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Chapter 752: The Famous Scene

The COSMO Fashion and Beauty Festival is Asia's top fashion event hosted by Fashion COSMO.

This year, we have teamed up with the Magiray brand to invite more than a hundred stars, celebrities, and artists to create the industry's most anticipated annual event.

Gu Wei has always had a good relationship with these well-known magazines in the domestic fashion circle.

When he first debuted and was not very famous, he was favored by many fashion magazines.

Later on, his fame grew, and he was featured on all the covers of well-known fashion magazines in September and October.

When he was not yet at the peak of his fame, he attracted the attention of many international luxury brands, and his fame in the fashion circle played a crucial role.

Nowadays, Gu Wei appears on magazine covers less and less frequently, and this exposure is no longer necessary for him.

However, this relationship with various well-known magazines was not severed, but instead continued to his company.

Because he is the boss, the fashion resources for young artists under the company are much better.

Especially some newcomers who are not very famous, like Zhou Ye and Tian Xiwei, can directly appear on the covers of many well-known magazines by relying on the company's relationship, expanding their influence in another dimension.

In order to maintain this relationship, Gu Wei sometimes has trouble refusing some invitations, such as the COSMO Fashion Festival on the evening of the 3rd.

The flight landed in Shanghai at noon, and Gu Wei was undoubtedly the last to appear on the red carpet of the COSMO Fashion Festival.

Walking into the ceremony venue amid the cheers of fans around her, Liu Yuewei, the editor-in-chief of Fashion COSMO, greeted her with a smile on her face.

"Mr. Gu, thank you for your support~"

Liu Yuewei is a veteran in the domestic entertainment fashion circle. In 2007, he began to serve as the fashion director of [Fashion COSMO], one of the top five magazines. In 2015, he was promoted to editor-in-chief. He is a versatile person with extensive connections. He is a fashion media person of the same level as Su Mang of Bazaar.

"Editor Liu, you're too polite. I have been working with COSMO for many years and we are old friends."

The two of them exchanged a few pleasantries with a smile, and under the guidance of Liu Yuewei, they walked through the venue and came to the large table in the middle of the first row of the stage.

There were no stars sitting at this table. Most of the people sitting at the table were top professionals in the fashion industry, such as Sha Xiaoli, who succeeded Su Mang as the new editor-in-chief of Harper's Bazaar, Zhang Yu, the editor-in-chief of VOGUE, etc. The only exception was Ms. Guo Miao, the chairman of Magiray, the partner of this ceremony.

When Gu Wei arrived, several editors stood up to greet him, and Guo Miao was particularly enthusiastic.

"Hello, Mr. Gu Wei, I really like your movies and I'm a big fan of yours. Can we take a photo together?"

This Ms. Guo looks to be around 30 years old, with above average looks, a plump figure, and her every frown and smile has the charm of a young woman.

Magiray is a domestic cosmetics brand. The fact that it can sponsor [Fashion COSMO] shows that it is quite large. For her to be in charge of such a big company at her age, either her father is rich or her husband is rich.

"No problem~" Gu Wei agreed with a smile.

Hearing Gu Wei's words, Guo Miao was very surprised. He took out his mobile phone, sat next to Gu Wei, stretched out his hand to take a selfie, and then asked the photographer to take a picture of the two of them with a professional camera.

"This is the first time I've met you in person, Mr. Gu Wei. I feel like you're even more handsome than in movies and TV series."

"Mr. Guo, thank you for your praise~"

Zhang Yu, the editor-in-chief of VOGUE, said with a smile: "If Mr. Guo really likes it, you can ask Mr. Gu to be the spokesperson for your Magiray.

With Mr. Gu as the spokesperson, Magiray’s sales will surely increase rapidly.”

Guo Miao was very moved by Zhang Yu's words, but after thinking about it, he shook his head: "I want to, but it's a pity that Mr. Gu's endorsement is too high-end.

Magiray is a small brand, and one year’s marketing expenses may not be enough to pay Mr. Gu’s endorsement fee.”

Gu Wei just smiled as he listened to their words. The two of them were just casual acquaintances, and he couldn't just lower the price and accept the endorsement just because the other party was his fan.

The status in the fashion circle is very important for a star, because it determines the level of endorsements you can get, especially fashion brands, such as top luxury brands like Redblood and Blueblood.

Simply because of fame or high national popularity, these brands sometimes do not recognize them. Comedy stars like Huang Bo and Shen Teng are famous enough, but their image does not fit the bill and they are not in the fashion circle, so naturally they cannot get relevant endorsements.

In the fashion circle, one’s status is mainly measured by the exposure on the cover of fashion magazines.

People who can appear on the covers of top international fashion magazines, such as ELLE, VOGUE and Harper's Bazaar, must at least be stars with great influence in the fashion circle.

This exposure is one of the important indicators to measure a star’s status in the fashion circle.

Therefore, magazines of the level of the Big Five naturally become the objects of celebrities' flattery.

Sometimes, to be featured in a magazine, not only do you need to be famous, but more importantly, you need to have connections.

There were many celebrities attending the COSMO Fashion Festival today, so when Gu Wei entered the venue, he naturally attracted a lot of attention.

Many of those who had a good relationship with him reached out to say hello. Seeing Editor-in-Chief Liu Yuewei greeting and leading the way beside Gu Wei, no one thought there was anything wrong, after all, it was Gu Wei.

"Oh~ He walked over. I thought Brother Wei would come and sit at our table."

Nazha was sitting at a round table on the side. She was wearing a silver sequined feather dress. The tight cut highlighted her good figure. Her skin was fair and delicate, and she looked glowing white.

"It's normal. Gu Wei will most likely be with the editors-in-chief on such occasions, otherwise it won't be possible to highlight the importance the organizers attach to him," replied Reba, who sat at the same table.

Her outfit today was equally stunning, a deep V blue mermaid dress, a silver headband on her head, long earrings of the same color on her ears, a high nose bridge, and seductive red lips, she was absolutely beautiful.

The organizers also have some ideas about the two beauties from the border area appearing in the same frame.

Although they have been compared from time to time by some media and netizens in the past two years, because of Gu Wei, Nazha and Reba have a pretty good relationship.

Nazha became famous early, but she has no ambition and has always been in a state of lying down and giving up.

Reba is hardworking enough. After "Eternal Love" and "You Are My Glory" became popular, she works almost 365 days a year.

Now she has clearly surpassed Nazha in popularity and popularity.

Fortunately, given Nazha's personality, she is not competitive, but in fact she is a little weak. She doesn't care much about Reba's popularity, who is actually in competition with her, and the two of them get along the same as before.

However, she had never known that she had been stolen from her home by her so-called best friend, otherwise she would not be in the normal communication state she is in now.

Of course, given Nazha’s personality, she would probably play ostrich even if she knew.

“I saw the Reuters news about your Paris Fashion Week a few days ago, and the various looks were really beautiful!
I remember you were also present at the LV fashion show that day," Nazha suddenly asked.

“Yes, I was there.”

Nazha suddenly came closer and whispered in Reba's ear, "Then you should have seen Gu Wei and Scarlett Johansson at the scene.

Were they acting very intimately as reported in the news?"

Reba blinked her big eyes: "It's okay, they are both global spokespersons for LV, and they have the opportunity to work together. It seems that they do have a good relationship."

After listening to Reba's words, Nazha didn't say anything, but just pouted her mouth slightly to express her dissatisfaction.

After Gu Wei entered the venue, many stars paid attention to him. In addition to Nazha and Reba, there were four beauties sitting at the same table: Ni Ni, Liu Shishi, baby, and Jing Tian, ​​Jing Bairan, Song Qian, Xiao Zhan at another table, Wu Lei, Song Zuer whose seats were slightly further back, and so on.

Soon it was time for the ceremony to begin, and the organizers invited actor Wang Yaoqing and Zhu Dan from Blueberry Channel to be the hosts of tonight's ceremony.

The opening dance was quite unique, and it was actually performed by the host Wang Yaoqing.

But he danced pretty well, trying very hard to show his coquettish dancing posture. Gu Wei had no contact with Wang Yaoqing, but he only knew that he always played rich people in movies and TV series. As long as he appeared, the audience knew who was the richest person in the show.

"Wang Yaoqing is a very interesting person, and the host found by Editor-in-Chief Liu is also very interesting." Gu Wei said to Liu Yuewei beside him with a smile.

"I also think he has a good sense of humor, which is suitable for boosting the atmosphere of the ceremony."

Like all ceremonies, the main content of the COSMO Fashion Festival is also the award ceremony.

From low to high, from some small stars to the hottest stars, as the ceremony progressed, awards were presented one after another.

Until the end of the ceremony, the most important "Dream Person of the Year" award was presented.

There are a total of twenty people who received this award, and all the winners went on stage to receive their awards in two groups.

Following the host's announcement, the first to walk onto the stage were: Zhang Lina, Jing Tian, ​​Nini, Nazha, Zhou Bichang, Reba, Huang Xuan, Han Geng, and Xiao Zhan.

After the ten people walked onto the stage, they lined up in a row. The award presenters came on stage to present awards to each person, and then the interview session began with the host Zhu Dan.

Zhu Dan asked everyone a question: In addition to your current job, what would your second dream be if you had the opportunity?
When I asked the first question to Xiaozhan, everything was relatively normal, with no mistakes in either the question or the answer.

Xiao Zhan said he wanted to do a job related to art. Zhu Dan asked what specifically he wanted to do, and he replied that he wanted to paint.

After wishing Xiao Zhan to become a famous painter, it is the turn of the second winner, supermodel Zhang Lina.

As a result, Zhu Dan called Zhang Lina Zhou Lina as soon as he came on stage. Fortunately, she reacted quickly and corrected it immediately. No one paid much attention to it. It is reasonable for the host to make small mistakes occasionally. In this case, CCTV will only deduct 200 yuan.

Jing Tian and Nini went on to perform smoothly afterwards, until it was Nazha's turn. I don't know if Zhu Dan was really unfamiliar with her or really couldn't tell the two of them apart, but he simply called Nazha "Dilraba Dilmurat" and very naturally put the microphone to her mouth, without feeling that he had done anything wrong.

Everyone on and off the stage was stunned. Gu Wei, who was sitting in the first row, also widened his eyes slightly. He didn't expect that the famous scene of Zhu Dan's interview failure would appear at this ceremony.

The scene was a bit awkward, but Nazha, the victim, didn't mind it too much. She smiled and said, "My name is Guli Nazha."

"Naza, I'm sorry, Saorui. Naza!" Zhu Dan finally reacted. The name Saorui was simply a classic. The pretentious voice made everyone present laugh.

After Nazha finished speaking, it was Zhou Dongyu's turn. The mistake she made just now had a great impact on Zhu Dan. She handed the microphone to him and said bluntly, "You speak, Dongyu. I'm nervous."

After Zhou Dongyu finished, it was the next turn for Zhou Bichang, who spoke even more briefly. Zhu Dan directly called out his name.

But I don’t know if it was another mistake on her part or her pronunciation was inaccurate, but what Gu Wei heard from the audience was clearly “ugly singing”.

This is considered a derogatory term for Zhou Bichang after she became famous. Because of her appearance, she was once called "Ugly Bichang" by her black fans. Now, being called so formally by a professional host in public, Zhou Bichang's face turned black when she took the microphone.

When it was Reba's turn after Zhou Bichang, Zhu Dan seemed to want to cover up for his mistake by playing a joke and directly called her "Naza".

Reba took the microphone calmly and continued her speech as if she didn't hear anything, without being affected at all.

After the COSMO Fashion Festival, Gu Wei's phone kept ringing. He knew what was going on without even looking.

Reba, Nazha and Tiantian were all there, and I guess Nini could also find him.

He went straight back to the hotel, tactfully replied to everyone and sent Nazha the hotel room number.

As expected, tonight’s dramatic scene quickly became a hot topic.

Continuously calling out the wrong names made netizens question Zhu Dan's professionalism, and many fans went to her Weibo to launch crazy attacks and insults.

If nothing unexpected happened, this hosting accident would have dealt a heavy blow to Zhu Dan's hosting career.

But she can't blame anyone else. As a professional host with many years of experience, she made repeated low-level mistakes at such a big ceremony and she will definitely pay the price for it.

As we enter December, the battle for this year's Lunar New Year movie season has officially begun.

In the first weekend, four excellent domestic and foreign films including "The Whistleblower", "The Gathering at Southern Station", "Ad Astra" and "Jumanji: The Next Level" were released.

It was originally thought that there would be a fierce battle between the dragons and the tigers, with several highly anticipated blockbusters jointly heating up the currently somewhat cold film market and kicking off this year's Lunar New Year holiday season.

As a result, after the first week, it was discovered that it was just a fight between two weak films. Some had good reputation but low box office, while others failed both in terms of reputation and box office.

The first are two Hollywood blockbusters, "Ad Astra" and "Jumanji: The Next Level", one science fiction and the other fantasy.

[Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle]'s reputation is not as good as the first one, and its box office in the first three days was only 2 million RMB, but even with this result it is still the daily and weekly champion in the current TV market.

"Ad Astra" only had a pitiful 1950 million in its first week, and even Brad Pitt couldn't save this bad sci-fi movie.

"Ad Astra" was not only a flop in China. This sci-fi blockbuster invested by Fox Film Corporation was already released in North American theaters on September 9, and earned a total of 20 million US dollars in North America. It also opened in 5018 countries and regions overseas, earning 53 million US dollars overseas.

The total cost of the film is $1 million. According to the box office sharing calculation, the box office needs to reach $3 million to break even, but currently it has only received $1.27 million in global box office. It is obvious that this film will bring Fox a huge loss of more than 6000 million US dollars.

Two domestic films, "The Gathering at Southern Station" is a crime drama, directed by Diao Yinan, who also directed "Black Coal, Thin Ice", and won the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival with that work.

However, "The Gathering at South Station" did not reach the heights of "Fireworks in the Daytime".

It can be seen that although it is a crime drama, Director Diao also wants to make a mark at the box office.

After all, "Better Days" was just released not long ago. It is also a crime drama, and it sold over 20 billion at the box office.

Zeng Guoxiang cannot compare with him in terms of qualifications or past achievements.

On the first day of the movie's release, it received a high screening rate of 26%, but the first day box office was only 4327 million.

After earning 3 million yuan in box office revenue in the first three days of its first week, the daily box office dropped to just over 1.3 million yuan.

Maoyan's final box office forecast for the film is 2 million yuan. Considering the film's total investment of 1 million yuan, the producer will suffer a slight loss on this box office.

However, "The Gathering at Southern Station" was shortlisted for Cannes. Given Diao Yinan's fame, some copyrights should be sold in Europe and North America to help the producers make a profit.

Brother Hu really doesn’t have much box office appeal in the film industry. He became famous early, has many fans, and is popular with the public. The "Legend of Sword and Fairy" series has left a thick filter for him in the audience's hearts.

But acting is a matter of personal opinion. When he encounters the right role, he can perform well, such as A Bao in "Fang Hua"; once it is not suitable, his huge flaws in acting will be exposed immediately, like in "The Disguiser", he is obviously the real No. 1 male star, but his acting skills are dragged down by Jin Dong.

And like Liu Yifei, his fans only praise him online, but disappear as soon as they have to spend money to watch a movie in theaters.

Maybe their fans also know that their idols’ movies are probably not that good.

Another movie, "The Whistleblower," was even worse, losing both in terms of box office and reputation.

The film only earned a total of 3042 million yuan in box office revenue in the first three days of its first week, and the single-day box office revenue on Monday of the second week was only a pitiful 521 million yuan. It is estimated that the profit of the production company is not enough to cover the salary of Tang Wei and Lei Jiayin.

The two leading actors were interviewed while promoting the movie, and when asked, "What can't you stand most about each other?"

Lei Jiayin couldn't wait to say: What he couldn't stand most was that Tang Wei always had to go to the toilet during filming, "because he peed too much."

Then he complained: "In 10 takes, at least 3 times, after my emotions were brewing, Tang Wei told the director that she needed to go to the bathroom."

During the interview, it was obvious that Tang Wei was embarrassed and broken down, with tears welling up in his eyes.

As soon as the show was broadcast, Lei Jiayin was scolded by netizens for his low emotional intelligence and disrespect for women and became a hot topic.

Time quickly came to December 12th, and the premiere ceremony of "The Accidental Murderer" was held in Beijing.

(End of this chapter)