Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 82 Premiere Reception
After further negotiations, Huayi bought 1000% of the share of "Famous" and the domestic distribution rights for 20 million in cash, to be paid within a week. The label was registered under Huayi, and the film copyright remained in the hands of Li Qiutang.

Something that could have been done with 2000 million yuan was turned into this by Huayi.

But there is no way, Huayi must pay this premium. If it doesn’t pay, "Famous" will belong to someone else, and then who knows how the outside world will laugh at them.

Now that the script for "The Sound of Wind" has been finalized, everything will be ready soon.

When "No One" was released for 14 days and the total box office exceeded 9000 million, "The Forbidden Kingdom" held a grand premiere in Beijing.

Li Qiutang had originally planned to leave for another place to scout locations that day, but Wang Zhonglei forced her to stop and told her to only leave after attending the premiere.

The King of Kung Fu had so many stars that he didn't need to show up, but Wang Zhonglei insisted that he show up anyway: "Say hello, sit for a while and then leave."

There was also a buffet cocktail party before the premiere, which was a great idea with food and drinks. I might copy it for the next premiere.

"Hello, Director Qiutang." A female voice called him.

Li Qiutang turned around and saw that it was Dong Xuan, who had just signed with Huayi at the end of last year. Wang Zhonglei arranged for her to be Li Qiutang's female companion on the red carpet today.

"Hello." Li Qiutang shook hands with her. "I've seen your "Dragon Goddess". She is really a goddess."

"Thank you for the compliment, director." Dong Xuan smiled.

She has developed very well in the past two years. "Snow Goddess Dragon" became a hit and "Eight Heroes" also had good ratings. Her big screen debut was Gu Changwei's "Li Chun", in which she performed well and received rave reviews.

If martial arts films hadn't been in overall decline, Dong Xuan might have been able to make a breakthrough in the career of female knight with the roles of Nu Long and Bian Su Wen.

After saying hello, Dong Xuan was called to take photos and do interviews. She was just a red carpet companion and there was no need to stay together all the time.

Li Qiutang also accepted a brief interview from Xinlang's reporter on the red carpet. The reporter was very discerning and did not ask about "Arrogant". The main topic today was of course "The Forbidden Kingdom". The second topic was to talk about the Olympics. The Olympics are getting closer, and Xinlang used "The Forbidden Kingdom" to organize an Olympics blessing event.

Li Qiutang also briefly talked about the Olympics, saying that she failed to get a ticket when tickets were sold twice last year, and hoped to have good luck in the next two months.

When the reporter asked him what competition he most wanted to watch, Li Qiutang said he wanted to watch swimming.

After the interview, Li Qiutang was able to calm down for a while.

"Big director." As soon as he heard the voice, he knew it was Liu Yifei calling him.

Turn around and look.

(⊙o⊙)!

Liu Yifei wore a silver strapless dress today with a black ribbon tied under her chest.

Li Qiutang sighed, her figure is so domineering, why didn't I notice it before. Eh? I didn't notice it before.

Li Qiutang opened her mouth and said: "Beautiful today."

Liu Yifei was very pleased with the compliment and said with a smile: "No matter how beautiful I am, you won't invite me to act in a movie. I haven't congratulated you yet. The movie "No One" is a big hit."

"When did you come back?"

"A few days ago, I felt dizzy due to jet lag," said Liu Yifei.

"You are already an international star." Liu Yifei has signed a contract with WMA, becoming the company's second artist in Asia after Zhang Ziyi. "For bumpkins like us, we don't know what it's like abroad, and we don't even have a chance to adjust to the time difference."

I haven’t been abroad for more than a year, and Li Qiutang almost forgot her Chiglish.

Li Qiutang was obviously being sarcastic, but his Northeastern accent was full of humor, so Liu Yifei couldn't get angry at all. She even wanted to laugh. Instead, she asked him, "What are you doing recently?"

"What else can I be busy with? Promoting "No One" and preparing for "The Whispering Wind"."

"You're busy, right?" Liu Yifei said politely. "Not bad." Li Qiutang said, "That's what directors do."

Liu Yifei has not been in China for several months after the New Year. She only found out about the hit "No One" when she returned a few days ago. She had no idea about "The Whistleblower" and had never even heard of it.

"You are the heroine today," Li Qiutang did not take up too much of Liu Yifei's time, "Go ahead."

Liu Yifei left to do an interview.

Although it was called a cocktail party, no one would drink in such an occasion, so Li Qiutang was quite popular at the party.

"Hello, Director Qiu Tang." A stranger came over and greeted him, "I'm from the Huayi Music Department."

"Oh, hello." Li Qiutang basically has no dealings with Huayi's music department.

"This is our newly signed BoBo group." It turned out that they were here to introduce them to him.

"Hello, Director." The two of them greeted Li Qiutang politely.

The agent continued, "They both just debuted and released an album last year. They are very popular. The company also wants to push them into film and television. They have already started to play some guest roles."

"Oh, really? That's pretty good." Li Qiutang nodded. This is how all newcomers start out, playing small roles first, and then being taken by their agents to various places to make friends and build connections.

"Then we won't bother you, director. You're busy." After introducing them, the agent took the two away.

"You're here. I thought you weren't coming." The speaker was Director Zhao Baogang. "Jiang Wei mentioned you to me a few days ago, saying that No Man's Eye was well shot."

In fact, Li Qiutang is not familiar with director Zhao Baogang, but Zhao Baogang and his teacher Jiang Wei have been friends for many years.

Li Qiutang smiled bitterly and said, "Some film critics have criticized me badly."

Some film critics and martial arts fans seized on the simplicity of the story of "No One" and attacked Li Qiutang crazily.

"Ignore them, they sing the opposite tune just to show that they are different." There is a kind of sober self-satisfaction in saying that a movie that has exploded in both word-of-mouth and box office is not good.

In fact, "No One in Despair" has been praised by some scholars. Although the story is simple, Li Qiutang used very good language in several scenes of the film. This is one of the reasons why scholars did not criticize "No One in Despair" for being "vulgar".

Li Qiutang is in a commercial genre film and his basic skills can be seen in some shots.

Nowadays, the academic community rarely criticizes commercial films. After all, times have changed.

Li Qiutang really had nothing to talk about with this senior teacher. Speaking of his teacher, Li Qiutang said that he would go to Hengdian to see him in a couple of days.

"What is he filming over there now?" asked Zhao Baogang.

"It's a spy drama that's been in the works for several years. It's starred by Sun Honglei. He's an actor from your company, right?"

Zhao Baogang smiled and said, "Yes, my wife is in charge of the agency. I really didn't know that Hong Lei was filming Jiang Wei's play."

After the two finished talking, Zhao Baogang introduced to Li Qiutang an actor named Ren Zhong whom he had just signed last year.

The two shook hands and said hello.

Li Qiutang was also quite embarrassed in such social occasions. Although he was young, he had good grades. He felt a little uncomfortable when many actors who were ten years older than him praised the director so politely.

No wonder they say that when you become famous you will be surrounded by good people. Now Li Qiutang is surrounded by good people. They all want to cooperate with him, greet him with a smile and speak nicely.

Li Qiutang gradually felt bored and secretly slipped away from the cocktail party, waiting for the red carpet to start before coming out again.

　Will be available tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)