Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 439 Tell your mother to ask for less
Liu Yifei accompanied Li Qiutang to the company today to listen to the presentation.

She usually doesn't come here; she doesn't want to get involved in company affairs. But today she was a bit bored, and it was too cold to go out. When she heard that Li Qiutang had gone to the company to hear Guo Fan's report, she excitedly followed along.

Li Qiutang could easily recognize her. Was she the one receiving reports? She was clearly there to show off her status as the boss's wife.

Now that she has officially become the boss's wife, she has to go back to the company for a visit. She doesn't manage the affairs, but she has to assert her status and authority.

The company's bunch of clowns really gave her face. When she arrived, they kept calling her "boss lady," making her feel completely overwhelmed.

"The landlady is here."

"The boss's wife is here to inspect the work."

"The landlady came to guide us, right?"

Li Qiutang jokingly asked her, "How's it like being a boss's wife?"

"I didn't marry you to become this boss's wife."

Guo Fan returned from the United States at the beginning of this month after completing a three-month training program. Following Chen Zhixi's previous approach, Guo Fan was to give a learning report to the company, sharing his learning achievements over the past few months with everyone.

Because Guo Fan is a director, many young directors from Qiu Tian's group came to today's sharing session. Even some directors and company executives who are not directly affiliated with Qiu Tian but only have a working relationship with him volunteered to attend after hearing that Qiu Tian had such a meeting. Qiu Tian did not refuse them. Qiu Tian is willing to share this kind of thing and is not stingy.

Chen Sicheng and Lu Yang have been selected for the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television's Sino-US film talent exchange program this year and will depart next month. However, they also came today. The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television's program only lasts for 7-10 days, which is far less profound than the program that sends people out for three to five months in the fall.

Everyone arrived quickly, and Guo Fan took out his PowerPoint presentation and began his sharing session.

Guo Fan is a very good talker. He talked non-stop for almost two hours, and then spent another half hour answering questions after his presentation.

Li Qiutang didn't have anything else to say, except to Guo Fan, "You should be the director who makes the best PPT."

This isn't just Li Qiutang exaggerating; many directors in the industry can't even type on a computer, let alone create a PowerPoint presentation for a sharing session.

“I think you’re more suited to be a producer. A lot of what you’ve reported demonstrates a producer’s management and coordination skills,” Li Qiutang said. “But that’s good too. Directors need that ability as well. You can talk to Zhixi more about it later.”

Li Qiutang even joked, "Why didn't the General Administration select me for that exchange program? I should have met the requirements, right?"

Zhang Zhao laughed and asked, "What are you going to do?"

"I'll go and learn too."

"Which team has ever had its coach substituted off the field?"

The analogy wasn't very good, but it made everyone in the meeting room laugh.

After the sharing session, a small internal meeting was held in the fall, mainly to discuss Guo Fan's follow-up arrangements.

Guo Fan wants to make blockbusters, especially sci-fi blockbusters, but with only one film, "My Old Classmate," he can hardly attract investment.

So the plan for him in the fall is to make another low-to-medium budget film, and then see if he can get a blockbuster for his third film.

Guo Fan was aware of his current situation and chose to follow the company's arrangements.

The topic of sci-fi blockbusters reminded Li Qiutang: "Do we own Liu Cixin's copyrights?"

The copyright operations manager had a deep impression of Liu Cixin, saying, "We hold the copyrights to many of Liu Cixin's novels, but we couldn't buy 'The Three-Body Problem.' We've had our eye on 'The Three-Body Problem' for 10 years, but we didn't expect someone else to make a move even earlier than us. We approached them to try and acquire it, but they wouldn't sell."

"The movie adaptation of 'The Three-Body Problem' will begin filming next year."

"What? You're starting filming already? Only the first part of this novel is easy to adapt; the next two parts are increasingly difficult to film." At least Li Qiutang himself doesn't have any particularly good ideas for adapting the next two parts yet.

Li Qiutang isn't in a hurry to adapt "The Three-Body Problem" into a movie, as it's unlikely to happen for at least the next ten years.

It's impossible to have all the good things in the world in one's own hands.

Returning to Guo Fan, the company values ​​him highly. After all, he returned from studying abroad and has acquired a wealth of skills that need to be put to use. The company has opened up several low-cost projects to him for next year.

One is the youth film "The Best of Us". The project was launched on May Day. The script is already done. Guo Fan has experience, so filming should be easier. The estimated cost is 2000 million yuan.

There's a movie called "The Saint of Love," adapted from the American film "The Woman in Red." It's positioned as a male-oriented testosterone comedy, but it's really just skirting the line. The script is still being worked on.

A film called "The Story of a Female Police Officer" is an original script that the company bought from outside. It is positioned as a light comedy and tells the story of a rookie female police officer's work and life. The estimated cost is 3000 million.

The other film is "Mirage," a crime thriller provided by Li Qiutang. Li Qiutang wrote the script himself and will also serve as the film's producer.

If they were to change directors, they would most likely choose "Mirage," a film that looks very promising, especially with Li Qiutang personally serving as producer.

However, Guo Fan did not make a decision at the company, but said he would think about it some more and see which one he was more interested in.

"If you have any ideas of your own, you can bring them to the company for a look."

Guo Fan agreed, but then said, "If I want Yifei to act in a movie for me, will you do it?" Getting Liu Yifei is like making money; Liu Yifei also has an overseas market. Directors are shrewd.

Liu Yifei, who was listening in, said, "He can't control which roles I take. If you have a script, just send it to me and I'll act in it for you."

Li Qiutang spread her hands: "See, she won't listen to me."

They chatted and laughed, and half a day passed quickly before Guo Fan left.

Liu Yifei was genuinely interested in several of the company's films that were in development: "What's 'The Story of a Female Police Officer' about? Is there a script? Let me take a look."

Li Qiutang said, "Grandma, you're not getting married next year? And you're still reading new scripts."

"Look, the company didn't say it would start next year, maybe the year after. I'll see what happens."

"Hey, don't you think I have a talent for comedy?"

"No, you don't. Comedy actresses have to play ugly roles." Too beautiful a woman isn't suited for comedy.

"I can make myself look ugly, like having buck teeth or sausage lips. I can do that too."

The couple were talking in the office when a vice president of the company knocked on the door and came in.

"Director, there's a signing event tomorrow, would you like to go?"

"What event? Who are you signing with?"

"Our company will sign the strategic cooperation agreement with Happy Twist tomorrow."

Li Qiutang took the document and said as she looked at it, "This cooperation was negotiated by General Manager Zhang, right? He can sign it."

The document essentially states that Autumn Pictures invested 1.7 million yuan in Happy Twist, and the two companies will engage in comprehensive cooperation in areas such as film and television, live performances, play creation, theater operation, and peripheral development.

Running a private drama troupe is difficult, and the 1.7 million yuan investment in the fall is the largest investment that Happy Twist has attracted since its opening.

"Take a break these few days, go and show your face, use your fame to generate buzz for our signing."

Li Qiutang checked the signing schedule for tomorrow and found no problems. She said, "I finally have a few days off, and you guys are assigning me work. Fine, I'll go tomorrow. I'm still a fan of Mahua FunAge."

"Mr. Li, you've worked hard." Liu Yifei said sarcastically from the side.

"Isn't all this hard work to save up for your dowry, so your mom can ask for less?"

Liu Yifei: …………

(End of this chapter)