Chinese Entertainment's Shining Star

Wang Zhonglei's eyes stayed on Nie Wei for a little while, and Nie Wei subconsciously sensed it.

"Why are you looking at me? Is it related to me?" Nie Wei raised his head and met Wang Zhonglei's eyes, and immediately asked curiously.

"Really." Wang Zhonglei shook the document in his hand, and handed it to Nie Wei without saying what it was.

Nie Wei couldn't help but smile at the first sight of the document. It turned out that this was an invitation from the Spring Festival Gala, and the person invited was himself.

"Consider it?" Wang Zhonglei asked.

"It's okay, but you ask the program team if you can bring one more person. It's boring for me to sing alone. After all, I have sung it at the evening party in Hong Kong. This time, playing with two people singing together is also a new idea, right?" Nie Wei thought about it for a while and nodded and agreed, but at the same time put forward his own ideas.

Wang Zhonglei understood it as soon as he heard it. The program team of the Spring Festival Gala should not refuse such a thing. Anyway, it's a song, and it doesn't matter if one person sings or two people sing. The key is that Nie Wei is willing to sing, and other things are not a problem.

However, it is not easy to choose a partner for Nie Wei. Although Nie Wei is not a professional singer, he must find someone with a matching status, at least a first-tier singer.

"Alan has been invited to this year's Spring Festival Gala, and a solo seat is guaranteed. Why don't you try with Jane Zhang?" Wang Zhonglei asked.

To choose a singer to team up with Nie Wei, naturally we have to choose from our own people first. The only first-tier singers of Huayi Records are Alan and Jane Zhang. If Alan did not participate in the Spring Festival Gala, she would definitely be the first choice. However, Alan received an invitation to the Spring Festival Gala half a month ago. Obviously, she cannot give up the good opportunity to sing solo just because of working with Nie Wei. Jane Zhang did not receive an invitation to the Spring Festival Gala, so there is a possibility of matching.

"I was originally planning to choose Jane Zhang. Alan's singing style is not suitable for this song." Nie Wei replied.

The song he was invited to sing at the Spring Festival Gala was "I Love You China", which he had sung in Hong Kong. The lyrics of this song mainly express the attachment and love of overseas wanderers to the motherland. Because it fits the theme of Hong Kong's return to the embrace of the motherland, Nie Wei sang this song at the original 10th anniversary party of the return.

However, what Nie Wei did not expect was that the Spring Festival Gala invited him again, and to sing this song again.

And this kind of main melody song is undoubtedly more suitable for Zhang Liangying, who has a more majestic voice and singing style. So from the beginning, the first person that popped into Nie Wei's mind was Zhang Liangying, and only Zhang Liangying.

"Then it's settled. I'll go and discuss it with the program team first. I'll notify Liangying after everything is finalized." Wang Zhonglei smiled and said immediately after hearing Nie Wei's answer.

For Chinese people, no matter how big a star you are, it is a great honor to be on the Spring Festival Gala, especially in the north, where the influence of the Spring Festival Gala is really the best in the country.

"By the way, is Lang Kun still the director of this year's Spring Festival Gala?" Nie Wei suddenly thought of something and asked Wang Zhonglei directly.

Hearing Nie Wei's question, Wang Zhonglei shook his head and replied, "It's not Director Lang anymore. This year, we have a new director named Jin."

Nie Wei nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

He was not surprised by Lang Kun's resignation. In fact, Lang Kun had been re-elected for one more Spring Festival Gala than in the original time and space, completing three consecutive terms. This is the second Spring Festival Gala director who has been re-elected for three consecutive terms after Huang Yihe, the first director of the Spring Festival Gala, in nearly 20 years.

And the Spring Festival Gala stage is destined not to be a director who can be re-elected indefinitely. Lang Kun has done a good job for three consecutive terms.

However, changing a new director is not a good thing for Huayi. In the past, Lang Kun took good care of Huayi because of Nie Wei's favor. Huayi would send one or two newcomers to the Spring Festival Gala every year to gild themselves, and Lang Kun also opened the door for convenience.

But now that a new director has been changed, this convenience is gone. Although it will not affect the company's big-name artists, for those newcomers, there is undoubtedly one less good place to gild themselves.

"I'll go have dinner with Director Lang in a couple of days." After thinking for a while, Nie Wei suddenly said.

Wang Zhonglei was stunned, then understood what Nie Wei meant, and smiled: "Please, the company will reimburse you when the time comes."

Nie Wei's meaning couldn't be more obvious. He couldn't cut off contact with Lang Kun just because he was not the chief director of the Spring Festival Gala. The network of contacts was hard to establish, and it was necessary to maintain it continuously. Moreover, even if Lang Kun was not the chief director, his status and position in Huaxia TV could not be ignored. He was a person that Huayi must make friends with.

Nie Wei left the company and went directly back to the courtyard.

What was rare was that Zhou Aiguo was also at home today and did not go to work. Nie Wei only asked and found out that he had specially asked for three days off to take Zhou Duoduo to the nearby Xiangshan for fun.

"We are leaving tomorrow. Do you want to go with us?" Zhou Aiguo asked Nie Wei.

"If I go, you won't be able to have fun." Nie Wei smiled bitterly and replied. Zhou Aiguo was startled, and then he also smiled bitterly.

Being a star is indeed glamorous and popular, but it is difficult for ordinary people to enjoy the same life. This is why so many artists are always willing to go abroad for vacation. It is not that they are unpatriotic, but only abroad can they enjoy the rare life of ordinary people.

"How about we go abroad for the New Year this year? How about Jeju Island? The resort there is already very well built." Zhou Aiguo suggested.

Nie Wei was indeed a little moved after hearing this, but soon he thought of the invitation he had just accepted to the Spring Festival Gala, so he had to shake his head helplessly and explain to Zhou Aiguo.

"Alas, you are really busier than me." Zhou Aiguo couldn't help but say after listening to Nie Wei's explanation.

Nie Wei was also helpless. He had actually been trying to reduce his activities as much as possible. Otherwise, with his current popularity, he might have to schedule his work until next year.

And he also had companies under his control, especially the Fanxing blog platform, which was about to face the transformation of Weibo and then prepare for listing. He had to keep an eye on every step. If successful, it would be a huge blow to Nie Wei's technology company. But if it failed, it would be a big blow.

In addition, Nie Wei's theaters are also expanding rapidly. Although Nie Wei is not responsible for specific matters personally, he still has to be responsible for the overall situation. And because there are 20 theaters in operation at the same time, there will always be some accidents, and the person in charge below has to report to Nie Wei every day.

Fortunately, he doesn't need to sit in the office. He goes to get off work on time every day. He usually stays at home to handle work, so that he can spend more time with his family.

Shu Chang also chose to rest during the time when Nie Wei was at home. Now she has less and less ambition in her acting career. In her heart, accompanying Nie Wei is much more important than being a queen of the screen. Because of work, the two of them have little time to spend together, so she cherishes the time they can spend together.

"Eat apples." Shu Chang put the chopped apples next to Nie Wei, then curiously glanced at the screen, and then unconsciously puffed up his cheeks.

"What are you looking at?" Shu Chang asked with a slightly angry tone, because Nie Wei's computer screen was full of little girls, all of whom looked like high school students, and some were even younger.

Nie Wei knew Shu Chang had misunderstood from Shu Chang's expression, and quickly explained with a smile: "Have you forgotten that I bought some shares of an entertainment company in Japan? This is the group AKB48 they launched."

"I seem to have heard of this name." Shu Chang frowned slightly, thought about it, and seemed to have an impression of this group in her memory.

The reason why Nie Wei paid attention to this group again was because the sales of the group's new single half a month ago were not ideal, and even set a new low in the sales of the group's history. This made AKB48, which became popular for a year because of Nie Wei's two main songs, suffer a Waterloo.

It also made the complacent Qiu Pangzi poured a basin of cold water.

Qiu Pangzi, who had always been on guard against Nie Wei's interference in the group's affairs this year, took the initiative to email Nie Wei for help for the first time.

It stands to reason that Nie Wei should take this opportunity to deal with this Fatty Qiu, but Nie Wei was not very interested in AKB48. He invested in them because he thought they had good development potential and it was a good deal. Therefore, Fatty Qiu's defenses over the past year were actually just to defend the air.

However, Nie Wei could not let Fatty Qiu take advantage of him. Since the other party took the initiative to come to him, Nie Wei naturally had to make a good deal of him.

Writing songs was no problem. Nie Wei could now produce high-quality group songs, but similarly, Nie Wei would not let Fatty Qiu intervene in the personal contracts of some popular members of the group. Instead, he would hand them over to his own record company in Japan. This was not to seize power, but simply to disgust this fat man.

But Fatty Qiu had to pinch his nose and admit it. Who made all the senior executives of the head office unanimously feel that only Nie Wei was the best candidate to save this group? Although he founded the group, Fatty Qiu had to bow his head in front of capital. This was why he was on guard against Nie Wei. From his point of view, he needed the money of a capitalist like Nie Wei, but he could not give him complete trust.

So on the one hand, he had to express his respect for every senior executive and put on a humble attitude, while at the same time guarding against people like Nie Wei, fearing that they would kick him out if they didn't pay attention.

"You are so scheming, and these children are the ones who suffer." After listening to Nie Wei's explanation, Shu Chang couldn't help but stand up for the injustice. In Shu Chang's view, the struggles among the senior executives will eventually affect the artists. Only a stable company can give artists a truly stable development, just like Huayi. Before, during the period of Wang Jinghua and the Wang brothers, many artists were affected, and Nie Wei even almost lost his role because of this.

The departure of Wang Jinghua and the strong rise of Nie Wei brought a precious stable period to Huayi. It was also from this time that Huayi entered a period of rapid development. In just a few years, it has become the largest private entertainment company in China.

"The composition of this company is too complicated, and I only own a part of the shares." Nie Wei said helplessly.

"Baby, you misunderstood." Shu Chang smiled and hugged Nie Wei when he saw him like this, explaining: "I am just expressing my feelings. You don't have to do anything. Just follow your ideas. What I have to do is take care of your body." As he said that, Shu Chang used a toothpick to pick up a piece of apple and fed it to Nie Wei's mouth.

Just as the two were showing their affection, the doorbell of the apartment suddenly rang.

"Go and see who it is?"

"It's said to be a courier, and it's from the United States."

"Courier? Call him at the door."

"Baby, this is it." After a while, Shu Chang waited for the courier to leave and immediately opened the door to take the courier in, while reporting to Nie Wei who had already arrived at the door.

"Sure enough, there should be something great in it." Nie Wei looked at the delivery address on the courier box and said with a smile. He just heard about the courier from the United States. He thought about it and knew that the only gift that could be sent from the United States at this time was that thing.

"What is it?" Shu Chang was even more curious when he heard Nie Wei's words.

Nie Wei did not answer, but directly opened the courier box. It must be said that opening a courier is indeed a pleasant thing for both body and mind. Not only is the person opening it happy, but even Shu Chang, who is watching from the side, is full of expectations.

After a while, the box was disassembled, and Nie Wei took out two exquisitely packaged boxes and an envelope from it.

"Is this... a mobile phone?" Shu Chang picked up the box, looked at the English on it, and said while reading.

"Yes, open it and take a look. This is the first generation of a future cross-era product." Nie Wei was not curious about the mobile phone, but more curious about the content of the letter in his hand.

On the contrary, Shu Chang, who was standing by, was more curious about the mobile phone in the box.

The two boxes actually contain the first generation of the smartphone Aphone, which is the beginning of Apple's rise. It has not yet been officially released worldwide, but it will be soon. In about a week, this legendary mobile phone series will take the first step to change the mobile phone market.

The only pity is that this generation of mobile phones will not be sold in China. On the one hand, China's mobile phones are now occupied by other major brands of mobile phones, and Apple has almost no sales market here. On the other hand, Apple's confidence is still insufficient. When it gradually succeeds, its ambition will grow.

Shu Chang has already disassembled the mobile phone and the small Aphone is completely in her hands. This generation of Aphone is really small, just a little higher than a normal cigarette box, and it is far less thin and light than the mobile phones of the future, but compared with the mobile phones of this era, it is so delicate.

But what surprised Shu Chang the most was that this mobile phone did not have a number button. Is this really a mobile phone?

Shu Chang ran to Nie Wei with her phone to ask for help. When Nie Wei turned on the 3.5-inch full touch screen of the Aphone 1, Shu Chang's eyes were filled with surprise, as if the door to a new world was opening to her.

Thanks to the Half-Demon God and Fantasy Paradise for their generous reward.