Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 512 Before the Wedding
The confession by Li Qiutang, "She is my school beauty," became a trending topic.

Netizens jokingly called it "showing off their love in public."

"This old man doesn't care about the time or place; he just throws out sweet nothings. Look how embarrassed Yifei is."

"I could watch this GIF of Yifei laughing while leaning on Li Qiutang's shoulder all day!"

"Yifei is almost all bewitched by him."

"It's rare to see Yifei so shy."

After attending the school anniversary celebration, Li Qiutang and Liu Yifei really did not have any public activities.

The next day, Liu Yifei, along with Liu Xiaoli, their parents, some relatives, and a team of chefs from China, departed from Yanjing on a chartered plane and flew directly to the Gold Coast.

There are no direct flights from China to the Gold Coast; this was arranged specifically for the wedding.

Li Qiutang will remain in China for the time being; there are still some tasks that need to be completed.

Chen Zhixi finally obtained the film and television adaptation rights to the Yemen evacuation incident from the Maritime Political Center.

Yu Dong, that old rascal, came over as soon as he smelled it.

Qiu Tian had been trying to persuade him for over a year regarding "Operation Mekong," but he hadn't given in. Now that he wants to cooperate on the evacuation of Chinese citizens from Yemen, Qiu Tian isn't so easy to talk to.

This case was discussed personally by Li Qiutang and Chen Zhixi, and it was also Li Qiutang's last task before her wedding.

Li Qiutang felt that Yu Dong must have keenly sensed the future market for military action films, otherwise he wouldn't have held "Operation Mekong" so tightly under control.

But Li Qiutang couldn't quite grasp the size of the market he was assessing.

From Yu Dong's perspective, he wasn't really that good at making military action films. He didn't know if "Operation Mekong" would be successful, let alone predict market trends.

It wasn't that he was arrogant and refused to cooperate with Qiu Tian because he was holding onto his share; it was that he wanted to take a bigger piece from Qiu Tian.

Based on Yu Dong's understanding of Li Qiutang, Li Qiutang has an extremely gambling mentality. When "Wolf Warrior" was first proposed and no one else invested, he dared to invest. He dares to do many directors and films that are not favored, even though others dare not.

There's a 30% chance of breaking even—without even making a profit—and Li Qiutang dares to invest.

Now that Li Qiutang has suddenly set his sights on "Operation Mekong," Yu Dong has some ulterior motives: "Does he think highly of 'Operation Mekong'?"

With this in mind, Yu Dong became even more assertive, wanting to establish a deep strategic partnership with Qiu Tian, ​​starting with "Operation Mekong".

Yu Dong's goal is not a simple resource exchange; he wants to swap shares with Autumn Pictures!

He was even willing to trade 7% of Bernard's shares for the autumn.

But Li Qiutang didn't want to!

Li Qiutang has gone mad and is willing to swap shares with Yu Dong? If you were Tencent or ByteDance, Li Qiutang would be willing.

Autumn was willing to trade his animated film for Bernard's "Mekong River," but as mentioned before, Yu Dong looked down on animated films. Although Autumn had already made an extremely successful film, "Monkey King: Hero Is Back," Bernard felt that it was a special case and not of reference value.

The negotiations between the two companies were put on hold. However, after Qiu Tian obtained the film and television adaptation rights to the evacuation of Chinese citizens from Yemen, Yu Dong realized that since Qiu Tian would not agree to cooperate, he would do it on his own.

Anyone can make a military action film, and Yu Dong has no reason not to let Qiu Tian do it.

But he was cunning and thought that Li Qiutang would only act if there was something in it for him. Military action films require a large investment and a long production cycle. Was Li Qiutang really confident in getting involved at this time?
His attitude softened considerably, and he expressed his willingness to collaborate with Qiu Tian on "Operation Mekong".

The condition is that Senator Bernard get involved in the Yemen evacuation case.

Li Qiutang refused Yu Dong's request.

Without mincing words in front of Li Qiutang, he said, "My box office expectation for 'Operation Mekong' is 10-12 billion, but my expectation for the evacuation of Chinese citizens from Yemen is 30 billion. If I trade with you, I'll lose out."

Yu Dong didn't believe it at all. 30 billion was too much; he couldn't believe a patriotic military film could achieve that. This was definitely Li Qiutang's way of inflating the price.

However, Li Qiutang's predictions for "Operation Mekong" were similar to those within Bernard.

Seeing that Yu Dong didn't believe it, Li Qiutang wasn't surprised. 30 billion, even someone else wouldn't believe it.

Li Qiutang continued, "To be honest with President Yu, I have high hopes for military action films, otherwise I wouldn't have invested in 'Wolf Warrior'."

"Military action films may create huge box office miracles in the future."

There's nothing to be afraid of saying this. Whether people believe it or not is one thing, but whether they dare to follow it is another.

Berna is currently undergoing delisting procedures from the US stock market and hopes to return to the A-share market. Yu Dong needs positive news. In the capital market, he has investors such as Alibaba, Tencent, and Sequoia Capital backing him, but he also needs positive performance to convince ordinary shareholders of Berna's development prospects.

Collaborating with autumn is a brilliant move.

Penguin was also a shareholder in the fall, but Penguin was cunning enough to refuse to act as an intermediary for Bernard.

Faced with an uncertain future, Yu Dong decided to take a gamble and proposed a cooperation plan that he had been preparing for a long time. In the fall, he and Berna would establish a new joint venture with a 1:1 investment ratio, and the two parties would use this new company as a platform to carry out cooperation.

This plan seems fair, but it won't dry in the fall. Compared to Bernard, I have the advantage. Who's going to be 1:1 with you?

Li Qiutang didn't even want to establish a so-called new cooperation platform with Bernard.

Lin Chaoxian has not yet signed a contract with Bernard, so it's possible they won't be able to sign him in the fall.

Even without Lin Chaoxian, there are still so many directors to choose from, there's absolutely no need to share the same pot with Bernard.

Yu Dong thought that Li Qiutang refused because she wanted a higher price. He asked himself, if he were in Li Qiutang's position, he would not cooperate with him either. Except for the cinema layout, Qiutian was far ahead of Berna in all other sectors.

However, he couldn't provide what Qiu Tian wanted; no one wanted the shares.

But Li Qiutang said, "Actually, Mr. Yu, you don't need to think too much about it. Shares and joint ventures are not that complicated."

Li Qiutang sometimes really admires these old hands; they can make simple things increasingly complicated.

It's just a collaboration between two companies.

"We can work on a project together, it's that simple."

It's not that Li Qiutang absolutely needs Bernard, but in this industry, going it alone isn't always a good idea; it's essential to build a large network of friends. Making money is the company's goal, but for Li Qiutang personally, it's no longer the most important thing.

Li Qiutang checked the time and said, "It's getting late. I have some things to do later, so I have to go now."

The rest is up to the people below to discuss.

On Tuesday, Li Qiutang, along with a group of groomsmen and bridesmaids, as well as invited relatives and friends, boarded a plane to Australia.

"Director, who are your best men?" Tang Yan asked.

“He’s my best man!” Li Qiutang pointed at Luo Jin, and everyone in the cabin laughed.

"You're so boring." Tang Yan sat back down. It seems the two of them aren't together yet.

Shu Chang said, "Why did you provoke him if there's nothing wrong?"

While Li Qiutang and her group were still adrift in the Pacific Ocean, Bernard announced that he and Autumn Pictures had reached an "important cooperation agreement, in which the two companies will engage in in-depth cooperation in various fields of the film and television industry in the future."

Let it blow; it won't affect autumn at all.

(End of this chapter)