Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 70 Killing the Chicken

But the talks between Li Qiutang and Li Xiaoping did not go smoothly.

It’s not that Li Xiaoping’s conditions were insincere. The attractive conditions were very sincere. The signing fee was 800 million, plus an apartment on the East Third Ring Road and a matching agent and assistant.

But Li Qiutang still refused.

However, he felt that his cooperation with Huayi had not yet expired, and it was somewhat against the rules to contact the next party in this way.

Besides, he is still filming a movie here, so he has no time to think about his next job.

"Famous" is indeed the second film within the contract period with Huayi. It seems that the contract is almost completed, but the third film is still unknown. It may be shot next year, the year after, or the year after that. It is hard to say.

So he himself is not in a hurry to discuss the next company.

Li Xiaoping did not mention that she initially rejected "Comet" because she thought it was a "three-no" product with no famous director, no stars, and no grand scenes.

He just said that he had wanted to visit for a long time, but was too busy with work to get away.

Although Li Qiutang was not very experienced in the business world, he could still handle it.

However, he also said something sarcastic: "Boss Wang and Boss Zhang are both good at vision and have the means. Guangxian will definitely be successful in making movies. Regardless of whether we can sign a contract or not, I may have to rely on Guangxian for investment and distribution in the future."

Of course Li Xiaoping understood what Li Qiutang meant, but she still said that they would definitely cooperate if there was a chance in the future.

Then left Hengdian.

As the leading actress is not here at the moment, the crew of "Fame and Fame" is filming other scenes first and will be filming Li Jiahui's appearance scene today.

In the original film, Lee Ka Fai's first appearance was to attend a film screening and write film reviews to earn travel expenses. After watching the film, Lee Ka Fai thought it was too bad and left.

A very important scene was deleted at the end, and Li Qiutang decided to add it in.

"I'm going to use a long lens here," Li Qiutang explained to the actors and camera operator on the set, "Don't move around as extras, and leave this aisle in the middle clear for me. Start shooting from the back, then move to the side and the front, and just follow until here." The latter sentence was directed to the camera operator.

"You two say the words. It's that simple."

It is of course that simple. Walking from the door to the other side, the two actors speaking their lines in this short corridor takes no more than one minute in total. But it usually takes a crew two or three days to shoot this one minute of material!

"Come, let's rehearse first." Li Qiutang stood aside and handed the venue to the actors.

"start."

Deng Chao walked out, and the photographer followed behind him with the camera. At this time, we can't feel sorry for the film, we have to let the photographer make it.

Deng Chao came out with a portable wine flask, and the actor who played the film crew member hurried over and said to Deng Chao: "Teacher Li, there will be a very sumptuous buffet later."

Deng Chao: "I can't eat anything after watching this movie."

Supporting actor: "This film may look simple, but it hides a big secret."

Deng Chao: "That soldier has a fake leg. The fake leg is the murder weapon. He is the murderer."

"Did you see that?!"

Deng Chao: "Maybe he waited until the lake froze over before crossing there."

"Ah." The co-star nodded.

"That place is Suicheng, you can freeze it and see. Zheng Qianli's photos are better than his." Deng Chao said and was about to leave. The staff quickly pulled him out: "Hey, Mr. Li, what you said is a bit too much." After saying that, he looked around and found that no one was paying attention to them. He took out a red envelope from his pocket and stuffed it into Deng Chao's hand, "Say something nice to the outside world."

Deng Chao was unmoved. He added, "If you don't tell me, I'll just assume you didn't come today."

"Okay, click." Li Qiutang shouted click.

This scene in which Li Jiahui appears is actually very important and should not be deleted. This scene shows Li Jiahui's meticulous mind and his disdain for Zheng Qianli, and establishes Li Jiahui's basic personality, as well as the subsequent conflict with Zheng Qianli.

Li Qiutang talked to the photographer and two actors about the problems in the rehearsal: "First, get the words and movements down. The performance details will come later."

Then he said to the photographer: "You were following too fast just now, slow down."

"Let's rehearse it again. Come on." Li Qiutang clapped his hands, motioning for another try.

The actors rehearsed this scene on the spot for a whole morning, and by the end both actors had formed muscle memory and knew how to move with their eyes closed, and they could say the lines with their brains and mouths.

"Okay, keep up the form, we'll shoot live and try to get it right in one take." Li Qiutang was finally satisfied, "Get the lighting and camera ready. Come on, get ready - record."

But this one still didn’t get shot today!
"Okay, okay, that's enough for today, let's go and continue tomorrow." Li Qiutang was also tired and announced that he would call it a day.

After finishing work, Li Qiutang organized a brief summary meeting for the main creators, which ended before 10:.

"It's the old rule. No drinking is allowed on the set, whether on or off set. We've all worked together once before, so there's no need for me to emphasize it again."

But Li Qiutang emphasized this rule last night, and someone is going to be in trouble when work starts today.

It’s none other than the male protagonist Deng Chao!

Li Jiahui has a portable wine bottle. The crew sometimes fills it with water for him, and sometimes fills it with coffee. He has also poured milk tea into it himself. There has been no problem since the filming started.

Unexpectedly, Deng Chao put real wine in it today!
He was also hoping for a lucky break. Li Jiahui's wine bottle was with him from beginning to end, but Li Jiahui did not have any drunken scenes, so he thought that as long as he drank a little secretly and did not appear drunk and did not delay the filming of the crew, it would be fine.

But today, when Li Qiutang was pouring water into his wine jug, he smelled alcohol.

Li Qiutang's face turned ugly: "Is the wine delicious?"

Deng Chao was in the wrong first, so he kept silent.

"Who filled his glass with wine? I've told you eight hundred times that the crew is not allowed to drink! You're turning a deaf ear to me, right?" If Deng Chao is not killed today, this group of people will probably not take Li Qiutang's words seriously.

Deng Chao's assistant stepped forward to take the blame in time: "Director, I'm sorry, it was my fault. I forgot to boil water last night, so I just took a bottle of wine and poured it in."

Li Qiutang said, "You still have wine in your hotel, right?"

"I'm sorry, Director. I didn't know that alcohol is prohibited in our crew before I came here. I threw it away when I got back."

Chen Guofu and the production director also came up to smooth things over in time: "This is just this time, don't do it again! How can you drink real wine while filming? It's so unprofessional! Um, props, take the wine jug down, pour it out, and fill it with cold water. Let's take a break and continue filming later."

Li Qiutang also stopped when he saw that he was ahead, and was pulled back to sit by Chen Guofu, but he still said to Deng Chao: "If you can't even control your alcohol addiction, how can you still film a movie?"

The 28-year-old Deng Chao was so ashamed by what the 23-year-old Li Qiutang said that he dared not say a word.

Then, for Deng Chao's scene today, Li Qiutang seemed to do it on purpose, asking him to do it over and over again, and to save it after each take, and to do it again from a different angle after each take, which made Deng Chao very tired.

"Okay, passed." Li Qiutang said.

(End of this chapter)