Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 376 Wedding
If there's nothing to share, can I just not post it?

No, I'll post it even if there's nothing to it.

Even if you only photograph Liu Yifei reading a book, you should still publish the photo; otherwise, where will the bonus come from?

However, Liu Yifei spent six hours chatting with her friends about books, which netizens found amusing.

Watching entertainment also generates traffic and attention.

"The reporter is so pitiful. He spent a week trying to capture some gossip, but all he managed to photograph was her shopping and reading."

"Yifei helps paparazzi purify their souls!"

"After exchanging ideas about books for six hours, the paparazzi must have been exhausted."

"The paparazzi must have been thrilled when that gentleman showed up, but they never expected him to be reading a book with Liu Yifei, hahaha!!!"

This was Liu Yifei's last appearance in the media before the Lunar New Year. After that, apart from her fans who paid special attention to her, Liu Yifei disappeared from the media.

Because fans met Liu Yifei and her mother in Jiangcheng.

Fans assumed she had returned early for the Lunar New Year, which wasn't entirely wrong. The mother and daughter had come back early to visit the elderly and said they were going to Sanya with their in-laws for the New Year to discuss their future plans there.

The elderly had no objections, but they were even more eager than Liu Xiaoli to meet the fourth generation.

Liu Yifei had no choice but to agree.

The mother and daughter stayed in Jiangcheng for a week before flying directly to Sanya. Li Qiutang had already rented a vacation villa in Yalong Bay.

On the plane, Liu Yifei explained to Liu Xiaoli, "Qiu Tang still has some work to do before the New Year. While others can take a holiday, he will be a few days late."

Liu Xiaoli was not unreasonable and expressed her understanding.

Li Qiutang still has a lot of work to do, with "Mojin: The Lost Legend" and "The Invisible Guest" keeping him extremely busy, one in pre-production and the other in post-production.

At the end of the year, the company has a lot of meetings that he, as the chairman, needs to attend personally, and mountains of documents that he needs to review and sign.

However, the company only needs him at the end of each year; he's not busy at other times.

At the year-end summary meeting of the investment and production management department, the department head pointed out that the company's performance maintained growth last year, but the film scheduling was very unreasonable: "The summer season, the National Day season, and even the December New Year season were all absent, and then a few days later, a low-budget romance film like 'Ex-Files' was put on the first day of the Lunar New Year, which is very unreasonable."

For a film company as large as Autumn Pictures, last year's scheduling was indeed very bad.

This unreasonable scheduling has caused dissatisfaction among autumn investors, but the company's overall performance is still on the rise, so this dissatisfaction is unlikely to affect the company's normal operations.

Holding the company's projects scheduled for release in the first half of this year, Li Qiutang added, "Last year's scheduling was unreasonable, and this year's first half is like giving birth to babies. 'Ex-Files,' 'Beijing Love Story,' and 'My Old Classmate' are all in these months." Except for 'Ex-Files,' the other two films are only being planned internally and have not yet been announced to the public.

"Should we adjust it?"

But it's really hard to adjust. "Ex-Files" was released during the Spring Festival, and "Beijing Love Story" was scheduled for Valentine's Day because of its subject matter, which is reasonable. It's even more correct to schedule "My Old Classmate" for the May Day holiday at the end of April.

"Forget it, let's not move on." Li Qiutang finally decided not to change the schedule. "We'll just say it's a period of great success for the company."

It is indeed a fruitful period. The first phase of the Towering Tree Project has released so many films, and two years have passed. It's time for the results.

The problems with "Lost in Hong Kong" have been brought up again, but the script hasn't been seen yet. However, the production management department is adamant about not letting go!

Several senior executives in the department even said at the meeting that Xu Shanzheng was greedy and ungrateful!
"If we hadn't funded 'Lost in Thailand,' would it be where it is today? We paid him every penny he owed, and he even colluded with Guangyan to try and monopolize 'Lost in Hong Kong.'"

The company certainly felt that it was the company that made him successful, but Xu Shanzheng would definitely feel that Li Qiutang hadn't made any films for two years, and it was his "Lost in Thailand" that kept Autumn Pictures afloat and brought the company the most substantial profits. Compared to the company's reward to him, he felt that he deserved more.

However, some people suggested: "We just need to hold the copyright. If Guangxian's price is right, I think we can negotiate. It's normal to pocket the profits first."

The two groups started arguing. One side felt that Xu Shanzheng's greed shouldn't be tolerated, while the other side felt that securing profits early was safer, it was just a matter of how much. Both sides had valid points, and Li Qiutang resumed the meeting.

After finishing the meeting here, Li Qiutang met with Zhang Zhao to exchange opinions, and it was already 2 a.m. when she got home.

The next day, I rushed to catch a flight to Tahiti to attend Chen Sicheng and Tong Liya's wedding.

The chartered plane took a direct flight. Next to Li Qiutang sat Zhou Yang, a classmate from the 02 performance class and Liu Yifei's best friend. Across the aisle sat Bao Qiang and his wife.

Zhou Yang was an acquaintance, and he immediately started off in a frivolous manner: "I caught you, didn't I?"

"What did you catch?"

When are you going to do it?

What should I do?

"There's no point in pretending anymore. Nine and a half out of ten people on this plane know about your relationship with Yifei. I'm waiting to be your bridesmaid."

"You really enjoy being a bridesmaid?"

“Being a bridesmaid means you don’t have to give a monetary gift, and you even get a red envelope.” Zhou Yang’s reasoning left Li Qiutang speechless.

"I might as well shut you down. You can't even get a wedding gift from your best friend."

"So you two are really getting married?" Zhou Yang exclaimed with delight. "Tell me about it! Yi Fei never tells us. Every time we ask her in the group chat, she pretends to be dead."

"I'm not going to tell you anything. Just wait to receive your invitation. Why do you need to know so much?"

Upon hearing this news, Zhou Yang was satisfied and even teased him, "How come I didn't realize you were so outstanding when we were in school? If I had known, I would have pursued you instead of letting those two from the Central Academy of Drama and the Beijing Dance Academy get away with it." He was referring to Li Qiutang's two ex-girlfriends.

Would Li Qiutang be afraid of this?
"It's not too late now."

"Get lost," Zhou Yang laughed. She couldn't bring herself to do something as despicable as poaching her best friend's boyfriend.

This wasn't Li Qiutang's first time in Tahiti, but she always marveled at its beauty. Chen Sicheng certainly knows how to pick a place.

Li Qiutang began to think about where she should hold her wedding.

When it comes to water activities, Li Qiutang is a pro. She had a great time with her celebrity friends, which helped her release the work pressure at the end of the year.

But with so many people gathered together, socializing and networking are inevitable, especially for a director like Li Qiutang, who is an essential figure for the actors to get to know and befriend, not to mention that Li Qiutang didn't bring a female companion this time.

Although Li Qiutang was unhappy, there was nothing she could do.

"Director, let's add each other on WeChat." This was a normal conversation.

"Director Li, feel free to contact me anytime." This is a bit suggestive.

"Director Li, which room are you staying in? I'll come find you tonight." This is direct.

There were also girls who wanted Li Qiutang to teach them to swim, and one who wore a swimsuit to rub against him. Another girl added Li Qiutang on WeChat during the day and told him she couldn't sleep in the middle of the night.

The wedding was grand, and the weather was beautiful that day. In front of more than 100 relatives and friends, the bride gave a heartfelt speech: "Because I am an actress, when experiencing such a scene, it is inevitable to have some illusions, feeling like I am filming a movie. But when we really exchanged vows, when Sicheng put this diamond ring full of love on my finger, I knew that I would be with him for the rest of my life!"

Chen Sicheng also took his bride's hand and promised, "Once we get married, we will never get divorced! My wife is the only one I will ever have!"

The wedding was going well, and Li Qiutang was completely absorbed in watching it, even fantasizing about her own wedding. But the bride and groom's vows made Li Qiutang feel dazed.

Do they believe the vows they made at their wedding?
(End of this chapter)