However, Cao Jun was not very interested in the movie "Dear". He only said that he would consider it and did not reject it outright.

In fact, Cao Jun's time is relatively limited now, and he hopes to cooperate with various types of directors as much as possible.

June 6, morning.

Produced by Century Pictures, with Cao Jun as the producer, directed by Wen Muye, and co-starring Liu Ye and Xu Weining, the large-scale online drama "Ghost Blowing the Lamp: The Ancient City" held a grand launch conference in Beijing.

As the first film-based work in the "Ghost Blowing Lamp" series, Cao Jun took the 23-episode online drama "Ghost Blowing Lamp: The Ancient City" very seriously. He not only personally scouted the male and female protagonists, but also invited

The outstanding young director Wen Muye serves as the director of this play.

In order to make this online drama as popular as possible, the production cost of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: The Ancient City" also soared from the initial 30 million to 45 million.

Although Cao Jun is not short of money, spending 45 million to film an online drama is quite extravagant these days.

Of course, Cao Jun is not spending money indiscriminately, but he wants to make the online drama "Ghost Blowing the Lamp: The Ancient City" a success. It does require so much money. This has been investigated and verified by many parties.

Regarding the actress who plays the heroine Shirley Yang, Xu Weining, Cao Jun specially sent someone to bring her to the mainland from Taiwan Province.

Anyone who has watched "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" knows that the heroine Shirley Yang is Chinese-American, of mixed Chinese and American descent, with outstanding looks, a tall nose, and a tall figure...

Originally, Cao Jun wanted to invite the Asian-American actress Maggie Q to play the role of Shirley Yang, but due to the schedule and various issues regarding remuneration, he could not reach an agreement, so he had to find someone else.

When choosing the actor for the role of Shirley Yang, Cao Jun has always had a principle, that is, the actress must be of mixed race.

This is not because Cao Jun worships foreigners, but because he respects the script and the original work, and does not want to find a fake foreigner to play the mixed-race beauty Shirley Yang.

Therefore, Cao Jun chose Xu Weining, who is fair-skinned, beautiful and with a hot figure, to play the role of Shirley Yang among mixed-race actresses from across the Taiwan Strait and three places.

Xu Weining was born in Taiwan, her father is Italian-American, and her mother is from Taiwan. Because her father left her mother before she was born, Xu Weining was raised by her mother, grandfather, grandmother, and other family members on her mother's side.

grow up.

Xu Weining not only has a deep relationship with her grandpa and grandma, but also because her grandpa and grandma have five daughters, she grew up in a daughter's country. The aunts always bought her the best imported goods and toys, so although she was born as a single parent

Family, but still have a fuller family relationship than ordinary people.

Throughout elementary school, Xu Weining never felt that she was beautiful. At that time, there were not many mixed-race children and few foreigners.

Because of her different appearance, she was often bullied by children, and even she thought she looked strange.

At that time, because her hair was red, she often went home crying and told her mother that she wanted to dye her hair black. The first time she discovered that she might be beautiful was when she was pursued by several seniors in junior high school.

Although she never knew who the other party was at that time, she gradually built up a little confidence.

Because she has been exposed to stage plays, movies, Peking Opera and other performing arts since she was a child, Xu Weining studied drama from high school to college. Even though what she wanted to do kept changing, acting was still her only unchanging dream.

However, because he had no resources and was of mixed race, Hsu Weining did not have much filming in the film and television industry in Taiwan. He later debuted as a model and then entered the film and television industry and became a film and television actor.

It is worth mentioning that Xu Weining has an industry boyfriend named Ruan Jingtian, and they have been together for 8 years since 2007.

However, Cao Jun was still very generous and did not deny Xu Weining the important role of Shirley Yang just because she had a boyfriend. He generously invited Xu Weining to participate in the big-budget web drama "Ghost Blowing the Lamp: The Ancient City"

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As for Xu Weining's salary, Cao Jun also offered NT$25,000 per episode, which is NT$100,000 per episode.

For mainland actresses, Xu Weining's salary is nothing at all, especially after capital has entered the film and television industry in recent years, the salary of many 18th-tier actresses has increased to tens of thousands per episode.

As for Sun Li, who became a hit with the drama "The Legend of the Empress of the Harem", her salary for one episode of the TV series soared to 500,000 yuan per episode, which is more than 2 million Taiwan dollars per episode when converted into Taiwan dollars.

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However, Xu Weining is very satisfied with the salary offered by Cao Jun. On the one hand, she is very interested in the drama "Ghost Blowing the Lamp: The Ancient City", and on the other hand, because Taiwanese actors are already very low paid.

Of course, it's not just that the salaries of actors in Taiwan are low, the salaries of actors in Hong Kong are also very low.

For example, when Chen Xiaodong acted in "The King of Lanling" in the Mainland, he was paid at least 100,000 yuan (approximately NT$450,000) per episode, but he had previously filmed "Love Room" for China Central Television in Taiwan, and his remuneration was 120,000 yuan per episode.

Taiwan dollar (approximately 30,000 yuan), which has more than tripled.

Therefore, actors from Xiangjiang TVB can often be seen in many TV series produced in the Mainland.

From Tang Zhenzong in the earliest TV series "Foreign Girl", to later Liu Songren, Chen Haomin, and now Charmaine Sheh, Myolie Wu, Zheng Jiaying and so on.

Xu Weining is also very grateful to Cao Jun. On the one hand, she is grateful for the high salary he offered, and on the other hand, it is also because she knows the influence of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" in the mainland.

Before this, Xu Weining couldn't believe that she would be so lucky to be the heroine in a drama produced in the Mainland, and to work with Golden Horse Award winner Liu Ye. It was like a dream, which is what many actresses dream of.

At the beginning, Xu Weining was worried that there would be some unwritten rules after coming to the mainland from Taiwan, but after getting in touch with Cao Jun and the others, he finally relaxed.

After the press conference, all the main staff of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: The Ancient City" had a dinner at the hotel.

At the wine table, Xu Weining, like other actors, took the initiative to toast Cao Jun and thank him for his support.

Cao Jun smiled and replied: "Performing the play well with your heart is the greatest reward for me."

Looking at Cao Jun with a decent face, Xu Weining felt warm in his heart and said gratefully: "Thank you, Director Cao, I will definitely work hard in filming!"

Cao Jun smiled happily and said: "There are a total of 8 "Ghost Blowing Lamps", and Jingjue Ancient City is just one of them. If the audience responds well by then, we will also use you original cast members..."

Hearing Cao Jun's words, Xu Weining was also flattered and kept nodding his head with a very pious attitude.

While communicating with Xu Weining, Cao Jun smelled the fragrance on her body and naturally became very interested in Xu Weining.

Although Cao Jun always looked serious in front of Xu Weining, his eyes had already looked at her from top to bottom.

In Cao Jun's opinion, Xu Weining looks pure and lustful, and has a very quiet and good-natured temperament, which is definitely his type.

When Xu Weining was communicating with Cao Jun, he would also involuntarily make eye contact with Cao Jun.

Although Xu Weining has been telling himself in his heart that when chatting with others, he should stare into the other person's eyes. This is a kind of courtesy and respect.

But Xu Weining had to admit that Cao Jun's aura was too strong and his eyes were very deep.

At the moment when he looked at Cao Jun, Xu Weining would inevitably feel his heartbeat speed up.
Chapter completed!