Huayu is free to do as you like

At the beginning of June, with the last shot completed, [Changjin Lake] was finally completed after half a year.

"You really don't want to come over and play [Chengfeng] with me?"

At the closing banquet in the evening, Wu Jing mentioned his new movie again.

“There’s no way, the schedule doesn’t allow it!

[Noon Sunshine] They are still waiting for me to join the group. Hou Hongliang agreed to it very early.

[As I wish] I have authorized it to you. When I have time, I will help you record a version of the OST."

Wu Jing looked regretful and nodded.

"I received this drama too late, and there was nothing I could do about it."

Gu Wei smiled and joked: "I had already played your son in [The Wandering Earth], but I finally changed my role to your younger brother in [Changjin Lake]. When I was asked to play the son again, I lost my seniority."

"Haha, that's right!" Wu Jing also laughed.

The two were chatting when Yu Dong came over with a wine glass.

"The filming of [Changjin Lake] was not easy. It took a long time and the conditions were difficult. The successful completion is all thanks to the support of the two of you. I would like to toast you two to express my gratitude!"

After he finished speaking, Gu Wei and Wu Jing quickly picked up their wine glasses.

"Dong Yu is so polite. Since I accepted the film, of course I have to finish it well. Besides, Brother Jing and I also invested money respectively, so we must work hard on the film."

"Gu Wei is right. There is nothing hard about filming. This is just our normal job."

Yu Dong shook his head: "It's not just acting.

The shooting team of our film is unprecedentedly large, with three directors alone, several film crews, and thousands of staff members.

While acting, the two also did a lot of extra work, helping to communicate with the director, actors and crew, and playing a coordinating and lubricating role when different crews were filming.

Director Lin often told me that Gu Wei and Wu Jing were half directors in the crew, and it was much easier to shoot with them."

After he finished speaking, Gu Wei and Wu Jing looked at each other. For a moment, they couldn't tell what Yu Dong meant. Did they think they were interfering too much?

Yu Dong also reacted when he saw the cold scene, and explained with a smile: "I am sincere.

[Changjin Lake] was not easy to shoot. From the very beginning, I determined that the two people were the absolute center.

Now that it has been successfully completed, I feel relieved.

The next step is to see what the film will do after it is released.

But with two of you here, this shouldn’t be a problem! "

Hearing this, Gu Wei and Wu Jing also smiled modestly.

"Yu Dong, when will our movie be released?" Gu Wei asked.

Yu Dong thought for a while: "The entire series will be edited into two parts. The upper part [Changjin Lake] is scheduled to be released during the National Day holiday this year. If there are no surprises, the lower part will be released during the Spring Festival next year."

Gu Wei turned to look at Wu Jing: "Your movie [My Fathers and Me] should also be scheduled for National Day, right?"

"Yes, it's a gift film. The schedule was set at the beginning of the preparation. It must be the most suitable one for the National Day."

"Then you'll have to beat yourself up then," Gu Wei said with a smile.

“That can’t be helped.

But now is not the time to think about this, there are still four months until the National Day, and the shooting time for [Fathers] is quite tight."

Gu Wei consoled him: "It's okay. This kind of platter movie is relatively simple to shoot. I only started shooting last year's [My Hometown and Me] in May and finished it in less than a month."

"Hopefully"

The atmosphere at the wrap-up party was very good. After half a year of exhausting filming, everyone was in a very good mood.

After several rounds of toasts, Yu Dong found Gu Wei alone again.

"Mr. Gu, I have a new movie here. It is a suspenseful drama with the theme of the Anti-Japanese War. I wonder if you are interested?"

Seeing Gu Wei's interested expression, he continued.

"Director Cheng Er directs it, and it is also a dual-male protagonist setting. The story is quite exciting. Mr. Gu will definitely like it after reading it!"

Speaking of which, Gu Wei also knew which movie Yu Dong was talking about.

“Before the end of the year, I can hardly find time to film other movies.

Wu Jing told me twice that he wanted me to join his crew to film [Chengfeng], but I couldn't spare the time." Gu Wei said with regret.

Yu Dong also knew that Gu Wei's schedule was tight, but he did not give up easily.

"I'll have someone send the script over tomorrow. Mr. Gu, please read the script first, and then we'll make a decision."

Gu Wei smiled and nodded.

The next day, on the private plane flying to the capital, Gu Wei drank coffee and read the script that Yu Dong had sent over.

As he expected, the suspense drama about the Anti-Japanese War that the other party mentioned was [Unnamed].

I probably flipped through it once and put the script on the table.

"I'll contact Bona later and tell them that my schedule is not suitable and I can't take on the movie."

The agent Yang Dan standing aside looked at the script on the table and nodded in agreement.

Gu Wei thought for a while and suddenly waved his hand.

"Forget it, you don't have to worry about this.

I’ll call Yu Dong later and tell him.”

Yang Dan was a little confused, but still nodded in agreement.

Gu Wei had no interest in [Nameless]. To him, this movie seemed like a piece of cake. It was said that it had two male protagonists, but the role of "Director He" was obviously more outstanding.

He also has little interest in cooperating with Tony Leung.

But "Untitled" is a hit movie after all, and the role of "Mr. Ye" in it is very suitable for a young male star.

Gu Wei personally called Yu Dong to recommend Xiao Zhan and Zeng Shunxi, who are under his own company. These two have become the top male stars of the new generation since "The Untamed", but they are still lacking works despite their high popularity. It just so happens that "Unknown" is a good opportunity.

Both of them are as popular and their acting skills are no worse than Wang Yibo in the original time and space, so it is not difficult to play "Mr. Ye".

"Boss, the Magnolia Organizing Committee has sent an invitation. Do we want to attend this year's awards ceremony?" Yang Dan asked.

"No, it's meaningless to watch others win awards without being nominated. I'm also very busy during this period."

In the past two years, Gu Wei's output in TV dramas has obviously decreased.

Last year, only one "Celebration of Life" was broadcast.

Of course, this drama became the king of dramas in 2020, the most popular one without any dispute.

And "Celebration of Life" has been shortlisted for last year's Magnolia Awards, but it failed to win the award in the end, so it will naturally not be shortlisted for this year's.

"By the way, has the release date of [Celebrating Yu Nian 2] been set by CCTV-8 and Tengxun Video?"

A month ago, the copyright transaction for the second season of the popular TV series [Celebrating Yu Nian] had been settled.

According to Gu Wei's instructions, the TV station continued to cooperate with CCTV-8, and as for the online platform, Tengxun offered a sky-high price that could not be refused, leaving behind iQiyi, which it had cooperated with before, and bought the exclusive online broadcast rights of [Celebrating Yu Nian 2].

"It has not been officially announced yet, but I heard that CCTV-8 and Tengxun plan to release [Celebrating Yu Nian 2] in the summer season in early August."

"Early August?" Gu Wei thought of something.

"When will the Tokyo Olympics open this year?"

"July 23, lasting 15 days, and closing on August 8."

"Tsk tsk, are you going to let [Celebrating Yu Nian 2] compete with the Olympics? Are you so confident in this drama?"

Yang Dan thought for a while: "Boss, the popularity of the Tokyo Olympics this year is not too high, and [Celebrating Yu Nian 2] should be broadcast in the few days before the Olympics are about to end, so it shouldn't have much impact"

Gu Wei nodded.

After being busy for half a year filming "Changjin Lake", Gu Wei returned to Beijing and had a good rest for two days, but he still had to deal with the company's affairs.

In the office, Gu Wei and Wen Mu also drank tea and chatted.

"Guo Fan's "The Wandering Earth 2" is basically ready, and we are just waiting for Wu Jing to join the crew when he has enough time.

Rao Xiaozhi's "The Journey Back" is also ready, and Lu Yang is helping him as the producer.

A while ago, when we had dinner together, he complained to me that you said you would consider the next step, but you stood him up in the end."

Gu Wei picked up the ceramic teacup in front of him and blew it gently.

The tea in the cup was golden yellow, and along with the water vapor floating out, a refreshing tea fragrance penetrated into the nose, which made people feel refreshed.

After taking a sip, Gu Wei said slowly, "It's not that I stood Director Rao up. I didn't say I wanted to take the role of "The Journey Home" at the beginning, and he knew that my schedule was very full.

After reading the script, I felt that I was not suitable for either the first-class secretary "Zong Dawei" or the young attendant "Cheng Lang".

In this case, it's better to find other more suitable actors.

Although I didn't play the role, I also recommended Zhang Songwen and Zeng Shunxi to him.

One of them has acting skills and the other has traffic, and their age and image are also suitable for these two roles."

Wen Mu also smiled and said, "I understand Rao Xiaozhi, he still has no confidence in himself.

The investment in "The Journey Home" is not small, and the boss, you are involved Don't worry about the box office.

He is worried about other people after all."

"I know, but I am alone and I can't split myself. It is impossible to finish all the good movies even if I work in the crew all year round.

Just like Guo Fan's "The Wandering Earth 2", why can't it start shooting? Isn't it also to wait for Wu Jing?

We just finished shooting "Changjin Lake", and he has a mission film to shoot, directing and acting.

He will have time to join the "The Wandering Earth 2" crew after finishing that movie."

""Me and My Fathers, right?"

Wen Mu is also familiar with this series of movies. He served as the director of the "Escort" unit in the first "Me and My Motherland".

"Yes, this year's third film in this series is directed by Wu Jing, Xu Zheng, Zhang Ziyi, and Shen Teng.

Originally, China Film wanted to find me to continue shooting a unit, but I refused."

Wen Mu also nodded.

"Wu Jing and Xu Zheng should be fine, as they are both experienced in directing.

This is Zhang Ziyi and Shen Teng's first time directing, can they do it?"

"Shen Teng is backed by the Happy Twist team, if he can't do it, there are Yan Fei and the other guys.

As for Zhang Ziyi, as far as I know, she asked Xu Yuezhen for help and used the filming team of "Better Days". As long as she doesn't mess around, there shouldn't be any big problems."

The two chatted for a while, and Wen Mu told Gu Wei about the main reason why he came to see him today.

"After "Zhou Chu Eliminates the Three Evils", I took a break for more than half a year, but I didn't stay idle during this time. I found two screenwriters to work on a new script.

After two revisions, I feel it is already quite complete, so I just brought it here to show you today."

Gu Wei put down the teacup in his hand and curiously took the script that Wen Mu handed over.

There were only two big words on the white cover - "Miracle".

Open the script and read it roughly.

The content of the story in the script is not complicated. It is about a 20-year-old boy Jing Hao who teamed up with a group of ordinary people to start a business and pursue happiness together in order to make his sister Jing Tong live a better life.

The structure of the story is very similar to "Dying to Survive".

The motivation for the protagonist to start a business is set to cure his sister's illness. Everything he does is to save his sister's life.

Then there are the same five male and one female supporting roles as in "Dying to Survive", representing workers in different living conditions. They gather around the protagonist, team up to break through, and finally create a miracle in laughter and tears.

"It's a very good script. From the content, the shooting will not be too complicated.

I will explain to Mr. Zhao later, and the project can be approved and filmed in the second half of the year.

You can find him if you have any questions or difficulties."

After Gu Wei finished speaking, he saw Wen Mu's half-smile expression and understood it immediately, and waved his hand quickly.

"I can't. I really don't have time.

The most important reason why I didn't participate in Rao Xiaozhi's "The Journey Home" is that I didn't have time.

In the second half of the year, in addition to the company's TV series, I also took on a Hollywood drama, which will be my most important project in the near future."

Wen Mu was also surprised to hear this.

"Are you going to Hollywood to film?

How come there is no news about such a big thing?"

Gu Wei shook his head.

"I'm not going to Hollywood to film. A Hollywood movie produced by Lionsgate Films came to me. Later, after negotiation, it was simply made into a Sino-US co-production.

There is nothing to keep secret. There is no news just because the matter has just been decided not long ago, and the company has just signed a contract with Lionsgate Films.

I guess there will be news reports in a while."

"What movie?" Wen Mu also asked curiously.

"Keanu Reeves' John Wick series has been filmed to the fourth installment."

"Boss, are you going to play a supporting role for Keanu Reeves?"

Gu Wei shook his head: "The script has been changed to a dual male lead like Men in Black.

You know, with my personality, I would not accept a supporting role even in a Hollywood movie."

Wen Mu also nodded. He was not surprised why Gu Wei could be on par with Keanu Reeves.

Although his boss may not be as famous as Keanu Reeves worldwide, in terms of box office performance and appeal, Gu Wei is definitely better than the other.

And Lionsgate intends to cooperate only to get the Chinese market, so it is normal to offer a starring role to please the Chinese audience.

"I remember that the first three John Wick series were not released in China, and the fourth one should also pay attention to this." Wen Mu also reminded.

"Don't worry, the script of the fourth part has been revised by the company, and some overly bloody plots have been avoided.

And the nature of the movie has changed after it became a Sino-US co-production, so it is not a problem to be released in China."

"Since you can't participate in the film, please recommend a male lead for me.

Who do you think is more suitable to play "Jing Hao?"

Gu Wei thought about it.

"How about Peng Yuchang?

He played Huangmao in [Dying to Survive], and you know his acting skills best.

And he has a youthful air and a sense of humor, which seems to be more suitable for the style of [Miracle]."

"Peng Yuchang."

Wen Mu also thought for a while.

"I'll ask him to audition first to see how he performs. If there is no problem, I will choose him!"

Gu Wei smiled, picked up the script again, thought about it and said:

"The name of your movie is a bit big and empty, and the audience will be confused at first glance.

I'll add a few words to make the name more down-to-earth, and it's called-Miracle·Stupid Kid!"

"Miracle·Stupid Kid?" Wen Mu also murmured and repeated it several times, and nodded slowly.

"The name is good and down-to-earth."

Gu Wei said with a smile: "Invite Hua Zai to sing the OST later, and use his song [Stupid Kid]."