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Chapter 679 I'm not a green tea, and I'm not a good person either

According to the original novel, the story of "Eastern Palace" takes place between Xiaofeng, the ninth princess of Xiliang Kingdom, and Li Chengyin, the crown prince of the Eastern Palace of the Central Plains Dynasty.

The heroine Xiaofeng is the ninth princess of Xiliang, the daughter of Da Yanshi, and her ancestry is half Turkic and half Xiliang.

The Central Plains dynasty that the male protagonist Li Chengyin mentioned is the Li Tang Dynasty, as we can tell from the surname.

It's okay if the novel is written this way, but there will be big problems if the film is filmed entirely according to the novel, because the story was originally made up by the author, and if you apply it to real history, it is called "historical nihilism". Moreover, wars and conflicts that never happened are fictionalized and are suspected of undermining national unity.

It seems exaggerated, but considering the current censorship situation of domestic film and television dramas, this problem is very serious.

In the past, the standards for historical film and television dramas in the mainland were relatively loose, but in recent years, censorship has become increasingly strict.

For example, the filming of Zhou Xun and Huo Jianhua's version of "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace" took many twists and turns before it was broadcast on satellite TV, which was not unrelated to the fact that the TV series tampered with real history.

The original version of "Eastern Palace" was also taken off the shelves for rectification after being broadcast online. Later, many plots were modified and re-edited before it was put back on the shelves and even broadcast on satellite TV.

Gu Wei's version simply changed the story background to Feng Dynasty, Danchi, and Western Zhou Dynasty from the beginning, making it completely fictional. This way, there wouldn't be too much trouble with the large-scale scenes involving the two tribes fighting and loving and hating each other.

The filming in Huairou went very quickly. There were relatively few scenes here, mainly shooting some indoor scenes and parts that required the use of a green screen studio.

About 10 days later, the crew left Huairou Film and Television Base and split into two groups. One group was crew A led by director Li Muge, including the male and female protagonists and some staff members, who went straight to Dunhuang to shoot the first ten episodes of the TV series about the Western Desert.

The other part, led by assistant director Zhao Liang, went to Hengdian as crew B to join other actors and mainly filmed interior scenes that did not feature the male and female protagonists in the TV series, such as the Fengchao Palace.

Dunhuang.

"A lone smoke rises straight in the desert, the setting sun is round in the long river" is what this place is about.

Yellow sand and stones are born, carrying with them the dust of history.

Dunhuang is the romantic place at the end of the desert.

The scenery is beautiful, but the strong wind and dust are not so friendly to the crew's filming.

After finishing a scene between the male and female protagonists, Gu Wei walked slowly to the tent next to him to rest.

"Puh, puh, puh" Meng Ziyi, who was following her, also entered the tent, spitting out the sand in his mouth as he walked.

In the scene we just filmed, after she finished her last line, a gust of wind blew over and sand went directly into her mouth.

Fortunately, Meng Ziyi is quite professional and his years of experience in the industry were not in vain. He forced himself to hold back and did not move, so the scene went off normally.

"Here, rinse your mouth."

Gu Wei took a new bottle of mineral water and handed it over, then he opened one and took a sip.

"Thank you~"

Meng Ziyi quickly took it, twisted it twice, and found it a little tight. He looked at Gu Wei embarrassedly.

Gu Wei put down the bottle in his hand, took it and prepared to help unscrew it.

"Well, I'm not a green tea, I just really can't open it." I don't know what Meng Ziyi's brain circuit is like. While handing over the water bottle, he didn't forget to explain.

Gu Wei almost spit out the water that he had not had time to swallow.

"I know you don't have the IQ to be a green tea"

Meng Ziyi curled his lips, took the water bottle, rinsed his mouth and didn't dare to retort.

"Brother, are you planning to return to Beijing to attend the Bazaar Charity Gala in a few days?"

It is almost October and the annual [Bazaar Charity Night] is about to begin. Gu Wei and Meng Ziyi are both invited.

“I’m not going. I’m busy filming The East Palace in the next one or two months. I’ll have a lot of invitations to various parties before the end of the year.

I have an important TV series that will be aired in December, so I will have to appear on variety shows to promote it in advance, so I will definitely need to take a lot of leave."

[Bazaar Charity Night] This kind of evening party with high attention in the domestic entertainment industry is just a waste of time for Gu Wei now. With his current fame, he doesn't care about that little exposure.

If you have time, it’s fine to go and visit. If you don’t have time, there’s no need to take a special leave to go there.

"December?" Meng Ziyi thought about it for a moment.

"Is it the movie [Do You Know?] produced by Noon Sunshine?"

Gu Wei smiled and nodded.

"The TV series that was filmed last year was finally scheduled to be broadcast at the end of December some time ago."

After the post-production of [Is This] was completed, the final copyright transaction price set a new high for TV drama copyright transactions in recent years, allowing Gu Wei to make a lot of money.

In the first half of this year, the finished film of "Knowing Your Destiny" was released.

This costume TV series, produced by the boutique production company [Noon Sunshine] and co-starring China's most popular star Gu Wei and ratings queen Zhao Liying, caused a crazy scramble among major satellite TV stations when the copyright was sold.

When the TV series project was launched, everyone knew that "The Story of Minglan" would undoubtedly be a hit. From the production team to the male and female protagonists, all aspects of the conditions are almost perfect. Whichever year it is broadcasted, it will basically be the "King of Dramas" of that year!
By the time the screening was over, all parties were more certain of this understanding.

So, after a period of fierce competition and various connections, it was finally the wealthy Mango TV that bought the exclusive television premiere rights of "The Story of Minglan" at a sky-high price of 9 million.

In fact, [Noon Sunshine] has a better relationship with Dragon TV and Beijing TV, but Mango TV gave too much.

In terms of the Internet, "Knowing Your Destiny" will be broadcast simultaneously on iQiyi, Tencent Video, Youku Video, Mango TV, and YouTube. It can be said that it is online across the entire Internet, which is a good deal.

And the total online copyright is as high as 5.5 million yuan.

[The Story of Minglan] earned a total of 14.5 billion in copyright fees, setting a new record for domestic TV drama copyright fees in recent years.

Following this drama are "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace", "The Rise of Phoenixes" and "The Advisors Alliance" which were released this year, all of which are TV dramas with total copyrights exceeding 10 billion.

However, apart from "The Advisors Alliance", the performance of "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace" and "The Rise of Phoenixes" were not ideal. It can be said that both the TV stations and the video platforms lost money on these two dramas.

As the leading actor and investor of "Knowing Your Destiny", Gu Wei can get 30% of the total copyright fee - 4.35 million yuan, which can be said to be a huge profit.

This also shows why the current domestic film and television dramas pay stars such high salaries, because the truly popular dramas really make money.

The total cost of "Knowing" is 3 million yuan, and the current copyright fee is 14.5 billion yuan, with a huge profit of 11.5 billion yuan.

For a movie to make that much money, the box office must be at least 30 billion.

Of course, Mango TV and major online platforms that spent a huge amount of money to purchase the copyright will not lose money. As long as "Knowing Your Destiny" is popular, the money they spent will be earned back from advertisers.

"Brother, the TV series you and Liying are working on is produced by [Noon Sunshine], so it will definitely be another national hit!

It’s probably another version of Nirvana in Fire."

Meng Ziyi sighed.

She also knew Zhao Liying. When filming "Princess Agents", Meng Ziyi played "Yuan Chun" and acted opposite Zhao Liying in the same group.

The two of them are just ordinary friends.

"When will I have a masterpiece like this? It will make me look good when I introduce myself in the future."

Gu Wei smiled.

"You are filming it now, isn't our "Eastern Palace" just..."

"Yes, if I act well, the performance of "Eastern Palace" when it is broadcast in the future may not be worse than "The Story of Minglan"! " Encouraged by Gu Wei, Meng Ziyi became confident again.

Of course, most of her confidence comes from Gu Wei. They are all costume TV dramas starring Gu Wei, and "Eastern Palace" will not be much worse.

Gu Wei smiled and nodded without saying anything else.

In his opinion, although "The East Palace" is also a very good film, with his fame it will not perform badly after it is broadcast in the future, but there is still a certain gap compared with "The Story of Minglan".

As time went by, the filming of "Eastern Palace" in Dunhuang went smoothly.

In the first ten episodes, Qu Xiaofeng and Li Chengyin progressed very quickly from meeting each other to knowing each other and finally falling in love and preparing for their wedding. It can be said that just looking at the first ten episodes, it is not an exaggeration to say that "Eastern Palace" is a very sweet drama.

These days of filming can be said to be the happiest days for Meng Ziyi. Every day, she plays and bickers with Gu Wei in front of the camera according to the plot in the script, making her feel like she is in a relationship with her boss at public expense.

Before her debut, Gu Wei was her idol. Later, she signed with his company and she also had the emotion of chasing stars. Meng Ziyi didn't show anything in front of Gu Wei before, mainly because the gap between their status was too big, and there were too many beauties around Gu Wei. Even if she had any feelings, she couldn't say it out loud, and she didn't even have the opportunity to express it.

There were two times before when she finally mustered up the courage to invite her boss to her place, but was rejected.

This time, the two finally had time to be together for a long time, and they even played a couple.

Although she knows that there will be more sad scenes later, it’s enough to just be sweet now. As the saying goes, “I am so happy here that I don’t want to leave.” She can talk about the future later.

As night falls, under a beautiful maple tree, Gu Wei is dressed in blue and Meng Ziyi is dressed in red. They are about to shoot the sweetest scene in the early part of "Eastern Palace", "Firefly Kiss".

"It's so beautiful. There is such a warm place with lush grass and water on top of this ice field."

Gu Wei was brought by Meng Ziyi to a beautiful maple tree, surrounded by river water.

“This is the most beautiful place in Danchi, with flowers blooming all year round.

Look, fireflies! "

Mencius pointed at the tiny dots of light dancing in the air, a look of surprise on his face.

"Your grandfather doesn't seem to like me very much." Gu Wei said in a teasing tone.

The Aweng he was talking about was Qu Xiaofeng's grandfather, the king of the Danchi tribe, and the target he was deliberately trying to approach.

"Don't worry, I, Aung, don't like people from the Central Plains.

But before long, he will love you as much as I do!"

Meng Ziyi didn't think too much at this moment. It should be said that she always felt that Gu Xiaowu, who was known by the pseudonym of Li Chengyin, was a good person, and she had no guard against him at all.

"Gu Xiaowu, do you still remember the three things you promised me?" Meng Ziyi turned his head and deliberately mentioned the agreement they had made before.

"Of course I remember. Tell me, what do you want me to do?"

"First thing, I want you to help me catch a hundred fireflies." Meng Ziyi raised one hand and said naively.

"How difficult is that? Just wait!"

Not long after Gu Wei agreed, he came over with a group of fireflies.

Of course, it is impossible to have fireflies or something like that. This part requires special effects in post-production. What Gu Wei holds in his hand is just an LED lamp, but the actor's sense of belief is extremely strong. Now this lamp is the firefly in the hearts of the two people.

Gu Wei and Meng Ziyi stood opposite each other, the camera filmed the two from the side. Gu Wei put the LED light in Meng Ziyi's hand and carefully explained:
"Be careful, don't let them get away"

“Wow! So beautiful.”

Meng Ziyi looked at the lamp in his hand, as if it really was a group of beautiful fireflies.

The camera zoomed in, Gu Wei looked at Meng Ziyi with love, and then suddenly kissed her.

Meng Ziyi was a little surprised at first, but because he had feelings for Gu Wei in his heart, he did not resist.

After a passionate kiss, the two slowly separated. Gu Wei held the other's shoulders with both hands. Meng Ziyi looked up at Gu Wei, looking as pitiful as a little deer.

Afterwards, their faces slowly approached each other, Gu Wei lowered his head slightly, and under the sky full of fireflies, the two kissed passionately again.

The surrounding cameras rotated around the two people and filmed them. They kissed for nearly two minutes before the director shouted "cut".

"Very good, this shot is passed, let's call it a day!"

After hearing the voice, Gu Wei slowly raised his head.

Meng Ziyi's face was a little red at this time, still immersed in the passionate kiss just now. Her tightly closed eyes slowly opened, and she looked at Gu Wei with a slightly blurred look.

"Very well done~" Gu Wei encouraged with a smile.

"Hmm~" Meng Ziyi agreed in a low voice, not as noisy as usual, and looked at Gu Wei with a shy look.

This is the second kissing scene since the crew started filming.

The first scene was of the two of them in the water. It looked quite romantic, but it was not very comfortable when they kissed.

The atmosphere today was perfect. The kiss was both beautiful and romantic, and the prelude made Meng Ziyi completely immersed in it.

As the saying goes, I got into the role. I like Gu Wei myself, and the character I play, Qu Xiaofeng, also likes Li Chengyin, so I just put myself in the role.

Looking at it now, the effect is really good. The previous dialogue was NG twice, but the kissing scene was done in one go.

This made Meng Ziyi regret why she behaved so well.

At night, the crew stayed at the hotel.

After washing up, Gu Wei came out of the bathroom wearing a bathrobe, and the doorbell suddenly rang.

He walked to the door and opened it, and Meng Ziyi stood outside the door timidly.

She was wearing a belly-baring outfit, a white bra top, pink shorts, and a pink transparent coat on the outside.

Her hair was tied up high, and a pair of big watery eyes looked at me from her pretty face.

Gu Wei looked her up and down and paused for a moment on Meng Ziyi's snow-white chest. He hadn't paid much attention to her before, but he didn't expect that this junior sister had quite a lot of capital.

"Brother, there are two scenes tomorrow that I am not familiar with, so I want to come over and ask you for advice."

Meng Ziyi's eyes widened as she watched Gu Wei finish his shower.

She was draped with a white bath towel, leaving a big V on her chest, revealing her solid muscles. She swallowed secretly.

Gu Wei smiled and let Meng Ziyi in directly.

He knew exactly what the other party was thinking, and he was very familiar with the process of reading scripts at night.

Originally, he had no idea about this junior sister in the company and simply regarded her as his employee.

Otherwise, after signing the contract for so many years, if Gu Wei wanted to take advantage of the other party, he would have taken advantage of him long ago.

However, if Meng Ziyi was so proactive, he couldn't refuse. After all, Gu Wei was not a good person.

After entering the room and sitting down, Gu Wei poured Meng Ziyi a glass of water and then sat next to her.

"Ziyi, you are from Northeast China, right?"

"Yes, my family belongs to Ji Gaoguanchun." Meng Ziyi picked up the water cup and took a sip to ease her nervousness. She had finally mustered up the courage to knock on Gu Wei's door.

"No wonder you're so tall~" He then added, "You have such a great figure~"

Meng Ziyi's official height is 170cm, but Gu Wei thinks she should be taller, maybe one or two centimeters taller.

The unspoken rule in the entertainment industry is that if a female star’s actual height is less than 160cm, they will report it as being over 160cm, and if it is over 170cm, they will try to report it as being under 170cm.

It’s similar for male celebrities. No matter whether they are tall or short, they try to be around 180cm tall.

"Not too tall, I'm a sweet girl~" Meng Ziyi said coquettishly.

When she mentioned the sweet girl Gu Wei, she thought of Zhou Ye and Tian Xiwei in the company. These two are the real sweet girls.

As for Meng Ziyi, she is a “sweet girl”!
After the two sat down, no one mentioned the acting again, but just chatted casually.

As the night deepened, the two of them gradually ran out of topics to talk about. The room fell silent, with only the two people sitting together, staring into each other's eyes.

Meng Ziyi looked at Gu Wei's face getting closer and closer, and the sound of his breathing became increasingly rapid, which was particularly clear in the quiet room.

Gu Wei raised his hands and held the other person's soft shoulders, just like in the scene shot in the evening.

Then he slowly lowered his head and kissed her. Her tender lips were like two bouncy jellies, very delicious.

Things have come to this point, of course Gu Wei has to take the initiative. He is not Liu Xiahui, so there is no reason for him to refuse the delicious food that is served to his door.

After two kisses, Meng Ziyi's responses became more and more enthusiastic. She had taken off her pink coat at some point, and then slowly fell on the sofa.

(End of this chapter)