Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 783 My Wife Won't Run Away
As the final episode of "Standpoint," Li Qiutang's episode was full of witty remarks and highlights.

Yi Lijing and Li Qiutang were locked in a fierce battle, their rivalry no less intense than that of the previous week's episode.

Although the entire program did not discuss the 60 billion yuan box office hit "The Wandering Earth," it allowed viewers to glimpse some aspects of Li Qiutang.

This episode garnered significantly more attention than previous ones.

"Li Qiutang's attack power is so strong. Several times I felt that he was about to fall into the trap set by Yi Lijing, but I didn't expect his response to directly fight back and not fall for it at all."

"I especially liked Li Qiutang's last sentence, saying that he and his wife loved each other so much that they couldn't even express their love, so how could he have any unease? This was clearly a way of putting on a show of indifference and impatience, but Yi Lijing couldn't ask any further questions because she knew that if she did, she would fall into Li Qiutang's trap. Since Yi Lijing had no married life, if she continued to ask, it would just be empty talk, which would be disadvantageous for her."

"I didn't like the episode with Zhou Jie and the episode with Li Qiutang. In both episodes, Yi Lijing came to interview with prejudice. It was obvious that she didn't like Zhou Jie and Li Qiutang. She was too aggressive and had no respect for the interviewees. She just wanted to embarrass them."

However, only a minority of people dislike it; most netizens are indifferent. Regardless of whether it's Li Qiutang or Zhang Qiutang, they are only interested in this kind of popular interview.

Yi Lijing wanted to dig into Li Qiutang's background, and Li Qiutang retorted, saying that was exactly what she was after.

As for who wins and who loses, it doesn't matter.

Li Qiutang didn't watch this episode. He knew it was for a show, so regardless of whether Yi Lijing genuinely disliked him or was just doing it for the sake of the program, his attitude towards Yi Lijing remained unchanged.
It doesn't matter.

As he said at the end of the show, he doesn't need everyone to like him.

This is also a mindset cultivated in the long-term working environment of film crews: everyone gathers together to work, they are colleagues, and after work, they go their separate ways. It's good if they develop feelings for each other, but it's perfectly normal if they don't.

After recording Yi Lijing's program, he left Yanjing, ostensibly on a business trip, but in reality, he went out to escape the hustle and bustle.

As mentioned before, Li Qiutang realized that the company had too many employees and decided to optimize it, giving them ample time.

At the time, with the Lunar New Year sales season approaching, the layoff plan wasn't in a rush. But now that the company's business has slowed down, and with Boss Li's internal open letter demanding that everyone feel the chill, the layoff plan has been put back on Zhang Zhao's agenda.

This just stirred up a hornet's nest.

Ordinary people wouldn't dare to complain to Li Qiutang, but if the blame were to fall on a veteran who had helped Li Qiutang start the business, then they wouldn't be so sure as to report it to someone else directly.

However, the layoff plan was ordered by Li Qiutang himself. Although Boss Li is ruthless, he really didn't want to face his old colleagues of more than ten years so directly.

So they simply ran away.

Fortunately, LeEco is in dire need of rebuilding, and Chen Zhixi is willing to accept a large portion of the staff, so this optimization should not cause any major trouble.

The first stop was the Air Force aerobatic team's base, where I visited my wife who had been filming there for a month.

When Li Qiutang arrived, the film set was in the middle of shooting, and the crew didn't really entertain him. After exchanging greetings, Li Qiutang sat down next to Wen Muye and watched the monitor together.

“You’re all unnecessary,” Wen Muye said. “We’ll wrap up filming once Yifei finishes this scene.”

Li Qiutang forced a smile and said, "I didn't come to see her, I came to see President Fu."

Fu Ruoqing happens to be on the set of "The Escort" today.

Fu Ruoqing wasn't buying it. She waved her hand and said, "Why didn't you come to see me when I was on another film set? Why did you have to come now? If you're going to see your wife, just say so. Don't use me as a shield."

Everyone in the director's studio laughed.

The scene being filmed on set is Lü Xiaoran returning to base after escorting the enemy. It's very simple; Liu Yifei only needs to perform a few actions on the plane, and then the canopy opens, and she salutes her passing comrades.

We definitely can't let her actually fly; she can't.

Wen Muye is the second director, after Guo Fan, to have his eye on the Cannes Best Actress version of Liu Yifei. "Strictly speaking, for roles like female soldiers and pilots, Yifei isn't actually the best choice." Li Qiutang has to agree with Wen Muye, because if he were making a military film, he wouldn't cast Liu Yifei either. "I was actually a little hesitant when I chose her, but a Best Actress is a Best Actress, she can play any role perfectly. Especially after she cut her hair, her charisma immediately came through."

"What? You cut her hair?!" Li Qiutang exclaimed.

“Pilots don’t have long hair,” Wen Muye said.

Li Qiutang said with great distress, "Oh dear, my wife with long, straight black hair!"

Wen Muye said, "It looks pretty good."

"I've seen what my wife looks like with short hair, why do you think she looks good?" Everyone laughed again.

Wen Muye picked up the walkie-talkie and organized the filming to begin: "Come on, everyone get ready. Let's try to get it in one take, and then we can have dinner as soon as we wrap up."

One more thing: "You're the Best Actress candidate."

Sitting in the cabin, fully armed with a helmet, face mask, and gloves, Liu Yifei was too lazy to correct the issue of whether she was a Best Actress or not. She gave an OK sign, indicating that Wen Muye could start filming at any time.

"Okay, ready—begin."

Li Qiutang walked out of the director's tent, took the clapperboard, and planned to give his wife a scare.

She's an award-winning actress after all; she nailed it in just one take.

"Alright, that's a wrap." Wen Muye's voice came. "Clapping the board to wrap it up."

Wearing a mask, Li Qiutang arrived at the scene, clapped the clapperboard in front of the camera, and said, "The filming of 'The Escort' has wrapped up."

Snapped!
After finishing the clapperboard, Li, the stage manager, went to the plane and helped Liu Yifei down.

Liu Yifei didn't notice the change of script supervisor. After helping Li Qiutang down from the stage, she accepted the flowers from the assistant director and said, "Killing him already? I haven't had enough of acting yet. This is my first time playing a soldier, and a pilot at that."

Wen Muye came over and said, "Shall we shoot two more takes?"

"Okay, okay," Liu Yifei said with a smile.

Wen Muye disagreed: "We don't have time to shoot two more times, we need to get them edited quickly. Come on, let's take pictures, come on, everyone come over here."

Script supervisor Xiao Li remained standing beside Liu Yifei, acting as her temporary assistant, handing her water and saying, "Teacher, please have some water."

Liu Yifei naturally took the water glass, only to realize that the script supervisor had changed: "You're so tall."

The original script supervisor was a short girl, but the current script supervisor is half a head taller than her.

The more she looked, the more something seemed off, and the more familiar it seemed. The fact that the script supervisor avoided her gaze only confirmed her suspicion.

"Take off your mask," Liu Yifei said.

The script supervisor, Xiao Li, had no choice but to take off his mask, revealing his true identity.

"You're doing this again!" Liu Yifei slapped Li Qiutang's arm. "You didn't even tell me you were coming, and you even pretended to be a stage manager to scare me."

Those around him laughed and said, "What are you scared of? I think you're overjoyed."

Indeed, after that slap, Liu Yifei clung to Li Qiutang's arm and wouldn't let go.

"I'm just happy that filming has wrapped up, not because I saw him."

"Both husband and wife are equally stubborn," President Fu joked.

After taking the wrap-up photos, everyone dispersed.

Li Qiutang stared at the large plane parked not far away and said, "Shall we let them take pictures?"

"The film has already been shot, what's there to stop us from doing it?"

"Take a picture of this for me. I've never seen this thing up close before."

This thing is so cool! It's blue, white, and red, so big and long, so awesome!

Li Qiutang asked the photographer to take pictures from the left, right, top, and bottom. He even changed into a pilot's uniform and sat in the cockpit to take as many pictures as he wanted.

“Hey, your wife is here,” Liu Yifei said.

"My wife isn't going anywhere. If I don't take pictures of this big plane today, it'll be gone tomorrow. Come on, take two more pictures of me." Li Qiutang didn't care.

(End of this chapter)