Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 265 Start fishing

It is indeed not very convenient to use a team that is not your own.

As for the ban on alcohol in a film crew, if it were my own team, the producer and supervisor would naturally take care of this matter.

But in the crew of "Ordinary Man", the producer and supervisor were working together for the first time and did not take this rule too seriously.

What’s even more outrageous is that the assistant director of the extras took the lead in gambling.

Li Qiutang did not make the matter public. Instead, after the filming that day, she called together Huang Xiaoming, the production director and the assistant director who had gambled.

"You're crazy because of poverty!" Li Qiutang scolded, "Playing cards with extras!"

"They make 60 yuan a day, you can make that money too!"

Huang Xiaoming was stunned for a moment.

The production director also scolded the assistant director along with Li Qiutang: "Who else in the crew was involved?"

"No, I'm alone."

Li Qiutang snorted coldly: "You are quite loyal. How much money have you won from others in the past few days?"

"Not much, just 1200 yuan."

"You've never seen money before. Is 1200 yuan worth doing this on the crew?" The production director thought he was a loser.

Huang Xiaoming asked Li Qiutang: "Director, what do you mean?"

Li Qiutang said, "Don't talk about tomorrow. Return the money today and leave the group tomorrow. Tell everyone that you are sick."

The assistant director didn't even dare to beg for mercy. He knew that Li Qiutang was giving him face so that he could still work in this circle in the future.

It would be extremely easy for Li Qiutang to ban an assistant director in the circle.

"Okay, thank you director."

"Okay, get out now. Be more honest in your work from now on. There are opportunities for you to make money. What's the use of just staring at the extras' pockets for a few bucks?"

The assistant director said nothing and left quietly.

After he left, the production director first apologized to Li Qiutang, saying that such a matter should not be handled directly by the director.

Not to mention that Li Qiutang came to put out the fire.

Li Qiutang waved his hands and didn't take it to heart. Every crew has these shitty things going on. He had even seen crews ordering takeout.

Huang Xiaoming asked another question: "How do you know that extras make 60 yuan a day?"

"I heard the extras chatting." Li Qiutang was a little excited just now and blurted out the price of extras.

Huang Xiaoming said: "That's not right, I give 80 per person per day."

Li Qiutang stopped talking. This was none of his business.

The production director was sweating profusely. Everything on the crew related to money was related to him, but he also had something to say: "I approved 80."

But this was not Huang Xiaoming's first day in the crew, and he knew that the 20 yuan would definitely be divided up by the assistant director and the group leader.

As the boss of the crew, he could certainly pursue the matter, and it was justified. But Huang Xiaoming thought about it and said, "Forget it. Who knows what will happen if we pursue it. It's best if nothing happens now."

This is not to say that Huang Xiaoming is a good person, but that most crews do things this way. They will not interfere if they can. Why do many crews not deal with celebrities who act like big shots? It is because apart from filming, everything else is a small matter. As long as it is not excessive and does not cause a scene in the crew, the director and producer will basically meet the needs of big stars.

Each person will lose 20 yuan per day, and at the end of the month, the crew will lose to yuan in extras' pay. But compared to the shock that the investigation of this matter would bring to the crew, Huang Xiaoming chose to take the loss.

This year, the Shanghai Film Festival naturally invited Li Qiutang, but Li Qiutang did not go. Needless to say, they were going to film here, but the key point was that the Shanghai Film Festival did not have a good intention.

The authorities want to arrange for Li Qiutang and Wu Yusen to host a master class to comment on venture capital projects and provide face-to-face instruction to young directors.

Li Qiutang would not fall for this trick!
There's nothing wrong with bringing attention to the film festival, but Li Qiutang refused to be on the same stage as him.

However, Liu Yifei, who was filming in Shanghai, went to the film festival and participated in two events. One was a meeting for "Introduction to Architecture". The movie was being shot, so it was reasonable to take the opportunity of the film festival to open the set to visitors.

The second event is the new film launch of Autumn Pictures!
Autumn Pictures only brought one new film today.

It’s the Sino-US co-production “Pacific Rim”!
Cao Ping declared on stage: “The total investment in this film is nearly 2 million US dollars, which is the most expensive film in the history of co-productions!

"Autumn Pictures is the second largest producer of the film, and our investment share is second only to Legendary Pictures in Hollywood." This is not bragging. The $2000 million investment does make Autumn Pictures the largest single investment entity after Legendary.

Thomas Tull even came to the scene in person to cooperate with Qiu in bragging, saying, "I've already paid 2000 million US dollars, and you can't even come and support me?"
Thomas Tull said at the event: "China is the film market I am most optimistic about, and a dynamic and powerful film company like Autumn is the partner I have been looking for."

Liu Yifei's participation was not announced at the scene.

Such a big co-production is also trying to create hype in the fall.

However, Liu Yifei's team had previously publicized that she had auditioned for a legendary new film, and her appearance at the press conference still caused speculation in the media, who asked her if she was sure she would star in the film.

But how could Liu Yifei say that? She just said, "I don't even know what this movie is about." She didn't lie. She still hasn't received the script.

She added: "Besides me, there are many other actresses at the press conference today. Don't overthink it. They are just holding a press conference for a new film. I may only have a little first-mover advantage, and the crew didn't give me any news."

But the reporter also had something to say: "Including In Time, you've starred in three consecutive autumn movies."

This is easy to explain. Liu Yifei said, "Ah, I have to thank Sister Cao Ping for this."

From the outside, it seems that Liu Yifei has been clinging to Qiu Tian since she was “unbanned”. It is normal. If the company pulls you out of the “ban”, you should give them two more films as a reward, right?

For now, no one has thought that Liu Yifei might be the future boss lady of Qiutian, and many people don’t know that Qiutian is Li Qiutang’s company.

After Liu Yifei gave a brief interview, she left the press conference escorted by her assistants and staff. She was still filming a scene there.

The announcement of "Pacific Rim" (now called "Sea of Silence") in the fall was for two reasons: one was to build momentum for the company and the film; after "In Time", the company needed a blockbuster; the other was to attract investment.

2000 million US dollars, 1 million yuan, if I don’t visit domestic companies in the fall, I will be sorry for all the wasted saliva of Li Qiutang.

After watching this press conference, Guangxian and Huayi had mixed feelings.

Two months ago, I took the initiative to approach you to do a Sino-US co-production, and you said that you couldn't see any future for Sino-US co-production. It turns out that you have such a big bomb hidden!

But what can they do? Ask themselves, if they have such a project, they themselves would not take it out to cooperate with others.

It’s clear that fishing is in the works in the fall, but with this bait, they must bite!
They had no way of knowing how much had been invested in the fall, so they could only try their best to guess.

Li Qiutang was not seen on the set, so she could only talk to Cao Ping and other executives. Huayi was the first to make a move, and they wanted to end the competition in one fell swoop, so they directly offered the highest price in their minds, 1500 million US dollars to buy 70% of Qiu Tian's investment, and the investment was exclusive. After accepting Huayi's investment, Qiu Tian was not allowed to accept investment from other companies on this project.

The final decision on the "Pacific Rim" project lies with Li Qiutang.

Li Qiutang's opinion was to stretch! Don't refuse, don't agree, and then talk to Guangxian and Bernard.

(End of this chapter)