Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 153 The Internet changes the film industry!
Li Qiutang did not get a clear answer from Liu Yifei. The next day, Li Qiutang did not forget to go to the film and television base to watch the robot demonstration.

At 10:37, he was communicating with an engineer from the robotics company about filming needs when his cell phone rang.

It was a text message from Liu Yifei:
"Wake up, I have to go to treatment today."

Normally Liu Yifei would not send him such a text message. Li Qiutang read it and felt puzzled. He could not guess what the girl was thinking, so he did not reply to her and continued to communicate with the engineer about the requirements.

Robot dogs can be made in China, but the cost of mass production remains high and the cost of commercial use is too high to be affordable for ordinary companies.

Moreover, from what Li Qiutang saw today, the technology is far from mature. It was stuck at a specific link. Li Qiutang could hardly understand what the engineer said. He only talked about hydraulics, motors, visual processing and so on.

However, based on the requirements raised by Li Qiutang, the engineers on the other side said that they would try their best to meet them - the technology is not mature, but it should be able to meet simple shooting needs.

The two parties agreed to meet again in Yanjing in half a month, and then demonstrate the technology again to see the effect.

Ever since Li Qiutang decided to "change the form of cooperation" with Huayi, many film companies have become more unscrupulous in targeting Li Qiutang.

Why start a company? Just focus on being a director and making movies.

Countless film company executives advised him to give up starting his own business and find a company to work with.

Putting aside their purpose of wanting to sign Li Qiutang, what they said actually makes sense. The risk of starting a business is indeed too great. Just having good projects and good movies does not mean your company can be run. Li Qiutang also understands the risks involved.

But Li Qiutang still rejected all the companies' invitations. If they wanted to cooperate on projects together, Li Qiutang applauded and welcomed them, but if they asked Li Qiutang to give up her entrepreneurship, Li Qiutang had no plans to do so for the time being.

Even though Big Dog offered the position of Xiao Ma's art director, an annual salary and a certain amount of equity, Li Qiutang still rejected the offer. Then he wanted to use the share of "In Time" to get investment from Xiao Ma, but Zhong Lifang didn't seem to be very interested in "In Time" and did not invest.

"If you're not interested in investing in movies, then are you interested in investing in our company?" When the first plan failed, Li Qiutang came up with another one.

Zhong Lifang was amused by Li Qiutang's trick and said, "Okay, I'll buy your company for 5000 million."

"That won't work! I'm recruiting shareholders, not hiring a boss for myself." Zhong Lifang bought Autumn Pictures, so Li Qiutang is just working for Xiao Ma. What's the difference between this and signing a contract?

Zhong Lifang really considered this plan, but she also knew that Li Qiutang would not agree, so she just said it as a joke.

Although the cooperation did not work out, Zhong Lifang, as a senior in the industry and an expert in corporate finance, kindly gave Li Qiutang some valuable suggestions when he was just starting out, including telling him not to rush to raise funds, but to create a good project first. The experience of a successful project is worth more than a ten thousand page business plan.

Moreover, "there are only a few investors who will read the business plan, and they are all misleading," Zhong Lifang said with a smile.

She said this because she knew that Li Qiutang currently had enough ability to carry out a successful project.

Zhong Lifang also told him: "In fact, investors know that in the end, not one of the 10 companies they invest in may survive. Only one or two may survive if they are lucky. They know this, but they will still invest. They invest in you as a person, so when you go to meet investors, you must be confident and bold. You must dare to say that you are going there to ask for money, so what are you afraid of?"

Li Qiutang laughed and said, "I asked you for money but you didn't give it to me."

"I don't count. Xiao Ma is new to the film industry and hasn't made it yet, so he won't invest in a film company."

This is how the discussion went with Xiao Ma and also with Guangxian. Guangxian invested in "In Time", but they still wanted to sign Li Qiutang, and were still rejected.

Li Qiutang rejected signing invitations from many companies, but there was one company that left the deepest impression on him - LeTV!
Boss Jia did not come, but the group vice president and co-founder Liu Hong, who is also the current head of LeTV Pictures, came.

CEOs are always good at making promises and fooling people. Li Qiutang has seen many of them, but it is the first time that Li Qiutang has seen someone like Liu Hong making promises and fooling people like this. LeEco's ecological transformation did not even have a prototype. Liu Hong boasted to him about the development prospects of LeEco Pictures, including the support for the film industry within the LeEco Group.

According to Liu Hong, LeTV Pictures will become the most profitable and successful film company in the country within five years.

Then Li Qiutang asked him back: "How did you beat Huayi?"

Putting aside the fact that Li Qiutang has a long history with Huayi and that she still holds valuable original shares of Huayi, Huayi will continue to be on the rise in the next five years and will once become the richest entertainment company in the country.

If LeTV wants to move up, it will inevitably have to face Huayi.

Not to mention Huayi, Bernardo is still here!

Liu Hong began to paint a rosy picture. He admitted that traditional film companies such as Huayi and Bona are strong, but "just as marketization has destroyed the film studios, the Internet will also destroy these traditional film companies."

LeTV has now seen that the Internet will impact the film industry, and Boss Jia has a truly long-term vision.

Then, Liu Hong began to predict how the Internet will impact the film industry in the future. The first is film marketing. Liu Hong boldly predicted that the existing film marketing methods will be eliminated in the next three years, and "film producers will pay more and more attention to the marketing of online users."

Don't underestimate him because he brags a lot, he is actually right in some aspects!
Liu Hong reacted as he was blowing: "Li Qiutang hasn't said anything for a long time, is he trying to trick me into thinking of a plan?"

He actually underestimated Li Qiutang. Li Qiutang knew most of what he said.

Li Qiutang didn't say anything because he wanted to hear what these bosses thought in the early days of the Internet and how they viewed the film industry.

After listening to it, it sounds very barbaric, but it already has a prototype.

It's not that Li Qiutang would steal the plan. He is not that despicable.

Finally, Liu Hong even shouted out the slogan of changing Chinese movies, but Li Qiutang still didn't agree to sign a contract with LeTV. Instead, he wanted LeTV to invest in "In Time". Even though LeTV has many faults, it is really rich!!!
Liu Hong was very shocked that Li Qiutang actually asked him for money and then refused the investment!

After that, Li Qiutang never accepted similar signing invitations again.

If you can't cope with it, just don't deal with it.

Just as I was thinking about it, the phone rang again.

Liu Yifei's text message.

"The doctor said today that my cervical vertebra has started to turn better."

It's very strange that Liu Yifei has been contacting Li Qiutang more frequently during this period, but Li Qiutang has been busy recently and occasionally doesn't reply to Liu Yifei's messages, but she doesn't blame her.

After reading the message, Li Qiutang replied: "Continue the treatment once you feel better. I have a meeting tonight."

After a while, Liu Yifei replied: "What time does your meeting end? I know a new restaurant. If it's not too late, I'll treat you to a meal."

(End of this chapter)