Chapter 132 The song is not what it sounds like at first hearing
After entering the crew, the first thing Gu Wei saw was Zhao Liying’s cute face.
"Liying, Happy New Year~"
"Happy New Year~" Zhao Liying saw Gu Wei and said hello happily first.
Then he approached him and asked with a gossipy look.
"Are you and Liu Yifei really in a relationship?"
Gu Wei looked at her curious eyes and said helplessly.
“How is that possible? We are just ordinary friends, just having a meal together.
Didn’t you also have dinner with me?
Could it be that we are also men and women? Friends?”
"Of course I'm different. I said it must be a false report by these media."
Zhao Liying, who was scolded by Gu Wei, said with some indignation.
Looking at her cute look, Gu Wei leaned close to her ear and deliberately teased her.
“The two of us can also go out for a meal together, which will ensure that our scandal will be all over the Internet the next day, and save the crew money on publicity.”
“Who wants to follow us? You spread the scandal together, don’t tell me, work will start soon.”
After saying that, he ran away.
When Gu Wei joined the crew and started filming, the film market was also in turmoil.
Since Zhou Xingchi's "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" sold for 1.2 billion during the Chinese New Year last year.
The Spring Festival period starting from the first day of the lunar new year has also become an excellent period in the Chinese film market that is not inferior to the Lunar New Year period.
Many well-produced and ambitious blockbusters are released during the Spring Festival.
What is different from other schedules is that all the movies released during the Spring Festival are released on the first day of the Lunar New Year, so that each distributor can show its magic in the film schedule.
Your popularity is high, and my background is strong. He can give profits to the theaters. Anyway, in order to increase the filming rate, any method will be used.
Gu Wei took a look at this year’s Spring Festival.
A total of 4 movies were released, [Journey to the West: Havoc in Heaven], [The Storm in Macau], [The Story of My Ex] and the variety show [Where Are We Going, Dad].
Among them, "The Story of the Ex" is a pure love story film. It can only be said that the film barely passed the mark and created a complete love story.
The special effects of "Journey to the West: Havoc in Heaven" are indeed good, but they are just a traditional Chinese story packaged in a Western fantasy model. The gods and demons are at odds with each other, and the rebel leader transforms into a superhero. The story has too many flaws and the lines are also funny.
It is said by the audience that watching the trailer is equivalent to watching the whole movie.
[Macau Storm] is a typical Wang Jing-style movie. What is a Wang Jing-style movie? It is made casually just to make money and make the audience laugh. Everyone can just go to the cinema and watch it and have fun. As for the plot and logic inside, there is no need to delve into it.
The great director Wang Jing has already told you clearly when he made this movie, this is a bad movie, just enjoy it, and don’t come here if you have any brains.
In addition to Zhou Runfa and Xie Tingfeng, this movie also stars Da Tiantian.
As expected of Tiantian, she is always indispensable in such bad movies.
Miss Jingtian also invited Gu Wei to attend the premiere. Unfortunately, Gu Wei had too many things on his hands at the time, so he had to decline.
Needless to say, the last one [Where Are We Going, Dad?] cannot really be called a movie at all.
It’s just a variety show shown in cinemas, but it’s still good to watch during the Chinese New Year.
While Gu Wei was filming on the set, on February 4th, "Prince Concubine's Promotion" was officially released on Tengxun Video.
Tengxun knows how to promote, and it has used the online scandal between Gu Wei and Liu Yifei in the past two days to promote "The Princess", making netizens more curious about this online drama about Gu Wei's male-to-female transformation.
On the first day when the TV series was launched, it attracted widespread attention from netizens as soon as it was launched, and quickly started to dominate the screen.
After only 12 hours of broadcasting, it broke the broadcast record of traditional self-made dramas, created a legend of 4 million views, and achieved a good start.
At the same time, the playback volume of the series has been rising sharply. Only 48 hours after it was launched, the playback volume of "Prince Concubine's Promotion" has exceeded 10 million.
It has become the most popular online drama since the beginning of 2014.
This drama not only has a unique number of views, but also ranks first in the number of discussions and topics among netizens.
The drama contains eye-catching elements such as "corruption", "contrast cuteness", "palace fighting", and "gender swap". The plot is so imaginative that it has attracted national attention, and the costumes and scenery have set off a craze for online sales.
The hot topics topped the list. The barrage party, the screen licking party, the CP party, and the prediction party all spoke about Amway and acted as tap water. Netizens called this drama poisonous!
Netizens commented on this drama as "poor and shocking".
"Thunder" may be real thunder, but to be honest, the crew is not poor at all, and the filming schedule is not rushed. As the big boss, Gu Wei can invest money in the crew at any time.
It's just that the style of the costumes and props designed by the director of "The Princess" is just like this, making everyone look cheap.
Ten days after the TV series was launched, the number of views officially exceeded 100 million, and it became the number one topic on Weibo.
Zhang Tianai, who also plays the role of the ‘Crown Princess’, is really popular on the Internet. The princess she plays in the play is cute and sweet, pure and lustful, and is domineering and charming. She looks stunning in ancient costume and has fascinated many viewers.
Li Xian, who plays the male protagonist in the drama, and other supporting actors, although not as popular as Zhang Tianai, are also concerned by some netizens.
"Okay, I understand. Keep communicating with Tengxun. Now is just the beginning. I believe the final results of [Prince Concubine's Promotion Story] will surprise all of us."
Gu Wei just now Hang up the phone with Zhao Mingcheng.
The popularity of [Princess Princess] brought huge benefits to Gu Wei Company.
First of all, it’s about money. Because the agreement signed with Tengxun is a split account, every additional member’s effective views of the show will earn Gu Wei one more penny.
Pre-roll advertisements for online dramas are now being queued up, and Tengxun Video has also made a lot of money this time.
Zhang Tianai's value has surged. She has become a new traffic on the Internet and can directly create value for Gu Wei's company.
All kinds of commercial performances and endorsements came to my door, and he immediately became a cash cow for [Wei Mingxia Agency].
Finally, the reputation of the film and television company under Gu Wei's name has been established. Once new dramas are filmed in the future, it will be very easy to sell films.
At least Tengxun Video will definitely be willing to offer a price that satisfies Gu Wei.
Just when "Princess" was a hit on the Internet, on the 10th, Universal Records held a press conference for Gu Wei's new song.
Two EP singles [Natural] and [SoldOut] have been released globally.
[Natural] is a song included in the album of Dream Dragon in 2018.
Its Chinese name is translated as "gifted".
The whole song is bursting with wind, and the song is full of swelling energy. With the support of simple and powerful electronic drum beats, Gu Wei's singing also shows the most majestic momentum.
The lyrics also highlight the high-spirited youthful spirit: We are always disappointed, but we must inspire our nature and release the passion in our body with a peaceful attitude!
It is suitable for the environmental background when Gu Wei originally wrote "The Proud Boy" and his mental state at that moment.
The original song of [SoldOut] comes from the Eagle Nelson Band. The content of the song is relatively religious. The author's central idea is to express that he will follow Jesus, practice the teachings, and no longer stick to personal interests.
The belief in fighting and fighting for your beliefs. Each of us should stick to what we insist on, never forget our original intention, and live for ourselves.
Gu Wei made some changes to the song, removing words about religion and Jesus, and changed it to chasing dreams.
Following the rhythm of the original rock and roll, the content of the entire song has completely become dreams and beliefs, hard work and struggle.
These two songs were originally very popular ‘war songs’ on the original space-time network. Many movie clips were edited with these two songs, which instantly exploded the audience.
What impressed Gu Wei the most was when [Wonder Woman] appeared with [SoldOut], he felt like his whole body was on fire watching the video.
"Excuse me, Gu Wei, why did you write two English songs?"
At the press conference, some media asked Gu Wei.
“Before my movie was released last year, there was a very gloomy period. At that time, I wrote four songs: [Proud Boy], [Lonely Warrior], [Natural], and [SoldOut] Song.
It’s just that I only released two Chinese songs at that time. Later, when Universal Records asked me to sign a contract, naturally these two English songs were released to everyone. ”
Listening to Gu Wei’s explanation, the media also felt that it was very reasonable.
Singers generally have specific scenes and emotions when writing songs. They write happy songs when they are happy, and they write happy songs when they are painful. When he was young, he wrote sad songs, and when he was broken up, he naturally wrote love songs.
The styles of several of Gu Weifa's songs are very consistent, they are youthful, passionate, passionate and struggling.
They fit his age and style very well. state of mind.
"It's your first time to release an English song, are you confident?"
"Of course, I have full confidence in myself, and even more confidence in my songs!"
All announcements It's a top ten song. It's not a problem to work hard to get to the first place. How can he not be confident?
“Your Chinese songs are so popular in China. If the English songs are not as popular as imagined, will there be a gap?”
“No, I believe it will be. can succeed.”
Gu Wei said and looked at the reporter with firm eyes.
Gu Wei is not exaggerating. The [Billboard Hot 100] is the most authoritative pop music ranking in the American music industry. It is also the most valuable ranking list in the international music scene.
The [Billboard] statistics on the ranking of each district are based on a comprehensive comparison of the four aspects of radio on-demand volume + sales + streaming media + download data.
This list is published once a week, and the top one is the Billboard No. 1 single.
Since entering the Internet era, the proportion of the last two items in Billboard song rankings has become higher and higher.
Gu Wei clearly remembers that just 4 years later, with the help of his Asian fans, one of Wu's English songs made it to the Billboard Hot 100, ranking 73. It was thanks to the support of his fans. Online support.
Gu Wei feels that with the quality of his songs and the help of domestic fans, it will not be difficult for him to get on [Billboard].
(End of this chapter)