Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 304 I am watching from afar~
This was by no means a pleasant meal!

What is more infuriating than a fight is perfunctory and ignoring things.

Lu Chuan was very excited about what he said, but Li Qiutang just responded with "hmm" and "ah". His attention was on eating, and he occasionally said a few words to Qin Lan. He didn't care about Lu Chuan at all.

Qin Lan also noticed Li Qiutang's perfunctory attitude. She changed the subject several times, wanting Lu Chuan to stop talking and eat first, but Lu Chuan started talking again after just a few bites.

They talked about how difficult it was for him to be a screenwriter and make films in his early years, and that the market is hot now, and that Li Qiutang's generation of juniors are standing on their shoulders.

Didn’t Lu Chuan realize that Li Qiutang was just trying to please him?

He saw it, but he couldn't stop. He could only make his presence felt by talking non-stop. His seniority was his only advantage over Li Qiutang.

He knew better than anyone that he was no match for Li Qiutang in terms of business performance and awards.

"In Time" grossed 6.8 million yuan, which is still the highest box office record for a domestic film. Even the Golden Globe Award is not comparable to that of Saint Sebastian.

Li Qiutang's winning of the Golden Globe Award was reported on the news broadcast, and his winning of the Saint James Award was also mentioned briefly in the Channel 6 news.

Li Qiutang also had an uncomfortable meal. He was not targeting Lu Chuan. He also wanted to talk to him nicely, but as soon as the other person started talking, he instinctively didn't want to listen and he didn't know why.

In the end, I could only respond with "hmm" and "ah" to please the other party.

Qin Lan and Li Qiutang still had some tacit understanding. Seeing that Li Qiutang was uncomfortable sitting here, she decided not to keep her. Li Qiutang gave her a look, and Qin Lan said, "It's getting late. How about we do this for today?"

Li Qiutang stood up and said, "That's it for today. I'll treat you when you return to Yanjing or Fengtian."

"Okay then." Qin Lan agreed readily.

Li Qiutang nodded to Lu Chuan, indicating that she was leaving, and Lu Chuan also nodded.

Qin Lan knew that today's meal was wasted.

Qin Lan just wanted to ease the relationship between the two and didn't have any other expectations, but it seemed that her efforts were in vain.

There is no conflict of interest between the two, it may just be a simple literary jealousy.

After the Shanghai Film Festival ended, the summer movie season kicked off with "Painted Skin 2".

With 7000 million on the first day, it broke the first-day box office record for Chinese-language films, but the highest single-day record holder is still "In Time" with 8000 million.

However, two days later on Sunday, "Painted Skin 9000" achieved a good result of million in a single day, breaking the record of "In Time".

It earned 4 million in the first four days of the weekend, breaking the 3 million record of "In Time".

After one week of release, the box office exceeded 4 million!
The summer season is completely ignited! Wuershan became famous in one battle!
The crew of "The Ordinary Man" is not panicking at all. Although "Painted Skin 2" will steal the audience, the goal of "The Ordinary Man" is to break 100 million yuan. The summer season is so big that "The Ordinary Man" has not lost its composure.

Several films released on the same day as "The Ordinary Man" were also being promoted in an orderly manner. It was generally believed that the popularity of "Painted Skin 2" boosted movie-watching, which was actually beneficial to them.

Four blockbusters were released on that day, namely "The Sino-Japanese War of 1894", "Search", "Ordinary Man" and "The Secret of Heaven and Earth of Wudang".

This was also the first time Li Qiutang faced Chen Kaige directly.

The market had already begun to fan the flames, and the media had made predictions about the day's battle, but without exception, they all believed that "Search" and "Ordinary Man" would play the leading roles that day.

"With the release of Painted Skin II, the domestic summer season has officially kicked off. In early July, there was a fierce clash of films, with Li Qiutang and Chen Kaige joining forces in the summer vacation. Films like The Sino-Japanese War of 7- and The Great Wudang in the same period felt the pressure."

But some people also put forward the view that "Yang Mi has a lot of fans. Now that it's a holiday, the 'bees' are likely to support "The Code" just like they supported "Far Cry" in the past."

On the day of the premiere, Li Qiutang took Huang Xiaoming and Zhang Xinyi to perform in Pengcheng. The next day, they went to Chongqing and only got the first-day results after landing in Chongqing.

"Pifu" closed with 1570 million on its first day, lagging behind "Painted Skin 2500" with 1100 million, ranking second and ahead of the third place "Search" with million.

But the Sino-Japanese War of 50 and The Great Wudang were terrible. The pre-release marketing of the two films was not active, and the films also lacked core selling points. The first-day revenue was 400 and million respectively. Basically, no one was interested in them.

After the first day of "The Ordinary Man", the first person to become popular was not Huang Xiaoming, nor the heroine Zhang Xinyi, nor Ni Jingyang, who was specially added to the role by Li Qiutang, but a song from the movie's soundtrack.

This soundtrack appears in the action scene where Japanese soldiers raid a bandit's lair. It is a modern symphony and is also used as the ending song.

Many viewers said that the soundtrack was very nice and familiar.

"I specifically looked through the end credits and found this piece in the soundtrack. As I expected, it was the symphonic variations of Over the Moon."

"I said it sounded familiar, it turned out to be 'Over the Moon'."

“‘Above the Moon’ can be so beautiful!”

The popularity of this song was beyond the expectations of the publicity and promotion team and the production crew.

"Ordinary Man" earned 5400 million in the first three days of its weekend, followed closely by "Search" with 3900 million.

The last stop of the "Ordinary Man" roadshow was back in Shanghai, where it premiered. Li Qiutang was quite surprised that the symphony version of "Above the Moon" could become so popular. When asked about the soundtrack, Li Qiutang said:

"This song was made a long time ago and was originally going to be used in In Time, but it was not used at the time for various reasons. When we were filming Common Man, we thought the song was also suitable, so we put it in. Everyone likes it, and we are very happy."

Huang Xiaoming's performance in "Pifu" was recognized by fans and passers-by.

The reporter said: "Some viewers said that Huang Xiaoming is quite handsome when he thinks he is not handsome. Xiaoming, how do you understand this sentence?"

Huang Xiaoming said: "I'm not handsome anyway, as long as people like me." He had a lot of image baggage in the past two years, otherwise he wouldn't have chosen to break up with his agent and star in "Summer's Desire". He has always known that he is good-looking.

But after being scolded so many times in the past two years, he became cautious and no longer dared to show off.

"Ordinary Man" earned 5400 million in its first week. Although "The Four" will be released in a few days and will take away another piece of the pie, Boss Huang is already very satisfied with this result. If we go slowly, breaking million should not be a problem.

The key point is that the audience’s reviews of him in the movie were not very good, but they didn’t scold him either. He was very happy when some audiences praised his good acting.

"Huang Xiaoming can act well, but the prerequisite is that he needs a director who can convince him, tell him how to act, and not let him overdo it." Huang Xiaoming likes to hear such comments.

"Xiao Ming has to kowtow to Li Qiutang. Not to mention the fact that he came in to save the day, several of Xiao Ming's good roles, including Yuwen Ying, Takeda Chang, and now Fang Youxiang, were all played by Li Qiutang."

"A project like 'Pifu' that was unanimously viewed as unpopular by the industry was saved by Li Qiutang, and it can even make money. Huang Xiaoming owes a huge favor this time."

Let’s put aside whether Huang Xiaoming owes anyone a favor or not, Li Qiutang has now received more than a dozen projects!
Just as netizens said, a movie like "The Ordinary Man" could be saved by Li Qiutang and it could make money. The key is that it has a good reputation and Douban gave it a score of 7.2.

After that, countless companies wanted Li Qiutang to take over their projects.

But Li Qiutang took on "The Ordinary Man" to help a friend. A director like him would be very selective even if he did accept any outside projects.

Li Qiutang is a little tired from the publicity these days and doesn't want to read the project book for the time being.

“Just say I want to take a break for a while and stop filming.

(End of this chapter)