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"Do you think I'm fat?"

On the big bed in the bedroom, Gu Wei and Zhang Tianai had just explored the philosophy of life.

"I'm not fat, but I feel like my waist is a little plumper. Is it secondary growth?"

"I hate it. I just gained some weight. I haven't been busy at work recently and haven't joined the group. My weight is not under control."

Gu Wei played with the plump softness in his hands.

"It's just right now. When you came back from filming [Operation Red Sea], you were too thin and panicked."

"I look thin, but I look good in the camera. I don't exercise that much, so I can only control my weight by dieting, which is also very difficult."

Speaking of this Tianai seems to think of something.

"Bona sent me an invitation two days ago. There is a new drama called [Emergency Rescue] in the second half of the year. It tells the story of a sea rescue team and is directed by Director Lin. Do you want me to take it?"

As she spoke, she raised her head slightly from Gu Wei's chest and looked at him.

".I also received the role you mentioned."

"Do you want to take it?"

If Gu Wei accepted it, Zhang Tianai would have nothing to hesitate about.

Gu Wei shook his head.

"I don't have time. There are two TV series and one movie scheduled for this year, and the schedule has been scheduled until the end of the year.

Moreover, it has been two years since [Tang Detective 2], and fans are pressing for it. I also plan to start the third part of this project next year."

"That's it." Zhang Tianai was a little disappointed.

“I have read the script of [Emergency Rescue], and the plot is a bit old-fashioned. Although it is also a commercial film with the main theme, the story is worse than the previous [Operation Red Sea] and [Operation Mekong].

But you can continue."

Gu Wei gave him some advice.

Zhang Tianai was a little confused.

“In the film and television industry, film resources are already in short supply. Starting from [Wolf Warrior 2], main theme films will inevitably dominate the entire market in the next few years.

Currently, Bona is the best at making movies with main themes in China, so it is more important to maintain a good relationship with them."

Zhang Tianai nodded thoughtfully, then looked at Gu Wei and smiled seductively, slowly sliding down like a mermaid.

Early the next morning, Gu Wei left Zhang Tianai's house refreshed and took a car to the company.

Sitting on the boss's chair in the office, drinking coffee brewed by his assistant, crossing his legs and scrolling through his phone.

[Black Panther] did not make any waves in the movie market. Like other Hollywood blockbusters, after a good start in the first week, the box office plummeted.

The most popular topic on the Internet is still "Dear Beloved". In the second week after the TV series was launched, the number of online discussions officially exceeded 10 billion, becoming the first TV series in history to have more than 10 billion topics.

The popular variety show [Idol Producer], which was originally highly discussed at the beginning of the year, was relegated to the second place on various lists after the launch of [Dear Loved One].

100 handsome trainee brothers, plus the extremely popular Kun Kun who likes to sing, dance, rap and play basketball, cannot resist the explosive popularity of the "child-faced couple".

Although the rating of "Dear Love" on Douban is not high, only 6.9, generally speaking, only movies and TV dramas with a rating of 7 or above will be considered by netizens to be of excellent quality.

But "Dear Beloved" is so popular that even though its ratings are not high, its reputation among fans and young audiences is very good.

Several hot searches related to the plot of the TV series remain unchanged every day, and various entertainment media have praised this popular TV series.

Even the daily newspaper published a special article with the title # [Dear Beloved]: Showing the spirit of the young dream-chasers of the Internet generation! #

In recent years, the works starring Gu Wei, whether they are movies or TV series, have been very popular with mainstream media and even some official media.

From the comedy detective "Detective Chinatown" to the main theme "Operation Mekong" and "Wolf Warrior 2", from the costume drama "Nirvana in Fire" to the aerospace romance drama "You Are My Glory" and now this youth idol drama [Dear Beloved] have all been praised and praised by the official media.

It seems that since he won the "Influential Chinese Performer of the Year Award" established by the state media two years ago, the state media has been very supportive of his works.

Gu Wei thought that in addition to his own fame and the main theme and positive energy of his works, it was also related to the extremely high amount of taxes he and his company paid every year.

As someone who has experienced it, Gu Wei knows very well that although the entertainment industry is currently flourishing, the winter of film and television is actually not far away from the contraction of capital, and the official action to rectify the entertainment industry is just around the corner.

At that time, a large number of film and television companies will go bankrupt, various shell companies owned by celebrities will be canceled one after another, and "paying taxes" will become something that everyone needs to do.

But these have nothing to do with Gu Wei. He will definitely not let himself make mistakes in this regard, so he will never pay a penny in taxes.

Even the artists under his company are the same. At Gu Wei's request, all income will be paid by the company, so there will be no problems.

After resting for a while, Gu Wei started his day's work.

Because of filming, he doesn't stay at the company for long throughout the year, so every time he comes back there are a lot of things waiting for him to deal with.

Not long after, Yang Dan knocked on the door and came in.

"Boss, there are a few more important invitations that I need you to take a look at now."

Gu Wei raised his head and took several notebooks from Yang Dan.

The first one at the beginning shocked him - [Shanghai Fortress]!

"This film is a joint production of China Film, China Film and Television, and Northern Film and Television Group. It is directed by the great director Teng Huatao and adapted from the novel of the same name by the writer Jiang Nan. It is a large-scale science fiction masterpiece." Yang Dan introduced from the opposite side.

"Hasn't the filming of this movie started yet?" Of course Gu Wei knew the details of the movie and interrupted the agent directly.

Yang Dan was stunned for a moment. Although he didn't know why the boss asked, he still replied:

"The crew plans to start filming next month, and the female lead is currently Shu Qi.

Director Teng promised that as long as the boss can take over, the time will be easy to negotiate."

This means that Gu Wei can be allowed to participate in the scene, or the startup and shooting time can be adjusted according to his time.

Gu Wei grinned, it was not a matter of time or not.

He guessed that after his participation in "The Wandering Earth", some insiders felt that he liked and supported domestic science fiction films, so "Shanghai Fortress" came to the door.

Teng Huatao is the director of "Dwelling", "The Age of Naked Marriage", and "Love Is Not Blind". He has two skills in shooting urban emotional dramas, but in terms of science fiction, it can only be said that he is not much better than a new director who has just graduated.

Thinking of this, Gu Wei threw the notebook aside.

"Don't think about it, just refuse it."

Opposite Yang Dan was hesitant to speak. She didn't understand that the boss was very enthusiastic about domestic science fiction films. Not only did he star in "The Wandering Earth", he also paid so much money.

In terms of investment, director, and IP, "Shanghai Fortress" is no worse than "The Wandering Earth". Teng Huatao's reputation is much higher than that of Guo Fan, who only had one hit "My Deskmate".

After [Shanghai Fortress], Gu Wei looked through the other two scripts, and they were indeed invited by big directors and big productions.

One is "Detective Pu Songling" with Cheng Long, and the other is "Flying Life" directed by Han Han, with Shen Teng, and I want to invite him to play the role of Huang Jingyu in the original version, which can be regarded as a half-guest.

Gu Wei shook his head, "You should reject them all!"

Yang Dan nodded, packed up the script he had thrown aside, and was about to go out.

"By the way, let's notify the managers of each department to hold a meeting in the large conference room in ten minutes to discuss the company's business arrangements for this year!"

"Okay, boss"

In the company's large conference room, all the senior executives were present. Sitting in the first left-hand position was Yang Liwen, the general manager of the brokerage company. Opposite her was Zhao Mingcheng, the general manager of the production company.

"Mr. Gu."

Gu Wei finally opened the door and walked in. Everyone stood up and said hello.

"Everyone sit down~"

Gu Wei raised his hand to signal and sat down himself.

"The company's main work this year has been laid out one after another before. Today, we are calling everyone to do a unified sorting out, so that everyone can find the focus and better complete the tasks assigned by the company."

After sitting down, Gu Wei directly stated the purpose of the meeting without any nonsense.

“This year, the company’s focus is still on two major areas, one is the production of film and television dramas, and the other is the release of completed film and television dramas.

Mr. Yang, please talk about the release first."

After receiving Gu Wei's signal, Yang Liwen nodded and turned around.

“There are two film and television dramas waiting to be released in the company this year, one is [Sweet Honey as Ashes as Frost] which was produced at the beginning of last year.

Taking advantage of the popularity of "Dear Love", Yang Zi became popular. The current popularity is quite high. Our company's Li County is also famous. In addition, "Wei Ming Xia" produces this golden brand, we are now following Several major TV stations are negotiating with the platform on the issue of first broadcast copyright and online broadcast copyright.

What I can tell you is that based on the price currently being negotiated, the final full copyright price of "Xiangmi" will not be lower than the previous company's "Three Lives Three Worlds Ten Miles of Peach Blossom". "

After Yang Liwen finished speaking, there was a burst of discussion in the conference room.

"Three Lives Three Worlds" sold for more than 700 million. Everyone knows this. I didn't expect that "Xiangmi" without Gu Wei's participation could also sell for so much money.

But it’s normal to think about it. One year later, the average price of large-scale TV series in the industry has also increased. Now there is the benefit of Yang Zi’s popularity. [Xiangmi] is the most popular large-scale fairy tale theme on the platform. It's so expensive and so reasonable.

“In terms of movies, the company only has one film [I Am Not the God of Medicine] released this year.

According to the previous arrangement of the director, this film has been contacted by China Film, Wanda, and Enlight for joint distribution.

The release time is scheduled for this year's summer, and the initial investment in publicity and distribution expenses is 100 million, which will be fully paid by the company.

I hope that the company’s publicity department will be well prepared and cooperate with several companies so that the company’s 100 million yuan can be spent effectively.”

"Don't worry, Mr. Yang, Mr. Gu, the publicity and development department already has sufficient personnel and experience, and they will definitely do a good job in the subsequent work." After Yang Liwen said this, Manager Wang of the publicity and development department hurriedly assured.

Gu Wei looked at him and nodded.

Gu Wei has high expectations for the film "I'm Not the God of Medicine", and this film is indeed excellent.

That's why he planned to spend 100 million on Xuanfa.

He didn't know how much money he spent on promoting the original version when it was released, but it certainly wasn't as much as he spent.

In fact, Gu Wei's just completed "Cohabitation in Time and Space" should also be released this year, but the main producer of this film is Xu Zheng's "Zhen Le Dao", and Gu Wei is only an investor and starring.

He doesn't need to worry about post-production or release, he just needs to wait for the box office to sell well and make money.