Chapter 936 1036. One-day trip to Hengdian
Kyoto has entered December, and the snow is falling more and more frequently. Nie Wei has not seen the winter sun for three consecutive days.
The large courtyard of the villa was just swept clean by the cleaning staff in the morning, but when he finished his work at noon, he saw that there was a layer of fine snow outside, and several workers in the yard were busy cleaning.
Nie Wei called a maid and just as he asked her to prepare some hot water and chocolate for the workers who were sweeping the snow, the mobile phone in his pocket rang.
The internal guard asked the maid to go out before answering the phone.
The caller was Zhou Aiguo, but he didn't call to talk to Nie Wei about Zhou Duoduo, but about the business of the real estate company.
Nie Wei now holds 20% of Zhou Aiguo's real estate company, and is the second largest shareholder in the company after Zhou Aiguo, and is also a member of the board of directors of this company.
Zhou Aiguo has made it clear more than once that Nie Wei will take over the company in the future, so Zhou Aiguo will hand over some of the company's affairs to Nie Wei to handle, in order to make him familiar with the entire company's situation and cultivate Nie Wei's direct lineage. When he retires, Nie Wei can smoothly take over the company.
But Nie Wei himself is not very interested in real estate companies. First of all, this industry is too dependent on policies, and the ability to resist financial risks is not strong. In addition, the required relationships are too complicated, so Nie Wei does not want to take over this company.
So in recent years, Nie Wei has been doing Zhou Aiguo's work to let him accept the way of professional managers to manage the company.
Zhou Aiguo was a little resistant at first, but when he found that Nie Wei's attitude of not wanting to take over the company was very clear, he gradually began to accept Nie Wei's suggestions. However, he still hoped that Nie Wei could learn more about the company's business and also cultivate a team. Even if professional managers were responsible for the company's daily tasks, the control of the company should still be in his hands.
Nie Wei agreed with this, so occasionally when Zhou Aiguo gave him official duties, he would try his best to complete them. For example, now Zhou Aiguo hopes that Nie Wei can go to Hengdian to see a resort developed by the company there.
Shu Chang was sitting in the living room with coffee and watching TV when she saw her husband taking out a suitcase and preparing clothes there.
"Are you going on a long trip?" Shu Chang asked with some surprise.
"There are some problems with the resort developed by the real estate company in Hengdian. I want to go and see it myself." Nie Wei replied. Looking at his wife with a frown, Nie Wei hugged Shu Chang and comforted her: "I will be back in a week at most. Then we will attend the premiere of Director Feng's new movie together."
"I will go to Hengdian with you. Anyway, I am free." After enjoying Nie Wei's embrace, Shu Chang pushed him away and went to the warehouse to get the box.
Nie Wei, who was dumbfounded, was left standing there for a long time before he smiled helplessly and took out his mobile phone from his pocket.
"Brother Luo Kai, please book me another flight."
Shu Chang wanted to go to Hengdian with him. Nie Wei had no way to refuse this request, nor did he want to refuse. It was just that he had to let Shu Chang down when he first arrived in Hengdian. After all, he had a lot of official business to deal with, and he was definitely too busy to take care of the girl.
But Shu Chang didn't care. As long as she could see Nie Wei return to the hotel every day and watch TV and chat with her, she would be very satisfied.
This is at least better than being separated, isn't it?
The two of them were rarely together, so Shu Chang would of course seize every opportunity to spend more time with Nie Wei, and Nie Wei also cherished the time they spent together, so he also worked hard to finish it as soon as possible so that he could spare a day of vacation and at least take Shu Chang to Hengdian for a good stroll.
The reason why Zhou Aiguo asked Nie Wei to be personally responsible for the affairs of the Hengdian Resort was that Nie Wei had many connections in the entertainment industry, and Hengdian was the largest film and television base in China, where Nie Wei had many connections that could be used.
Secondly, this is also an important step for Zhou Aiguo's company to transfer its business center from Jeju Island back to China. Although Hengdian is just a small resort, if it is done well, Zhou Aiguo's real estate company may start to lay out tourist areas across the country.
And the model of this small resort is also different from the traditional resorts in the past.
This small resort is about green mountains and clear waters. There are no luxury hotels, but there are villas with unique characteristics.
There are no bars, luxury swimming pools, fireworks shows, or top restaurants that appear in resorts. This resort is completely simulating the column of "Longing for Life", giving tourists who come here for vacation a longing life.
So there are fishing grounds, vegetable fields, fruit gardens, free-range chickens, ducks, geese, etc., where tourists can live a self-sufficient life.
Of course, whether this model is feasible or not, everything is still in practice.
Nie Wei spent five days to deal with the affairs of the resort. After calculating the itinerary, he just had two days of free time. Excluding the time spent on the journey, he could have a good day with Shu Chang.
But there is nothing to visit in Hengdian except the film and television city. The film and television city is very interesting for ordinary people, but for actors Shu Chang and Nie Wei, this place is really familiar.
The two of them don’t even need to make any plans, they can play wherever they want.
In the morning, Shu Chang took Nie Wei to the breakfast shop they often went to when they were filming together.
As soon as they entered the door, the proprietress immediately recognized Nie Wei and Shu Chang, and then greeted them very enthusiastically. What made Shu Chang feel warm was that the proprietress brought the set meal that she and Nie Wei used to order without her saying anything. She really didn't expect that the proprietress still remembered these.
Later, during the meal, Nie Wei also noticed that there was a photo of the two of them eating breakfast among the photos hanging on the wall of this store.
Of course, Nie Wei and Shu Chang would not blame the proprietress for using their photos for publicity at will. In fact, in Hengdian, as long as you open a store, who doesn't hang a few photos of celebrities at home, you are embarrassed to go out and see people.
After eating this breakfast, Nie Wei and Shu Chang even agreed to the proprietress and took another photo together. Then, under the protection of bodyguards, they got into the nanny car from the crowd of onlookers.
After Nie Wei and Shu Chang left, the breakfast restaurant was immediately packed with diners. Not to mention seats, there was no place to stand. That was not all. There was a long line outside the door. Obviously, they all came to taste the food because of Nie Wei and Shu Chang's reputation.
The boss lady looked at so many people and trembled in her heart. Half of her heart was scared. After all, there were too many people. She was really afraid that something would go wrong. The other half was naturally excited. So many people came to buy her steamed buns and tofu pudding. Today's turnover was obviously going to break the record.
However, although there were so many people, only a small number of them stayed. There were also latecomers. Most of them followed Nie Wei's car and headed towards Hengdian Film City.
Fortunately, the driver had great driving skills and got rid of most of the fans who followed the car. When Nie Wei and Shu Chang arrived at their destination, not many people harassed them.
Then the two of them visited the venue where they had filmed together before, and met a few friends who were considered acquaintances. They chatted for a while, and before they knew it, it was noon.
"Where are we going to eat?" Nie Wei asked Shu Chang.
"I'll take you to eat." Shu Chang smiled and took out his phone, winking at Nie Wei playfully.
Nie Wei knew from Shu Chang's attitude that she must have made an appointment with some friends. Sure enough, after Shu Chang secretly made a phone call, she told the driver a restaurant address.
When he arrived at the restaurant, Nie Wei realized that the person who organized the dinner today was Jiang Xin. It occurred to him that she should be filming "The Legend of Zhen Huan" in the local area recently.
This TV series is adapted from a novel, and Huayi had already obtained the film and television adaptation rights of this novel in 2007, but it had never been filmed. Later, Nie Wei himself forgot that he had such a high-quality resource.
Last winter, Wang Ping, the wife of director Zheng Xiaolong, accidentally saw it, and then fell in love with the novel and recommended it to her husband. After reading the novel, Zheng Xiaolong also wanted to film such a deep palace drama.
Then he asked about the film and television adaptation rights of the book, and found out that the film and television adaptation rights had long been in the hands of Huayi.
Then Zheng Xiaolong found someone and contacted Huayi to ask if there was any hope of filming this TV series. After learning the news, Nie Wei also remembered that he had suggested the company to buy the film and television adaptation rights of this novel.
So under Nie Wei's matchmaking, the "Legend of Zhen Huan" jointly produced by Mingzhu Film and Television (a subsidiary of Mingzhu TV Station) and Huayi was officially established.
So far, this drama has been filmed in Hengdian for half a year.
And Jiang Xin was also like the original time and space. She originally went to the interview for the role of the queen, but ended up choosing the role of Hua Fei. If the original time and space were the same, she would have successfully got the role.
"If I had known that it was Jiang Xin who was treating me, I would not have eaten breakfast in the morning." After sitting down, Nie Wei smiled and joked.
"I'm so poor, and you, a rich man, still want to exploit me?" After Jiang Xin choked Nie Wei, she did not forget to pull Shu Chang's hand and said pitifully: "Chang Chang, look at your man."
"Xin Xin, stop pretending, order food quickly, I'm hungry after walking around for a whole morning." Shu Chang didn't buy Jiang Xin's tricks and stood firmly on Nie Wei's side.
Jiang Xin pouted in anger, but unfortunately her bones were too strong. This aggrieved look not only did not make Nie Wei feel cute, but also made him feel a little funny.
Of course, after the joke, we still need to care about what we should care about.
Jiang Xin is one of Shu Chang's few good girlfriends. Their friendship has continued from the filming of "Tianlong Babu" to the present, which is eight or nine years, which is rare.
There are also partners like Liu Tao. In fact, many of Shu Chang's good friends were made at that time.
After all, everyone was still very simple at that time, and the thoughts of getting along were not very complicated. There was not much interest mixed in. The friendship was pure, and the shelf life would naturally be very long.
"Nie Wei, I'm telling you, Director Zheng Xiaolong is such a jerk. He brings so many snacks to the set every day, and his mouth never stops smacking. I have to maintain my weight, and I don't even dare to eat more rice. But I have to watch him eat non-stop every day. It's really painful." Jiang Xin and Nie Wei and his wife "complained".
For a foodie, the most painful thing is to see that you can eat but can't. Putting yourself in her shoes, Nie Wei feels that he is Jiang Xin and would be annoyed.
However, even if he can understand Jiang Xin's good intentions, Nie Wei still has to tell her an unfortunate news.
"Jiang Xin, you may have to extend your diet for a long time. The company is planning to shoot an urban fashion drama recently. I think there is a role that suits you very well, so I recommended you to the company. If you are willing to take this role, you must maintain your weight for a while."
After hearing this news, Jiang Xin was completely stunned.
For a while afterwards, Jiang Xin only took a few bites of the dishes that were served, and tasted them all.
Originally, she was going to eat as much as she wanted for today's meal, after all, her role in "The Legend of Zhen Huan" was about to be finished, so she could let herself go for a while, but she didn't expect Nie Wei to bring her such news.
She knew that the role that Nie Wei specially recommended to her must be good, so she couldn't refuse it. So if she wanted to maintain her figure, she naturally couldn't eat too much. Jiang Xin's professionalism was quite good.
After a sumptuous lunch, Nie Wei didn't rely on his wealth to pay the bill, but let Jiang Xin pay for the meal. After sending Jiang Xin away, Nie Wei pulled Shu Chang over and discussed whether to visit the set of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" in the afternoon?
"Okay, just a good surprise for Jiang Xin." Shu Chang clapped his hands and laughed.
"Then we should prepare as well." Nie Wei suggested. It is natural not to go to the set empty-handed. As a friend of Jiang Xin and the main investor of this play, Nie Wei should bring some gifts.
The two discussed it and finally decided to prepare a dining car to send to the crew.
Luo Kai kept in touch with Jiang Xin's agent and knew the time when the crew and Jiang Xin would finish filming. Nie Wei and Shu Chang were not in a hurry to go to the crew, but went shopping again and bought some small things they liked. Seeing that more than two hours had passed, they set off for the filming location of "The Legend of Zhen Huan".
Soon they arrived near the Ming and Qing Palaces. Without anyone to lead the way, Nie Wei and Shu Chang found the Qing Palace area and began to search for the crew of "The Legend of Zhen Huan".
However, the crew of "Zhen Huan" had not been found yet. The two of them almost broke into the crew of "New Return of the Pearl" filming nearby.
It was at this time that Nie Wei realized that the two crews had been neighbors here for almost two months.
Under the enthusiastic guidance of a Huanzhu staff member, they soon found the "Empresses in the Palace" crew not far away. After the two approached quietly, they found that the director was not filming. They happened to catch up with the director's explanation of the play.
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