Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 270 Even You Are Mine
As the saying goes, don't trust people when you employ them, and don't use people when you are suspicious.

In her previous collaboration with Guangxian, Li Qiutang thought she had a deeper understanding of Zhang Zhao - he was extremely ambitious and really wanted to make a career, and fame and fortune were secondary.

Therefore, at least in the initial stage of Zhang Zhao's employment, he, as the chairman, should fully delegate power to him, whether it is sincere or just a gesture.

After having two meetings with Zhang Zhao after finishing "The Common Man", Li Qiutang had not seen him for more than half a month, letting him do whatever he wanted.

Even when Qiu Tian signed the contract with Huayi for the collaboration on "Pacific Rim", Li Qiutang did not show up and left it entirely to Zhang Zhao to handle.

In the fall, the mainland box office of "Pacific Rim" was valued at 8 million yuan, and 1.52% of the share was sold to Huayi Brothers for 50 million yuan.

The transaction price was more than 3 million higher than Qiu Tian had estimated because the huge success of "Transformers " made Qiu Tian and Huayi believe that Hollywood mecha movies have a broad market in the mainland.

At that time, the domestic release titles of "Pacific Rim" will include the labels of Autumn and Huayi, and Huayi will participate in the domestic distribution business of "Pacific Rim".

However, Huayi only has the right to distribute domestic profits and is not allowed to interfere with the creation of "Pacific Rim". After all, Huayi signed a contract with Autumn, not Legend.

So Wang Zhonglei could only watch Qiu take away the heroine of this blockbuster.

In the fall, the company immediately recovered the 1.4 million yuan it spent on purchasing the film and even made a small profit.

If you control the channels, you can do whatever you want.

As for what Huayi will do with its half of the share, it is none of Qiu Tian’s business.

On this day, Li Qiutang hosted a private banquet for several key personnel from the company's investment and production management department.

Half of this year has passed. So far, the company's performance is very good. The movie "In Time" and the TV series "Temptation to Go Home" have both been big hits, bringing huge profits to the company.

Naturally, when talking about rewards, Li Qiutang has never been stingy in this regard and promised that he would give out big red envelopes and bonuses at this year's annual meeting.

He also mentioned: "Some core creators of the crew should also be rewarded. Don't neglect them just because they are not from the company."

For example, Cao Dun, the director of photography of "In Time", has no labor relationship with Qiu Tian, but the huge sales of "In Time" are inseparable from Cao Dun's efforts in photography.

According to Li Qiutang's idea, it would not be too much to give Cao Dun a red envelope of three to five million.

But the colleague said, "That's what we planned too. We plan to have you personally give him the bonus at the end of the year at the annual meeting. In addition, we chartered a yacht for him in Hong Kong last month so he could go out to sea."

Hong Kong, yachts, and sea trips.

It goes without saying what kind of reward package has been arranged for Cao Dun.

Cao Dun's smoking and drinking habits are average, but he likes this kind of stuff.

But this thing can't even be considered a pervert, it's just fun at best.

Li Qiutang did not particularly object after learning about it, but just asked them to do it more cleanly. Don't worry about that, they have a complete chain.

Speaking of the company's films, Zhang Zhao is personally in charge of the movie part, so there is no problem. The TV series department has just become independent and is making bigger moves.

In addition to the upcoming "The Legend of Zhen Huan", the company is currently working on two dramas, one is "Parents' Love" purchased from Jiang Wen, and the other is the TV version of "The Sound of Wind".

Cao Ping attaches great importance to both dramas, one is a period drama and the other is a spy war drama. Cao Ping boasts that these are two ratings champions and two drama kings!
The drama version of "The Sound of Wind" was directed by Li Qiutang's mentor Jiang Wei. The first partner is still Dongyang Qingyu. The screenwriter is Huang Ke, the screenwriter of "Before the Dawn", plus a female screenwriter to supplement the female perspective. Mai Jia will also participate in the screenwriting work as a consultant.

This lineup is very powerful in the drama circle.

However, Jiang Wei and Huang Ke are both people who take their time to produce fine results. They would not be able to complete the work within two to three years.

Li Qiutang was not in a hurry. Since the film was being made according to the standards of a drama king, he could afford to wait for the next two to three years.

Li Qiutang suddenly thought of the movie "Love Is Not Blind". He really didn't care about this movie and didn't know what it was like now.

"It's finished filming and will be released this year."

"Who did you choose as the male and female lead?"

"Bai Baihe and Wang Kai." Li Qiutang did not intervene, and the company actually replaced Wen Zhang.

They talked a few more words about work, but since it was a private party after all, the topic people talked about most was still love and romance.

"Pacific Rim" has been confirmed to start filming in Toronto, Canada in November. The crew recently began urging the heroine Liu Yifei to join the crew early for action training.

But Liu Yifei wanted to postpone it for a few days because she wanted to spend her boyfriend's birthday before joining the crew.

Their birthdays were only one day apart. On the 25th, Li Qiutang took Liu Xiaoli and Liu Yifei, mother and daughter, and their respective assistants, a total of five people, to dinner to celebrate Liu Yifei's birthday.

Li Qiutang generously gave Liu Yifei a jewel necklace and a bouquet of roses in front of others and wished her a happy birthday.

Li Qiutang said in front of Liu Xiaoli: "You look a little disappointed, don't you like it?" "No, it's very beautiful."

"You want a ring?"

"You're talking nonsense." Liu Yifei glanced at her mother who was sitting next to her. Her boyfriend was a little too bold.

Liu Xiaoli also smiled: "It's normal to want a ring."

"mom!"

Liu Xiaoli didn't say anything, but just smiled and looked at her daughter, then at Xiao Li, thinking that the two were a perfect match.

After the group finished their meal, Liu Xiaoli said that she was tired and wanted to go home to rest first, and asked the young people to go and play.

The assistants of the two naturally would not be light bulbs, but they could not help but laugh at the two: "Aunt Liu left, and we left too, and we won't be the light bulbs."

After their assistants left, Li Qiutang took Liu Yifei to the night market.

Although it is her zodiac year, Liu Yifei doesn't seem to feel anything.

“After so many birthdays, I feel like it’s becoming more and more of a formality.” But she is very happy to have her mother and boyfriend by her side.

Li Qiutang said: "It's your birthday, say something nice."

"Hey, we have sugar paintings!" Liu Yifei ran over and asked, "Boss, how much do you sell this for?"

"It's five dollars per turn. You can draw whatever you turn to. If you want to specify something, it's 20."

"Which one of yours has the most candy?"

"This one has the most Phoenix and Dragon candies." This little girl is really strange. She's still wearing a hat in such hot weather.

Li Qiutang took out the money: "Turn it over, what do you want?"

Liu Yifei said, "Of course I want the Phoenix. Boss, is anyone transferring to Phoenix?"

"Yes, just now, ten minutes ago, another couple transferred 5 yuan to Phoenix. Have a try, it's worth it."

Before Liu Yifei spun, Li Qiutang said, "Don't let your bad luck turn out a snake, or I'll give you a candy stick."

"It's my birthday today, I will definitely be able to get to Phoenix." Liu Yifei exerted force on her hand and turned the turntable.

Phoenix, Phoenix, Phoenix, Liu Yifei muttered silently in her heart.

But the arrow really stopped on the snake.

“Hahahahahahahaha!!” this drew Li Qiutang’s merciless ridicule.

The boss comforted Liu Yifei: "It's okay, the snake is fine."

As she was drawing a snake for her, Liu Yifei was not satisfied: "Draw more of the snake's scales."

But the boss would not listen to her. He quickly finished the painting, glued the small wooden sticks on, and delivered the goods.

"I'll take one too." Li Qiutang took out another 5 yuan. He hadn't seen a sugar painting in many years.

Li Qiutang turned the pointer, and Liu Yifei stared at the turntable, muttering to herself, "Snake, snake, snake."

But the pointer happened to stop on the golden dragon.

"Ah, a dragon!" Liu Yifei shouted happily, "Do it quickly." Liu Yifei's shouting attracted several onlookers. The dragon made from sugar painting was indeed worth seeing.

The boss laughed and said, "If I can only draw a phoenix and a dragon in ten minutes, I will lose a lot of money." But he did not stop working and continued to draw a dragon for Li Qiutang.

Then, it was taken away by Liu Yifei.

"Hey, this is mine."

"I don't care. I want this. You take the snake."

"This is also the first time I have turned into a dragon."

Liu Yifei said: "Today is my birthday, I am the boss. Besides, even you belong to me, but I am so stingy that I can't bear to give you up." Then she took a selfie with the sugar painting and posted it on Weibo:

"I got a dragon on my first sugar painting. I'm sure I'll have good luck in the coming year!"

(End of this chapter)