Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 352 Relationship Exposed!

Compared to Wan Da's approach with "Ghost Blows Out the Light," China Film Group has been much more low-key.

Aside from announcing that Lu Chuan would be directing, China Film Group rarely mentions "Ghost Blows Out the Light" on its own initiative.

After announcing that Li Qiutang would be directing, Wan Da continued to release information to the public from time to time.

"Invite a Hollywood special effects team!"

"No budget limit!"

Whether it's bragging or not, Vanta was very high-profile in this film.

Wanda's high profile attracted a lot of attention to the project.

First, the project is large; second, Li Qiutang is a director that all actors and film companies in China dream of working with.

Wan Da has made virtually no achievements in film production. The script for "Mojin: The Lost Legend" hasn't even been completed yet, but it has already received investment intentions from no fewer than 10 film companies.

While it's true that making a movie requires bringing in partners to share the risks, Wan Da isn't stupid. The more companies want to invest in "Mojin: The Lost Legend," the more it proves that the film can make money.

Why would WanDa split profits from projects that can actually generate income?
Therefore, Wan Da is not in a hurry to find partners, which is also Li Qiutang's requirement: "The script is not finalized yet, so don't bring in partners to cause trouble for me."

Although few investors dare to interfere with Li Qiutang's script, he still did not want to deal with investors before the script was finalized.

However, he had to deal with the actors beforehand.

Big Gold Tooth has been decided. Xia Yu is currently at home reading "Ghost Blows Out the Light." The three-person team for tomb raiding hasn't been decided yet. I wonder how many people want to join Li Qiutang's team.

The trio consisted of two men and one woman, including a fat man.

It goes without saying that Hu Bayi and Shirley Yang are the biggest rivals.

There aren't many overweight actors in the entertainment industry, so Li Qiutang doesn't have many options.

Yes, Li Qiutang doesn't plan to use Huang Bo to play Wang Kaixuan; he wants to find a real fat man.

Li Qiutang could turn down some actors, but she couldn't, so she had no choice but to meet with some.

For example, Fan Bingbing.

"You've already acted in X-Men, why would you care about my little tinkering?" Li Qiutang laughed.

Fan Bingbing has just returned from filming "X-Men: Days of Future Past" in Toronto.

Fan Bingbing said sarcastically, "They have 'Resident Evil' and 'Transformers,' what's so special about me acting in 'X-Men'?"

Li Qiutang clicked her tongue: "You're being a bit petty."

Fan Bingbing smiled and said, "Tell me about it."

Jokingly speaking, when the topic of "Mojin: The Lost Legend" came up, Fan Bingbing wanted to play Shirley Yang, and Li Qiutang's first reaction was to reject her: "Shirley Yang is an action star. How many years has it been since you filmed an action movie?"

In X-Men, she played a support role in the Blinking Locator team, which didn't require her to do anything.

Come to think of it, Fan Bingbing hasn't filmed any action scenes since "Arrogant".

Fan Bingbing said, "If you don't know how, you can practice."

Li Qiutang didn't want to take any risks with Fan Bingbing, and said, "I'll be starting filming next year. The exact date isn't set yet, but at the very least, I need all my time in the second half of next year. You're not available next year, are you?"

Let alone next year, Fan Bingbing's contracts are almost full for the year after next.

That's how the relationship is between film crews and stars. Stars' schedules are so tight that you can't book them unless you book them a year or two in advance. Film crews don't dare to press actors' schedules unless they're well-prepared, but you can't not book them in advance either.

But Li Qiutang still prefers to cast actors according to her own pace.

When a director becomes like Li Qiutang, his films have the ability to promote people. It's not that he invites big names to act in his films, but rather that whoever acts in his films becomes a big name.

Fan Bingbing complained that Li Qiutang never asked her to act in movies, but Li Qiutang said, "You have a constant stream of film offers even without me. You're already famous enough. You don't need my help."

Fan Bingbing, however, turned the tables on him, asking with a smile, "Yi Fei is already quite famous, aren't you helping her?"

Li Qiutang smiled and said, "That's different."

"How is it different?" "It's just different, but I don't need to tell you," Li Qiutang said.

Liu Yifei would sleep with him, but would anyone else?
Actually, Fan Bingbing doesn't necessarily have to act in Li Qiutang's plays; she just maintains a good relationship with him by frequently visiting him.

"Oh, right." Before leaving, Li Qiutang remembered something and took out two tickets. "Here are two tickets. It's the day after tomorrow at the XX Small Theater. You can come and support us if you have time."

Li Qiutang still performs on stage with his bandmates when he has free time. As a drummer, he sits in the corner and no one notices him. He has been recognized very few times in his career.

This is also an important way for Li Qiutang to relieve stress. However, many times when rehearsals don't go smoothly, the more they play, the greater the pressure becomes, which is another matter.

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Liu Yifei would also come to see her boyfriend's performance; she had just finished her work outside and returned to Yanjing that day.

Liu Yifei sat alone in the corner. The small theater was really small today, with only forty or fifty audience members. There was one lead singer, two guitarists, and drummer Li Qiutang sitting on the far right.

After the performance began, Li Qiutang scanned the audience while playing the drums. He saw his girlfriend sitting in the corner waving at him, and he smiled back.

Tonight's concert will mainly feature folk songs, interspersed with a few rock tracks. Li Qiutang will play the hand drum, the drum kit, the shakers, the wind chimes, and sometimes even provide harmonies.

Liu Yifei's attention wasn't on Li Qiutang; she really came to listen to music tonight.

She can still sing many of those songs.

After the performance, the audience took photos and left the venue. Liu Yifei and Li Qiutang packed up their things and left together.

“The songs you guys sing are so old,” Liu Yifei said, linking arms with Li Qiutang. “You’re still singing ‘Those Flowers’ and ‘My Deskmate’.”

“There’s something new,” Li Qiutang said. “Didn’t you just sing ‘Hill’? It’s a new song that Jonathan Lee released last month.”

Did you buy the copyright?

"Where can I buy the copyright for this?" Li Qiutang asked. "Do you eat bullfrogs? I want to eat this."

"Walk."

The next day, Liu Yifei was trending on Weibo before she even got out of bed.

Liu Yifei was spotted shopping and dining with a mysterious man.

The photos show Liu Yifei and Li Qiutang shopping together in a mall last night, and then going out to eat.

Again.

It seems like the entertainment industry would be missing a piece of meat if Liu Yifei's love life didn't circulate a few times a year.

But this time was different. Liu Yifei was clearly holding the arm of the mysterious man. Although Liu Yifei was wearing a mask and decorative glasses, it was undoubtedly her.

The mysterious man was wearing a hat, so his face wasn't visible in the photo.

The photo shows that the man is tall and slender, and he looks good standing next to Liu Yifei.

In later photos, the man also put his arm around Liu Yifei's waist and shoulder. The two walked and talked and laughed all the way before finally going into a restaurant to eat.

Such intimate behavior makes it impossible for fans to believe that the person is the manager, assistant, or just a friend.

Even the fans don't believe it!

Entertainment gossip bloggers and marketing accounts, sensing the opportunity, flocked to the scene and began offering various interpretations of the photos.

"Recently, a top female star's relationship was exposed, but this matter is not as simple as everyone thinks. It's not as simple as just having a relationship and then being photographed and exposed by paparazzi. Have you ever wondered why it was exposed at this time? This female star has had an ambiguous relationship with her sugar daddy since childhood. Now she is filming Hollywood blockbusters, and her status and fame are skyrocketing. She wants to use this momentum to break free from her sugar daddy's control, so she revealed her relationship. Whether it's a real relationship or not is hard to say. This guy might just be someone her sister hired to act in this drama."

"The fans are now in no position to defend themselves. They were already hugging and pinching each other's cheeks, and they still claim to be staff?"

"I said before that she can't be in a relationship, not just because of her sugar daddy, but also because for actresses like her, being in a relationship is a betrayal of her fans, and they won't forgive her. Now that it's been exposed, she's testing her fans. She had a great summer season this year, and if she wants to truly rise to become a top-tier actress, she needs to further purify her fanbase. Look at who cares about Li Bingbing and Zhang Ziyi's relationships; dating anyone won't affect their film opportunities. She's using her relationship to do just that."

Faced with all sorts of interpretations, Red Star House had no intention of responding. It's just a relationship, what's there to respond to?
But the fans couldn't take it anymore; many of them couldn't accept their idol dating.

Fans left comments under Liu Yifei's Weibo post:

"Sisi, if you're in a relationship, change your profile picture to this." The accompanying picture is of Liu Yifei with two braids.

(End of this chapter)