Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 472 The Stabbed Best Friend?

It wasn't until this year's Beijing Film Festival, when Huang Xiaoming and Yang Mi stood together openly to promote "My Sunshine," that Tang Yan realized Yang Mi had taken on the film adaptation of her hit TV series.

Following her appearance at the Beijing Film Festival, numerous articles criticizing the TV series appeared online, particularly criticizing Tang Yan's acting skills.

It's easy to criticize Tang Yan's acting skills; just say she can only stare wide-eyed and pout while playing a naive and innocent character.

The fans of Yang and Tang started fighting.

Yang Mi's fans said that Tang Yan is a disgrace to the Central Academy of Drama, that her acting skills have not improved and that she can only play naive and innocent characters.

Tang Yan's fans said that Yang Mi was addicted to taking on multiple roles at once and had plastic surgery, saying, "She clearly had her jawbone shaved, but she insisted on saying she had her teeth pulled."

However, the fans' infighting hasn't affected the celebrity yet.

Tang Yan didn't really have any feelings about Yang Mi taking on the film version of "Why". She wasn't dissatisfied either. The TV and film rights belonged to two different companies. She had acted in the TV series, so why couldn't Yang Mi act in the movie? She understood this very well.

"But I feel a little awkward." Tang Yan had no chance, so she came from Shanghai to find Liu Yifei. Liu Yifei is now living a secluded life and didn't even go to the Beijing Film Festival.

Liu Yifei isn't very good at comforting others, but she would make some chicken soup for Tang Yan: "One very important thing about being an actress is that you can't listen to others too much."

"Don't worry about these things, just focus on playing your role well." Liu Yifei got up to pour tea for Tang Yan. "My mom and I made some herbal tea, have a taste."

Liu Yifei rummaged through the drawer, took out a tea bag, and said, "This contains rose, longan, goji berries, and red dates. It's good for replenishing qi and blood, and for beautifying the skin."

Tang Yan smiled and said, "Getting married really makes a difference; I've started taking care of my appearance and skin."

Liu Yifei said, "I'm not doing beauty treatments for him." She then brewed some tea.

Tang Yan then brought up Yang Mi and "My Sunshine": "Actually, I can understand why she made the movie 'My Sunshine'."

"You understand, so why are you still angry?" Liu Yifei placed a teacup in front of her.

"I don't know, there's really no anger in it."

Just then, Li Qiutang rushed in.

"Tang Yan is here."

"director."

"Please sit down, I'll just grab something and leave right away." With that, she quickly went upstairs.

"Don't worry about him." Liu Yifei pulled Tang Yan down to sit. It wasn't a big deal, and Liu Yifei didn't want to think too badly of Yang Mi. "She probably didn't tell you because she was worried you'd overthink it. Now that the film is about to be released, she can't hide it anymore."

"But she still didn't tell me."

"Why say anything now when we didn't say anything before?" Liu Yifei said. "It's just a movie with the same name." Liu Yifei genuinely didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

"She was upset because 'Outcast' didn't do well, but she let it go and said it wasn't a big deal."

Li Qiutang came downstairs with her things and was about to leave when Liu Yifei called out to her, "Try the tea I brewed."

Li Qiutang drank it and said, "It's pretty good, keep it up." Then, in front of Tang Yan, she quickly pecked Liu Yifei on the cheek.

Tang Yan screamed and then burst into laughter.

Li Qiutang left quickly.

"Is he like this at home too?" Tang Yan asked. "You blushed way too quickly."

Liu Yifei touched her face and said, "He just loves to surprise me like this."

Tang Yan said, "This isn't a surprise attack at all; it's just a little delightful surprise in life."

The two girls started chatting about all sorts of things again. After leaving home, Li Qiutang returned to the company, took care of some matters, and then went to a screening at the Beijing Film Festival as a guest that evening.

Another highlight of this year's Beijing International Film Festival is that Alec Su and He Jiong have both transitioned into directing.

They all chose to follow in Zhao Yanzi's footsteps and make youth films. Su Youpeng's movie is called "The Left Ear," and he was quite bold, using a complete amateur as the female lead, named Chen Duling. He Jiong heavily promoted nostalgia, and his movie is called "Gardenia Blossom."

"The Left Ear" will be released immediately after the Beijing Film Festival, while "Forever Young" announced its summer release date at the Beijing Film Festival.

By the way, Li Qiutang saw Teacher Liu at the Beijing Film Festival. He was there to promote his new film, "Where is the Road Ahead?", a Sino-US co-production.

Is this the "Journey to the West" series that "started filming in the second half of this year"?

Li Qiutang is currently at He Jiong's party. This party was specially hosted by He Jiong for Qiutian. In addition to Li Qiutang and Chen Zhixi, Qiutian also has several senior executives present.

He Jiong took the initiative to introduce his main creators to everyone.

Everyone knows the male and female leads, Li Yifeng and Zhang Huiwen; one is a top-tier young heartthrob, and the other is a newly minted "Mou Girl" (a term referring to actresses discovered by director Zhang Yifeng).

"This is Jiang Jinfu, this is Zhang Yuxi, and this is Song Yi."

Besides He Jiong, the only other director present was Li Qiutang. Li Qiutang "interviewed" him: "What was it like being a director for the first time?"

He Jiong said, "I'm really not kidding. The pressure is too much. I feel like the sky is falling on my shoulders. I lost 20 pounds after filming."

The producer added, "Teacher He does all sorts of work on set, leaving me, the producer, with nothing to do."

Li Qiutang nodded: "This is how it is when I first become a director. It was my first time making a film, and I even cooked the dishes in the kitchen."

This is quite a secret.

"There was no other way. We didn't have any money back then. We had to stretch every penny. We couldn't afford a chef or order boxed meals, so we had to cook for ourselves. When we went to the market, we had to haggle over the price of vegetables." That's how "Comet" was made.

He Jiong is very popular in the entertainment industry. Although he doesn't accept gifts on "Happy Camp," he is very caring towards those around him.

It's definitely not hypocritical; Li Qiutang genuinely doesn't dislike him.

So he shared some of the results of his company's internal discussions with He Jiong: "The popularity of youth films will fade in the next year or two."

Li Qiutang's words caused an uproar.

Although He Jiong is a veteran in the entertainment industry, he is still a new director and may not be very familiar with the film and television industry. He doesn't believe that the popularity of youth films will fade so quickly, and the young actors don't believe it either. They are exactly the age and image that are suitable for playing youth films. If youth films lose their popularity, they will have fewer jobs.

Li Qiutang explained, "There have been too many youth films in the past two years, all of them have flooded in, and the stories are all very similar, so the audience will get tired of them."

He Jiong, however, felt that Li Qiutang said that because he was a famous director and looked down on youth films.

However, there's a universal saying that a good film can overcome anything; if it's well-made, audiences will still buy tickets.

Li Qiutang was referring to the popularity of the topic; if the topic loses its popularity, hot money from the market will no longer flow in.

"This year might be the best time for youth films. Anyway, our company will stop making most of the youth films after we finish this year and next." We're not afraid of others knowing this.

He Jiong didn't focus on the so-called industry development; after finishing this film, he didn't know where his next film would be.

However, the actors and producers were very concerned about these matters and asked Li Qiutang to say more.

Li Qiutang started boasting, but he did give a few general directions. One was adapting online novel IPs. No wonder, Tencent has entered the fray. It has the largest online novel library in the country, and these online novels must be monetized! The second was mainstream commercial blockbusters. When he said this, almost no one believed him.

Finally, Li Qiutang advised the actors present: "Learn to be a good person before learning an art. Skills can be honed gradually. As long as you're in the industry, you can always do well. But if you break the rules, then all your hard work will be for nothing."

(End of this chapter)