Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 659 The Unfathomable Woman

Aside from "Youth," Huayi Brothers really hasn't released any films this year.

However, Huayi really doesn't want to miss out on such an important period as the Spring Festival film season. If they miss out on the Spring Festival film season, they might be laughed at by their peers.

So the only option is to buy the movie.

Huayi Brothers still has some money and is quite arrogant. They look down on ordinary films. After all, it's the Spring Festival season, and even if they're buying films, they have to buy good ones. So, naturally, they set their sights on "Operation Red Sea".

With the success of "Operation Mekong" preceding it, and "Wolf Warrior 2" achieving historic success this summer, Ye Ning believes that military action films, or rather, commercial patriotic films, might actually be able to make money.

Films like "Operation Mekong," "Wolf Warrior 2," and "Operation Red Sea" are clearly not Huayi Brothers' style. The Wang brothers wouldn't want to or would never make such films. Otherwise, why wouldn't Huayi invest in the upcoming "Sky Hunter"? Aren't Li Chen and Fan Bingbing Huayi's protégés?

But Ye Ning was, after all, an outsider, and he did bring a bit of an innovative atmosphere to Huayi.

However, perhaps due to insufficient preliminary research, Ye Ning was unaware that Qiu Tian was the main controller of the film "Operation Red Sea," and that Bona was only the second largest shareholder.

You can't blame Ye Ning for this. The director of this film is Lin Chaoxian, so anyone would naturally assume that this is Bernard's project.

Not to mention that Yu Dong doesn't want to sell.

Whether "Operation Red Sea" will make money is still uncertain, but Yu Dong remembers clearly how Huayi Brothers tricked Bernard Ambrose with "League of Gods".

Yu Dong now believes that Huayi did it on purpose.

Of course, Yu Dong wasn't foolish enough to give Ye Ning a hard time; "League of Gods" had nothing to do with Ye Ning.

But Yu Dong pointed Ye Ning in the right direction: "Go to LeTV. They should still have a few movies that haven't been released yet. Old Jia is paying off his debts now, so he'll probably sell them for roughly the same price."

This is a well-intentioned reminder. Bernard doesn't need to source externally this year. If he did, Yu Dong would probably try his luck with LeEco.

So Ye Ning turned around and actually went to LeTV Pictures.

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Sky Hunter is indeed highly anticipated. Apart from closely following the marketing of Wolf Warrior 2, the movie has no other flaws.

With the war in "Wolf Warrior 2" just over, "Sky Hunter" is considered to be able to continue the popularity of "Wolf Warrior 2".

The success of "Wolf Warrior 2" also encouraged Li Chen and Fan Bingbing to work hard to promote the film—Li Chen successfully proposed to Fan Bingbing.

Without even mentioning the numbers, if Li Chen can achieve half the box office success of "Wolf Warrior 2," around 2.8 to 2.9 billion yuan, he will become the highest-grossing directorial debut, leaping from a second-tier actor to a top-tier director in the industry and sitting at the table of capital.

When the couple joins hands, they will surely become the next Li Qiutang and Liu Yifei.

Half of the box office revenue, that's not a high expectation, is it?

However, its opening day box office of 3100 million yuan was far behind the 3700 million yuan of "City of Rock," which was released on the same day, a result that surprised many.

You can't even beat Dapeng?

Although Da Peng's previous work, "Jianbing Man," sold well, it received terrible reviews. Some people even predicted before the release of "City of Rock" that the movie would be so bad that it would force Da Peng to leave the entertainment industry.

Before the release of "City of Rock," there was an incident where the director challenged a film critic to a fight.

One film critic bought a ticket to see an advance screening and then gave it a one-star rating on Douban, saying that "Sewing Machine Band" is "vulgar and has no bottom line, and is not a comedy at all. Not a single character is complete."

Da Peng was so angry that he posted on his WeChat Moments that he wanted to beat him up: "I will ask about the same missing person notice in every hall until I find this person, and then I will slap him across the face!"

We can't expect "City of Rock" to break 100 million yuan on its opening day like "Jianbing Man," and not have to pay back the debt of its reputation.
However, the first day's sales of 3700 million are still acceptable.

Nazha's acting in "City of Rock" was still not very good, but the character of Jian Guo really suited Nazha, so despite being criticized for "bad acting", Nazha's overall performance was still recognized by the audience.

"I agree. What's the point of being a talented actress if she just relies on her looks? It would be a waste of her face if she didn't play pretty faces." Nazha wasn't actually this pretty when she first debuted. I don't know if it's because of improved makeup skills or good cosmetic procedures, but she's become even more beautiful in the last two years.

On the premiere day, Liu Yifei invited Li Qiutang to watch "City of Rock". After leaving the theater, Li Qiutang said these words.

Liu Yifei disagreed: "You're making such a bad impression on her." Li Qiutang had said something similar to Liu Yifei in the past, saying that she was only suitable for playing decorative roles in commercial films and supporting female leads.

But Li Qiutang had his reasons: "Almost every drama needs a pretty but useless girl. It's not shameful to play a decorative role."

Li Qiutang also thought the same way about Jing Tian: as long as she's pretty, that's enough. As for her acting skills, five or six points is enough. There's no need for everyone to aspire to be a veteran actor with great acting skills.

"After acting for three to five years, ten or eight movies, you'll surely get the hang of it by now! Even the dumbest person will have figured it out by then."

The logic seemed to make sense, but Liu Yifei didn't quite get it. She nudged her husband and laughed, "Who are you pointing at?"

"Tsk, you're being petty again." He said, taking his wife's hand. "You've already reached the top, why are you still worrying about these things?"

"Let's go, shall we go for hot pot or barbecue?"

"Let's grill some meat, you grill it for me." Liu Yifei took her husband's arm.

After finishing their meal, the two went home together, parked the car in front of the gate, and went inside. Liu Yifei, holding her husband's arm, suddenly asked him:

"If we break up one day, will you find someone who looks exactly like me to replace me?"

"No, not at all." Li Qiutang didn't know why his wife was asking such a question, but he felt that this answer couldn't be wrong.

"why?"

"Because no one can replace you; there's only one you in the world." That's a perfect answer, definitely the standard response to your wife.

"Anything else?" Liu Yifei didn't seem very satisfied.

"You are unique in my heart."

"Anything else?" Still not satisfied.

Li Qiutang was a little conflicted. What kind of answer did she want? "There is only one Liu Yifei in the world. You are my most perfect wife. I will never marry another."

"anything else?"

What answer does she want?
Li Qiutang licked her lips: "Just Liu Yifei."

"anything else?"

"My best wife." He said, hugging her head and giving her two quick kisses. "Is this okay?"

"Anything else?" That's all she knows how to say today, isn't it?

Li Qiutang couldn't think of anything else, but that didn't stump him. He would use their own methods against them: "What if one day, we..."

Before she could finish speaking, Liu Yifei quickly interrupted, "We won't separate."

what? !

So this is the standard answer!
Li Qiutang was both amused and exasperated, and said, "You can't do this."

Liu Yifei quickly walked a few steps away and said with a grin, "You've learned your lesson. Be smarter next time!"

"That's women for you, unfathomable women."

Liu Yifei then mocked him, singing, "Boys, don't try to guess what's on a girl's mind."

Li Qiutang quickly took a few steps as if to strike, but Liu Yifei escaped.

"Hahaha, missed."

(End of this chapter)