Chapter 757 Filming Starts
The development of Wanwan’s entertainment industry can be traced back to the 1950s and 1960s.
At that time, the film industry had just started in Wanwan. Later, with the rise of the television industry, Wanwan's entertainment industry began to enter its golden age.
The entertainment industry is a type of cultural industry. Whether a local entertainment industry is developed or not is closely related to the local political and economic conditions.
Why is the old American Hollywood able to sell movies all over the world and become so popular in countries all over the world?
Because of its strong national strength, the United States ranks first in the world in terms of economic strength and military strength.
It is human nature to be strong. In the context of globalization, with the backing of the United States, the world's largest country, Hollywood's various American-style blockbusters can naturally flow smoothly and become popular.
Economic prosperity is the basis for the development of a regional entertainment industry.
Wanwan, along with Hong Kong Island, South Korea and Singapore, was collectively known as the Four Asian Tigers in the last century. With rapid economic development and affluent people, the entertainment industry has naturally entered a golden age of development.
When talking about the Bay Area Entertainment Circle, it is often combined with the Hong Kong Island Entertainment Circle and is called the Hong Kong and Taiwan Entertainment Circle.
The entertainment industry in Hong Kong and Taiwan in the 1980s and 1990s was an era of gods fighting, with all kinds of superstars emerging one after another.
Double Mondays, Four Heavenly Kings, Zheng Yi Jian, Zhang Guorong, Liang Chaowei, Gu Tianle, Qi Qin, Zhou Huajian, Wang Jie, Tong Ange, as well as the Little Tigers who have been active until now, etc.
The Hong Kong and Taiwan entertainment circles have made remarkable achievements in fields such as pop music, movies, TV series, and variety shows.
However, with the development of time, the Hong Kong and Taiwan entertainment circles, which relied on the entire Asian market, inevitably began to decline after reaching their peak.
In the past 20 years since entering the 21st century, this situation has become more and more obvious.
Today's Hong Kong and Taiwan entertainment circles have entered an embarrassing situation where there is no work.
The older generation of celebrities are slowly getting older, but there has been no new talent to take over.
Teacher Guan Xi on Hong Kong Island repaired a computer and directly repaired all the popular male and female stars of the younger generation. The much-anticipated successor Nicholas Tse also became Chef Tse. He stopped pursuing a career and started cooking. art.
The "Heavenly Banquet" here in Wanwan can be regarded as a young man highly favored by local capital, but after being fed with various resources, his achievements are still limited.
After the most popular Weibo actor Peng Yuyan changed his seat at a movie night last year, various resources were severely degraded.
On the contrary, 10 years later, mainland young stars have grown up rapidly.
This situation is not a coincidence, but is determined by the market environment and economic environment of Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Gu Wei has been to Wanwan several times to promote his TV series.
He is quite famous here. By analogy, it is like F4’s fame in China when [Meteor Garden] was at its peak.
[Ancient Sword Tales], [A Little Smile Is Alluring], [Nirvana in Fire], [Three Lives, Three Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Blossom], etc., these hit dramas of Gu Wei are not only popular in China, but also in The playback volume on Wanwan’s side is also very high.
To be precise, these dramas are very popular throughout Asia and in countries influenced by Confucian cultural circles.
Unlike previous promotions, Gu Wei did not announce his itinerary when he came to Taiwan to film, so no fans came to pick him up after the plane landed.
Wearing a mask and a hat, he walked out of the airport smoothly with Zhou Ming, Peng Yuchang and his entourage behind him, and got into the nanny car that came to pick them up.
Gu Wei has been to Wanwan these few times, and what impressed him the most is that it remains unchanged.
In China, whether it is urban construction or people's lifestyle, things are changing almost every year. Many things are constantly being updated, and new things emerge in endlessly.
However, in Wanwan, what it was like 10 years ago will still be what it is 10 years from now. The city and people’s lives have hardly changed.
Take phone booths as an example. Phone booths were once installed in domestic cities. However, with the development of mobile communications in a few years, this kind of public facility was eliminated. It is difficult to find phone booths in domestic cities again.
But in Wanwan, even in Taipei, the provincial capital, you can see many phone booths.
“Have Xiaomen been to Wanwan before?”
“No, this is the first time.”
In the black Mercedes Benz vs900 business car, Gu Wei and the others looked at the scenery outside the window and chatted.
“You are the first to come~” Peng Yuchang said in surprise.
“It’s normal. I was in school before. Even if my parents took me on trips, they were always in China, and they went to Europe a little further.
I have been to Hong Kong Island but not here. Across the bay."
Gu Wei said: "The scenery here is still good, but the urban construction is a bit poor, and it is incomparable with that in China"
Zhou Xi looked at the scenery outside the window. There were high-rise buildings, shopping malls and pedestrian streets, as well as dilapidated communities and dirty streets.
“I feel that Taipei’s urban construction and architectural style are not much different from those of third- and fourth-tier cities in mainland China.
A little disappointed”
Gu Wei said with a smile: “ Many of the buildings and streets here are very retro and difficult to find in China, which is why our movie was finally shot here."
After entering the crew and settling down, Gu Wei and Wen Wen Mu also met and chatted for a while.
Then all the main creators gathered together for a script reading.
"Teacher Wu Zhenyu, this is the first time we meet, and I am very happy to work together~"
The most important characters in [Zhou Chu's Elimination of Three Evils], besides the protagonist Chen Guilin, are the other two wanted criminals. Aberdeen is the second most wanted criminal, played by Ng Chun-woo.
"Mr. Gu, although this is our first meeting, I have heard of your name for a long time.
We also talked about you when we chatted with Songwen before. This time we can meet together It is also an honor for me to cooperate.”
Wu Zhenyu kept his posture very low.
Most of the Hong Kong celebrities of their generation have relatively low backgrounds, are very smooth in dealing with people, and know how to survive.
Liu Dehua is one of the best.
Although Wu Zhenyu always plays the bad guy in the drama, in reality he only shows his bad guy side when dealing with some unknown celebrities.
He who has a background or a reputation will never offend.
In the variety show "Infinite Transcendence Class", as mentors, Wu Zhenyu and Er Dongsheng used all kinds of venom at the new actors who participated. However, when Xiang Zuo came on stage, even if he showed his hips, they all manually turned off the microphone, and in the end they were still confused. Use your conscience to find various angles to praise.
The script reading went very smoothly. [Zhou Chu] The main actors in the crew are all absolute talents. No one has any major problems in acting. In addition to getting familiar with each other, the script reading , the main thing is to set a tone so that everyone will not deviate in their understanding of the script.
The next day, the crew officially started filming.
In the morning, in the dressing room, Gu Wei's hair was shaved again, and a small area of hairline on his forehead was shaved back. His face was also darkened, making him look old. It’s quite a bit different, and it’s somewhat similar to the look I wore when I was filming [Life Events].
"Brother Wei, you look quite handsome!" Zhou Ming watched Gu Wei put on his makeup and said with a smile.
There were no scenes for her in the first two days, but she still came to the set to watch other people filming, mainly to look after Gu Wei.
"My hair has been cut off and I have become so dark. How can I be so handsome? A cricket?"
"You look a little oily now, but not very oily. Your whole person is a little bit oily." He smells handsome"
Zhou Ming opened his big eyes, carefully looked at Gu Wei's face, and said seriously.
Today I filmed the first scene where the protagonist appears, killing another gang boss Tietou at Master Hong’s funeral.
This is also a scene that establishes the character of the protagonist Chen Guilin. From this scene, everyone can know what kind of person he is. Outside a decorated mourning hall, there were group performers wearing black suits all around, and wreaths were placed against the wall.
Gu Wei was wearing a large suit and sat eating a box lunch. Peng Yuchang, who was wearing a yellow wig, sat next to him.
“I haven’t seen such a big scene in a long time. Mr. Hong is really impressive.
That madman really came from Taipei and killed him!”
"Who are you talking about?"
Gu Wei carefully picked up the food in the lunch box. He was really eating, and it seemed to be quite delicious.
"A man named Guilinzai~"
"What Guilinzai?"
Peng Yuchang looked around and lowered his voice.
"Damn, let me tell you, although he is a lunatic, I really think he is quite fierce!"
"Do you know him?" Gu Wei chewed the food in his mouth, with a smile on his face. .
"Guilinzi is the young man of Ren Yinjiu in Dingzhuang Village, Zhongshan District.
Two months ago, Jiu Ge went to Hong Ye's casino and won more than eight million.
Hong Ye refused to admit the debt, and Ninth Brother was furious and asked Guilin Tsai to collect the debt.
What do you think the result will be? ”
“What was the result? "
"As a result, Guilin Zai took a grenade, took eight million over there and blew up the entire casino! Kill Mr. Hong!
You say he is a dick or not! "
The gangster Golden Retriever played by Peng Yuchang has an exaggerated expression of admiration.
Gu Wei was very happy to hear what he said about himself. He ate with a smile and nodded in agreement.
“Dick~”
“Dick~
But the first shot was the first, and after Brother Tietou issued a pursuit order, it seemed that Guilin Tsai was in danger. It's over." Peng Yuchang turned around and sighed, with a look of regret on his face.
The scene at the beginning of the movie is divided into two parts. One part is a chat between Chen Guilin and the gangster Golden Retriever, which explains the personal information of the protagonist and part of his character.
Then Chen Guilin walked to the mourning hall, took out his gun and shot Tietou in public. As he was leaving, he was seen by Wang Qianyuan, who played the policeman, and the two staged a chase scene.
Although the filming had just started, the scene with Peng Yuchang was too simple. The two filmed it back and forth three times, and Wen Mu just passed it.
The first two times were re-filmed because Peng Peng’s lines were not good enough.
“Fortunately, if this happens again, I won’t be able to eat the lunch box. Fortunately, I had the foresight to know that I didn’t even eat breakfast during the filming of this scene today.”
The filming was over, Peng Yuchang scratched his head: "I'm sorry, Brother Wei, it's because of me."
“I’m kidding you, the first scene was shot only three times after we started shooting, which means we both performed well.
Thank you for your hard work for today’s scene, and it was completed right after we started shooting. Treating you to dinner tonight will be treated as a wedding banquet."
Gu Wei smiled and patted Peng Peng on the shoulder, then went over to Wen Mu and discussed with him the shooting of the chase scene.
The crew had lunch at noon, and Zhou Ming was using his cell phone while eating.
“Brother Wei, have you seen the news about Zheng Shuang’s secret sister?”
He ate a lot of box lunches during the morning filming and was not hungry at all at noon, but Gu Wei still asked his assistant to prepare a small bowl of porridge and some fruit for him.
"News, what news?"
Zhou Ming raised his head with a gossipy look on his face.
“Yesterday Zheng Shuang participated in a live broadcast on a medical beauty platform. She asked the doctor and experts whether tooth extraction can slim the face?
The doctor said that no face slimming needle can work.
Then Zheng Shuang said, "Who said you can slim down your face?"
After the live broadcast ended, Sister Mi’s fans and Zheng Shuang’s fans started arguing online.
A lot of news is reporting on this now.”
Yang Mi once said in an interview that he had four wisdom teeth removed and his face lost a lot of weight. Zheng Shuang said this It's not surprising that the two fans are at odds
"Haha, Shuangzi is still the same upright girl as always." Gu Wei smiled and didn't care. This level of quarrel was just a small fight, and no one would pay attention to her in a short time.
"Brother Wei, you don't like Zheng Shuang?" Zhou Ming could hear the sarcasm in Gu Wei's tone.
“When I first debuted, I filmed a movie with her, [Gu Jian Qi Tan], in which Mi Sister and I starred, and Zheng Shuang played the second female lead.
She is a nice person. She is straightforward and careless, and to put it bluntly, she has a crazy and careless attitude.
I don’t like her or her ex-boyfriend.”
Zhou Mo nodded, of course she knew who Zheng Shuang's ex-boyfriend was.
As a die-hard fan of her boss, she knew that there was a conflict between Gu Wei and Zhang Han back then, because of the casting of "Shanshan Is Coming" caused quite a stir.
However, Gu Wei's promotion was too fast after that, and the gap between him and Zhang Han's position became wider and wider, making it difficult for the two to compare together.
At the end of December, [Manslaughter] was released in its third week, with a total box office of 1.286 billion, followed closely by [Ip Man 4], with a total box office of over 600 million.
After filming for a few days with the [Zhou Chu] crew, Gu Wei took a day off and flew back to Changsha to attend Mango Channel's New Year's Eve concert.
This year, Mango Channel has invited many popular celebrities in the industry for New Year's Eve. As the boss of a local channel and deeply involved in the entertainment industry, Mango Channel still has to give face to invite many celebrities.
Gu Wei also has many friends participating in this year’s Mango Channel New Year’s Eve, such as Yang Mi, Yang Zi and his assistant from [Rocket Girls 101].
Gu Wei sang one of his previous English songs [SoldOut] solo in the finale. Although there is no new song this year, this song is classic enough.
"Sister Mi, you are dressed very beautifully today, and the stage effect will be very good soon."
After rehearsing twice in the afternoon, Gu Wei chatted with Yang Mi, who was also attending the New Year's Eve. .
She has two songs tonight, one is "Wild Wolf DISCO" with Teng Gerer and Wang Chenyi, and the other is "Little Lucky" with Zhou Bi.
Dami Mi is wearing a low-cut long skirt, covered with sequins, her plump bust is surging, and it trembles slightly when she walks, which is extremely eye-catching.
"When was I not beautiful?" Yang Mi was very grateful for Gu Wei's compliments, but she habitually quarreled with him.
"Will the party really be sung later?" Gu Wei asked a sensitive question.
Yang Mi rolled her eyes at him upon hearing this.
"Of course I really sing, I have practiced these two songs"
(End of this chapter)