Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 305: The Palace of Mental Cultivation

The outside world really didn't expect that "Search" would not be able to beat "The Ordinary Man", including professional media and filmmakers. Most of them had previously felt that a movie like "The Ordinary Man" would at most break even if Li Qiutang came in to save the day, and there was no way it could beat "Search".

But I didn’t expect that “Pifu” would beat “Search”.

"The Ordinary Man" did not have a very good reputation, and the media also found many faults. For example, except for Huang Xiaoming and Zhang Yike, whose performances were considered excellent, the other actors were just mediocre.

The comedy is not well polished either.

The promotion focused on group portraits, but there were still too many characters in the film, which caused considerable viewing fatigue to the audience.

And Li Qiutang’s old problem: the love scenes are lazy.

But I didn’t expect that the reputation of “Search” would be even more polarized!

Those who admired it said that "Search" is "the most mainstream production that directly faces contemporary reality after "Cell Phone". Internet violence reflects the hidden battles in the workplace among all people in society, and the subject matter highlights its advantages."

But critics said: "The film's topic is not sharp and friendly enough. The roles are too evenly matched and unnecessary."

"The editing is chaotic, the acting is awkward, not to mention the roaring and nonsensical lines. It claims to be realism but lacks sufficient details to support it. It thinks it knows a lot about Weibo and forums, but in fact it is just a superficial understanding."

No matter how bad the reputation of "The Ordinary Man" is, at least the main storyline is complete and smooth - the bandits step by step move towards the anti-Japanese war.

Moreover, the imaging and editing maintained Li Qiutang's usual high standards.

The theme of "Search" is very profound and very relevant to fashion, but director Kaige went off track as he was filming.

The later part of the movie has nothing to do with cyber violence. It becomes the love story of Shen Liushu and Mo Xiaoyu. The whole movie focuses on marriage and love, and does not delve into the issue of cyber violence at all.

Perhaps it is true as the film critics said, Director Kaige has a deep understanding of cyber violence, and he is undoubtedly qualified to make such a movie, but he really does not understand the Internet.

"Painted Skin 2" has been released for more than two weeks, and it still earns 14 to 15 million yuan a day, still sitting firmly at the top of the Japanese box office.

It wasn't until the release of "The Four" that it knocked "Painted Skin 1700" off the Japanese crown with its first-day box office of million.

It's pretty good to be the third in "Ordinary Man", with an income of 5 to 6 million per day, and over 10 million on weekends. I can eat slowly, and the main creators have stopped the roadshow, but are still taking interviews for publicity.

On this day, it was originally agreed that Li Qiutang would come to pick up Liu Yifei in the evening, but Li Qiutang arrived just after one o'clock.

"You come here in the middle of the day, and you don't think it's hot." Liu Xiaoli was out, and only Liu Yifei was at home, along with more than 20 cats that they had picked up in the yard.

"Have you eaten? If not, I'll heat up something for you." She can't cook, but she can heat something up.

"Stop pretending," Li Qiutang slapped her on the butt, "If you hadn't told me your mom was out, would I have come so early?"

Liu Yifei said: "We were just chatting. I didn't mean anything else when I said my mom was out. What does it have to do with me if you come here by yourself?"

Li Qiutang wanted to hug Liu Yifei, but she pushed him away: "It's so hot, don't get close to me."

Li Qiutang was disappointed and went to the kitchen to open the refrigerator. She found grapes inside and took them out to wash.

"You really treat this place as your home. You're not shy at all." Liu Yifei said with a smile.

While washing, Li Qiutang said, "You're so stingy that you can't even bear to eat your bunch of grapes?"

After bringing out the plates, Li Qiutang sat down next to Liu Yifei.

"Ah~" Liu Yifei opened her mouth.

"Didn't you say you didn't want to eat it?" But Li Qiutang still fed her a grape.

"Why not eat it after washing it?" Liu Yifei was watching TV, which was rerunning "Startling by Each Step".

Li Qiutang couldn't stand this kind of drama, but still laughed and said, "Does this count as spying on the enemy?"

Liu Yifei didn't understand: "What do you mean?" Li Qiutang pointed at Ruoxi on TV: "Little Liu Yifei."

Liu Yifei said: "You are so boring, she is older than me."

"So you knew it." Li Qiutang said with a smile.

Liu Yifei rolled her eyes and didn't want to pay attention to him: "Ah——"

Li Qiutang fed him another grape.

While watching TV, Liu Yifei leaned on the sofa with her legs resting on her boyfriend's legs.

In this hot summer, she was wearing shorts, and her legs were long and white.

"Itchy." Liu Yifei kicked her foot lightly, "Watch TV carefully." But she didn't move her legs away.

"what--"

Li Qiutang fed him another one: "I didn't eat much, I fed them all to you."

Liu Yifei ignored him and watched TV seriously. Li Qiutang naturally accompanied her. After a while, Li Qiutang suddenly said:
"He doesn't love her."

"what?"

"I said that the Fourth Master doesn't love Ruoxi at all."

Li Qiutang had never watched "Startling by Each Step" before, and only watched it with Liu Yifei today.

"It's very good and touching." Liu Yifei didn't feel anything.

"Ruoxi is at most Xiren of the Palace of Tranquil Longevity. She has gained no status at all following the Fourth Master." Li Qiutang just watched for a while, and he didn't know whether Ruoxi would become the queen in the future.

Liu Yifei thought about it and realized it was true.

"Look at how the Fourth Master doted on Zhen Huan in "The Legend of Zhen Huan", raising her as a noble, bestowing her with a surname, giving her a son, and paving the way for her.

"The emperor's love is very overbearing and unreasonable. Yang Yuhuan was still his daughter-in-law, but Li Longji wanted her. Wu Zetian was still Li Zhi's stepmother, but she was still promoted to queen." These two examples are extreme, but they are very illustrative. Li Qiutang pointed to the picture on TV and said, "To put it bluntly, he doesn't love her and doesn't want to give her. Why do you say that you have to flip the card to see her after her account is blocked?"

After listening to what Li Qiutang said, Liu Yifei couldn't help but think of herself.

How did Li Qiutang treat her? She was not the best candidate for "In Time", but Li Qiutang insisted on giving her the heroine role.

After the relationship was confirmed, scripts were stuffed into her arms like they were free. Pacific Rim had nothing to do with the domestic version, but Li Qiutang felt that she was suitable for the role of Grace and was willing to spend $2000 million to get her into the crew.

Her good sister also benefited from this. Shu Chang is still filming "The Legend of Mi Yue", but the heroine of the TV series "Love Is Not Blind" to be prepared in the fall has been confirmed to be her, and subsequent film resources are also under negotiation.

What is this if not love?
Thinking about it this way, the Fourth Master really doesn't love Ruoxi.

"Tsk." Li Qiutang said again, "You can't say it's Xiren from the Yangxin Palace. Xiren is more influential in the Yihong Courtyard and can be the head of the Yihong Courtyard. Ruoxi is not as good as Xiren."

Liu Yifei had not read A Dream of Red Mansions, but she knew what Li Qiutang was talking about.

"Ah——" Liu Yifei wanted to eat grapes again.

"No more." Li Qiutang said, "I'll wash another one."

"No more eating," Liu Yifei pulled her legs out of her boyfriend's arms, "I'm sleepy, I'm going to take a nap."

Liu Yifei went upstairs in her slippers. After a while, she heard the girl's voice from upstairs:
"Not coming yet?"

"Hey, here I come." Li Qiutang also followed him upstairs.

(End of this chapter)