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The release of [The Wandering Earth] has been decided, and the distributors are jointly China Film Group and [Wei Ming Tianxia], so there is no need to divide this piece of cake.

In the following days, the [Manslaughter] crew headed by Wen Muye returned to China.

The company convened all the main creators of the [Dying to Survive] crew and held a lively celebration banquet.

Of course, the most important thing is to give everyone a heavy red envelope.

The movie sold well, and Wen Muye, Xiao Yang, Wang Chuanjun and others became famous, and Gu Wei made a lot of money, which can be said to be a happy ending.

After the celebration banquet, Wen Mu also devoted himself to the post-production of [Manslaughter], and Gu Wei received Rao Xiaozhi who came back from the [Sherlock on the Plains] crew in the office.

"How did Director Rao think of going to a small crew to be a producer?"

"Xu Lei is my friend. He was not sure about his first feature film and asked me to help.

It just so happened that I was not busy recently, so I went to help~" Director Rao blew the tea in front of him and took a sip slowly.

"What do you think of the movie?" Gu Wei asked curiously.

He had never heard of Xu Lei's name or the movie "Sherlock on the Plain". It should be a not-so-famous movie.

Rao Xiaozhi raised his head slightly and thought about it.

"Although Xu Lei is a new director, it is undeniable that he is very talented.

"Sherlock on the Plain" is a somewhat rustic and weird cold humor movie, telling the story of a rural old man Chaoying and his friend Zhan Yi who transformed into Sherlock on the plain and started a journey to chase the murderer.

It can be regarded as a fine movie in terms of shooting techniques and story content!"

After saying the compliment, Rao Xiaozhi couldn't help shaking his head.

"But there is not a single famous actor in the film. Xu Lei found a group of amateurs who fit the plot and roles to make the film. It will be difficult for the film to achieve box office success in the future."

"Amateur actors?

Have the main actors never acted before?" Gu Wei couldn't believe it.

Rao Xiaozhi smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't expect it at first. There are three main characters in the film, all of whom are rural old men, named "Chaoying", "Zhanyi" and "Shuhe".

The origin of their names is the real names of the three "actors" in their 60s found by Xu Lei, Xu Chaoying, Zhang Zhanyi, and Su Shuhe.

The three are all villagers in the local village. Let alone acting in movies, they haven't watched many movies."

"Interesting, I must watch it when the movie is released." Gu Wei's interest was also aroused by Rao Xiaozhi's words.

"Have you read the script sent to you by the company?"

After chatting for a few words, Gu Wei started to get to the point.

"I have read it several times in the crew after receiving the script!" Rao Xiaozhi also became serious when he said this.

"How do you feel?"

"Very good, the name of the movie is very appropriate, there is nothing important in life except life and death.

It is rare to tell the story of the funeral industry in domestic movies, and the story of [Life Events] is funny and tearful. By facing death, people can better cherish the present and better understand the meaning of life.

This meaning does not lie in monetary interests, but in the sincere feelings with family, friends, and people around.

It is a rare good story!"

Rao Xiaozhi said without hesitation.

Gu Wei smiled. [Life Events] is undoubtedly a good story, and a good story is very attractive to directors. He was not surprised by Rao Xiaozhi's reaction.

"Then Director Rao plans to take on this project?"

"I am confident that I can make this movie well!"

"Okay, that's it!" Gu Wei also believes that with Rao Xiaozhi's level and shooting style, he will not let down such a good story as [Life Events].

After the matter was settled, Gu Wei and Rao Xiaozhi had another discussion about the movie.

[Life Events] will be another key project of [Wei Ming Tianxia] after [Dying to Survive], and it will be starred by Gu Wei himself.

As the director of the film, Rao Xiaozhi has many things to communicate with Gu Wei, the screenwriter and star.

"I plan to shoot [Life Events] at the beginning of next year, and there should be plenty of time for preparatory work in the early stage.

Director Rao can go to Wuhan for location selection. I think that city is more in line with the temperament of the film."

Listening to Gu Wei's explanation, Rao Xiaozhi nodded unconsciously.

"Others are relatively easy to handle, but it may not be easy to find a child actor who can play the little girl "Wu Xiaowen" in the play."

Gu Wei frowned slightly.

The child actor in the original version of [Life Events] performed very well, but his version started shooting more than two years in advance. For children, the change in two years is very big. The original "Wu Xiaowen" is now too young and is likely to be unable to play the role.

"If it doesn't work, then audition. There are many children of the right age in the circle, and there will always be a suitable one."

September 15, Beijing Huairou Film and Television Base.

The opening ceremony of the ancient costume love drama "Eastern Palace" produced by "Wei Ming Tianxia" and directed by Li Muge was held here.

The shooting locations of this drama are mainly divided into four places, Dunhuang with the scenery of the desert outside the Great Wall, Bashang Grassland, Hengdian Film and Television City and Huairou Film and Television Base.

According to the shooting plan, the crew started shooting in Huairou, and after shooting the scenes here, they will go to Dunhuang and Bashang, and finally finish shooting in Hengdian.

Gu Wei's new film started shooting near Beijing, which naturally attracted many media reporters.

In the morning, under the leadership of Gu Wei and Li Muge, the crew went through the startup process by offering incense and worship to gods, and then entered the media interview session.

"This is my second collaboration with Director Li Muge. Director Li is a very good director. I am looking forward to creating different sparks this time."

"Ziyi is a very good actor. He has appeared in many film and television works before, and many of his roles have left a deep impression on the audience.

No matter in terms of image, temperament or acting skills, she is the most suitable candidate for "Qu Xiaofeng"."

As the absolute core figure in the crew, Gu Wei is naturally the one that the media pays the most attention to.

He is very familiar with this kind of interview. He comes up with cliches and praises everyone from the director to the heroine and other main actors. No one can find any fault with it.

Meng Ziyi was a little excited.

She has filmed a lot of movies over the years since she has been in the industry, and she has never been a heroine. However, this is her first time co-starring with Gu Wei. Her long-held wish has finally come true, and her whole mood is different from before. .

"I am very happy to be able to work with my senior brother in filming.

In fact, we have collaborated quite a lot before, from being the heroine in his MV at the earliest, to playing the school beauty who likes him in "A Smile Is Allure", to playing his ex-girlfriend in "You Are My Glory" .

It's not easy, this time I can finally play his real girlfriend.

It looks like I’ve been making progress.”

Meng Ziyi said and turned to look at Gu Wei beside her. She said that the whole audience laughed.

The opening ceremony ended and the crew officially started filming.

The morning of the first day passed quickly. Because the camera had just been turned on, the shooting progress was not very fast. However, through the shooting of several shots, everyone was gradually adapting to the shooting rhythm of the new scene.

"If you didn't tell me, I would have forgotten that you have played so many supporting roles in my plays." Gu Wei was chatting with Meng Ziyi during lunch.

"I have been your boss's supporting actress since I was in school. From Sister Nazha to Sister Reba, it has been really difficult for me over the years." Meng Ziyi cast a resentful look.

"Ahem." Gu Wei thought about it and it was indeed like this. It seems that Meng Ziyi has been playing soy sauce in his various dramas for so many years, and most of them played characters who were in love with him.

"I'm just polishing your acting skills, right? Playing the heroine is not necessarily a good thing.

And people in the industry are not all like this. They play supporting roles first, and then try to play leading roles after they have gained a certain reputation and matured their acting skills.

You see, you are very popular now. When our drama is aired, it will definitely become a big hit, and it will be the kind of fire that has a solid foundation."

To be honest, Gu Wei simply forgot about Meng Ziyi. If Yang Liwen hadn't kept mentioning it around him, he wouldn't have thought of filming "East Palace" to praise her.

"I know that my fame today is all due to your cultivation, boss."

Although he felt that the opportunity for the heroine came a little late, Meng Ziyi also knew that his current popularity was all due to signing with Gu Wei, which gave him the opportunity to appear in popular dramas one after another.

Among the students from Beijing Film Academy in the same class, she is undoubtedly the most famous one now.

"Brother, I have read the script of [East Palace] many times. Isn't the heroine I played in this romantic drama too miserable?"

The two chatted while eating, and Meng Ziyi asked Gu Wei his doubts.

[East Palace] This drama is adapted from the novel of the same name by Bandit Wo Sicun. It tells the story of the fifth prince of the Toyo Dynasty, Li Chengyin, and the ninth princess of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Qu Xiaofeng, who fell in love but couldn't help each other and had an unprecedented sadomasochistic relationship.

However, unlike traditional love dramas where the hero and heroine end up happily together, [East Palace] is a BE drama. After the two fell in love, they turned against each other and turned into enemies. In the end, the heroine even died in front of the two armies. It can be said that A truly tragic ending.

"Have you read the original novel?"

"I have read it. After I received the script, I went to read the original work. I found that our script has changed a lot."

Gu Wei nodded.

“Adaptation is indispensable for the film-making of novels, as long as the general context of the story and the attractive points remain unchanged.

Just like "East Palace", the heroine is a bit miserable, but it is precisely because of this that it is attractive and the audience likes to watch it.

Now, unlike in the past, not all film and television dramas have a happy ending. It is easier to leave a deep impression on the audience if there are shortcomings and difficult feelings."

Meng Ziyi nodded thoughtfully. She could understand what Gu Wei said, but when she thought that the dramas Gu Wei had filmed with others before were all about sweet relationships, now she would fall in love and kill each other, she felt... There is still some imbalance.

Gu Wei gave Meng Ziyi a brief explanation and stopped caring about her reaction.

[East Palace] This film is indeed different from all the TV series he has made before.

In terms of male protagonists, Gu Wei has played some upright characters before, whether he is a campus male god, a domineering president or an aerospace engineer. Although the professional personalities and images are different, the cores are generally similar.

But [East Palace] is different. From the perspective of the heroine, Li Chengyin can be said to be a complete bad guy.

At the beginning of the original work, the heroine Qu Xiaofeng, as the ninth princess of Xizhou, has a noble status and is the marriage partner of the Toyo Dynasty.

But the heroine was unwilling to get married, so she approached her master Gu Jian and asked him to take her to escape from the marriage. However, she did not meet Gu Jian at the agreed place, but instead ran into an injured tea merchant Gu Xiaowu.

The kind-hearted heroine saved him, and they fell in love after several entanglements. After the hero helped the heroine's grandfather defeat another enemy, he was recognized by the heroine's family and decided to marry the heroine to him.

As a result, at the wedding, the Feng Dynasty army came, and the originally trusted hero rebelled and turned into Li Chengyin, the fifth prince of Feng Dynasty.

As a result, the Danchi tribe to which the heroine's grandfather belonged was defeated.

Li Chengyin led his men to the Danchi king's tent and cut off the head of the king. All this was seen by the heroine. She only then realized that everything before was the hero's plan.

Approaching her and using her, in the end, was to wipe out Danchi.

The heroine's relatives died tragically, her lover betrayed her, and her world collapsed from then on. This was also the beginning of the two people's love and killing.

From the perspective of Feng Dynasty, Li Chengyin was not wrong, but from Qu Xiaofeng's perspective, he was a complete devil.

Although the male protagonist took advantage of the female protagonist's feelings, he did fall in love with her during their relationship.

It's just that Li Chengyin is not the kind of person who can give up his rights for love. He wants to get Qu Xiaofeng's love and wants to get the country.

This conflict point is also the reason why the relationship between the two eventually turned tragic.

This is the first time that Gu Wei plays this type of male protagonist, and it is also the first time that he plays a TV series with a tragic ending. For him, filming "Eastern Palace" is a very different experience.

As for whether this TV series with a tragic ending will be popular after it is broadcast, he is not worried at all.

With Gu Wei's current fame and popularity, even if he plays a TV series of mediocre quality, relying on his own traffic and major platforms to guide him, at least he can mix it into a hit.

Just like some TV series broadcast by Yang Mi and Zhao Liying in the future, the quality is obviously average, but relying on their own huge popularity, they can still make the TV series popular.

What's more, "Eastern Palace" is not a TV series of average quality.

The original version of "Eastern Palace" has a Douban score of 7.8, which is higher than the recent hits "The Journey of Flower", "Princess Agents", and "Eternal Love".

Moreover, the male and female protagonists of the original version are two unknown 18th-tier actors who have no popularity at all. Under such circumstances, the performance of "Eastern Palace" is still good and has won a large number of loyal fans.

Now that Gu Wei and Meng Ziyi have been replaced, it is impossible for the TV series not to be a hit.

The news of the start of "Eastern Palace" was quickly circulated on the Internet after it was exposed by the media.

The official Weibo of the crew also released the makeup photos of several main creators.

Gu Wei's Li Chengyin is still handsome, and he has a noble air in his prince's clothes.

Meng Ziyi's red dress is extremely eye-catching, and her appearance can also support the shelf of a peerless beauty.

[Brother's makeup photo is still so handsome, also in ancient costume. When he was filming "Nirvana in Fire", his Mei Changsu had that kind of sickly temperament. Now the fifth prince has a different feeling. His acting skills are YYDS!]

[Meng Ziyi is so beautiful. I always thought she was a funny girl when I watched "Flowers and Youth" before. I didn't expect that she is also a peerless beauty when she dresses up.]

[What Meng Ziyi said at the opening ceremony is really right. She has always played the role of pursuing Gu Wei before. This time she can finally play a real lover! ]

[A real lover, the kind of lover who kills her whole family? In the original novel of "Eastern Palace", the heroine is too miserable, and Li Chengyin is a peerless scumbag! ]

[Li Chengyin's character is really not very good, but it's different if Brother plays it. The filter is too heavy. Even if he plays a real villain in another drama, I like it! ]