Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 10 Thoughtfulness! Artistry!
"Girl, do you know who Kubrick is?" Boss Zhang was talking to the girl who was massaging his feet.

"I don't know." Judging from the name, he should be a foreigner, but the technician had no idea who Kubrick was.

Boss Zhang continued, "Kubrick is a master of science fiction films. You know, science fiction films have deep philosophy and are thoughtful. They are art. Director Li, what did you say before?"

Director Xiao Li was lying next to Boss Zhang, and a pretty technician was massaging his feet: "We are just a mayfly in the universe, a grain of sand in the vast ocean."

"Yes, that's it." Boss Zhang continued to say to his technician, "Our position in the universe is just a drop in the ocean, and our ancients had this kind of science fiction thinking a thousand years ago.

"So we have to make a movie of this scale. Girl, do you know how to make a movie?"

"do not know."

"If you don't know, you can ask me. And Director Li next to me is a top student who graduated from the directing department of Beijing Film Academy! What was the name of the award you won before?"

“New Wave Award for Best Short Film.”

"Do you know what the new wave is?" Boss Zhang asked again.

"do not know."

Director Xiao Li also looked at Boss Zhang. He didn't tell him about the New Wave, but he wanted to see what Boss Zhang could say.

Unexpectedly, Boss Zhang said, "Even if New Wave explains it to you, you won't understand it."

Can it still be like this?
The technician also gave face and said with a smile: "Brother, I haven't read much, but you know so much."

"It's OK." Boss Zhang took a sip of tea. "It doesn't matter if you haven't been to school, but you have to be studious. When you enter society, you have to study hard. Otherwise, how can you make progress?"

"Brother, you are really good at talking."

Boss Zhang's feet began to rub against the technician's chest, but the technician did not get angry. Instead, he continued to smile and chat with him in random topics. Li Qiutang pretended not to see anything.

After a while, Boss Zhang's technician stood up, knelt beside him and massaged his thighs. Under the dim light, Li Qiutang caught a glimpse of his hands stroking the technician's waist and buttocks.

"Director Xiao Li, our film must be thoughtful, profound, and artistic.

"Is five million enough? Don't worry about money. What is money? Money is a bastard. If you lose it, go earn it again."

Li Qiutang laughed and said, "Boss Zhang really regards money as dirt. He is really at a high level."

"We'll talk about it later, but I really don't care about money." Mr. Zhang hugged his sister and stood up, "I'll go up first. Let's make this investment. You take 5 million first, and we'll talk later if it's not enough."

As he said this, he hugged his sister and left the massage room and went upstairs.

"Brother, you are a director." As soon as Mr. Zhang left, the massage therapist took the opportunity to talk to Li Qiutang, "Look at how I look. Can I act and become a star?"

"Haha." Li Qiutang laughed dryly twice.

"I'm not like her, I didn't have any education. I went to a technical secondary school and was the cultural and arts committee member of my class. I'm considered to have a relatively high level of education in our store."

"Yeah." Li Qiutang didn't want to pay attention to the other party. It was because this group of Qilu people were too fierce during the meal just now. Li Qiutang had never done this before and was very tired.

After the regular massage, the technician suggested that Li Qiutang add more time to do other services, but Li Qiutang said, "You go, I'll take a nap. When Mr. Zhang is done, call me."

"Mr. Zhang is our old customer. He usually stays here overnight. We have guest rooms. Please go and sleep in the guest room."

"Okay." Li Qiutang stood up and followed the technician to the guest room.

Along the way, the technician either promoted his acting skills to Li Qiutang or wanted Li Qiutang to do other services. He also said, "Mr. Zhang pays for your consumption here anyway, so why don't you try it out?"

The bathing culture in our great Northeast is flourishing, so I come here to experience what you have.

But Li Qiutang really didn't like this, so she closed the door and went to bed.

Director Xiao Li stayed in Qilu for three days, and he spent three days drinking with Boss Zhang.

Boss Zhang knew that Director Xiao Li had not asked for any special services arranged by him, and he did not think much about it. Instead, he felt that this was the artist's noble character and self-discipline, and he felt that Director Xiao Li was a promising young man engaged in art.

Boss Zhang talked about his original intention of writing and engaging in art: "I have made money, but I don't want to think about the hundreds of billions. I have sent my children to study abroad. I just want to do something cultural and don't want to hear people say that I am a farmer who rents land to grow vegetables."

Then he handed over a check for 200 million yuan with earnest words, asked Li Qiutang to work hard, and asked one of his staff to drive Li Qiutang to the airport.

This touched Li Qiutang. After returning to the capital, Li Qiutang rested for a few days. When someone said that she felt like she was sucked dry by a female ghost, she did not refute it.

I don’t know if it’s because it’s been too long and the news has spread to more and more people, or if someone leaked it on purpose, but many people know that Li Qiutang took a side path and used the opportunity of her graduation project to shoot a 90-minute feature film, and is now looking for a distributor to release it in theaters.

But he didn't get any ridicule or people laughing at him for overestimating his own abilities.

Many people admire Li Qiutang's courage. He spent more than 500,000 yuan to make a feature film. This is not the way to spend money even if you have it.

"With this money, I will buy a house and a car and settle down in Yanjing."

However, some people are concerned about the quality of the film: "How can you make a feature film with this little money? Will it be watchable?"

Some people who were familiar with Li Qiutang came to her house to ask to watch the movie. After all, this was something that no one had ever seen before and it was very strange.

Li Qiutang did not refuse. She played the DVD for them in the studio and asked them to give their thoughts after watching it.

"How can it be a genre film, Qiutang, you have fallen." How can a genre film be made for a graduation project? It must be an art film.

Li Qiutang said: "I put in over 500,000 yuan myself, I want to make money. You give me money, and I will do art."

"Haha, if I had the money I would have taken the photos myself."

"This parallel universe is interesting. How did you come up with this idea?"

"Read more science fiction novels, they contain everything." This is nothing surprising.

"Have you found the publisher?"

"Not yet. I'm worried too." Guangxian hasn't made a decision yet, so Li Qiutang doesn't know what to say.

"Let's go to China Film Academy. They have social responsibilities, so they should support students like us."

"That sounds nice. There are so many veteran directors waiting for funding from China Film Group to make movies. They don't have the money or energy to pay attention to us."

After seeing off a group of people who came to watch the movie, the next day, Jing Tian and Liu Yifei actually walked into Li Qiutang's studio one after another and said they wanted to watch the movie too.

"Aren't you in Japan?"

"I came back to record a song," Liu Yifei said, "the commercial song for Yili Yogurt."

"What about you?" asked Jing Tian.

"I came to see the film. I heard you made a feature film, I want to see it."

"I heard about it too." Liu Yifei added, "That's amazing. You can make a feature film."

"What's so great about that? If it were so great, we wouldn't have been unable to find the distributor until now." Li Qiutang found the CD again, "You guys sit down. What would you like to drink?"

"juice."

"No."

"milk tea."

"No."

"Where's the lemonade?"

"nor."

"So what do you have?"

"Plain water."

"you……"

"You have nothing, why are you asking?"

"Asking a question makes me seem polite." Li Qiutang went to pour water for the two of them.

(End of this chapter)