Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 239 Shortlisted!

The author of this article claims to be a grassroots technician at a film company. He revealed that he had participated in part of the post-production of "In Time" - the domestic post-production of "In Time" mobilized more than 30 companies, so what he said about participating in some of the work might be true.

In the article, he enumerated a number of problems with "In Time", from crew shooting management to post-production, listing a total of 20 items.

For example, in order to save costs, Li Qiutang fired the Korean fireworks team that had advanced technology and experience and replaced it with a cheap domestic solution.

The four major producers were fighting for power in the crew, which caused the crew to stop working for a long time.

Li Qiutang would rather pay more money to the Korean special effects company than increase the budget for the domestic team.

The life producer of the crew was an old subordinate of Li Qiutang. The two of them joined forces to make money in the crew. After following Li Qiutang in two dramas, the life producer bought a big villa in Yanjing, where every inch of land is worth a lot of money.

There are 20 items in total.

Combining these 20 charges, the author asserted: "The quality of In Time must be very bad, otherwise Li Qiutang would not have refused the request of industry media experts to watch the film. In the past two years, the two highly anticipated science fiction blockbusters, Robot and Future Cop, both flopped. The Hong Kong team can't make a good science fiction film, and Li Qiutang's purely mainland cast is even less likely to do so. Previously, Li Qiutang had been asking the audience to wait for In Time, which was a marketing ploy to whet the audience's appetite. If he was really so confident, why didn't he dare to let the industry watch the film first? He kept it so secret because he was afraid that others would know that it was a bad film, and word of mouth would spread, which would be detrimental to his ticket sales.

"Li Qiutang is acting like a defender of Chinese science fiction films. He is just bragging. When the audience scolds him, he can say that the audience is scolding Chinese science fiction and cannot stand seeing Chinese science fiction do well.

"This is also the reason why In Time has not been scheduled for a release date. When filming began, Li Qiutang said it would be scheduled for the Lunar New Year, but now he won't say a specific date. He is just delaying it for as long as possible.

"Li Qiutang criticized "Robot" and "Future Police", saying that others have destroyed the confidence of domestic science fiction, but in fact, domestic science fiction will eventually be ruined by him, and it will be ruined by "In Time".

"In Time is bound to fail, and I'm writing this post as proof."

This article caused a huge response on Tianya, because the 20 "charges" seemed really realistic and very technical, and they all talked about the work and life of the crew, satisfying the curiosity of many ordinary viewers about the life of the crew.

The article was quickly reposted on major mainstream forums.

This thousand-word article caused a bigger sensation than the previous rumor that Li Qiutang was promiscuous.

Many netizens have come to discuss the 20 "charges" in it.

The most infuriating thing is that these 20 “charges” are written in an ambiguous manner, making it difficult to tell whether they are true or false.

Li Qiutang did fire the Korean fireworks team in order to save costs, and instead used alternatives from the Bayi Film Studio and Changchun Film Studio.

This is real.

But the article didn’t mention that domestic products can achieve 50% of the Korean team’s results at 80% of the price.

Why not?
Li Qiutang did give the Korean special effects company additional budget, but that was to meet the deadline.

why not?
But it was impossible for Li Qiutang to point out the 20 "charges" and refute them one by one.

Why not?!
Li Qiutang would not stand this kind of humiliation!
He decided to fight back. He read the article carefully and prepared to write a response!
At the same time, many people in the industry also expressed their views on this article.

First up was Fan Bingbing, who had worked with Li Qiutang. She publicly supported Li Qiutang at an event at the end of the year. She did not mention the article, but just said, "The movie I want to watch most is In Time. I believe Director Qiutang will not disappoint the audience."

Huang Xiaoming, who is still filming "Pifu", also posted on Weibo to support Li Qiutang:

"I believe in Director Qiu Tang and hope that In Time can meet the audience soon."

Deng Chao also said in an interview: "I will go watch In Time, it must be good to watch."

This is actually very abnormal. Just ignore this kind of groundless accusation.

However, some people think that these accusations may not be without reason, and that the crew of "In Time" and Li Qiutang herself have some problems. Flies don't bite seamless eggs. If you have no problems, why would people focus on your movie that has not yet been released?
My goodness, you haven't even released the movie yet, and you've only been promoting it for a few days as usual, but you've already caused so many things.

It’s selling pirated goods, it’s targeting both men and women, and there are 20 charges against them.

20 of them!

Do you dare to say that you are okay?
Li Qiutang is very grateful for the support of these friends in the circle, but he still wants to make a targeted response to the 20 charges.

Li Qiutang is very stingy in this regard.

"Please show me if there are any typos."

Li Qiutang also wrote a thousand-word article, responding to some controversial issues one by one.

Give it to my girlfriend for proofreading.

But Liu Yifei was very opposed to Li Qiutang's response to such boring things. According to her, don't worry about these things. Once the movie is released, there will naturally be an answer.

But Li Qiutang said: "A fly won't bite an egg without cracks? Damn, flies will bite anywhere. Is it the egg's problem? It's the fly's problem! I'm a good egg!"

Liu Yifei was amused by his words and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, you are a good egg, but good egg, can you write the words correctly? There are four wrong words in the first three lines."

"Is it wrong?" Li Qiutang leaned over and said, "Maybe you were too excited when you wrote it. Please correct it."

Then he continued, "I am upright and honest, so I don't care about ordinary things. There are 20 charges. Did I kill someone or set a fire? Let him count out the 20 charges for me."

"As for cursing, would I, a Northeasterner, be afraid of this? Have you finished reading it?"

"Let me read it carefully. It will be so embarrassing if someone finds typos." Although Liu Yifei does not support her boyfriend's behavior, she will still stand by her boyfriend if Li Qiutang wants to do it.

Liu Yifei read it twice more and felt that there was nothing wrong with it, but still advised him not to quarrel with others online.

Li Qiutang refused to listen and said, "You still say I am bisexual, I'm not."

This is what Liu Yifei laughed at the most. She said, "Some people even said I was an X."

Li Qiutang said: "That's because they are stupid. How can a person be a transvestite and have an abortion?"

"That can't be helped. Someone just believes it." Liu Yifei closed the document. "I'll post it tomorrow. It's so late now. No one will read it even if I post it."

Liu Yifei thought that if she could delay it for a while, the better. Maybe there would be a new idea tomorrow morning.

Li Qiutang agreed to her request and said she would post it tomorrow morning: "I will scold them to death!"

But what Liu Yifei said really came true!

Sure enough, there was a turning point the next morning!

Last night, US time, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association held a Golden Globe nomination ceremony in Beverly Hills.

The Chinese sci-fi action film "In Time" was shortlisted for the 68th Golden Globe Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay!!!
The news was published in China early in the morning!
At that time, foreign-language films were not eligible for Best Picture nominations for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". "In Time" became the first Chinese-language film to be nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Picture - Drama!

The country was in an uproar!

(End of this chapter)