Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 49: Fishing, just fish hard!
Liu Yifei actually asked Li Qiutang out for dinner!
In fact, the two of them were not familiar enough to have dinner together.

Suddenly, Li Qiutang thought, could it be that my buddy has a romantic encounter this year, and the fairy sister has taken a fancy to me? She is very beautiful, I can agree. No, she is too young, and that is not right either, she seems to be born in 87, 20 years old.

This was of course just wishful thinking, but Li Qiutang was indeed in a better mood after being invited by the beautiful woman.

We treated you to a high-end Western meal!
Li Qiutang went to the appointment with great joy, but when she opened the door, she saw Liu Xiaoli was there too, and she felt a little disappointed.

There were only three of them having dinner today. The mother and daughter sat on one side, and Li Qiutang sat opposite Liu Yifei.

"Director Li, would you like to have a drink?" When they were in school, Liu Xiaoli used to call him "this classmate" or "classmate Li Qiutang."

"I drove here. I won't drink anymore. You guys drink." In fact, drunk driving is not often punished nowadays, but Li Qiutang still maintains the habit of not drinking and driving, and not driving after drinking.

Since Li Qiutang didn't want to drink, the mother and daughter didn't want to drink either and each asked for a glass of water.

The three of them ate and chatted. Liu Xiaoli remembered some things from school and asked, "Were you there when we went to play games on the bus?"

"Which time? We often go out to play games." Li Qiutang is also very familiar with several boys from Class 02.

Liu Yifei continued, "It was at the school gate. I passed by and asked if I wanted to take you with me, but Yawen refused."

"I didn't go that time. Luo Jin and his friends came back and said they regretted not taking your car."

Li Qiutang had also done such stupid things as squeezing ten people into a car.

After chatting for a while, Liu Xiaoli ate while asking about Li Qiutang's recent situation: "I heard that you are preparing a new play?"

"Well, an action movie, it's about to start."

"Last time, Xixi came to see you and kept it a secret from me. When I found out, I said, you're a director, an actor, and classmates, why would you keep it a secret from me when you met? It's not something shameful."

Li Qiutang smiled, and Liu Xiaoli continued, "Director Li and President Wang have a very good relationship."

"It's OK. We work together and we meet and communicate a lot."

Liu Xiaoli smiled and said, "Then Director Li, do you know who will be the heroine of The Forbidden Kingdom?"

"Li Bingbing, who else could it be?" Li Qiutang blurted out.

The mother and daughter's eyes lit up. It seemed that Li Qiutang really knew the inside story.

"What about Jin Yanzi? Our Yifei also interviewed for this role, but there was no result."

Li Qiutang shouldn't reveal too much to the mother and daughter, but there are some things that Li Qiutang feels it is necessary to remind the mother and daughter: "If you want to fight for the role of Jin Yanzi, it's useless to ask Huayi for help."

"This movie is a co-production between him and Hollywood, and they can decide the actors," said Liu Xiaoli.

"They can decide on the role of Li Bingbing, but not Jin Yanzi." Li Qiutang said softly, "You have to talk to director Rob Minkoff to fight for the role."

"We have contact with him." To get a role, you must contact the director, both in China and abroad.

"But more importantly, the two producers, Relativity Media and Lionsgate, are the real bosses of this movie." After hearing this, Li Qiutang felt that even a fool could understand it.

The mother and daughter, including Godfather Chen, went to the wrong temple and worshipped the wrong god.

Huayi is not the producer or producer of "The Forbidden Kingdom" at all. The money Huayi invested in "The Forbidden Kingdom" is not a film investment, but is used to buy out the mainland distribution and box office revenue of "The Forbidden Kingdom". If Huayi must be given a title for this film, it should be "Chinese partner" or "Chinese co-production party".

The money that Huayi paid in advance only got the White-Haired Witch as the heroine.

Huayi relies on the information gap to hook Liu Yifei.

But in other words, what can Liu Yifei do if Huayi plays this trick?
According to the abilities of her, her mother, and her godfather, they could only enter the temple of Huayi and willingly be lured. Information gap is this kind of thing you really don't know!

You can't do anything!

Last year, Li Qiutang also took advantage of the information gap to attract 200 million yuan in investment.

There is another helpless thing. Even if Li Qiutang told the mother and daughter that they should go find Relativity and Lionsgate, can it change the current situation?
The mother and daughter are facing the largest film company in the country, which is also the largest agency.

In hindsight, Mother Liu basically made the most correct choice.

Just take all the responsibility and never admit it! Maximize your own interests!

Signing with Huayi? Regardless of the internal environment of Huayi, with Zhou Xun and Li Bingbing there, any actress who enters Huayi will not be able to get any good results.

Even if the mother and daughter were tied together, they could not defeat the two sisters of the Li family.

The Godfather should just play with real estate and dogs, he really can’t play with movies and TV.

Of course Liu Xiaoli understood what Li Qiutang meant - Huayi did not have the casting rights for Jin Yanzi, and if she wanted the role, she had to talk directly to the film company behind it.

"Thank you, Director Li." Liu Xiaoli thanked Li Qiutang for saying this. She really felt that she and Huayi were in the same boat, and it was not easy for her to say these things to her and her daughter.

Li Qiutang didn't think there was anything wrong. First of all, he and Huayi were just partners and the relationship was not very close. Secondly, whether he said it or not actually had no impact on the outcome.

At this time, Robert Minkoff has probably already decided on Liu Yifei and all he needs to do is notify her.

After Liu Yifei got the role of Golden Swallow, neither Liu Xiaoli nor Godfather Chen would let her sign with Huayi.

Xu Huayi used the fictitious casting rights to lure Liu Yifei, and then Xu Liu Xiaoli turned her back on it after getting the role. Anyway, the editing rights are not in your hands.

Business wars are sometimes just so plain and simple.

After the three of them finished their meal, they went their separate ways.

Li Qiutang didn't think it was a big deal for a mother to bring her daughter to inquire about information. Isn't this a very normal thing?
This concerns my daughter's future, and her classmate happens to know some news. Although we were not very familiar with each other in school, I am inviting her to dinner now and want to build a better relationship. What's wrong with asking around?
Before leaving, Liu Xiaoli also told classmates that they should interact more often and not become estranged after graduation.

Li Qiutang felt that what Aunt Liu said made sense!

Maybe Liu Xiaoli really listened to it. A few days later, some rumors about "The Forbidden Kingdom" within Huayi reached Li Qiutang.

It is said that Liu Xiaoli's attitude towards Huayi has made a 180-degree turn!
In the past, Liu Xiaoli would still deal with Huayi, saying, "You want to use the leading actress of this Hollywood blockbuster to exchange for my daughter's contract, I can negotiate." But now Liu Xiaoli simply ignores Huayi!

It’s as if he doesn’t care about the role of Jin Yanzi at all!

No one knew what happened inside Huayi, but they didn’t care. How could the mother and daughter escape their clutches?

Huayi was still fishing, saying that as long as Liu Yifei performed well, they would definitely give the role of Golden Swallow to Liu Yifei.

On the other hand, Huayi began to exert pressure and released news to the media: "Liu Yifei is not the only candidate for the role of Golden Swallow. Many outstanding actors, even many Hong Kong and Taiwan actors, have come to try out the makeup."

Then, the twins who transformed into actors were pulled out, and "Gao Yuanyuan, who performed well in "Baby Project", was also within our consideration."

And Shu Qi from Wandao.

Li Qiutang didn't care. The preparations for "No One in My Eyes" had entered the most critical period. There were ten thousand things waiting for him every day. He also had to find time to write the script for "Become Famous". How could he have the time to pay attention to these gossips?

It seems that Liu Xiaoli and Liu Yifei did not fall for Huayi's trick and are sitting back on the Diaoyutai.

(End of this chapter)