Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 71 The Heroine Runs Away

Mr. Han came to visit the set.

The Lunar New Year period is so busy, but he actually has time to come over.

"I didn't come here just to see you. I've been attending a meeting in Hengdian these days." Director Han said with a smile.

"Hello, Mr. Han."

"Hello, Mr. Han."

Everyone in the crew would call him "Director Han" without any hesitation.

Mr. Han was not arrogant and talked with Li Qiutang as they walked.

Li Qiutang wrapped herself up tightly and said, "It's too cold in the south in the winter. It doesn't matter how many clothes you wear."

Director Han smiled and said, "You look like you have a lot of clothes on." They sat down and said, "Just keep shooting and leave me alone."

Li Qiutang picked up the intercom and shouted to the set: "Come on, come on, let's do it again. President Han is watching. If you perform well in the next China Film Studio movie, we will look for you."

The people around him laughed, and Mr. Han himself laughed too.

President Han came to visit the set, and Li Qiutang didn't give the cast and crew a bad look today - the documentary was being filmed.

Director Han read a few pages of the script and said with a smile, "You are really brave. Aren't you afraid that Wang Jin will sue you for writing a character like Zheng Qianli?"

"Don't worry, Director Wang Jin is very generous and won't care about this."

The prototype of Zheng Qianli is of course Wang Jin, and any viewer with some experience in watching movies can tell that.

"Hey? Where's Liu Yiwei? Isn't he playing Zheng Qianli?"

"Teacher Liu is now watching Wang Jin's movies in the hotel, two or three a day." Li Qiutang said, "After getting the script, he was afraid that he couldn't grasp Zheng Qianli's character. I told him to watch Wang Jin's movies, including those of the director and producer, to understand his mentality when filming."

"That's a good idea." Director Han nodded and asked, "Are there any difficulties in filming?"

"Now that the money problem has been solved, what other difficulties can there be?" Li Qiutang smiled.

Li Qiutang came up with 2377 million in two weeks, of course with the help of Mr. Han, but not in the name of China Film. Mr. Han also had to consider the overall situation. Li Qiutang had a contract with Huayi, and it was not convenient for China Film to invest in "Famous", so he raised money for Li Qiutang in his personal capacity.

Moreover, "To Be Famous" pays tribute to some classic domestic and foreign films, and the copyright issues involving these films were also resolved with the help of China Film.

China Film Group did not gain any substantial benefits from "Fame and Fame", but should it not do something that has no benefit?
Mr. Han is not so narrow-minded. What he values is Li Qiutang as a person.

After watching the crew for a while, Director Han left and Li Qiutang continued to work.

The filming of "To Be Famous" was actually not easy. The leading actress Gao Yuanyuan could not join the crew for the time being, so Li Qiutang could only shoot some shots without her, such as the appearance of Li Jiahui and Guan Jingnian. The two met in front of the abandoned nightclub building and walked into the room together.

In order to make the crew's work more fulfilling, Li Qiutang even called the editor to join the crew, editing while shooting, which made the work more efficient.

In the market, the Lunar New Year movie season has officially begun.

"Apple" had a bad start, with less than a million on the first day. Comedy movies like "Destiny Calls Forwarding" are naturally suitable for the Lunar New Year holiday, and it achieved a good result of 600 million on the first day.

"Life Call" was released for half a month and the box office has exceeded 3000 million, which can be said to be a huge hit and a good start for the Lunar New Year box office.

The crew also specially sent Liu Yiwei a bouquet of flowers.

Liu Yiwei said frankly: "It is definitely impossible to break 3000 million. I am satisfied with 2000 million now." The cost of this film is really not high. In fact, this film can be regarded as a commercial for China Mobile. Before the screening, China Mobile announced that it would underwrite million for "The Warlords". "The rest will definitely depend on "The Warlords" and "Assembly". This is the consensus.

Sure enough, The Warlords, which was released first, earned over 2 million yuan on the first day, which was better than Chen Kexin expected: "Now we can expect the box office to exceed 2.5 million after the first weekend. Originally, we only dared to hope for million, but now we are expecting million."

He didn't brag about this before the release. He said, "I think 3 million is the minimum."

"The Warlords" achieved a good result of 5 million in the first 8000 days of its first weekend, which shows the appeal of several superstars.

On Thursday, "Assembly", a movie that Chen Kexin said had no stars, was not interesting to the JFJ audience and was dirty, was released. It overwhelmed the entire Lunar New Year box office with a super high score of 1500 million, and 4 million in the first four days of the weekend!
Of course, the later release of "Assembly" seriously affected the performance of "The Warlords"!

After the release of "Assembly", the daily box office of "The Warlords" dropped very seriously and is completely incomparable to "Assembly".

The panic about the box office spread to Chen Kexin. It is said that he went to Mr. Han in frustration and said, "Mr. Han, can you tell me whether the box office will exceed 200 million? I only ask for 200 million."

And the crew of "Famous".

"Please hurry up Gao Yuanyuan. It's been a month since the filming started. It would be embarrassing if she doesn't come." Chen Guofu asked the actor coordinator to hurry up again.

One month after the filming started, Li Qiutang had shot most of the shots except for Su Mengdie. If Gao Yuanyuan didn't come, Li Qiutang would ask Lu Chuan for her.

On the Saturday of Christmas week, Chen Guofu really wanted to call the crew of Nanjing! Nanjing! to ask for someone. The assistant director quickly told him, "She's here. Gao Yuanyuan has already arrived at Xiaoshan Airport and is heading to Hengdian."

Gao Yuanyuan called Li Qiutang to apologize first.

Even if the schedule was set early on, it was unacceptable for her, as the leading actress, not to join the crew for a month after the filming started.

She also heard that someone in the crew had proposed to Li Qiutang to replace her. She also knew that the alternative actor was Fan Bingbing. Fan said that as long as Li Qiutang needed her, she would come to Hengdian the next day, and would also bring at least 500 million yuan of Tang De's funds into the crew.

She didn't dare to waste time and hurried to Hengdian.

It just so happened that something happened on the set of Nanjing! Nanjing! recently, so she could leave the crew.

"Director, I'm really sorry." Gao Yuanyuan called Li Qiutang in the car, "It's too busy over there. I'm in the car now and will be there in another half an hour and 40 minutes."

It's good that people are here. Li Qiutang didn't want to say much, but just half-jokingly said: "We need to shoot for a longer time this time."

"I must take more photos, I must take more photos." Gao Yuanyuan had no choice but to agree.

When she arrived at the set, Gao Yuanyuan hurried to put on makeup.

"Okay, the heroine is here, let's finish shooting this scene." Li Qiutang quickly organized the crew to get to work.

Gao Yuanyuan stayed on the set of "Famous" until New Year's Day and did not leave. At the end of the filming, Li Qiutang herself felt curious. Didn't the crew of "Nanjing! Nanjing!" urge her?
Later, I learned that the crew of Nanjing! Nanjing! had stopped filming due to lack of funds, and Lu Chuan was so worried that he smoked two packs of cigarettes a day.

The crew stopped working a week before Gao Yuanyuan came, and Lu Chuan had no choice but to look for investment again. However, the investors now did not trust the main theme, so it was difficult for Lu Chuan to get the money.

There was no other choice, Lu Chuan forced the two heroines, Gao Yuanyuan and Qin Lan, to go to a drinking party to please the investors.

Gao Yuanyuan drank some and left Lu Chuan to join the crew of "Famous" the next day.

"How could they be short of money?" The crew is short of money either because they have no money to start filming, no money to wrap up filming, no money for post-production, and no money for publicity and promotion. It is very rare that they run out of money in the middle of filming. If they run out of money in the middle of filming, there is a big possibility that the previously agreed-upon investment has not arrived, or the crew has simply run away.

"I don't know. We actors don't know where the money went." Gao Yuanyuan is now very glad that she still has another movie "Famous" to shoot, otherwise she would not know what would happen if she was trapped in the crew of "Nanjing! Nanjing!"

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(End of this chapter)