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In April, Gu Wei received an invitation to participate in the 4th Beijing International Film Festival.

Originally, Gu Wei did not want to participate, because although "Xiu Chun Knife" was shortlisted for the Tiantan Award main competition section of the film festival, he was not shortlisted for any awards.

The Beijing International Film Festival does not have an award for Best Newcomer. His acting skills in "Xiu Chun Knife" can only be regarded as pretty good, and he was not nominated for Best Actor.

But senior brother Lu Yang called him and invited him to attend the Beijing International Film Festival.

Now it was hard for him to refuse. After all, Lu Yang had helped him a lot. Lu Yang was very likely to win the award at this film festival, and he wanted Gu Wei to attend with him.

The two awards nominated for "Xiuchundao" are the Best Director Award and the Best Screenplay Award.

It just so happens that the director and screenwriter are both Lu Yang.

Since he couldn't refuse, Gu Wei had no choice but to ask for a few days' leave from the crew and fly back to the capital overnight.

The Beijing International Film Festival is directed by the State Film Administration and sponsored by China Central Radio and Television and the People's Government of Beijing City. It is an international film festival second only to the Shanghai Film Festival in China.

The Beijing City Government attaches great importance to this film festival, which has only been held for four years, trying to promote the public's understanding of film culture and film technology, inspire visitors' love for movies, and build the most direct link between the film industry and consumers. bridge.

In addition to selecting awards, the most important thing for the entire film festival is to provide a platform for outstanding films at home and abroad to sell films. The Beijing City Government and the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television are trying to imitate the models of the Cannes Film Festival and the Berlin Film Festival to create China's own international film festival. Film Festival.

After returning to the capital, Gu Wei first returned to the company to take some time to deal with some matters.

[Yu Zui] The crew has started shooting, and the director chose Shencheng as the filming location.

The producer Zhao Mingcheng rushed to Shenzhen with the entire crew and all the actors.

Unlike "Princess" at that time, "Yu Zui" received widespread attention in the industry as soon as it was launched.

Zhang Yishan has some traffic of his own, coupled with the fact that Zhang Tianai is very popular at this time, and the team is also the filming team of "The Princess", all these make everyone full of expectations for this newly launched TV series.

The three major video platforms of Tengxun, Qiguo, and Youku, as well as LeTV Video, which has been developing rapidly recently, all called Guwei Company to inquire about the filming situation of [Yu Zui] and see if they could reach cooperation with [Wei Mingxia] in advance. protocol.

After all, the three major video platforms were originally evenly matched. In early 2014, because of a web drama, Tengxun's data took a big step forward. The market share suddenly surpassed Youku from second place to first place. .

These other two companies, including the rising star LeTV, are all watching.

Although Tengxun Video later settled the money with Gu Wei Company for more than 100 million, these were all earned from membership fees and patch advertisers diverted by [Princess].

It can be said that Tengxun did not take any risks in the broadcast of "The Princess" and only enjoyed the benefits brought by the popularity of the online drama.

These are the envy of other video websites.

It can be said that TV series become popular before they are aired.

Sun Zhonghuai, the CEO of Tengxun Video, even called Gu Wei personally, hoping that the two companies could continue to cooperate.

"Mr. Sun, I'm very grateful for your consideration. It's not that I won't let go. The key is that the film hasn't been made yet.

In this way, I also really want to maintain a long-term cooperative relationship with you. I can give you a promise that under the same conditions, I will definitely choose our Tencent Video. "

"Okay, Mr. Gu, I feel relieved with your words. I look forward to our happy cooperation in the future."

Gu Wei hung up the phone and sat in the office, looking at the preparation plan for the web drama "Yu Zui" that his assistant brought to him.

[Yu Zui] is a two-season co-production, with 12 episodes in one season and 24 episodes in total.

A total investment of 30 million yuan was made, which was 10 million yuan higher than the investment in the original space-time version 2000.

The main reason is that except for Zhang Yishan, the remaining actors in Original Time and Space are all 18-line transparent ones.

And now this version has the most popular online drama heroine Zhang Tianai, and Li Xian is also well-known.

In addition to the higher expenses for the actors, the production of the crew is also more sophisticated than the original version, so the budget expenditure is also higher.

However, Gu Wei was not worried at all about [Yu Zui]’s profit. Taking advantage of [Princess]’s reputation, [Yu Zui] shouted out the slogan created by the original team of [Princess], and attracted a large number of people during the preparation stage. of sponsors.

After all, "Yu Zui" is a modern drama, which is convenient for product placement. Many products can be implanted in the drama, which is another huge income for the crew.

Finally, through careful selection by the crew, without affecting the smoothness of the plot, five manufacturers were selected, including Lay's potato chips, Rejoice, Uni-President Iced Black Tea, Master Kong instant noodles, and Mengniu milk, and signed implant sponsorship contracts.

The total cost of all product placements is 15 million, and half of the cost has been recovered before the filming of the TV series has even started.

For the company, this has minimized the risk of this TV series.

In fact, the profit-making method of product placement is common in today's movies and TV dramas.

Just like director Feng Xiaogang, who competed with Gu Wei at the end of last year, as long as he makes a modern movie, he must first rely on embedded advertising to recoup costs, or even directly make a profit.

As for after the movie is released, no matter how much the box office is, it will make money.

Of course, this premise is possible because his movies are so popular.

Advertisers are not fools. Knowing that your movie or TV series is bound to be a hit, they are willing to invest money in advertising.

If it’s a small, unknown production, no advertisers will pay attention to it.

In the afternoon, Gu Wei made an appointment with Lu Yang and drove to the National Center for the Performing Arts accompanied by his team members.

Meet Lu Yang at the door first.

At this Beijing International Film Festival, the cast members of "Embroidered Spring Knife" are relatively pitiful. There are only three people, Lu Yang, Gu Wei and Wang Qianyuan. Many others are filming on the set and have no time. After all, the Beijing Film Festival and the Golden Horse Awards are in The gap in reputation is quite big.

As the leading actress, Liu Yifei also came to the film festival, but she was not able to be with Gu Wei and the others.

Liu Yifei also participated in the film festival with her own film "The Last War". However, this film was not shortlisted for any awards. It was purely used by the film festival to promote it and see if it could sell royalties.

Some people who talk about "The Last War" may not know that this movie was later renamed "The Legend of White Ghost: Desperate Escape", and it is also a Sino-foreign joint venture movie.

The starring roles are Liu Yifei and Nicolas Cage, but Cage is not worth much at this time. He is still accepting bad movies in order to pay off his debts. No matter what movie he has, he can act in it as long as he has enough money.

When Gu Wei arrived, he happened to see Liu Yifei walking down the red carpet with her crew. There was no Cage, only the film's foreign director and a few actors.

He waved to her from a distance and had no chance to communicate.

"Gu Wei, you're finally here. The three of us only have one thousand yuan for this award show."

Lu Yang saw Gu Wei and greeted him cordially. It was obvious that senior brother Lu Yang was a little nervous. After all, there were two nominations, so he was quite optimistic about the awards at this film festival.

"Senior Brother Lu, Teacher Wang, let's go."

The three people met and said hello, and before chatting for a while, the staff informed them to go on the red carpet.

Gu and Wei were all wearing black suits and strode into the venue without wasting any more time on the red carpet.

"Gu Wei, this way~"

After entering the venue, Liu Yifei, who had just greeted Gu Wei, called him from the side.

Gu Wei and Lu Yang said something and walked over.

"Sister Yifei, we meet again. This is not very interesting. Why don't you join our [Xiu Chun Dao] crew?"

Liu Yifei was a little embarrassed.

"The crew of [The Last War] came here to sell the film. I am not familiar with the place. As a landlord, I have to help.

Our crew includes you and director Lu Yang. "

Gu Wei looked at the other people on the [The Last War] crew standing not far away.

"Is that foreigner the director of this movie?"

He pursed his lips in that direction and asked Liu Yifei in a low voice.

Liu Yifei glanced in the direction Gu Wei pointed.

"Yes, he is the director of this film, Nick Powell. Originally, the film was completed last year, and the director brought the film to the film festival to sell it."

"Tsk tsk~ I heard that Sister Yifei's movie is a collaboration with Hollywood actor Nicolas Cage. How does it feel to work with the Oscar-winning actor?"

Gu Wei asked curiously.

Liu Yifei recalled Nicolas Cage's performance during filming and smiled reluctantly.

"It's okay, it's pretty good. You can try it if you have the chance."

Then she thought of the identity of the boss of Gu Wei Film Company and encouraged him.

"Cage is very short of money right now. As long as you are willing to spend money, he can be in your movie."

Gu Wei smiled and said, "I don't need foreigners in my movie yet, let's talk about it later~"

After chatting with Liu Yifei for a while, the opening ceremony of the film festival was about to begin. Gu Wei returned to his seat and sat with Lu Yang and Wang Qianyuan.

This year's Beijing Film Festival is a gathering of stars, with many big names in the entertainment industry that Gu Wei doesn't know participating.

The highest award of the film festival is called the "Tiantan Award". The chairman of the jury for this year's "Tiantan Award" is the great director John Woo, and members of the jury include Ning Hao, Lu Chuan and other new generation directors.

Big-name stars such as Huang Xiaoming, Deng Chao, Fan Bingbing, and Xu Zheng also attended the film festival with their own films.

Suddenly, the stars were shining brightly inside the National Center for the Performing Arts.

Soon after the opening ceremony ended, the awards ceremony began.

The less important awards such as Best Cinematography and Best Music were awarded first.

Then there is the Best Supporting Actor and Actor. Perhaps to highlight the international nature of the film festival, these two awards were awarded to Li Lai, the supporting actress in the Korean film "Sowon", and Ai, the supporting actor in the French film "The Promise of Love". Len Rickman.

Then the Best Actor award was also awarded to a French actor, Guillaume Guy.

Just when everyone in the audience was talking about it, the Best Actress was finally awarded to domestic actress Zhang Ziyi.

Her performance in "The Grandmaster" is indeed worthy of this heroine.

The Best Screenplay and Best Director awards will be announced next.

Lu Yang, who was sitting next to Gu Wei, became obviously nervous.

The result disappointed Lu Yang. The best screenwriter was awarded to [Chinese Partner], while the best director was awarded to Wang Jiawei from [The Grandmaster].

Lu Yang, who was still wet, looked quite disappointed. Gu Wei patted his arm and comforted him.

"Brother, don't be sad. Our film is very good. Nomination is also an honor. Moreover, the Beijing Film Festival did not give us an award. We will still have a chance to win other awards in the future."

Lu Yang calmed down after listening to Gu Wei's words and returned to his normal state.

As Gu Wei said, being nominated is also an honor, and he didn't get it this time. He will have confidence in himself when he comes back with other works next time.

After accompanying Lu Yang to the awards ceremony that night, Gu Wei flew back to the Hengdian crew early the next morning.

The filming task of "Nirvana in Fire" was very heavy, and he didn't ask for a long leave from the crew.

After Gu Wei came back, he naturally integrated into the crew's shooting plan.

Another period of intense and busy filming has passed, and the plot of the TV series has advanced to more than half.

Some actors are finishing their filming one after another. For example, "Lin Chen" played by Jin Dong originally had few roles and left the group after filming.

Leave your contact information with Gu Wei and make an appointment to have dinner together in the capital.

"Xie Yu" played by Liu Yijun and "Yan Hou" played by teacher Wang Jinsong from the backward group were also offline due to plot needs.

Today we are filming a scene where "Mei Changsu" and "Princess Nihuang" meet each other in Changting.

It can be regarded as a climactic scene in the play between the male and female protagonists.

In the pavilion, "Princess Nihuang" played by Tang Yan threw herself into the arms of "Mei Changsu" played by Gu Wei,

"I know it's you, I know you are my brother Lin Shu."

"Mei Changsu" looked a little confused and at a loss. After a pause, he slowly hugged "Princess Nihuang" with one hand.

He raised his eyes and looked into the distance, his face was tangled and hesitant.

"Mei Changsu" restrained his emotions and opened his mouth several times but did not speak. After hesitating for a long time, he shouted "Nihuang~".

As soon as the word "nihuang" came out of his mouth, "Mei Changsu" admitted that he was Lin Shu.

Then "Nihuang" cried and said: "Brother Lin Shu, brother Lin Shu, never leave me again," and threw himself heavily into the arms of "Mei Changsu".

Different from last time, this time "Mei Changsu" hugged "Nihuang" tightly and took the initiative to press his face to "Nihuang"'s side. The two of them were rubbing each other's ears and hair, and they were so intimate that they were no longer like the last time they met. embrace distance.

In this embrace, "Mei Changsu" admitted his feelings for "Nihuang" and admitted that he had always loved her deeply. He said: "I was supposed to always take care of you, I thought I would always take care of you."

"Stuck! Okay, this scene is over~"

"Hoo~" After the director shouted, Gu Wei also let out a long sigh of relief.

The scene between him and Tang Yan was filmed almost ten times before they finally passed it.

Tang Yan was still in his arms, with tears in his eyes, crying like pear blossoms and rain.

While controlling her emotions, she said to Gu Wei, "I'm sorry, Gu Wei, my bad behavior will cause you to repeat it with me."

Tang Yan couldn't get into the emotion of this scene.

After Director Kong Sheng explained the scene thoroughly to her, he stopped caring about her. If she didn't perform well, she would film it over and over again. If she couldn't cry, she would figure out a solution on her own.

Anyway, the crew of Noon Sunshine will definitely not provide Tang Yan with eye drops.

In the end, with the help of Gu Wei, she completed the performance by herself.

"It's okay, Sister Tangtang, look at how well you performed the last time. I think your acting skills have improved a lot."

Tang Yan listened to Gu Wei's gentle words. Although his eyes were still red, he couldn't help but smile, and then came out of Gu Wei's arms.

That night, Tang Yan came to Gu Wei's room as usual.

Today she was wearing a thin white top and a blue miniskirt, revealing two long, white and delicate legs.

With a little makeup on her face, her whole person showed a mature and lazy temperament.

Gu Wei opened the door and let Tang Yan in.

Tang Yan was not polite at all and sat on the sofa with his long legs.

Gu Wei also sat down next to her, turned on the TV, and the two of them watched "Parents' Love" together.

Unknowingly, after the episode was over, Tang Yan placed his two big white legs diagonally on the sofa and leaned against Gu Wei's body.

Gu Wei didn't mind. He naturally stretched an arm from behind Tang Yan and put it on her waist.

The two people holding this position said nothing, it felt so natural.

"Gu Wei, thank you.

On the crew of [Nirvana in Fire], you really helped me a lot. "

Tang Yan suddenly spoke.

"Sister Tangtang, you don't have to be so polite to me all the time."

Gu Wei answered her softly.

At this time, Tang Yan raised his head slightly, looking at Gu Wei with a pair of beautiful big eyes, and his lips were slightly closed, looking very seductive.

She looked at Gu Wei's angular face, high bridge of nose, deep eyes, and extremely sexy thin lips.

She swallowed unconsciously.

Gu Wei noticed her gaze and turned to look at her with some doubts in his eyes.

The two people looked at each other, their faces so close that they could feel each other's breathing.

Tang Yan couldn't hold back, moved his head forward, and kissed Gu Wei's lips.

This kiss was like giving Gu Wei a signal to start a war. He threw Tang Yan to his side and pressed him down.

Tang Yan decided when to start, but she couldn't decide when to end.

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