Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 56 is finished!
Li Qiutang still let Wang Zhonglei take the script of "Becoming Famous". It took Li Qiutang three months from proposing this idea to Wang Zhonglei to finalizing the script.

However, Li Qiutang also hinted to Wang Zhonglei that if Huayi did not plan to make "Famous", then he would make the film himself.

I believe that companies like Guangxian and Xiaoma are very willing to invest in me.

Is that a threat?

Well, the cooperation with Huayi is generally harmonious, but there are always times of negotiation.

A week after Wang Zhonglei returned to Beijing, the finance department of "No One" received a transfer of 1200 million yuan.

Giving the extra 200 million was to stabilize Li Qiutang's mentality.

There is no other way. 2200 million has already been invested. What else can we do if we don’t continue to invest? Are we going to watch the crew stop working?

3000 million to make an action movie is not expensive.

Wang Zhonglei returned to Yanjing from Hengdian and brought the progress of "No One in View" back to Yanjing.

Within two days, Huayi Brothers' co-general manager Li Xing informed the crew that she would bring people to Hengdian to visit the set and asked the crew to prepare for the reception.

She brought with her Star Media's President Qin, a vice president of Pacific Cinemas, a distribution manager of Hunan Xiaoxiang Cinemas, and a director of China Film Southern Shinkansen. The group, including people and cars, was quite large.

Li Qiutang can ignore others, but these theater chain representatives are the real big shots. She has to rely on them to schedule her own films, so Li Qiutang has to keep up with them.

Qin Hong watched Li Qiutang filming on the spot and joked with Li Xing: "We acted too late. By the time we realized what was happening, Director Qiutang had already signed a contract with Huayi."

Li Xing smiled and said, "Xingmei Cinemas arranged two more shows for us, which is also a form of cooperation. We have to thank President Qin."

Qin Hong was very impressed by this. He who controls the cinema chain is the boss.

The theater chain would not support a new director. Their visit was just a routine matter: a promising new director was making a new film, and the theater chain went to see it in advance so they would have a rough idea of what was going on.

Li Xing and his group were received by the production director, who knew that this group of people could drink, so he specially invited Huo Siyan to dinner in the evening.

This was a business banquet hosted by the crew and was not subject to Li Qiutang's alcohol control.

Li Qiutang was also at the banquet!
Is one Huo Siyan enough?
I don't know whether it was the production director's idea or Li Xing's, but the crew invited four more professional players from outside to accompany them.

At the beginning, Huo Siyan took the initiative to say that she wanted to drink a toast with Qin Hong, and the others naturally followed suit. Before drinking, Huo Siyan did not forget to say: "Boss Qin, if I drink this cup, you have to schedule more films for us. If you don't agree, I won't drink."

"As long as you drink enough, I will show you "No One" in all my cinemas! Hahahaha!" It's easy for a veteran like Qin Hong to say such things.

Huo Siyan and Li Xing felt like fish in water in such occasions.

The four professional players must have been to this kind of game many times. After just two drinks, they sat on the laps of their respective bosses, who kept coaxing them to eat and drink more. When asked, they said they were the makeup and financial staff of the crew, etc. Who would care about their real identities?

Li Qiutang is not an innocent person and is not surprised by such things.

Didn’t you see that a young lady from the finance department of the crew was already sitting on the manager’s lap, and the two of them started feeding wine to each other mouth to mouth?

A boss pulled the makeup artist over to brag about his villa and wine cellar in France.

Qin Hong hugged Huo Siyan and talked and laughed, feeling very comfortable.

The meal only lasted until 8 o'clock in the evening. After dinner, Li Xing took them to sing, and Li Qiutang stayed with them until the early morning before leaving.

Huo Siyan did not return to the hotel that night. The theater chain representative stayed with the crew for two days before leaving, leaving behind a blank check that they would schedule more screenings for "No One".

Li Qiutang resumed normal work.

Li Qiutang filmed the four fighting scenes of Cheng Xiazi breaking into Yuwen Mansion alone for three weeks. After the flaming sword fighting scene was finished, the whole audience applauded Zhao Wenzhuo, so handsome!

"Is he handsome in person or in action?"

Li Qiutang replied, "Don't ask. Asking too much is also a disease."

The whole audience laughed!

After filming this big scene, "No One in My Eyes" was wrapped up in Hengdian. The crew's prop car loaded up that night and drove to Western Studios. It would take more than 20 hours to drive to Phoenix. Before leaving, Li Qiutang specifically told the driver to take turns driving and not to drive while tired.

Li Qiutang and others flew directly from Shanghai to Phoenix the next afternoon.

After getting off the plane, the actors went to the hotel to rest, while Li Qiutang immediately went to the film and television city to check on the progress of the set layout.

"This wall is too new. Use lamps or firewood to make it look old." Li Qiutang walked around the set and found that the wall was newly painted. "Oh my goodness, if I hadn't come to see it, there would have been problems when the filming started in a few days."

Two days later, the crew of "No One in Despair" resumed filming at the Mingcheng Scenic Area of Western Film City.

After 10 days of filming, Huang Xiaoming finished filming and left the crew.

On the set, Huang Xiaoming said frankly that he benefited a lot from the filming in the past few months: "I hope to work with you all again in the future."

The crew spent the rest of the time filming the scenes for Zhao Wenzhuo and Huo Siyan.

As the leading actress, Huo Siyan had most of her scenes in Western Studios.

In fact, she is only the heroine in name only. After all, she is the first female character to appear, and the one who wanders around the world with the protagonist in the end. But in terms of roles, Ni Yan and Qin Niang are almost the same.

Even Qin Niang had a wonderful fighting scene, but Ni Yan didn't - she was dissatisfied with the crew about this.

She knew that Qin Niang's fight scene was dispensable, and the producer even opposed adding more scenes for Qin Niang in order to save costs, but Li Qiutang still filmed it in the end.

The supporting actress was highlighted, with dancing and fighting, and Qin Niang became the one who was both literary and martial, and her own role was overshadowed.

But Huo Siyan has no choice. She is indeed not on the same level as Fan Bingbing. Both of them are flops in the film industry, but Fan Bingbing has more fans and more exposure. Giving her more scenes will do more good than harm to the crew.

But at least Ni Yan is nominally the heroine. In terms of reputation, Huo Siyan has the upper hand over Fan Bingbing. She can only comfort herself in this way.

On August 8, after three months of filming, "No One" finally completed all the scenes at Western Studios.

Neither Huang Xiaoming nor Fan Bingbing returned to the crew to have the wrap-up dinner.

After bringing the filming materials back to the capital, Li Qiutang arrived in Yanjing the next day.

"During last National Day, a comet hit the film market. Director Li Qiutang's The Night the Comet Came created quite a stir in China. Only 10 months later, Director Li Qiutang's new film, Unreserved, was completed yesterday at the Western Studios. Reporters learned from the film's investor, Huayi Brothers, that Director Li Qiutang has led the team back to Beijing, and will begin post-production after a few days of rest. The film is expected to be released next year."

"Director Li Qiutang's new film "No One in My Eyes" was completed yesterday. It is understood that the new film is a martial arts action film. As for why the sci-fi theme of the previous film was not continued, the film producer Wang Zhonglei said that Director Li Qiutang wanted to try different themes, and the conditions for filming sci-fi films in China are not yet mature. Director Li Qiutang will temporarily put the development of sci-fi themes on hold. The reporter asked Wang Zhonglei if Huayi Brothers would support Li Qiutang if he continued to make sci-fi films. Wang Zhonglei was very generous and said that he would unconditionally support Director Li Qiutang to try any theme."

Li Qiutang and Ning Hao have always been compared by the media, and this time is no exception: "Director Li Qiutang's new film "No One" has been completed, and the director team has returned to Yanjing to prepare for post-production, while Ning Hao's "Crazy Racing" just started shooting in Ludao last month."

(End of this chapter)