Chapter 1028 Chapter 103: Role Model

Li Qian to accompany the New Year?

Lu Lingxi was subconsciously overjoyed when she heard these words, but she soon realized that she felt a little flattered on the one hand, and a little surprised on the other.

At other times, if you want to say that Li Qian has time, it is still possible, but during the Chinese New Year, it is strange that he can be free. Chinese people pay more attention to family reunion during the Chinese New Year. Putting that aside, Li Qian only has four or five homes in Shuntian Mansion!

Moreover, this is only the number that I know, and I don't know how many there are!

How many women Li Qian has, and how many women he married back home, not to mention in the entertainment industry, even in Minghu Culture, is still a mystery—only Qi Jie who has been helping Li Qian take care of these things is in the heart It's the door that is clear, and others can't figure out the details at all.

At this time, Lu Lingxi thought of so many things in the blink of an eye, but what he said was, "You have so many people who need to be with you? Do you have time to talk to me? Don't you need to go home to accompany your big and small wives and children?"

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Lu Lingxi regretted it.

Sure enough, Li Qian smiled a little embarrassedly, and raised his hand to rub his chin, as if he was a little embarrassed.

Lu Lingxi felt that she had almost guessed what he was thinking and what he would say, so after a moment of panic, she didn't wait for Li Qian to speak, and said directly: "But it's good! It's better to have someone to accompany you than no one Accompanying is better! Then I will give myself a vacation and reward you with a chance to accompany me!"

Li Qian smiled and said, "Then it's settled, I'll treat you to dinner tonight."

This time Lu Lingxi was relieved, even a little excited in his heart, and readily agreed, but then, Li Qian stretched out his hand, "Bring it?"

Lu Lingxi was stunned for a moment, and then came to his senses, turned around helplessly, took out the key of the editing room from his bag, and handed it over.

Li Qian put away the keys, stood up, and said, "Let's go, I'll take you home first."

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For so many years, Lu Lingxi has never put on makeup so seriously.

Although she still wears light makeup.

Going home, taking a shower, blowing hair, getting dressed, and then putting on makeup—it took thirty or forty minutes to add up the first few things, and it took a full twenty minutes to put on the last one.

God is pitiful, even when she was teaching at the film academy, she used to have a lot of time to relax every day, and it was amazing, but she just took a few minutes to sweep Emei before going out.

But today, she made it very carefully, using almost all the makeup skills taught by Qin Jingjing and the others. Not to mention, although it is still just a light sweep of Emei, but after the transformation is over, I think it is really beautiful - I feel that the whole person is exquisite all of a sudden, and it seems to be several years younger.

Suddenly, looking at her exquisite self in the mirror, she suddenly thought: New Year is coming again!

After the year is over, I will be thirty-two years old!

That feeling, as if the mood suddenly darkened.

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When going downstairs, Li Qian noticed very keenly that Lu Lingxi seemed to be in a bad mood.

When they went out of the company together and sent her back, she still seemed in a good mood - of course, he found that she had put on makeup, which was very delicate and beautiful.

But Li Qian didn't ask.

It wasn't until the two of them chose the restaurant and ordered the dishes that Li Qian smiled and said, "Why do you feel like you've changed your clothes when you go home, but you're in a bad mood all of a sudden?"

Lu Lingxi sighed, feeling a little hypocritical.

In fact, she knew that she was not like this in the early years, but in the past two years, it seems that she is becoming more and more hypocritical. She thinks it might be because of getting older.

But today she seemed particularly unwilling to talk about this topic with others, especially Li Qian, so she changed the topic a little rudely, and asked instead, "Speaking of which, why do you have so much free time? You still want to treat me to dinner , Those who accompany me during the Chinese New Year don't need you to accompany them?"

Li Qian shrugged his shoulders, thinking that he would finally have to face this problem, so he said, "I want to accompany you!"

After a pause, he looked at Lu Lingxi and said, "I just feel that I should accompany you more now."

Lu Lingxi let out a "tss", squinting at him, "What do you want to do? Talk so nasty!"

Li Qian laughed and waved his hands, "What don't I want to do! I don't dare to pick on you, so don't worry!"

Lu Lingxi was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and his face turned gray instantly. But she quickly came back to her senses, smiled, and said, "You still have something in your heart!"

After a pause, she took the opportunity to complain, "People say that rabbits don't eat grass by the side of their nests. Look at the grass on our company's side, it's almost eaten by you alone! I said, can you change to another place?"

Li Qian spread his hands helplessly.

"I'm really not... I didn't... I... Forget it, I won't explain."

Lu Lingxi grinned.

It seemed that such an active attack made Li Qian tongue-tied and unable to explain clearly, which greatly dispelled the loss in his heart just now.

Of course, in fact, she knew exactly what Li Qian meant.

Seeing that she had gained the upper hand, she quickly sighed again and said, "Forget it, listen to you, I won't go to the company tomorrow, take a good rest for a few days, and celebrate the New Year. After the New Year is over, I will continue to cut. .”

Li Qian smiled, "That's right!"

Just when the food was on the table, he said: "Let's spend this year well first, eat and drink well, and then talk about other things!"

Lu Lingxi smiled, but said nothing.

During the meal, she suddenly said, "What's your expectation for the box office of this film?"

Li Qian looked up at her, "What about you? What's your box office expectation?"

Lu Lingxi stopped her chopsticks - she didn't eat much in the first place, but these days her mind was exhausted, so she ate less. After a few mouthfuls of food, she didn't feel hungry at all - after thinking about it, She said: "Up to now, the cost of this movie has been spent more than 20 million yuan. When the remaining half of the film salary for you and Jingjing is paid, it will be in the early 30 million yuan. When I finish all the post-production , the cost can be controlled at about 33 million, so in this case, it will take more than 80 million at the box office to protect the capital?"

Li Qian calculated in his mind for a moment, nodded, and said: "If the announcement is made, because the cast is not bad, on the contrary, it may be less investment. After the movie is released, pay attention to guiding word-of-mouth on the Internet, and let word-of-mouth ferment. It's the most suitable way, but it must be more than 20 million! Theoretically speaking, if this movie sells for 100 million at the box office, it will not make money."

Lu Lingxi sighed again, "Oh, I regret it a bit now. The pressure is too great! If I didn't have to go to the United States to shoot scenes, the cost of shooting could be reduced by at least several million, and the cost of custom-made films could be reduced. Control it at around 25 million, in that case, the pressure to recover the cost will be much less!"

This reasoning is naturally correct, but Li Qian was noncommittal when he heard the words.

After a pause, Lu Lingxi continued: "A few days ago, Lao Han told me that, in fact, as long as this film is slightly changed, and the background is changed in China, he is sure to pull it to more than 10 million yuan just by placing advertisements. , considering that you and Jingjing are the male and female protagonists, maybe the advertisement alone will pay off! It's a pity..."

Li Qian waved his hand, "We don't care about the money, and we don't want to be greedy for the advertising fee! Although the placement of advertisements will greatly reduce the cost pressure in the early stage, there will always be obvious advertisements in a movie... It's too ugly. , there is no need for that! We don't need these few dollars!"

Lu Lingxi gave him a helpless look and said, "Of course you don't care! But this is my first movie, and of course I hope it will be profitable!"

Li Qian smiled, finally stopped his chopsticks, wiped his mouth with a tissue, and asked her, "Are you so unconfident about the box office of this movie? You can't make it past 100 million?"

Lu Lingxi was stunned for a moment, smiled, and whispered: "I also fantasized about 350 million! But this is a love movie, isn't the box office of love movies like that? Even if it is a very good movie, it has always been It is a steady sale, and it is difficult to sell big box office hits like "The Matrix" and "Dragon Inn."

After a pause, she said: "So... I thought to myself, saving capital is the first step. As for expectations, I just dare to look forward to see if I can exceed 200 million or something!"

She explained with a smile: "Just because you participated in the show, it's worth 100 million at the box office, right?"

Li Qian smiled, shook his head, and said to her seriously: "In the past ten years or so, there has been a lot of talk about commercial movies in China, and everyone is thinking about the so-called big productions and commercial blockbusters. We can do well in the past. I have thrown away some of the things I have done. How good is Zhao Meicheng’s comedies? But he thinks that there is no money and the box office is too low. Qin Wei’s life scenes and love scenes are also very beautiful. The top domestic films The standard is high, but he has to make big productions! But in fact? Romance films, comedies, do they really not make money? Can’t they really hit the box office? I don’t think so!”

Lu Lingxi thought for a while, then nodded, ""The Biggest Star" has exploded, if it exceeds 500 million...it should be the first domestic comedy movie with a box office of over 500 million, right?"

Li Qian nodded, "Yes."

After a pause, Lu Lingxi said again: "If "My Sassy Girlfriend" was filmed by you now, if you caught up with the current market, would you still have a chance to sell for more than 500 million?"

Li Qian thought for a while, then nodded, "The problem shouldn't be too big."

Lu Lingxi frowned and sighed, "But... I still don't think it's a good comparison! In fact, the premise of these two movies is that they can be classified as comedies. "Big Wrist" is a satirical comedy, black Humor, "My Sassy Girl" is also a romantic comedy. Comedy is naturally a plus point, especially a real comedy that can make people laugh. A lot of points. But "Autumn Fairy Tale"..."

Li Qian smiled and shook his head, ignored her, and continued to bury his head in eating.

Lu Lingxi was alone and sad for a moment, and then her attention unconsciously shifted to Li Qian, who continued to eat hazelnuts. After watching for a while, she couldn't help saying: "You really can eat!"

Li Qian looked up at her.

She smiled and said, "Ever since I ate at the same table with you in the school cafeteria, I discovered that you can really eat. You alone can eat as much as five of me!"

Li Qian smiled, still chewing something in his mouth, and said, "I have a lot of women, so I can't eat more!"

Lu Lingxi couldn't hold back all of a sudden, burst out laughing.

Her face was a little red, and she asked, "Is there any connection? If you have more women, you should eat more?"

Li Qian also laughed, "Some things take a lot of energy, you know that?"

Lu Lingxi froze for a moment, blushing even more, "Then you... eat more?"

As soon as the words came out of her mouth, her face turned even redder than before - no matter how she thought about it, it seemed that she shouldn't be a topic that she and Li Qian could talk about together.

At this time, Li Qian just shook his head and smiled, and said indifferently: "Just kidding. I really have a big appetite! If I don't eat, I will be hungry. What can I do!"

After finishing speaking, he continued to bury his head in eating.

Lu Lingxi watched him eat, and felt an itch in his heart unconsciously.

Even though she knew she couldn't think like this, and she really shouldn't think like this, but at this moment, she still couldn't help thinking: "There are so many women, it seems that it really consumes energy!"

Then she shook her head quickly to drive away those messy thoughts, and then she suddenly came back to her senses and said: "After talking for a long time, I suddenly remembered that you didn't answer my question! ", what is your expected box office?"

Li Qian smiled, and asked again: "How much do you think the box office of "Crazy Stone" will be?"

Lu Lingxi was stunned for a moment, and then said: "I haven't read that book... However, since it's your book, and Feng Bicheng has the reputation and popularity accumulated by the previous "Big Star", there should be at least... more than 300 million ?”

Li Qian smiled and said, "The premiere the day after tomorrow, did your agent give you the invitation letter?"

Lu Lingxi thought for a while, then smiled a little guiltyly, "Should... have you given it?" Actually, she didn't remember at all whether she gave it or not.

At this time, Li Qian smiled and said: "Don't run to the company tomorrow, take a good rest for a day, the day after tomorrow, make it beautiful, just like today is very good, go and praise Feng Bicheng!"

Lu Lingxi also felt that it was necessary to praise this show, but Li Qian talked about it, but he didn't mention his box office expectations for "Autumn Fairy Tales", which made Lu Lingxi feel more itchy.

At this time, she nodded, agreed, and then said: "But "Autumn Fairy Tale" and "Crazy Stone" are incomparable! My film is a romance film about small love and small love. It's your script, so I just..."

Li Qian interrupted her and said, "You are also my script!"

Lu Lingxi froze for a moment, and wanted to say something, but Li Qian raised his hand, interrupted her, and then said seriously: "I understand your current state, but there is no need! Director Lu, what should you do next? How to do it, just deal with it best, don’t think too much, we all know your ability well. I also know my script, my performance. So... everyone says that the box office of romance movies Not high, not making money, right? That’s just right, you can use this "Autumn Fairy Tale" to set an example for those people!"

Lu Lingxi was stunned for a moment when she heard the words, and when she came back to understand the meaning of Li Qian's words, she couldn't help but her heart beat violently.

"Set an example for others?" She thought to herself, "If it goes according to what he said, is it possible that a romance film like "Autumn Fairy Tale" can...be over 500 million?"

She said timidly, "No way? You... don't you mean a bit too old?"

Li Qian smiled and said nothing.

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The funeral is over and I'm back.