Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 215 Yifei Selects a Concubine
Huang Xiaoming’s story tells us that people with fragile hearts cannot survive in the entertainment industry.

After the release of Ip Man 2, Huang Xiaoming was ridiculed by everyone: "Zhen Zidan is responsible for Ip Man, and Huang Xiaoming is responsible for 2."

They also dug up the joke that Huang Xiaoming had made before and mocked him again.

In fact, these are really hurtful. His professional skills are just not that high, or he didn't perform well. He didn't do anything against the law.

But there's nothing you can do about it. This is what public figures are like. If you enjoy flowers and applause, you have to accept that the audience will look at your shortcomings through a magnifying glass.

Huang Xiaoming had no choice but to quote director Kaige's words: "There is no actor who is not stupid. We are all normal people. Those who act in movies are stupid, those who watch movies are stupid, and everyone here is stupid."

Huang Xiaoming is not a person who would speak ill of others in private, but he also told Li Qiutang: "They didn't let me see the finished film before. I only saw it after it was released, and it was different from what they promised me." He felt helpless.

Huang Xiaoming was cut into almost a supporting role, only slightly better than Shi Xiaolong.

Of course he was dissatisfied, but he had no choice.

After the May Day holiday, the proceeds from the movie "The Sound of Wind" began to arrive.

"Finally, we see some money coming in!" This should be the company's first relatively large-scale main business income. The box office share attributable to Autumn Pictures (Li Qiutang Studio) is about 3500 million. This is all that Autumn got out of the 2.7 million box office. Together with the previous copyright share, "The Sound of Wind" is expected to bring in more than 5000 million yuan in revenue for Autumn Pictures. After deducting costs, the profit should be 1000 million. It turns out that making movies is not profitable.

Fortunately, the internet, television and other media copyrights of the movie "The Sound of Wind" are still in the hands of Autumn Pictures, and the company can make steady profits from these copyrights.

Of course, the company earned 1000 million, but Li Qiutang made more than that. His director and screenwriter fees exceeded million.

And don’t forget that what Li Qiutang bought from Mai Jia was the film and television rights of “The Sound of Wind”. Now the movie has been completed, but the TV series has not yet been filmed!

Cao Ping has already set her sights on the TV series "The Sound of Wind". She is very experienced in making this kind of period dramas.

"You have to hurry up. The five-year copyright you bought in early 08 is almost halfway through. If you don't shoot now, you will run out of time."

Li Qiutang was not in a hurry and asked her to wait: "Let's do it next year. We have too many projects this year. Let's digest them."

As a small-scale start-up film and television company, although Li Qiutang and Cao Ping both have very rich filming experience, the company's overall level is not yet high. If it rashly launches too many projects, the company will not be able to cope and will cause trouble.

Anyway, the copyright is in my hands and will not expire until 13. As long as I announced the preparation of the TV series "The Sound of Wind" 13 years ago, it will not be considered a breach of contract even if it is broadcast in 17.

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"The Beauty Inside" is not a particularly popular project. Firstly, the film cost is relatively low, and secondly, the director Xue Xiaolu is not yet considered a famous director in the industry.

But even for a project like this, there are a lot of actors eyeing it.

Film opportunities are always precious.

The crew used Liu Yifei as a card to shoot the romance film, and they were determined to make good use of it.

So the production director turned his attention to Hu Ge. He wanted to reunite Xiaoyao and Ling'er in "The Beauty Inside".

The publicity will definitely explode by then!
"The Legend of Sword and Fairy 1" has been broadcast for five years, and Lizhi TV broadcast it twice in February and March this year. The fans have been cultivated, and it's time to cut off the fans.

The production director of the crew of "The Beauty Inside" knew Hu Ge, so he called him directly and asked him to come to Shanghai: "I have a role here, come and take a look."

Hu Ge is very popular in the drama circle, but has never been able to break into the film circle. Tang Ren has no connections or resources in the film circle, so he can't be of much help.

Hu Ge is eager to make movies and transform himself. The film he is currently shooting, "Modern New Humans", is his attempt to transform himself into a fashion film idol film. When Hu Ge received the call, he took a leave from the crew of "Modern New Humans" and went straight to Shanghai - the crew of "The Beauty Inside" was preparing in Shanghai and would also be filming here.

By the time his agent found out about this, Hu Ge had already gotten into the car and ran away.

The agent immediately reported the matter to Cai Yinong, but Cai Yinong didn't react much. She said that she just asked for leave to go out for an audition, which was not a big deal, so she just asked the agent to follow up.

Although it is against industry practice to bypass the company and contact the artists directly, they were introduced by acquaintances and have nothing to do with the company, so Cai Yinong does not care about it.

It’s not an exaggeration to say that there is no male protagonist in “The Beauty Inside”, because the male protagonist looks completely different after waking up from a sleep.

But the male protagonist has several characters with relatively large roles, the most common of which is a young man who has confirmed a relationship. He insists on not sleeping and goes on a date with the female protagonist, but accidentally falls asleep on the subway on the way home, and wakes up turned into an ugly uncle.

Hu Ge was invited to audition for this role today. Hu Ge has a scar at the corner of his eye, but he is now covering it with his bangs so it is not visible and does not affect the audition.

Hu Ge stayed in the audition room for more than an hour before coming out. Cai Yinong had already arrived: "How was it?" She saw the words "Audition for the production team of The Beauty Inside" written on the door of the audition room.

"Which company produced this play?" Cai Yinong still didn't know the origin of "The Beauty Inside".

Hu Ge said, "My friend said it was a movie produced by Autumn Pictures. Have you heard of it?"

"The production company of 'The Sound of Wind' has been developing very rapidly recently. It was opened by Cao Ping of Yanjing Station." Cai Yinong didn't even know that the boss of Autumn was Li Qiutang.

Cai Yinong had never heard of the project "The Beauty Inside". She is now focusing all her energy on "Startling by Each Step". "How was it just now? What did the teachers who auditioned say?"

Hu Ge said, "They said it was good, but they didn't decide on the spot."

Cai Yinong didn't say anything, as long as Hu Ge went back to continue filming "Modern New Humans": "I'll ask around, I know Cao Ping too."

but!

The production director wanted to use Hu Ge, but Liu Yifei had some reservations about this.

She knew that many fans liked Zhao Linger and Li Xiaoyao very much, and there were even many viewers who supported her and Hu Ge. When the show was broadcast, there were still viewers who hoped that the two would really be together.

She doesn't like this.

Hu Ge certainly didn't do anything to her, but because of public opinion, the two of them tacitly reduced their interactions after "The Legend of Sword and Fairy".

Now that she is in love, she has to consider more: will working with Hu Ge cause dissatisfaction among her boyfriend?

When the movie is released, fans will surely uncontrollably support her and Hu Ge again. Will Li Qiutang feel uncomfortable when she sees it then?
Of course it's fake in the play, but the fans take it seriously, so it's hard to say that Li Qiutang won't be affected.

But Liu Yifei is only the heroine of this play, not the boss of this play, so it is not easy for her to ask the crew not to use Hu Ge.

But she forgot that she was the heroine designated by the investor, and to a certain extent, the play revolved around her.

Therefore, Liu Yifei experienced for the first time the joy of choosing roles even though she was not the boss on the set of "The Beauty Inside".

The assistant director gave Liu Yifei the casting of several actors who would have more scenes with her and asked her to choose from them.

"This is probably how ancient emperors chose their concubines." Liu Yifei thought to herself.

(End of this chapter)