Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 151 Li Qiutang beat Feng Xiaogang?

Liu Yifei didn't join the crew after "The Forbidden Kingdom" simply because there was no suitable script. She was only 20 years old at the time. How many scripts were suitable for her on the market?

The Godfather was on the verge of bankruptcy due to the financial crisis and could no longer support her - although it may not sound good, it does require a background to get into the entertainment industry. There are not so many lucky stars that will fall from the sky and all the good scripts in the world will be delivered to your door.

People are particularly willing to believe in conspiracy theories. They are willing to believe that Huayi has all-powerful power in the domestic entertainment industry and can completely ban a rising star with just a few words.

They are also particularly willing to believe that a girl has maintained an abnormal relationship with her godfather whom she adopted when she was a toddler for a long time. They even believe that the girl's mother has an abnormal relationship with her godfather.

They also believe that Huayi is a toilet in the entertainment industry. It has achieved its current position as the market leader by relying on despicable means. The death of the Wang brothers is not a pity. Anyone who cooperates with Huayi is not a good person.

But a lot of times, things aren't that complicated.

In fact, long before the filming of "The Forbidden Kingdom" began, Wang Zhonglei had said that he would not sign a contract with Liu Yifei.

But some people just don’t believe it!

As for the news that Li Qiutang was ostracized by Feng Xiaogang at Huayi and thus terminated her cooperation with Huayi, various versions have been circulated after several days of fermentation.

The most outrageous thing is that at a dinner party at Wang Zhonglei's house, Feng Xiaogang deliberately poured a glass of red wine on Li Qiutang. Li Qiutang then had a fight with Feng Xiaogang at Wang Zhonglei's house and directly beat Feng Xiaogang into the hospital.

As for why the two did not get along, the explanations given by various versions of the rumors are surprisingly consistent - there is no room for two tigers in one mountain, and it was a dispute over internal resources at Huayi.

How else to explain that In Time had no Huayi investment? How else to explain that the director was the only one absent from the crew of The Sound of Wind at the Huayi Night last night?
The reporters were pursuing this news very closely.

Finally, Li Qiutang was caught at the press conference of "Love Has Afterlife". Liu Yifei flew back to Yanjing for treatment after the press conference of "In Time".

"Director Qiu Tang, is it true that people are saying that you and Huayi have stopped cooperating? Why didn't Huayi invest in In Time? Did they not invest?"

"Director Li, there are rumors that you and Director Feng Xiaogang don't get along. You've also had conflicts with Director Feng Xiaogang in the media before. Is it true? Is it because of the unfair allocation of resources within Huayi?"

"Director Li, please say a few words."

Li Qiutang didn't want to say anything more, but couldn't avoid it, so she said in one breath: "Director Feng Xiaogang and I are two different types of people, two different types of directors, I don't want to comment on him. As for the cooperation with Huayi, our first phase of cooperation is indeed over, and our future cooperation will be in a different form. Thank you, I'm leaving."

Li Qiutang said this to save face for both parties. However, the reporter speculated on his words and thought that Li Qiutang and Huayi probably had no grudges, but he seemed to really dislike Feng Xiaogang, otherwise he would not have said that he and Feng Xiaogang were two different types of people and did not want to comment on him.

Judging from the situation, there must be conflicts between Li and Feng within Huayi.

The reason why Li Qiutang said this was, firstly, because there was indeed no deep hatred between the two parties, so there was no need to throw dirty water on each other like a shrew; secondly, because of the 220 million original shares, when Li Qiutang left Huayi, he expressed to Wang Zhongjun his willingness to return the original shares at the original price and not take advantage of the company, but Wang Zhongjun still wanted him to continue holding these shares.

Jianghu is not about fighting and killing; Jianghu is about human relations.

Li Qiutang's statement was quickly confirmed by Wang Zhongjun:

"We are still cooperating with Director Qiu Tang, but it is no longer in the form of a contract. As you can see, Director Li has opened his own company and is the boss. We will cooperate in a better way in the future."

Wang Zhongjun did not respond to the conflict between Li and Feng, but talked about the investment issue of "In Time":

"The specific investment plan is still under discussion, and we still support Director Qiu Tang."

Let me put it this way first, reporters can’t chase Huayi and ask whether it invested in “In Time”.

Wang Zhongjun also emphasized: "Cooperation with Director Qiu Tang in a new form will not have any negative impact on The Sound of Wind."

The recent months have been a critical period for the company's listing. The Wang brothers will not allow any news that may affect the company's listing process to spread and cause panic.

The media and the audience bought into the idea that the two sides would "cooperate in another form." In other words, the media and the audience were not very interested in whether Li Qiutang and Huayi would cooperate or not, but they were particularly curious about the conflict between Li Qiutang and Feng Xiaogang.

Li Qiutang was on short notice for half a year in preparation for "In Time", but as soon as she came out, she brought big news to reporters.

In addition to his relationship with Huayi and Feng Xiaogang at the film festival, news broke out again a few days later.

"The Story Behind" has been aired, and this episode's guest is Liu Yifei.

Liu Yifei admitted on the show that "I have someone I like."

One stone caused a thousand ripples, and fans and the media were all asking who she was talking about.

But they couldn't find Liu Yifei.

However, some people thought of Li Qiutang.

Li Qiutang said in an interview at the press conference that he wanted to fall in love during the holidays, and the heroine of his new film happened to be Liu Yifei.

The two are of similar age, Li Qiutang is 3 years older than Liu Yifei, and they are a perfect match made in heaven.

But coincidentally, Li Qiutang was also missing.

Li Qiutang didn't watch this episode of "The Story Behind", and he had no idea that Liu Yifei said on the show that she had someone she liked.

He is busy with the preparations for "In Time" and is now in Hengdian.

Weta Digital's motion capture team has arrived in Beijing, and the equipment will be sent over in succession. They will soon come to the Hengdian studio to arrange and debug the equipment in advance, as well as communicate and conduct initial coordination with Li Qiutang's team.

Several other studios have already started loading in equipment.

"Have you guys agreed on the plane I want?" "In Time" will use about five planes, three of which will be moved into the studio.

"We've agreed on it. We're painting it now. It won't delay the filming."

But Li Qiutang still reminded the colleague in charge of the plane: "You must measure the size of the studio. If the studio doesn't fit and the plane can't get in, I'll find you instead of anyone else."

"Don't worry, director. I've been doing this for many years."

"It's better to be careful, so as not to make a mistake and become a laughing stock." Mature teams can still make low-level mistakes.

"No, hehe."

Li Qiutang stayed in Hengdian until the end of the month. He personally watched the first batch of materials enter the shed and the construction team start construction before returning to Yanjing.

The first thing he did when he returned to Yanjing was not to date Liu Yifei, but to have a drink with Jiang Wen. He wanted to borrow actors from him!
During his time in Hengdian, he maintained remote communication with the casting team. The two main actors of "In Time" - Huang Yongqiang and Wan Zhiwei - had not yet been decided.

The former was the deputy of the revolutionary pioneer Mr. Zhang and led the team after Mr. Zhang's death; the latter was the captain of the special operations team of the Time Planning Bureau and the most direct and difficult opponent of Yang Peng's revolutionary team.

Why not use a large army to fight? It would be boring to film a special forces team.

Just 150 million! Does Li Qiutang not want to film a large-scale war? !
Besides, special forces operations are easier to film.

The casting team chose Jiang Wu and Shao Bin to play these two roles. Li Qiutang took the initiative to take on the task and went to Jiang Wen to borrow people.

(End of this chapter)