Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 524 Premiere
Of course, the production team had to buy trending topics for publicity.

#Liu Yifei is not Li Qiutang's favorite# just stood there on the trending topics.

This trending topic is obviously clickbait, but it does generate buzz.

"I watched the whole dialogue. Director Li Qiutang is very witty. The dialogue between two people from Northeast China in Tsinghua University was both informative and humorous, and the whole thing was very effective."

“I was there yesterday. The atmosphere of the dialogue was excellent. Director Li Qiutang has a lot of experience, and his exchange with Teacher Li Jian was a clash of ideas, sparking a lot of discussion. Especially when they talked about reading experiences and serious literature such as Hesse and Vargas Llosa, Teacher Li Jian could keep up. But when they talked about popular online literature and 'Ghost Blows Out the Light,' Teacher Li Jian didn't understand and just listened to Director Li Qiutang deconstructing it.”

"Li Qiutang's favorite thing is swimming, and her second favorite thing is watching swimming competitions. Yifei is third. Poor thing! Hahahaha!"

"I'm dying of laughter. It's even funnier when the director says it so seriously. Yi Fei might not even be ranked third. Who knows what Li Qiutang will rank third?"

The next day, the hashtag #JingTian's debut MV was directed by Li Qiutang# became a trending topic.

Netizens have unearthed information from nine years ago.

Jing Tian responded to the trending topic at a promotional event in Xiamen: "At that time, both Director Qiu Tang and I were newcomers who had not yet debuted. However, his studio was already quite famous for shooting commercials and music videos, so the company invited him to shoot the music video for my new song."

He also said, "I haven't worked with director Qiu Tang since then. I've been waiting for this opportunity for a long time."

Before the premiere on the 13th, "Mojin: The Lost Legend" had one or two trending topics on Weibo almost every day.

The premiere was in the evening, and Liu Yifei only landed in Yanjing at noon. Li Qiutang kept his promise and went to the airport to pick her up and take her home.

He parked the car in front of his house and sent his assistant and driver away.

Liu Yifei quickly jumped onto her husband's back, wanting him to carry her inside. Absence makes the heart grow fonder; after being apart for more than half a month, Liu Yifei missed Li Qiutang terribly.

Pressing her face against the back of her husband's neck, the familiar scent filling her nostrils, Liu Yifei asked, "Did you miss me?"

"What do you think?" Li Qiutang's hand, which was already restless, was now being held by her.

According to Liu Yifei's Canadian time, she should still be sleeping, so it's only natural that she asked her husband to stay with her.

Liu Yifei breathed into Li Qiutang's ear: "I wanted to eat you as soon as I saw you at the airport."

"I'll show you who eats whom." Li Qiutang showed no mercy, pouncing on him like a hungry tiger.

"Ah! Hahahaha!"

Dry wood and a raging fire, ignited at the slightest touch.

The scenery here is so enchanting that it cannot be described to outsiders.

Liu Yifei felt like her whole body was falling apart, but also tingly and sore. After setting off fireworks three times without any restraint, Liu Yifei fell into a deep sleep.

Liu Xiaoli returned home, knowing her daughter was coming back today and her son-in-law had gone to pick her up. Seeing her daughter's two suitcases unpacked in the first-floor living room, she glanced at the suitcases and then looked upstairs.

He chuckled to himself, "It's the middle of the day."

He murmured again, "Young people are so healthy."

Humming a little tune, I turned on the TV and wondered when the two of them would give me a grandson.

While Li Qiutang was fast asleep, cuddling his sweet and soft wife, the media screening held before the premiere had already ended.

Wanda does not require the media to say anything positive; the media can publish whatever they think after reading it, and Wanda does not review submissions.

Wan Da is very confident in this film.

So, for the entire afternoon before the premiere of "Mojin: The Lost Legend," the entire film and television industry in Beijing was talking about the same few words:
"The special effects are absolutely amazing!"

"Watching it in IMAX was so awesome!"

"That's the real tomb raiding style!"

"Excellent! Excellent!"

"This is the real Ghost Blows Out the Light!"

"Lu Chuan should quickly buy a plane ticket and go abroad to hide."

The media reviews are overwhelmingly positive.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Liu Yifei got up to put on makeup, complaining to Li Qiutang that she didn't care about her: "It's the premiere today, and you're still making me suffer."

Li Qiutang doesn't speak. She'll scold the cook when she's full, but if Li Qiutang doesn't get her to behave, she'll put on a sour face and say she doesn't love her.

At 5 o'clock, the main cast and crew arrived at the premiere hotel.

Today's premiere is themed "The Tomb Raiders' Annual Meeting".

The premiere started promptly at 6 o'clock.

There were a lot of audience members and guests at the premiere today, after all, this film is "probably the strongest this year" and "a new benchmark for industrialized film production in China".

First, the heads of the four production companies took the stage to share their experiences. The overall atmosphere was very relaxed. Zhang Zhao said, "Outsiders may think that the four of us are the more important film companies in China, but in fact we are still very small. But when we unite, we can accomplish great things. For example, we made 'Mojin: The Lost Legend'."

"Just before I went on stage, my colleagues told me not to mention the box office figures, because they were worried that it would put pressure on others and create an overwhelming victory." The host kept asking Zhang Zhao to say a number, but Zhang Zhao still refused.

During the quiet period before its IPO, predicting box office revenue is a very sensitive matter for Autumn Pictures. It's best to keep quiet about it, at least not from Autumn Pictures' mouth.

Next, the main creators took the stage. The director, producer, production manager, original author, and screenwriter shared some creative stories, mainly about the scriptwriting process. Screenwriter Zhang Jialu spoke the most.

Some things are more believable when said by others. On stage, Zhang Jialu accused Li Qiutang of having too high demands, saying that Li Qiutang rejected countless versions of his scripts.

They also praised Li Qiutang's team for their professionalism and efficiency.

“I don’t actually need to be on set, but I happened to be there when the crew was filming in Yanjing, so I would go to the set to watch. The director is a real workaholic. He shoots for more than ten hours a day, and after finishing work, he immediately reviews the day’s footage, holds a debriefing meeting, and reshoots any parts that weren’t done well the next day. He is the hardest working person in the whole crew. He has two assistants on set, working in shifts, because one assistant can’t keep up with his workload.”

To be honest, there was no script, and Li Qiutang didn't expect Zhang Jialu to say these things.

That left him speechless.

Next, the host left Li Qiutang on stage, let the others go offstage to rest, and then invited the main actors one by one to come up on stage for a Q&A session.

Liu Ye, Liu Yifei, Chen Minghao, Xia Yu, Jing Tian.

This part is about filming, and that's a topic we can talk about quite a bit.

Several actors said that the director had a bad temper on set.

Jing Tian said, "The sentence we feared most on set was, 'So-and-so, please come to the monitor.' As soon as we heard that, we knew we were in trouble."

Jing Tian's words were unanimously agreed upon by the other actors.

The host asked Liu Yifei a question: "Does the director scold you on set?"

Li Qiutang looked at Liu Yifei and threatened, "Speak properly."

But Liu Yifei didn't buy it, saying, "Yes. He'll say, 'How come you can't even do this right? Did I say that? If you can't film it, go back.'"

“Every time I get scolded, I have to turn around and apologize to him and try to make him happy.”

Li Qiutang refused to admit that she had a bad temper on set, insisting that she was approachable and kind to the actors.

"There may be room for improvement in our communication methods."

Li Qiutang shared many interesting anecdotes from filming with the actors, and praised all five actors.

Liu Ye and Xia Yu, needless to say, are veteran film stars.

"They can give me anything I want, and I feel very safe working with them."

Speaking of Chen Minghao, he emphasized to the audience: "I actually had my own reasons for casting him as Fatty Wang. I have always been a fan of his plays. I have seen many of his plays in Beijing, and while watching them, I thought that I should find an opportunity to work with him."

When it was Liu Yifei's turn, Li Qiutang skipped over it, saying, "I'm not going to talk about it."

Liu Yifei was so angry that she stomped her feet.

The host wouldn't let him off the hook: "Why are you not going to say anything? You have to say something."

Li Qiutang said, "I'll tell you when I get home, so you won't say I'm showing off my love in public."

The host didn't press him further, asking him to comment on Jing Tian. Li Qiutang said, "Tian Tian possesses the most important quality of an excellent actor: sincerity. It's just that she didn't know how to use her sincerity before, and she hadn't found a suitable acting style for herself. I think that given time, she can become a very good actress. Her performance in 'Mojin: The Lost Legend' was a pleasant surprise to me."

Jing Tian was so ashamed upon hearing this that she dared not look at Li Qiutang.

At the end of the premiere, all the main creators of "Mojin: The Lost Legend" went on stage together for a group photo, wishing the film great success.

That evening, the couple rested at home.

"What are you doing?" Li Qiutang felt that Liu Yifei's gaze was very friendly.

"Does it make you speechless when someone praises your wife on stage?"

“You don’t understand,” Li Qiutang began to talk nonsense, “I call this silence speaking louder than words, everything is understood without being said, it’s very clever.”

"Do you see Jiang Wen and Jia Zhangke praising their wives at the premiere? We've been sleeping in the same bed for so long, words have become pale and powerless. The most sincere words of love I can say to you are to film you well."

"Ugh, you always use those kinds of words to coax me." Liu Yifei really falls for it.

After taking a shower, Liu Yifei snuggled into Li Qiutang's arms and called out to him in an adorable, affectionate voice, "Husband~"

Li Qiutang knew exactly what she was planning to do.

"Isn't noon enough?"

"Absence makes the heart grow fonder, don't you miss me?"

Li Qiutang also thought about it and said, "I'll go brush my teeth." She turned over and got out of bed.

“Shave your beard clean,” Liu Yifei demanded. “And trim your nails.”

(End of this chapter)