Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 140: You want to control my money now?

After coming to her house for dinner and singing that day, Li Qiutang felt that her relationship with Liu Yifei was heating up.

After that day, Liu Yifei did not reject continuing to communicate and interact with him, and would also respond to Li Qiutang's boasting and dirty talk.

If there was a progress bar, Li Qiutang felt that he had at least reached 50%-60%. As long as he moved forward steadily, it would be just a matter of time before he could confess his feelings and successfully win over the Fairy Sister.

On the night that Li Qiutang was in Hong Kong, she called Liu Yifei and told her about her experience in Hong Kong that day.

He came to Hong Kong to scout locations and will come here to film in the future, but he does not hide his dislike for this city.

"Hong Kong people discriminate against everyone equally." Li Qiutang told Liu Yifei, "Today during the day, I was standing on the roadside drinking water and chatting with Mr. Song from Silver Supervisor and others. The Hong Kong people passing by heard us speaking Mandarin, and anyone with a normal eye could see the impatience and disgust on their faces."

Liu Yifei has rarely been to Hong Kong and doesn't know much about Hong Kong and its people, but she still thinks Li Qiutang is too arbitrary in judging people: "There are bad people everywhere. I still believe that there are more good people. It's just that you met a bad person today."

Li Qiutang also told Liu Yifei about his previous experience of going through customs to invest, saying that although the stock broker had a good service attitude, "I could tell when I first walked in that he was not very willing to receive me."

Liu Yifei smiled and said, "You are still going through the customs to invest. What kind of investment do you make? How much money do you make? When can you take me with you to earn some pocket money?"

Li Qiutang counterattacked: "Isn't it a little early to think about my money now?"

Even through the phone, Li Qiutang could imagine that Liu Yifei must be blushing again at this moment, and she just laughed and scolded: "You! I won't talk to you anymore!"

Li Qiutang still said shamelessly: "Don't hang up, let's chat for a while." Then she told her about her visit to Jackie Chan's house today and the dinner with the Jackie Chan Stunt Team.

After listening to this, Liu Yifei asked, "Why is the key to Jackie Chan's house in the hands of the brothers of the Cheng Family Stunt Team, and not in the hands of his wife?"

Li Qiutang said: "Jackie Chan's upbringing makes him not trust any woman. He regards brothers as brothers and women as clothes, but the relationship is definitely not as good as that between brothers."

Liu Yifei disagreed with Li Qiutang's statement, and Li Qiutang further explained: "These are all my guesses. I am not saying that the couple's relationship is bad."

Gossiping about other people's families is a good way to kill time. Before they knew it, they had been chatting for more than an hour. Li Qiutang heard Liu Xiaoli's voice coming from Liu Yifei's side: "Xixi, don't play too late. Go to bed quickly. You have an audition tomorrow."

Liu Yifei responded with a "OK".

Li Qiutang asked her, "What play are you going to audition for tomorrow?"

"It's still your In Time. Tomorrow is the third round of makeup auditions. The candidate for the male lead will also be here."

In fact, Liu Yifei knew that with such a large crew, the interests behind it were very complicated and it was impossible to decide on the role all at once.

But Li Qiutang assured her: "This is the last round of auditions. We are already deciding on the roles."

"Really?! Who have you decided on?"

"I can't tell you that." Li Qiutang still kept it a secret, "But what I want to say is, if, I mean if, you are selected as Lan Xin, you must be fully prepared to deal with your rival actor."

"What do you mean? That's creepy."

Li Qiutang only said one sentence: "This time our candidates are either movie kings or veteran artists. Ordinary actresses may not be able to keep up with them."

"Ah? Is that so?" However, Liu Yifei is addicted to acting. It must be great to be able to act with movie kings and veteran artists.

Li Qiutang also reminded her: "I will curse at people on the set." "It's okay, you deserve to be cursed if you don't act well." Liu Yifei has seen many directors who curse, so she was mentally prepared.

"Xixi, who are you talking to on the phone? Go to bed quickly." Liu Xiaoli's voice was heard outside the door again.

"Oh, I'm going to sleep right away." Liu Yifei shouted, "I won't talk to you anymore, I'm going to sleep."

Li Qiutang in Hong Kong looked at the time and it was indeed very late: "Okay, go to sleep and do well in the audition tomorrow."

Liu Yifei said, "Yeah." Then, as if she had made a great decision, she said, "You should go to bed early too. Good night."

Before Li Qiutang could say good night, the other party hung up the phone.

The next day, Liu Yifei went to the Huairou Film and Television Base "In Time" preparatory group for an audition. This time she saw the two candidates for the male lead, Chen Kun and Liu Huohua, as well as her two competitors - Zhang Ziyi and Xiao Song Jia.

Zhang Ziyi did not participate in the first two rounds of auditions and went directly to the third round.

Is it unfair? The entertainment industry is sometimes so unfair.

While Huairou was auditioning, Li Qiutang had already left Hong Kong, landed in Shanghai, and was on a bus to Hengdian.

"In Time" will require a lot of green screen shooting. In addition to scouting the real locations, it is also his job to scout the studio.

In the car, Li Qiutang was talking to the assistant director: "I saw the cast list you sent yesterday. I don't have any problems. Please discuss the schedule. It's best to make an appointment to meet after it's confirmed." He laughed and said, "We are all seniors. It's not easy to serve you."

The assistant director on the other side smiled and said, "The actors are good, not expensive, and easy to serve. That's it, I'll go and arrange their schedules, and then find a time, whether it's in Yanjing or somewhere else, so that we can meet and chat."

"Okay, I'm in the car now, I won't say any more, I'm hanging up."

After hanging up the phone, Li Qiutang looked through the document in front of him, which contained several potential actors provided by the assistant director.

Among them, the father of the heroine Lan Xin, the biggest villain in "In Time", the banker Lan Tiejun, the casting team plans to invite Mr. Pu Cunxin, deputy dean of the People's Art Theater.

Teacher Pu is also very interested in this role and has verbally agreed to play the role.

There is also an unnamed Mr. Zhang in the play, who is a revolutionary leader who resists the rule of the Time Planning Bureau. He appears very early and is arrested and tortured to death by the Time Planning Bureau halfway through the play. Before his death, he tells the protagonist Yang Peng that he must persist in the struggle.

I have to say that the casting team understood the script and the character. The prototype of Mr. Zhang is naturally Mr. Sun.

Therefore, the casting team directly found Taiwanese actor Zhao Wenxuan, who had played Mr. Sun many times, to play this role. Zhao Wenxuan was very easy to talk to, and when he saw that such a big movie was approaching him, he readily agreed to come to the mainland to discuss the matter in detail.

Why not ask Mr. Ma? Mr. Ma is not available, and Mr. Ma's appearance is not as handsome as Zhao Wenxuan.

There is also a man named Liang Chaoqun, who is a lone ranger who seeks revenge against the Time Planning Bureau in the play. He has a small team of his own and does not associate with the revolutionary army. When Yang Peng was betrayed by a traitor in the team and nearly died, he saved and took Yang Peng in. Later, he was also killed tragically under the gunfire of the Time Planning Bureau. The assistant director thought of inviting Fu Dalong to play this role when he watched "Tengu" the day before yesterday. The casting team reported the list to Li Qiutang before they had time to communicate with Fu Dalong.

Li Qiutang naturally agreed with this candidate, but she was worried that the other person would not be willing to come.

That's why Li Qiutang asked Liu Yifei to be fully prepared to deal with the rival actor. Among the three people now, only Zhao Wenxuan is not known for his acting skills, but he is not bad either. Pu Cunxin and Fu Dalong, which one of them is not a superb actor?
As Li Qiutang looked through the actor's profile, she thought, "I wonder how Huairou is doing now."

(End of this chapter)