Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 684 Top Technician Li Qiutang
LeEco will certainly not sell its copyright library. If it does, LeEco.com will become worthless.

Li Qiutang was just taking a chance, even if it seemed unlikely. She figured it wouldn't hurt to ask.

Li Qiutang has been busy with the promotion and distribution work for the Spring Festival film season. One of the main reasons why "Operation Red Sea" could not be rescheduled is that the Navy Political Department is also involved.

Although the Navy doesn't provide direct funding, they're investing in technology. It's unlikely that Qiu Tian and Berna can handle all that military equipment themselves!
The Navy Political Department hoped that this film about the navy could be released on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the busiest time of the year, and refused to reschedule it.

If everyone disagrees, then we can only move on.

The two films started promoting themselves together during the Spring Festival holiday season.

The two films announced on their official Weibo accounts that they would "join hands to celebrate the Spring Festival," and the creative poster featured cartoon images of Qin Feng and Tang Ren in military uniforms saluting.

Li Qiutang keeps an eye on the Spring Festival film season and goes to watch the post-production of "The Wandering Earth" twice a week.

Liu Yifei trains for 8-10 hours every day, with morning exercises and afternoon horseback riding. Sometimes she also has to work overtime to work on her lines before going home to sleep at night.

Li Qiutang is now kneeling on the bed giving his wife a massage, and while massaging her, he says to her, "Doesn't your crew have professional massage therapists? Why do you have to come and ask me, an unprofessional masseur, for a massage?"

Liu Yifei lay on the bed and said, "Before, if I didn't let you massage me, you would rub against me like a pervert. Now that we're married, if I ask you for a massage, you complain. Men really don't know how to cherish what they have."

"Look, I only say one sentence, and you say another. I keep pressing the buttons, and it's still not enough."

"A little more effort, this part is quite challenging." She was enjoying it, and then began to tell her husband about her experiences in the training group over the past few days.

While the martial arts style can't be described as chaotic, it's certainly not very proper.

But no matter how chaotic things get, they won't reach Liu Yifei. However, Liu Yifei has been filming action movies for so many years and knows so many stuntmen. Now she spends every day in the training group, so she knows a lot from what she sees and hears.

Since her debut, Li Qiutang has only filmed one action movie, "Arrogant". Although the crew has action directors and stuntmen, Li Qiutang really doesn't know as much about them as Liu Yifei.

“Martial arts practitioners really don’t trust women. The work they do is too dangerous. Although they earn a lot, they also spend a lot. Such dangerous and exciting work requires them to relax with cigarettes, alcohol, and women, so it’s hard for martial arts practitioners to save money. If they have any spare money, they won’t give it to their wives.”

Li Qiutang asked her, "Then who gets their money?"

"They put the money in companies they partner with, or ask their older brothers to keep it for them. Many of the money is also given to their parents. They rarely let their wives manage the money. Martial arts practitioners don't believe in financial management or stocks. Their values ​​are very simple: what they hold in their hands is what truly belongs to them."

Li Qiutang slapped her on the butt and said, "Choose me." Li Qiutang's money wasn't in his wife's hands.

"What did I order from you? Don't take this opportunity to get revenge." Liu Yifei never intended to take Li Qiutang's money.

As the chairman, Li Qiutang's annual salary is 324 million yuan, which increased after the company successfully went public.

It wasn't that no one suggested Li Qiutang follow Dong Ge's example and pay herself a salary of 1 yuan, but Li Qiutang felt it was unnecessary.

Li Qiutang handed over the salary to Liu Yifei, but kept all the other money in her own hands.

This money should be enough to cover the family's expenses for a year.

Anyway, the two of them have been together for so long and have never had any financial disputes.

"Have you sold the shares I gave you?" Li Qiutang had never asked about the original shares she held before.

"No, the boss's wife can sell her stocks too." She didn't understand these things and thought that because of her special status, she couldn't just sell her stocks.

"You idiot, what can't you sell? Just tell Lao Liu." It's best for the chairman's spouse to inform the company secretary before selling shares.

“I thought we couldn’t sell them. I had no idea how much my stocks were worth. Left side, a little lighter.” Compared to the priceless stocks, Liu Yifei now cared more about her husband’s massage technique.

Liu Yifei then said, "Why did you change the name of 'The Butterfly Lovers' to 'Marriage Story'?"

"The title 'Marriage Story' is easier to understand. If it were titled 'The Butterfly Lovers,' many viewers would think it's a period drama. The title 'Marriage Story' is also more conducive to widespread dissemination, so we simply changed it."

"Did you submit your application for Cannes?"

“I submitted it. Jon kept urging me twice a week, so I just submitted it anyway. Turn over.” Li Qiutang patted his wife’s bottom. Liu Yifei turned over and lay down, and Li Qiutang pressed her head down: “Both the Beijing Film Festival and the Shanghai Film Festival want me to go, and they even told me I’d be guaranteed a spot in the main competition.”

It's not that I look down on my own film festival, but since I've received an invitation from Eurovision, there's really no need to attend the Beijing International Film Festival and the Shanghai International Film Festival.

Liu Yifei supports her husband's decision. "I haven't seen the finished film yet."

Li Qiutang wouldn't let her see it.

"It's no fun if you see it beforehand. Why is your head so round? How did you sleep when you were a child?"

"I don't know, it's just something I was born with."

"Okay." Li Qiutang was tired from massaging.

"Mmm~" Liu Yifei protested, squirming on the bed, "Give me another massage, you massage feels good."

"Where else should I press?"

"Give me a massage, my arms are a bit sore from training these past few days."

Helpless, Li Qiutang massaged her arm again and told her about her recent experiences.

There's a lot of work and social engagements at the end of the year.

"I have to attend a private dinner hosted by Li Bingbing tomorrow."

What kind of banquet is she hosting?

"She started a company and invited a bunch of friends to celebrate. We've known each other for almost ten years, so I went to show my support. She didn't invite you? Well, you're not doing so well.

Liu Yifei retorted, "If it weren't for training, I'd be very busy too. I have many friends and lots of invitations."

Liu Yifei and Li Bingbing's relationship is indeed just so-so; she's closer to Fan Bingbing. "Fan Bingbing even asked me to be her wedding advisor."

"You're still taking on this job? Did she say when the wedding is going to be held?" Last September, Li Chen successfully proposed, and it was rumored online that the wedding house was already prepared and they were just waiting to get married.

"It'll be at the end of the year. She still has two films to finish filming this year. Once they're done, they'll get married. But they've already secretly gotten their marriage certificate."

Li Qiutang really didn't know about this.

"How could you possibly know all about women's affairs?"

"Sit up, let me massage your shoulders. Yeah, it's just your women's private talk, why should I, a man, pry into it? Which two movies is she still filming? And she managed to delay such an important event as her wedding."

Liu Yifei also knows: "She Kills" and "Friends Circle" are directed by Cao Baoping and Feng Xiaogang, respectively.

What "Friends Circle"? It's just "Cell Phone 2"!
She accepted it in the end, and the gears of fate began to turn.

These two projects are kept very low-profile within the industry, yet Liu Yifei knows so much about them.

"Fan Bingbing told me on her own initiative." Liu Yifei herself wouldn't inquire about such things.

She knew that Fan Bingbing was ostensibly asking her for advice on weddings, saying she was an experienced person, but secretly she was trying to maintain a relationship with Liu Yifei by talking to her more.

It's not that I'm being arrogant or think others are snobbish, but Liu Yifei is a highly sought-after celebrity in the Chinese entertainment industry, and everyone wants to get close to her.

"Okay, all done."

"Lie down, I'll give you a massage."

"I don't need you to press it. You're so rough with your hands, tsk. Just talk, why are you pulling down my pants? Ugh..."

(End of this chapter)