Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 572 Submission
In fact, Liu Yifei doesn't dislike being asked about childbirth by reporters, because she knows that since she's married, she will inevitably be asked about it. What she dislikes is being pressed and even forced to ask questions by reporters even after she has expressed her reluctance.

Today she was willing to talk about having children, but the reporter added at the last minute, "Say whatever you want, we'll edit it later."

Liu Yifei smiled and said, "We're not in a rush to have children right now. Let's talk about it in a couple of years."

After hearing her story, the reporter let it go and the interview returned to the work on set.

"Director Han Yan is good at turning some tragic and serious themes into comedies. I had a very pleasant collaboration with Director Han Yan this time. Will you try to take on more serious roles in the future?"

"What do you mean by 'serious topics'?"

Would you consider art-house films?

"I hope to try all kinds of genres and roles, whether it's art films or commercial films. As long as the story and the role are good, I'm willing to try. You know what? I'm finding family-themed films very interesting now, and I want to continue playing roles like mothers and wives."

"Now I'm Going to See You" even made her addicted to acting.

The reporter said, "You're so young and you want to play a mother? Actresses her age are still playing young girls in love."

“28, not young anymore, I can play a mother now,” Liu Yifei said with a smile.

It's clear that Liu Yifei is very happy on the set of "Now I'll See You," and she really enjoys the show.

After chatting with the reporter for forty or fifty minutes, Liu Yifei finally ended the interview and went back to filming.

The reporter took some behind-the-scenes photos on set for reporting purposes and then went back.

On the opening day of Jackie Chan's "Skiptrace", Liu Yifei forwarded a related Weibo post to promote the film and called on the audience to support Jackie Chan and Fan Bingbing's movie.

"Skiptrace" did well, grossing over 100 million yuan on its opening day. Fan Bingbing was still "blaming" Jackie Chan for not being able to distinguish between her and Li Bingbing: "Every day on set, I would press him to ask who was prettier, me or Li Bingbing."

The success of "Skiptrace" has swept away the market downturn that began in the second half of July.

Last week saw the release of many new films. "Kaili Blues" was lauded by film professionals, but it's not an art film and has a high aesthetic threshold, so ordinary audiences didn't appreciate it. "When Larry Met Mary" was previously considered a dark horse for the summer season, after all, it was directed by Wen Zhang, but it flopped upon release. He said that "When Larry Met Mary" is closely related to his understanding of love, but at the same time he shed tears: "Nobody believes me when I act in love stories."

At this sensitive time, it would be a blessing if a Sino-Korean co-production like "Tik Tok" could even be released. Fortunately, Lee Jung-jae's performance was fine, so we shouldn't be too optimistic about its box office performance.

As of the release of "Skiptrace", only "Cold War 2" and "Mirage" performed well in the entire July film season, but neither of them had the potential to surpass 1 billion yuan.

However, did anyone notice that another movie called "Summer's Desire" was released on the same day as "Skiptrace"?

"Summer's Desire" is a well-known IP, but the movie flopped quietly and became cannon fodder in the summer season.

Skip to Earth grossed 400 million yuan in its opening weekend, much better than Cold War 2 and Mirage. However, the film's reputation suffered, with critics blaming it for a clichéd plot and lack of originality.

By the end of this week, Mirage's total box office reached 5.5 million yuan, still slightly ahead of Cold War 2.

For a new director, this is an exceptionally good achievement.

Li Bingbing also managed to salvage the reputation he lost last year due to "Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal" with this film.

Finally, the end of the month has arrived, and the most anticipated film of the summer season so far, "League of Gods," has been released!

An all-star epic fantasy film!
Bernanke's IPO is guaranteed at 10 billion. Highly anticipated!

Yu Dong probably didn't see the film beforehand. During the film's promotional event, he called out to last year's summer box office champion, "Monster Hunt": "I hope 'League of Gods' can break 25 billion yuan! Break the summer box office record of 'Monster Hunt'."

Strangely, this film was on Huayi Brothers' film list last year, but this year it has been quietly replaced by Bernard.

The film's opening day results were astonishing; this all-star special effects blockbuster grossed 8000 million yuan on its first day.

Moreover, its reputation is absolutely terrible!
The weekend box office was even lower than the opening day, at 64 million and 55 million respectively. The opening weekend box office barely reached 200 million. If the daily box office doesn't break 100 million, it will miss out on the 1 billion box office mark.

But that doesn't matter. The film has a guaranteed release, the Xiang family has already received all the money in advance, the actors have repaid the favors they owed, and received their due salaries.

Only Yu Dong was injured.

According to industry rumors, after securing the opening weekend box office results, Yu Dong gave the distribution manager a severe dressing-down in his office, slamming his fist on the table and yelling, "Why didn't you remind me to watch the film! How did you manage to guarantee 10 billion yuan for a film like this!"

Is it possible that his distribution manager didn't even watch the film beforehand?

Nobody knows why Bernard offered this film a record-breaking $10 billion guarantee.

Just like no one knows why Lei Zhenzi was the protagonist in "League of Gods"!
It's just ridiculous. If you want to make a movie about Lei Zhenzi, you can make a solo movie about him or write an original story about him. Why do you have to make the whole "Investiture of the Gods"?
Using a lifetime of favors and 5 million yuan to assemble an all-star lineup to promote his son, the boss's love for his son is evident to all.

The Wang brothers must be secretly delighted right now.

As an epic flop, "League of Gods" is destined to be nailed to the pillar of shame in film history.

Also at 2:34 a.m. the day after "League of Gods" ended its opening weekend, screenwriter Li Qiang finally sent the final version of the script for "The Butterfly Lovers" to Li Qiutang, one copy to his email and one copy to his WeChat.

He also remembered to leave a voice message for Li Qiutang:
"I've been staying up all night for the past two weeks, and I've finally finished writing it. You have to treat me to a big meal."

Li Qiutang was still awake at the time, communicating with animators at the Huairou base about the production of the dynamic preview of "The Wandering Earth".

Li Qiutang was already exhausted, but receiving the script from Li Qiang suddenly invigorated her.
Without even looking at the script, Li Qiutang replied to Li Qiang: "You submitted your manuscript a whole month late and expect me to treat you to a big meal. I'll just give you 50 yuan for a bowl of braised pork as a late-night snack."

Li Qiang didn't expect Li Qiutang to still be awake. She replied on WeChat, calling Li Qiutang a "capitalist" and a "discarding a used tool."

This is of course a joke.

After sending the text message, Li Qiutang continued working on "The Wandering Earth".

The script for "The Wandering Earth" has been divided up, and each department's preparations are being overseen by dedicated personnel. Li Qiutang, in particular, is paying close attention to storyboards and dynamic previews.

The Wandering Earth will still spend a lot of time and energy creating a full-length dynamic preview before filming begins.

It won't cost much, maybe ten million, and it can be completed in seven or eight months.

Li Qiutang worked until after 4 a.m., and when it was almost dawn, she finally went back to rest.

(End of this chapter)