Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 191 Tian Tian and "Warring States"

Li Qiutang not only has to take care of the company's operations and management, but also has to be busy with directing.

Many investors approached Li Qiutang to make movies, and both Shanghai Film Group and Ning Province Film Group handed scripts to Li Qiutang.

Li Qiutang was interested in the Ning Province Film Group's "Painted Skin 2", but it was just an interest.

After Liu Yifei learned the news, she also urged her boyfriend to talk about this project: "Didn't you say you like to shoot Zhou Xun? What a great opportunity."

After finishing "In Time", Li Qiutang actually discussed the project in detail with "Painted Skin" series producer Pang Hong and art director Yang Zhenjian.

After chatting for more than a month, I found that many things could not be done.

Pang Hong, Yang Zhenjian and Li Qiutang all wanted to turn "Painted Skin" into a fantasy blockbuster like "The Lord of the Rings"!
Art director Yang Zhenjian even wants to create a world of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio monsters. He has a very keen eye.

Li Qiutang even drew some of the design drawings.

But objective conditions do not allow it!

The domestic special effects team was unable to support them in realizing this concept, and asking foreign companies to do it would inevitably lead to overspending. "Painted Skin" had no overseas market, and the domestic box office could not make back the money at all.

So the movie is full of compromises and helplessness. In order to save money on special effects when filming "In Time", Li Qiutang chose to shoot a lot of real shots and relied on war actions as the whole, which was also a compromise.

But Li Qiutang was unwilling to use such a good IP as "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" to just make a love story, so regretfully, he had to give up "Painted Skin 2".

Li Qiutang was almost the director that Pang Hong and Yang Zhenjian thought of who was most likely to make a good film for "Painted Skin 2". It was indeed a pity that they were unable to work together.

"It's okay. We'll have a chance to work together again in the future, it'll be the same." But Li Qiutang seemed unable to remember what other films Ning Province Film Group had made after Painted Skin II.

He joked again: "If Painted Skin II is short of money, I can invest some money in it. The first part performed so well, the second part is likely to be a big hit."

Of course it’s a joke. How could “Painted Skin 2” be short of money?

After discussing Painted Skin II, Li Qiutang thought he could take a break, but a few days later, another company came to him and asked him to make a movie.

Still an old acquaintance, the stars are shining!

Lu Zheng and Jing Tian would never have thought that the young director whom they hired for 8 yuan to shoot their MV would grow into one of the leading directors in the country in just three years.

Lu Zheng hadn't seen Li Qiutang since the MV shooting. But Jing Tian had been able to meet Li Qiutang from time to time in the past three years, and they could sometimes talk to each other.

Lu Zheng came today, bringing Jing Tian with him.

Originally, Jing Tian didn't need to come to such occasions, but there was no other way. Jing Tian was a fan of Li Qiutang and took the initiative to come. Lu Zheng thought about it and it made sense. Jing Tian was more familiar with Li Qiutang than he was, so it would be easier to talk to Jing Tian with his presence.

Lu Zheng is hosting a dinner tonight for Li Qiutang and two other managers of Autumn Pictures.

Lu Zheng politely poured wine for Li Qiutang.

Li Qiutang blocked the cup and said with a smile: "I have drunk too much these days, you guys drink, I just need some water."

The person accompanying him also said, "Boss Lu, let's drink. Director Li has had too many social events these days. The day before yesterday, he drank with a few people from the Radio and Television Bureau and one of them was hospitalized. We were all shocked. Let's drink with you."

Seeing that the other party was not deliberately being disrespectful to him, Lu Zheng did not care about it. If the host and guest did not want to drink, then they did not have to drink.

But Li Qiutang refused to drink, and Lu Zheng always felt that today's matter was difficult to discuss.

"Tiantian just finished filming a movie at the beginning of this month." She had to say, "It's called My Beautiful Boss. I filmed it with He Rundong. It's also the first movie produced by our company."

Jing Tian is very enthusiastic about filming and tells Li Qiutang about the interesting experiences during the filming of "My Beautiful Boss".

"We must promote Tiantian and make her a big actor." Li Qiutang nodded in agreement as he listened. You have money, so everything you said is right.

"Our company is planning to make a costume movie for Tian Tian next year. We have almost finalized the cast. With Sun Honglei as the lead and Kim Hee Sun as the supporting actor, it will definitely be a big hit."

"What's your movie about?" The fish tonight is good, tender and tasty.

"It tells the story of Sun Bin and Pang Juan during the Warring States Period."

"It seems there is no female in the story of these two brothers?"

"It's an adaptation." Lu Zheng said, "We have already prepared the script, it's called "Warring States"."

“Just shoot it when it’s done.”

"We would like to invite you to shoot a costume war movie. There is still a very hot market for it now."

Li Qiutang was interested in many subjects, but even if he had eight guts he wouldn't dare take on the job of "Warring States".

My goodness, if I accept this, it will become a black history and I can’t wash it off.

Seeing that Li Qiutang didn't say anything, seemed to be considering and hesitating, Jing Tian looked hopeful. She really wanted to cooperate with Li Qiutang.

Lu Zheng said: "Don't worry, Director Li, we are absolutely sincere about the director's salary."

I know you have money! You must have used this trick to deal with Sun Honglei.

Li Qiutang was "thinking", and the colleagues around him knew what he meant. They immediately raised their glasses and said they wanted to toast Lu Zheng, and then started talking nonsense to Lu Zheng and Jing Tian, trying to get around the remark.

Lu Zheng understood what he meant and just said there was no rush, let's eat first and Li Qiutang can think about it slowly.

In fact, Jing Tian is now suitable for acting in idol dramas. She has the typical image of a good girl and is naturally suitable for playing a sweet girl. If she follows the track of a cheerful girl, she may be able to compete with her.

But Xing Guang Canlan looked down on idol dramas, and chose difficult dramas such as "The Biography of Sun Tzu" and "The Warring States" for Jing Tian, and also picked veteran actors to act with her.

With Lu Zheng present, Li Qiutang couldn't say these words to Jing Tian, and Jing Tian might not listen to him.

In fact, he had been rejected, but Lu Zheng was not upset. It was normal for the cooperation to fail. He also recommended Jing Tian to Li Qiutang: "You are also Tian Tian's mentor. Your MV won an award. Tian Tian has always wanted to work with you again."

Jing Tian also said that she enjoyed acting in the MV of "Who Are You" and she wanted to work with Brother Li again.

Li Qiutang pretended to be annoyed and said, "Why didn't you tell me earlier that I need so many actors for 'In Time'? You could come and play a cameo role for fun. Oh, I missed it."

Jing Tian doesn’t play a supporting role, but a cameo should be fine.

What Li Qiutang didn't know was that Xing Guang Canlan had thought about "In Time" but failed.

Xingguang Canlan has money, so which one of China Film, Guangxian and Orange Sky has money?

Which of these three companies is not a giant in the industry? Even the financial backers behind Starlight can’t necessarily handle these three companies.

Today's dinner was generally a great success for both the host and the guests, except that the cooperation was not reached.

Although the cooperation was not reached, Lu Zheng still encouraged Jing Tian: "Study hard and impress him. Then you can act in his plays in the future.

"It's a pity that the deal didn't work out, but it's not a bad thing. I heard that he had a bad temper on the set. He even scolded Zhou Xun and Li Bingbing. You can't handle it psychologically. I'll find another director for you to shoot Warring States. You just need to act well and hone your skills for two years. There's no rush."

"Well, thank you Uncle Lu."

(End of this chapter)