Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 143 Disaster from the Sky

Li Qiutang led the team to leave Hengdian and went to the mountain city to meet with the local co-production company. It was almost May Day when they returned to Yanjing.

While Nanjing! Nanjing! achieved a box office success of 6500 million in its first weekend, it also faced a flood of criticism.

The film was criticized for telling the story from the perspective of the Japanese army's self-redemption, which was pro-Japanese and even glorified the Japanese army. The WAF segment of college students in the film was also criticized for using the victims as a selling point and hyping up nudity, which was despicable.

After Lu Chuan returned to Guangzhou, he admitted at the press conference that "I expected to cause so much controversy."

He still hopes that this film can bring him into the billion-yuan club, and he wants to drag Mr. Han into it, saying that if the box office exceeds 100 million, he and Mr. Han will run naked around Chedun Film and Television City.

"Nanjing! Nanjing!" had nothing to do with Li Qiutang, but maybe Lu Chuan felt that he had made such an amazing national epic and was very proud of it. In an interview, in addition to telling reporters how difficult it was to make this film, he also said one more thing: "We encountered many difficulties during the filming. Halfway through the filming, a crew from outside came to poach our people, which caused us great difficulties. I think this is very immoral!"

This matter was mentioned and forgotten, but the media found out that this "outside crew" was the one that Li Qiutang was filming at the time, "Famous".
The matter is very clear. "Famous" poached Gao Yuanyuan from the "Nanjing! Nanjing!" crew, delaying the progress of the "Nanjing! Nanjing!" crew!

I was just worried that there would be no news during the May Day holiday, this is it!

It’s been a long time since “Fame and Fame” was taken off the screen, but now it’s being brought up again.

A relevant person in charge of Huayi Brothers, one of the producers of "Famous", responded to reporters: "We have signed contracts and agreed on schedules with the actors in advance, and we will not poach them at the last minute."

But such news satisfies the audience's curiosity, and it is really easy to take advantage of Li Qiutang's popularity.

Lu Chuan got the upper hand. After Huayi responded, he continued to talk about this matter at a meeting. Of course, he was not stupid enough to blame the heroine Gao Yuanyuan. He said that the behavior of the other crew violated the rules of the industry and "should be condemned!"

But it is impossible that Gao Yuanyuan is not involved in this matter, because those who are interested can easily find the information from last year. During that period, Gao Yuanyuan was indeed filming "Famous" and "Nanjing! Nanjing!" at the same time.

Gao Yuanyuan couldn't afford to offend the two crews, so she simply kept silent. Anyway, the most critical promotion period for "Nanjing! Nanjing!" had passed, so she simply disappeared.

When Gao Yuanyuan disappeared, Lu Chuan criticized the "other crew" without naming them.

"Famous" has a total of three producers, China Film, Li Qiutang Studio (now renamed Autumn Pictures), and Huayi Brothers.

China Film Group is also an investor in Nanjing! Nanjing! Huayi and Luchuan also have a good relationship and have already made statements to clarify the matter.

Now the only person who can respond to Lu Chuan is Li Qiutang.

It was not until the next day after Li Qiutang had a heartwarming dinner with Liu Yifei and watched a heartwarming movie that she realized that the senior was picking on her.

"Did I provoke him?" Li Qiutang was confused by the attack.

"Fame and Fame" has been off the screen for a long time. Even if there really is poaching, what's the point of talking about it now?

If you want to give me your head, how can I not accept it?

Li Qiutang was invited by Xinlang Entertainment for an exclusive interview that afternoon, saying that she was going to share her recent situation, but Xinlang knew that Li Qiutang wanted to respond to Lu Chuan.

Li Qiutang first talked about the post-production progress of "The Sound of Wind", saying that everything is going well with "The Sound of Wind": "It will definitely satisfy everyone."

Then, Li Qiutang announced her new film plan for the first time in front of the media: "I have been preparing for a new film during this period... I can't tell you yet, you just need to know that I am not idle, haha."

After discussing all this, the reporter knew it was time to step in. "Have you watched the recent Nanjing! Nanjing!"

"I went to see it yesterday." I watched it with the girl.

"What do you think of this movie?"

Li Qiutang nodded and said, "Teacher Cao Yu's photography is amazing."

The reporter on the other side is dying. Are all you directors like this? Do you mean the cinematography is great, but the director is rubbish?

The reporter also agreed: "Yes, many viewers also said that the film's photography style is very good." He also said:
"Director Lu Chuan said at several recent events that you poached his female lead when you were filming "Famous". Is that true?"

Li Qiutang asked the reporter, "Did Director Lu Chuan say that? Did he say that I did it?"

Reporter: "He didn't name anyone, but netizens checked the information and found that Gao Yuanyuan was filming "Famous" and "Nanjing! Nanjing!" at the same time. What was the real situation at the time? Was there really poaching?"

Li Qiutang said, "How can there be such a ridiculous thing as poaching? We usually schedule actors three to four months or even half a year in advance. How can we poach the leading actress at the last minute?"

"But at that time, 'Nanjing! Nanjing!' started filming first, and Gao Yuanyuan was also the first to join the 'Nanjing' crew. How did she later join the 'Famous' crew?"

Li Qiutang said: "You have to ask Director Lu Chuan about this question. What happened to the crew of Nanjing that made the leading actress run out at the risk of breach of contract?"

Reporter: "Director Lu Chuan said before that the crew stopped filming for a while due to a lack of funding."

Li Qiutang said, "That's right. They stopped filming for two months, and the leading actress had nothing to do on the set. Ask Director Lu Chuan what he did to make up the funds. I don't think there's anything wrong with Sister Yuanyuan coming out."

The reporter really didn't know, so he asked Li Qiutang for information: "What did he do?"

Li Qiutang said: "Go ask him if he dares to say it if he dares to say it. If he dares to say it, you will know why I said that Sister Yuanyuan ran away from the crew."

Lu Chuan doesn't need to tell him, and he definitely won't tell him.

After Li Qiutang's interview was published, some netizens exposed Nanjing's true colors.

"Li Qiutang was probably talking about how Lu Chuan asked an actress from the crew to drink with investors in order to make up for the funding. Lu Chuan proudly mentioned this a long time ago, saying that the actress had dinner with investors with him. He thought he was very capable."

"Qin Lan paid for his loss out of his own pocket, which made him say that he was particularly masculine. What's the point of a director who wants actors to pay for the filming?"

Then, an insider revealed: "In fact, many people don't know that "Famous" also encountered funding problems at the time, and the actual start time was postponed for more than a week. Do you know what director Li Qiutang did at the time? He paid for the crew to go to Hengdian to prepare first, and then he started running alone, and raised 2000 million for the crew in half a month. This is called a director, this is called a crew boss."

Someone also revealed the way Lu Chuan deceived actors: "He would hold your hand, look at you, and ask you if we are friends. If you say yes, he would say, let's talk about the pay again. In other words, Lu Chuan is quite good at deceiving people."

The backlash from public opinion came in the form of audience criticism of Nanjing! Nanjing!

Lu Chuan was stunned.

This is not what he expected. Isn't it very effective to scold people? Why are you still talking when you have already been removed from the theater?
It is said that because he could not bear the online public opinion, Lu Chuan wiped his tears backstage at an event and had tears in his eyes when he went on stage.

(End of this chapter)