Chapter 516 Engagement Jade Ornament
This year's Oscar awards ceremony will be held on February 2th, probably because Gu Wei has not attended the ceremony for two consecutive years.

This year's president of the board of directors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, contacted Gu Wei specifically, hoping to invite him.

Speaking of the new chairman of the board of directors, he broke the tradition. After being elected, he became the first black chairman and the third female chairman in the 83-year history of the college.

Prior to that she was the film marketing manager for New Line and before that was the vice president of global publicity for Paramount. Cheryl has been with the Academy for 21 years, previously in charge of public relations.

Faced with the invitation, Gu Wei was a little conflicted.

The time is a bit awkward. There is still some time before the filming of "The Revenant" starts. Although it will not delay the engagement party, Gu Wei is still planning to stay in South Korea for a few days!
After thinking for a moment, Gu Wei did not give me a clear answer, but just replied that I would look at the itinerary.

"Gu, I hope to see you at the awards ceremony." Cheryl was a little disappointed that Gu Wei did not give a clear answer.

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The sixth day of the new year.

"Special Identity", jointly produced by Xingchen Film and Television Company and Starry Night, and starring Zhao Wenzhuo, Wu Jing, Jing Tian, ​​Zou Zhaolong, Yu Bo and Zhang Jin, has been announced to be released on July 7, aiming at the summer season.

As today's popular audience is getting younger and younger, the importance of the summer season has increased a lot.

If this trend continues, it is expected to surpass the May Day period in the future and compete with major periods such as the National Day period.

This is the second film release date announced by Xingchen Film and Television Company this year. Many people are paying attention to it, and everyone is becoming more and more curious about when the remaining films will be released.

Especially for the movie "The Wandering Earth", many major film and television companies in the circle are keeping an eye on it, and everyone can summarize it based on previous experience.

When blockbusters like these are released, everyone should try to avoid them, unless they are works of the same level, otherwise they will be crushed when they meet.

"Hurry up and set the release date. Without a release date, it will be difficult to announce the release date of our movie." Someone said anxiously.

"It's either the National Day or the Lunar New Year."

Not to mention the various ideas of people in the circle, the Internet is now full of reports about Gu Wei, Liu Yifei and Su Chang going to the cinema to watch "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons".

It all started after the movie ended that day, when Liu Yifei and Su Chang were commenting on the movie while gently wiping away their tears with tissues.

Just then, the theater lights came on.

Gu Wei turned his head and glanced at Liu Yifei and Su Chang. Not only did they not put on their down jackets, they also took off their masks.

"Uh." Gu Wei slapped his forehead helplessly and quickly glanced around.

Sure enough, the couples sitting nearest looked at them with glowing eyes.

"Ah, Liu Yifei and Su Chang."

"It's Liu Yifei!"

After seeing the two people's faces clearly, some boys even screamed.

It was not until this time that the two girls realized that they were exposed.

"Uh, I was so engrossed in watching it that I forgot about it." Liu Yifei thought to herself.

Suddenly, all kinds of screams broke out in the theater, and people present gathered around, taking pictures with their mobile phones.

Afterwards, many fans wanted to take photos and get autographs. After all, this was a rare opportunity that you wouldn’t get during normal events.

"Everyone, please don't crowd, be safe, and be careful of the steps."

At this point, seeing the fans crowding over, Gu Wei hurriedly shouted.

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In the evening, after watching a movie and shopping, the few of them returned to the villa.

Liu Yifei had just returned home and couldn't wait to take out the photos she took today and updated three Weibo posts in a row.

Today, Liu Yifei can be called the queen of Weibo. She has the most fans among celebrities, and she has a dedicated team to maintain her. There are updates every day, such as photos of the crew or food, which makes the atmosphere on Liu Yifei's Weibo always very active.

After posting on Weibo, the young lady continued to browse online news, only to find that many netizens’ quick fans had already posted photos of the group on Weibo.

"I'm so lucky. I met Gu Wei, Liu Yifei and Su Chang while watching Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons. They asked for photos and autographs."

The post on Weibo instantly attracted many comments from netizens.

"I met Gu Wei, Liu Yifei and Su Chang by chance at Dadi Cinema!"

"Gu Wei and Liu Yifei watched Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons."

"Liu Yifei praised Huang Bo for his acting skills, and Director Gu nodded in agreement."

Various types of entries quickly became hot topics on Weibo.

…Let’s not talk about the popularity of the news on the Internet the next day.

While the young lady was sleeping in, Gu Wei went to the jewelry company where he had ordered the jade jewelry.

This was also the engagement token he had ordered from a jeweler before going to Hollywood.

"Director Gu, this is the jewelry made exactly according to your requirements." The general manager of the jewelry company opened a safe, carefully took out a box from it, and then opened the box.

"The whole set of jewelry is made of the same piece of imperial green. Imperial green is the finest jade. The color saturation of jade is very high. It is rich but not gray, pure but not biased, bright and uniform. It is the highest grade of imperial green. The jade is fine and pure, with sufficient water head, good light transmittance, crystal clear and transparent, with a glassy luster. We also call it glass imperial green!"

"The imperial green of the glass species, also known as the four kings' emeralds!" the general manager introduced.

Gu Wei didn't know much about jade, but this set of jade jewelry looked very beautiful, which made Gu Wei very satisfied.

There is also an appraisal certificate on it, and they are all glass-type imperial green.

Compared to popular platinum and diamonds, Gu Wei still feels that jade and jadeite are more meaningful. After all, they are passed down by our ancestors for thousands of years and have their own significance.

"Mr. Liu, how much does this set cost in total?" Gu Wei asked directly.

Gu Wei believed that the Dragon and Phoenix Jewelry would not dare to deceive him. If he found out that he was deceived, Gu Wei had ways to ruin its reputation!

"Director Gu, the glass-type imperial green is the king of the four jades and is very expensive. You get what you pay for. The bracelets, jade pendants, and pendants cost a total of 52 million!" General Manager Liu said, and then took out a price list.

Seeing the price list, Gu Wei was speechless. Just these three pieces of jade jewelry cost 52 million. They were indeed very valuable.

But to be honest, 52 million has a good connotation, and I don’t know if the other party deliberately set the price.

Gu Wei felt that instead of spending the money on diamonds, it would be better to buy jade. Jade is noble, people can raise jade, jade can raise people, and it can also be used as a family heirloom.

As a director in the big circle, he has come into contact with many historical works. He once read a post that contained a legend that a jade bracelet was worth 48 billion yuan.

Of course, this has not been confirmed.

However, Gu Wei knows that the price of jade will continue to soar in the next few years because the output of jade continues to decrease, so that the cost of gambling on jade will increase significantly.

Gu Wei paid with his card, took the invoice and box, and left.

Longfeng Jewelry has already begun preparations, just waiting for the news of Gu Wei and Liu Yifei's engagement to come out so that they can make a big move.

This time, Longfeng Jewelry really did not make any money. According to the market price, the set of jade jewelry that Gu Weiding ordered was worth nearly 100 million yuan.

However, Longfeng Jewelry wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to carry out good marketing and completely establish its position as the number one jade jewelry company in China.

Gu Wei also didn't know what Longfeng Jewelry was planning. As a famous director in the industry, and with Liu Yifei's superstar status, he could definitely get the jewelry at a lower price by just taking on any jewelry endorsement.

But since this is for their engagement, Gu Wei doesn't want to mix anything else in.

Secondly, more than 50 million is a sky-high price for ordinary people, but it is not high for Gu Wei himself. After all, the box office share of a movie "Lost in Thailand" is almost ten times that.

After returning home, Gu Wei put all the boxes into the safe. After all, they were worth 52 million.

As for the young lady, he has not told anyone about it for the time being. The only people who know about it are Gu Wei's parents, as well as Longfeng Jewelry. Before the engagement ceremony, the other party will not take the initiative to disclose it.

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Today, the number of Weibo users has exceeded 100 million, which is the most eye-catching. At the same time, the growth rate is very fast, especially the number of mobile users, which is increasing rapidly.

Moreover, Weibo users are different from other forum users. Their stickiness is much stronger, and the daily active volume is almost the same as the number of users. Although there are also many water armies, it is thanks to the strict development strategy formulated by Cao Guowei.

Compared with forums like Tianya, Weibo is now showing a trend of becoming a leader in this field.

But even so, Weibo has crashed several times, two of which were when Gu Wei won the Oscar for Best Director and Liu Yifei won the Berlin Film Festival Best Actress.

Therefore, long before the Chinese New Year, Cao Guowei called Gu Wei and asked about the specific date of their engagement.

Well, asking this naturally does not mean going to the scene to congratulate. After all, regarding the engagement, Gu Wei and Liu Yifei discussed and decided to keep a low profile. Except for the parents and close relatives of both parties, they do not plan to invite other people in the circle for the time being. At most, everyone can get together afterwards to have some fun.

If it is really a grand event, with the presence of CEOs of major film and television companies, celebrity artists, teachers and leaders of the Beijing Film Academy, as well as friends and partners in Hollywood, the scale will be huge.

The reason why Cao Guowei asked this was naturally to make preparations in advance. After all, the two of them are so well-known. If they suddenly post a few engagement photos on Weibo, Weibo will most likely crash again without advance preparation.

"Don't worry, Mr. Cao, we will notify you in advance when the time comes."

After getting Gu Wei's reply, Cao Guowei breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time felt a little bit expectant.

I am looking forward to seeing how many new users Weibo will gain when the two of them announce the news.

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(End of this chapter)