Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 254 Premiere
Huayi’s money is still money, so Li Qiutang would of course take it if she could.

But Wang Zhongjun's appetite was too big. He wanted to buy half of the shares of Lantern Entertainment for US$3000 million.

Li Qiutang refused on the spot, saying that he would accept financing and equity investment, but would not consider selling the company.

With the golden rooster of "The Hunger Games" in hand, you can make 30 billion!
Huayi also saw the opportunity of Sino-US co-production, but Li Qiutang still said that he was not sure about the prospects of Sino-US co-production. Even if there is a co-production project, Lantern Entertainment will choose Autumn Pictures first, so that the benefits will not flow to outsiders.

When talking about "In Time", Wang Zhongjun showed a look of regret on his face, saying that he should have resisted the internal pressure of the company and invested some money.

"The company is still relatively traditional and is not very confident about some new themes."

But in fact, Huayi was still the most profitable film company in the country last year. "Aftershock", "If You Are the One 2" and "Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame" all made money.

However, the performance of "In Time" is too impressive. It won awards and had box office success.

"It's 6.5 million now, right?" Although Wang Zhongjun was jealous of the performance of "In Time", he had also seen the market and would not be too excited.

"That should be it. I don't look at the data anymore."

"We should hold a celebration party for such a good result." This was what he meant from the heart. Wang Zhongjun had always been optimistic about Li Qiutang.

Li Qiutang also advocated holding a celebration party: "The company is preparing, and the crew has been traveling around the country with me. It's really hard work."

The young man in front of him was growing too fast. It could not be denied that Huayi had helped Li Qiutang in his growth, but Wang Zhonglei knew better that such a person would achieve success wherever he went.

I used to compare him with Lu Chuan and Ning Hao, but I’m afraid I can’t say that anymore in the future.

After "In Time" became a huge hit, the media looked through the film's information pages, including producers, co-producers, distributors, co-distributors, and publicity companies, a total of twenty-three companies, but could not find the name of Huayi.

But Wang Zhonglei clearly said before that Huayi was considering investing in "In Time".

You don’t even invest in a movie that lays golden eggs like this?

But it’s been almost two years now, and following Huayi and “In Time” is no longer popular.

But some self-media bloggers on Weibo also posted some articles to disgust Huayi.

"In Time was a huge hit, and Wang Zhonglei regretted it so much."

"In Time is a huge hit, but he is the one who suffers the most!"

"Breaking news! This is the inside story of Li Qiutang's departure from Huayi!"

"Li Qiutang slaps Feng Xiaogang in the face, Huayi missed out on "In Time" inside story revealed!"

From this perspective, "In Time" has also generated revenue for many self-media outlets.

The cooperation with Wang Zhongjun was not negotiated either.

On the last Thursday of this month, the crew of "The Beauty Inside" held its premiere in Beijing.

The premiere ceremony wasn't grand or luxurious, but it was pretty presentable.

However, due to the huge sales of "In Time" and Liu Yifei's sudden popularity, the premiere of this low-budget movie also attracted many guests from the circle, so the scene was not shabby.

Good sister Jiang Yiyan said on the red carpet: "Yifei has released two movies in a row, I am very happy for her." She also said that her new movie will start shooting soon.

Li Qiutang even came in a respectful manner to cheer for "The Beauty Inside".

The entire highlight of "The Beauty Inside" is Liu Yifei. It is a real movie with a strong female lead, although it still tells a love story.

But the audience should like watching Liu Yifei fall in love with all kinds of men.

At the premiere, Liu Yifei was also asked this question: "How do you feel about dating so many handsome guys in the movie?"

Liu Yifei smiled while holding the microphone: "I am dazzled. Today I take a photo with this handsome guy, and tomorrow I take a photo with that handsome guy. It's too much to keep up."

The host then asked: "There are so many boyfriends in the film, which one do you like best?"

The audience has already started laughing. This is not the first time that Liu Yifei has been asked this kind of question. She has been asked about her criteria for choosing a partner countless times by countless hosts.

Liu Yifei easily dealt with this question: "Our play is called "The Beauty Inside", and our male lead's face keeps changing. I don't like any one of them, I always like that Gu Zhengqing, Gu Zhengqing's soul, and his inner beauty."

Even the host praised her for her eloquence, but the host would not let Liu Yifei off easily on this issue: "Let's talk about appearance. There are so many handsome actors in the movie, which one do you like best?" Liu Yifei looked at Wu Yanzu beside her and said, "Of course it's Daniel."

Nonsense, the male protagonist is standing next to you, who else should I choose if not him?

Wu Yanzu laughed and said that the host was too mean. He was also asked what it was like to work with Liu Yifei for the first time.

Wu Yanzu said: "Yifei is a very dedicated and hard-working actress." Wu Yanzu knew that the highlight of this play was Liu Yifei, "and she is so beautiful."

Liu Yifei suddenly asked him: "Don't you find me annoying? I kept talking to you on the set."

Wu Yanzu said: "It's okay. I'm also very happy to be able to talk to a beautiful girl like you."

People always like to watch the interaction between handsome men and beautiful women.

After a brief pre-screening interview, the movie began to play.

Now when I watch Liu Yifei on the big screen, I find she is really beautiful.

When they saw the male protagonist transformed into Shu Chang and Liu Yifei sleeping together, some audience members screamed and made people laugh.

When seeing the male protagonist transform into a little boy and have dinner with Liu Yifei, some audience members laughed with evil humor.

At the end of the film, Liu Yifei knocks on the door and the person who opens the door is Li Qiutang. Liu Yifei's only kiss scene in the whole film is given to Li Qiutang, and the whole audience exclaims "Oh".

After the movie was over, the main creators returned to the stage, and this time three guest stars Li Qiutang, Shu Chang, and Jiang Yiyan also appeared on stage.

As soon as the host said open for questions, a lot of hands went up in the audience.

The host called a reporter from Fox Studio, who asked, "I want to ask Director Li Qiutang two questions. What was it like to act for the first time? The second question is, what was it like to film a kissing scene with Liu Yifei?"

When the second question was asked, the whole audience laughed, even the actors on the stage.

Li Qiutang looked at Liu Yifei, and Liu Yifei said, "Why are you looking at me when someone asks you?"

Li Qiutang answered the first question first: "It felt pretty good for my first time acting. I didn't plan to act at first, but Teacher Xue found me and asked me to make a cameo appearance. I just wanted to make a cameo appearance, so I went after finishing it in two or three days. I didn't expect it to be this. I acted pretty well, I guess."

"Very good." Xue Xiaolu said with a smile.

"I didn't know at first that I would be filming a kissing scene with Yifei until we got to the scene. But filming is filming, and kissing scenes are very demanding. When Teacher Xue called out, Yifei and I were very happy."

I don't know how many times they have kissed in private, there is no need to bring up this kind of thing at the premiere.

Liu Yifei was asked about the downgrade of resources. Her last film was "In Time", and this one is "The Beauty Inside" which cost only 2000 million yuan. The gap is too big.

Liu Yifei made a shocking statement: "The Beauty Inside is also a resource.

"For me, there is no distinction between high-level and low-level resources, so there is no such thing as upgrading or downgrading."

After the premiere, Li Qiutang left first, while Liu Yifei and the crew stayed to accept subsequent interviews.

At about one in the morning, Liu Yifei returned to Li Qiutang's apartment. Li Qiutang was taking a shower at the time. When she heard some noise outside the door, she called out, "Yifei?"

"Ah, what's wrong?"

"I thought you were going back today."

"My mother must be asleep at this time, and I will wake her up if I go back." It's not troublesome to bother your boyfriend.

Liu Yifei picked out her clothes and went to the guest bathroom to wash up. When she came out, Li Qiutang was leaning on the bed playing with her cell phone.

Liu Yifei naturally took her boyfriend's arm and put it under her neck: "It's so late, go to sleep."

"I'll play for a while." Li Qiutang picked up the phone again.

“What’s so fun about mobile phones?”

"If you don't let me play, I can't play with my phone anymore."

Liu Yifei was too lazy to pay attention to this bastard.

(End of this chapter)