Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 259 Not for sale!

With 1 million yuan, Li Qiutang made "In Time".

With the same budget of 1 million, "Warring States" was filmed with great star power.

Sun Honglei even took the initiative to apologize to the audience at the event: "There are many aspects of this film that are not satisfactory, please forgive me."

Speaking of Jing Tian, Sun Honglei said: "I really don't know much about those born in the 80s and 90s. I met a little girl (referring to Jing Tian) on the set. She came up to me and said, 'Brother Honglei, I can't act, what should I do?' I've been in the industry for more than ten years, and this is the first time I've met such a 'demon'. But I was also very moved, moved by her frankness."

This doesn't give Jing Tian any face at all.

Sun Honglei wanted to get rid of the influence of "Warring States" as much as possible, and even gave his performance 20 points: "I didn't act sincerely enough. This performance is really subversive, I don't know if it will scare the audience. I apologize to the audience here!"

Jing Tian is so miserable. As soon as the movie was released, this little girl received a lot of negative reviews, but who can blame her for having so many big names in the crew and focusing on her in the publicity?

"The movie gives Jing Tian many close-ups, and the three male actors in the film, Sun Honglei, Wu Zhenyu, and Nakai Kiichi, are crazy about Tian Xi, played by her. Some viewers bluntly said that "Warring States" should be renamed "The Story of Jing Tian and Three Men."

"'Warring States' should be renamed 'Jing Tian'."

However, "Warring States" did earn 1000 million on the first day, and 6000 million in the first six days of the weekend.

Jing Tian doesn't need to cry, someone will come to accompany her soon.

Because "A Chinese Ghost Story" starring Gu Tianle, Tang Yan and Yu Shaoqun was released only one week later than "Warring States".

Tang Yan was scolded to death by netizens when she first appeared as the heroine on the big screen!
The IP of "A Chinese Ghost Story" attracted many audiences to the cinema, but according to a survey, half of the audience on the first day were dissatisfied with Tang Yan's performance.

“I feel cheated.”

"It's a far cry from Joey Wong."

"Nie Xiaoqian's performance was terrible and not worth buying a ticket at all."

Liu Yifei went to see both "Warring States" and "A Chinese Ghost Story".

In the former case, Liu Yifei knew Jing Tian, and Jing Tian was also her fan. Jing Tian often tried to get close to Liu Yifei, and the hair dryer Liu Yifei was using now was given by Jing Tian.

As for the latter, the crew of "A Chinese Ghost Story" had approached her after all, and she wanted to play Nie Xiaoqian at that time. Now that the film was released, she took her assistant to watch it out of curiosity.

After watching the movie, Liu Yifei took her assistant to dinner with Li Qiutang. Before she could say anything, her assistant started to complain.

"I'm never going to the movies with you again. I'm already hurt after watching two bad movies."

Liu Yifei felt very guilty. The two films were indeed bad, but she still watched them forcefully.

Li Qiutang said: "Just think of it as spending 40 yuan to sit on a big sofa in the cinema for two hours."

He then said to Liu Yifei: "I advised you not to take the job, but you argued with me. Now you see what I'm saying."

"It's really such a bad photo." Liu Yifei felt a little embarrassed.

During the meal, Li Qiutang took the initiative to ask about the class reunion that Liu Yifei had with Luo Jin and his classmates a few days ago.

Liu Yifei said the atmosphere was very good at the time: "They also talked about you, saying that they would invite you to the next party. You are considered a non-staff member of our class."

"I'm not that easy to please." Li Qiutang said proudly.

Liu Yifei said that most of the people in the class have developed well, and even if they are not in front of the stage, they are doing well behind the scenes.

02 This is a star class. Liu Yifei, Zhu Yawen, and Jiang Yiyan are all famous. Luo Jin and Zhou Yang are not as famous, but they are also famous. It is amazing that an acting class can have four or five famous people.

"Who's going?" The classmates in the 02 directing class didn't have a deep relationship and couldn't get together. This was one of the few regrets in Li Qiutang's entire student life. "Ya Wen, Luo Jin, Xu Qian, Deng Zifei, Wang Jia..." Liu Yifei reported a series of names, "We'll have dinner together, and then go sing after dinner."

"Why didn't Jiang Yiyan, your class's party activist, come?"

"She's filming a movie, the leading lady." Liu Yifei said, "It's the famous movie 'The Four', she got the role of Ruthless Woman."

"The cake shop owner praises her so much."

Liu Yifei glared at Li Qiutang, who immediately changed his tone: "What did I say? I'm just praising an actor. That's it."

Li Qiutang then asked, "Didn't she borrow 200 million from you last year? Did she pay it back?"

When Jiang Yiyan borrowed money, she said that she would be paid back by the end of last year at the earliest and the beginning of this year at the latest.

"Yes, I paid it back a few days after the Lantern Festival."

After the meal, Liu Yifei went back to her home to accompany her mother, while Li Qiutang had social engagements and work in the evening, so the two separated.

What Li Qiutang is going to discuss today is the copyright issue of "The Legend of Zhen Huan".

"The Legend of Zhen Huan" is a project brought out by Cao Ping from the Yanjing Television Art Center. It is mainly invested by Tian Tian, and the Yanjing Television Art Center is the second largest producer.

The TV series has been completed and is in post-production.

Qiu Tian and Yanjing Television Art Center jointly supported the production, Cao Ping produced it, and Zheng Xiaolong directed it. The show is currently selling quite well. Li Qiutang handed over the TV series to Cao Ping and was not too worried.

What we are going to talk about today is the online copyright of "The Legend of Zhen Huan".

LeTV offered a sky-high price of 2000 million to buy out the online broadcasting rights of "The Legend of Zhen Huan".

This price is really astronomical nowadays. How many people watch TV series online now? How dare you spend 2000 million to buy a TV series?

Although Li Qiutang had said long ago that the company would not sell permanent copyrights, the price offered by LeTV was too high, and the copyright operations department was shaken, so Li Qiutang had to step in personally to stabilize the situation.

What Boss Jia saw, Li Qiutang also saw.

"I still say that the company's copyrights cannot be sold permanently." Then Li Qiutang criticized the Copyright Operation Department, which had been established for less than half a year. "Copyright operation, the last two words are operation. If you sell the copyright permanently, I want you to operate it?"

The copyright manager laughed dryly and didn't know how to answer. The new official had been in office for less than half a year and thought he had encountered a big order of 2000 million, but he didn't expect it to be rejected by the boss and he was also scolded.

"If LeEco wants to buy, let's continue the negotiation. I would rather earn less than lose money, but I want to have the copyright. You are professional copyright operators, how come you don't understand it as well as I do? Copyright revenue requires a steady stream of income over the long term. Is 2000 million too much now? The drama "Empresses in the Palace" can guarantee your department's performance for ten years, so take a long-term view."

Li Qiutang actually suggested postponing the sale of the copyright of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" and selling it after "The Legend of Zhen Huan" is broadcast, which will bring more profit.

But the industry has already known about this drama, and people came to discuss it in advance, so I can’t refuse them.

Li Qiutang only found out at today's meeting that Cai Shaofen was already pregnant when she joined the crew. After she became pregnant, the crew didn't dare to take full-body photos of her.

It is true that she is dedicated to her work, but as a director and a boss, Li Qiutang doesn't like actresses to be so "dedicated".

But since the film has already been shot, there is no need to pursue the matter.

Li Qiutang took a sip of water and continued, "The Temptation to Go Home is doing very well on Youku, right?"

"It was broadcast very well, and the ratings for the online and TV channels simultaneously exploded. They also want to buy out the rights, and I will give them a reply tomorrow." Now no one dares to mention selling permanent copyrights.

After a two-hour meeting with colleagues from the Copyright Department, Boss Li paid for a midnight snack out of his own pocket at the end, and everyone left only after they had eaten.

(End of this chapter)