Chapter 66: News
[ByteDance] is already well-known in the Internet circle at this time.
The company was founded in March 2012 and did not develop its first product [Toutiao] until the second half of 12 years.
It has been more than half a year now.
As early as last year, Gu Wei wanted to go over to this company, find a way to invest, and get shares.
It's a pity that Gu Wei didn't have much money at that time, let alone fame. In order to play the leading role, most of the first pot of gold was invested in Lu Yang's movies.
But fortunately, [ByteDance] has only been established for less than a year now, and it has only raised one round.
In July of '12, it raised $1 million and valued the business at $5 million.
This round of financing is likely to depend on the successful experience of the company's founder Zhang Yiyi, and the fact that ByteDance's new product [Today's Headlines] is about to be launched.
At this time, ByteDance was still a completely small company, and its only product [Today's Headlines] was not a big hit.
As for [Douyin] and [TikTok], which will be popular all over the world in the future, it will have to wait 16 and 17 years before they can be launched.
Now is the best opportunity to invest in it, the first two rounds of investment in "Byte" are purely financial investments, and investors are only investment bank funds that often invest in Internet companies.
After this year, the "Byte" [Today's Headlines] fire, and if you want to invest in it, you can't just have money, you have to come up with resources that can help the development of the enterprise.
hung up the phone, thinking that he also had the hope of becoming the boss of [ByteDance], even if it was only a small shareholder, but the future value was astronomical.
The smile on Gu Wei's face was uncontrollably revealed, and the whole person looked very happy.
"Director, what's so good about being so happy?" Xiao Zhen got out of the scene and was packing up his things on the side and was about to leave, looking at Gu Wei smiling, he asked curiously.
When Gu Wei heard his words, he looked around for a week, and everyone hadn't left yet.
"The recent filming has gone very smoothly, the progress is very fast, everyone has worked hard in the past few days, in this way, you tell everyone that I will be the east tonight, please have a big meal and relax."
Xiao Yan shouted loudly
"The director said, invite everyone to a big meal in a while, everyone has a share!"
"Yay!"
"Great!"
"Long live the director~"
The crew cheered when they heard it, and the recent intense and busy filming really made everyone feel very tired.
"Director, do you want to go out together and have fun after eating?"
With a lewd smile on his face, Xiao Yan leaned over to Gu Wei and asked in a whisper.
"You better look for Chen He, don't you two often be together, but pay attention to safety, don't play too late, you have to film tomorrow."
Gu Wei said.
When Xiao Yan and Chen He are not filming, they often go out together to experience the local customs and special services in Thailand.
Of course, the focus is on special services, and they have also invited Gu Wei before.
However, Gu Wei, as a director, as long as the film is turned on, he will inevitably appear, and there will definitely be no time during the day.
He has a big sister to accompany him at night, and he doesn't have time, which is a pity.
They also looked for Wang Baoqiang, but Baoqiang was an honest child, and it was okay to go out to see the scenery, but he didn't participate in anything else.
Poor Baoqiang has been filming in Thailand for so long, and his daughter-in-law has never come to visit the class.
Occasionally, I watched the crew on a video, and I hung up without chatting a few words, and the most important thing is that the agent is not around, according to Baoqiang, there is cooperation to talk about in China.
Thinking of this, when they were eating together in the evening, Gu Wei, who was sitting at the same table, couldn't help but add a few more chopsticks and green leafy vegetables to Bao Qiang, hoping that he would have a healthy body.
Bangkok is tropical, with a tropical monsoon climate and an average temperature of around 30 degrees throughout the year.
And it often rains.
It's just hot, the crew can hold on, but it's not okay when it's raining, after all, there is no rainy day scene in the plot of [Detective Chinatown].
The scenes that were originally arranged may be changed due to the sudden heavy rain.
This is not good for the weather forecast, because many times, an unexpected rain is not reported by the weather forecast.
Today was originally planned to shoot an outdoor chase scene, but it suddenly rained heavily in the morning, and the chase scene would definitely not be scheduled.
Gu Wei made a temporary decision, changed the room, and changed to another scene.
"Savadika"
"Brother Tai, it's me~"
"Tang Ren, have you been to Malaysia or South Korea?"
"I'm right at your doorstep~"
"Ah~ah!"
Kun Tai's home.
Xiao Yan covered his head with a towel and wore pajamas
"Why don't you go?"
"We want to prove our innocence" "We want to solve the case"
Tang Ren and Qin Feng said together
"Do you think it's a movie? Are you the king back? Kun Tai looked incomprehensible
"You've got to help me," Tang Ren pleaded
"I've already helped you run away~
I'll help you again, my police won't do it! Kun Tai's emotions gradually became agitated
"If they know that you collect black money, open a small casino...... Tang Ren began to chant Kun Tai's handle
"How dare you threaten me?"
"Your wife must know that you are raising a little wife......" Kun Tai's expression changed when he heard this
"How can I help you?"
"We're going to see the details of Songpa." "And his consumption list for the past six months"
"We still have to go to the police station" Look at the surveillance video" Qin Feng and Tang Ren said all the requirements one by one.
βAre you crazy?β Hearing that they were going to enter the police station, Kuntai was very excited.
"You don't even ...... the director's wife," Tang Ren pointed at Kun Tai to go down.
Kun Tai immediately stepped forward and grabbed Tang Ren's fingers with his hand, and said in a gentle tone.
"Let's plan it~"
In this scene, Qin Feng played by Gu Wei only echoed a few words on the side, and the rest was mainly played by Wang Baoqiang and Xiao Zhen.
mainly depends on Xiao Yan's performance, and the dramatic effect of this scene is all on him.
After taking a shot, Gu Wei hurried to the display screen to see the effect of the shooting just now.
After playing back the whole thing, Gu Wei called Wang Baoqiang and Xiao Yan over.
Let them watch the performance again.
"Brother Baoqiang, you don't have any problems, Xiao Yan, you see, this reversal before and after you is a little bigger.
I was very excited to hear what we were asking for, and then when I heard the last threat, I immediately became very gentle, so that the comedic effect was stronger. β
Xiao Yan thought about it
"I see, director, watch my performance."
went through the scene again, this time Xiao Yan's performance was obviously more tense, according to Gu Wei's words, the contrast between the demeanor and tone before and after was obvious, and the comedy effect was outstanding.
"Very good, this one is over, we will keep one."
Xiao Yan is a good actor with acting skills and talent, from the start of the filming of the [Tang Detective] movie to the present, Gu Wei can see his efforts and progress.
From not being very comfortable with the character's style at the beginning, to slowly integrating into the character and discovering something for himself.
After all, Gu Wei's script is just a literal thing, and some conceptual words written on paper, such as happiness, excitement, and lack of heart, still have to be understood by the actors themselves, and then interpret them according to their own methods.
At this point in the movie, Xiao Yan has already eaten the role of Kun Tai thoroughly, and slowly added some of his expressions and small actions during the shooting.
These Gu Wei, as the director, see it most clearly.
On the other hand, Chen He, who has a similar role to Xiao Zhen's role, although he also acted very well, but only because the role of Huang Landon fits him more closely with him, he can't feel his ambition in acting, because he can play himself, so he is handy.