Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 65 Busy
The Golden Rooster Awards shortlist has been announced, and last year's hit films "Crazy Stone" and "The Night the Comet Came" were not nominated.

Last year's box office champion "Curse of the Golden Flower" did not receive any nominations, but "The Banquet" received four nominations.

Highlight one outrageous!
Netizens are puzzled by the Golden Rooster Awards' behavior. Last year, the domestic film market performed well. Although "Curse of the Golden Flower" and "Night Banquet" did not have good reputations, they had good box office results, ranking first and second last year, and triggered a wave of movie-watching.

As a result, "The Banquet" was nominated, but "Curse of the Golden Flower" was not.

The two best new films by newcomers last year were both a great success at the box office and word-of-mouth, sparking heated discussions among the audience, but they were not even nominated for the Golden Rooster Awards!

Ning Hao had just finished filming Crazy Racing and was caught by reporters when he left the set. His explanation was: "The company may not have signed up."

Reporters knew that Ning Hao was filming a movie, so they could always catch him by stalking the crew, but they didn't know what Li Qiutang did after he finished filming "No One in My Eyes". If they wanted to find him, he didn't have an agent or assistant, so they couldn't get in touch with him.

If you ask Huayi, Huayi will not reveal Li Qiutang's whereabouts.

We can only ask the domestic distributor of "The Night the Comet Came", China Film Group. The relevant person in charge of China Film also refused to disclose Li Qiutang's schedule, but responded to the Golden Rooster Award nomination: "Comet has achieved great success, and we respect the choice of the Golden Rooster judges."

But Li Qiutang was not so easy to deal with. A week after the announcement of the shortlist, reporters finally caught up with him and kept asking him what he was doing recently and what he thought about Comet not being nominated for the Golden Rooster Awards.

Li Qiutang chose the latter question to answer, saying that there is no rush to expose "Becoming Famous" now.

"I applied, but none of them made the shortlist. Maybe the judges thought my film was bad. You should ask them the specific reason."

There is no director who doesn't want his film to be recognized by awards. Although "The Night the Comet Came" has won Li Qiutang many awards at home and abroad, including Montreal, Toronto, Busan, and Huabiao, he still hopes to be nominated and win as many awards as possible.

It is really a bit annoying that there are no nominations for the Golden Rooster Awards, although the Golden Rooster audience's reputation is getting worse and worse.

Li Qiutang's response was interpreted by the media as a shot at the Golden Rooster.

After "scolding" the Golden Rooster Awards, Li Qiutang went back to her own work.

Netizens said they enjoyed Li Qiutang's sarcasm.

But the Golden Rooster Awards are like a group of lice that are not afraid of itching. Just let them scold you, a new director. What can you do if I don’t nominate you?
In the detective team of "To Become Famous", there is still one incompetent policeman Hai Zhaofeng who has not been decided.

Two weeks later, he was chosen by a young actor named Huang Xuan through audition.

"I've heard of you," Li Qiutang said bluntly, "You're the one who was replaced in Curse of the Golden Flower, right?"

Huang Xuan was a little embarrassed and smiled bitterly: "Haha, it's me."

Li Qiutang said, "It's okay. There's nothing good about the role of the little prince anyway, so just let it be replaced. Hai Zhaofeng, just play your role well."

"Thank you, director." His agent had spent a lot of effort to secure this opportunity for him.

Huang Xuan said again: "Director, when do we start filming?"

Li Qiutang said, "It will take another two months for the filming to start, and the preparatory team still has some work to do. What's up? Do you have anything else to do?"

"No, I just asked so I can prepare."

"Okay, go back and read the script carefully. There will be a script reading before filming starts, so remember to come then."

There was no script reading for "Arrogant", but for themes like "Famous", it is very necessary to have a script reading. Li Qiutang had to sort out the story and characters for the actors.

At this point, all the actors in the main cast of "To Become Famous" have been selected. Some were selected by Li Qiutang herself, and some were inserted by Huayi. No matter what, they compromised with each other and finally it was finalized.

After the lineup was finalized, Li Qiutang flew to Shanghai.

The Republic of China drama can be filmed in more than just Hengdian. Chedun Film and Television City in Shanghai is also a very important filming location. After staying in Chedun for another week, Li Qiutang finally decided to film in Hengdian.

After I came back, I didn’t see "Lust, Caution". Shanghai Film Group said that its domestic release would be postponed to the end of October.

This year's National Day movie season seemed particularly quiet as there were no big directors participating.

In fact, this is not the case. Jiang Wen's "The Sun Also Rises" was released on the 21st. The film received unanimous praise from critics, but was not accepted by the audience in the market.

Even many of Jiang Wen's fans have to admit that this is a good movie, but not a good-looking movie.

Of course, this movie was most likely not made for the audience. Jiang Wen made this movie just for his own pleasure.

There is not much to say about other films on the market.

Li Qiutang did not go into the cinema, but went to the stadium. He got a ticket to Xue Youge's National Day concert in Fengtai.

I originally planned to make a prank by going to the concert and shouting "I love Li Ming", but I was afraid of being beaten to death by fans who imitated me, so I gave up.

Watching the concert live, the atmosphere was really great, and it was good for both physical fitness and performance. The show lasted for 3 hours, with more than 40 songs, no guests, and one person sang from beginning to end, singing and dancing vigorously, without any breaks.

This was the only leisure activity for Li Qiutang during the entire National Day holiday. After the concert, he immediately started preparing for "To Become Famous".

"Become a Famous Person" has not been announced to the public yet. It's not that Huayi doesn't want to. It's good for the company to have more projects and more films. The main reason is that Li Qiutang doesn't want to. What he wants for "Become a Famous Person" is to start filming in a low-key manner.

Because "No Man's Glory" has not been released yet. He needs to prove himself again after "Comet", otherwise, if he announces the launch of a new film after the completion of "No Man's Glory", he will probably be considered as being too ambitious.

It is very easy to keep a film secret. As long as the director is not invited to interview the media, reporters will not come to interview him for no reason.

The exposure of the people behind the scenes is never as big as that of the stars in front of the stage, and reporters obviously prefer to follow the stars.

For example, Fairy Sister Liu Yifei.

"The Forbidden Kingdom" has finished filming, and after that many people thought that Liu Yifei was going to sign a contract with Huayi.

It's obvious!

Huayi is the largest performing arts agency in China with countless actors under its umbrella. Why did they give Liu Yifei a Hollywood big-ticket role like "The Forbidden Kingdom" and not other actors under its umbrella?
It’s clear that they want to sign Liu Yifei!

Just like Deng Chao and Huang Xiaoming, they both received Huayi's films as gifts before signing the contract.

When Huayi was casting for "The Forbidden Kingdom", it was not known whether it acquiesced or instructed the media to report it this way, but people in the circle thought that since Liu Yifei won the Golden Swallow Award, she would sign with Huayi.

However, reporters have been secretly following Liu Yifei since the filming of "The Forbidden Kingdom" was completed, and found that she has not had any contact with anyone from Huayi during this period.

"Hey, here she comes." An entertainment reporter patted his companion. He saw Liu Yifei walking into a Northeastern Chinese restaurant on the side of the road.

In the restaurant, Liu Yifei sat opposite Li Qiutang and said with a smile: "I said you can choose whatever you want. Just choose a place like this. You don't have to save money for me. I can still afford a meal."

"I'm not trying to save you money. I just want to eat here. I often come here to eat." Li Qiutang was peeling garlic. "Boss, it's the same as always. Pork and cabbage, 20 pieces. What do you want to eat?"

Liu Yifei said: "Just cook 10 for me."

"Okay, 30 pork and cabbage dishes, ready right away."

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(End of this chapter)