Chapter 667 667. Party
On April 19, when "Ancient Sword" has sold more than 700,000 units, "Destined" will also have a party on that day.
The location was naturally placed in Huayi's large conference room.
The first one to arrive was Wang Kai. After receiving the notice for the nine o'clock meeting yesterday, he had been afraid that he would be late if he got up late, so he specially set two alarm clocks to ensure that he would get up at seven o'clock. However, it might be He was so worried that he woke up at five o'clock in the morning because of a nightmare. In his dream, neither alarm clock woke him up, but in reality he woke up too early.
Wang Kai, who was afraid of sleeping when he lay down again, simply got up and exercised a bit. He went for a jog in the small garden downstairs. After returning to the dormitory, he took a shower and shaved. The next step was to pick something. It’s about clothes, but it’s easier for boys, a simple suit and a white shirt is fine.
Facing the mirror, Wang Kai couldn't help but pose in a few sexy poses. They all say that a person is judged by his clothes. After putting on new clothes, he felt even more handsome than before.
Wang Kai was very satisfied with his current look. He gave himself a thumbs up in the mirror and said with a smile: "Come on!"
He dedicated this encouragement to himself. From today on, he will try to formally integrate into the new crew and start a new starting point in his acting career.
When Wang Kai was packing up and getting ready to go out, Chen Qiaoen upstairs had just gotten up.
It's not that Chen Qiaoen is lazy. In fact, she got up early, and the time now is only half past seven. Chen Qiaoen woke up and stayed in bed for another ten minutes before slowly rolling over like a sloth. Two times, he slowly sat up from the bed.
After sitting like this for another five minutes, Chen Qiaoen finally regained consciousness. When he looked at the time, it was already 7:45, he started to feel anxious again.
"I haven't washed my face, I haven't brushed my teeth, I still have to put on makeup, and I still have to pick out clothes, ahhhhhhh, it's too late." Chen Qiaoen ran to the toilet in a hurry, first quickly solving his own problem Hygiene issues, and then she hurriedly washed up. No matter how fast she tried, girls always had more trouble than boys. It took her a full twenty minutes to get out of the bathroom.
Then it was time for her to put on makeup and pick out clothes. After everything was over, the time had reached 8:45. Thinking about the news about gathering at 9 o'clock, she trotted all the way in high heels. The only good thing was that the dormitory was not far from the company. It's not far, it only takes five minutes to get there by taxi.
When Chen Qiaoen arrived at the company, the time had already reached 8:55. She just breathed a sigh of relief and was glad that she was not late. But when she opened the door of the conference room and saw that it was full of people, The joy she had just felt suddenly disappeared, and she only felt full of embarrassment. While apologizing, she quickly found a seat and sat down.
By coincidence, next to her was Wang Kai, who was the first to arrive.
"Hello, my name is Wang Kai." Wang Kai took the initiative to say hello after seeing Chen Qiaoen. He recognized that this girl was the heroine of the play.
"Hello, hello. My name is Chen Qiaoen. You can just call me Jon." Chen Qiaoen heard Wang Kai's greeting and quickly stretched out his hands to shake his hand. While responding politely, he also looked at him curiously. Look at Wang Kai.
The first thing Chen Qiaoen noticed was Wang Kai's hands, which were slender and beautiful. She felt that these hands were born to play the piano, and the picture must be very beautiful.
Then, Wang Kai’s face is very handsome and manly, especially when he smiles, he is very sunny.
Chen Qiaoen couldn't help but start to think about which character Wang Kai would be in the TV series. Who could attend today's party would not be a walk-on, but the male lead and the second male lead were already confirmed to be Nie Wei and Cheng Kun, otherwise Chen Qiaoen will definitely regard Wang Kai as one of the leading actors. After all, in Chen Qiaoen's eyes, he is born with the look of an idol.
But besides the male lead and the second male lead, what other important and handsome characters are there in the play?
Chen Qiaoen was a little distressed because she was completely wrong. She never thought that such a sunny and handsome man would play the role of the effeminate secretary.
"Excuse me, are you acting?" Chen Qiaoen couldn't think of anything, but couldn't help but be curious, so he finally asked Wang Kai.
"Ji Cunxi's secretary Anson." Wang Kai answered Chen Qiaoen's curiosity generously, but after the latter heard it, he couldn't help but opened his eyes in surprise. Wang Kai was not surprised at all by the girl's expression. No, because he had seen many of the same and similar expressions today.
These expressions all appeared after he announced the role he played. Wang Kai felt a little awkward at first, but now that he has experienced more, he is used to it.
"I'm sorry, I really didn't think of your image as this character." Chen Qiaoen quickly came to his senses and realized that he had lost his composure, so he quickly made up for it.
Wang Kai smiled and waved his hand, indicating that it was nothing, and then said: "Actually, I didn't think I could play such a role at first, but Mr. Nie thought I could. Then I gave it a try, and I really discovered that being an actor is really fun. Nothing is impossible."
"That's right, I never thought I would play a pregnant mother." Chen Qiaoen smiled, clapped her hands, and agreed. Wang Kai's words helped her find a common topic.
But before the two could chat in detail, the door to the conference room was pushed open again, and it was Nie Wei who stepped in.
"Hello everyone, I am very happy to invite you all together today. We may work together for two to three months in the future. Today's gathering is to let everyone get to know each other. So, let me start first." After entering the meeting room, Nie Wei stood in the main seat and said directly.
"My name is Nie Wei, and I am the leading actor in this play. I have many hobbies, but my favorites are tea ceremony and calligraphy. I think drinking tea and writing can help me exercise my patience and face complicated things calmly. I can also communicate with people who share the same hobbies as me in private."
"As for what I don't like, there are not many. I am easy-going, but there is one thing. I don't like people who are not serious about their work, because they are not only irresponsible to themselves, but also to all the partners they work with."
This is the vaccination that Nie Wei gave to everyone in the crew in advance. Although Nie Wei is only 23 years old, no one dared to ignore Nie Wei's words. Nie Wei's eyes seemed to be indifferent when he swept across the audience, but he gave people a feeling that he could not be ignored. The pressure brought by that look instantly left a deep impression on all the actors present.
"In addition, if you encounter any problems in the crew, remember to find the producer Luo on my right. She is also the chief steward of our crew. She was the producer of "Boys Over Flowers" and "The Man from Nowhere" before. She is a person worthy of your trust." After Nie Wei finished the vaccination, he did not forget to introduce Luo Yuan who was sitting on her left.
This is Nie Wei's position of supporting Luo Yuan, especially using the word "trust", indicating that Luo Yuan is Nie Wei's own person.
I believe that as long as you are not stupid, you should be able to understand Nie Wei's almost straightforward meaning.
Then it was Luo Yuan who stood up and introduced herself. The content was very concise. Following Nie Wei's words, she briefly introduced herself and sat down.
In Luo Yuan's view, there will be a lot of work to deal with these artists in the future, and there should be too many opportunities to get familiar with them. At that time, actual actions will be far more useful than the exaggerated words now.
Then Gui Yalei, who played the grandmother, Wang Lin, who played the second mother, and Yue Yaoli, who played Zhongshan Long, introduced themselves one after another. These are all seniors in the crew this time. Even Wang Lin, the youngest among them, is already 37 years old and has been in the industry for nearly 15 years.
After these seniors introduced themselves, it was the turn of Cheng Kun and Chen Qiaoen, the leading actors, and then Wang Kai, Jiang Xin and others also introduced themselves.
After this set of procedures, plus a chat in the middle, more than an hour passed.
Looking at the time, it was just time to go for lunch, so Nie Wei took everyone on the scene to a restaurant that had been booked long ago. Chatting between strangers would be awkward, but at the dinner table, as long as a few topics were given, everyone could quickly chat together.
With Nie Wei's help at the dinner, the actors soon became familiar with each other, and the old and new actors began to communicate.
The meal lasted nearly three hours before it ended. When Chen Qiaoen returned to the dormitory, she felt that today's meeting was really fruitful.
She began to truly feel that her career in the mainland had begun to unfold. She met more local artists and had a deeper understanding of the mainland entertainment industry.
And Wang Kai felt this even more deeply.
After all, compared to Chen Qiaoen, he was a relatively pure newcomer. Today's gathering can be said to have broadened his horizons. The stars he met were simply many levels higher than those he met at the previous dinner parties.
For the first time, Wang Kai truly felt how important a large agency was to an artist. If he had not joined Huayi, he would not have been able to get the role in this drama, let alone attend such a level of dinner like today, let alone expand his network.
Wang Kai's mentality also began to gradually change with this gathering, and a feeling called a sense of belonging gradually grew in his heart.
After finishing the gathering of the crew at Huayi, Nie Wei did not go home to rest, but continued to rush to Fanxing Game Company to hold a celebration banquet for Zhang Yajun and his game production team.
Since the release of "Gu Jian Qi Tan", the sales of 700,000 copies can be said to be the best among all stand-alone games in China. It is also the game with the highest number of games sold in recent years. More importantly, its release period is far from over. According to estimates, this year, the sales of this game has a great chance of exceeding one million copies.
The game is so popular, Nie Wei naturally wants to celebrate with the production team.
The place was chosen by the game production team themselves, Xilaishun, a famous hot pot restaurant in Kyoto, which is full every day. If it is not booked in advance, it really can't accommodate dozens of people.
The production team occupied three large private rooms to accommodate everyone. Zhang Yijun and Nie Wei were naturally in the main private room, where all the team leaders of the production team were sitting.
"The sales of "Gu Jian Qi Tan" are 700,000 copies, and everyone here is a hero." While waiting for the dishes to be served, Nie Wei raised his glass to toast everyone present.
This simple sentence made everyone at the scene excited. Two years of hard work was for this moment. Now they can finally stand up straight and speak out in the circle. They are no longer a game production team that exists under the shadow of "Failure of Fairy Sword". They are now the No. 1 game production team in terms of sales of domestic single-player games.
After everyone drank a glass, Zhang Yajun began to invite everyone to eat.
While everyone was busy putting food into the pot, Zhang Yajun pulled Nie Wei to talk about things.
"Mr. Nie, the plan for my second game has come out. I made a budget and want you to take a look?" Zhang Yajun took out a document from his briefcase and wanted to hand it to Nie Wei, who was about to pick up a dish. Nie Wei felt amused.
"Mr. Zhang, you really don't need to be so anxious. The first game took two years to make. We have to let everyone take a break. I'll make the decision. After the recent busy period is over, everyone will be given a month of paid leave. The company will also organize a tour. Those who want to participate can sign up for a group. Food, accommodation and transportation are all free. As for Mr. Zhang, your new game plan will be discussed after a month of vacation." After Nie Wei finished speaking, everyone on the scene cheered warmly, except Zhang Yajun who handed in the report.
He also knew that it was time to give his employees a holiday, but he felt uneasy until the production cost of the second game was finalized, especially when he was still ambitious about the production cost of the second game. He wanted to strike while the iron was hot and propose it when his game was selling well. Maybe Nie Wei would really approve it.
"Nie Wei, just take a look, take a look." Zhang Yijun pleaded. Nie Wei had no choice but to take over Zhang Yijun's plan and budget report.
Zhang Yijun's plan still continued the game mode of "Gu Jian Qi Tan", but this time he hoped to upgrade the game engine and use the international mainstream game engine, so that the realism of the game characters can be greatly enhanced, and get rid of the problems such as poker face and space walk that are now criticized by players.
However, changing the game engine also needs to face several problems, such as game makers need some time to familiarize themselves with the new game engine, and they must also grope in the production process. The most important thing is that the amount of the budget will inevitably increase greatly.
Looking at the figure of 60 million on the budget plan, Nie Wei finally understood why Zhang Yijun had to hand him this budget report at this time.
Obviously, the success of "Gu Jian Qi Tan" has made Zhang Yijun's ambition grow, and he has begun to strive towards international standards.
However, the figure of 60 million is definitely a sky-high production cost for a domestic game. Zhang Yijun is also very clear about this. If this investment is only sold domestically, it will be a 100% loss. However, there are not many successful data on selling domestic stand-alone games abroad except for "Xianjian".
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