Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 64 Work
Li Qiutang ordered a hundred small electric fans from Yiwu and had them shipped to Hengdian. He also bought several large boxes of iced drinks and went to visit the set of "The Forbidden Kingdom".

The Hollywood team headed by director Rob Minkoff didn't know Li Qiutang at all, but the Chinese staff of the crew did know him. Jackie Chan naturally informed him in advance since they came to visit him. Li Qiutang entered the crew smoothly with his people and things.

But the person who is closest to Li Qiutang in the entire "The Forbidden Kingdom" crew is her classmate Liu Yifei.

"How did you come?"

"I'm here to visit."

"Are you here to visit my class?"

"Don't you know that I'm visiting your class? I'm visiting Jackie Chan's class." Li Qiutang's words were enough to choke Liu Yifei to death.

Jackie Chan came over and said with a smile, "It's too hot, too hot. Thank you for the drink."

Li Qiutang handed over another bottle: "Drink some more?"

"No more drinking. I have to shoot a movie later." Jackie Chan sat down. "What are you busy with recently?"

"Preparing for a new play."

"Another new movie?!" Jackie Chan was surprised, "Didn't you just finish filming one?"

"Yes, this drama is "No One in My Eyes", which is my last drama. I started pushing it forward when it was halfway through filming, so the progress is quite slow." Li Qiutang said.

"Are we still going to make an action movie this time?"

"This time it's a suspenseful mystery." said Li Qiutang.

"You are a jack of all trades." said Jackie Chan.

As they were chatting, Li Lianjie and Li Bingbing arrived one after another, and Li Qiutang greeted them.

It's time to shoot, and the actors are going to prepare. Li Qiutang, as a visiting guest, sits next to Robert Minkoff and watches the filming together.

Li Qiutang was not polite at all and took the initiative to talk to Robert Minkoff, mainly because she was curious about his management and operation methods of Hollywood crews and the use of some filming equipment.

Mingkov and the producer were also very generous in communicating with the young Chinese director.

After a while, Mingkov took the initiative to invite him to the set to take a look, and Li Qiutang happily went with him.

On the set, Li Qiutang was very interested in some equipment he had never seen before and some parts that were rarely used by domestic crews.

Please ask Mingkov to tell him about it.

What is this device used for, how to use it, and what is the principle.

What is this department responsible for and what is the workflow?

What are these people responsible for and what do those people do.

Li Qiutang couldn't understand some very professional English, so Jackie Chan took the initiative to translate for him.

Li Qiutang had never filmed a special effects blockbuster, so he was very curious about this. He talked the most with the special effects artists who followed up on "The Forbidden Kingdom" and even watched their sample films on site.

The special effects of "The Forbidden Kingdom" were completed by a Korean company.

“Can this be rendered in real time?”

"Not yet. The real-time rendering equipment and system are too expensive." The special effects artist told him, "We need to send these materials back to the American company and then distribute them to various special effects companies."

"Are you and several special effects companies working together?"

"Three." There are also three special effects artists in the group, one for each company.

South Korea has done really well in special effects in recent years. It is somewhat of a leader in Asia and is also well-known internationally, receiving many orders.

Li Qiutang stayed on the set of "The Forbidden Kingdom" for nearly two hours before leaving, and took a photo with the main creators before leaving.

Of course, Li Qiutang also wanted to make blockbuster films and manage projects with investments of over 100 million yuan, but he knew that as a new director, investors would not give him funds of over 100 million yuan unless he made a few small and medium-cost productions to gain a foothold in the industry.

Li Qiutang stayed in Hengdian for a week and then returned to Yanjing.

There was a new situation in the crew of "Become Famous". The action actor Chen Xiaoda was taken away by Wang Baoqiang, and the murderer Qi Leshan was given to Liao Fan.

The former is a contracted actor of Huayi, and the latter also has a close relationship with the Beijing circle. Wang Zhongjun finally won Li Jiahui for Deng Chao.

Li Qiutang was somewhat reluctant to use Deng Chao, but he didn't have any particularly good candidate for the time being.

Huang Xiaoming’s development has been very good, and Huayi’s strategy of raising insects requires Deng Chao to “fight” against Huang Xiaoming.

The casting of "Famous" is basically Huayi's fault.

Su Mengdie's script had been sent to Xu Qing, but Xu Qing was not very interested in the play and refused.

During this window period, Li Qiutang asked Gao Yuanyuan to come and sign the contract.

"Nanjing! Nanjing!" will start filming next month. Gao Yuanyuan will definitely have to work on multiple projects at the same time, but there is nothing she can do. There are not many choices for actors nowadays, and actors who shoot several projects at the same time will be considered dedicated and hardworking.

Not to mention the distant past, Huang Xiaoming and Fan Bingbing both filmed three or four movies a year.

There is no other way. In the early stages of the industry, everyone was trying to increase sales and would try to take pictures as much as possible if someone asked them to.

When the industry matures, overlapping roles will be considered unprofessional. This is a different time and we cannot generalize.

But Li Qiutang still asked Gao Yuanyuan to cooperate with the crew's schedule as much as possible.

Are you tired of flying back and forth between two crews?

That's the actor's business. You can choose not to take the role if you feel tired. As long as you are there when the director wants you, that's enough.

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The Venice Film Festival came to a close at the beginning of the month, and Li An won the Golden Lion for the second time for "Lust, Caution".

When the news reached China, movie fans and the media were excited. One Oscar + two Golden Lions, what else could this be but the glory of the Chinese people?
Mainstream media also praised Li An and his "Lust, Caution".

The mainland investor and distributor of "Lust, Caution" is Shanghai Film Group. Shanghai Film Group is naturally happy that the film won an award and has also increased its publicity for the film in the country.

After winning the award, the release date was confirmed, saying that "Lust, Caution" will be released simultaneously across Asia in mid-to-late September.

The audience’s expectations were instantly maxed out!

When Li Qiutang saw the news about Shanghai Film Studio, she just said in her heart that she hoped Shanghai Film Studio could review "Lust, Caution" again.

Li Qiutang doesn't have time to pay attention to "Lust, Caution" now. He is currently watching clips of "No One".

After the crew finished filming and got the shooting materials back, the editor refused to work with Li Qiutang.

Because these materials were shot by Li Qiutang, he was very familiar with them, but the editor had not seen these materials yet and said that if Li Qiutang was with him, it would interfere with his work.

Li Qiutang respects the editor's way of working in this regard. From the completion of the filming to now, except for watching the editing clips once every two weeks, he would not go to the editing room to disturb the editor's work.

Today we watched two dance scenes by Ni Yan and Qin Niang.

The former was at her own wedding, and the latter was at her workplace in a brothel.

After watching them several times, I found that both dances were visually flawless and very beautiful.

Li Qiutang thought about it for a long time before saying, "Let's cut out Ni Yan's part. The dance of Qin Niang will suffice in "No One in My Eyes."

"No One in My Eyes" is an action film, and a dance segment is enough as a change of pace. From a dramatic perspective, Fan Bingbing's entrance dance serves to connect the two parts of the film and introduce the characters.

However, Ni Yan's dance at her own wedding was just for the sake of "looking good" and was not very functional.

The editor also agreed with Li Qiutang's approach, but his tone was a little regretful: "I practiced for several months, and you cut it all out in one stroke."

Li Qiutang smiled and said, "There's nothing we can do about it. Let's edit it first, and then watch the finished film again when it comes out. If necessary, we can reconnect it."

The editor said that he would be able to complete the rough cut in about 6 weeks.

After agreeing on the next time to watch the clip, Li Qiutang went back.

　I've been in very bad shape recently.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)