Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 332 The storm is coming

As a film company of a certain scale, the two major golden periods in the country cannot be missed.

One is the summer vacation period, and the other is the New Year’s Day period.

Even if you miss the May Day and National Day schedules, you must participate in these two major schedules. You must participate even if you don’t have any films or buy some, otherwise the industry will think you are not strong enough.

The Lunar New Year holiday is still quite a ways off, so no arrangements have been made for now, but the summer movies should be decided now.

Now in autumn, I am facing an embarrassing situation. I have no movies, or no stock for the summer vacation.

All the films in the Towering Tree Project scheduled last year started shooting this year, and many of them will not be able to make it to the summer season.

The most likely one should be "The Fault in Our Stars" which is currently being filmed by Han Yan. The film has already started shooting in Chengdu, with Shu Chang working with Mou Han's male lead Dou Xiao. It is expected to be wrapped up in May, and if the schedule is caught up, it should be no problem to be released in August.

But Han Yan refused to schedule the film during the summer. Firstly, the schedule was too tight, secondly, the competition was too fierce, and thirdly, as an art film with a tragic ending, it would be unpopular to schedule it during the summer.

Qiu Tian respects Han Yan's choice. But if this happens, Qiu Tian will face the embarrassment of having no films to appear in during the summer vacation.

In the fall, the president of the distribution company, Xu Lin, wanted to buy films from outside for release, but Li Qiutang suggested putting Pacific Rim on the stage.

"This is a co-production, not an imported film, so why can't it be released during the summer vacation?" Li Qiutang asked Xu Lin.

A word to wake up the dreamer.

The release date of co-production films is decided independently by the co-production company after it obtains the quota, and there is no need to consider the protection of domestic films.

But Xu Lin is still worried: "For a blockbuster with a $2 million investment, China Film may not agree to let us schedule it in the summer." China Film has the right to recommend schedules.

"Don't worry about it for now. We will go through the application process as usual and schedule the summer release. If China Film disagrees, we can contact Huaxia."

With the increase in the quota for imported films, the domestic film protection month has become a mere formality. With the 34 imported films plus the co-productions and batch films of private companies, there will be Hollywood blockbusters released all year round. It is no longer possible for domestic films to hide in the protection month.

Hollywood may not be allowed during the Lunar New Year period, but it should be allowed during the summer period.

In the fall, Legendary and Warner will soon be connected, and "Pacific Rim" has been confirmed to be released in the North American summer vacation, scheduled for July 7.

We want to release the film simultaneously in China and the US in the fall.

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Everyone in the circle knows that Qin Lan is Lu Chuan's girlfriend. Lu Chuan is also a well-known director in the country and has some face, but there are still people who want to take Qin Lan's role.

No one told Li Qiutang to replace Huang Xiaoming.

Li Qiutang's way was blocked, so someone set his sights on Qin Lan personally.

Somehow, Lu Chuan found out that Qin Lan would star in Li Qiutang's new film.

Lu Chuan didn't care at first. Qin Lan and Li Qiutang had been friends for many years. They were working together on a film, and Lu Chuan wouldn't be so petty as to stop them.

But someone told Lu Chuan that the male lead of “The Invisible Guest” is Huang Xiaoming!

No matter how generous Lu Chuan was, he couldn't help but feel emotional about this.

The relationship between the two had already encountered a "crisis" at the beginning of the year - in "Off Track Era" produced by Lu Chuan and Zhang Jingchu, the media reported that the two had an ambiguous relationship that went beyond work.

Now that Qin Lan and Huang Xiaoming are working together again, Lu Chuan sees this as a rekindled old love, and he also suspects that Qin Lan is taking revenge on him.

The two had a fierce quarrel over this!
"I was wondering why you refused to get married. Turns out you're still thinking about him!" These were the exact words Qin Lan told Li Qiutang and Lu Chuan angrily.

"We've been apart for so many years, why is he still holding on to me?" Qin Lan was also angry, "It's just a play, what's the big deal!"

Liu Yifei had to rush back from other places to comfort Qin Lan together with Li Qiutang.

Liu Yifei said: "He told you he wanted to get married?"

"He said last year that he was not young anymore and his father was getting old, so he wanted to get married. I said it was too early and that he wanted to work for a few more years and then talk about it in a few years." Qin Lan took a sip of wine.

Lu Chuan is over 40, so it's normal for him to want to start a family.

Qin Lan's career is developing very well now, and it's not wrong to think that she will be able to do it in two years. "What do you think?" Li Qiutang asked her.

"I'm not saying I won't get married, I'm just saying it's two years later. You won't listen to me."

Qin Lan is easily infatuated when in love. When she was young, in order to take care of the injured Huang Xiaoming, she was willing to pay a huge amount of liquidated damages to fly over to accompany Huang Xiaoming; when the filming of "Nanjing! Nanjing!" was suspended, she took out all her savings to support Lu Chuan.

With a relationship like this, Qin Lan has done very well for her boyfriend.

"He insisted that I was in love again and wanted to get back with him." Qin Lan was still very angry when she thought of the ugly words Lu Chuan said during the quarrel. "What am I in his eyes?!"

But as outsiders, Li Qiutang and Liu Yifei really couldn't say anything about this matter.

Li Qiutang looked down on Lu Chuan, but she couldn't do anything to persuade him to break up.

Li Qiutang accompanies him with a drink: "It's my fault. I shouldn't have put you two together in a play."

"What does it have to do with you?" Qin Lan said, "With Huang Xiaoming here, why should I stop acting? Would I be doing justice to anyone if I quit the industry?"

Later, even the media knew about the relationship crisis between Lu Chuan and Qin Lan.

The starring lineup of "The Invisible Guest" was exposed to the media in a way that no one expected!

"The cast of director Li Qiutang's 'The Invisible Guest' has been revealed! Huang Xiaoming and Qin Lan renew their old relationship!" Even the media used such words.

"Lu Chuan and Qin Lan's relationship is in crisis again. Huang Xiaoming and Qin Lan are in the same frame again after 7 years!"

"Qin Lan denied the emotional crisis with Lu Chuan and said that everything was fine with her."

"Luchuan Studio responded: This is a personal matter and we are not in a position to respond."

"Huang Xiaoming's agent: Focus on filming and don't comment on personal life."

As Huang Xiaoming's girlfriend who is tacitly acknowledged but not officially acknowledged, Yang Ying's attitude is particularly important.

However, the reporter couldn't find her!
Her studio also said: “We don’t understand the situation.”

Huayi also had the same attitude: "We don't know. This is their own business. We only care about work matters."

"The Invisible Guest" became popular in some inexplicable way before it was even filmed.

It’s not that I didn’t expect this. I wanted to keep this card hidden until after the movie was released in the fall, but I didn’t expect it to be dug out by reporters now.

But Li Qiutang suffered. Some fans of Huang, Qin and Yang accused "The Invisible Guest" of knowingly committing crimes and not minding the trouble.

In fact, there is some truth to this accusation, and it is not wrong to say that it was done knowingly.

This is sometimes the case with publicity and promotion, which faces the risk of losing control of public opinion.

The company asked Li Qiutang and "The Invisible Guest" to remain silent. The lineup has been confirmed and cannot be changed. Even if they want to change it, Huang and Qin will not agree.

And Qiu Qiu also realized that there was someone behind the public opinion.

Some people want to take advantage of this crisis to kick Qin Lan out of the crew.

It's hard to say who will be promoted, but Qin Lan is weak and alone. Why would she take Li Qiutang's resources? Just relying on their good relationship?
Qiu Qiu still doesn’t know who is behind this.

However, Autumn Pictures CEO Zhang Zhao responded to this at a cinema event with fierce words:
"We cast people based on the principle of fairness and justice. We choose whoever is suitable, without any other considerations. Some people are unhappy because they were not selected, so they like to do this kind of tricks, hoping to dethrone others and take their place!"

That's how you look at it from a company perspective.

"The ones we choose are the most suitable, we won't change the actors!"

"As long as the movie is good and the actors perform well, that's enough. Why bother with so much?"

Li Qiutang respected the company's arrangements, remained silent from beginning to end, and concentrated on pushing forward the final work before the start of filming of "The Invisible Guest".

This kind of thing is hard to explain.

(End of this chapter)