s famous dish, spicy chicken, so many people in Zao City know how to make this dish. It may not be authentic, but it’s pretty close.
Xiao Zhao was really stunned by Wei Yang. He called the nanny and moved the box to the kitchen. Inside was a grouper weighing nearly ten pounds and some abalone and oysters, all fresh goods.
Wei Yang himself is not very interested in seafood. He prefers shellfish, shrimps and crabs, but he is not very fond of fish.
His mom and dad are even more interesting. Wang Yunping is a typical inland person. He is not interested in seafood or river fish and almost never eats them, but Wei Shan likes fish very much.
In his hometown, they basically ate freshwater fish, but after coming to Shanghai, they preferred sea fish, so Wei Yang would ask people to keep an eye out for good fish from time to time so that his father could taste them.
"How do you eat such a big fish?"
Xiao Zhao was in a dilemma. She was from the inland and was not very good at cooking seafood. She basically steamed or boiled it, so she gave the fish to the nanny.
She cleaned the oysters herself, something she was quite familiar with. Boss Wei loved to eat them, and she also liked him to eat them. She even found someone to teach her a few secret recipes for the sauces.
Wang Yunping also came to help. She disliked the fishy smell of seafood, so she cooked other dishes and chatted with Xiao Zhao.
Xiao Zhao had been filming "The Journey of Flower" in Hengdian, and it has not been completed even now. The reason he returned to Shanghai was to promote "The Legend of Mi Yue".
Blue Whale didn't make much progress in the movie industry this summer, but it is determined to take the lead in the small screen field, with two major works released.
One is "Splendid Stars" starring Zhao Xiao and Hu Ge, which will be launched on Shanghai TV + Penguin Video in June.
One of them is the long-awaited "Joy of Life 2". After many disputes among all parties, this drama was finally confirmed to be broadcast in the summer. It has been scheduled for July, and the third part will be released at the beginning of next year.
Although with the support of "Joy of Life 2", there is a high probability that Blue Whale will win the championship and dominate the summer box office, so there is no high expectation for the performance of "Popular Stars".
But after all, the shooting cost is there, and Zhao Xiao is known as a leading actress who can carry a drama. This time, Blue Whale paired her with Hu Ge, the popular top star.
For a project of this size, even if it has "Joy of Life 2" on top of it, how can it really not have high requirements?
On the contrary, apart from her debut work "Come on, Mr. Love" in which Wei Yang promoted her, this is the first time that Zhao Xiaozhao is working with a first-line male star and playing the leading female role in a blockbuster production worth tens of millions of yuan. It can be said that people from all walks of life, inside and outside the circle, are watching her.
The Sweet Girl Trilogy made Zhao Xiaochao catch up with the Legend of Sword and Fairy III, but these three dramas are all low-budget and the subject matter and style are relatively homogeneous.
"The Stars" is definitely a first-line production in the industry, and the subject matter is not that kind of sweet drama, but rather an orthodox ancient idol drama.
If Zhao's drama can hold up, it will further prove her ability to carry a drama and her market appeal, and her status and fame will be even higher.
Therefore, "The Legend of Mi Yue" is of vital importance to Zhao. She did not relax because of the support of "Joy of Life 2". Instead, she worked harder and more seriously.
It’s a bit laughable to say that "Joy of Life 2" gave Blue Whale a great sense of security and confidence, but it put a lot of pressure on the TV series of the same period.
No one wants to compete head-on with "Joy of Life 2", so they all try to avoid the schedule, resulting in very few TV series that can compete with it in July.
The TV series that are more recognized and favored by the industry have either been moved to June or scheduled to August.
Considering that "Joy of Life 2" will definitely be rebroadcast in large quantities and its aftermath, the June schedule may even be more popular than August.
You know, the summer season starring actors corresponds to the students’ summer vacation, so July and August are naturally the most popular.
The popularity of "Joy of Life 2" has forced many film producers to choose June, which is not the summer vacation, rather than compete with the aftermath of "Joy of Life 2" in August.
You can imagine the power of a play!
But even if this is not enough for Xiao Zhao, it will create several powerful opponents for nothing, which is bound to trigger a war for ratings.
Xiao Zhao is not Wei Yang. He is not very sure about this. When he talked about this with Wang Yunping, he couldn't help feeling nervous.
Wang Yunping doesn’t understand the ins and outs of the ratings for these TV dramas, but she has confidence in her son and daughter-in-law.
"Don't worry, Wei Yang has never lost. You will definitely win too. He is the number one brother of Blue Whale, and you are the number one sister. The two of you will be invincible when you join forces..."
After several years of getting along, it is not only Xiao Zhao who pleases Wang Yunping, the latter can also understand her daughter-in-law's pulse to some extent, and even quote a few words learned from TV dramas to make Xiao Zhao smile.
The three of them cooked very quickly and prepared four dishes and a soup in just an hour or so.
Xiao Zhao washed his hands, went to the yard to call people for dinner, and by the way, wanted to see how the stove was doing.
Then I saw Boss Wei squatting in front of an indescribably ugly and tattered stove, doubting his life.
Xiao Zhao added coolly: "Can I still have the clay pot chicken tonight?"
"It's just a slouch. I'll definitely fix it in the afternoon!"
Wei Yang was very unconvinced. Xiao Zhao took a look at the miserable stove and did not have much confidence in his assurance.
"Why don't we find someone? This isn't difficult, and it's not hard to find a master either."
Professionals should do professional things, and the easiest and most labor-saving way is of course to find someone to do it.
Xiao Zhao was just showing off in front of Wang Yunping. It didn't matter whether he could build a stove or not. The key was the attitude and the friendship of working together. There was no rush anyway. If he couldn't build it, he could just find someone else to do it.
Wei Yang had taken on so much responsibility just now that Xiao Zhao was really frightened. Now that he saw that Xiao Zhao was really not cut out for this, he naturally planned to seek external help.
"If I don't find it, I won't believe it."
If it were two hours ago, Wei Yang would have nodded in agreement directly, but now that there is a failed product, it has aroused Wei Yang's competitive spirit.
He had to make this thing himself today! Wei Yang washed his hands and ate, then fiddled with it for more than an hour without stopping, but still could not get it right.
Even so, it did not dampen his enthusiasm at all. Instead, he became more and more courageous. However, Wei Yang also realized that he could not do it alone, so he started to ask for help.
Finding an expert would be cheating, so he looked for a layman, intending to pool everyone's strength to overcome the difficulties.
“…”
"You called us here in such a hurry, and this is what you did?"
"Why not just buy one? Isn't that childish?"
Wei Yang waved his hand and said, "Don't talk nonsense. If you can figure it out, I'll consider you awesome."
"Tsk, this is also called a matter."
"It seems that Boss Wei has really been corrupted by capitalism. This time I will let you see the power of the working people."
More than an hour later, Xiao Zhao looked at the three men blaming each other and arguing because of the problems in stove construction, and couldn't help but make a proposal again.
"Why don't we call two more people? I remember Wei Fei is from the countryside, he might be able to do it."
"Need not."
The three men, whose eyes were already red with anger, refused in unison and continued to work, uttering harsh words.
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"If it weren't for these two people holding us back, we could have tried the stove now."
"I'm going to get the stove out even if I don't sleep today."
"Don't worry, sister-in-law. I will let you eat clay pot chicken today."
“…”
Xiao Zhao regretted it very much at one point. If she had known she would suffer this, she might as well have called him master directly. The rare moment of time for the two of them turned into a kindergarten competition.
In the end, Xiao Zhao got to eat the clay pot chicken made by Wei Yang himself.
The stove was also built. After all, it was not a difficult job. If the three people had not had their own ideas and blamed each other, they would have finished it long ago.
Of course, the technical guidance of consultant Wei Shan, who went home to eat fish after closing the fruit shop, was also indispensable.
In the evening, Li Jiahang and Hu Ge naturally stayed for dinner, during which they inevitably talked about "Splendid Star".
At present, the two of them, together with other main creators, have almost completed some of the early publicity, so they have a holiday, and after that they will cooperate with some publicity for the broadcast.
"The resources of Shanghai TV are still lacking. If it were Hunan TV, it would make a bigger fuss."
After hearing about some of the promotional channels of Shanghai TV, even though Wei Yang knew what was going on, he still shook his head.
In recent years, Blue Whale has cooperated more with Hunan TV Station, and has truly realized the strength of the local TV station, especially its publicity and platform advantages, which are far beyond other TV stations.
If the drama "The Stars Are All Here" was broadcast on Hunan TV, Wei Yang is confident that it would exceed 2. But now that it is broadcast on Shanghai TV, it's hard to say.
However, Blue Whale has already cooperated enough with the Hunan TV station, and there is even a sense of binding between them. This is not what Wei Yang wants, so he consciously deepens the cooperation with the Magic City.
For example, "The Stars" and "Running Man" are both like this, and in Jiangsu Province, a modern drama starring Nazha is also broadcast there.
It is precisely because of this that Wei Yang feels that although Shanghai’s variety show promotion resources are weaker, if “Running Man” is launched, with this ace program, at least at a certain stage, Shanghai Satellite TV can also compete with Hunan Province with this program.
More importantly, Blue Whale also has its own ace variety show promotion channel, which provides more room for maneuver.
Not necessarily. Wei Yang has also withheld Rouba's drama and is not in a hurry to sell it. He plans to wait for "Running Man" to be broadcast and then wait for the right price to sell it.
He knew how great the influence would be if this variety show became popular. In his previous life, Yang Tianbao became a first-line artist and even a top-tier actress.
Liu, Yang, Zhao, and Tang are all actresses with many hit dramas or even blockbusters. Yang Tianbao can barely be on par with them as the 85 flowers just by relying on a variety show. You can imagine how popular she is.
At this stage, Rouba is not good enough to carry a drama, at least he can't be compared with Xiao Zhao and Nazha who have hit movies, so it is better to wait until "Running Man" is launched, and then make big money with the skyrocketing popularity.
Wei Yang also thought of "Gu Jian Qi Tan". This drama not only has Da Mimi, but Rouba also took over Shuangzi's role and played the second female lead. Her price will also increase in the future.
However, if Rouba also becomes popular, Wei Yang will have Tang Yan, Da Mimi, Xiao Zhao, and the two beauties of Xinjiang Province, a total of five popular actresses who can stand on their own, and Fan Xiaopang and Liu Shishi can also be used when the opportunity arises.
He made some money, but the resources were enough to give him a headache...
As his mind wandered, apart from other things, Wei Yang couldn't help but feel regretful that "The Big Star" did not take advantage of the momentum of "Running Man".
There is no other way. Even with the help of the Korean team, both Blue Whale and Shanghai TV are novices in this kind of reality show. They lack experience and have to figure it out slowly.
In addition, the schedules of major guests must be coordinated, and there must be inventory on hand for the broadcast. Naturally, the action will not be too fast, and it will take at least until September or October to go online.
Not only does "The Legend of Mi Yue" fail to benefit from the spotlight, but "Joy of Life 2" can only watch from the sidelines as well.
However, the latter has its own resources from Hunan Province to make up for it, while "The Legend of Mi Yue" can only rely on itself.
While eating and chatting, Wei Yang and his friends also turned on the TV and studied their main opponents.
The premiere date of "My Sunshine" is June 8, and two important rival dramas have already been launched.
"The Legend of Yue Fei" starring Huang Xiaoming is a serious drama. The subject matter and style are different, but it's just okay.
What is more noteworthy is "Lanling King" starring Feng Shaofeng and Ariel Lin. This drama can almost be said to be the biggest rival of "Splendid Star".
It’s the same costume drama, with certain elements of war and intrigue, more or less a touch of tragedy, and the male and female protagonists are not good people.
Feng Shaofeng is a young actor who has become extremely popular in the past two years. Thanks to "Palace" and the support of Huayi, his popularity has skyrocketed and he has also entered the film industry.
He once replaced Zhang Junning, one of the previous four young actors, as well as veteran actors such as Tong Dawei, Lu Yi, and Nie Yuan, and was known as the "Three Heroes of Shanghai Theatre Academy" together with Wei Yang and Hu Ge.
This title is completely artificial hype and intentional to hit a wall. Hu Ge is okay, and now Feng's momentum can barely make a difference, but Wei Yang is really not comparable to him.
But they started from school. From a certain perspective, the three of them are indeed the most popular and sought-after new generation male artists of Shanghai Theatre Academy in recent years.
But what Wei Yang despised was that Hu Ge was okay, after all he was born in the 1980s.
Brother Feng was born in 1978, about 10 years older than Wei Yang. The two are not of the same generation at all, but this guy became famous later and is so handsome, so the public has a wrong perception of him, and so he shamelessly calls himself the three heroes together with his two younger classmates.
Wei Yang didn't want to discuss Feng's outrageous actions, but it was undeniable that the other party should not be underestimated.
Not to mention Ariel Lin, one of the few remaining Taiwanese idol singers. Although her popularity is not high, her base and national popularity are not bad, which is also a tough challenge for Zhao Xiao.
In particular, Lin actually went for the sweet girl route in her early years, and even now, everyone's impression of her is more of cuteness.
So, this time it is also a "sweet battle" between the old sweet girl from Taiwan and the new sweet girl from the mainland.
Even though the style of the drama performed by the two of them this time is not considered a sweet drama, the outside world still views it that way.
More importantly, "Prince of Lanling" is broadcast on Hunan TV, which has platform and publicity advantages, so this battle is not easy to fight and must be handled with caution.
The topic Wei Yang and Hu Ge talked about the most was "Lanling King". Although Xiao Zhao listened very carefully, he was actually more focused on another popular drama that had not been aired in June.
The modern sister version of "Startling by Each Step", "Startling by Each Step", starred by Liu Shishi.
Xiao Zhao has been famous for several years, but this is the first time he has come across Liu Shishi's work.
Wei Yangren believes that the biggest rival of "The Starry Night" is "The King of Lanling", but in Xiao Zhao's heart, defeating Liu Shishi is the most important thing.
I can lose the summer battle, but I must win against Liu Shishi...
(End of this chapter)