Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 636 Several Matters to Note in India

The role of the second uncle at the skewers shop was originally agreed upon, with Li Qiutang making the skewers himself, and Li Qiutang had agreed beforehand. Who would have thought that he would manage to rob Ning Hao, who was visiting the set for the first time?

The key point is that Ning Hao actually agreed: "Sure, we're filming together anyway, let's just do it for fun."

It's just a cameo role; it can be settled with a sentence or two, and there's no need to discuss any conditions or benefits.

The crew of "The Wandering Earth" used this method to win over Lei Jiayin, Guo Jinfei, Lu Yang, Wang Zhi, Wu Jing, and others.

Yes, even Wu Jing was summoned by Chen Zhixi with the excuse that he was "playing the male lead's father and helping me with some backing work for a few days."

save money!

So many cameo actors didn't ask for a single penny in salary; the production crew just provided food and lodging.
It's not fair to call it stingy; cameos aren't usually paid.

Ning Hao spent half a day watching the filming of "The Wandering Earth" before going off to do his own thing.

After Ning Hao left, Li Qiutang did not receive any more visits from others until the end of the month, when the filming of "Drug God of India" wrapped up in China, and Wen Muye came to report to Li Qiutang.

There were no problems with the film crew. After listening, Li Qiutang simply reminded Wen Muye, "We're going to India in a few days. Here are a few things to remind you." The "Dying to Survive" film crew will be shooting in the Dharavi slum in Mumbai. It is the largest slum in Asia and the second largest in the world. The environment is extremely bad. Even with the help of the local Indian filming team, there are still some things that need to be paid extra attention to.

"First, absolutely never try street food; you'll definitely die."

"It can't be that exaggerated, can it?" Wen Muye said.

“It’s not an exaggeration at all,” Li Qiutang continued. “When you eat out, go to high-end restaurants that cost over 100 yuan per person. Drink only bottled water, and don’t drink non-bottled water from hotels. When you eat at KFC or McDonald’s, don’t add ice to your Coke.”

"Why can't we add ice?"

"The Coke in their store is fine, but the ice is probably the problem."

"Keep your mouth closed while showering, and spit it out immediately if it gets wet."

"Is it really that terrible?" Wen Muye felt that Producer Li was exaggerating, making India seem like some kind of hell on earth.

“These are all lessons learned through blood and tears,” Li Qiutang said. “If I didn’t have a show to watch, I, as the producer, would have gone to India with you to supervise you.”

This is the producer's job.

Even if you do all of these things, you still need to bring Huoxiang Zhengqi Water, gastrointestinal medicine, and antidiarrheal medicine.

You won't know how good the environment is in China until you go abroad.

“One more thing,” Li Qiutang said, “If there are any problems, don’t contact the Indians directly. Let the auction company handle it. If that doesn’t work, there’s the consulate. Have you contacted the consulate in Mumbai?”

"We contacted them, and they will provide some support services for our filming."

"Alright, that's all for now. In short, be extremely careful when you go to India. Oh, by the way, are there any women with you on this trip to India?"

"Several assistants are women."

“Change them.” Li Qiutang said without hesitation. “Don’t let them take this risk.”

"Alright." Wen Muye still felt that Li Qiutang was exaggerating a bit. Although it was said that they were going to film in the slums, it was still Mumbai, which is a big city. How bad could it be? Of course, they would be careful, but it shouldn't be as bad as Li Qiutang said.

"Alright, you guys go and get ready. It's always better to be careful." Saying more would only annoy people, and as the producer, Li Qiutang couldn't do anything else but give the reminder.

After seeing Wen Muye and the others off, Li Qiutang's life returned to a hectic yet regular routine: filming "The Wandering Earth" and working on the post-production of "The Butterfly Lovers".

To put it bluntly, the post-production efficiency of "The Butterfly Lovers" was not even as high as the filming efficiency of "The Wandering Earth".

Li Qiutang got involved in the later stages of "The Butterfly Lovers" from the material compilation stage, but he was too busy and could only devote too little time and energy to the later stages of "The Butterfly Lovers".

He wasn't in a hurry; he took his time.

As for rushing to meet the Venice application deadline, he had already forgotten about it.

The May Day holiday season is over, and next up is the summer movie season.

Several films have announced their summer release dates recently, the most important of which is "The Founding of an Army," a tribute film co-produced by China Film Group and Berna, scheduled for July 27. Major studios such as Guangxian and Huayi have also scheduled their summer films for release.

Autumn Pictures is moving relatively slowly, not because they are observing their competitors. The summer season is always crowded, and no matter when it is released, there will be a group of competitors.

The release schedule for the fall was only delayed by the importation of "Pacific Rim 2".

"Cybernetic Revolution 2" will definitely be imported. Both the film and China Film Group want to release it simultaneously in the US on the 17th this fall. This is not difficult to do. Even without Liu Yifei as the lead actress, as an imported film that created the "first time that the box office in mainland China has surpassed the box office in North America", it is only natural that "Cybernetic Revolution 2" will be released simultaneously in China and the US.

The problem now is that in the fall, they want to negotiate a preferential condition with China Film Group: China Film Group is not allowed to release any revenue-sharing blockbusters for one week before and after the release of Pacific Rim 2.

China Film Group cannot regulate imported films, but it can regulate revenue-sharing films. This is something that can be done, but it is indeed not easy to do.

The period before the Lunar New Year film season in December is meant to consume the quota of imported films and warm up the Lunar New Year film season. This requirement for the autumn season seems a bit excessive.

However, it's not that we can't discuss it. China Film Group has invested in "Universe 2" and naturally hopes that "Universe 2" will achieve good results.

It wasn't until the first week of June that Autumn Pictures finally announced its summer release schedule:

On July 6th, "Brotherhood of Blades 2" was released.

On July 27, "Wolf Warrior 2" was released.

No films controlled by the company were released in August.

As soon as it was announced in the fall, Ali Pictures followed suit.

July 12, "Qing He Nan Gao".

On August 3, the movie version of "Three Lives Three Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms" starring Yang Ying and Yang Yang was released.

Two films that were perfectly scheduled to be released in autumn.

Strangely, as soon as Ahri's release date was set, many netizens started flooding the hashtag #AfterYangMiThereWillBeNoBaiQian# with comments.

We will defend Yang Mi's exclusive right to Bai Qian to the death. In "Eternal Love," there can only be one Bai Qian, Yang Mi.

It's obvious they're after Yang Ying.

Would Yang Ying's fans be afraid of this?
You're a top star, but I'm not?

As a result, the fans of the two sides started fighting.

Yang Mi was on her cell phone when her husband posted a script from last year that he had read in the dark, and there were also rumors like "Wait a minute, where's my husband?"

Yang Ying, a former model, is known for her extensive plastic surgery and allegedly cheated on her boyfriend, Xiao Ming, during their relationship. She was also involved in a car accident due to speeding.

Both of them have a lot of "dirt" on them, and it's all the kind of dirt that's really damaging. They can both dig up old grievances.

Among them, the most intense attack by Yang Ying's fans on Yang Mi was the Houston Best Actress incident two months ago: "Treating a worthless award like it's a treasure." This really broke Yang Mi's fans' defenses because it was true.

Yang Mi's fans also have some reasons for their criticism of Yang Ying: First, her lifeline, "Running Man," was replaced by Dilraba Dilmurat, and she has not been able to return to the show since; second, she fawned over Dior for 5 years, only to be kicked out by Dior and not even be able to get an ambassadorship.

Yang Ying's fans are really upset because it's true!
During this period, netizens were like a badger in a melon field, frantically eating melons, making it quite a lively scene.

Even Liu Yifei was dragged into it, because she was number one in Ahri's vote for Bai Qian.

(End of this chapter)