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Chapter 759 Suddenly
#Various satellite TV stations compete with each other, and many stars gather at the New Year's Eve concert! #
#Mango TV once again won the New Year's Eve concert ratings championship, CCTV ranked second, Dragon TV and Lizhi TV ranked third and fourth#
#Gu Wei's original English song [sold out] is a hit again, and the New Year's Eve concert ignites the audience's enthusiasm! #
#Yang Mi and Tengger perform a new version of [Wild Wolf DISCO]#
#TFBOYS reunites after disbanding#
After New Year’s Eve, the internet was filled with news about the New Year’s Eve concerts of major satellite TV stations.

Mango TV's New Year's Eve Gala won the first place with 3.8% live broadcast attention and 23% market share, once again becoming the biggest winner of this year.

Of course, this result is mainly due to the fact that Mango TV invited enough popular stars, such as Gu Wei, Yang Mi, Yang Zi, and the TFBOYS group. These people have almost captured all the young audiences.

The performance of several people at the New Year’s Eve concert naturally became a hot topic on the second day.

[Sold Out], which was originally considered an old song, became popular again and was on the hot song charts of several music platforms on New Year's Day.

Early in the morning on New Year's Day, Gu Wei got up and washed.

After getting dressed, he looked at Yang Mi who was still sleeping soundly on the bed in the bedroom. He didn't wake her up, left a note on the bedside, and then walked out of the room.

"Say hello to Yang Mi's personal assistant, don't let her team worry."

Before getting in the car to the airport, Gu Wei explained something to Yang Dan.

It was already late at night when we came back last night. After several exercises, Da Mimi was exhausted and fell asleep. It seemed that he would not wake up for a while.

"I understand~" Yang Dan nodded in agreement. This was not the first time this had happened and she was used to it.

In the entertainment industry, stars have their own circles, and agents also have their own circles.

Yang Dan is not very old and has not been in the industry for long, but because she is close to Gu Wei, she is also somewhat famous among domestic entertainment agents.

Not to mention the stars under [Wei Ming Tian Xia], Yang Dan has had contact with the management teams of Yang Mi, Reba, other artists under Jiaxing, and some stars who have a good relationship with Gu Wei.

"Boss, we have already bought the copyright of the Japanese movie [How to Steal the Key] that you requested before, and also the film and television adaptation rights of the martial arts novel [Auspicious Pattern Lotus House]."

Gu Wei nodded.

“Say hello to Director Rao Xiaozhi, now that the copyright is in hand, he can start preparing for his film.

Inform the scriptwriting department to finish the script of [Auspicious Lotus Flower Building] first."

[The method of stealing the key] is [the crowd]. Rao Xiaozhi had already started writing the script after talking with Gu Wei last time.

[Auspicious Lotus Tower] is a long martial arts novel published by the author Teng Ping in 2019. After being adapted into a film and television series, it is [Lotus Tower].

It is said that martial arts dramas have declined, but "Lotus Tower" is definitely a rare high-quality martial arts drama in recent years.

The film has a fast pace, exciting fighting scenes, well-developed protagonists, a solid script and meaningful dialogues, unique character settings and relationships, pleasing real-life shooting, sophisticated costumes and props, a soundtrack with an ancient style, and sound effects that fit the atmosphere.

These advantages together have contributed to the Douban score of "Lotus Tower" exceeding 8.

Gu Wei had said before that he wanted to shoot a martial arts drama, and the one he was talking about was "Lotus Tower".

Gu Wei also knows Guo Hu, the director of the original "Lotus Tower". He is the director of popular TV series such as "Chen Xiang Ru Xie", "Zhou Sheng Ru Gu" and "Love and Destiny".

However, Gu Wei knew him earlier, because Guo Hu was Lin Yufen's apprentice. When they were filming "Gu Jian Qi Tan", he was the executive director of the crew. Later, when "Eternal Love" started filming, he still followed his master Lin Yufen.

During the New Year's Day period, several movies including "Liberation: The Final Rescue", "Beloved", "Happy New Year, My Love", and "Angel Has Fallen" were released.

The hit December movie "The Accidental Murder" is in its fourth week of release, and "Ip Man 12" is in its third week of release. Although they are still performing well due to their good reputation, the box office has generally leveled off.

The newly released love movie "Love" grossed over 7 million yuan in 25 hours and over 2 million yuan in hours, truly leading this year's New Year's Day box office.

However, although "Love" had good box office, its reputation was mediocre. The reason why it was able to dominate the New Year's Day period was that this year's New Year's Day and New Year were too close. The movies that were really confident about the box office all went to the Spring Festival period, and "Love" stood out from the crowd, allowing it to achieve a good result of 4.36 million in its first week.

However, due to word of mouth, the single-day box office of "Love" dropped to 1154 million yuan in the second week, a huge drop.

[The Accidental Murderer] announced that it had obtained the secret key for extension in the third week of its release. At the end of the fourth week, the final box office of the film had exceeded 15 billion.

“I didn’t expect that Love Will Be Loved would become the biggest winner of this year’s New Year’s Day schedule. In the past, such love-themed movies rarely achieved good results.”

[Zhou Chu] In the crew, Wen Mu also chats with Gu Wei.

Before joining "Skynet", he co-directed a movie called "City of Love", which is a similar love compilation movie.

There are five well-known actresses, Yang Mi, Jiang Shuying, Bai Baihe, Jiang Yiyan and Zhang Rongrong, and the male actors are also well-known. However, the total box office revenue was 5359 million, which was not enough to cover the stars' pay.

After that movie, Wen Mu never received any suitable projects again until Gu Wei invited him to join "Wei Ming Tian Xia".

"The audience has no choice. Several movies are mediocre. At least [Beloved] has a bunch of stars."

Because Zhang Zifeng was participating in the film, Gu Wei specially helped promote it on his Weibo.

Purely for his sister's sake, he had no feelings about the movie itself.

The six patchwork stories revolve around different pets, with logic that can barely be explained, but when you think about it carefully, you will find that they are full of various bugs.

"This year's Spring Festival is so busy. Mr. Gu should go back to promote [Detective Chinatown 3] in a few days, right?"

The movies that have been scheduled to be released during the Spring Festival include Xu Zheng's "Lost in Russia", Chen Kexin's "Leap Year", Cheng Long's "Vanguard", Lin Chaoxian's "The Rescue" and Gu Wei's "Detective Chinatown 3".

All five blockbusters are of top-notch configuration. Although their popularity varies, they all have the potential to become big hits without exception.

"Don't worry, the IP of [Detective Chinatown] is already mature and has no shortage of fame, so I don't need to go back so early."

Gu Wei knew clearly that if nothing unexpected happened, the release date of "Detective Chinatown 3" would be changed, so he naturally wouldn't need to go back.

As time goes by, the filming of "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils" progresses bit by bit.

One day, bad news came and the epidemic broke out.

Due to policy reasons, cinemas across the country have closed down.

The shutdown of cinemas, which are the terminal of the film and television industry, has caused the entire industry chain to be unable to operate normally.

The inability to schedule and release a large number of films has also resulted in some film and television companies being unable to receive timely payments, thus affecting many films currently being shot and some projects currently being prepared.

Some small companies even went bankrupt due to broken capital chains.

The entire entertainment industry is in a depression, and many people working in the industry don’t know what to do.

".I know that the release date of [Detective Chinatown 3] was postponed due to force majeure, and I just need to communicate with China Film, Guangguang, and Wanda.

No one can give a definite date for when the film will be released, so let’s wait and see.”

“The projects that the company is preparing do not need to be stopped, but everything must be done in accordance with government regulations, and everyone should take care to protect themselves.

If you are unable to work due to special reasons, or the entire company is in this situation, don't panic. Salaries and other things must be paid on time.

Tell everyone that even if everyone stays home from now on, everyone’s salary will be deposited into their cards on time, and there will be no reduction.”

I called Yang Liwen who was far away in Beijing and told her some things.

Gu Wei had been mentally prepared for this widespread disaster, but most of the time he was powerless to do anything.

If you are poor, you should take care of yourself; if you are rich, you should help the world. Gu Wei is considered to be "rich", but he can only do some things within his ability, such as spending some money on charity.

This kind of natural disaster was completely beyond his capabilities, let alone doing anything. The closer it got to the time point, the more he restrained himself and refused to do anything that was not related to him.

On the one hand, it is a matter of self-preservation, and on the other hand, the government has done its best and there is no need for Gu Wei to do anything extra.

All he could do was respond to the call and donate.

After hanging up the phone, Gu Wei called his parents at home.

I told my parents that I can’t go home for the Chinese New Year this year, and I’ll be here in Taipei with the crew.

Mother Gu was a little worried and asked Gu Wei a lot of questions about his life. She also told him to pay attention to his safety when he was alone outside.

Dad Gu was calmer and just told him that everything was fine at home and he didn't need to worry.

There is nothing wrong in Taiwan at this time, but everyone is more worried about their relatives and friends in mainland China.

"Brother Wei, can't we go back?" Zhou Ye had a worried look on his face. Recently, there have been a lot of online news reports, and the attention of the whole country and even the world has been focused on the country.

“How is that possible? Even now, I can return to China, but the procedure is a bit complicated, and I will most likely have to be quarantined for a while.

Don't worry too much. When SARS broke out, it was also very serious, but it was quickly brought under control.

You were probably only in your teens at that time, so you should have some impression," Gu Wei consoled with a smile.

"I just called home, and my parents said nothing was wrong and told me to be careful outside by myself."

“Then you don’t have to worry anymore.

Now all we need to do is to film the show well.

Your scenes will be finished early, so it might be troublesome to go back then.

But it doesn't matter, you can follow the crew, and we'll go together after everything is finished."

Gu Wei comforted Zhou Ye with a few words, and the little girl's mood soon improved.

What happened in the country also had some impact on the filming of the drama, and people were a little panicked.

Gu Wei and Wen Mu also discussed it and held a small meeting with the main creators. After stabilizing the emotions of these people, the crew returned to its original state.

After Gu Wei returned to the crew, the filming progress slowly moved on to the second story, where Chen Guilin kills a Hong Kong man.

The film "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils" tells the same story as "A New Account of Tales of the World", with metaphors everywhere.

The protagonist Chen Guilin is Zhou Chu, while the two most wanted criminals, Aberdeen and Zun Zhe, correspond to the evil tiger and evil dragon.

However, unlike the allusion, Zhou Chu was a rampant person in the village when he was young. Later, he was enlightened by others and killed a ferocious tiger and a vicious dragon. He also turned over a new leaf. At this point, all three evils were eliminated. He became a famous loyal minister and filial son after turning over a new leaf.

In the movie, Chen Guilin is insane from beginning to end. He has his own softness and kindness in his heart, but his purpose of killing is just for fame.

Thinking he has a terminal illness, based on the principle of "leaving a name behind after death", he decides to do something unprecedented, not for justice or peace of mind, but just to make a splash before he dies.

Earlier, when Chen Guilin appeared at a funeral and shot the gangster Tietou in public, and then smiled happily at the police outside, he had already established the character of the protagonist.

Chen Guilin is fearless and has a fearless arrogance and the desire to do whatever he wants.

Afterwards, whether it was killing the Aberdeen boy or the Venerable, it seemed that Chen Guilin killed the two wanted criminals ahead of him for the sake of fame, but in fact, it was also through these two stories that Chen Guilin's character and psychological changes were shown from various angles.

For example, killing Hong Kong boy to save Cheng Xiaomei played by Zhou Ye.

This proves that he has a soft and kind heart. Although he kills people, he does not bully the weak. He has the demeanor of an ancient hero.

After several days of night shooting, a series of chases and fights, the Aberdeen character played by Francis Ng was officially killed.

After the director shouted "Cut", Gu Wei got up from the bloody Wu Zhenyu.

"Are you okay?"

Gu Wei reached out his hand and pulled Wu Zhenyu up. The two of them had just performed a fight scene with various tools. It was not pretty, but extremely realistic.

"It's okay. I was often beaten when I was filming. These are just a small matter."

Wu Zhenyu stood up and brushed the dirt off his body, the blood from his head was still flowing down.

Of course, it’s impossible that all of it is prop blood.

Gu Wei’s condition was not good either. He had various wounds on his face and body, and he looked dusty and dirty.

The staff nearby saw this and quickly stepped forward to hand the two of them a towel.

Wu Zhenyu finished filming and the crew held a small wrap-up party for him. The next day, he left the crew and returned to Hong Kong Island.

The Spring Festival was approaching soon and the crew took half a day off.

In the evening, the crew booked a hotel banquet hall and gathered everyone together to have a New Year’s Eve dinner and watch the Spring Festival Gala.

Working in the film and television industry, especially working on a film crew, it is common to not be able to go home during the holidays, and everyone has become accustomed to it.

This year's Spring Festival Gala is the same as usual.

Xiao Yueyue once again appeared on the Spring Festival Gala stage, but his crosstalk was still not funny.

Shen Teng and Ma Li's skit [Going Through the Motions] continued the previous style.

Ma Li plays a pregnant director. In fact, she is really pregnant and is already 7 months pregnant.

Cheng Long sang the song [The Mountains and Rivers Will Never Fall] at a branch venue of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area branch venue.

Although Gu Wei refused the Spring Festival Gala, with the operation of "Wei Ming Tian Xia", Xiao Zhan and Zeng Shunxi, who became very popular this year, both appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala.

Xiao Zhan participated in the sketch [I Like You, I Like Me], while Zeng Shunxi sang the song [Mom and Dad] with Li Ronghao and Wang Junkai.

Actress Tong Liya served as the host of this year's Spring Festival Gala.

Her performance was average and no one really cared about it, after all, she was not a professional host.

However, starting this year, Tong Liya has had more and more official resources, and she is often invited to perform at some important evening parties.

After having the New Year’s Eve dinner with the crew in the evening, Gu Wei drank two more glasses.

After returning to his room, he did not forget to call his parents at home, and then edited New Year greetings messages for some good friends.

During this period, Nazha also made a video call
(End of this chapter)