Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 238 Certain Death
Among the three blockbusters in the Lunar New Year holiday, why does "In Time", which has not yet been scheduled, have the most negative news?
This is unfair.

"In Time" was just riding on the popularity of the Lunar New Year period to get some publicity for itself, and it didn't commit any heinous crime.

The latest news is that Li Qiutang is the one. The reason is very good. Although Li Qiutang has had scandals with many actresses, such as Qin Lan and Gao Yuanyuan, they were later said to be hype by the crew.

It’s hype all right, but considering Li Qiutang’s conditions, it’s very unreasonable that he is still single.

Plus he had been at Huayi for two years...

Now that circle has not attracted the attention of netizens, many people do not believe it when people directly say that Li Qiutang is the one.

There is also information saying that Li Qiutang is bisexual because someone dug up the two girlfriends Li Qiutang dated in college.

One is Li Yuexi, majoring in Acting in 02 at the Central Academy of Drama; the other is Gao Yang, majoring in Musical in 03 at the Beijing Dance Academy.

Both of them are in the circle, but they are both small-time celebrities. After the news came out, no one went to verify it.

From this we can conclude that Li Qiutang is popular with both men and women.

This despicable trick may not have much effect on Li Qiutang herself or the crew of "In Time".

But it's disgusting enough.

Since it is difficult for the person involved to refute, what can Li Qiutang do? Should she jump out and say that it is not her fault?
Liu Yifei was forced to appear on a legal program to clarify the matter, but even now some people still bring up the issue of gender reassignment.

What's more, this kind of information has only begun to circulate on the Internet, but it has not been widely disseminated, nor has it caused any particularly heated discussion.

Li Qiutang was so busy that he didn't even realize what others were saying about him.

Li Qiutang also needs to contact the United States during this period.

Li Qiutang had said before that Michael Lynn was too good at spending money.

Look, the old man has found another movie for the company, and it is the small and medium-cost R-rated movie he mentioned before.

It's called "Teddy Bear". Michael Lynn said that he had read the movie script and it was full of swear words and the plot was very explicit.

Just go down three roads.

Michael Lynn urged Li Qiutang to sign the project, even though the director was a little-known Seth MacFarlane, who started out as an actor but wasn't very successful.

Michael Lynn was worried that Li Qiutang would not be able to understand such a low-level R-rated film as "Ted".

He said that this kind of R-rated film, which is full of shit, has always had a good audience in Europe and the United States.

"People in the East are reserved and introverted by nature, so they may not understand this kind of movie. But in America, this kind of movie reflects the real life of many people, so I think it's worth investing in."

In fact, Li Qiutang decided to invest after listening to Michael Lynn's story of "Teddy Bear".

Michael Lynn was probably talking about the mean teddy bear, but he still asked for a copy of the script of Teddy Bear and the director's storyboard.

It's a good movie, but I can't invest in it just because you say so. I have to watch it first.

But the current script of "Ted" is really too simple. It seems that many things in the original film were improvised by the director and screenwriter on the set.

Hollywood also has flying papers!

After looking at it carefully for two days, Li Qiutang replied to Michael Lynn that he could take "Ted" and he would authorize Michael Lynn to sign the film, but the cost of the film must be controlled within 5000 million US dollars.

An R-rated movie requires the awareness of an R-rated movie, and Li Qiutang is not an oriental rich man.

Michael Lynn guaranteed that the budget would not exceed $3000 million, and said that director Seth MacFarlane had already raised a portion of the investment, enough to start filming, but the follow-up funds were not settled. Lantern Entertainment only needed to make up this part of the funds to become the largest shareholder of Ted. The money that Lantern Entertainment had to pay would not even exceed $ million.

Li Qiutang was quite satisfied with the figure of 3000 million. As for the distribution of copyrights, Hollywood had certain agreements on this matter, and it was easy for someone like Michael Lynn to do such a thing for a veteran.

Lantern Entertainment has become the largest investor in "Ted Bear" and will naturally account for the lion's share of copyright revenue.

After talking about "Ted", it's time to talk about the long-prepared "The Hunger Games". This film has taken up too much energy of Lantern Entertainment. Now it is finally on track, and all work is in preparation for the start of filming on time in July next year.

Moreover, Michael Lynn reported to Li Qiutang that they had already selected Jennifer Lawrence to play the leading female role, and Lantern Entertainment and Jennifer Lawrence signed three "Hunger Games" film contracts at once - there are only three "Hunger Games" novels.

But Li Qiutang asked him to sign a four-film contract with Jennifer Lawrence.

"I also want to release the third movie in two parts like Harry Potter."

It’s just signing one more movie, no big deal.

Signing the contract in advance does not mean that Jennifer Lawrence will not get a pay raise - no one would negotiate the pay for the next three films so early - signing the contract in advance is to prevent Jennifer Lawrence from getting a random pay raise.

The first film was a hit, but Jennifer Lawrence asked for an exorbitant price for the second film, which hurt the relationship between the two parties.

If the first film becomes a hit, Lantern Entertainment will naturally raise her salary for the second film, so she needs to sign a film contract in advance to keep things within a framework.

The specific amount of benefits can be discussed in a supplementary agreement later.

I managed to temporarily arrange the Lantern Entertainment matters by meeting with Michael Lynn despite the time difference of more than ten hours.

Li Qiutang was very concerned about Focus Features' public relations for In Time. Focus Features got In Time very late, and Li Qiutang was worried that something might go wrong.

But when it comes to getting things done for money, Focus Features is relatively reliable.

Li Qiutang only needed to cooperate with Focus's public relations procedures later, so Li Qiutang naturally agreed.

I don't know who spread the news, but it was said that all post-production of "In Time" has been completed, and it will be aired on the 22nd to compete head-on with "If You Are the One 2".

There was no war of words in this year's Lunar New Year movie season, which was not fun at all. Some people are trying to stir up a war of words between Feng Xiaogang and Li Qiutang again.

It’s not that you can’t curse, it’s just that it’s not good!

"In Time" will not be released until the Spring Festival. If you want to criticize it, you have to wait until next month. If you criticize it now, wouldn't that just be giving the other party traffic?

Feng Xiaogang didn't want to curse either. Feng's comedies were invincible during the Lunar New Year period. He didn't need to do this kind of marketing by cursing. He even felt that cursing would only bring popularity to the other party.

What success can a science fiction film, especially a domestic one, have?
However, the first half of this news is true. The film "In Time" has indeed been completed and is undergoing final review by the General Administration these days, waiting for the certification and the dragon mark.

As a result, many industry media people, experts and scholars approached the producer and Li Qiutang and asked to watch the film in advance.

The film company generally would not refuse such a request, but the crew of "In Time" refused.

Before the release, In Time will not be screened in advance in any form. And before the release, in addition to the review by the General Administration, the four major production companies will not have seen more than one copy of the feature film.

Even Wang Changtian didn’t see the movie.

Autumn Pictures is in the process of negotiating its Series A financing, and investment institutions also proposed to watch In Time, but were rejected by Cao Ping.

This is also a marketing point of "In Time". No media screenings are organized, and no advance screenings are held. The film is kept secret to the end, and the appetite of the outside world is whetted, so that it will start on time on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

But on this day, a long article leaked from Tianya, titled "Industry Insider Analysis: The Time Planning Bureau is doomed to die, and domestic science fiction will die this year."

(End of this chapter)