Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 515 Thank you

The wedding of Li Qiutang and Liu Yifei has captivated the entire entertainment industry.

As reporters on the front lines covered the fireworks display, people back home learned that the wedding was over and the "Fairy Sister" had officially married.

The news didn't stop for a day, with countless netizens following the wedding.

Although the ceremony was low-key, various photos and videos were eventually posted online.

After all, the newlyweds did not prohibit guests from bringing their mobile phones into the venue.

On the second day of the wedding, the guests began to return home.

Liu Yifei and Li Qiutang went to see Toro.

Liu Yifei is very concerned about the progress of "Pacific Rim 2". Toro had told her before that filming would start around November, but she has not yet received any notification from the production team, and she is worried that something unexpected has happened.

Of course, something unexpected happened!

Legendary stunts rejected the script for Pacific Rim 2!

It's not that Toro's script was bad, but Legendary won't approve the budget for Pacific Rim 2.

The problem was that Toro submitted the script and budget at the wrong time. At that moment, Toro's other film, "Crimson Peak," was being released, with a budget of $5500 million and a box office of $85 on its opening day in North America.

They rushed to their maternal grandma's house.

It would be a miracle if Legendary and Universal would give money to Pacific Rim 2!

Legendary demanded that Toro revise the script and reduce the budget, but Toro refused, stubbornly insisting on sticking to his own script and budget.

Adding to the fact that Legendary and Universal also had a bad relationship, the three parties remained deadlocked.

Toro insisted on not changing the script or reducing the budget, Legendary refused to provide funding, Universal refused to take over, and Warner Bros. has not yet made a statement.

In short, it all boils down to one sentence: Pacific Rim 1 was a flop.

In fact, even if the first film only broke even, Legendary would still be willing to pay, and Universal would be happy to take over.

The couple talked with Toro for over an hour. Toro was unusually stubborn; he simply refused to change the script or lower the budget, or even to film in a less expensive location. He stubbornly preferred Toronto.

While stubborn, Toro was also very confident. He was confident that "Universe 2" was a good project and that even if Legendary and Universal were unwilling to invest, other production companies would definitely be willing to take it over.

Knowing that Li Qiutang's Autumn Pictures was a co-producer of the first film, Toro actually suggested that he step in and take over the production of the second film.

Currently, Toro, Universal, and Legendary are still locked in a stalemate, and Li Qiutang cannot intervene. If he were to get involved, he would have to read the script first.

In Toro's sequel script, the story takes place a few years after the events of the first film. The human world is temporarily free from the threat of monsters, but Jaeger technology continues to develop. The villain is a tech tycoon who invents technologies similar to Internet 2.0, but it is discovered that these inventions are not original, but rather come from the "Precursors," the alien forces that control the monsters.

But what's even more astonishing is that the pioneers were actually humans from thousands of years in the future. Thousands of years later, humanity faces a severe survival crisis and attempts to "harvest" Earth's resources through time travel and reshape the planet to suit the needs of future humans.

These pioneers of the future wear exoskeleton bio-suits that resemble aliens, but are still human inside.

The male and female leads of "Ring 1" will return, as will Dr. Newton and Dr. Herman.

According to Toro's description, the second film will introduce more monsters and mechs, and Liu Yifei's character Grace will be upgraded to a core protagonist, no longer just a sidekick to the male lead, but a main hero who solves key problems and completes important missions.

Li Qiutang understood the script; Toro wanted to explore the cycle of human self-destruction.

The story isn't complicated, but Toro has always been extravagant, and for the second film, he immediately asked for a production budget of $2 million. To be honest, even Li Qiutang was taken aback when she saw that number.

There are definitely too many!
Liu Yifei felt like she had struck gold when she got the script. In her opinion, the current problems were temporary. Legendary and Universal would eventually provide funding for Toro, and she just needed to wait for filming to begin.

But Li Qiutang knew that Legendary and Universal wouldn't give Toro any money, and that the movie Toro was preparing to shoot after shelving "Universe 2" was called "The Shape of Water".

Therefore, it is inaccurate for netizens in the original timeline to blame Vanda for the failure of "Pacific Rim 2". Vanda had nothing to do with the project, and the "Pacific Rim 2" that Vanda took over later had nothing to do with Toro's sequel.

But it's not like he's a sucker who'd have to pay $2 million to Li Qiutang's family.

With such a large investment, he also had to return to China for meetings and discussions.

The guests gradually left, and the hotel was soon empty.

The couple's parents also went back this afternoon, leaving only the couple behind.

As dusk fell, only a few people remained on the beach. Li Qiutang and Liu Yifei strolled barefoot along the sand.

The sun was sinking below the horizon, turning the beach golden on one side and black on the other.

"Honey, thank you." Only then did the two have a chance to have private words—they were so tired last night that they didn't have time for sweet talk, and they didn't even consummate their marriage last night.

Li Qiutang held his wife's hand and walked slowly forward, smiling as he said, "What are you thanking me for?"

"Thank you for giving me such a romantic wedding."

"I should be thanking you. You did the most work on this wedding, both inside and out. I barely had to manage anything. Thank you for your hard work." Li Qiutang took Liu Yifei's hand and kissed it.

The newlyweds strolled in the golden sunset, their affection palpable, the atmosphere romantic. But Li Qiutang pointed to a spot not far away and said, "Weren't you lying there back then?"

Liu Yifei laughed and said, "It wasn't this beach. The hotel we stayed at was more than ten kilometers away from here."

“The Gold Coast beach is so long, I can’t tell which way is which,” Li Qiutang said with a laugh.

This is why Liu Yifei chose to hold the wedding on the Gold Coast; she wanted to return to the place where they fell in love and marry Li Qiutang. After all, she felt that they had fallen in love on the Gold Coast.

Recalling that night when Liu Yifei was throwing darts at the map, Li Qiutang felt stupid: "She threw them for ages without going anywhere, and finally managed to land in Australia. If you wanted to do it in Australia, you could have just said so. How could I disagree? You kept bothering me in the middle of the night."

Liu Yifei chuckled and put her arm around Li Qiutang's arm, saying, "I didn't think that much about it at the time. It was only after we left in Australia that I realized we should have held it there."

The two walked and talked, unaware that a reporter who hadn't left yet had taken a picture of their backs as they strolled in the sunset.

Backlit, it was impossible to tell that there were two people; all that could be made out was that they were a couple holding hands and taking a walk.

The woman suddenly quickened her pace to the man, lifted the hem of her skirt, slightly curtsied, and extended her hand, inviting the man to dance with her.

The man took the woman's hand, and she twirled around in his arms, stretching out her arms before being pulled into his embrace.

The two said something, and suddenly the woman jumped onto the man's back. The man carried her and they ran on the beach in the sunset.

"Hahahaha!" The woman's laughter was filled with boundless happiness and joy.

A perfect couple, perhaps.

(End of this chapter)