In April, Gu Wei received an invitation to participate in the 4th Beijing International Film Festival.

Originally, Gu Wei didn't want to participate, because although [Embroidered Spring Knife] was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Temple of Heaven Award at the Film Festival, he himself was not shortlisted for any awards.

The Beijing International Film Festival did not set an award for the best newcomer, and his acting skills in [Embroidered Spring Knife] could only be regarded as good, and he was not shortlisted for the best actor.

But Senior Brother Lu Yang called him and invited him to participate in the Beijing International Film Festival together.

It's hard for him to refuse now, after all, Lu Yang helps him a lot, and Lu Yang is very hopeful of winning the award at this film festival, and he wants Gu Wei to attend with him.

The two awards shortlisted for [Embroidered Spring Knife] are the Best Director Award and the Best Screenplay Award.

It just so happens that the director and screenwriter are both Lu Yang.

Since he couldn't refuse, Gu Wei had to ask the crew for a few days off and flew back to the capital overnight.

Guided by the National Film Administration and hosted by China Central Radio and Television and the Beijing Municipal People's Government, the Beijing International Film Festival is an international film festival second only to the Shanghai Film Festival in China.

The Beijing Municipal Government attaches great importance to this film festival, which has only been held for four years, and tries to make it a way to promote the public's understanding of film culture and film technology, stimulate visitors' love for film, and build the most direct bridge between the film industry and consumers.

In addition to the awards, the most important thing for the entire film festival is to provide a platform for excellent films at home and abroad to sell films, and the Beijing Municipal Government and the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television are trying to imitate the model of the Cannes Film Festival and the Berlin Film Festival to create China's own international film festival.

After returning to the capital, Gu Wei first returned to the company to take time to deal with some affairs.

The crew of [Residual Sin] has been started, and the director chose the filming location in Shencheng.

Zhao Mingcheng, the producer, rushed to Shencheng with the entire crew and all the actors.

Unlike [Crown Princess] at that time, [Residual Sin] received wide attention in the industry as soon as it was launched.

Zhang Yishan itself has some traffic, plus Zhang Tianai, who is on fire at this time, and the team is also the filming team of [Crown Princess], which makes everyone full of expectations for this TV series that has just been launched.

The three major video platforms of Tengxun, Kiwifruit, and Youku, as well as the recently fast-growing LeTV Video, all called Gu Wei Company to inquire about the filming of [Yu Sin], and see if they could reach a cooperation agreement with [Wei Mingxia] in advance.

After all, the three major video platforms, which were originally evenly matched, took a big step forward in the data of Tengxun at the beginning of 2014 because of an online drama, and the market share originally surpassed Youku from the second place to become the first place.

These other two companies, including up-and-comer LeEco, are in sight.

Although the money settled by Tengxun Video to Gu Wei Company in the later stage has exceeded 100 million, these are all earned from the membership fees and patch advertisers attracted by [Crown Princess].

It can be said that the broadcast of [Crown Princess], Tengxun did not take any risks, and only enjoyed the benefits brought by the explosion of online dramas.

These are the envy of other video sites.

The TV series can be said to be popular before it is broadcast.

Sun Zhonghuai, the boss of Tengxun Video, even called Gu Wei in person, hoping that the two companies could continue to maintain cooperation.

"Mr. Sun, I am very grateful for your attention, it's not that I don't let go, the key is that the film hasn't been filmed yet.

In this way, I also very much want to maintain a long-term cooperative relationship with you, I can give you a promise, under the same conditions, I will inevitably choose our Tengxun video. ”

"Okay, Mr. Gu, I am relieved to have your words, and I look forward to our happy cooperation in the future."

Gu Wei hung up the phone and sat in the office, looking at the preparation plan for the online drama [Residual Sin] that the assistant brought him.

[Residual Sin] is a joint production of two seasons, with 12 episodes in one season and a total of 24 episodes.

A total of 30 million yuan was invested, which was 10 million higher than the investment of the original space-time version 2000.

The main reason is that in the original time and space, except for a Zhang Yishan, the rest of the actors are all small transparent with 18 lines.

And now this version has the hottest online drama female advocate Tianai, and Li County also has a certain popularity.

In addition to the greater cost of the actors, the production of the crew is also more sophisticated than the original version, so there is more budget expenditure.

However, Gu Wei was not worried about the profitability of [Remaining Sin], and with the fame of [Crown Princess], [Residual Sin] shouted the slogan created by the original team of [Crown Princess], and attracted a large number of sponsors in the preparation stage.

After all, [Residual Sin] is a modern drama, which is convenient for product placement, and many products can be implanted in the play, which is a large amount of income for the crew.

Finally, through the careful selection of the crew, on the premise of not affecting the fluency of the plot, five manufacturers, Lay's potato chips, Rejoice, Tongyi Iced Tea, Master Kong instant noodles, and Mengniu milk, were selected, and the implantation sponsorship contract was signed.

All the product placement fees add up to 15 million, and half of the cost of the TV series has been recovered before filming has started.

For the company, this has minimized the risk of this TV series.

In fact, the profit-making method of product placement advertising is not uncommon in today's film and television dramas.

Just like director Feng Xiaogang who fought with Gu Wei at the end of last year, as long as people are filming modern dramas, they will inevitably rely on product placement advertising to recoup their costs first, or even make profits directly.

As for the movie after its release, no matter how much the box office is, it will be earned.

Of course, there is this premise, and it is also because his movies are popular with everyone.

The advertiser is not stupid, he is willing to invest money in advertising when he knows that your movie and TV series are bound to be a hit.

If it is a small production that is not famous, there will be no advertisers to take care of it.

In the afternoon, Gu Wei made an appointment with Lu Yang and drove to the National Center for the Performing Arts accompanied by team members.

Meet Lu Yang at the door first.

This time at the Beijing International Film Festival, the participants of the [Embroidered Spring Knife] crew are relatively pitiful, there are only three people, Lu Yang, Gu Wei and Wang Qianyuan, and many others are filming in the crew, and there is no time, after all, the gap between the Beijing Film Festival and the Golden Horse Awards in terms of fame is still quite large.

And Liu Yifei, as the female lead, also came to the film festival, but she couldn't be with Gu Wei and them.

Liu Yifei also participated in the film festival with her own film "The Last War", but the film was not shortlisted for any awards, purely to promote it through the film festival and see if it could sell the copyright fee.

Some people may not know that "The Last War" was later renamed "The Legend of the White Ghost: Desperate Escape", and it is also a Sino-foreign joint venture movie.

The starring roles are Liu Yifei and Nicola Cage, but Cage at this time is not worth much, he is still taking bad movies in order to repay his debts, no matter what movie he can act in as long as the money is enough.

When Gu Wei arrived, he happened to see Liu Yifei walking the red carpet with her crew, there was no Cage, only the foreign director of the movie and a few actors.

waved to her from afar, and there was no chance to communicate.

"Gu Wei, you are finally here, there are only three of us at this awards party for 1,000 yuan."

Lu Yang saw Gu Wei and greeted him cordially, and it could be seen that Senior Brother Lu Yang was a little nervous, after all, there were two nominations, and he still liked the awards at this film festival.

"Senior Brother Lu, Teacher Wang, let's go."

The three of them met and said hello, and before they could chat for a while, the staff notified them to go on the red carpet.

Gu Wei and the three of them were all wearing black suits, and they didn't waste much time on the red carpet, and strode into the venue.

"Gu Wei, this way~"

After entering the venue, Liu Yifei, who had greeted Gu Wei just now, called him on the side.

Gu Wei said something to Lu Yang and walked over.

"Sister Yifei, meet again, it's not very interesting, why don't you follow our [Embroidered Spring Knife] crew."

Liu Yifei was a little embarrassed.

"The crew of [The Last War] came to sell films, and I am not familiar with the place, so I have to help as a landlord.

Aren't we in the crew with you and Director Lu Yang? ”

Gu Wei looked at the other people who were standing not far away from the [Last War] crew.

"That foreigner is the director of this movie, right?"

He opened his mouth in that direction and asked Liu Yifei in a low voice.

Liu Yifei glanced in the direction that Gu Wei pointed.

"Yes, he's Nick Powell, the director of this film. Originally, the film was filmed last year, and the director brought the film to the film festival to sell it. ”

"Tut~ I heard that Sister Yifei has worked with Hollywood actor Nicolas Cage in this movie, how does it feel to work with an Oscar?"

Gu Wei asked curiously.

Liu Yifei recalled Nicolas Cage's performance during filming, and smiled a little reluctantly.

"It's okay, it's good, you can try it if you have a chance."

Then she thought of the identity of the boss of Gu Wei Film Company, and pouted him.

"Cage is quite short of money now, as long as you are willing to spend money, he can also be on your movie."

Gu Wei smiled, "I don't need foreigners in my movies for the time being, let's talk about it~"

After chatting with Liu Yifei for a while, the opening ceremony of the film festival was about to start, and Gu Wei returned to his position and sat with Lu Yang and Wang Qianyuan.

This year's Beijing Film Festival can be called a star-studded event, and many big names in the entertainment industry who Gu Wei doesn't know participated.

The festival's top prize is called the "Temple of Heaven Award". The chairman of the jury of this year's "Temple of Heaven Award" is the great director John Woo, and the members of the jury also include Ning Hao, Lu Chuan and other directors of the new generation.

Big-name stars such as Huang Xiaoming, Deng Chao, Fan Bingbing, and Xu Zheng also attended the film festival with their own films.

The National Centre for the Performing Arts was starry for a while.

Soon after the performance of the opening ceremony, the award ceremony began.

First of all, awards are given to those who are less important, such as Best Cinematography and Best Music.

Then there is the Best Supporting Actor, probably to highlight the international nature of the festival, the two awards were awarded to the supporting actress Lee Lai in the Korean film "So Won" and the supporting actor Alan Rickman in the French film "The Promise of Love".

Immediately afterwards, the Best Actor was awarded to a French actor, Guillaume Gouy.

Just when everyone in the audience was talking, the Best Actress was finally awarded to domestic actress Zhang Ziyi.

Her performance in [The Grandmaster] is indeed worthy of this heroine.

The next award for Best Screenplay and Best Director will be announced.

Lu Yang, who was sitting next to Gu Wei, was visibly nervous.

The result disappointed Lu Yang, the best screenplay was awarded to [Chinese Partner], and the best director was awarded to Wang Jiawei of [The Grandmaster].

Lu Yang, who had not received the grains, looked quite lost, and Gu Wei patted his arm and comforted.

"Senior brother, don't be sad, our movie is very good, and nomination is also an honor, and the Beijing Film Festival didn't give us an award, and we will have a chance for other awards in the future."

Lu Yang also sorted out his mood after listening to Gu Wei's words and returned to his normal state.

As Gu Wei said, nomination is also an honor, and he didn't get it this time, next time he comes back with other works, he has confidence in himself.

Accompanied Lu Yang to attend the awards ceremony that night, Gu Wei took a plane back to the Hengdian crew early the next morning.

The filming task of [Langya Bang] is very heavy, and he didn't take too long of leave with the crew.

After Gu Wei came back, he naturally integrated into the crew's shooting plan.

After another period of intense and hectic filming, the plot of the TV series has advanced more than halfway.

Some actors have finished one after another, such as "Lin Chen" played by Jin Dong, who originally had few scenes, and left the group after filming.

Leave good contact information with Gu Wei, and everyone will meet for dinner together in the capital.

"Xie Yu" played by Liu Yijun and "Yanhou" played by Wang Jinsong, a teacher in the backward group, also went offline one after another because of the needs of the plot.

What I want to shoot today is a scene where "Mei Changsu" and "Nihuang County Lord" Changting recognize each other.

It is a climactic scene of the male and female protagonists in the play.

In the long pavilion, the "Nihuang County Lord" played by Tang Yan threw himself into the arms of Gu Wei's "Mei Changsu",

"I know it's you, I know you're my brother Lin Shu."

"Mei Changsu" was a little confused, a little overwhelmed, paused for a while, and slowly hugged the "Nihuang County Lord" with one hand.

He raised his eyes and looked into the distance, his face tangled and hesitant.

"Mei Changsu" restrained his feelings, opened his mouth several times but did not speak, hesitated for a long time, and shouted "Nihuang~".

When the word Nihuang came out, "Mei Changsu" admitted that he was Lin Shu.

Then "Nihuang" cried and said, "Brother Lin Shu, Brother Lin Shu, don't leave me again," and threw himself into the arms of "Mei Changsu" again.

Different from last time, this time "Mei Changsu" hugged "Nihuang" tightly, and took the initiative to stick his face to the side of "Nihuang", and the ears and temples between the two were grinding, intimate, and there was no longer the distance between them last time.

This time they embraced, "Mei Changsu" admitted his feelings for "Nihuang" and admitted that he had always loved her. "I should have taken care of you all the time, I thought I would always take care of you," he said.

"Cards! Okay, this scene is over~"

"Whew~" As the director shouted, Gu Wei also breathed a sigh of relief.

This rivalry between him and Tang Yan, the two of them filmed it back and forth nearly ten times, and finally passed.

Tang Yan was still in his arms, with tears in his eyes, and the crying pear blossoms brought rain.

While controlling her emotions, she said to Gu Wei, "I'm sorry, Gu Wei, I didn't perform well and caused you to repeat it with me." ”

In this scene, Tang Yan always can't enter the relationship.

After Director Kong Sheng explained the play to her thoroughly, he didn't care about her anymore, he filmed over and over again if he didn't perform well, and he couldn't cry and figure out his own way.

Anyway, the crew of Noon Sunshine will definitely not provide Tang Yan with eye drops.

In the end, with the help of Gu Wei, she still completed this performance by herself.

"It's okay, Sister Tangtang, look at how well you performed at the last time, I think your acting skills have improved a lot."

Tang Yan listened to Gu Wei's gentle words, although his eyes were still red, he couldn't help but smile, and then came out of Gu Wei's arms.

That night, Tang Yan came to Gu Wei's room as usual.

Today, she wore a light white shirt on her upper body and a blue miniskirt on her lower body, revealing two white and delicate long legs.

With a little powder on the face, the whole person shows a mature and lazy temperament.

Gu Wei opened the door and let Tang Yan in.

Tang Yan was not polite at all, and sat on the sofa with two long legs.

Gu Wei also sat down next to her, turned on the TV, and the two of them watched [Parents' Love] together.

Unconsciously, after the episode was finished, Tang Yan somehow put his two big white legs on the sofa, and leaned on Gu Wei's body.

Gu Wei didn't mind, he naturally stretched out an arm from behind Tang Yan and put it on her waist.

The two people who held this position didn't say anything, and it couldn't have been more natural.

"Gu Wei, thank you.

In the crew of [Langya Bang], you really helped me too much. ”

Tang Yan suddenly spoke.

"Sister Tangtang, don't be so polite to me all the time."

Gu Wei answered her softly.

At this time, Tang Yan raised his head slightly, looking at Gu Wei with a pair of beautiful big eyes, his lips slightly closed, looking very attractive.

She looked at Gu Wei's angular face, high nose bridge, deep eyes, and thin lips.

She swallowed unconsciously.

Gu Wei noticed her gaze and turned his head to look at her, with some confusion in his eyes.

The two men looked at each other, their faces so close to each other that they could feel each other's breathing.

Tang Yan didn't hold back, he pushed his head forward, and kissed Gu Wei's lips with a little water.

This kiss was like giving Gu Wei a signal to start a war, and he took advantage of the situation to pounce Tang Yan to the side, and the whole person pressed up.

Tang Yan decided when it would start, but she couldn't decide when it would end.

Recently, it is necessary to increase the average order and rush the high-quality products.

So the author combined the two chapters into one.

I hope that the conditional big people will support it,

Thank you!

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