Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 693 Come in and give me a back rub.

In terms of specific business operations, Autumn Pictures' first move of the year was to have its chairman have dinner with Lin Qi.

No one else could do it; only Li Qiutang could.

Who is Lin Qi?

Chairman of Yoozoo Games, the biggest victim of the Three-Body Problem movie.

In order to film "The Three-Body Problem", Yoozoo Pictures was specially established, and well-known filmmaker Kong Xiangzhao was recruited as CEO to manage the project.

As a result, Zhang Fanfan's "The Three-Body Problem," which finished filming 15 years ago, has yet to be released and is essentially doomed. Lin Qi's investment has been completely lost!
At the beginning of this year, Lin Qi simply established Three-Body Universe Company and acquired the company that held the copyright to "The Three-Body Problem" held by Zhang Fanfan.

From Zhang Fanfan buying the copyright for 10 yuan to selling the company for 1.2 million yuan, in 9 years, the return was 1.2 times. A brilliant operation.

"The Three-Body Problem" is highly coveted in the industry, with countless companies eyeing it. Autumn Pictures also went to great lengths to arrange today's meeting.

Lin Qi knew Li Qiutang and liked her very much. When they met, his first words were: "I am your fan. I have seen all of your movies."

Then, the two started talking about movies.

It's clear that Lin Qi is a true film enthusiast, and a seasoned one at that.

He said that Li Qiutang's momentum was so strong in the first few years of her career because "your style is different from others."

Li Qiutang rarely listens to others' analyses of his films, especially those of professional film critics and experts; he simply ignores them.

But now he wanted to hear what Lin Qi, as an outsider, thought of his film.

"Take your debut film, 'The Night of the Comet,' for example. It's not surprising now, just a time-traveling story, but it was quite novel in China in 06. There were no directors in China making this film at the time, not to mention you were still a student. The Chinese media suddenly made you famous."

Li Qiutang nodded; that was indeed the case at the time.

"There's not much to say about 'Arrogant'. It's a well-made martial arts film, and it's no surprise that it grossed over 100 million yuan back then. What impressed me the most was 'Fame and Fortune'. Now we know that this is called a murder mystery game or a locked-room mystery, but back then, we had never seen this kind of plot in Chinese films."

"Back then, the money we could get was very limited, so we could only innovate in terms of format, but the audience still showed their support." This is also Li Qiutang's honest opinion.

"Then came In Time. I was really stunned when I saw it. You really dared to make that back then."

Li Qiutang had heard enough praise for "In Time" and figured Lin Qi wouldn't have anything else to say.

"Don't you hate it?" Li Qiutang asked Lin Qi. "Many people don't like this movie."

“That’s because you reopened their wounds and uprooted their roots, of course they don’t like it,” Lin Qi laughed. “Actually, that’s what I did too. I’m a damn rich man, but I don’t care.”

On the contrary, Li Qiutang's works in recent years have lacked innovative ideas that are truly eye-catching. This is because the market is now booming and all sorts of ideas are emerging, making it much more difficult to innovate than before.

But it's okay, Li Qiutang said that she has already finished filming "The Wandering Earth", "I'll invite you to watch it when it airs".

So the conversation smoothly shifted to "The Three-Body Problem".

Let's be frank, Li Qiutang's purpose for this trip is to collaborate with the Three-Body Universe on the development of "The Three-Body Problem".

“I know you won’t sell the copyright. What I’m thinking is that you give me the production rights to the film and television series, and we can do it together.”

Li Qiutang said, "If anyone in the country could film 'The Three-Body Problem' right now, my team would definitely be the best choice." Li Qiutang has this confidence.

But Lin Qi truly cherishes the "Three-Body Problem" IP and won't cooperate with Li Qiutang just because of a few words.

However, it is also said that Zhang Fanfan had previously authorized Linghe Culture to develop and produce the TV series based on "The Three-Body Problem".

Linghe Culture had been working on it for two years. After Lin Qi took over the copyright, he couldn't let their two years of hard work go to waste, so he still let Linghe Culture produce the TV series "The Three-Body Problem".

As for other copyrights, Lin Qi is still considering them, especially the film: "I think the current technology in China is not enough to make a film of 'The Three-Body Problem'." He makes a good point, and Li Qiutang understands, but he said: "Conditions are created. We must give full play to our initiative. We can't just wait for the technology to mature. If you don't try to do it, the technology will never mature."

Waiting has never been Li Qiutang's style of doing things.

But Lin Qi seemed to have a plan: "The film is too small to contain the massive content of 'The Three-Body Problem.' So I want to make a TV series first, and we can talk about the film later. Firstly, it's to train the team, and secondly, it's to test the waters with a TV series."

He was determined not to develop films, and no one could change his mind.

He stated frankly, "I don't plan to sell the copyright; I will only develop 'The Three-Body Problem' through licensing and cooperation."

I understand. The copyrights of all films and television series produced by the Autumn Series cannot be bought out; they are only licensed and co-developed.

Even if Lin Qi doesn't grant authorization, he's still an outsider to the film and television industry, but he knows Qiu Tian's capabilities. If they really want to collaborate on development, Qiu Tian would undoubtedly be a great partner.

"I'll arrange a meeting sometime and invite Mr. Bai (Bai Yicong, CEO of Linghe Culture) over so we can talk about the TV series."

Li Qiutang agreed.

It wasn't a complete failure; at least we got a chance to appear in the TV series, but it was just a chance.

Li Qiutang is not filming for a while and intends to take a break. Later on, going to see the show twice a week will be enough.

But some people don't like Li Qiutang.

That's his beloved wife, Liu Yifei.

It seems that women can't stand seeing men having nothing to do.

"I work eight or nine hours a day and I'm exhausted, while you're living the high life at home." That night, Liu Yifei started to make trouble.

Li Qiutang said, "Who said I'm just staying at home like a king? I've been very busy these past few days." Li Qiutang began to recount to Liu Yifei his work over the past few days, which company executives he had dinner with and what business they discussed, and his dinner with several producers in the industry.

“Yesterday I went fishing with Mr. Li from CMC. I have no idea how to fish, but I ended up beating the pros. I caught a whole bucket of fish, while Mr. Li came back empty-handed.”

"I recorded a program for more than ten hours in XX today."

"I'm very busy," Li Qiutang concluded.

"What show? You've changed your personality and even got on a TV show?"

"I promised Ma Weidu I'd be recording an episode of 'Roundtable Talk' before the new year, and today I did."

But Liu Yifei's point was: "You spend your days eating, drinking, and having fun; that doesn't count as work."

That seems to make sense.

“Your wife is wrestling and bruising in the training shed every day, and you don’t care at all.” Based on Li Qiutang’s understanding of his wife, she wasn’t being dramatic or unable to endure the hardships of training; she was just being a little coquettish.

Without saying a word, Li Qiutang downed the water in front of her in one gulp, got up, grabbed a pack of tissues, threw it on the bed, and said, "I'm going to take a shower."

Then she went into the bathroom without looking back. After calculating, it had been almost a month since the two of them last got intimate.

Liu Yifei was left feeling embarrassed, wanting to laugh but desperately trying to suppress her smile.

What do you take me for?

Li Qiutang ignored her and her voice came from the bathroom: "Come in and scrub my back."

"I'm from Jiangcheng, and we Jiangcheng people don't do body scrubbing." Saying this, she strode towards the bathroom. "Northeasterners are really hard to please, you can't treat me like..."

(End of this chapter)