Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 529 Li Qiutang admires Liu Yifei for sleeping in late

Golf courses are supposed to be closed in winter, so how come you can still play?

That day, Mr. Hu invited Li Qiutang to play golf. Although puzzled, Li Qiutang accepted the invitation.

He went to the meeting alone, but Mr. Hu wasn't alone. Li Qiutang saw Yang Mi at the club.

Yang Mi felt embarrassed when she saw Li Qiutang arrive. It was one thing to accompany her boss to play ball, but to run into an acquaintance like that was even more embarrassing. No matter how thick-skinned she was, she couldn't save face.

She was still a married woman. Li Qiutang wasn't stupid; how could he not guess her relationship with her superior?
But Li Qiutang was already used to seeing all sorts of female celebrities around Mr. Hu. She had already spoken to Yang Mi about it, and that was that.

Yang Mi isn't the main topic today.

Li Qiutang only knew the rules and techniques of golf. He would swing a couple of times when socializing, but his skills were terrible.

"It's the dead of winter, brother, you're in high spirits!" Li Qiutang said.

Mr. Hu said, "I don't want to move around in winter, my bones are almost rusted to death. It just so happens that the weather is nice today, so I came out for a walk."

Li Qiutang asked Yang Mi, who was standing next to her, "Do you know how to fight?"

"I know a little," Yang Mi said, "but I'm not very good at it."

Yang Mi was not looked down upon at today's event; she even went down to the court to play ball with Mr. Hu.

When the three of them are together, they naturally talk about movies.

"Your latest film is selling well."

"It's alright," Li Qiutang said. "After all, so many people have been working together for the past two or three years."

Yang Mi joked, "You call this 'not bad'? Netizens are saying you can break 30 billion."

Li Qiutang smiled and said, "3 billion? Think about it. But 2.5 or 2.6 billion should be no problem."

Mr. Hu also joked with Li Qiutang: "I heard you signed a box office revenue sharing agreement with Wan Da with a minimum guarantee of 10 billion? You've made a fortune this time."

Salary agreements are industry secrets. Mr. Hu only knew that Li Qiutang had signed a revenue-sharing agreement with a minimum box office of 10 billion yuan, but he didn't know the specifics of how the revenue would be divided or how much each person would receive.

Yang Mi was also shocked to learn for the first time that Li Qiutang had signed a profit-sharing agreement. She thought that he was the only one in the country who dared to sign such a high profit-sharing agreement.

Starting with a box office of 10 billion, it's difficult, but the share will definitely be large. It's possible that he alone will earn more than the entire Jiaxing Media company.

This is the earning power of top directors.

Li Qiutang wouldn't talk about her salary at this time, and laughed it off, saying, "It's alright, I've worked hard for a few years, so I've earned a little."

Mr. Hu sent Yang Mi to the golf hole, while he and Li Qiutang walked slowly and chatted for a while.

"Things have been a bit unsettled at your company lately."

Li Qiutang didn't take it to heart: "They're all clowns, not worth mentioning." Li Qiutang has been in the entertainment industry for so many years, and this kind of attack and smear can't do anything to him. It's just that he can't speak out right now.

Attacking and smearing a listed company and its founders and senior management team during a critical quiet period is obviously organized and orchestrated.

"Do you know who did it?"

"Whether we know it or not, we can only deal with it after the quiet period has passed." Li Qiutang certainly knew who did it, but he didn't want to make a big fuss about it for the time being.

Mr. Hu nodded. Now that the world is vast and the listing of Autumn Pictures is the biggest event, all Li Qiutang can do is keep quiet.

Then they started talking about another movie.

"Have you seen the movie 'Mr. Six' at Huayi?" "Not yet." Li Qiutang didn't have time to watch movies; she only came to play golf today because she was busy.

“I’ve seen that movie,” Mr. Hu said confidently, swinging his club as the white ball flew in a beautiful arc toward Yang Mi. He walked slowly and said slowly, “It was a bit of a clever trick.”

Li Qiutang wisely remained silent.

"If you compete fairly and squarely on screen time and marketing, and earn your living based on your own abilities, you'll have a good reputation regardless of winning or losing. But if you smear others, does that mean your own film is bad or not?"

“Some of our directors and screenwriters think they are very clever. They use metaphors and allusions, thinking that others can't see through them, and that they are very brilliant. In fact, those who are self-righteous often lose the most.”

After saying this, the two walked up to Yang Mi and Mr. Hu gave her the cue to shoot: "If you can't make it from this close, all the time I've spent teaching you will have been for nothing."

"Don't underestimate me." Yang Mi got into position, gently flicked the ball, and sure enough, it went in.

After playing ball, the three of them had dinner at the club before leaving.

Before Li Qiutang left, Mr. Hu held his car door and said, "It's inconvenient for you to speak out right now, but the ministry trusts you. I feel that we can't let down comrades who are serious about their work. I will report your situation to the higher-ups."

Li Qiutang said, "It will be fine after the quiet period. I can handle it myself."

"It's your own business if you handle it, it's the same as before, go."

Li Qiutang then stepped on the gas and drove away.

The smear campaign against Autumn Pictures and its management team continues. Despite this, "Mojin: The Lost Legend" still grossed over 100 million yuan on its opening day, but this was 6 million yuan less than Monday's figure.

"Mojin: The Lost Legend" has grossed 14.61 billion yuan in its first five days of release and is about to face two strong challengers: "Mr. Six" and "Devil and Angel".

They come from Huayi and Guangxian respectively, which can be considered a certain degree of infighting among their own schools.

The day after playing golf, Li Qiutang returned to the publicity team.

He talked about his creative process, his filming, and casually complained about his wife who lives far away in the United States.

When asked by a reporter what aspects of living together with Liu Yifei required them to adjust to each other, he replied...

Are there any differences in your sexual habits as a couple?

When this was mentioned, Li Qiutang had a lot of grievances to pour out.

"Yifei is a person who sleeps in very late. If she doesn't work, she can sleep until two or three in the afternoon. I'm not used to this about her. I still can't understand how a person can sleep for so long. The key is that she can sleep for so long even in the summer. I admire her for that."

After the event ended, the hashtag #LiQiutangAdmiresLiuYifeiForSleepingInLazy# trended on social media.

"Hahahaha! Only Li Qiutang could be so convincing if her husband exposed her shortcomings in public."

Liu Yifei: Don't I have any dignity?!

"But sleeping in late is really comfortable."

Li Qiutang had no time to care about what was being said online. He and Liu Ye were on a plane to Fengtian. The two Northeasterners were going to travel around the Northeast for the next few days, and there was an event that evening.

At 8 p.m., the two talked with the audience at a cinema in Fengtian about the challenges of filming and producing "Mojin: The Lost Legend".

"The story of 'Mojin: The Lost Legend' is, after all, fantastical and features a lot of special effects, so we did a lot of preparation before filming began. We spent over ten million yuan on a 3D dynamic preview of the entire film. We were probably the first production crew in the country to do this. The actual filming was based on the dynamic preview, which saved a lot of time and material costs and also made it easier for the actors to perform. It's actually very difficult for actors to perform in front of a green screen, but our actors all referred to the dynamic preview before filming started. They knew what was in front of the green screen, which saved the actors' energy. Thinking in front of a green screen is very tiring. The production crew has to make it easier for the actors to perform."

These words seem to refute Yao Chen's statement when "Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe" was released that she relied entirely on her imagination to act in front of a green screen.

Li Qiutang once again attributed the current success of "Mojin: The Lost Legend" to teamwork: "Our end credits list 2187 cast and crew members. Without any one of them, our film would not have achieved the success it has today."

(End of this chapter)