Chapter 659: Substitution

In the lounge, Gu Wei talked a lot with Xu Yuezhen and Zeng Guoxiang.

In the crew of "Better Days", as long as the three of them can reach an agreement, the decision cannot be changed.

"If Zhou Dongyu is replaced, who will play the leading role?"

Due to Gu Wei's insistence, Zeng Guoxiang had to compromise.

Although he was not very willing, he could not twist his arm against his thigh.

Compared with Gu Wei, Zhou Dongyu seemed not so important.

Of course, if Zhou Dongyu was insisted on, it was not impossible. According to Gu Wei's words, they would break up and the other party would withdraw from the project of "Better Days".

But this was obviously impossible, even Xu Yuezhen, who was in the same company as him, would not agree.

With Gu Wei's current fame and status, joining their project was a pie in the sky. It was foreseeable from the start that the movie would eventually make money.

This was not a guess, but a fact recognized by everyone in the circle, and it was a "truth" that had been proven by one hit movie after another.

At first, Mr. Jiang of [Eden Films] didn't believe in evil, but [Monster Hunt 2] took a big fall. It was obviously a super popular IP, but after the second part failed, the third part became far away.

Although the film and television industry has a certain artistry in it, to put it bluntly, everyone is here to make money.

No one would refuse Gu Wei, who can bring real money to everyone, just like no one can refuse RMB.

"How about Ma Sichun? Her acting skills are also very good. She should have no problem controlling the role of "Chen Nian""

After Director Zeng asked, Gu Wei didn't say anything, but Producer Xu next to him gave a suggestion.

They had just worked with Ma Sichun in their last movie [July and Ansheng]. Now that Zhou Dongyu is not doing well, she thought of Ma Sichun first.

Gu Wei also thought this suggestion was good, but Zeng Guoxiang thought about it and shook his head.

"Ma Sichun's acting skills are fine, but now we need a heroine who can join the crew right away, and her image and all aspects are suitable.

If we ask Ma Sichun to play the role, we have to wait at least a month before filming."

Tseng Guoxiang looked at the puzzled expressions of the two and explained:

"I met Ma Sichun once when the film was being prepared. She was a little fatter than when she was filming "July and Ansheng".

She is 4 years older than Zhou Dongyu and looks more mature. Her current figure is not suitable for playing a high school student who is bullied in school.

If she can lose 20 kilograms, we can still consider it, but it is obviously too late now."

When he said this, Gu Wei immediately understood.

When Su Youpeng was casting for "Left Ear", screenwriter Rao Xueman told Ma Sichun that if she could lose 15 kilograms within a month, she could give her the role.

As a result, before filming, Ma Sichun lost 25 kilograms of weight. Even so, she still looked a little plump in the movie.

Ma Sichun has a large frame and is prone to obesity. If he doesn't pay attention, he will gain weight. Gu Wei, who has worked with him, knows this very well.

"It is really hard to find a female artist around 20 years old who has the best acting skills and some fame.

The most important thing is that all aspects are suitable and there must be time to devote to filming immediately."

As he said this, Xu Yuezhen and Zeng Guoxiang couldn't help but look at Gu Wei.

It means that if you want to change the heroine, then you have to be responsible for finding the replacement.

Gu Wei touched his chin, and he was a little embarrassed.

There are many female artists in his company, but almost no one can really play this role.

The female stars under his company are too beautiful. It's no problem to play a vase role in an idol drama or movie, but it's a bit difficult for them to play a role like Chen Nian that has depth and requires acting skills.

For example, Nazha, if you let her play a high school student who is bullied in school, she can completely ruin the movie, and even Gu Wei can't save it.

The room fell silent for a while, and no one spoke.

"I have a candidate!" Gu Wei suddenly thought of the same person, who was very suitable in terms of appearance, age and acting skills.

"I worked with a young actress named Zhang Zifeng when I was filming [Detective Chinatown].

Her acting skills are very good, so she should have no problem playing the role of "Chen Nian".

And she is just 17 years old this year and is in high school, which is completely consistent with the identity of the heroine in our film."

After Gu Wei said "Zhang Zifeng", Producer Xu and Director Zeng also responded immediately.

"This young actress's acting skills are really good. I was impressed by her role in [Detective Chinatown 1].

I just don't know if she has time now and can she join the crew right away?"

"It should be no problem. I met her once when I was recording a variety show last month.

During the chat, I learned that she has no plans to join the crew recently."

"Okay, please notify her to join the crew as soon as possible to try out the play. It would be best if she can come tomorrow. If there is no problem, we will quickly determine the candidate and shoot normally."

After finally finding a suitable one, Zeng Guoxiang immediately made the decision and hoped to settle it as soon as possible.

In fact, he was a little unhappy at this time.

After changing the actor, all the materials related to the heroine shot before were invalidated. Although Gu Wei promised that he would bear this part of the loss, the reshoot still increased his workload.

Most importantly, he felt that his authority as a director had been violated.

The three of them agreed, and the small meeting within the crew was over.

After leaving the lounge, Xu Yuezhen patted Zeng Guoxiang's arm and comforted him:

"Gu Wei has achieved such a high level of success at such a young age, so it is inevitable that he is young and energetic. You don't have to be angry with him.

Now that the matter has reached this point, we will proceed as planned."

"Hey~" Zeng Guoxiang sighed.

"It's not that I'm angry, I just feel like I'm a director and shooting my own movie, and the heroine can't make the decision."

Xu Yuezhen smiled.

"If Gu Wei wants to change, let him change. When he first joined in, we knew that he would be the only core of this movie, and everything else would become secondary."

"Although I know that Gu Wei will make [Young You] a big hit and everyone will make money in the end, but I don't like this situation.

I will definitely not work with him again when this movie is over. I still hope that my crew will have the final say! "

Xu Yuezhen shook his head slightly after hearing Zeng Guoxiang's words.

'It's good to say it now, but you won't think so when you really make money.'

"Today's real-time box office of [Cohabitation in Time and Space] has exceeded 1 billion yuan. The investment in that movie is almost the same as that of [Young You].

If our movies can achieve such good results"

Zeng Guoxiang swallowed after hearing her words. He could still calculate simple math problems.

If "Young Man" can also have a box office of 1 billion, then he and Xu Yuezhen's company will earn more than 100 million.

No matter how noble he is, he can't stop "Ping Yiyi nearly people".

Thinking about it this way, it's actually not difficult to tolerate Gu Wei's temper.

"By the way, who among us is going to talk to Zhou Dongyu?"

"I'll go ahead. It's all her fault for what happened this time. Normally she's just willful and unscrupulous. But this time she made such a big mistake. It's all her fault for this result."

Zeng Guoxiang felt that if Zhou Dongyu hadn't acted like a monster, such a thing would not have happened.

"Dongyu won't have any objections, right?"

"If she has any objections, will she sue us for breach of contract? I hold her in high esteem as the Golden Horse Best Actress.

What I just told Gu Wei was just to make him worry.

Now that things are settled, all she can do is pack up and leave."

After chatting with Producer Xu and Director Zeng, Gu Wei called Zhang Zifeng.

"Brother Wei, are you telling the truth?"

"Of course, I can still lie to you.

But having said that, you have to perform well. This role is not easy to play. Don’t come to the audition and the director and producer won’t like it. That will slap me in the face.”

"whee.

Don’t worry, mine will definitely be fine! "

Zhang Zifeng on the other end of the phone was full of confidence.

"The movie requires you to cut your hair and shave it into a buzz cut. Is that okay?"

"No problem, for filming, don't say short hair, bald hair is fine!"

Zhang Zifeng hesitated for a while and then agreed.

"Okay, I'll have someone send you the electronic version of the script. You can take a good look at it. Book a flight now and try to get to the Shancheng crew tomorrow."

"So anxious"

"Of course I'm anxious. The crew is spending my money. One more day of delay will mean another day of losses for me."

"Okay, I'll ask the agent to book the flight."

After hanging up the phone with Gu Wei, Zhang Zifeng looked excited. He didn't expect that what he said to Gu Wei when recording "Longing for Life" a month ago would come true so soon.

"What's the matter, so happy?"

Zhang Zifeng's mother saw her become like this after answering the phone. She didn't know what good things happened to her daughter.

"Mom, Brother Wei asked me to film a movie!"

Zhang Zifeng clenched his fists with both hands, his eyes slitted into slits as he smiled.

"Brother Wei?"

Mom didn't react for a while.

"Gu Wei, I just recorded [Longing for Life] with him last month."

"Oh~ you mean Director Gu"

Zifeng's mother was most impressed by Gu Wei in "Detective Chinatown". Her daughter was still young when that scene was filmed, so she followed her throughout the filming.

"We haven't worked together for so many years, why do we suddenly think of you?"

"I didn't have any suitable opportunities before. I mentioned it to him last month when we were recording a variety show. I didn't expect that there would be a suitable role for me right away.

Um. There are some twists and turns in talking about this, but it’s not important. The most important thing is that I get to work with Brother Wei again, which is great! "

Zhang Zifeng is obviously looking forward to cooperating again after many years. He has been smiling from ear to ear since he just finished the phone call.

"I won't tell you anymore. I have to call my agent quickly and ask her to book me a ticket for the nearest trip to Feishan City, preferably tonight."

"So anxious?"

"Of course, Brother Wei is waiting for me to come to the rescue."

As the saying goes, some people are happy and some are sad. Zhang Zifeng received the good news unexpectedly and did nothing. The opportunity came by itself. It was a real pie in the sky.

On the other side, Zhou Dongyu received the notice like a bolt from the blue, followed by rage.

"Bang!"

The plate of fruit on the table was smashed to pieces by her.

"Why did he let me go?

Crazy?

I didn’t offend him, I just asked a few staff members to shave my head with me, and then took away my heroine!

I'm not convinced! "

Zhou Dongyu in the room looked ferocious and shouted to vent his emotions.

"You'd better calm down.

This is a notification, not a consultation! Zeng Guoxiang on the side had a serious face.

"How can I be calm? Almost a third of the filming is done. I have to change my heroine and let someone else take her place. Whoever I replace can be calm!

Why should he be a guard? "

"Just because his name is Gu Wei, just because he is the investor and producer of this show, just because everyone depends on him to make money."

"Then he can do whatever he wants?"

"That's right, just like you want other crew members to accompany you when shaving your head, you don't care what they think, you just want them to do what you want.

Likewise, Gu Wei won't care what you think when he makes this decision, he has the right."

"What's the matter? I'm the heroine, the girl, and the Golden Horse Queen. How can he, Gu Wei, not care about me?"

Zhou Dongyu still can't accept this fact. Since her debut, she has always been smooth sailing. With her extraordinary talents and the support of noble people along the way, she has reached the top of the entertainment industry at a young age. When has she ever suffered such grievances?

"Indeed, your identity is very powerful to others, but it is of no use to Gu Wei.

He is no longer just an actor."

Zeng Guoxiang and Zhou Dongyu have always had a good relationship. The two had a pleasant cooperation before. The other party also has a good relationship with his father. He can't be too generous.

That's why he patiently persuaded Zhou Dongyu, hoping that she would be wiser.

"I have signed the contract. Now that I have been replaced, are you not afraid that I will expose him and let everyone know that Gu Wei is a drama tyrant?"

Zhou Dongyu was still angry, but she didn't understand the underlying meaning of Zeng Guoxiang's words, and instead threatened him.

"Alas~

Dongyu, let me advise you, although you are the one who is wronged about this matter now, it is still because of you after all.

If you don’t film this scene, you can go to other scenes. Putting things to rest is the best way to deal with it.

Not only can you not expose this matter, but if the media asks about it later, you must also cooperate with the crew's rhetoric and say that because the role is not suitable, you voluntarily quit the crew after consultation."

"Why?"

Zhou Dongyu widened her eyes and looked at Zeng Guoxiang in disbelief. She did not expect that the director with whom she had always had a very good relationship would say such a thing.

"Just because you can't beat Gu Wei, saying you can't fight is a bit exaggerated.

To be precise, given his status, it would not be difficult for him to hold you to death.

You really made him angry this time.

Although it wasn't directed at him, everything you did made Gu Wei feel that you were playing a big role.

He said that since your debut, you are the first artist to play a big role in his crew.

So you don’t have to complain."

Speaking of this, Zhou Dongyu also felt a little guilty.

"Although he and Gu Wei are famous, they are not all-powerful in the entertainment industry."

Zeng Guoxiang took two steps forward and put his hand on Zhou Dongyu's shoulder.

"Do you believe this? Everyone in the industry knows how big [Wei Mingxia] is now. Not to mention Gu Wei, his company's Zhang Tianai is more popular than you in the film industry. That's domestic entertainment." The first billionaire actress

Think about it carefully. If you really want to go against him, Gu Wei will ban you if he lets it out. Who would take the risk of going against him and use you again.

Without any works or exposure, it won’t take long for you to become obsolete.”

After Zeng Guoxiang finished speaking, the room became quiet for a moment.

After a long time, Zhou Dongyu raised his head.

"what should I do?

I really didn't mean it. If I had known that Gu Wei didn't like it, I wouldn't have had to shave my head."

Zeng Guoxiang smiled and put his hand on her head.

"That's right. Those who know the current affairs are heroes. Their arms cannot twist their thighs.

Now that it has happened, there is no point in talking about it anymore.

What you need to do now is pack your things and leave the set. When it is convenient to go back, I will prepare a banquet and you can apologize to Gu Wei in person and ask him not to have a bad impression of you because of this matter."

"He kicked me off the set, and I still have to apologize to him?"

"Yes, this is reality.

There is no absolute right or wrong in this world. Whoever is rich and powerful is right!

If you want to develop in the entertainment industry safely in the future, it is important to keep your head down and admit your mistakes.

Who makes Gu Wei gain power now? If he loses power one day, you can add insult to injury, but before that, you need to keep your head down."

Seeing Zhou Dongyu's silence, Zeng Guoxiang knew that he had accomplished his purpose this time, so he patted her shoulder lightly, turned and walked out of the room.