Chapter 137 The Unexpected Heroine
The next morning, Gu Wei came to Noon Sunshine Company. He was notified to come and take makeup photos.
The staff will lead you to the dressing room.
After putting on makeup, change into costumes and go to the studio to start taking makeup photos.
As soon as Gu Wei walked in, the eyes of the photographer and Director Kong Sheng who were standing aside lit up.
I saw Gu Wei wearing a crescent white brocade robe, with a slender figure, a jade-like face, gentle eyes, and a light gray mink velvet cloak behind him, making him look like a handsome young man.
The photographer was very satisfied with his look, and a set of photos was quickly taken.
"Gu Wei, in about half a month, our drama will start filming.
You have to study the script more, 'Mei Changsu' is the absolute protagonist.
Don’t let me down when filming. ”
Director Kong Sheng said to Gu Wei seriously.
Although there have been some achievements, Gu Wei's own age is too confusing.
With his early 20s and extremely handsome appearance, Director Kong Sheng always feels that his acting skills are not reliable.
"Don't worry, director, I've read the script by heart and memorized some of the lines. Just watch my performance later."
Gu Wei said confidently.
His acting skills are definitely better than those of the original version of Brother Hu. The only problem is that his face is a little softer.
This can only be made up for by makeup and some of his own later acting skills.
After taking the photo, Gu Wei did not leave. Instead, he stood at the edge of the studio and chatted with Director Kong Sheng for a while.
After a while, other actors came over to take makeup photos.
The most famous one is actor Wang Kai from Noon Sunshine Company.
He played the role of King Jing 'Xiao Jingyan' in [Nirvana in Fire]. He was also the second male lead of the show and the best friend of the male protagonist 'Mei Changsu'. Many viewers jokingly said that the male lead and the second male lead are the real ones. CP.
Wang Kai graduated from China National Theater Academy and came from a serious academic background. However, along the way, his acting career was not smooth.
Like Zhao Liying, Wang Kai, who was just starting out, signed a contract with Huayi Brothers, which is known as the "Grave of Newcomers".
After failing to get any help from resources, a little transparent person continued to play small supporting roles in various movies and TV dramas in the industry.
Until he was spotted by Hou Hongliang of Noon Sunshine, who took him to participate in "All Quiet in Peking" last year, and this year he starred in the company's costume drama "Langya Bang".
Before this, the audience's impression of Wang Kai was limited to the sissy image in "The Invincible".
After Wang Kai took the photo, he saw the director here and hurriedly came over to say hello.
Kong Sheng greeted him with a smile and introduced him to Gu Wei. He also had to take care of his own actor.
"Hello, Director Gu, I am Wang Kai. I am very happy to work with you."
Wang Kai has a very low profile. He is a man of noon sunshine, so naturally he is very interested in his family. The production and production of this TV series is very knowledgeable.
He knew that while Gu Wei was the male protagonist, he was also an investor working with the company.
Besides, he is a director of blockbuster movies.
Although she is young, in the entertainment industry everyone only cares whether she is popular or not, and no one cares about her age.
"Hello, Teacher Wang Kai, just call me Gu Wei. I'm just an actor. With Director Kong Sheng here, I don't dare to call myself a director."
Gu Wei is very talented. Be polite, the person carrying the sedan chair will respect you, but you can't hold your posture too high, as that will make you look arrogant.
"You two get to know each other, and you will still look good when we work together on the crew in the future."
Director Kong Sheng is happy to see Gu Wei and Wang Kai get to know each other, and now their relationship is better. In the future, I will be able to be more relaxed when acting as an opponent during filming.
Wang Kai chatted with Gu Wei for a while and then said goodbye to him.
Gu Wei was also ready to leave and was about to tell Director Kong Sheng.
He suddenly saw an actress put on makeup and a costume and walked into the studio.
So he stopped and was about to leave, and asked Director Kong Sheng in surprise.
"Director, is this Tang Yan?"
"Yes."
"What role does she play in our play?"
< br>Gu Wei remembered that Tang Yan did not appear in the original version of "Nirvana in Fire", and when he saw her coming over to take makeup photos, he immediately looked suspicious.
Kong Sheng glanced at Gu Wei and said in a normal tone.
"Of course she plays the role of 'Princess Nihuang'. Her costume looks pretty good and she matches you well.
I can also train her in terms of acting skills."
"She plays the role of 'Princess Nihuang'?" Gu Wei looked surprised.
Kong Sheng was a little strange.
"Is there any problem? Do you think she is not suitable?"
"Um~ That's not true.
By the way, director, I seemed to see Liu Tao when I went upstairs. , does she also play a role in our TV series?"
Gu Wei asked again.
“I originally planned to ask Liu Tao to audition for the role of ‘Concubine Jing’, but I felt that her temperament was not suitable, so I didn’t use her.”
Director Kong Sheng looked at Gu Wei.
“Actually, I think Liu Tao’s temperament is very suitable for playing the heroine "Nihuang". Unfortunately, she is 78 and you are 92. There is a 14-year age difference. Even with good makeup, it is difficult to hide the huge age gap. , I’m afraid that the audience will be disappointed.”
Director Kong said with emotion.
Gu Wei suddenly realized that he, a little butterfly, could flap his wings and kill Liu Tao's heroine.
I’m really sorry for Sister Tao. It seems that in the original version, because the male protagonist was Brother Hu and the two were not much different in age, the crew of "Nirvana in Fire" finally chose her as the female protagonist. Now it is indeed inappropriate to change it to herself.
After all, this is a costumed conspiracy drama, not a modern version of an idol drama about a big sister and a little wolf dog.
Although there have been changes in personnel, Gu Wei is not worried that the quality of this drama will be compromised.
The production of TV series in Noon Sun will never rely on a few actors with excellent acting skills or big stars who were very popular at the time.
They rely on their company's professional production team to be particularly perfect in all aspects, work hard to create a good drama.
Although the choice of the heroine was somewhat beyond Gu Wei's expectations, it had little to do with him.
After telling Director Kong, he left Noon Sunshine and returned to his company.
When I arrived at the entrance of the company, I found the young beauty at the front desk scrolling listlessly on her phone, frowning.
"What's wrong? You look unhappy when you check your phone?"
Gu Wei leaned over and asked curiously.
"Ah, boss, I won't play with my phone at work next time~"
The little beauty at the front desk was caught fishing at work and was caught by the boss, and she suddenly felt a little nervous.
Although Gu Wei was her idol originally, when the idol became the boss, the idol was no longer cute.
Gu Wei laughed and said, "I don't blame you. There is no one around now and you don't have a job. It's normal to relax occasionally. Why do you look unhappy while playing on your phone?"
< br>Seeing that Gu Wei didn't mean to blame her, the little beauty breathed a sigh of relief and then said.
"Boss~ I was watching the news just now. [Journey to the West: Havoc in Heaven] was released, and their box office exceeded our company's [Tang Detective]."
"That's it, the box office was surpassed. It's a matter of time, what's so frustrating?
Just work hard." Gu Wei smiled and waved his hands indifferently.
Without talking to the front desk, Gu Wei walked into the company and sat in his office.
I took out my mobile phone and checked. After more than a month of release, [Journey to the West: Havoc in Heaven] has a box office revenue of 10.47, which is only a little more than [Tang Detective]'s 1.023 billion.
This Journey to the West-themed blockbuster, co-produced by Donnie Yen, Chow Yun-fat, Aaron Kwok and other big-name stars, has a poor Douban score of 4.3.
You must know that [Little Times] still has 4.7 points.
It’s not that this movie is not as good as Little Times, it can only be said that everyone originally had higher expectations for this movie. After all, it is Fa Ge + Universe Dan + Guo Tianwang, which is said to be comparable to last year’s [Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons] It’s also a big movie with the theme of Journey to the West.
The audience happily entered the cinema and prepared to watch the blockbuster movie, but they were confused, ‘Are we just going to watch this? ’
So naturally there are more negative reviews.
But to be honest, the special effects of this movie are really good, which will satisfy some audiences who want to see big productions and luxurious special effects.
It satisfies the taste of some audiences, so it makes sense for it to be outstanding at the box office.
Gu Wei looked at the box office figures of "Havoc in Heaven" and felt a little amused.
Not to mention it is just a little bit more than [Tang Detective], which makes people wonder if this is a coincidence.
After all, the publicity effect of the first three and the fourth is very different. If "Havoc in Heaven" is successful, it must make a sequel.
Gu Wei remembered that the director of this movie, Zheng Baorui, later made "Journey to the West: Monkey King Three Fights against the Bone Demon" and "Journey to the West: The Kingdom of Women".
The result is that each one is more powerful than the other.
Gu Wei was scrolling through his cell phone in the office when he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door.
“Come in~”
Unexpectedly, it was Zhang Tianai who opened the door and walked in.
She was wearing a white woolen coat and a pair of light brown boots. Her long light brown hair was spread over her shoulders. Her face was fair and her lips were red. She looked more energetic than before.
Zhang Tianai walked to Gu Wei with a smile.
"Mr. Gu, long time no see~"
"No, Xiao Ai, you should call me Gu Wei, I'm not used to calling me Mr. Gu."
Zhang Tianai didn't care either. It could be seen that she was much more confident after the explosion of "Crown Princess".
"Gu Wei, I heard from Sister Yang that you are in the company, so you will rush back as soon as you finish the business performance. Do you want to have dinner together in the evening?"
Her beautiful big eyes looked at Gu Wei closely. , the whole person is full of heroic spirit.
Gu Wei had always read a sentence on the news called "red energy nourishes people".
He always thought that celebrities were not good at makeup and styling when they were not famous. After they became famous, they could afford to hire a good stylist, and with the post-production beauty photos, they would look natural. It looks better than when I was a young actor.
But when he saw Zhang Tianai today, he knew that his understanding was superficial.
The saying "red energy nourishes people" really has its truth.
At least once you become famous, the confidence that radiates from the inside out can really make you look more beautiful.
Gu Wei remembers that during the filming of "The Princess", he went to visit the class. Zhang Tianai would occasionally hesitate and hesitate when facing him, but he was not as cheerful as he is now.
"No problem, you are my cash cow now. As a boss, I have to keep you company."
Hearing Gu Wei's promise, the smile on Zhang Tianai's face It's getting brighter and brighter.
In the evening, Gu Wei took Zhang Tianai to a famous high-end private restaurant in Beijing.
Both of them will be fully armed, including masks, sunglasses, and peaked caps.
After all, Zhang Tianai is very popular right now. If the scandal breaks out at this time, it will undoubtedly be a heavy blow to her rising star.
Gu Wei, as her boss, would never allow this to happen.
After getting off the car, Zhang Tianai hugged one of Gu Wei's arms and stood beside him. Gu Wei turned his head and glanced at her without saying anything.
The two walked into the hotel like a couple.
(End of this chapter)