Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 212 Red Star House

A big black spot on Liu Yifei is that her godfather set up an entertainment company specifically for her.

But the actual situation is that Red Star House was established in 1995. At that time, Liu Yifei was only 8 years old and didn’t even know what filming was.

There is only one artist named Liu Yifei in Red Star House. Isn’t it because Chen Jinfei’s main business is real estate, his side business is raising dogs, and he knows nothing about film, television and entertainment?

Chen Jinfei's work focus has never been in the entertainment industry.

Chen Jinfei hadn't seen Liu Xiaoli and Liu Yifei for a long time. He knew the rumors outside, so he deliberately avoided them.

I came here today because I have something to say.

The outside world may not know that Liu Yifei’s agent has never been Chen Jinfei. How could a boss who has been on the rich list become an agent and take a little girl around the country? Wouldn’t he pay an agent to take care of Liu Yifei?

Liu Yifei’s first agent was Liu Yonghui. The two began to work together after "The Story of a Noble Family" and separated after "The Forbidden Kingdom" because Liu Yonghui wanted to start his own business. The two have maintained friendly relations to this day.

After The Forbidden Kingdom, Liu Yifei no longer had anyone looking for her, so she no longer needed an agent. The global financial crisis and lawsuits also left Chen Jinfei no time to care about Red Star House, a small company that was not even his sideline. In this way, Liu Yifei remained silent for two years, working on her own until she met In Time.

Chen Jinfei came to see the mother and daughter today to discuss Liu Yifei's agency contract.

Liu Yifei filmed "The Story of a Noble Family" in 02 and signed a contract with Red Star House in the same year. The contract for newcomers in the industry is generally 8-10 years. This year, Liu Yifei's 8-year newcomer contract with Red Star House expired.

Chen Jinfei thought that there was no need to discuss the contract renewal issue and it was just a formality.

However, Liu Yifei hesitated. Not only Liu Yifei hesitated, but even Liu Xiaoli hesitated.

Liu Yifei was vague and said that she would return to Yanjing in a while to discuss the contract. Anyway, her contract was still a few months away from expiring.

However, Chen Jinfei didn't think much about it at this time. It would be a few days later.

He said: "I really couldn't spare any time in the past two years, but now it's all right. I know a few friends in Hong Kong who are in the film industry. I will help Yifei with the arrangements and see if we can negotiate two movies." He was not threatening Liu Yifei with the film contract. He was not worried at all that Liu Yifei would not renew her contract with Red Star House.

The mother and daughter thanked him for his kindness, and the three of them chatted for a while before parting.

When the mother and daughter returned to the hotel, Liu Yifei took the initiative to talk about this: "Qiu Tang said last year that I wanted to open my own studio and register it under his company."

If Liu Yifei was not in a relationship, contract renewal would just be a matter of procedure, but now that Liu Yifei is in a relationship and their feelings are growing deeper, the mother and daughter have to consider the impact of renewing the contract with Red Star House on Li Qiutang.

Liu Yifei was very conflicted. This was not a simple question of choosing between two options.

Liu Xiaoli was also thinking about this, but she couldn't think of a better solution, so she could only say, "Let's do this for now. It's only a few months before the due date. We'll see then."

Of course Li Qiutang didn't know that Liu Yifei's contract with Red Star House would expire this year.

He is now receiving a schoolmate named Bao Jingjing in his office, who is the author of "Love Is Not Blind".

"I've read the novel." The novel was not thick, and Li Qiutang finished it in two evenings. "It's very interesting and very suitable for being adapted into a movie."

Autumn Pictures wanted to buy her novel and adapt it into a movie, which was of course a good thing, but as a student of the Department of Literature at the Film Academy, Bao Jingjing was also somewhat proud. She said, "I want to write the script myself."

"No problem." This request was not high. "Anything else you want?"

"Also, I won't follow the crew." "Okay, I won't let you follow the crew." Li Qiutang smiled. It is very tiring to be a screenwriter following the crew. Usually, only the people under the big screenwriters follow the crew.

"No problem. Just find the person who brought you here to sign the copyright transfer and screenwriter contract. The price will be the same as what we agreed on before. You are my junior, and I will not let you suffer any loss." Although they are from the directing department and the literature department respectively, and they are in different classes and have nothing to do with each other, they can always establish a relationship when discussing cooperation.

After Li Qiutang finished her meeting with Bao Jingjing, she had lunch with Qin Lan.

The two of them are friends, but Li Qiutang has always been very sensible. Even though he and Lu Chuan look down on each other, he will not say bad things about Lu Chuan in front of Qin Lan. Qin Lan also tacitly does not get involved in the dispute between her friend and her boyfriend.

Qin Lan invested all her savings in Nanjing! Nanjing! and lost all her money. Although she did not go bankrupt, she was seriously hurt.

Li Qiutang wanted to help her, so she brought "Temptation to Go Home" to her today and asked her to play the second female role, Ellie.

Moreover, Li Qiutang directly told her: "This drama will definitely be a hit."

Qin Lan’s pay is not high, but after "The Temptation to Go Home" became a hit, the number and price of her commercial performances and endorsements will definitely double, which is an important source of income.

Qin Lan didn't expect that Li Qiutang would actually ask her to make a movie based on a joke she made during the Chinese New Year. She was naturally very happy, but she also said that she had already been confirmed for several dramas this year and her schedule was very tight.

In total, Qin Lan has booked one movie and two TV series this year. The film "Lush Mountain Love 1" will start shooting next month, and two other dramas are under discussion.

That’s about it for Yang Mi at her peak.

Li Qiutang had no intention of blaming anyone. She had lost all her savings on one movie. What else could she do if she didn't work hard on filming?

Whether Qin Lan will accept "The Temptation to Go Home" will be decided later. Li Qiutang kindly advised her: "Watch your money carefully." She did not say not to spend money on men, "If you find something wrong, run away."

Li Qiutang said this when she was filming "Nanjing! Nanjing!". Even though the leading actress Gao Yuanyuan had run away, she still stayed on the set.

Qin Lan ignored his words and said jokingly: "I also want to save money, and I also want to invest, but I won't."

Li Qiutang felt that he could not persuade her to fall in love, so he took this to heart and gave her investment advice: "Investment is not that simple, just buy stocks."

"I don't understand this."

"I don't understand it either. I bought Penguin and Gree Electric Appliances in 08, and I just bought Maozi a few days ago. I'll leave it for three to five years. I don't believe it won't rise." Li Qiutang has invested a huge amount of money in the A-share market in recent years. Basically, he invested all the spare money he earned from ringback ringtones. He didn't buy anything else, but Penguin, Gree Electric Appliances, Yunnan Baiyao and Maozi. As for the US stock market, Li Qiutang bought Monster and Apple stocks during the 08 crisis.

Last year, he spent $1000 million on buying shares of Amazon and Netflix, and his stock brokers thought he was crazy.

“Forget it. I don’t understand stocks.”

Li Qiutang then gave the second investment suggestion: "If you want to buy a house, buy a few in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. If you look back in three to five years, doubling the value will be too little."

Qin Lan smiled: "This is easy, I can do it." She will thank Li Qiutang.

As for "The Temptation to Go Home", Qin Lan agreed to star in it, and Li Qiutang came to her in person, so there was no way she would not support it.

"I'll talk to the agent."

The two ate and chatted for a while, then parted ways.

Lu Chuan actually lives in Qin Lan's house!
(End of this chapter)