Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 322: Change of plan, prepare to reach the summit!
Sometimes artists really don’t have any particularly good ways to deal with online rumors.

You can control everything in the world, but can you still control what others say?
Others have said that it is troublesome to investigate, and even more troublesome to file a lawsuit if the investigation is successful.

Liu Yifei is afraid of trouble and is lazy, so she is unwilling to do many things. Li Qiutang is also afraid of trouble, but he will not do nothing like Liu Yifei, he will still do what he should do.

I will investigate even if it's troublesome, and I will fight the lawsuit even if it's troublesome, but Li Qiutang won't tolerate it.

Liu Yifei didn’t know about the incident during those days, but it’s hard to say whether she knew about it afterwards.

However, Liu Yifei still exercises every day as if nothing had happened, drinks coffee with her assistant in her free time, reads the scripts handed to her, chats with the film crew, and lives a relaxed and happy life every day.

Netizens also photographed Liu Yifei driving her Ferrari to the RACE Racing Circuit these two days and staying there for half a day.

As the first film to be released under the Cantianshu Project, Li Qiutang should have attended the premiere of Lost in Thailand to support it, but he was working out of town at the time and could not rush back to Yanjing.

However, Zhang Zhao, Xu Lin and other Autumn Pictures executives were present to support the film.

Compared with last year's Lunar New Year box office between "The Flowers of War" and "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate", this year's Lunar New Year box office showed a situation of many leaders rising up.

Among them, "Lost in Thailand" is the least favored, even though it comes from a famous family and has Qiu Qiu as its protector.

But Zhang Zhao still loudly shouted the slogan "Five hundred million or six hundred million is not a dream" at the premiere.

He explained to the reporter: "Comedy has a natural advantage in the Lunar New Year period. This year, we are the only pure comedy in the Lunar New Year period, so of course I have confidence!"

"Our internal reviews and previews have all been very good, so 500 million or 600 million is not just bragging. I think we can do it."

Lost in Thailand gave Qiu Qiu a reward with a first-day box office of 3900 million! It surpassed the performance of and became the best first-day performance since the opening of the Lunar New Year holiday this year. It is also the second-best first-day box office of Chinese-language films, second only to Painted Skin II.

The number 3900 million alone shocked everyone.

What’s this? This Wednesday, 3900 million, so many people watched the movie?

The next day, "Lost in Thailand" lost another 3700 million, which made even more sense. The drop was almost negligible. This was a Thursday!

On Friday, 5300 million was cut. The revenue in three days was 1.29 million.

Now, let alone the outside world, even Qiu himself can’t understand it. Let alone Qiu, even Xu Shanzheng can’t understand it!

But whether you can understand it or not, this is a great joy!
What’s even more terrifying is yet to come. After entering the weekend, "Lost in Thailand" became a complete hit, with the single-day box office exceeding 9000 million on Saturday and exceeding 8000 million on Sunday!
3 million in the first five days of the first week, the highest first-week box office in Chinese film history!
Li Qiutang was mentally prepared for this, but many people in the company were not.

Li Qiutang called Zhang Zhao and Xu Lin from Ludao and said in one sentence: "We will do our best to reach 10 billion. We will create a new record."

Li Qiutang took special care of the distribution department headed by Xu Lin: "Work overtime during this period to push up the film schedule and exceed 10 billion. Your department will receive an extra half year's salary this year." The temptation of 18 months in salary was great. After Xu Lin conveyed the boss's instructions, the colleagues in the distribution department rushed forward as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

"Lost in Thailand" has undoubtedly become a viewing phenomenon, with thousands of people flocking to the streets and everyone around me discussing the movie.

Once the movie-watching trend is formed, how high the box office can go cannot be summarized by just one sentence: whether the movie is good or not.

The pressure from "Chinese Zodiac" and "Great Shanghai" increased suddenly.

Li Qiutang reposted the promotional information of "Lost in Thailand" on Weibo and said: "The first movie hatched by the Cantianshu Project has achieved such a great success, which is gratifying!"

The performance of Lost in Thailand silenced all those who were previously pessimistic about the Cantianshu Project.

Do you still think Li Qiutang was arbitrary in launching the Towering Tree Project?
Do you still think Li Qiutang is wasting investors’ money?

Why not start the fall season?! However, "Chinese Zodiac" surpassed "Lost in Thailand" with a first-day box office of 4400 million, which showed the industry the capacity of the Lunar New Year market.

Could it be that "Chinese Zodiac" is even more exciting than "Lost in Thailand"?

Li Qiutang is not so stingy. He also congratulated "The Chinese Zodiac" on its great success on Weibo.

"You now look like a hypocritical profiteer, not a director." Liu Yifei commented on Li Qiutang because Li Qiutang encouraged everyone on Weibo to make the Lunar New Year box office bigger and present a wonderful Lunar New Year dinner to the audience.

But this is Li Qiutang’s real thought.

He disdains to smear his peers and drag down his opponents. We are in the same schedule and are competitors, but if your film is well made, the marketing is good, and you can sell tickets, I will lose with a clear conscience.

If "Chinese Zodiac" can really beat "Lost in Thailand", Li Qiutang will accept it calmly.

Li Qiutang said to Liu Yifei: "How can I be a profiteer? I am speaking the truth. I hope the Lunar New Year box office can reach 510 billion." Li Qiutang did not dare to say more and just said 510.

The current annual box office is only 14 or 15 billion, so the 510 he said is enough.

"Well," Li Qiutang didn't want to talk to his girlfriend about cold things like market and box office, "When are you going to France?"

"I'll leave tomorrow. I'll be gone for about a week. I'll be back before New Year's Day at the earliest, or after New Year's Day at the latest."

"You said it as if you hadn't said anything." Li Qiutang said with a smile, "I'm going to Hong Kong in two days, and I should spend New Year's Day there."

Liu Yifei told Li Qiutang to drink less when he was outside. She was not worried that Li Qiutang would have affairs with other men and women outside, but she was worried that Li Qiutang's drinking would harm his health because too many people wanted to get close to Li Qiutang, and he went out this time for work.

"I know, I know." Li Qiutang smiled, "No one forces me to drink now." When he first started making films and starting his business, Li Qiutang had to beg others for help, but now he doesn't need to. Now if he doesn't want to drink, others won't force him to drink. Instead, they will say that not drinking is good for the body.

The next day, perhaps in response to something, Liu Yifei took an interview before leaving for the airport.

"I'm flying to France today to meet a director. Um, to audition for a movie."

"Is this the one Director Li Qiutang mentioned before?"

"Yes, this is my second time to go to France to meet the director."

"Can you tell us what movie it is?"

"I've only seen part of the script, and it's a very cool science fiction film."

"Do you think you can get it?"

"Try your best. The competition is fierce and every actor is working hard to win."

"It's the end of the year, where are you going to celebrate the New Year this year?"

"I haven't made any plans yet. I want to go to the Northeast to have a look." Liu Yifei laughed.

"So in the new year, do you have any plans and expectations for work and life? Especially life."

Liu Yifei pointed at the reporter and smiled: "Why don't you just ask me directly if I want to fall in love and what kind of boyfriend I want to find? Why are you beating around the bush?"

"Everyone is more concerned about your love life."

Liu Yifei is a genius at interviewing, and she has a way of fooling reporters: "As for relationships, I think my current state is very good." What's the current state? Guess!
(End of this chapter)