Who are you calling powerful?.

Chapter 620 Wu Jing: Without Boss Wei, there would be no "Wolf Warrior 2"

"Yes, it's 'The Snowy Swordsman'."

Wei Yang inserted two skewers into a chicken wing and nodded.

Penguin holds a certain position and owns most of the high-quality male IPs, but that doesn’t mean Wei Yang can only shoot female IPs.

Not to mention that he has accumulated some copyrights and some are circulated in the market. Even if Penguin monopolizes a certain point, there are other online literature websites.

"The Snowy Swordsman" is an IP that is not serialized on a certain website, but its influence is even greater than many of the popular online novels on a certain website.

This IP was also acquired by Boss Wei, who had a "sharp eye", while the series was still being serialized.

Last year, this online novel was officially completed, and its influence has continued to grow. Although it has not yet reached its peak, it can also be developed.

After all, it takes too long to finish filming an online novel of this size. Only when the TV series drives the novel and the novel feeds back to the TV series can it be a mature linkage.

This aspect was actually not done very well by "Joy of Life" at the beginning.

On the one hand, the era of short videos had not arrived when the TV series was popular, and the most powerful communication channel was lacking. On the other hand, "Joy of Life" itself has too few "famous scenes" and the content is more story-based, which is not very suitable for fragmented publicity.

Hu Ge had never read the book, or even heard of it, so he looked at Li Jiahang and asked, "How is the book?"

“It’s quite popular and pretty.”

Li Jiahang briefly talked about the plot of "Snow Swordsman", and finally couldn't help but look at Boss Wei and said something extra.

"In fact, this drama also has online casting, and the most popular candidate for the male lead Xu Fengnian is Lao Wei."

There was one more thing he didn't say, which was that the person with the highest vote count for Xu Fengnian's good brother Wen Hua was Li Jiahang.

Some fans of the book even compared the two with the characters in the book and found many similarities, suspecting that the author used Wei and Li as reference when writing about the two.

Li Jiahang is half a fan of the book "Snow Sword", so he has also thought about adapting it into a film or TV series in the future. Wei Yang plays Xu Fengnian and he plays Wen Hua, which is a perfect match.

Now that Wei Yang intends to let Hu Ge play the role in this drama, he is more or less disapproving of it in his heart.

Hu Ge also looked at Wei Yang when he heard this: "Everyone chose you, why don't you act?"

In front of his own people, Wei Yang said what he thought: "I'm actually not very fond of Xu Fengnian."

When Wei Yang is filming, even in the early days when he has no choice, he will try his best to pick a role that he likes.

Nowadays, utilitarian thoughts play less and less role for him when filming.

The roles and plays he chooses must be ones he likes or approves of. If he doesn't feel anything for them or even dislikes them, he will definitely not torture himself.

Wei Yang didn't dislike the book "Snow Swordsman", and he even liked some of the related famous scenes.

But I have no comment on some of the plots and the choice of protagonists in the book.

How should I put it? It feels a bit hypocritical and frustrating!

Wei Yang is not against tragedy. In "Chi Le Chuan", Gao Huan finally became a hero in his twilight years and even died in a small town, which seems even more absurd.

But this is true history, and Wei Yang has no choice but to accept it, but "The Snowy Swordsman" is a novel.

This gives people completely different feelings. The former is the absurdity and unwillingness of history, while the latter makes people feel that it is a forced plot killing.

Of course, Wei Yang knew that this was a creative arrangement and that this was how the author conceived it, but it did not prevent him, as a reader and actor, from liking this kind of plot and characters.

Dislike is one reason, and large size is another.

"The Snowy Swordsman" has 450 million words, which is too long. It is not certain that the trilogy can be completed. Wei Yang already has the "Detective Chinatown" series and does not want to be tied to another long-term project.

In addition, this drama has a lot of fighting scenes, which was also a major reason for boss Wei, who is not good at this, to resist.

For Boss Wei, these reasons were enough for him to refuse to act in "Snow Swordsman".

As for the high voices from book fans?
I'm not bragging, Boss Wei. After starring in several dramas, including "My Love from the Star", "Come on, My Love", "Eastern Palace", "Joy of Life" and "Nirvana in Fire", Wei Yang's nickname is "The Walking Male Protagonist of Online Novels".

Whether it is male or female frequency, urban romance or historical fantasy, it may be a bit too much for Boss Wei to match them all, but in more than 50% of the online novels where male protagonists are cast, he is most likely the first choice, and at the very least he is one of the most popular.

If Wei Yang accepted all of them, he would not be able to finish filming even if he was reborn twice...

But no matter what, "Snow Swordsman" is a good IP and it should be filmed.

Apart from Wei Yang, the most popular candidates for the role of Xu Fengnian are Hu Ge and Chen Kun.

Chen Kun has a higher voice, but he has no relationship with Wei Yang, and he is older and no longer suitable for the role.

Actually, Hu Ge is a bit old, but relatively speaking it’s okay. To be honest, it’s very difficult to find an actor who is the same age as Xu Fengnian in the book.

A male actor's temperament, acting skills, and experience all require time to hone, and young male actors are unlikely to be able to support the role.

In her previous life, when Zhang Ruoyun took on this role, she was already in her 30s. Hu Ge is now 35 years old, which is not considered old.

Although Hu Ge gets older later in the film, it makes sense that Xu Fengnian becomes more mature and experienced as the plot changes.

As for Zhang Ruoyun, Wei Yang thought that he did not play this role successfully in his previous life and was far worse than Fan Xian. It would be better to choose Chen Yao instead of him.

But Chen Yao is the dead girl's man, and Boss Wei would never help the enemy.

As for Hu Ge, they have always had a close relationship. Liu Shishi also has shares in Tangren, so they have always been considered one of his own.

Moreover, Wei Yang stole Hu Ge’s most famous masterpiece "Nirvana in Fire", so he should return a good resource to him.

"I'll go back and read the book and think about it."

Hu Ge did not agree directly, not because he did not trust Boss Wei, but because he wanted to make sure whether this role was suitable for him. If he agreed rashly, he would be harming both others and himself.

After the skewers were put on the grill, Wu Jing and Hu Ge went to the shore to check the catch. Li Jiahang, who had been silent just now, couldn't help but laugh.

"I think Hu Ge is not suitable for Xu Fengnian?"

Wei Yang asked back: "Who is suitable then?"

"you."

"I won't act!"

Wei Yang reiterated, and then said: "Now pick another actor who is famous, has good acting skills, temperament, and age, and who can be used by me."

Li Jiahang was silent. Wei Yang sorted the skewers and put them away. He said calmly, "I'm not a fan of the book. I'm a businessman. Fans of the book will see if the role is suitable for them. If not, they would rather not act. I'm not that naive. My goal is to make money."

Wei Yang has adapted quite a few online literary works, but none of the casting choices can satisfy everyone.

Not to mention him, even if the author himself came it would be useless.

Taking "Joy of Life" as an example, Mao Ni wrote Lin Wan'er based on Ariel Lin, while Haitang Duoduo's image is more like a country girl.

But not many people would support Ariel Lin as the female lead, especially after Liu Shishi's version appeared. If Wei Yang really wanted to find a village girl to replace Tang Yan to play Haitang Duoduo, no one knows how many viewers would curse.

Similarly, if you use "The Legend of Mir 2" to cast "The Swordsman in the Snow", there will still be many people who won't recognize it.

It is even said that Zhang Ruoyun was chosen by Fenghuo in the previous life. It is not ruled out that this is just a polite remark, but it does express approval. However, book fans should still boycott her.

Therefore, Boss Wei will not torture himself and chooses to strive for relativity rather than absoluteness.

Of course he knew that Hu Ge was not the most suitable candidate for the role of Xu Fengnian, but the key point was that no one could bring the Prince of Beiliang to life for him.

He has paid for the copyright, started the project preparation, and even has plans for the subsequent layout. He can't just leave it alone.

Li Jiahang remained silent. Although Hu Ge did not meet his expectations, at least it was produced by Blue Whale and the quality was guaranteed. It was at least much better than other IPs that had been ruined.

Mao Ni’s "Fighter of the Destiny" was just aired some time ago, starring Yang Yang and Shuangzi.

Although it’s not like in the previous life where I couldn’t tell who the heroine was, the filming was still bad.

The data is still acceptable, but the word of mouth was so bad that it couldn't even be held up. The Douban score was 4.5 points, and book fans didn't even want to mention it. It became a major Waterloo for the film and television adaptation of male IP.

It also reminds everyone that the success of "Joy of Life" is not due to any tricks, but because of Boss Wei.

Adapting online literature is a technical job that not every company can do well, especially for male-oriented novels. So far, except for Blue Whale, no other company has succeeded.

After thinking about it, Li Jiahang felt much better. After Wei Yang knew his thoughts, he also suddenly understood.

He had completely forgotten about these "helpful" colleagues.

It doesn't matter if "Snow Swordsman" has some flaws, as long as it is above the standard, and other works of the same industry come up with such outrageous operations as entanglement with the mother and fighting spirit turning into a horse, it will be immediately praised as a masterpiece, and the author can't wait to kowtow to it...

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While grilling skewers, Wei Yang looked at the child who was being chased by Xie Nan not far away with a smile. That was Wu Jing and Xie Nan's son, who was less than 3 years old and whose nickname was Wu Suowei.

Wei Yang is about to become a father, so he is happy to see a child. After grilling the skewers, he will be the first to call the child to come and eat.

"What did you call me?"

Wei Yang was teasing the child with the string. The kid looked up at his father and cried in a baby voice when he reminded him.

"Wei...Uncle Wei."

"Be good, eat."

After taking the meat skewers off and blowing on them to let them cool down, Wei Yang gave them to the child. The child chewed them with his little mouth and enjoyed the taste. After finishing two skewers, he chased after Wei Yang to ask for new ones.

In the distance, Xie looked at Boss Wei who was happily playing with his son, and said to Liu Shishi with a smile.

"I see your family likes children very much."

Liu Shishi touched her belly and shared with her bestie: "The child is obsessed with it. He will lie next to my belly and listen to the movement when he has nothing to do. He will be happy like an idiot when there is a little noise."

Liu Yan, who was eavesdropping nearby, couldn't help but glance at Boss Wei with a strange look on her face.

She really couldn't imagine what it was like for this super-rich man and entertainment mogul to smile foolishly?
Xie looked around and lowered his voice: "Did you check whether it's a boy or a girl?"

Liu Shishi hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded. To prevent her best friend from thinking too much, she also explained.

"I didn't want to check it out, but my parents kept reminding me, and he and I couldn't help it, so we checked it out in the end."

According to regulations, hospitals are not allowed to check the gender of an unborn baby and inform the family members, but if you want to know, there are plenty of ways to do it, not to mention a wealthy man like Boss Wei.

Xie Nan asked again: "How do you say that?"

Liu Shishi made a gesture, and Xie Nan's face immediately brightened with joy: "Boys are good, boys are good, it can save you a lot of trouble."

As I said, it is said that having a boy or a girl is the same, and the young couple may think so, but considering the ideas of the older generation and Wei Yang's special situation, it is safer to have a son.

Liu Shishi thought so too. With this son, she was completely stable.

If you want a daughter, you can have another one later!
Xie Nan looked at Liu Shishi's belly and felt that it was a little bigger than when she was pregnant. She thought it was probably a strong boy, and Liu Shishi, as a mother, would probably suffer.

"Pre-production period is when?"

"In June, it should be mid- to late-June."

Xie counted on his fingers and it was about two and a half months, not much time left.

"It's so fast. I didn't feel anything. You're almost giving birth."

Li Sheng felt a little emotional. She was one of the first people to know about Liu Shishi's pregnancy. At that time, she was worried about how she would keep it a secret. Now, the due date was almost here.

Liu Yan asked: "How long will it take for you to return to work after giving birth?"

Others may not care about Liu Shishi’s work, but she is the second female lead in “The Witch”, so she should have some idea of ​​this.

"I don't know. I have to finish my confinement at the earliest. But my family said that I may not shoot any movies this year. At most I can participate in some activities."

Although the child has been born, there is still some time to recover. Plus the child is still young, so it’s still a long way off for him to join the crew to film.

"If that's the case, I'm afraid Sister Shishi won't be able to keep it secret anymore."

The youngest, Guo Xiaoting, is considered the younger sister in front of everyone. She doesn’t talk much but gets to the point.

"It can no longer be concealed."

Since Liu Yan is related to Liu Shishi's return to work, people pay more attention to her news. She has not appeared in public for half a year, and related speculations have been flying around. Pregnancy is one of the mainstream speculations.

Some people even revealed that they saw Liu Shishi in the hospital, and some said that she was now in Singapore waiting to give birth.

Liu Shishi smiled bitterly when she heard this. In fact, the situation is even worse than what the outside world thinks, and many fans already know this.

After all, many so-called big fans and die-hard fans are in contact with the company. Liu Shishi has not come out yet, and she was injured before, so how could fans not ask about her?

It's not easy to lie and hide this matter. In the early stage, you can use the injury as an excuse, but in the later stage, you can only remain silent.

Fans naturally understood what was going on!

According to Lao Cai's investigation, although some fans quit being fans out of anger, most of the fans were actually mentally prepared for this matter. They were just dissatisfied with the pregnancy before marriage.

Resentment is inevitable, but the main firepower has been absorbed by Boss Wei.

Now in Liu Shishi’s forum and fan group, Wei Yang is synonymous with all negative words.

Wei Yang also knew about this, but he was quite calm about it. He had helped his idol or goddess give birth to a child, so why would he be afraid of a few scoldings?
Liu Shishi has no other choice now and can only hope that the matter doesn't get out of hand before she gives birth.

Once she gives birth to a child and is able to appear in public, she will be able to suppress many rumors, and then cooperate with Boss Wei's public opinion manipulation to reduce the influence.

The picnic began and everyone gathered together to chat and have a great time.

After eating the barbecue, Liu Shishi felt tired and sleepy during pregnancy, so Wei Yang took her to the RV to rest.

He had someone drive this car specifically in case Liu Shishi got tired. In fact, they brought carpets, folding beds, tents, and there were also resting houses in the fish pond, but considering her delicate body and hygiene issues, Boss Wei still used the RV.

Liu Shishi was sleeping, and the other women and children were taking a nap. Wei Yang and a few other old men relaxed and fished and played cards on the shore.

There are jackpots on winning or losing. If you lose, you have to run from the shore to the parking lot, which is about four or five hundred meters round trip.

Originally, he was going to run away carrying his wife on his back. Now most women were taking a nap. Liu Yan was not asleep, but Wu Jing and Li Jiahang were not brave enough to do it.

Of course, Boss Wei has the courage to do so, but Liu Yan doesn't dare to do so. Only Hu Ge doesn't have to worry about anything, and he won't do it even if he wants to carry Liu Yan on his back.

Boss Wei had good luck today, winning more than he lost. The same was true for Li Jiahang, who was suspected by Hu and Wu of secretly colluding with him.

I hope he will admit defeat and run as usual. Wu Jing is a martial artist, so this amount of exercise is not a problem for him. But Hu Ge was in a terrible situation, as he almost couldn't breathe after running.

Fortunately, I didn’t carry Liu Yan on my back, otherwise I would have collapsed halfway through the run. The gravel road in the fish pond would have caused me to fall and get hurt...

In addition to playing cards, Wei Yang also talked about business with Wu Jing, mainly about the preparations for "Wolf Warrior 2" which will be released in the summer.

The first part of Wolf Warrior made money, but not a lot.

After all, the box office revenue was only over 5 million yuan, and the share of the box office revenue was even less. After deducting costs, expenses, taxes, etc., the remaining profit might surprise Wu Jing, but it was not worth mentioning at all for Boss Wei.

When working on Wolf Warrior 2, Wu Jing was afraid that Boss Wei would not be interested.

After all, the profit is too little, which can't arouse enthusiasm, so naturally there won't be much support.

But unexpectedly, Boss Wei was very straightforward and gave the green light. The support not only exceeded the first part, but also exceeded Wu Jing's imagination.

Apart from other things, Wu Jing wanted to gain exposure and got a second-generation rich male supporting role, and Wei Yang assigned him Lu Han, the most popular young actor in the Blue Whale department.

I stayed in Africa for nearly two months. When I returned to China, my face was tanned, and the remuneration was also the internal price.

Because it was filmed abroad and involved a large number of gun battles, the budget for Wolf Warrior 2 increased again and again, from the initial 8000 million to 1.2 million, and later to 2 million, not including publicity and promotion.

However, these budget changes were almost entirely based on what he wanted and how much Wei Yang approved. If other investors were unwilling to do so, Boss Wei would invest on his own.

In addition, because the filming was done overseas, many procedures and scopes also relied on Wei Yang.

Even though the plot involves sensitive elements such as diplomacy, military affairs and international rescue, the review process is quite strict, so it was Boss Wei who stepped in to mediate.

When Wu Jing returned to China and faced an interview with reporters, he said that there would be no "Wolf Warrior 2" without Wei Yang, and he was extremely grateful for Boss Wei's help.

However, Boss Wei is not greedy for credit, as he knows very well why he helped Wolf Warrior 2 so much.

Just kidding, if this movie can still achieve the same performance as in his previous life, he can earn at least tens of billions.

Not to mention helping with these things, he even dared to go to the Film Bureau and slam the table. He now thinks Wu Jing is no different from a human-shaped gold ingot.

Even inviting the three of them to a gathering today was done with some subtle intentions, as it was a hint of winning them over and showing that everyone was a close family.

The effects of this gathering, before the release of "Wolf Warrior 2" and after its invincible success, were completely different.

After all, Wu Jing's status will be different in the future. I'm afraid that many people will come to poach him, so Boss Wei has to pay attention to this.

Wei Yang has never treated Wu Jing unfairly in terms of fame and fortune, and it will be the same in the future. He can give what others give, and add a layer of emotional bond as a bond. If Wu Jing does not pay attention to it, his wife Xie Nan will not be able to get past it.

"I am so despicable."

Wei Yang was filled with emotion, and then he held Wu Suowei who had just woken up, wondering whether he should take another insurance policy and let Liu Shishi adopt him as his godson...

(End of this chapter)