Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 342 Liu Yifei, I can’t stop her

Li Qiutang still holds Huayi shares to this day. The outside world only knows that he initially held 220 million original shares of Huayi. After that, Huayi split the shares 10 for 10, and Li Qiutang increased his holdings to 440 million shares. This is public data.

Based on the current price of 35 yuan, the value of Huayi shares in Li Qiutang's hands has exceeded 1.5 million yuan.

But what many people don’t know is that Li Qiutang holds more than 440 million Huayi shares. He has purchased some more shares in the past two years and now holds more than 700 million Huayi shares.

Nearly 300 million of these shares are held by parents.

From this perspective, the value of Huayi shares in Li Qiutang's hands is nearly 2.5 million. Of course, not every share can be cashed out at the highest price.

The reason I mentioned stocks is because Boss Jia said that LeTV Pictures could sell original shares to Li Qiutang just like Huayi did in the past.

Boss Jia said with certainty that LeTV would definitely acquire LeTV Pictures, and at that time the LeTV Pictures stocks in Li Qiutang's hands would become stocks of a listed company, allowing her to make money without doing anything.

Boss Jia used this trick to attract many celebrities to invest in LeTV Pictures and support them.

LeTV is now flourishing, and a large number of celebrities have joined its team.

But Li Qiutang still refused Boss Jia's offer. She bought Huayi shares because Huayi was indeed the top private film company at the time and had a bright future.

But what does LeTV Pictures have? It only made a comeback this year with Tiny Times, and its production and distribution capabilities are not as strong as they were in the fall. Its stock cashing out depends on merging into its listed parent company, and its own development potential is seriously insufficient.

Li Qiutang would not get on this boat.

After talking for a whole night, Boss Jia only got a vague promise from Li Qiutang that "there may be a chance for cooperation in the future".

Li Qiutang did not ask for LeTV Pictures' stocks, nor did he open his overseas channels to him, nor did he agree to work as a part-time vice president of LeTV Pictures.

Boss Jia got nothing today except a meal.

"If Mr. Jia is free, he can stay on the crew for two more days and take a look at the situation of our crew."

But Mr. Jia was not free, and Li Qiutang didn't like him - as a big director, Li Qiutang had the right to dislike him - and he didn't need to stick with Li Qiutang, so he left the crew overnight.

Qin Lan slapped Yang Ying on the set, and it seemed like there was some benefit.

After the slap, Qin Lan felt relieved and was in a much better state for filming.

Huang Xiaoming apologized to her and she accepted it. Now the two get along very harmoniously in the crew, and it is hard to tell that they were once a couple. They talk and laugh like ordinary friends, as if nothing had happened before.

The crew of "Song in the Clouds" has also finished filming, but Yang Ying did not come to the crew of "The Invisible Guest" this time.

Today we are going to shoot the kissing scene between Huang Xiaoming and Qin Lan.

"We are all veteran actors, so I don't need to tell you how to shoot a kissing scene." Li Qiutang suppressed a laugh, "Show your form, and we'll try to get it right in one take."

Qin Lan said from the side: "Do you want to laugh?"

"Is it so obvious?" Li Qiutang laughed.

"Your acting skills are terrible." Huang Xiaoming said.

"I'm not acting," Li Qiutang walked to the photographer, "Get ready, the camera will start soon. Stop laughing." The staff were also laughing.

"If there's something exciting to watch, watch it quietly and don't laugh out loud."

"Come on, get ready, start."

But when filming a movie, there aren’t so many takes to get it right.

Li Qiutang made the two hug each other and kiss each other 10 times, but it still didn't work out.

It was not that Li Qiutang was deliberately teasing the two of them, she just didn't kiss them well enough.

Qin Lan couldn't hold back any longer and said to Huang Xiaoming, "You are not taking advantage of me, are you?"

"Who took advantage of you? Do you think I wanted to kiss you?"

The photographer added: "It sounds as if we didn't kiss each other enough before."

"Hahaha!" Everyone laughed again. Huang Xiaoming's assistant was almost dead, and you guys were joking around without any scruples. How are you going to explain this when you get back?

The man named Yang behaves like a sheep in front of Xiao Ming, but he is not so polite to his subordinates.

Assistant Xiao Ming did not dare to report to Yang Ying that the two of them had kissed more than ten times during the kissing scene today.

If the audience were to see this footage, many people would think that the actors were so casual. They kissed each other in front of so many people as if nothing had happened, and they kissed more than ten times, and then discussed it with others after the kiss.

But that’s how kissing scenes are, there’s nothing you can do about it.

Finally, on the 14th time, Li Qiutang passed the kiss scene.

“We’ll edit this part into the behind-the-scenes footage later.” The assistant director said with a smile.

Huang Xiaoming actually minded this matter a little, and quickly waved his hands: "No, no, no, let me go, I still have to go."

Within two days, it was Jingtian's turn to start work.

Jing Tian's character had no lines, and Jing Tian didn't even get any pay.

But she is still very active in playing this role.

She went too far when she was positive. She lay in the trunk of the car and looked at Huang Xiaoming, her face covered in blood. She tried to show her struggle, pleading and desire to survive, but she really couldn't express this emotion.

This character is simple, and her understanding of the scene is fine, but her skills are not up to par.

"Now everything is digital, you can act however you want. If this was done a few years ago with film, our production director would have scolded you if you acted like this."

To spend so much effort on such a simple scene is just a waste of time in the eyes of the production director.

Huang Xiaoming and Li Qiutang took turns lying on the ground to demonstrate to her and teach her how to perform.

In fact, it is possible to get away with this scene, but since Jing Tian is willing to act, Li Qiutang might as well give it a try. The girl is doing odd jobs in your crew without taking a penny, and she even treats you guys to food and drinks. Why don't you agree to her request?
Jing Tian's scene took place at night, and Huang Xiaoming walked with her again and again without getting annoyed.

"It's still not good." Li Qiutang watched the replay and said to Jing Tian, "Try to give an emotion. It doesn't have to be too complicated. Just struggle to survive. Then hold Xiao Ming's arm."

"it is good."

Jing Tian went back to the set to apply plasma.

"Okay, get ready."

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Due to the time difference, Chinese audiences will see Pacific Rim earlier than American audiences.

But the first day's data from both countries were reported almost at the same time.

"Pacific Rim" earned a huge domestic box office of 8020 million on its first day, Friday, and should firmly sit on the throne of the weekly championship.

On the first day in North America, due to Warner's inaction in publicity and promotion, Pacific Rim's North American performance was only slightly better than that in mainland China, reporting 1456 million US dollars.

For a science fiction blockbuster with an investment of nearly 2 million US dollars, this opening performance in North America was an extremely failure!
The film crew reacted very strongly!
Faced with this result, Legendary Pictures, including the film's director Toro, pointed the finger at Warner, the global publicity and promotion company, and accused Warner of not spending the publicity and promotion funds that had already been in place.

Thomas Tull even criticized Warner for "paying more attention to movies that can quickly recover costs and having limited investment in original IP."

But Warner still promotes the film at its own pace.

In the first three days of its weekend, Pacific Rim earned $3 million in North America and $3728 million in China, surpassing North America.

This is a phenomenon that has never happened before.

Hollywood blockbusters are not as successful in North America as in China.

The 2.88 million in the first weekend also indicates that "Pacific Rim" is likely to reach the 10 billion mark in mainland China!
Everyone should know that Liu Yifei can no longer be stopped.

(End of this chapter)