Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 96 The war of words escalates!

After the celebration party of "To Be Famous", Li Qiutang accepted an exclusive interview with Fox Entertainment.

In this interview, Li Qiutang responded to two major issues surrounding him and the "Famous" crew during this period.

"What is your relationship with Gao Yuanyuan? Are you in a relationship?"

Li Qiutang smiled and said, "Teacher Gao Yuanyuan and I are just normal colleagues. We get along very well when filming together. There is no other relationship."

The marketing has been done and the box office has exceeded 100 million. It’s time to clarify.

The reporter obviously knew that what happened before was all marketing by the crew. The story of a talented man and a beautiful woman has been popular for thousands of years.

So after Li Qiutang's clarification, the reporter did not pester her, but instead used this issue to inquire about Li Qiutang's criteria for choosing a partner.

"So what kind of girls do you like? You said on the show before that you like pretty ones."

Li Qiutang is not opposed to the issue of choosing a spouse. After all, he is old enough and he works behind the scenes. Whether he has a relationship or not has no impact on his work.

So he smiled and replied, "Who doesn't like beautiful things?"

The reporter asked him back: "Who do you think is beautiful?"

Li Qiutang was stunned, obviously not expecting the reporter to do this, and said, "You are very beautiful."

The reporter covered her mouth and laughed at the words. This director is really good, but she didn't forget her job: "Will you find someone in the industry?"

Li Qiutang answered with a panacea: "It depends on fate. If we are attracted to each other, it doesn't matter whether we are in the same circle or not."

The reporter knew that Li Qiutang was not going to answer any more personal questions, so he turned to another more pointed question: "Director Feng Xiaogang previously criticized "Famous" for not being a movie, and said some very serious things. Do you want to respond to him?"

Li Qiutang still remembers Feng Xiaogang saying that "Famous" "is not a good thing."

How can people from Northeast China stand this!
So he responded sternly: "If you say that "Famous" is 'not a thing', then films like "Party A, Party B" and "Endless" are not even a thing. I put the drama on the big screen, and he also made a skit into a movie!"

Feng Xiaogang disregarded their friendship at Huayi and scolded him like this during the release of "Famous", so there was no need for him to save face for Feng Xiaogang.

The reporter was never afraid of making a big deal out of it, so he continued, "Some people say your good grades threaten Feng Xiaogang's position at Huayi."

"I don't know about that." Li Qiutang said, "I made a good film, and the audience supported me with one vote after another. The public's eyes are sharp. What I made is not a joke. Are the audience who support me blind?"

The reporter wanted to hear the two sides quarrel, and then asked: "Your contract with Huayi is about to expire, have you considered the next step?"

"It hasn't expired yet, let's talk about it after we finish filming "The Sound of Wind". There's still time, no rush, let's talk about it slowly." Li Qiutang kept his promise and would not talk about changing jobs before the completion of "The Sound of Wind".

After the celebration banquet.

"Fox Entertainment's "Famous" held a grand celebration banquet in Beijing. Director Li Qiutang responded to Feng Xiaogang's criticism: You are not even a toy!"

Various media outlets reprinted this news crazily.

"Huayi's internal fight! Li Qiutang and Feng Xiaogang's verbal battle has stirred up waves again. Li Qiutang criticized Feng Xiaogang for turning a skit into a movie."

"Li Qiutang slams Feng Xiaogang: 'It's not even a toy!'"

"The Sound of Wind is the last film of Director Li Qiutang's first contract with Huayi, and the prospects for renewal are unclear. During this critical period, Feng Xiaogang previously criticized "Famous" for not being a movie. Director Li Qiutang responded to Feng Xiaogang at the celebration banquet of "Famous" yesterday, saying that his works such as "Party A and Party B" and "Endless" are even less worthy of being called movies."

"The verbal fight between Li and Feng escalates!"

After the celebration banquet, Li Qiutang immersed herself in the preparation of "The Whistleblower", ignoring public opinion for the time being.

Huayi had a headache. Both of them were the company's gods of wealth, one was a loyal follower who had worked together to build the company, and the other was a young and strong director with unlimited prospects. Both of them needed Huayi to take good care of them.

The Wang brothers signed Li Qiutang in order to get rid of the company's excessive dependence on Feng Xiaogang personally and open up new sources of income for the company.

This was indeed achieved. The two movies "No One" and "Famous" were big hits and are expected to bring the company over 100 million yuan in profits.

The Wang brothers actually anticipated that there would be a conflict between the two, but they did not expect it to break out so quickly and so violently.

The current situation is that The Whistleblower, which Li Qiutang is currently preparing, is Huayi's trump card for next year, while If You Are the One, which Feng Xiaogang is about to start filming, is Feng's comedy's big return to the Lunar New Year season - Feng Xiaogang + Ge You, it is basically a foregone conclusion that it will be a big hit.

If Huayi fails to serve Li Qiutang well, Li Qiutang will not renew her contract next year, which will cause great harm to Huayi; if Huayi fails to serve Feng Xiaogang well, it will hurt the old employee and damage the foundation of Huayi.

It's difficult to deal with either side.

But Huayi knew Feng Xiaogang's temper. It was impossible for him not to fight back when Li Qiutang scolded him like that. Feng Xiaogang never suffered any loss when he spoke.

Sure enough, on the first day of July, Feng Xiaogang, who was still busy with the start of If You Are the One, responded to Li Qiutang in an interview: "I have no business talking to a young man like him. When I was filming, he didn't even know what a movie was."

After saying this, he also picked up the style of an artist: "It's nonsense to say that I'm jealous of his box office. I don't care about the box office anymore. I have achieved the results he has now. The box office of "Party A and Party B" accounted for more than 3% of the total box office that year, and "See You Tomorrow" accounted for 5% of the total box office that year. No one has surpassed my results until now."

The media was happy to see the two quarreling and kept instigating both of them in their reports.

"Li Feng's quarrel escalates! Feng Xiaogang: When I was making a movie, he didn't even know what a movie was!"

"Feng Xiaogang: Don't bother with young people, don't care about box office."

“Feng Xiaogang: No one has surpassed my achievements.”

Wang Zhonglei advised Li Qiutang not to argue with Feng Xiaogang.

But it's not Feng Xiaogang's character not to talk back, and it's not Li Qiutang's character not to talk back either.

Li Qiutang responded in Tianjin:

"The meat of a bun doesn't lie in the folds, and the ability to make a movie doesn't lie in age. According to him, the 92-year-old grandfather at the entrance of our village is the best at making movies. I tell you, from now on, if someone says, 'I've eaten more salt than you've eaten rice,' you'll know he can't win."

As for the box office share, this is easy to refute.

"The box office of Spring in a Small Town was very low back then, and now it's hard to find any information about it. Could it be that his film is even better than Spring in a Small Town?"

After Li Qiutang finished his retort, he buried his head in his work again. He also secretly sighed that it would be unpleasant if he didn't criticize others on Weibo.

If he had Weibo, he could post dozens of different curses a day.

Seeing that Li Qiutang refused to listen, Wang Zhonglei had no choice but to persuade Feng Xiaogang.

It is easy to imagine what Wang Zhonglei would say. It would be nothing more than don't bother with young people. You are a senior, so why bother arguing with the juniors and even have it brought to the media? How can you save face if you win the argument?

No matter how Huayi tried to persuade Feng Xiaogang, he did not respond to Li Qiutang for several days, and reporters could not find him.

Feng Xiaogang doesn't make a fuss, and Li Qiutang can't just criticize others for nothing.

In fact, he had something even more powerful to say: "No matter how bad I am, I started filming right after graduation. When you were young, you carried bags for others and served as a younger brother. At banquets, you accompanied this person and coaxed that person. How are you better than me?"

But I'm afraid I'll never have the chance to say this again.

However, according to a tabloid reporter, Feng Xiaogang closed the door in the hotel that day and smashed things while cursing. People outside the door could hear it clearly. He did not eat that day and was very angry.

(End of this chapter)