Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 148 The Wind Rises
The fireworks explosion scene in "In Time" was originally planned to be performed by a Korean team, but later, due to the enthusiastic help of Mr. Hu, a friend of Fan Bingbing who works in the propaganda department, the crew also gave opportunities to domestic old factories such as Changchun Film Studio and Bayi Studio.

Mr. Hu said that he could help the crew lower the price by at least 30%, but in fact, the quotation from the Bayi Film Studio of Changchun Film Studio for the same fireworks effects was half of that of the Korean team!
What else could they do? Producer Huang Jianxin decisively fired the Korean team!
Why use foreigners when there are cheaper domestic alternatives?

The Korean team settled accounts in US dollars. Huang Jianxin had lived a hard life, and he was reluctant to part with those millions of dollars!
After the fireworks explosion of "In Time" used a domestic plan, the coordinator who was originally responsible for the fireworks explosion negotiations resigned on the third day, and his position was taken over by two directors from Changchun Film Studio and Bayi Film Studio.

Li Qiutang did not delve into the reason for his resignation. He just said that this guy was too hot-tempered. If he used a domestic team, he would just earn a little less. Was it necessary for him to resign?

If the water is too clear, there will be no fish; if the person is too careful, there will be no followers. Li Qiutang did not forbid his subordinates to make money. As long as they did their job well, they could make some money.

Li Qiutang's life producer has been following the series from "Arrogant" to "The Whistleblower". Last year, he bought a 200-square-meter house in Yanjing. Li Qiutang also visited his new house.

How did he get his money? Li Qiutang knew it, but he did a good job. His team was able to arrange food and lodging for the crew of 100 or 200 people, so Li Qiutang was willing to let him make money.

But the withdrawal of the Korean fireworks team will save the crew a lot of money, which can be invested in special effects production.

In addition, Mr. Hu refused the thank-you gift from the crew and sent someone to tell Li Qiutang that he didn't need the money, he just wanted to do something, nothing else.

It was the crew who looked down on him.

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The Shanghai Film Festival has opened this year, and Li Qiutang must attend, and her schedule is very full.

"...The next people to come towards us are the crew of The Sound of Wind. The crew of The Sound of Wind has always been a nobody, but today they are finally going to meet us."

The crew of "The Sound of Wind" only sent four people to walk the red carpet, director Li Qiutang, and actors Zhang Hanyu, Zhou Xun and Li Bingbing.

As soon as the four of them appeared, fans on both sides of the red carpet screamed continuously.

The four of them walked slowly, waving and greeting the fans from time to time.

Because there would be an official press conference for "The Sound of Wind" the next day, the four main creators did not reveal anything on the red carpet.

Li Qiutang said simply, "There will be a press conference tomorrow, and the mystery of The Sound of Wind will be unveiled then. You can come and watch it live."

The host said they were keeping the suspense to the end.

The crew of "The Sound of Wind" walked the red carpet in this way.

Half an hour later, it was dark.

"Next, let's welcome Liu Yifei! Wow, so beautiful." Liu Yifei was praised by Jingwei as soon as she got out of the car.

"In Time" will also hold its first press conference at the Shanghai Film Festival. For the sake of confidentiality, the crew will only send Liu Yifei to walk the red carpet.

"Come on, Yifei, please stay." Jingwei invited Liu Yifei up for a brief interview.

"Long time no see, Yifei, what are you busy with recently?" Jingwei greeted enthusiastically.

"I've been free lately, haha." You don't know what words this woman can say to kill the interview.

The male host next to him was quick to react and immediately took over the conversation: "Is Yifei's first time attending our film festival?"

"Yes, it's my first time here." "So what mission does Yifei have this year?"

Liu Yifei smiled and said: "I will attend several new film launch events, but what I want to do most is to watch many excellent films at the film festival."

"Okay, thank you Yifei for accepting our interview. I hope you have a good time at the film festival." After saying these two words, he quickly asked Liu Yifei to leave the stage.

The next day, the film festival activities were in full swing. There were as many as 22 official press conferences that day, and every one of them was attended by big stars.

At 10: in the morning, Li Qiutang attended Zhang Guoli's press conference. He also started his own business and announced the establishment of a film and television company in Shanghai, with himself as the general manager.

At 2:30 pm, the press conference for "The Sound of Wind" will be held!

In addition to the main creative crew, Liu Yifei was also invited to attend.

The Wang brothers of Huayi were not present at the event.

At the press conference, the people who attracted the most media attention were naturally Zhou Xun and Li Bingbing. Recently, the competition for the top female star of Huayi has intensified, and the outside world has speculated that the two are not getting along.

The reporter also noticed that at the press conference, a group of Li Bingbing's fans came to the scene in uniform and held banners to cheer for their idol. Every time they shouted a slogan, Zhou Xun on the side became anxious and looked around to see if there were other fans of his at the scene. Of course, his actions were very concealed. Only when Zhou Xun saw the two men also holding banners for him did he smile knowingly.

Today’s Zhou Xun cares a lot about these things.

Regarding the competition for the top actress, Li Qiutang, who has already left Huayi, knew some inside information, but could not say it at the press conference. He tried to smooth things over: "The amount of scenes they have is very even. If you quantify the number of times they appear on screen, it is almost exactly the same."

A 5-minute trailer of "The Sound of Wind" was played at the press conference, which was full of horrifying scenes of several leading actors being tortured. The most horrifying scene was the one where silver needles were inserted into Zhang Hanyu's body.

Li Qiutang particularly pointed out Li Bingbing's sacrifice: "To be naked in front of so many people in public... This scene was a 'physical necessity' of the film, and the resulting visual image is very beautiful."

But Li Qiutang refused to disclose the exact extent of the exposure.

Li Bingbing defeated Zhou Xun at the press conference: "After filming this scene, I remember Director Qiu Tang said, I will definitely win you a Best Actress award."

Zhou Xun concealed it well, but the fleeting displeasure was still caught by the reporters.

The drama was promoted as starring Zhou Xun, so how could Li Bingbing win the Best Actress award?

Li Qiutang did say this to Li Bingbing, but she never thought that Li Bingbing would say it now, and it was not like selling him out. Li Qiutang said: "The performances of the two leading actresses were wonderful. They are both the best actresses in my heart."

She made fun of herself again, saying to the media in the audience: "The director dares to say anything to make the movie a success. If Bingbing doesn't win the Best Actress award, I'm going to carve a trophy for her."

When the media and spectators in the audience heard this, they all burst into laughter, which managed to cover up the incident.

Talking about the pressure during filming, Li Bingbing praised Zhou Xun and affectionately called her Xun'er, which was considered to be a way of dispelling the rumors that the two of them were not in harmony: "In fact, Xun'er was also under a lot of pressure. One of the fun things we did after filming was to get together and scold the director."

But throughout the press conference, the two did not communicate closely.

After the press conference of "The Sound of Wind", Huayi held a "Night Shadow Friendship" theme event in a high-end club on the Bund that night, aiming to summarize Huayi's achievements last year and look forward to this year's plans.

Four blockbuster films, "The Sound of Wind", "Chasing Shadows", "Aftershock" and "Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame", were unveiled.

But what is intriguing is that director Li Qiutang was absent from the crew of "The Sound of Wind"!
And just after the party, news spread in the film festival media circle that Li Qiutang and Huayi had ended their cooperation. The reason why Li Qiutang left Huayi was nothing else but being ostracized by Feng Xiaogang!
The reporters came here because of the smell!
(End of this chapter)