Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 551 Departure
"We've been married for over six months, why haven't you had any reaction at all?"

Liu Yifei was taken aback, then said shyly, "Huh? What did you say? You want a child?"

"No, I meant the car you gave me."

Li Qiutang's actions constitute fabrication.

Liu Yifei snapped, stood up, and punched her husband: "Who promised to get you a new car? Besides, even if we were to get a new car, it would have to wait until after we have a baby. Let's see how you behave then!"

"Walk."

Liu Yifei didn't react at first, but when she finally understood, she yelled, "Hey! Where are you going!"

"Let's choose a car first."

"We can only choose a car after we have a baby." Liu Yifei was both annoyed and embarrassed by her husband's teasing.

"I think the new Bentayga is very stylish."

Liu Yifei was furious and beat up Li Qiutang: "That car costs 600 million, and I can't even bear to buy it. You still want to buy it?"

Li Qiutang didn't really want to change cars; he was just teasing his wife: "I don't want a car anymore."

now it's right.

"You have money to pay off my debts, right?"

How much do you owe?

"A few billion or more."

Liu Yifei broke down again: "That's the company's debt. Where would you go to owe a billion yuan on your own!" Liu Yifei finally understood that this kid wasn't saying a single serious word today.

After hitting her husband, Liu Yifei got down to business: "Come with me to France in a few days, and I'll take you out for a meal."

"What?"

"I'll treat you to a meal at the opening dinner of Dior's Château de la Mothe, and then we'll go to Cannes."

"I'll just go to Cannes. I won't go to that banquet at the castle; I don't know anyone there."

Liu Yifei knew her husband didn't like attending these kinds of banquets, but this time she insisted that he accompany her, pleading, "Come with me, you're going to Cannes anyway, it's only two days earlier, we'll go to Cannes after the banquet."

Li Qiutang finally agreed to accompany his wife to the Dior dinner party.

But before flying to France, Li Qiutang still needed to organize the work for both the "Wandering Earth" and "The Butterfly Lovers" film crews.

"The Wandering Earth" is slowly moving forward. Thanks to Li Qiutang's clear requirements, the crew's preparations are going very smoothly. There is just one problem: Chen Zhixi has not been able to secure much investment. So far, the crew is still being funded by Qiutian and China Film Group. I've said it a hundred times: this film is directed by Li Qiutang, but they are not investing in it.

This was probably the first time Li Qiutang had encountered investment problems since 08.

However, neither Li Qiutang nor Chen Zhixi took the investment issue too seriously. The most important task for "The Wandering Earth" right now is to advance the preparations, and finding partners can be left for the second half of the year or even next year.

Chen Zhixi attributed the failure of the "Three-Body Problem" movie to the reason.

Of course, this is partly due to the fact that news of "The Three-Body Problem" being rejected at the end of last year has been circulating. Although Zhang Fanfan is still struggling to make a comeback, the overall environment of the science fiction film market can be described as extremely poor.

Some even say that the Chinese science fiction market simply doesn't exist, thus dismissing Li Qiutang's "In Time": "The science fiction aspect of 'In Time' is mainly reflected in its world-building, but the story and overall filming are still the action movie formula." There's not much wrong with that statement.

But Li Qiutang never cared what others thought when making films.

"What's the budget?"

"It's the same as when the project was first proposed: $50 million, $320 million, you should be able to spend $400 million without any problem." Li Qiutang was able to go over budget so much when making "Mojin: The Lost Legend," so he would definitely go over budget when making a more challenging science fiction film. Chen Zhixi had prepared the budget from the beginning.

4 million is almost the ceiling for the cost of a Chinese-language film.

However, this figure still fell short of Li Qiutang's expectations. But now was not the time to raise the budget; the money would be spent first, and they would discuss it later if needed. The script for "The Butterfly Lovers" was still being revised by Li Qiang, who had made a solemn promise to deliver the script in the first half of this year.

Li Qiutang took his latest draft, read it, and felt that it met her needs very well, at least 80% complete. When a script reaches this level, most production teams would start preparing to set up the crew and start filming, but Li Qiutang would not allow that to happen.

Li Qiutang spent two days with the art team of "The Wandering Earth," looking at their current scene design, prop design, and concept design. He was generally satisfied, but the difficulty lay in the engineering implementation.

The design is complete, but someone has to make it.

Li Qiutang stayed up all night with the art team the day before, and the next day, wearing sunglasses, he and his wife flew to France.

"Director, we need your cooperation later." At the airport, a photography assistant came to communicate with Li Qiutang.

"Cooperate with what?" Li Qiutang was a little confused.

The unveiling of Dior's Château de la Molehill is a major event in the fashion world. Liu Yifei was the only Chinese celebrity invited, so she was practically inseparable from the cameras from the moment she set off.

What we need to take now are some airport photos. We need Li Qiutang's cooperation in taking two photos.

“No problem, this is also to support Yifei and your work.” Li Qiutang wouldn’t refuse such a request. “How can I cooperate with you?”

"No need to be deliberate. You and Yifei can just come over and go through the formalities like a normal couple. It would be best if you could be a little intimate. We can handle the filming."

"no problem."

After the photography assistant left, Li Qiutang said to his wife, "Being a celebrity is really troublesome. Even when you go out on a plane, you have to pose for photos for magazines."

I don't know who started this trend of comparing airport outfits.

Li Qiutang found it troublesome, but these were precisely some of Liu Yifei's tasks, which she was already used to. However, she still said:

“I usually don’t care about these things; I can go wherever I want.”

As for her outfits, if there are airport photo shoots, the staff will help her put together an outfit; otherwise, she just wears whatever she feels like.

"Today, Liu Yifei was invited by the brand to attend the 69th Cannes International Film Festival. Liu Yifei appeared at the airport today wearing a trench coat, and her fair skin and beautiful appearance amazed everyone."

Today, Liu Yifei and Li Qiutang appeared at the airport to depart for France. It is understood that in addition to attending the film festival, Liu Yifei also has an event for the Dior brand to attend.

"Today, Liu Yifei and Li Qiutang appeared at the airport. The two were seen holding hands and hugging, appearing very intimate."

Director Li put on an eye mask as soon as he boarded the plane, ignored everyone, and started sleeping as soon as he sat down.

I stayed up all night last night, so if I don't sleep now, when will I?

Liu Yifei and Li Qiutang were separated by an aisle. Seeing her husband take off his shoes and go to sleep as soon as he boarded the plane, Liu Yifei put on her headphones and started reading, waiting quietly for the plane to take off.

First class was still picking up passengers. "Yifei? What a coincidence!" Li Bingbing, wearing sunglasses, exclaimed with delight.

"Yes, what a coincidence." Liu Yifei and Li Bingbing shook hands warmly. "Why are you going to Cannes so early?" They were both flying to Paris, so Li Bingbing could only be going to Cannes as well.

"Go early so you can prepare and meet some friends. Are you going alone?"

Liu Yifei gestured towards Li Qiutang's seat with her lip and whispered, "She fell asleep as soon as her butt touched the seat."

Li Bingbing laughed and said, "Don't you feel sorry for her?"

Liu Yifei realized she had misunderstood and explained, "He stayed up all night on set last night."

Li Bingbing smiled, sat down in the seat in front of Liu Yifei, and said, "I'll treat you to dinner when we get to Paris."

Liu Yifei agreed, then continued reading her book, waiting quietly for takeoff.

(End of this chapter)