Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 144 Thanks Bureau
"I have never targeted anyone." Lu Chuan felt aggrieved and sobbed in front of the media, "I just want everyone to know how difficult it was for us to make this movie."

“We encountered many problems, including venue problems, schedule problems, and the most serious one was funding. But I’m very happy that my team and my actors did not give up during the critical period, and we worked together to overcome the difficulties.

"Now I just want to screen the film in a down-to-earth manner and give our crew a satisfactory explanation. I have no intention of blaming anyone. I am very grateful and respectful to all my colleagues in the crew."

"Filmmaking is a very hard job, especially a film like Nanjing. I didn't plan to make this film so early. I wanted to touch this subject 10 years later, but a senior told me that Nanjing was the main course and must be made first, and other films should give way to this film. If I was aiming to make money, I wouldn't have to film this period of history. I wouldn't make less money than I do now no matter what I do."

Lu Chuan became more and more excited as he spoke, and tears were about to fall.

Then he said that he was deeply moved by history and felt that he had a mission, so he had to make this film.

Lu Chuan's misery has a certain effect, winning a certain amount of sympathy, and fewer people are scolding him online, but some activists are still mocking him: "Why pick on him when you can pick on anyone else? He and Feng Xiaogang are both equally good at quarreling, how can you beat him?"

After Lu Chuan played the victim, the situation calmed down a little, but there were still some media outlets that were unwilling to let go and wanted to interview Li Qiutang, hoping that he would say something more.

But Li Qiutang received instructions from the Fairy Sister: "Don't quarrel with people in the media."

Li Qiutang did not listen to her completely. He just said, "Why should I argue with him if he doesn't provoke me?" He is not Liu Yifei. He will not respond unless he has no choice.

He told Liu Yifei: "I did nothing wrong from the beginning to the end. He just accused me of being immoral. I am the victim."

In fact, Liu Yifei understands Li Qiutang's character. He is very nice to his relatives and friends, but don't provoke him. If you provoke him, he will fight back. Unlike her, she doesn't know how to fight back no matter how others slander and abuse her.

Liu Yifei also knew that what Li Qiutang said was true and that he was the victim, but quarreling with others was not Liu Yifei's character, and she couldn't bear to see Li Qiutang quarreling with others.

Li Qiutang took a step back: "He is playing the victim, so forget it. I am too lazy to argue with him. I am so busy with work here, there is no need to argue with him."

But Li Qiutang was rude and added, "I just said that his crew asked actresses to accompany him to drink. I didn't say that it was rare for him to make this movie."

Liu Yifei laughed when she heard this.

In order to prepare for "In Time", Liu Yifei made up for her studies on modern history. When she and Li Qiutang watched "Nanjing! Nanjing!" a few days ago, she also felt something was wrong.

The photography and art are really good. Although the massacre scene is suspected to be excessive, the shocking effect is sufficient. The actors' performances are not god-level, but they also completed their acting tasks very well.

But that’s the story…

Even Liu Yifei knows that Nanjing cannot be photographed like this!

When Liu Yifei and Li Qiutang walked out of the cinema, she remembered that the first thing Li Qiutang said was: "Our senior must think that his perspective is very fresh and unique. He is awesome."

Li Qiutang did not respond to any further questions from Nanjing. Just as he said, he was too busy with his work, so why would he have the time to improve his relationship with Liu Yifei? Was it necessary for him to quarrel with others in the media?
The day before the May Day holiday, Liu Yifei received a call from the assistant casting director of "In Time", telling her that the crew had confirmed her to play the heroine Lan Xin in "In Time", and asked her to go to a place in Huairou Film and Television Base in two days to receive at least 3 months of action training.

"Okay, I will be there on time the day after tomorrow."

After hanging up the phone, Liu Yifei jumped up and said, "Yeah!"

She told her mother the good news as soon as possible. Liu Xiaoli was also very happy, thinking that her months of hard work had not been in vain.

"I have to thank Director Li very much," said Liu Xiaoli.

Liu Yifei said, "Why should I thank him? I auditioned three times to get this role." "After all, he is the director. You can choose him, so why don't you thank him?" Liu Xiaoli said as she was about to pack up the gift for Li Qiutang, "Does he smoke? Buy him two packs of good cigarettes."

"He doesn't smoke." Liu Yifei said.

"If you don't smoke, then take two bottles of wine. I happen to have two bottles at home, which are worth more than 5,000 yuan. I can give them away. No one will drink them at home."

Liu Xiaoli filled two bottles of wine and handed them to Liu Yifei.

"What are you doing for me?"

"Why don't you give it to me?" Liu Xiaoli sometimes had no idea what to do with her daughter. "Take it. Invite Director Li to dinner tonight and give the wine to him."

Liu Yifei took the wine and asked, "Are you going?"

"Why should I go? You are classmates, so it's convenient for you to talk." Liu Xiaoli smiled, "My former colleagues from the theater are coming to Yanjing tonight, I will meet them."

So, Li Qiutang was very puzzled when Liu Yifei called him and asked him to have dinner with her tonight.

In the past, he always asked Liu Yifei out, and during this "date" Liu Yifei would treat him to a movie or sneak out and pay the bill like she did last time, but she had never taken the initiative to ask him out for dinner.

Although she was puzzled, Li Qiutang was happy anyway. The girl took the initiative to ask him out for dinner, which was a good sign no matter how you looked at it.

After washing up and changing clothes, I went to the restaurant booked by Liu Yifei.

"Here, it's for you." Liu Yifei pushed over a bag.

Li Qiutang was delighted and said, "Hey, you know how to return the gift." In the past six months, Li Qiutang gave Liu Yifei many small gifts. For fear of offending her, she didn't give her very expensive gifts, but they were all little gadgets that were thoughtfully made.

This is the first time Liu Yifei gave herself a gift.

Li Qiutang opened the bag and found two bottles of wine. Seeing that he was puzzled, Liu Yifei explained:
"My mother asked me to give it to you. She said that I was able to choose Lan Xin thanks to you, and she asked me to thank you very much."

"You're so polite." Li Qiutang said with a smile. He could tell that the two bottles were good wines. "It's also because you did well in the audition."

"Don't comfort me. I'm not ignorant of myself. Zhang Ziyi, Yu Nan, Song Jia and the others all acted better than me." Liu Yifei said.

But as I said, casting is about choosing the most suitable one, not just the one with the best acting skills.

"Just act well when the time comes and don't embarrass our school." Li Qiutang knew that Liu Yifei was particularly susceptible to this kind of provocation.

"Yeah! It's definitely not shameful."

In fact, Liu Yifei realized that the gift Li Qiutang was expecting was not the two bottles of wine, but there were some things she had not figured out yet, so she could not give Li Qiutang a clear answer.

"Here," Liu Yifei raised her cup and said with a smile, "I'll drink tea instead of wine. Thank you so much for letting me play in In Time. I really do."

"Okay, I accept the thanks." Li Qiutang raised his glass and clinked it with hers.

(End of this chapter)