Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 109 Welcome Director Xiao Li to Japan
Huayi has been seeking an opportunity to renew its contract with Li Qiutang. Although Li Qiutang said that he would discuss a new contract after filming "The Whistleblower", Li Qiutang has now gained momentum. There are countless companies keeping an eye on Li Qiutang, waiting for him to finish filming "The Whistleblower". It can be said that the longer it drags on, the more disadvantageous it will be for Huayi.

This Planning Bureau is a great opportunity.

It was really a coincidence that Wang Zhonglei knew about this film.

When Li Qiutang told Jiang Wen about this film, Jiang Wen's assistant was there, as was his assistant, and several crew members.

After Wang Zhonglei arrived at the crew of "The Sound of Wind", he occasionally heard staff members talking about how the two directors got very close during Jiang Wen's guest appearance. Jiang Wen even asked Li Qiutang to revise his "The Story of Stealing an Official", while Li Qiutang had an idea about a planning bureau and asked Jiang Wen for reference. When Jiang Wen left, he specifically told Li Qiutang to make sure to film this idea.

Li Qiutang heard what Wang Zhonglei said and smiled: "It's nothing, it's just an idea, nothing."

"It doesn't matter if you have nothing, just tell me first." Wang Zhonglei was very anxious.

Li Qiutang then told Wang Zhonglei the general content of "In Time": "... this is the case for now."

After listening to it, Wang Zhonglei said, "Your story is very complete, we can film it."

Li Qiutang shook her head and said, "Not yet. Of course I have the story already, but what about the details? What about the lines? How do the hero and heroine start the riot, how do they lead the ordinary people to overthrow the bankers' rule, and how do the bankers launch a counterattack? There are no details like these."

But Wang Zhonglei was anxious to tie Li Qiutang to Huayi's car. Huayi had an internal IPO timetable, and the company was expected to be listed on the Growth Enterprise Market next year, so Li Qiutang absolutely could not leave Huayi after "The Sound of the Wind", otherwise it would greatly affect the company's IPO performance.

"That's fine." Wang Zhonglei said nonchalantly, "Take some time to write a plan or outline, and I'll bring it back to the company for discussion. I absolutely support you in doing it."

In order to reassure Li Qiutang, Wang Zhonglei patted his chest and assured: "Don't worry, I will personally monitor this project and make sure no one will mess with you." He also emphasized: "I will give you whatever amount of money you want!"

Li Qiutang has not made up his mind whether to change jobs or not. Outsiders say that Huayi is a harbor of corruption, but these things have not affected Li Qiutang. He is just a director and has a company that can provide him with stable funding. Why wouldn't he be willing to do that?
So he also promised Wang Zhonglei that he would let him bring "In Time" back to the company for evaluation and discussion.

This weekend, Li Qiutang saw off Wang Zhonglei and others. There was a movie project PPT in Wang Zhonglei's mailbox. Li Qiutang reported 100 million on the budget page!
On the third Tuesday of November, the crew of "The Sound of Wind" finished filming in Zhuolu!
The crew of "The Sound of Wind" drank heavily for the first time.

Li Qiutang knew that he had tortured these actors a lot in the past few months. He felt guilty and raised his glass to toast them one by one.

Said to Li Bingbing: "If you don't win the Best Actress award, I will overturn the judges' table!"

To Zhou Xun, he hugged her small body and said: "I will look for you again in the future, you must come." Zhou Xun is really easy to take pictures with!

He said to Huang Xiaoming: "I told you I would take a good picture of you."

To Alec Su, he said, "Keep going."

He was full of admiration for Wang Zhiwen and gave him a thumbs up: "Nothing to say, this!"

Even though Li Qiutang had a good alcohol tolerance, his tongue was almost tied after drinking so much.

The wine was drunk tonight. Huang Xiaoming hugged Li Qiutang and didn't know whether he was crying or laughing. His face flushed as he said, "Director, you know me. If you have any roles in the future, just look for me. If I don't come, I'm not a man."

"You drank too much."

"I'm not drunk. This little bit of alcohol is nothing to people from Shandong Province." It seems that he dared to say these words only because of the alcohol. "I feel very comfortable after filming the two movies with you."

Especially in "The Sound of Wind", from the early stage when Li Qiutang forced Huang Xiaoming to step out of his comfort zone and learn Japanese, to the high-pressure shooting of the crew every day, Huang Xiaoming was both nervous and excited.

Li Qiutang pried open Huang Xiaoming's arms around his neck: "I'm younger than you, but I still want to teach you something."

"What?"

"Please, please, please, please don't act in those idol dramas where you dress up beautifully."

Huang Xiaoming thought that Li Qiutang just looked down on idol dramas. No wonder, how could such a young director look down on idol dramas.

"Okay, I promise you, I won't act in an idol drama."

Li Qiutang didn't know whether this was his true words or drunken talk.

After drinking the wrap-up wine, Li Qiutang did not return to Yanjing. He had been tense for three months to finish shooting a movie, so why shouldn't he relax for a few days?
Li Qiutang went directly back to Fengtian from Zhuolu. In winter, the Northeast becomes the real Northeast.

He had another important thing to do when he got home, which was to urge his parents to apply for passports. They had agreed to go to Australia for the New Year as a family. His parents had agreed at the time, but who knew if they would change their minds halfway through, be unwilling to travel so far, or be reluctant to spend the money.

Of course the parents are happy that their son is back.

When Li Qiutang got home, she was also very happy: "The food on the set is not delicious. They say it's made by the chef, but the food at home is still better."

After being a baby at home for three days, Li Qiutang received a call from a senior executive of Huayi, asking him to go to Japan with Zhao Wenzhuo and Fan Bingbing in two days.

This request puzzled Li Qiutang. After asking, she found out that "No One" officially landed in Japanese theaters at the beginning of this month and has earned a good result of 8 million yen since its release.

The Japanese distributor Shochiku Films struck while the iron was hot and sincerely invited the main creators of "No One" to go to Japan to hold a thank-you party for fans.

"Are it just me, Brother Zhuo, and Bingbing going?"

"Shochiku Films has invited the three of you, and the company will also send someone to assist."

Li Qiutang agreed, but he didn't know that the real heroine of "Arrogant" Huo Siyan still didn't know that the crew was going to Japan to promote the show.

Li Qiutang returned to Yanjing from Fengtian in advance and reunited with Zhao Wenzhuo and Fan Bingbing. The team of 8 people flew to Japan together.

Including Li Qiutang, the "No One" team really couldn't have imagined that the movie would sell so well in Japan.

"How much is 8 million yen?"

"About 5000."

"So many!" Fan Bingbing was also amazed that "No One" sold so many copies in Japan.

Li Qiutang praised: "Besides Brother Zhuo, the Japanese audience's favorite is your Qin Niang, otherwise why would they specifically invite you to go?"

Fan Bingbing still feels that he made the right choice in taking on the supporting role of Qin Niang. Not only did she receive far more praise in China than the leading actress, he also didn't expect that she would be successful in Japan as well.

The three of them landed in Japan and headed to the event venue the next day.

The scale of the event was not large, but not small either. There were more than a hundred people in the venue, including the audience and the media, which was not shabby.

Li Qiutang and the other two in the audience couldn't understand a word of what was being said on stage.

But they knew the general process of the fan appreciation party in advance. Zhao Wenzhuo went on stage to perform a sword technique, which attracted the attention of the audience, media and on-site host.

Fan Bingbing danced a short part of a dance from a movie, it’s amazing that she still remembers it.

Li Qiutang had no talents to show, so she talked about the filming. She said that Fan Bingbing's dance was learned by a Dunhuang dance teacher for more than two to three months.

"Bingbing's dancers in this scene are all students from a professional dance academy."

"This dance is based on the Dunhuang Flying Apsaras, which has a history of more than 1000 years."

The audience was filled with laughter again.

The host said that he personally really liked the fight scene in which the blind man broke into Yuwen Mansion alone, especially the black and white design of this scene, which was very exciting. He said that he saw the shadow of Kurosawa Akira in this scene.

There is nothing wrong with admitting this. Li Qiutang said frankly that she was indeed influenced by Kurosawa Akira.

"But who doesn't like Kurosawa?" Li Qiutang said with a smile.

The host laughed and found it pleasant to chat with the director.

(End of this chapter)