Huayu’s ex-husband

Chapter 229 228. "Snow Leopard" officially launched

"I announce that "Snow Leopard" is officially launched!"

Wei Wu said loudly and pulled off the red cloth covering the camera head.

Everyone cheered and applauded loudly, and at the same time, a loud burst of firecrackers also sounded.

When the sound of firecrackers stopped, Wei Wu looked at everyone and waved:

"Get ready, it will start in 20 minutes!"

Everyone immediately dispersed and returned to their posts to prepare.

Wei Wu also sent Liu Tianxian to the door at this time. She was about to fly back to Yanjing.

The two walked to the door. The driver and nanny car were already waiting at the door.

"Go back quickly, the phone will be turned on soon, don't delay."

"Yeah", Wei Wu hugged her, kissed her, and said softly:

"Be safe on the road, it's difficult for you to run around, thank you for your hard work!"

Liu Tianxian smiled brightly: "It's okay, I've long been used to it. Then I'm leaving, remember to miss me!"

"Yeah, I will, have a nice trip."

Liu Tianxian came up to her with another smile. Wei Wu kissed her again, and then she waved and got into the car.

The driver started the car, blew the horn, and then disappeared at the end of the road.

When Wei Wu returned to the set, he happened to bump into an old man with gray hair but good spirits.

This person is none other than Wei Wu's "father" in this drama, the actor Wang Kuirong who plays Zhou Jixian.

Wang Kuirong graduated from Chinese Opera and is a national first-class actor. He has won the "Golden Lion Award", the highest award in drama.

He has appeared in roles such as Shopkeeper Zhou in "The Legend of Guandong", Master Jiang in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", Ke Zhen'e in Li Yitong's version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and Chen Xiazi in Pan Yue's version of the "Ghost Blowing Lamp" series.

Although he plays supporting roles most of the time, his acting skills can be said to be highly praised and can be called golden green leaves.

And his performance in "Snow Leopard" is also outstanding, especially his two lines:

"Personal gains and losses, honor and disgrace are nothing compared to the interests of the country!"

"When the Japanese pirates are wiped out, my son will return home!"

These two lines were spoken sonorously, powerfully and resoundingly, leaving a deep impression on the audience.

"Teacher Wang, I'm sorry to trouble you for today's opening scene."

Naturally, Wang Kuirong did not dare to make excuses, and quickly responded with a smile:

"Director Wei, please don't worry, this old guy like me will definitely not let up today!"

Today's opening scene, according to convention, should be a simple scene played by Wei Wu and Liu Tianxian. But because Liu Tianxian had to catch a flight today, he couldn't perform.

The rest, whether it is the second female lead Liu Shishi or the third female lead Mao Xiaotong, are relatively inexperienced in acting.

So Wei Wu simply chose a scene with Wang Kuirong as the first shot.

Then Wei Wu looked at Guo Jinyu next to him and said:

"I'll leave it to you later!"

Guo Jinyu patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, boss, nothing will go wrong!"

This is the director from Bad Monkey Pictures who was just poached by Wei Wu. Wei Wu had been aggressively poaching before. Although Shanying's people had not been poached yet, they had achieved results, such as Guo Jinyu in front of him now.

He was the deputy director and executive director of the drama "Snow Leopard". Because Wei Wu had to act, he usually had to have a tool director to take over his duties temporarily.

But now Ning Hao, Lu Yang and the others are busy working on their new movies and can't get away for the time being, so they can only let Guo Jinyu, who just joined, take over.

In fact, Guo Jinyu is only 34 years old this year, which can be said to be very young as a director.

However, he entered the industry quite early. As early as 1998, on the recommendation of Huang Jianzhong, he filmed six episodes of the TV series "White Collar Farmer" for CCTV.

In the past two years, he has independently directed many TV series. It is particularly worth mentioning that the "Blade 1937" he directed the year before last was nominated for the Magnolia Award for Best Director.

In fact, Wei Wu was quite happy to be able to recruit Guo Jinyu, because he is a very productive TV drama director.

Starting from the first TV series "White Collar Farmers" that he independently directed in 1998, it ended with "The Strange Stories of the Tang Dynasty: Journey to the West" in 2024.

In these years, he has directed as many as 28 TV series and served as a producer for 30 more. This is a super workaholic!

Although he is not as famous as Kong Shu, he makes much more money from filming TV series than Kong Shu and the others. After all, his output is too high!

You must know that as of 2024, Noon Sunshine has produced only 28 dramas in total, which means that Guo Jinyu alone can rival a company.

No boss would dislike such a diligent employee, and Wei Wu was no exception.

Anyway, Wei Wu has nothing else in hand right now, but he has plenty of scripts. As long as he likes filming, it's no problem to film four dramas a year!

And another advantage of Guo Jinyu is that he is not picky about food and is willing to take pictures of anything.

He is a more pragmatic person, not as aloof as other famous directors. He shoots whatever the audience wants to see and doesn't pay much attention to things like word of mouth.

For example, he directed "Nang Dao" and "Little Nyonya". These two films have poor reputations, with Douban scores of 2.5 and 4.8 respectively.

But in sharp contrast, the ratings of these two dramas are extremely high. "Niang Dao" was the runner-up in ratings in 2018. Although "Little Nyonya" failed to enter the top 10 of the year, its ratings were as high as 1.19. It was hot for a while.

You must know the male and female protagonists of these two dramas: Yu Yi + Yue Lina; Kou Jiarui + Xiao Yan.

The popularity is basically better than nothing. It can be said that the ratings are explosive. It really depends on the quality of the drama, or Guo Jinyu's appeal.

By the way, Yue Lina, the heroine of "Mother's Way", is Guo Jinyu's wife.

This man is really nepotistic. Not only does he go out of his way to praise his brother, but he also truly praises his wife.

Thinking of Yang Zhigang, Wei Wushun expressed concern:

"Are you brothers used to being here with us? Are there any difficulties?"

Guo Jinyu nodded repeatedly: "Get used to it, everything is fine, there is no difficulty.

"I would also like to thank my boss for giving my brother this opportunity to star."

Wei Wu waved his hand and said, "Hey, we are all members of our own family, there is no need to say these heretical things."

It turned out that when Wei Wu sent people to lobby, Guo Jinyu readily agreed, but he also made a request, that is, he hoped to defect to Wei Wu with his younger brother Yang Zhigang.

Wei Wu also agreed to let Yang Zhigang enter the Shu culture. Anyway, he is willing to praise his brother, and Wei Wu doesn't need to stop him, as long as it doesn't affect the ratings.

The key point is that even if Wei Wu doesn't let Yang Zhigang in, Guo Jinyu values ​​​​love and will still praise his brother when he directs a new drama independently in the future. It's better to sign in, at least the mutton will rot in the pot.

Even when Yang Zhigang signed in, Wei Wu didn't have to give him any resources because his brother would arrange it for him.

Yang Zhigang is 30 years old this year. He is a student in the class of 99 at Nortel and is a classmate of Du Chun.

Yang Zhigang is Guo Jingyu's youngest brother. One of them is the third and the other is the fourth.

Then why are the brothers named Yang and the other Guo?

It turns out that Yang Zhigang was adopted to his childless uncle as soon as he was born, so he took his uncle's surname of Yang.

Of course, you can also say that you have the same surname as your mother, because both your uncle and your mother have the same surname.

Although the two brothers have different surnames and are not considered to be a family, the relationship between the two brothers has always been very good, and they are closer than ordinary brothers.

Guo Jinyu almost forced his brother to become a TV star.

Of course, Yang Zhigang's acting skills are not bad, otherwise he wouldn't be so popular.

However, everyone had joined the Shu culture, so Wei Wu had to show his support.

So he arranged a role for Yang Zhigang in this drama, and that is the villain of the drama Takeshita Shun.

Although he is a villain, Takeshita Shun is also considered a relatively important character, and he is also a very charismatic character.

Of course Yang Zhigang is very happy. After all, he is still unknown at this time. It would be good if he has a movie to film. It is not his turn to choose a positive role or a villain at all.

What's more, in "Blade 1937" directed by his brother, he played the villain District Fourteen. It’s not like you’ve never played a villain before? What's so pretentious about that?