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Chapter 164 Cameo
Unknowingly, the time came to the beginning of August, and more than half of the summer vacation passed at a lightning speed. At this time, the student party should be the most anxious.

When I was on vacation in early July, every day was happy, as if the long summer vacation would never pass.

However, in August, every day is getting closer to school, it seems to have entered the countdown, and my mood is slowly becoming anxious. The most important thing is that I haven't written any homework for the summer vacation.

Last month, the competition between the two rival writers in the director's category also came to fruition.

[Little Era 3: The Era of Thorns] No surprises, the box office exploded again, achieving a good score of 5.2 million.

Of course, word-of-mouth is also as bad as ever, with a score of 4.7 on Douban, and there are endless criticisms on the Internet, except for hardcore book fans, basically there is no praise.

[Little Times 3], which was released first, performed so well, and when everyone thought the ending was set, [Afterwards] broke 7000 million at the single-day box office as soon as it was released.

后续于4天内突破3亿元大关，再于7天内过4亿元大关，在影片上映的11天里，累计票房达5.13亿元，而截至8月4日，12天票房累计已过5.25亿元。

In the previous historical data, "The End of the World" is the fastest Chinese-language movie to exceed [-] million in non-Lunar New Year and Spring Festival files.

The final box office of trending movies will be more than 6 million, which will steadily exceed [Little Times 3].

What is especially rare is that the film has been able to maintain an excellent word-of-mouth reputation while it has exploded at the box office. It scored 7.2 points on Douban for more than ten days after its release, crushing most domestic films.

Gu Wei has seen this movie before, but he can't remember the plot anymore, but Pu Shu's song "Ordinary Road" has always been clearly remembered.

He felt that this song added a lot of points to the movie. The movie may not be a classic, but this song must be a classic.

Han Han's success further proves that not only those who have a major in education can be a director, as long as you are popular and have ideas, everyone can be a director.

As a result, an upsurge of cross-border directors gradually emerged. Of course, the most thoughtful ones are these actors.

There were Zhao Wei, Xu Zheng, Gu Wei, Chen Sicheng, and Deng Chao before. They were all actors who challenged to be directors, and they all succeeded without accident.

Now walking on this road are Wu Jing who has finished filming "Wolf Warrior" and is waiting for the release, and Da Peng who is filming "Pancake Man".

"Hello, Mr. Gu Wei, thank you very much for coming to my movie as a guest star. I like your film [Detective Chinatown] very much. Both the storyline and the shooting technique are great."

[Pancake Man] Crew, Gu Wei was warmly welcomed by everyone as soon as he arrived here.

As soon as they met, they held Gu Wei's hand, and all kinds of flattering words came out of Da Peng's mouth without any money.

"Gu Wei, thank you for coming~"

Standing aside, Chen Zhixi said to Gu Wei with a smile.

"Sister Zhixi, there is no need to say thank you for the relationship between us, you can just call me for such a trivial matter.

What's more, I have also watched "Diaosi Man", and I have long wanted to meet director Dapeng. "

Gu Wei replied to Chen Zhixi with a smile, and his words gave the two of them enough face.

Dapeng, formerly known as Dong Chengpeng, was the host of Sohu Video's star talk show [Star Online].

In 2010, he learned from comedy master Zhao Benshan and began to try to become a comedian.

In 2012, a series of German short dramas starring the actress Martina Hill achieved great success in China with its crazy, absurd, self-righteous, low-spirited, and vulgar performance styles. far surpassed that of Germany.

Not only does it rank high on the download list and on-demand list of various domestic video sites, but it also sparked heated discussions and spread the topic among Weibo and the media. Netizens even vividly translated it as "Ms. Diaosi".

Seeing this popularity, Sohu intentionally imitated the form of "Ms. Diaosi" and made a short play with a strong Chinese diaosi color.

So Dapeng took up this task and wrote, directed, and acted in a comedy short film [Diaosi Man].

Unexpectedly, once it was played, the short film became a hit.

When filming the first season, Dapeng still relied on his personal connections to invite some friends to participate in the filming.
When the second season was filmed in 13, celebrities from all walks of life took the initiative to join for free, using [Diaosi Man] as a small platform to enhance their reputation.

After accumulating more than 2 years of shooting experience, Dapeng began to have the idea of ​​shooting his own movie.

At first he named the movie "Diaosi Men's Movie".

At the beginning, it was not smooth to find a few producers.

Someone recommended the film to the producer Chen Zhixi. At first, she was a little apprehensive, because in her opinion, if it still follows the segmented structure of "Diao Si Men", the film would be meaningless.

After meeting with Dong Chengpeng, the two hit it off in terms of structural issues. After 45 days of preparation, "Pancake Man" officially launched.

Although Gu Wei knew that [Pancake Man] had sold as much as 11 billion at the box office after its release, which even surpassed his [Detective Chinatown], but this movie is completely a movie made by Dapeng alone, and if someone else plays it, it will inevitably hit the street.

In addition, with Dapeng's current reputation, this movie with an investment of only 2500 million is not short of investment at all. The producers are Dapeng's old owners Sohu Video and Wanda Film and Television, and there is no chance for Gu Wei to intervene.

A movie invited more than 20 stars to join, but didn't spend a penny. Everyone was invited by friends to make cameo appearances.

Some were friends of Dapeng, some came for the sake of Sohu Zhang Chaoyang, and some like Gu Wei were contacts of producer Chen Zhixi.

The scene of Gu Wei is very simple. He plays himself. In the movie, he is Da Peng’s friend. The role of Lin Gengxin in the original version.

"What is a brother? Just don't abandon or give up!
I will help you with this favor, let me check the schedule. "

While Gu Wei was on the phone, he pretended to be looking at the laptop in front of him.

"No 21, 22, 23, 25 lines~
No, you misunderstood, it is 2025! "

"Crap! Go through it once! Mr. Gu Wei's performance is too good"

Da Peng sat behind the monitor and spoke to Gu Wei through a loudspeaker.

Gu Wei did not leave immediately after the cameo, the production crew got off work in the evening, director Dapeng and Chen Zhixi entertained Gu Wei for dinner, with Liu Yan as his companion.

"Sister Liu Yan, long time no see~"

At the dinner table, Gu Wei greeted Liu Yan.

"Hi, Mr. Gu, we meet again, you are more handsome than before."

Seeing Gu Wei take the initiative to say hello, Liu Yan responded with a flattered smile.

Liu Yan was wearing a long black dress. Although it was not a low-cut dress, her exaggerated curves fully exposed her good figure.

Gu Wei looked at it and sighed in his heart, this capital is too thick, sister Mi is probably even worse.

"Do you know Mr. Gu?"

Da Peng was surprised.

Both he and Liu Yan were hosts, and they have known each other since 07.

[Diaosi Man] When the filming of the first season started, Dapeng was not famous yet. He approached Liu Yan and hoped that she could act in his drama. Unexpectedly, Liu Yan agreed immediately, so Dapeng always thought Liu Yan was Own "benefactor".

Since then, the relationship between the two has become closer and they have become true friends.

But he never knew that Liu Yan and Gu Wei still had friendship.

You must know that Gu Wei's popularity is not so high now, not to mention the resources he can bring, but the exposure brought by appearing by his side is beyond the reach of some small stars.

"My movie was released last year, and Sister Liu Yan was the host of the premiere. Thanks to Sister Liu Yan's wonderful hosting, it added a lot of glory to the premiere."

Before Liu Yan could answer, Gu Wei first explained to Da Peng.

"Mr. Gu is too polite. It's all for work. I just did what I should do."

Liu Yan said with a smile on hearing Gu Wei's praise.

She is from Guangguang, Guangguang has cooperated with Gu Wei several times, and she has a relatively deep understanding of Gu Wei.

Apart from the actors and directors that everyone knows, Gu Wei is still the boss of a film and television company, and he is a boss-level figure who can work with Mr. Guangguang Wang, so she has always respected Gu Wei very much.

She didn't expect Gu Wei to remember her as a little artist just by saying a few words when they met.

The host and guest had a great time eating a meal. It seems that the big friends really admire Gu Wei. During the dinner chat, they will praise Gu Wei from time to time, and occasionally tell a small joke to brighten the atmosphere. It is not a loss. A comedy host.

Gu Wei also had a good impression of Dapeng, he knew that although "Panbing Man" won the box office but lost word of mouth, it would be difficult for Dapeng's later films to achieve such high box office results.

But he has watched the two films directed by Dapeng in the later period, from "Sewing Machine Band" to "Keep You Safe", he really saw Dapeng's progress in directing, and he likes "Keep You Safe", I think it is a rare good movie.

(End of this chapter)