Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 313 I have extensive experience as a CEO
The summer season was terrible, but at least there were films like "Painted Skin 2" to support the scene. The National Day season was even worse!
"White Deer Plain" flopped, "Tongquetai" flopped, "Tai Chi 1: From Zero" flopped, and even the co-production "Looper" flopped.

"Double Exposure", the film in which Li Yu and Fan Bingbing collaborated again, has never been recognized by theaters and was a flop.

The complete failure of the National Day holiday made Li Qiutang more determined to implement a support program for young directors.

Perhaps the disastrous failures during the two golden periods of summer vacation and National Day hurt the competent authorities.

According to information obtained by Li Qiutang, the General Administration began selecting the first batch of students for the "China-US Film Talent Exchange Program" after National Day.

This plan was pushed forward by Li Qiutang during the negotiations on the China-US film memorandum of understanding in January and February this year.

However, after the signing of the memorandum, this plan has not been taken seriously by the General Administration and China Film. Now that this plan has been brought up, it seems that they have really been hit hard.

This program is of a very high level, with the General Administration personally selecting students and promoting the program.

As the proposer of the plan, Li Qiutang was invited to the General Administration after National Day to discuss the matter.

Li Qiutang had no right to select students, but the General Administration adopted his suggestion that "there is no need to limit ourselves to directors, screenwriters, producers and other behind-the-scenes staff should also be included, and the overall focus should be on young filmmakers."

Why not mention the actors?
Because this talent exchange program serves the film industrialization and is mainly for behind-the-scenes creative personnel, there is no consideration for including actors in the scope of assistance for the time being.

It is true that Li Qiutang has no right to select students, but does that mean he has no right?
If Li Qiutang were so obedient, he would not be Li Qiutang!

The power of the Cantianshu Project is always limited, and Li Qiutang will try his best to promote the young filmmakers he likes.

You can't blame Li Qiutang for being nepotistic. He wanted to squeeze Wei Ming, the founder, CEO and technical director of Mojing Tianhe, into the first batch of exchange students.

He is working hard on this matter.

In the second week of October, the script of "The Invisible Guest" was finally finalized after two and a half years of work!

Also released were more than 30 storyboards drawn by Li Qiutang intermittently.

After the script was finalized, it was handed over to the production team for scene division. At the same time, Li Qiutang personally presided over the behind-the-scenes script meeting.

The behind-the-scenes script meeting is not a script reading, but a discussion of shooting techniques and scenes.

Li Qiutang's personal photographer Cao Dun switched careers to become a director. Although it's a pity that they can no longer work together, Li Qiutang will not hinder his brother's future because of his own selfish desires.

Fortunately, he was well prepared. Wang Boxue, the cinematographer of "The Night the Comet Came", is Li Qiutang's junior. After graduation, he has been working as a photography assistant in various crews to hone his skills.

Li Qiutang boldly hired him in "The Invisible Guest" and appointed him as the director of photography to participate in the crew work.

"What are you talking about?" Wang Boxue didn't understand the script.

"I don't understand it either." The assistant director didn't understand it either.

"Me too." Li Qiutang's executive director also said he didn't understand what the story was about. "Did the male protagonist kill someone and frame someone else?"

Li Qiutang was quite satisfied and said with a smile: "Watch it a few more times and take your time."

There is director's processing between the script presentation and the film and television presentation, so it is normal that you can't understand the story for a while.

The production team responsible for scene division read the script three or four times before they understood what Li Qiutang was talking about, and then they started to work.

"Didn't you say you would contact Gong Li before? Is there any news?"

Speaking of this, the producer was embarrassed: "It was not discussed."

Li Qiutang was dissatisfied: "Why didn't you tell me if the deal was not concluded? You didn't tell me anything, which made me feel passive."

But the producer also had a reason: "We want to try again."

"What happened to her?"

The producer said: "When we told her about the film, Gong Li was quite happy and said she wanted to work with you, but when she heard about the schedule, she said it was not suitable. She has already signed a film directed by Yimou next year.

"Gong Li will definitely not overlap with other projects, nor will she join the crew seamlessly. She will only shoot that one movie next year."

Li Qiutang had indeed ignored The Return. "We are still trying to get her to schedule us. We also need to confirm the shooting schedule as soon as possible."

Gong Li is indeed Li Qiutang's first choice, but Li Qiutang will not delay the start of filming for Gong Li.

"Do you know when Director Zhang will start filming?"

"There is no news, but Gong Li has confirmed that she will play the role." The producer also laughed at the end, "This is specially made for Gong Li by Director Zhang. It will be difficult for us to compete."

Someone suggested: "How about contacting Manyu and Qingxia?"

"They don't take on any roles anymore."

Both of them have announced their retirement from the film industry, but every year there are countless film crews trying to invite them to perform.

"Let's give it a try." It doesn't cost anything to hand over a script and make contact. At worst, you'll be rejected, but if the other party agrees, you'll make a lot of money.

"It's up to you." Li Qiutang waved his hand and asked them to make the contact.

Li Qiutang hosted a two-day script meeting behind the scenes. Several core creators read the script seven or eight times, and combined with Li Qiutang's explanation, they finally understood the story of "The Invisible Guest".

"Now you know where I've spent my efforts over the past two and a half years. I've been scratching my head from writing scripts at night," Li Qiutang complained.

The production crew spent 8 days breaking down the scenes and determined that the shooting period would be approximately 100 days. They estimated the budget for the actors and the current cost is around 5000 million. The start time has not yet been determined, depending on the progress of the early preparations.

After that, location scouting and casting were carried out simultaneously.

The elephant in the room has finally moved!

Again, the main actors of a large group are generally not cast publicly, but are all invited by the crew and recommended by people in the circle. Of course, there are also actors who are shameless enough to recommend themselves and succeed, but they are always a minority.

Most actors may not know that the crew is casting.

This is the case with the crew of "The Invisible Guest". Many people knew that Li Qiutang had started to promote the project, but not many knew about his requirements for actors, and even fewer knew that he was selecting actors.

The production team is still actively communicating with Gong Li's team, hoping that she can reserve time for the fall.

Huang Xiaoming was one of those who knew the requirements for Li Qiutang's role and knew that he was casting.

"No, I'm still taking pictures of you?" Li Qiutang said with a smile, "If I take pictures of you again, there will be rumors about us!"

Li Qiutang really photographed Huang Xiaoming many times, and he was not easy to tell Huang Xiaoming that he was actually not easy to photograph, and it was a bit difficult to photograph him every time.

But Huang Xiaoming really likes filming with Li Qiutang. He feels that Li Qiutang understands him and can film him.

In order to win the role in "The Invisible Guest", he even joked: "Isn't your protagonist the CEO? I have a lot of experience in playing CEOs."

Li Qiutang didn't bother to be polite with him: "You are experienced in being scolded."

Huang Xiaoming didn't care about what Li Qiutang said: "It's the same, we're both CEOs. I just finished filming a movie about a CEO."

"What kind of CEO are you playing again?"

"Mr. China, I play the president of an English training company."

It seems that Xiao Ming does have rich experience in playing the role of a domineering boss.

But Li Qiutang still threatened him: "I plan to invite Gong Li to play the leading female role in this movie. Can you handle it?"

"That's even better!" Huang Xiaoming became even more excited, "Gong Li is my idol, I dream of acting with her."

I won't listen to you anymore!
Li Qiutang added, "I plan to invite my elder sister Qin Lan to be the second female lead in this film and the male lead's mistress."

amount……

Huang Xiaoming hesitated.

(End of this chapter)