Chapter 729 729. New Year, New Atmosphere
"At 7pm yesterday, the Workers' Stadium once again welcomed the annual Huayi New Year's Eve Concert. That night, many stars gathered. The four young masters of Hua rarely gathered together to sing TV hits. The WIN group ignited the audience with their energetic songs and dances. The last performer, Nie Wei, not only brought his love song medley to the audience, but also interacted with the audience and presented a very magical dance. Please watch the report brought by our station next."
As the host spoke, the TV quickly played the live recording of yesterday's Huayi New Year's Eve Concert, especially the seemingly simple but highly ornamental dance presented by Nie Wei at the end, which was given more than ten seconds of footage.
Shu Chang drank a sip of milk, watched Nie Wei dancing on TV, and couldn't help laughing: "I didn't expect you to have this kind of talent."
"It's just fun." Nie Wei sat opposite Shu Chang, with his back to the TV. Although he could see the screen, he could still hear the familiar music.
Last night, he had a good time on the stage. Not only did he play the classic dance music "Seve" for the audience of this time and space for the first time, but he also brought the matching shuffle dance to the stage.
The simple but dynamic melody and the simple but dazzling dance made the audience dazzled.
The result was naturally very good. Even though a night had passed, the number one hot search topic on the blog was still Nie Wei's dance last night, and the discussion even exceeded 10 million overnight.
However, this was just the beginning in Nie Wei's eyes. Nie Wei, who had experienced the shuffle dance becoming popular all over the world, knew very well how magical this dance would be when paired with this song.
"By the way, what language is that song in? Jiang Xin, Shi Shi and I guessed for a long time yesterday, but we couldn't guess it." Shu Chang remembered something when he heard the song, and immediately asked curiously.
Last night they sat in the audience and listened, but they didn't quite understand what language the song was in. Shu Chang finally thought it sounded like Latin, Jiang Xin thought it sounded like Spanish, and Lin Shishi hesitated for a long time, saying that she didn't understand a single word and really couldn't guess it.
The three of them discussed for a long time, and even asked Lu Chuan, who looked very knowledgeable, but still got nothing.
"It's the most used language in Africa, called Swahili." Nie Wei replied.
"Wow, my big baby knows so much." Even though it was a common African language, Shu Chang didn't know what Swahili was, and just thought that Nie Wei even knew this.
"Don't praise me, I'll be proud. Nie Wei made a joke, and then explained: "In fact, this song is adapted from a Christian song in the 1980s. The lyrics have only a few meanings, which are to thank the Creator God and express the meaning of being moved. The reason for using this language is that don't you think African languages have a sense of rhythm?"
"I don't understand, but it sounds pretty good. "Shu Chang answered honestly. Although she had released an album at a young age, she was not a real professional singer after all, and she was not at the level of discussing music with Nie Wei.
"By the way, Sister Tao's wedding has been scheduled for January 6th. Do you have time to attend?" Shu Chang remembered something and asked Nie Wei.
"I promised Sister Tao a long time ago that I would definitely attend." Nie Wei put down his chopsticks and replied, "Have you thought about what wedding gift to give them?"
"No." Shu Chang frowned when she heard this.
Giving gifts is a worrying thing for everyone, especially when the person you are giving gifts to is the kind of person who has everything, which is even more troublesome. Although Shu Chang has a good relationship with Liu Tao, she only has a general understanding of his preferences.
"If we can't think of it, we can just wrap a thicker red envelope. "Shu Chang rejected Nie Wei's idea after just a thought, it was too simple and crude.
Red envelopes must be given, but gifts should also be carefully considered.
"I think Sister Tao likes jewelry very much, how about we give her a set of jewelry?" Shu Chang asked Nie Wei.
"Not appropriate." Nie Wei immediately denied: "Jewelry is something that Liu Tao will feel uncomfortable if you give her expensive ones, but if you give her cheap ones, she won't need them at all. How about we give them a pair of longevity locks for their future children? The gift will not be too expensive and will be full of good wishes. What do you think?"
"Okay, I'll listen to you. "Shu Chang was also enlightened after hearing Nie Wei's suggestion, and felt from the bottom of his heart that Nie Wei's suggestion was indeed better than his own.
On New Year's Day, Huayi employees still need to work half a day. First of all, the company will distribute New Year's Day gifts.
This is a tradition of Huayi. A new year and a new atmosphere. On this day, employees will receive a set of brand new stationery and thermos cups printed with the company's logo. The company will also prepare a New Year's Day gift box for everyone. In addition to some small gifts for daily use, it is mainly snacks.
For this gift box, female colleagues obviously like it more than male colleagues.
In addition to gifts, everyone has a not-so-heavy job, which is to send audition invitations to qualified stars across the country. Nie Wei's new movie has entered the final preparation stage, and Nie Wei's casting work will soon start.
When everyone sent out audition invitations, it felt like the martial arts leader in a martial arts novel summoning his partners to send out hero invitations, because everyone who received an audition invitation was undoubtedly a well-known artist in the circle.
It was just that many male employees were a little disappointed that there were more than ten important roles in Nie Wei's new movie, but the proportion of female roles was pitifully small. The heroine with the most important role was confirmed early, and the remaining female roles were not even presentable, which also reduced their chances to meet female stars.
After all, this was Nie Wei's movie. If Nie Wei had not confirmed the heroine early and was willing to interview this role, they would have guaranteed that even a super star like Zhang Ziyi would be tempted.
Because of the sufficient budget, Nie Wei really wanted to make a big move this time. Nie Wei basically invited all the big stars in the circle, and even Wang Jinghua's agency, which had not had much cooperation with Huayi, was not left out. Hu Jun and Chen Daoming from their company were very good actors.
These invitations were responded to one after another in the following days, and nearly 40 actors were willing to accept Nie Wei's audition invitation.
Although compared with the hundreds of audition invitations sent out, the proportion of responses is not high, less than half, but it should be noted that Nie Wei sent out invitations for supporting roles, and the actors invited were all artists who were used to playing the leading roles. Their willingness to agree is a recognition of the film and their willingness to participate in it.
Of course, this is also inseparable from Nie Wei's achievements in the film industry in recent years. He is no longer a rookie who was questioned for backdoors when he was even the leading actor. Now he is the Golden Horse Film Emperor and has played many classic roles. He has enough status in the circle, which is enough for these big names to willingly play with him.
The staff quickly sorted out the list, and then asked the time of these artists, and finally set the audition time on January 10.
Before that, Nie Wei had another important thing, which was to participate in the wedding of Liu Tao and Wang Ke.
As for the wedding gift money, Nie Wei and Shu Chang gave 200,000 yuan together in the name of lovers. It was a normal level among the guests, not too high or too low. Nie Wei would not be so vulgar as to go to other people's weddings to spend money just because he was rich.
Of course, in addition to the gift money, the two also prepared a gift.
This is a longevity lock inlaid with gold and jade. It is not the kind that can be bought in stores outside. Instead, Nie Wei took a plane to Suzhou and Hangzhou to visit an old man named Lin Qianjing. The craftsmanship passed down by their family is to make this longevity lock.
And Nie Wei found him, naturally hoping to ask him to help design and make a unique longevity lock.
Because time was tight, Nie Wei had to wait in Suzhou and Hangzhou during this period, just to get the longevity lock as soon as possible. On the wedding day, Nie Wei actually just got the longevity lock that had been made, and took the plane back to Kyoto on the same day. He didn't even go home. He found a hotel nearby to change clothes, and then was picked up by a car to the wedding scene.
Wang Ke is quite wealthy, and the wedding on that day was also designed to be very impressive.
First of all, there were luxury cars outside the wedding venue, from Ferrari to Lamborghini, from Mercedes-Benz to Rolls-Royce, all the major luxury car models from China and abroad were basically all on the scene today.
Of course, these cars were not Wang Ke's, most of them came from his partners. As a very successful investor, he naturally had a lot of connections.
As for Liu Tao, Wang Ke was also willing to spend money. He booked two floors of the Peninsula Hotel and invited more than 200 relatives and friends. The scene was crowded. To be honest, this was also the most lively wedding that Nie Wei and Shu Chang had ever attended.
The appearance of Nie Wei and Shu Chang was particularly eye-catching even if the scene was full of stars.
Wherever they passed by, they would inevitably be accompanied by the sound of greetings. No matter how familiar they were, they all hoped to leave a good impression in front of Nie Wei.
Nie Wei and Shu Chang have seen this kind of scene many times. Since Nie Wei's fame and status have become more and more powerful, this kind of situation will occur at every cocktail party. Now this situation has just been moved to someone else's wedding. Nie Wei and Shu Chang can handle it well, but it has somewhat stolen the limelight from Liu Tao and his wife.
Of course, Liu Tao and Wang Ke don't care about this, especially Wang Ke, who wants to introduce Nie Wei to every one of his friends. Obviously, he thinks it is a very face-saving thing to invite Nie Wei to the wedding.
Of course, he soon had a more face-saving thing.
When Nie Wei and Shu Chang handed the carefully prepared longevity lock to Liu Tao and his wife, Wang Ke laughed so happily that even others could see his back teeth.
"This lock is really beautiful." Liu Tao looked at the longevity lock in his hand and liked it very much.
Because Nie Wei's blessing really made her feel surprised and unexpected. The other guests at the scene wished them a happy marriage, but only Nie Wei and Shu Chang not only wished them a happy marriage, but also gave their future baby a very precious gift and blessing, which moved Liu Tao very much.
Fortunately, Liu Tao knew that it was still at the wedding scene, so she held back her tears and didn't cry, but she was still moved and hugged Shu Chang and kept saying thank you.
In Nie Wei's opinion, Liu Tao's performance was a bit exaggerated, but then she thought about it again, maybe women are a little sensitive when they get married, and any emotions will be magnified at this time.
During the subsequent wedding, Liu Tao and Wang Ke talked about why they decided to hold the wedding at the Peninsula Hotel. It turned out that the first time they met was in the elevator of the Peninsula Hotel. Wang Ke fell in love with Liu Tao at first sight. She asked her friends to find out about Liu Tao's schedule, and then took the initiative to attend the cocktail party. At the cocktail party, she pretended to meet Liu Tao by chance. After a conversation, the two found that they had a lot in common, which made Wang Ke more determined to pursue Liu Tao.
Then there was a twenty-day pursuit process. Liu Tao did not escape Wang Ke's palm. From the registration to now, the two walked into the wedding hall again. The happiness when their eyes met made the guests feel sweet from the bottom of their hearts.
"Sister Liu Tao looks so beautiful in a wedding dress." Shu Chang, who was sitting in the seat, looked at Liu Tao and Wang Ke showing their love on the stage and couldn't help sighing.
Shu Chang just couldn't help but sigh, but Nie Wei, who had sharp ears, heard it clearly.
"You must be more beautiful than all the brides in your wedding dress." Nie Wei whispered to Shu Chang, and with one sentence, Shu Chang smiled and glanced at Nie Wei sweetly.
But soon, Shu Chang looked at the newlyweds on the stage and gradually became infatuated.
Because she found that the little idea in her heart seemed to accelerate because of cherishing the happy and sweet wedding, especially now that there are no legal restrictions, Shu Chang's desire to get married has grown wildly in such a happy atmosphere.
Nie Wei, who was standing aside, didn't know that the girl next to him had another idea that she shouldn't have because of this wedding. At this moment, he was just a bystander, watching Liu Tao and Wang Ke on the stage showing off their love.
Looking at Liu Tao's brilliant smile, Nie Wei thought that Wang Ke should not be as unlucky as in the original time and space this time. In short, the girl with a silly smile should live a more relaxed and happier life in this life.
This wedding will last for four days, and Nie Wei and Shu Chang only attended the first day.
But after returning home, Nie Wei found that Shu Chang was a little absent-minded. These days, she would be distracted from time to time. Once, she even mistook sugar for salt when cooking, and the dishes she cooked almost made Nie Wei sick.
If Shu Chang was not young, Nie Wei would have thought she had Alzheimer's disease.
Seeing that Shu Chang had not recovered for two days, Nie Wei finally couldn't help it and pulled Shu Chang to sit on the sofa, ready to ask this girl, where did such a big worry come from, and why couldn't she figure it out after so long?
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