Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 145 Pie in the sky

The four young actors and actresses voted by Penguin.com are almost like a joke.

Among the four young actors, Hu Ge is far ahead of the other three. Rong Xinda's Lin Shao can barely see Hu Ge's exhaust pipe.

Among the four young actresses, Liu Yifei is obviously the one who carries the sedan chair for the other three. Yang Mi is still a newcomer, Huang Shengyi and Wang Luodan are already famous, but the former has almost disappeared due to the Star Shine contract termination incident, and the latter is still struggling in TV dramas, while Liu Yifei has already won Hollywood big jobs such as "The Forbidden Kingdom".

Regardless of whether she is promoted or not, Liu Yifei's age is there. She is indeed at the age of a young actress, and it is normal for her to be included in the selection of the Four Young Flower Actresses.

Liu Yifei played Lan Xin. Even though Li Qiutang repeatedly said that it was because of Liu Yifei's good audition performance that won the love of the crew, it can still be said that Li Qiutang did not help at all. Liu Yifei was just naive, not stupid.

Liu Yifei felt that she was not Lan Xin's first choice, because the actresses competing with her all seemed better than her.

There were some things she couldn't say in front of Li Qiutang, but she knew in her heart: "He must have been under a lot of pressure to decide on me."

Liu Yifei lay in bed at night, imagining a drama in which Li Qiutang got angry for his beloved.

The crew didn’t agree to use her, and director Li Qiutang slammed the table at the investors for her, even threatening: “I just want to use Yifei, who would disagree?!”

In the end, of course, the investors compromised, and Liu Yifei successfully got Lan Xin's contract.

But in fact, the scene was not as passionate as Liu Yifei had imagined.

Liu Yifei was indeed not Lan Xin’s first choice, but she was not as bad as she thought.

The actor with the highest overall score for the role of Lan Xin was Zhang Ziyi, but her girlish look was not very good.

It's very strange. Zhang Ziyi is only 30 years old this year, but when she puts on a dress, she doesn't look girlish and doesn't look like a wealthy young lady.

The casting team was also puzzled: "She was so tender in "My Father and Mother", why is she not so tender now?"

Many people in the industry have a favorable impression of Zhang Ziyi because of this debut work.

Li Qiutang said with a smile: "It's been 10 years, brother. Zhang Ziyi was 20 years old at that time. If she wasn't a girl, who would be a girl?"

Liu Yifei's overall score was second only to Zhang Ziyi, and her appearance added a lot of points to her score.

She has a large number of supporters within the crew. Orange Sky certainly does not agree with Liu Yifei, but the chief producer Han Dong and the general producer Huang Jianxin both support Li Qiutang, and Li Qiutang supports Liu Yifei's performance. Guangxian has no actors of its own to promote, so it does not get involved in taking sides.

There was no quarrel or table-slamming. Li Qiutang, the casting director and Huang Jianxin just had a 20-minute meeting and decided on Liu Yifei.

Even Li Qiutang felt it was a pity that Zhang Ziyi lost the election. The stubbornness and ruthlessness in Zhang Ziyi were very consistent with the character traits of Lan Xin in the later period, that is, after she joined the revolution.

Moreover, Li Qiutang also wanted to pat Zhang Ziyi's perfect head that was praised by all directors and photographers.

For this purpose, Li Qiutang specially found Zhang Ziyi's contact information and chatted with her for a while, saying that it was a pity that they did not cooperate this time and hoped to have the opportunity to film together again.

Zhang Ziyi felt very sorry for not being selected this time, and said with a smile that there would be a chance for them to work together again in the future.

She was also very familiar with this young director and longed to work with him.

In the 20-minute meeting between Li Qiutang, the casting director and Huang Jianxin, the most important achievement was the finalization of Liu Yifei.

It's another character named Zhao Wangsheng, who is a good friend of the protagonist Yang Peng and also a strong soldier. He dares to fight, is simple and passionate, and plays a part in the comedy - a movie should always have such a character.

Teacher Huang Jianxin suggested that day that a foreign actor should be used for this role.

Huang Jianxin said at the time: "I have even thought of how to change his entrance lines. When Yang Peng saw Zhao Wangsheng in foreign skin, Zhang Wangsheng said: 'I just had surgery. You don't understand, foreign skin works better here.'" After Huang Jianxin said this, Li Qiutang knew what he was trying to do. After all, he was the most avant-garde and most spicy director in the mainland film industry at that time. His skills are still as good as ever. The power of his satire is beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

Li Qiutang immediately agreed to Huang Jianxin's suggestion, and overturned all the candidate actors for Zhao Wangsheng, asking the casting team to choose a foreigner to play the role.

As for why Yang Peng’s best friend is a foreigner, it’s all science fiction and cyberpunk, so it shouldn’t be surprising if he just changes his appearance.

The male lead is still undecided.

But good news came from the United States. Michael Lynn lived up to expectations and successfully won the film and television adaptation rights of "The Hunger Games" from Suzanne Collins.

The question now is, which company to partner with? Where will the money come from?

These all need to be resolved by the boss Li Qiutang.

Li Qiutang promised to solve these problems for Michael Lynn. Of course, the old man also said that he would actively seek partners and investments.

Li Qiutang was not blindly optimistic. Affected by the global financial crisis, Hollywood was also short of money. Even if Michael Lynn could raise money, it would probably not be much, and the bulk of the money would have to be borne by himself as the boss.

Can I use my own money?

Of course you can, but the same old saying applies: whether it is starting a business or making a movie, don’t use your own money if you can use other people’s money. If you can’t get the money in the end, Li Qiutang doesn’t rule out using her own funds to shoot “The Hunger Games”, because this is a hen that lays golden eggs and is a sure win.

As for South Korea, Cao Ping led the team back and successfully purchased the remake rights of "Temptation of Wife".

Cao Ping is good at costume dramas and period dramas. She is not particularly good at fashion dramas like "Temptation of Wife", and she herself cannot appreciate such bloody fashion dramas.

So she suggested that Li Qiutang find someone else to direct the play, as she herself had a costume drama that she had brought out from the Yanjing Television Art Center, and she wanted to finish that drama first.

Li Qiutang didn't want Cao Ping to star in "Temptation of Wife". Who is the best at making bloody fashion ethics dramas in China? Of course it's Mango TV!
The drama Li Qiutang is prepared for Mango TV, but there is no rush now.

Li Qiutang casually asked what play Cao Ping was performing.

"It's adapted from an online novel called The Legend of Zhen Huan."

Li Qiutang's eyelids jumped. How could such a pie fall on my doorstep? !

Li Qiutang swore that when he tried to recruit Cao Ping to start a business with him, he really didn't know that "The Legend of Zhen Huan" was in her hands.

He was trying to find the copyright for "The Legend of Zhen Huan" a few days ago.

Cao Ping said that this play was recommended to Zheng Xiaolong by his wife, and then Zheng Xiaolong recommended it to her.

"I bought the copyright in 07 and started adapting it last year."

Li Qiutang asked, "Does the copyright belong to you or the Art Center?"

"It's in my hands." Cao Ping certainly knew Li Qiutang's plan, but it didn't matter. Since she had started her own business, the project should be closely related to the company.

"But Xiaolong and I both came from the Art Center, so we should give a share to the Art Center."

"Of course, how can a company take over a drama? I can't afford that much money."

I've been under a lot of pressure recently, but there have been a lot of happy events as well. The heroine of a movie has been confirmed, the copyrights of several upcoming dramas have been purchased, and I also unexpectedly gained "The Legend of Zhen Huan".

(End of this chapter)