Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 69 starts!
Li Qiutang returned to Hengdian on the day of Xiaoxue and handed a bank card to the crew's finance department.

"There is a total of 2377 million here, so spend it frugally." No one knows how Li Qiutang spent the past two weeks, and no one knows how he managed to collect more than 2000 million in two weeks.

"It will start tomorrow!"

The next day, Saturday, "To Be Famous" started filming in Hengdian in a low-key manner.

Before the official shooting, Li Qiutang took time to check the crew's layout. When looking at the "crime scene", Li Qiutang said to the artist: "The painting on the wall has been changed."

"What to change?"

Now hanging on the wall is a painting of "The Coronation of Napoleon I", which is a panacea and Li Qiutang is not satisfied with it.

"Change to Delacroix's 'Death of Sardanapalus.'" This is something Li Qiutang had overlooked before.

He also had Jacques-Louis David and The Coronation of Napoleon in the script, but he wants to change now.

Because the painting "The Death of Sadhanapelas" is more in line with "To Fame": "After the Assyrian monarch Ashurbanipal, who lived from 660 to 627 BC, failed in his attack on Babylon, he was trapped in the Nineveh Palace. In order to prevent the palace and treasures from falling into the hands of the enemy, he ordered the palace to be burned down, executed his wives, concubines and horses, and then committed suicide."

This is highly similar to Qi Leshan's behavior of "protecting" the nightingale, and the burning down of the nightclub in "To Be Famous" also coincides with the background of this painting.

"I didn't expect you also know oil painting." Deng Chao said.

Li Qiutang said: "If you don't know art, you can't be a director. The light and shadow of the movie are derived from art paintings."

Just as sharpening the knife does not delay the chopping of wood, Li Qiutang spent 2 hours taking a general look at the set, and immediately modified some places that needed to be modified, even though these places did not affect today's filming.

The monitor was set up in a room next to the studio. Li Qiutang sat back in the director's chair and said, "Okay, let's shoot it."

The assistant director yelled, "3-2-1, start."

No matter how low-key the preparation period of "Famous", there will always be media coverage of the opening ceremony.

"This morning, director Li Qiutang's new film "Famous" started shooting in Hengdian in a low-key manner. The cast was luxurious, with rising star Deng Chao as the lead actor, and industry veterans such as Liu Yiwei and Ying Da also participating."

"Today, director Li Qiutang's third film, "Famous", officially started shooting in Hengdian. It has only been three months since the filming of "No One" was completed, and the new film has started shooting. Director Li Qiutang can be said to be a highly productive model worker."

There aren’t many reports on this, which is in line with the low-key filming style of “To Be Famous.”

The shooting in the morning was not smooth, probably because it was the first day. The actors and related staff were not in good shape. Li Qiutang was not in a hurry, but felt sorry for the film. After a few more shots, he turned off the machine and asked the actors to rehearse a few more times before shooting again.

After only two days of filming, Liu Yiwei temporarily left the crew. He had to go and promote his new Lunar New Year film "Destiny Calls Transfer".

Fortunately, there is no national roadshow now, so the film promotion will not take up much time. He can just take a few days off to do a few events and then come back, which will not delay his filming.

This year's Lunar New Year box office is full of gunpowder!
The biggest highlight is of course "The Warlords" versus "Assembly". I don't know where Chen Kexin got the confidence to compete against Feng Xiaogang in the Lunar New Year box office.

The market is not big enough and there are not enough screens now. One prime time slot can accommodate two films, but it cannot accommodate two blockbusters!
What's more, "Assembly" signed an investment cooperation agreement with eight major domestic cinema chains as early as March this year.

The cinema chains have all bet on "Assembly", and Chen Kexin is still trying to squeeze into the Lunar New Year period. People have warned you: "Multiple blockbusters crowded at the same time are bound to suffer. Audiences cannot go to the cinema to watch multiple films in a short period of time. If you don't make adjustments and take a head-on approach, the result will undoubtedly be a disastrous failure."

"CJ7" and "Slam Dunk" have both been postponed to early next year.

The cinema chains are all on Feng Xiaogang's side, why are you still trying to get on his side?

But Chen Kexin also has the capital to be strong. The cast of The Warlords is too luxurious! Li Lianjie, Andy Lau, Jin Chengwu, Xu Jinglei, and it is a war blockbuster, which really gives Chen Kexin the confidence to compete with Feng Xiaogang in the Lunar New Year period.

With such a lineup in hand, why don't you dare to enter the best time slot of the year? Why should I give up the time slot to you?

Moreover, Chen Kexin's judgment on "Assembly" is: "How can ordinary people recognize a movie about JFJ? There are no stars, and it is dirty from beginning to end. And looking at the previous "Night Banquet", Feng Xiaogang's condition is not much better. This movie is about 100 million."

Another highlight of the Lunar New Year holiday is Fan Bingbing, who has two films released this year: "Destiny Calls Transfer" and "Apple".

Especially the latter, it can be said that in terms of scale this year, "Lust, Caution" is first and "Apple" is second.

The film was briefly screened in May this year, but was quickly withdrawn and re-edited and reviewed. Deputy Director Zhang Hongsen once criticized the film for its "insulting depiction of the times," and the director explained: "The material is all real scenes, and the purpose is to show the truth to the greatest extent possible."

Now it is re-released, the running time has been reduced from 112 minutes to 90 minutes.

I don't know what happened this year, but there was a small explosion of QS-type movies. In addition to "Apple" and "Lust, Caution", Taiwan also has a movie called "Tattoo". Although it was not released in mainland China, it also caused quite a lot of discussion in mainland China through links and pirated discs.

"Cut!" Li Qiutang called for a stop again, "Whoever hired these extras, if he looks at the camera again, get him out!"

Deng Chao's performance was quite good, but who would have thought that the extras took a look at the camera and this material was wasted again.

"It's the director." The assistant director of the extras came in and explained the play to the extras, "I'll say it again, act your part well, say the lines and do the actions, don't look at the camera. You, sit in the back!" The assistant director moved the extra who was looking at the camera away, "Come over here and say the lines he just said. Don't look at the camera, okay?"

"I know. Thank you, director!" There are two different prices for having lines and not having lines.

This is how extras work. Minor mistakes can be tolerated, but for mistakes like looking directly into the camera, the crew will not give a second chance and will immediately replace the person.

"Director, it's done." The assistant director hurried back to report.

Seeing Li Qiutang nod, the executive director quickly ordered the set to be rearranged: "Restore the scene, actors return to their positions, and do it again."

Another shot came, and this one passed, but Li Qiutang requested: "This one is very good, let's change the angle and shoot another one to keep the state."

The crew filmed for 12 hours that day before finishing work.

"Director, someone is looking for you."

"Who is it?" Li Qiutang asked as she packed her things. "It's only been a few days since we started filming. What are you doing here?"

"Li Xiaoping."

Guangxian actually feels very regretful that a movie with sales of 3000 million has slipped away from him. If he had been able to get "The Night of the Comet" and "City of Pain" together last year, Guangxian would have achieved a good result of over million in his first entry into the film industry!

For capital, failure to maximize returns means a loss.

By the time Guangxian realized what was happening, Li Qiutang had signed with Huayi.

But even if the audience doesn't know, how could the industry not know? Li Qiutang and Huayi signed a project cooperation contract, with the priority right of selection for three films over five years.

"Fame and Fame" is already the second film within the contract period, and Guangxian feels that it is time to make a move.

Li Xiaoping personally killed "Comet" last year, and Li Qiutang knew it was her, so she had to come, which made her look more glamorous and sincere.

(End of this chapter)