Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 150 Let’s have a romantic relationship during the holiday

From Li Qiutang's brief speech, reporters learned that this project originally belonged to Li Qiutang, and he did it together with China Film, Guangxian, and Orange Sky.

Li Qiutang refused to say any more details about the film.

Li Qiutang introduced the basic information of the movie, and then said: "Now, please allow me to solemnly introduce the heroine of our "In Time". Welcome - Liu Yifei."

The whole audience burst into applause and cheers.

It's not that they are unwilling to bring Liu Ye and other actors to the press conference, but the cast cannot be exposed too much at one time, and Liu Yifei is popular. After being silent for more than a year, she also needs to make a solo appearance on the big platform of the Shanghai Film Festival to announce her return.

Li Qiutang walked to the stage entrance, reached out to help his heroine over, and handed the microphone to Liu Yifei.

"Hello everyone, I'm Yifei." Liu Yifei hadn't been on the stage of a movie press conference for a long time. She greeted the audience with a sweet smile.

The host Jing Wei asked questions on behalf of the audience, and first said: "On the opening red carpet, Yifei said that she was very free recently. It turns out that she has hidden such a heavy bomb."

Liu Yifei explained: "The director didn't allow me to say it."

The first question: "Can Yifei talk about how you feel at this moment?"

Liu Yifei said: "First of all, I am very grateful to the director, Mr. Han, Mr. Huang Jianxin, and other investors for their trust in me and for giving me such an important role. Secondly, I am nervous. This is also my first time acting in a science fiction film. I am very worried. Anyway, I will try my best to act well. Please believe me, director."

The second question was thrown to Li Qiutang: "We don't know the story of "In Time" yet, but I still want to ask the director why he chose Yifei."

Li Qiutang of course had to speak well of her leading actress: "Yifei is very hardworking, which is what our crew particularly likes about her. Although she appears to be delicate and weak on the surface, she has a huge amount of energy hidden in her body. And she has a good image, who wouldn't want to film as the Fairy Sister?"

OK, the press release is here, "Li Qiutang: I want to shoot Liu Yifei." That's ambiguous enough, isn't it?

The press conference introduced the new film and also introduced the leading actress Liu Yifei, so the mission was accomplished.

This press conference is held for the media and movie fans, as well as for industry investors.

After all, it is a huge investment of 1 million yuan, and the four major producers still hope to introduce more investors to share the risk.

Li Qiutang didn’t know about the other three companies, but he hoped to bring China Media Group into the Autumn Pictures group.

It is not only for sharing the risk of "In Time", but also for the development of Autumn Pictures.

Autumn Pictures holds the rights to remake "Temptation of Wife", and the best platform to broadcast this drama is Mango TV.

But with so many dramas produced across the country every year, why would Mango TV buy yours?

Don't you have to give people some benefits first before you can talk about buying the drama?

In the film and television industry, those who eat alone will suffer a bad death. Li Qiutang is willing to share the cake and make many friends.

Being on good terms with China Media Group will definitely do more good than harm to the company's future development.

The question now is whether China Media Group is willing to board the "In Time" ship. After all, the risks of science fiction blockbusters are indeed greater than those of ordinary blockbusters.

Li Qiutang did not dare to guarantee that her rewrite of "In Time" would be a big hit.

After the press conference, Li Qiutang and Liu Yifei both received many interview invitations.

There were at least ten microphones in front of the two people in the interview room. The first question was very impatient and sharp: "The press conference for the movie Robot directed by Liu Zhenwei was held yesterday. The momentum was very fierce. Will it affect you?"

Li Qiutang laughed: "What impact can it have? His science fiction is different from my science fiction."

The reporter could see from Li Qiutang's eyes and tone that he had no secret of his disdain for Liu Zhenwei and "Robot", but the reporter's tone of questioning was relatively mild: "The investors of "Robot" said they are optimistic about the box office of over 2 million yuan. How much do you think they can get?"

Although he was disdainful, Li Qiutang was not a mad dog that would bite anyone it caught. The movie hadn't been released yet, so it was reasonable for him to brag about the box office before the screening. He didn't need to burst his bubble, so he just said, "Then wish him good luck. Today is the press conference for In Time, please ask questions related to our movie."

"How is the preparation progress of "In Time"?"

"Everything is going well and it will start filming soon." This was all Li Qiutang could say.

"Yifei, what do you think the director saw in you that made him choose you to play the leading female role?" Although Li Qiutang had answered this question on stage before, some reporters still wanted to guide Liu Yifei to say something else.

Liu Yifei looked at Li Qiutang, and Li Qiutang smiled and said, "People are asking you, why are you looking at me?"

Liu Yifei smiled and said, "They chose me, probably because I have a relatively free schedule and I'm cheap. Haha." She covered her mouth and laughed.

Li Qiutang, who was standing aside, really wanted to pry open her head to see what was inside, but she calmly took over the conversation: "Don't tell the truth."

"Hahaha." Liu Yifei laughed even more happily.

"Comet is a low-budget humanities science fiction, and this time In Time is a blockbuster. What do you think are the differences between the two types of science fiction? What difficulties are there?"

Li Qiutang thought for a moment and said, "There are difficulties everywhere. There are 24 people in the crew of Comet, and there are more than a thousand people in the various teams just for the preparation of In Time. There are people from both home and abroad, and it's very complicated. We have to deal with all kinds of problems every day. There are so many problems that I don't even know what to say now."

"The director has had a very heavy workload in recent years. He is now preparing for "The Message" and "In Time" at the same time. Can he handle it? Do you plan to take a vacation?" This question is relatively friendly.

Li Qiutang nodded and said, "Yes, I have been very busy with work in recent years, but it doesn't matter. I am still young and my body and energy can keep up. Let's talk about taking a vacation after I'm done with my work." Li Qiutang leaned forward, wanting to hear clearly what the reporter said next.

It turned out that he was asked what he wanted to do during the holidays.

"Ah, let's have a love affair during the holidays, hahaha." This was obviously not a serious answer, but such an answer made it easy for the reporter to write the article.

On the other hand, senior executives from China Film, Guangxian and Orange Sky also boasted about "In Time" in interviews.

Due to its special status and size, China Film Group may be more reserved in its words, but the CEOs of Guangxian and Chengtian don't care about that and dare to say anything.

Zhang Zhao, president of Guangxian Pictures, said: "Chinese science fiction will definitely use In Time as a watershed and milestone! We can say that we have put all our efforts into supporting Director Qiu Tang!"

Orange Sky CEO Wu Kebo said: "There is no upper limit on investment, and the team uses the best in the world! We are fully comparable to Hollywood blockbusters!"

This trick works well, and all blockbuster movies claim to be comparable to Hollywood.

After the press conference of "Time According to the Planning Bureau", media releases were spread out, and there was a lot of discussion and excitement.

At the same time, problems arise.

In the past two years, there have been rumors that Liu Yifei was banned by Huayi. Now Li Qiutang has openly chosen Liu Yifei to play the heroine of his new film. In the eyes of everyone, Li Qiutang is a contracted director of Huayi. The story behind this is very intriguing.

What is even more intriguing is that there are recent rumors that Li Qiutang's contract with Huayi will not be renewed after it expires! This is even more interesting!
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