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Anyway, he is single, surrounded by beautiful women, and can have more fun.

But he was just thinking about it in his mind and definitely wouldn't say it out loud.

That would be too scumbag.

This meal brought Director Wei and Shen Teng closer together.

Shen Teng never mentioned the main business, so Director Wei certainly wouldn't ask about it.

He even thought at one point that Shen Teng might not want to assign him a task now, and that he was called here just to build relationships for future use.

This is also possible.

It's just a meal anyway.

Director Wei’s position in the entertainment industry is now very solid, and his directing abilities have been fully proven.

It’s easy to build a relationship with Director Wei now, and it will be convenient to talk and do things in the future.

After all, we are reasonable.

Even if it is a political task, it is completely understandable if a director really doesn't want to take it.

The above will not force you.

In fact, it often happens in the industry that there is a situation where a politically correct drama wants to be filmed, but no director is willing to take it on.

For example, the terrible movie "The Climbers".

Many people criticized the director of UFO Hat for being so bad and ruining a good subject.

But in fact, if any big mainland director wanted to take on this politically correct movie, it would not be the director in the flying saucer hat's turn to take advantage of it.

But no big directors in mainland China are willing to take it.

In the end, I can only choose from Hong Kong directors.

Although everyone knows that Hong Kong directors are not suitable for shooting this kind of movie, but isn’t there no one left?

The same applies to other movies.

Our country is still reasonable. If we really refuse by force, there will be no consequences.

With Director Wei's current status, he has complete autonomy in making his own choices.

If I try to build a relationship with Director Wei now, maybe he will feel embarrassed to refuse me.

This is not a very troublesome thing. For Shen Teng, it is just a matter of convenience and it cannot be considered as a condescension.

After lunch, Director Wei and Shen Teng moved to the living room again.

Shen Teng turned on the TV.

Director Wei laughed when he saw what was on TV.

"Shen Teng, are you also watching In the Name of People?

"Of course, this is the opening drama of the year and it is really well-made."

Shen Teng praised it. "In the Name of People" is indeed the CCTV's opening drama this year. Speaking of this year's Spring Festival movies, it seems that they have been somewhat overshadowed by TV dramas and variety shows.

In terms of variety shows, the popularity of "I Am an Actor" has been growing, and a phenomenal web drama is basically certain to be born.

This is not surprising, as the original version of "The Birth of the Actors" was extremely popular and can be called a phenomenal online drama.

Director Wei has comprehensively upgraded the original version, with both the judges and actors being of higher quality.

Although there is a limit to the hype and no unscrupulous hype, the ratings will definitely not be too bad.

As for TV dramas, "In the Name of People" has begun to show its potential to become a hit.

Director Wei began building his own film and television universe with "Sweeping Dark Storm." "In the Name of People" is a key work in this series. The ratings generated by "Sweeping Dark Storm" are unprecedented.

In Director Wei’s mind, the only TV series that has a chance to surpass “Sweeping Dark Storm” is “In the Name of People”.

This even made Director Wei want to direct "In the Name of People" himself.

However, Director Wei ultimately did not choose to go into battle himself.

Because the original version of "In the Name of People" is already good enough.

He doesn't need to steal other people's famous works.

Director Wei’s pursuit is to remake bad movies and create original works.

Director Wei simply adjusted the script of "In the Name of People" and deleted some characters and plots that were proven to be complete failures in the previous life, such as Huang Mao's plot, the two young prosecutors' plot, and the unrealistic and condescending dialogue between Hou Liangping and Zhong Xiaoai, which was a complete failure.

Without these plots and characters, the plot of "In the Name of People" will be more compact and will definitely be more popular.

Originally, Director Wei also planned to put "In the Name of People" on Mango Channel. After all, "In the Name of People" became a hit on Mango Channel in its previous life.

However, this kind of serious drama has official support behind it, and the most important thing is that Director Wei is the main promoter, which led to CCTV joining in the competition.

Director Wei had previously had some conflicts with CCTV because he satirized CCTV in "Sweeping Dark Storm".

But this time the price offered by CCTV was not low.

And he also intends to ease the conflict with Director Wei.

After all, Director Wei has now become the dominant force.

CCTV certainly has no need to be afraid of Director Wei, but if they can cooperate, why must they be in opposition?

Besides, it is CCTV that is not afraid of Director Wei, not certain people within CCTV.

As a mobile organization, CCTV has begun to change its thinking after some personnel adjustments.

Since they are willing to show goodwill to him, Director Wei is not lacking in intelligence, so of course he can cooperate as long as the price is right.

What's more, Director Wei and CCTV's cooperation on the drama "In the Name of People" is not only commercial but also a closer cooperation.

Shen Teng was watching In the Name of People and suddenly asked with a smile, "Xiao Wei, I heard that you were the one who decided on Hou Liangping, the male lead, despite all the opposition?"

Director Wei nodded and said, "The one the crew had high hopes for was Lu Yi, but I rejected him. Lu Yi's acting skills have been declining over the past two years. I feel he can't carry this drama, and he can't keep up with the other veteran actors."

This has been proven in previous lives. In the Name of the People is successful, but not perfect.

Huang Mao is just plain disgusting.

The two young prosecutors are purely used to drag down the plot, and another major failure is the male lead Lu Yi.

His acting skills are a bit too obvious as he is outshined by whoever he is acting against.

Although Director Wei also thought that Lu Yi’s acting was not bad, the problem was that the others performed too well.

So the leading actor needs to be changed.

Director Wei originally wanted to replace him with Jin Dong, but Jin Dong was pulled by Director Wei to film "The First Half of My Life" with Teacher Niu Nai.

Jin Dong was also the male lead in that drama.

They are both characters in Director Wei's film and television universe. Jin Dong appeared in that drama and played a different person, so he is not suitable to play in "In the Name of People" again.

Shen Teng asked: "You think Lu Yi is not good enough, but Sa Beining is? How did you come up with Sa Beining?"

Yes. In In the Name of People, Director Wei cast Sa Beining as the male lead, playing Hou Liangping.

This choice surprised many people.

Many people do not understand.

However, after the broadcast of "In the Name of People", although Sa Beining's performance as Hou Liangping did not amaze the audience, he was not too bad compared to a group of veteran actors.

Moreover, he performed the character of Hou Liangping, a high-end tool, very well. Some profound truths that might disgust the audience did not cause disgust when spoken by Sa Beining.

Although Director Wei adjusted Hou Liangping's character and the plot, it is also a fact that Sa Beining's acting was not bad.

Many people wonder why Director Wei dared to use Sa Beining and believed that Sa Beining could play Hou Liangping well.

Shen Teng was also very surprised.

After all, Sa Beining was a host before.

Director Wei thought to himself that this was the inspiration given to him by "Star Detective".

It is actually difficult for anyone to perform well in the role of Hou Liangping, because he is set up as a tool to investigate cases and promote the correct political principles.

Li Dakang is not perfect, and Qi Tongwei's character is worthy of sympathy. They have more room for interpretation, so these two characters are easy to shine.

Hou Liangping is different.

Even if you ask an old actor to play this role, he won’t be able to play it well.

Initially, the producers wanted to invite Chen Daoming to play this role, but Director Wei was not optimistic about it.

Of course, Chen Daoming eventually refused because of Hou Liangping's character's age.

After all, Chen Daoming's age is there, and Hou Liangping's age setting is also there.

If Chen Daoming is to play Hou Liangping, he has to force himself to act younger.

Chen Daoming is not Zhang Luyi. He cannot afford to lose face if he plays a role that is too young.

Unlike Zhang Luyi, who dared to play the teenage Ying Zheng despite having a face full of wrinkles.

In short, no matter who plays the role of Hou Liangping, there will be some problems and it will be difficult for anyone to stand out.

At this time, Director Wei thought of Sa Beining's position in "Star Detective".

In the variety show "Star Detective", the roles of Shuangbei are indispensable, and the tasks they undertake are also different.

He Jiong is used to control the situation. It will not work without him. After all, Mango TV is He Jiong's home court.

Sa Beining went to "Star Detective" to show that politics is correct.

In "Star Detective", Sa Beining is always popularizing the law, and 90% of the correct political principles are spoken by Sa Beining.

But the audience didn't object.

Moreover, Sa Beining is a host of CCTV, a national broadcaster, and has also hosted "Today's Statement". He also graduated from the Law Department of Peking University.

His identity and resume give him a sense of righteousness, which makes the audience naturally convinced.

In this case, Director Wei feels that the role played by Sa Beining in the variety show "Star Detective" is somewhat similar to the role played by Hou Liangping in "In the Name of People".

In that case, why not let Sa Beining give it a try?

If it doesn't work, change it.

But Sa Beining's acting was quite good, and the director had no objection, so Director Wei naturally went ahead with it.

At the same time, Director Wei's invitation to Sa Beining to star in "In the Name of People" was also considered by CCTV to be Director Wei extending an olive branch of friendship to them.

So, although CCTV has always prohibited their hosts from filming for extra income, they agreed to Director Wei's invitation since they can produce and sell their own products. "In the Name of the People" is also broadcast on CCTV.

In addition, CCTV has also been promoting some new hosts in recent years, and Sa Beining has always been the main force promoted by CCTV.

Now with the support of Director Wei, CCTV is also happy to see it succeed.

All these factors come together to make "In the Name of People" a hit.

Shen Teng asked Director Wei why he thought of using Sa Beining. Director Wei of course couldn't tell the truth because "Star Detective" has not been broadcast yet.

Director Wei could only boast about his keen eye.

Shen Teng laughed heartily, then naturally brought the conversation to the point: "I heard that the Supreme People's Procuratorate is behind the show 'In the Name of the People,' and that they wanted your company to film it." Director Wei nodded, "That's true. The Supreme People's Procuratorate wanted to use this opportunity to popularize legal knowledge, so they approached our company."

“This model is quite good.”

Shen Teng looked at Director Wei and finally said the highlight of the day: "If our navy also wants to learn, Xiao Wei, do you think it's okay?"

Director Wei said without hesitation, "Of course. That's how Operation Red Sea came about."

Judging from the standards of "Operation Red Sea", if it had not been endorsed by the Navy, it would not have passed the review at all.

Facts have proven that there are actually no standards for literary and artistic works in our country.

As long as your background is strong enough, all standards will be false to you.

The people in charge of review have to kowtow to you.

If you don't have a background, you have to kowtow to the people in charge of review. This is the reality.

Now the political task of propaganda for the navy was about to be handed over to him, and Director Wei did not refuse.

He never believed that art has no national boundaries.

Art has always been divided by national boundaries.