Chapter 1265 1366. Idol Games
Nie Wei did not wait for the news from Depp.
It seems that after talking with Depp, Delas did not decide to ask Nie Wei for help. This is not surprising. Asking for help from Nie Wei also means handing over one's own handle to Nie Wei. Neither of them is familiar with Nie Wei. It is reasonable not to want to take risks unless they are in a particularly difficult situation.
At the fitting site a week later, Depp did not miss or be late this time. Instead, he arrived on time as scheduled and cooperated with the crew's work very well.
When Depp was fitting, Delas came to Nie Wei.
"Director, I have a personal matter to ask you for help." Delas said: "My employer has decided to sue his ex-wife. If possible, I hope that your Los Angeles Times can do an exclusive interview for my employer."
Nie Wei immediately understood what Delas meant when he heard it.
In fact, Delas said that he was asking for help. In Nie Wei's opinion, this should be a benefit to Nie Wei. Depp sued his ex-wife, plus the news revealed by Delas before, this must be a big news. Not to mention the Los Angeles Times, no newspaper in the United States can refuse such explosive news.
And De Las gave himself the qualification for the interview, which was obviously a gesture of goodwill, and it should also be to compensate Nie Wei for Depp's absence several times before. It is very likely that this is what Depp meant, and he apologized to Nie Wei in this way.
Nie Wei looked at Depp, and Depp happened to be looking over here. Depp looked away after seeing Nie Wei, but the moment their eyes crossed, Nie Wei was very sure that the other party should do this for what he guessed.
"Of course, I will arrange an interview with the reporter as soon as possible." Nie Wei turned his head and readily agreed to De Las's request.
De Las smiled, and Nie Wei agreed, which meant that the previous things were over.
As Nie Wei expected, his request this time was purely to apologize for his sins. Depp couldn't bear to apologize to Nie Wei, a junior, in person, so he chose this way.
Of course, they themselves didn't lose much. Depp's lawsuit would be officially launched in a week, and by then, the whole United States... no, the places with Internet access in the world would probably know about it.
Of course, this interview is definitely valuable. The media emphasizes timeliness, which is why paper media is gradually suppressed by online media. Of course, for big news like this, De Las and Depp would rather have paper media break it first, because the credibility of paper media is far greater than that of online media.
And what De Las gave Nie Wei was not only a big news, but also gave them better and more ample reporting time than their opponents, which is definitely a great gift.
After all, De Las still wants to continue to cooperate with Nie Wei, and of course he can't play tricks in this regard. The two words "exclusive interview" are enough to show their sincerity.
The fitting took two and a half days, which kept more than 20 costume designers of the crew busy. In the middle, they made hundreds of revisions, and finally reached the standard that Nie Wei was satisfied with.
After the fitting, Nie Wei announced that the actors could go home and rest.
In the remaining time, the crew will first go to the filming location in the UK. In addition, there are a lot of equipment to be airlifted there, which will also take some time. Of course, there are also site inspections, layouts, etc. Nie Wei estimates that it will take at least ten days for the crew to officially start filming.
And this period of time is also the last vacation for this group of actors and Nie Wei.
After announcing that everyone was disbanded on the spot, Nie Wei also returned to the villa, but there was no Shu Chang in the villa except for the servants.
Just two days ago, Shu Chang had already taken a plane back to China.
Because "In the Name of the People" is about to officially start filming, it will take two days to calculate the time. As one of the leading actors, Shu Chang naturally has to report to the crew, so Nie Wei's crew also found a new producer. During the time when Shu Chang accompanied Nie Wei in the United States, his main job was to be responsible for handing over to this producer.
Coincidentally, this new producer is also an actor who has transformed into a producer.
The new producer is Zhang Ying, who graduated from Xueda University. She originally signed an actor contract with Huayi, but after two years of hard work in this industry, she had other ideas and finally chose to switch to being a producer, which can be regarded as returning to her profession.
Unexpectedly, she shined in the field of producer. She first worked on a new web drama of Huayi and achieved good results. Then she was ordered to become the producer of the web drama "Ghost Blowing Light". It was so urgent that she didn't even have any handover with the previous generation of producers, but Zhang Ying managed the crew in an orderly manner and completed the filming smoothly.
This time, the company also saw her ability and potential and entrusted her with important tasks.
Then she was responsible for Lu Chuan's new movie, and her performance was still remarkable. After Lu Chuan finished filming, he even applied to the company to let Zhang Ying be his exclusive producer. Of course, the company did not agree, mainly because Lu Chuan's production speed was too slow. He couldn't make a movie in two or three years. It was a waste of talent to let Zhang Ying accompany him to shoot a movie.
It happened that at this time, Nie Wei asked the company for a new producer to replace Shu Chang who was going to film. Wang Zhonglei thought about it and recommended Zhang Ying.
After a trial period, Nie Wei and Shu Chang both felt that Zhang Ying was capable enough to be a producer.
And because she graduated from Syracuse University, she originally learned this set in Hollywood. Now that she has joined Nie Wei's crew, she is like a fish in water.
Nie Wei took off his coat and made a video call to Shu Chang, telling her that he would return to China tomorrow.
"Ah!" Shu Chang sighed and said regretfully: "If I had known, I would have reported to the crew a day later, and we could have had dinner together."
"Have you joined the crew?" Nie Wei asked.
"Well, I just arrived in Jinling today. I will have dinner with the crew tonight, and the filming will officially start the day after tomorrow." Shu Chang explained.
After hearing Shu Chang's words, Nie Wei also felt a little sorry, but still comforted him: "It doesn't matter. I will stay in China for seven or eight days this time. How about I fly to Jinling before going to the UK to visit you?"
"Then we have a deal." Shu Chang smiled happily.
"By the way, if you want to take such a long break, then do me a favor." Shu Chang suddenly said.
"Do you know that the idol sports meeting you planned is about to be held for five days at the Workers' Stadium? I promised Duoduo that I would go there to cheer her up, but now I'm filming and can't leave. You just happen to have time, so go there for me. Besides, she's your sister. If you don't go there to support her, Duoduo will definitely miss you later."
"Okay, it's a small matter." Nie Wei agreed with a smile.
After hanging up the phone, Nie Wei called Ma Dong again, because Ma Dong was responsible for the idol sports meeting.
Hearing Nie Wei asking about the idol sports meeting on the phone, Ma Dong smiled and reported: "Indeed, it will start the day after tomorrow. Because the number of participants this time exceeded expectations, the original three-day competition date has become five days."
"What idol groups are there?" Nie Wei asked curiously.
"Domestic bands like Rainbow, HELLO GIRLS, 48, Bees, SING are all participating. Almost all the famous male bands are here, as well as some young actors and singers. A total of 181 artists are participating."
"The events include athletics, swimming, archery, and rhythmic gymnastics. By the way, because of the number of days for the competition, a basketball team competition has been added."
"Specific rules..."
"There is no need to explain the rules. I am not participating in the competition. Anyway, try to be fair." Nie Wei interrupted Ma Dong with a smile. If he continued, Nie Wei would not be able to rest today.
"Mr. Nie, why do you ask this specifically?" Ma Dong also smiled and asked.
"I will return to China tomorrow, and I may go to the scene to support my sister the day after tomorrow." Nie Wei directly stated his purpose. After all, there was nothing to hide.
"Then how about I find someone to write an opening script, and you go up and read a paragraph?" Ma Dong rolled his eyes and immediately thought of a good idea.
But his good idea was a completely bad idea in Nie Wei's view.
"No, I want to keep a low profile, please let me keep a low profile." Nie Wei resisted. What he hated most was taking a manuscript and giving a long speech on the stage, which made the people below drowsy. Therefore, Nie Wei usually gave this kind of thing to Wang Zhonglei or others during the annual meeting. If he really had to appear, he would usually go up and make a few jokes, and then end his speech.
In Nie Wei's opinion, this so-called summary and encouragement only needs to be said once, and there is no need to make it so long. Although this is a commendation for everyone's hard work for a year and a matter of collective honor, it loses its meaning if it is too long. Sometimes you give more bonuses to employees, which actually makes them like it more.
"Okay, forget it." Ma Dong did not force it. It was originally his last-minute idea.
"Tomorrow I will ask your secretary to put the pass on the coffee table in your living room." Ma Dong said again.
Nie Wei couldn't help laughing after hearing this, and joked: "My face is the best pass."
"Although I know you can use your face, as a big boss, you still have to set an example. Haven't you seen me wearing it these days? It's mainly to look formal." Ma Dong laughed.
"Okay, I'll wear it too." Nie Wei didn't have any resistance to this rule. Just like Ma Dong said, set an example.
While Nie Wei and Ma Dong were talking on the phone, Zhou Duoduo was practicing in an archery hall in Kyoto at this moment.
Although the idol sports meeting will start the day after tomorrow, the recording of the pilot film has actually been completed, and the sports events have also been determined during the recording process in the past few days.
And this period of time is also the time for the contestants to get familiar with the sports events.
Take the archery distance for example. Among those who signed up, there are actually few who really understand archery. They all signed up because they saw it as easy and simple. Zhou Duoduo is the same, but after getting started, she found that this is really not easy to learn and hard to master. Just raising the bow and pulling the bow is far from as easy as she thought before. Instead, it is a full physical job.
If Nie Wei knew what she was thinking, he would definitely laugh at her.
Modern bows and arrows are much lighter because of composite materials and auxiliary equipment such as pulleys, and it doesn't take much effort to draw the bow, but this is also compared to the previous bows and arrows. For this group of boys and girls, this is actually a very physically demanding activity.
The process of repeatedly drawing the bow will consume a lot of physical strength, not to mention that this is also a sport that pursues concentration. As mentioned before, when people are concentrating, their physical strength will be consumed more.
Moreover, if you want to shoot accurately, you must first have a steady hand. Those professional shooting athletes, which one of them doesn't practice holding a gun and a bow at ordinary times? This is the same as doing a horse stance. It looks simple, but when you really do it, it's amazing for ordinary people to hold it for five minutes.
After Zhou Duoduo finished training on the first day, she lay on the bed and fell asleep. It was Huang Ting who pulled her to the bathroom and removed her makeup.
When I woke up early the next morning, a duet sounded in the HELLOGIRLS dormitory.
"Ouch, it hurts."
"Ahhh, my arm is gone."
"Ouch, it hurts."
"Ah ah ah, the arm is gone, the arm is gone."
The other team members watched Zhou Duoduo and Yang Xiaoli, who lived in the bunk beds, wailing and laughing until their stomachs ached. They were the only two people in the entire dormitory who signed up for archery. They showed off to everyone non-stop that day. Who would have thought that retribution would come like this? quick.
Fortunately, her teammates just smiled and were considerate in their actions. Soon Huang Ting brought a medical staff hired by the company over to look at the arms of the two girls.
"It's not a big problem. It's just overtraining and some muscle strain. It will be fine after two days of rest." After the doctor looked at it, he said to everyone with a smile.
Looking at the doctor's expression, everyone was relieved. It was a joke, no one wanted their teammates to get hurt.
The doctor said to rest for two days, but within half a day, Zhou Duoduo and Yang Xiaoli, who felt that the pain in their arms was not so bad, went to the archery hall to train again. Not only them, but also the swimming pool and gymnastics hall. There are only a few people training, and everyone is laughing and joking, but in fact they all have a sense of collective honor, and no one wants to hold back the team.
Moreover, achieving good results at such a big event is also a very visible thing. Some not-so-popular idols point to good results and then become famous.
At the end of another day of training, Zhou Duoduo shook his arm. After several days of hard training, his arrow shooting was still so-so, but his arm was trained. After half a day of practice at the beginning, his arm hurt so much that he called a doctor. Now after one day of practice, his arm is sore. It was just sore and numb, but when I woke up, I felt full of energy and no longer had that sore feeling.
In the words of doctors, this is called the muscles having adapted to the intensity of her training. Zhou Duoduo feels that this is also an improvement.
Just when she put away her bow and arrows and was about to return to her dormitory, her phone suddenly rang. She took it out and saw that it was a text message from Shu Chang.
"Duoduo, there is a surprise on the day of the sports meeting."
With such a short article, Zhou Duoduo's tired face immediately became energetic after reading it.
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