Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 222: Still want to do film and television

During her time in the United States, Li Qiutang often flew between New York and Los Angeles, and sometimes even to New Zealand.

It’s not tiring to work in a place, but it’s really tiring to travel like this.

After finishing his work in the United States, Li Qiutang also went to South Korea and stayed there for half a month before returning to China.

Considering the progress reported to him by the special effects directors of the two countries, it will be difficult for "In Time" to be released during the Lunar New Year holiday in December this year.

Li Qiutang did not put pressure on the special effects team to meet deadlines, but only asked for excellence. It did not matter even if they could not make it in time for the Lunar New Year holiday, as quality must be put first.

This is what he reported to Chairman Han, and Chairman Han of course supported him because there are many Lunar New Year films this year, including Jiang Wen's "Let the Bullets Fly" and Chen Kaige's "The Orphan of Zhao".

Feng Xiaogang has also confirmed early on that he will shoot another "If You Are the One 2" this year and put it in the Lunar New Year holiday.

Mr. Han believes that this year's Lunar New Year box office will not be bad, so he is not urging "In Time".

Mr. Han is optimistic about the future of science fiction, but the reality makes him worried: "Avatar is like a huge rock pressing on all of our hearts. It's just like when we watched Titanic. We were dumbfounded. It turns out that movies can be made like this."

Li Qiutang is arrogant, but he also admits: "Under the current conditions in China, it is indeed impossible to make a movie like "Avatar"."

President Han smoked a cigarette and said, "Avatar has sparked a 3D craze. Now the whole world is developing 3D. So far this year, there are more than 3 D movies registered in China, and many theaters are also upgrading their equipment."

From the perspective of industrial development, this is a good thing.

Upgrading cinema equipment can promote employment and consumption, and also provide a better experience for audiences.

Even Mr. Han was very interested in 3D and wanted to encourage Li Qiutang to make a 3D blockbuster, thinking it would definitely be a big hit.

But Li Qiutang is a conservative in technology. He is an absolute believer in 2D 2K 24 frames.

Maybe he will shoot 4K or even higher definition images in the future, but he is a bit stubborn on 2D and 24 frames.

He is not rejecting new things, but because he has learned about 3D technology, he feels that he does not need 3D for the time being.
After sitting with Director Han for more than an hour, the two talked a lot about "In Time". Before leaving, Li Qiutang also took away an unopened box of tea from Director Han.

This caused Mr. Han to call him a bandit, saying that a thief never leaves empty-handed.

Li Qiutang said: "I won't smoke your cigarettes, but I won't let you drink a cup of tea. You are so stingy."

He put the tea leaves into his bag and left.

The two most shocking things in the entertainment industry in July were: one was that Feng Xiaogang came with "Earthquake"; the other was that Queen Wang announced her comeback and would soon begin her Asian tour, with the first stop scheduled at Wukesong in Yanjing, with five shows.

Both incidents were related to Li Qiutang. During the pre-release promotion of "Earthquake", Feng Xiaogang refused to talk about Li Qiutang and "In Time".

Because the reporter was trying to stir up trouble, he asked him, "In Time is likely to compete with If You Are the One 2 during the Lunar New Year period. This is the first time that the two directors are competing in the same period. Who do you think will win?"

Feng Xiaogang felt a sense of national mission and pride in filming "Aftershock" and was in a good mood so he did not argue with the reporter.

Feng Xiaogang is fine, and Li Qiutang won't cause trouble for no reason.

Compared to "The Great Earthquake", Wang Diva's comeback has more to do with him.

Because Liu Yifei is a die-hard fan of Queen Wang.

She is the happiest one when the queen makes a comeback!

Not only that, the entire entertainment industry went crazy when the queen made her comeback and held a concert. The reason why the queen is called the queen is that her number of fans is really terrifying.

Even someone in the company had the courage to ask Li Qiutang if the company had any channels to buy tickets for the Queen's Yanjing concert.

Li Qiutang and Cao Ping really had no way to deal with this.

It's not that I don't have connections, it's that tickets are too scarce, so even if I have connections, it doesn't work. Many big names in the circle are trying to get tickets for the queen's concert, but few succeed.

Liu Yifei asked her agent, executive agent and assistant to keep an eye on the ticketing website.

"And you," Liu Yifei called Li Qiutang specifically, "please keep an eye on it for me too. No matter which seat you buy, let me know as soon as you buy the ticket."

Li Qiutang is also considered a half-fan of the queen: "I bought the ticket and went to see it myself, I won't give it to you!"

"You dare!" Then she begged him, "Please help me try, I haven't been to her concert yet."

"I'll try, but I can't guarantee success."

"You can do it. I believe in you."

There are 45 people in Autumn Pictures, and 37 of them are trying to buy tickets. It has been nearly half a month, and no one has bought one.

It’s not that there are no scalper tickets, but the prices of scalper tickets are too high.

Many people have been complaining online, saying that the concert organizers are scalpers themselves and that the profit from normal ticket prices is too low.

The organizer will definitely not recognize it.

Li Qiutang also complained about the ticketing issue on Weibo:

"Who among you has got the ticket? I've worn out 3 keyboards and still can't buy one."

Netizens in his comment section also said:
"I changed 7 F5s, but couldn't buy a ticket."

"I seriously suspect that the organizers didn't have many tickets for sale, and they were all resold internally to scalpers."

"I bought one and will give it to whoever becomes my girlfriend." Is this possible?
After complaining, Li Qiutang still had to find a way to buy a ticket for Liu Yifei.

The investments and loans agreed upon at the end of last year and the beginning of this year have arrived in the past two months.

"The Temptation to Go Home" has been confirmed to start filming next month, with Qin Lan playing the second female lead, Ai Li; the casting of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" has been basically confirmed, with filming tentatively scheduled to start in September, no later than the National Day holiday.

When Lost on Journey was released, Li Qiutang was abroad. With a total cost of less than 700 million, the film grossed 3700 million at the box office, which was considered a big box office miracle. The company's first self-produced film got off to a good start, which allowed the industry to see Qiutang's strength.

Many people do not think that the success of "The Sound of Wind" can be attributed to Qiu Qiu.

The success of Lost on Journey also earned Autumn Pictures the favor of some film and television investors, with some even approaching them to seek cooperation.

In the past, Qiuji relied on the support of two industry celebrities, Li Qiutang and Cao Ping. Now that Qiuji's brand has been put up, the two bosses are happy to see it.

Li Qiutang's first investor, Mr. Zhang, who was engaged in greenhouse cultivation in Qilu, took more than half a year to recover from the huge losses of "Nanjing! Nanjing!". He found Li Qiutang and said that he still wanted to invest in film and television culture!

It seemed that Li Qiutang's previous advice was in vain, as he was still unwilling to make an investment like buying a house to make money.

His net worth is only 50 or 60 million, which is not enough to make a splash if he enters the film and television industry.

But Boss Zhang is not stupid. He said that he would only bet on 2000 million this time. Once the 2000 million was gone, he would give up the idea of investing in the film and television industry.

Li Qiutang couldn't just watch his friend jump into the fire pit. He didn't have the vision to invest in specific projects, so with the help of Li Qiutang, Boss Zhang took out 500 million first and invested it in Red Star House!

Becoming the second largest shareholder of Red Star House after Xiangjiang Haitang International, the shares of Chen Jinfei, Liu Xiaoli and Zhang Jizhong were further diluted.

Li Qiutang didn't want to cheat his friend, so he said to him, "This is Liu Yifei's company. You must know how popular Liu Yifei is. This company will definitely develop in the future."

In the past, he just wanted to maintain Liu Yifei's dignity and leave Red Star House alone, but plans cannot keep up with changes. With the injection of this investment, Li Qiutang really has to consider how to build the Red Star House brand.

(End of this chapter)