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[Tang Detective 2] is all shot, and the rest is post-production.

This was not difficult. Gu Wei had the finished film in his mind. He briefly discussed the main style and rhythm with the editor in the company, and left the rest to the professionals.

All he needs to do is wait until the rough cut comes out and tell the editor which parts need to be changed.

Then he revised it one version after another until Gu Wei was satisfied.

Speaking of which, editors will be very hard-working, but there is nothing that can be done about it. As a director, Gu Wei is too busy and cannot do many things himself, so he can only make his subordinates work harder.

[The Richest Man in Xihong City] is still in production, and the company's editing department has added new work.

Fortunately, [Tang Detective 2] is tentatively scheduled to be released in the summer next year, so there is plenty of time.

In addition, the company hired several experienced editors from Huayi Brothers through headhunting some time ago, so even if a new project is added, it can still be busy.

It is said that Huayi has started to de-film since last year, and the number of films produced every year has decreased. The big and small kings are always busy with real estate and building movie towns. They may feel that making money from movies is too slow, and it is faster to build houses.

It's not easy for Gu Wei to comment too much on this kind of thing.

Judging from the current situation at this time, real estate is indeed profitable.

But Gu Wei has always believed that a person can only make money within the scope of his knowledge.

What does it mean? Just do whatever you know how to do in order to make money. If you don’t understand something, don’t touch it even if you see others making money.

Just like Gu Wei knows that there will be several good opportunities in the Internet industry in the next few years, such as short videos, Pinduoduo, which is sinking into the online shopping market, Didi Taxi, which changed its name this year, etc., and they have all achieved market value growth in the later period. A billion dollar giant company.

But if you want him to set up a company to seize the market in these industries in advance and compete with other competitors with real swords and guns, Gu Wei can't do it.

He knows that he is not that material. Even if he knows that this industry can flourish, he is afraid that he will end up being a stepping stone for others.

So the most he can do is be a venture capitalist, just like when he invested in ByteDance before, he just takes money and does nothing, and even entrusts shareholder voting rights to Zhang Yiming.

Easier said than done. There are many things that you can’t do just by knowing them.

Gu Wei feels that his abilities are limited, so he should just be his big star in the entertainment industry.

After finishing his work in the company, Gu Wei got on the flight to Shanghai that night.

[Nirvana in Fire] has been pre-heated for nearly a month. It is broadcast on both channels in Beijing and Shanghai, and Tengxun Video is broadcast exclusively on the Internet. Gu Wei's popularity is guaranteed, and the quality of [Noon Sunshine] is guaranteed. The three major platforms all support this ancient costume. The Machiavellian drama is filled with confidence.

All kinds of propaganda took turns, from TV stations to the Internet, bombarding the audience from many aspects.

The audience also expressed great expectations for this drama, which is said to be Gu Wei's first costume drama since he started acting.

In particular, many of his ardent fans spontaneously promote the TV series on major online platforms every day.

The crew's official Weibo has also been sending various stills and video highlights to attract everyone's attention.

The TV series became popular before it was aired.

This current situation is completely different from the situation in the original time and space where [Nirvana in Fire] was launched online in obscurity and was not taken seriously.

The reason is also very simple, because the protagonist is Gu Wei, who is currently at the top of the domestic charts and is the number one actor among the younger generation of actors who is far ahead in terms of popularity, popularity, and performance.

The three TV series he has participated in since his career have all become hits. "Shanshan Is Here", which had the worst performance in comparison, can be regarded as the hottest TV series of the year, and the other two are even more phenomenal hits.

Moreover, Gu Wei's influence is no longer limited to China. At the end of last year, "Shanshan is Coming" was sold to Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asian countries, and the broadcast results were very good.

His domineering CEO style and unparalleled good looks in the drama fascinated many local girl viewers, and also captured the hearts of many foreign female fans.

After "A Little Smile" was aired in China this year, the TV series rights in Southeast Asia sold very well because of the foundation laid by "Shanshan".

The package price for Japan, South Korea and Bayan is 10 million each, and the total for Southeast Asian countries including Thailand is 30 million.

This 60 million copyright fee may not seem to be much compared to domestic prices, but it is completely in vain.

The most important thing is to further spread Gu Wei's influence.

It was already late at night when the plane landed. For the sake of convenience, Gu Wei did not go back to COFCO Seaview's house, but directly checked into the hotel prepared for him by the program team.

In order to promote the new drama "Nirvana in Fire", Gu Wei accepted the invitation from the broadcasting platform Shanghai TV to participate in the recording of their station's hit variety show "Extreme Challenge" this year.

Since the popularity of "Running Man" introduced by Blueberry Channel from South Korea last year, major local satellite TV stations have imitated and produced their own outdoor variety shows, hoping to use this wave of popularity to gain some traffic. This is also an exploration of this new type of variety show.

Shanghai Stage is no exception, but they did it more carefully and in-depth. Instead of copying "Running Man", they specifically purchased the copyright of Korean entertainment's popular "Infinite Challenge" from South Korea's MBC. Here Based on this, [Extreme Challenge] was produced.

Spend a lot of money to invite Huang Bo, Sun Honglei, Huang Lei, Luo Zhixiang, Wang Xun, and Zhang Yixing to serve as regular members.

Sure enough, the show attracted countless praises from the audience as soon as it was broadcast. The several people known as the "Extreme Men's Gang" have their own personalities and tried their best to record the new variety show "Extreme Challenge" very excitingly.

Early the next morning, Gu Wei arrived at the recording location of the program under the guidance of the staff.

"Xiao Zhu, Wang Xun, Yixing, morning~"

When Gu Wei arrived at the venue, there were only three of them there.

Among the members of the Extreme Men Gang, only Wang Xun, the least famous, is the most familiar with Gu Wei because they just finished filming the movie "Tang Detective 2" together, in which Wang Xun played the role of "Lu Guofu", the godson of the seventh uncle.

Little Pig Luo Zhixiang had met him once before when he was filming a Pepsi commercial, and he was considered acquaintance. As for Zhang Yixing, he had only heard his name but never met him. Today was the first time he met him.

"Director, I didn't expect us to meet again so soon!"

Wang Xun grinned and talked to Gu Wei.

"You don't need to call me director after you leave the crew, just call me by name."

"That's okay, don't use random names!"

Wang Xun refused without hesitation.

Gu Wei smiled and said nothing.

After saying hello to Luo Zhixiang, Gu Wei turned his attention to Zhang Yixing, who had a dull expression.

"Hello, Brother Wei!"

Zhang Yixing's attitude was very respectful and serious.

"We are all young people, so we don't need to be so formal."

Seeing that he seemed a little nervous, Gu Wei softly comforted him.

"I had dinner with Xiaolu and Zitao in the capital before."

Hearing Gu Wei mention his former teammate, Zhang Yixing was suddenly curious.

"Brother Wei, do you know them?"

"We met Xiaolu when we were filming a movie."

Then he remembered something and smiled.

"Zitao, have you seen the news about London Fashion Week? He ended up sitting next to me. We got to know each other after the fashion show."

Gu Wei reminded Zhang Yixing of Huang Zitao's previous embarrassments and couldn't hold back his joy.

"At the dinner table, they were talking about you."

"Oh, what did they say?"

Zhang Yixing is the most curious.

"They say you work extremely hard."

After Gu Wei finished speaking, he emphasized again.

“Always working very hard!”

Zhang Yixing touched his head and smiled naively.

"Maybe I'm a little stupid and don't know what to do, so I just have to do more."

The two chatted for a few more words, and their relationship quickly became closer.

Zhang Yixing looked at Gu Wei.

"Brother, I feel like meeting you in person today is a little different from what I imagined."

Now it was Gu Wei's turn to be curious.

"Is it better or worse?"

“Of course it’s better, very approachable!”

Zhang Yixing said quickly.

"Then what did you imagine me to be?"

"When I first returned to China, I felt that your popularity and status in China were so high. Just like Rain in South Korea, you must be a very big name and difficult to get in touch with."

"Oh? It seems that Rain always plays a big role in Korea!"

Gu Wei deliberately teased him.

"No, that's not what I meant. What I meant was your respective status in the entertainment industry."

Zhang Yixing was a little flustered and didn't know what to say.

"Haha~ Don't worry, I was joking."

As he spoke, Gu Wei patted his shoulder to express comfort.

Not long after, Huang Bo, Huang Lei and "Yan Wang" Sun Honglei arrived at the shooting scene one after another.

Gu Wei greeted them one by one.

Several people were also very enthusiastic about him.

Among them, Huang Lei, who is a teacher at Beijing Film Academy, and Gu Wei, a student from Beijing Film Academy, are particularly friendly.

Huang Bo jokingly said to Sun Honglei: "Honglei, your title of King of Beauty is not worthy of the name. Today you have seen what true good looks are!"

"It's different. Gu Wei and I are different types of handsome guys. People with looks like yours shouldn't speculate about our circle of handsome guys. We have nothing to do with you."

Sun Honglei walked up to Gu Wei, put his arm around his shoulders, and yelled at Huang Bo.

"Gu Wei's name is really handsome, and yours is called Cricket!"

Teacher Huang Lei was tearing him down mercilessly.

A few people were chatting and laughing, and Gu Wei was watching with great interest.

He feels that after recording some variety shows for a long time, you can really make some good friends, and they are quite happy when they are noisy with each other.

Of course, the most important thing is that you have to meet someone who has high emotional intelligence and is fun-loving. If you can't make jokes or record a show or simply cope with work, you will definitely not be able to make friends.

Gu Wei knew that "Little Sheep" Zhang Yixing was taken to act in many dramas because he joined the "Extreme Challenge" and made friends with these uncles.

For example, Sun Honglei, who has been bullying him on the show, took him to star in the popular drama "Mr. Good" this year. A few years later, he filmed the popular drama "Anti-Gangster" and did not forget to support his little brother.

Huang Bo's directorial debut "A Good Show" also cast Zhang Yixing as a supporting actor.

To be honest, Zhang Yixing's acting skills cannot be said to be very bad, it is basically non-existent.

As he said himself, he worked very hard, but that was all he had to do.

Dancing on stage is pretty good, but I really have no talent as an actor.

In addition, he is the one with the least famous fans among the four returning members, and his resources in the mainland are definitely not as good as those of his teammates. Fortunately, he appeared on the variety show "Extreme Challenge" after returning. The popular variety show helped him gain national popularity. Later, he made a few good brothers who could lift him up.

Of course, this also shows that Zhang Yixing himself should have a good personality as a person, otherwise Sun Honglei, Huang Bo and others are all veterans who have been in the entertainment industry for many years, and it is impossible to help him without a certain degree of relationship.

After everyone chatted for a while, a staff member from the program team came over to remind us that the recording of this episode of [Extreme Challenge] will begin soon.

The name of this program is [File Ice March], and the recording time is a whole day, starting in the morning and ending at night.

The whole process is not complicated. The program team prepared 7 ice cubes of different weights for everyone to share, which can be regarded as everyone's starting capital.

Various games will be played in the middle. Through winning or losing in the game, everyone has a chance to win the ice cube in the hands of others. Until the end, whoever has the heaviest weight of the ice cube in his hand wins today.

"Let me tell you a few words. Gu Wei is here as a guest today. We, the Extreme Men's Gang, must show our enthusiasm and give our guests the warmest hospitality!"

When everyone was sitting side by side, Huang Lei said to the camera.

I don’t know if the reception he mentioned is serious or not.

Sun Honglei understood what he meant instantly.

"Haha~ That's no problem, Gu Wei, just follow me today. Everyone knows that I, Sun Honglei, is the kindest person. Look at Huang Bo and your teacher Huang Lei. They are more semen than monkeys. I will definitely go all the way today. help you."

Sun Honglei looked at Gu Wei with amusement and said.

Zhang Yixing on the side was hesitant to speak.

Wang Xun on the other side of Gu Wei said to him:

"Director, you can't trust any of these people."

Sun Honglei was not happy anymore.

"What are you talking about? Who among you doesn't know my reputation as an upright and honest young man?"

"Hurry up and get it. Ask Yi Xing whether he believes it or not."

Wang Xun said exaggeratedly.

Gu Wei smiled and watched these people working on the show.

I have to say that [Extreme Challenge] has a very good variety show feel.

It's not the kind of embarrassing performance that makes the audience laugh, or he laughs in front of the camera for the sake of the show's effect when there is no point of laughter in the first place, but he has set up different characters for himself, either smart, shady, or honest. In the show Create jokes through the conflicts between each other's personalities.

The one-day recording went smoothly, and the program team thoughtfully used a few small details of the game to promote [Nirvana in Fire].

For example, there was a group of people who distributed flyers wearing full-body rag doll costumes. The first to finish the flyers won. The flyers they handed out were advertisements for "Nirvana in Fire".

There are promotional pictures of the TV series, introductions of the leading actors, as well as the TV station and time when it will be launched. This kind of promotion will not offend the audience at all in the program.

During the game, "King Yan" Sun Honglei betrayed him again without any surprise, but Gu Wei had expected it and never believed him, but poor "little sheep" Zhang Yixing was injured again.

Wang Xun has been around Gu Wei trying to help him with something, a bit flattering, but Gu Wei's kindness to him is still very useful.

Huang Lei said at the beginning of the program that Gu Wei's teacher would definitely take care of him. When it came to the game, he calculated better than anyone else and completely forgot what he had said to Gu Wei at the beginning.

However, at night, when the show was taped to the end, today's victory was still given to Gu Wei.

This is partly due to his excellent physical and mental abilities. In addition, he also felt the goodwill of the program team.

Dear readers, since I have a holiday tomorrow, I have been busy with family matters during the day, so today is just one chapter. Now I owe you a total of 5 chapters, and I will try my best to pay them all back in October.