Chapter 698 Chapter 210 Another Peak Beyond the Mountain
The sun is shining.
This is a rare sunny day.
There was an easy chair on the indoor balcony, and Lu Ping lay on it relaxedly.
The sound of Xia Xiaoyue's brisk footsteps, and the soft humming sound from time to time, came one after another, and occasionally the phone rang, and the voice of talking on the phone with her.
She's clearly excited.
"Hello heroine! "has not been offline yet, but it has already paid back its capital smoothly. It is certain that it will make money next time. The difference is just a big profit and a small profit. Naturally, the producer does not need to remind, and will pay the remaining half of the director's salary properly. Moreover, Mr. Zhou specially wrapped a red envelope for him - 500,000 yuan!
He said generously: Next, for every 10 million increase in the box office, an additional 500,000 bag will be given!
This is certainly a happy and enjoyable thing.
Make money! You are the boss, I have done the work, and the work is beautiful, so of course I hope to get more rewards! You gave, hello me, everyone happy!
However, Lu Ping seemed strangely calm.
When he got the red envelope, the big envelope of 500,000 yuan, he gave it to Xia Xiaoyue and said, "Take it to buy clothes!"
Lu Ping is a successful director. The few movies he has made in recent years have made him somewhat wealthy. Although Xia Xiaoyue is only a small actor, she also takes on a few movies a year, and she can still earn three to five hundred thousand. So naturally, the two of them are definitely not poor, but...not rich either!
Whether it is for Lu Ping or Xia Xiaoyue, five hundred thousand is a lot of money!
This was Lu Ping's rare generosity!
So, she made an appointment with a few little sisters today, ready to go shopping!
But Lu Ping just sat quietly in the easy chair, as if he didn't even want to move.
Yes, the new box office rankings have been released, "Hello Women!" "The trend continues to be stable, and the decline is also abnormally healthy, which almost indicates that Lu Ping is likely to get two more red envelopes!
However, he knew that he had lost.
In my heart, I refused to admit defeat no matter what, but the reality made it impossible to refute.
Comparing the two films, he feels that his work is still very good, at least in terms of rhythm control and story arrangement, there is nothing to criticize. In comparison, even though Lu Ping would admit that Li Qian's movie was beautiful, but if you really want to say that his level is much higher than his own, Lu Ping is really unwilling to admit it-technically speaking, Even if I am not better than him, at least I will never be worse than him!
But at the box office, it just lost.
Lost nothing to say.
If I have to find an excuse for this loss, it is probably a matter of style.
Ever since I came into contact with movies, I have never had a style that is too close to the people, but Li Qian has always been a person who is very good at composing from writing songs, to making TV dramas, and to this "My Sassy Girl". The person who masters the balance between the audience's personal expression demands and marketization, commercialization, and popularization.
But on the issue of style, don't say whoever changes will die, even if you are not afraid of death and are willing to change, how can you change a fixed thinking pattern formed over the years?
But if it doesn't change...how should I go next?
Xia Xiaoyue obviously made an appointment with a friend, came to say hello to Lu Ping, and soon went downstairs and drove away.
Lu Ping leaned on the easy chair, watched her swaying into the car through the large French windows, and watched the car leave. He couldn't help but reach out for the phone, click on the address book, stare at a name, and look again and again.
I can't make this call, and I don't have the face to make it!
Reaching out to search down, I soon saw Qin Jingjing's number again.
He wanted to make a phone call to ask, Qin Jingjing had a good relationship with Senior Sister Lu, so calling her, at least he could ask her sideways, and see what Senior Sister Lu thought of his movie.
But after thinking about it, recalling Qin Jingjing's entanglement at the beginning and his own polite refusal, his finger had already landed on the OK button, but in the end, the call was still not made.
Qin Jingjing, oh...
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"One two three four, two two three four, three two three four, turn, one two three four, okay, pay attention..."
In the sports and leisure center on the fifth floor of the Minghu Building, Qin Jingjing is doing a specially choreographed dance move under the guidance of a shaping coach, but she is already sweating profusely within ten minutes.
Since Minghu Culture completely bought the entire building, it has opened up a special sports and leisure center, and then in many aspects related to exercise, health, shape, and weight loss, such as yoga, dance, weight loss, and muscle gain. Not only is it equipped with professional equipment, but it also employs professional personnel in every aspect, which is far more professional than some high-end fitness centers outside.
The company's internal remuneration is graded. Every artist, and even every employee in the company, has a different point distribution every month. It is a system independent of salary, and this point is distributed to everyone, and it is overdue. ——This attitude is mainly to show that exercise and sports are encouraged within the company.
Qin Jingjing has not made any decent contributions to the company yet, but she signed an artist contract, and she still has some points every month, plus her manager is Liao Min, which means that she is close to the water, Liao Liao as the company The top artist has a lot of points every month, but in the past two years, she has frequently traveled to the United States and never came back for half a year, so Liao Min directly used her card.
For an artist, maintaining a perfect figure and figure is simply the cost of living. No one dares to be careless. Even male singers like Zhou Ye and Ge Rilen do not have such high requirements for appearance, but Under the arrangement of the company, there are basically regular monthly exercise classes, and since Qin Jingjing entered Minghu Culture, the first thing Liao Min did for her was to drag her to the fifth floor and make an appointment for her. Get a shape trainer.
It has to be said that the top coaches, professional and highly targeted movement choreography, supplemented by certain professional equipment, made Qin Jingjing feel that she has changed a lot after practicing for a month or two.
In fact, when I was in college, especially in the acting department, there were shaping classes, but the set of skills and methods taught by the teachers can be exercised by yourself in normal times, but the effect is not as good as this special class. Professional moves tailored to your individual body and body type.
Although it took a while to go out to film in the middle, after two periods of exercise, she felt that she seemed to be more energetic.
If you simply talk about how much your weight has changed, how much your body has changed, you won’t be too sure, but you just feel that your overall body shape, temperament, shape, and even the way you line your clothes are obviously much better than before.
What I wanted to say originally, Qin Jingjing's face is undoubtedly top-notch, and her figure is absolutely top-notch, but after professional conditioning and exercise, now she is obviously more charming than before, whether it is her complexion or figure—— It has an indescribably unique flavor.
After a ten-minute movement, she was sweating profusely. She took a sip from the water bottle from the coach and was wiping her sweat with a towel. When she turned her head, she saw Liao Min flipping through a magazine. As soon as the light came on, he walked over while wiping his sweat, "Why are you here? Do you also come to exercise?"
Liao Min put down the magazine, shook his head, and looked unhappy, "I don't practice! This girl is born with a super figure!" After a pause, he asked, "Is your class over?"
Qin Jingjing has been getting along with her very well in the past half a year. As soon as she heard this question, she knew that something was wrong with her, so she turned to look at her coach. The coach smiled, "It's over! You have kept up well recently, and then pay attention to dinner Calorie intake, from now on, just take one class a week.”
Qin Jingjing nodded and thanked Liao Min after hearing the words, "Then wait for me for a while, and I'll take a shower."
Liao Min nodded, Qin Jingjing packed her things, ran to take a shower, waited for her to come out after taking a shower and changed clothes, and said goodbye to the coach, as soon as the two of them left the room, Qin Jingjing couldn't help asking: "What's wrong? Is something wrong?"
Liao Min nodded, with a light in his eyes as if facing an enemy, and said: "He Yingyu is back!"
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He Yingyu is back.
It can be regarded as a return with honor!
When she went out with the film promotion team just after the Chinese New Year, she was just an ordinary contracted actor who had only made one movie, but when she came back after more than 20 days, she was already one of the few youngest actors in the domestic film and television industry. The most popular top star.
It's hard to say anything else, no one will exclude her from the list of Xiaohuadan in the country - even according to the current momentum and popularity of her popularity, she is fully qualified to be ranked in the top few!
As far as Minghu Culture is concerned, Liao Liao is of course the number one sister in the recording industry. Moreover, her status as a domestic and international superstar, as well as her strong domestic and international reputation and influence, make it impossible for the time being to be qualified to challenge. Her status is not even good for Zhou Mo and He Runqing.
As for film and television actors, the first sister of Minghu Culture before was also Bai Yujing, whom no one was qualified to challenge, but now, He Yingyu has quickly risen to the top through a movie-whether she is the first sister, it is hard to say, because Bai Yu Beijing is also popular enough, and in terms of national influence, "My Sassy Girlfriend" has not caught up with or even exceeded the energy of "Legend of the New White Snake" for the time being. Even after two years, the popularity of White Snake will not be the same. How much weaker than Sassy Girlfriend, but after all, He Yingyu's ranking within the company has risen rapidly to a level that is enough to stand on a par with Bai Yujing!
In particular, no matter how beautiful Bai Yujing is, after all, her age is a factor. She is already an actor at the level of a man. It is no longer suitable for shooting. And He Yingyu is only twenty years old this year, her future is infinitely broad!
In short, two generations of goddesses.
And for Qin Jingjing, who has just signed into Minghu Culture recently, the pressure brought by these two is of course huge pressure—maybe Qin Jingjing doesn’t feel it, but in Liao Min’s view, Qin Jingjing must show enough if she wants to be in the top position. Challenge the strength and works of the two in front.
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In the small conference room, a group of people had a good conversation.
He Yingyu came back, even Li Qian and Liao Liao temporarily interrupted the recording, and ran over to the small conference room, together with Qi Jie, Zou Wenhuai and others, for a while, everyone talked and chatted, especially He Yingyu, who seemed abnormal Excited, the conversation never stopped, Balabala talked about some of their experiences and stories when they went out and traveled all over the country on this trip - it was both a report on work and a reunion after a long absence.
When they first joined the company, everyone applauded He Yingyu and welcomed them back, but after the welcome, they were really qualified to sit in the small conference room and chat with everyone, after all, there were only a few people.
Then, when He Yingyu said she was tired, Qi Jie sent her back to rest.
She is now popular enough, and the box office of the movie is also a big hit, and the commercial value of her will be very large in the future. According to the company's regulations, of course, the configuration must be configured.
Exclusive agent, exclusive car, exclusive driver, exclusive assistant, a small apartment, etc.
As soon as this He Yingyu left, Zou Wenhuai personally arranged for her to implement some treatment for her. Before Li Qian and Liao Liao had time to return to the recording studio, Liao Min brought Qin Jingjing to kill him.
"Brother-in-law, show me!"
"Don't worry, the second half of the year!"
"No way! Didn't the company have to start a TV series in the first half of the year? What is the rain deep? I asked, and it was said that only part of the crew of "Princess Returning the Pearl" will be cast. In order to avoid the drama, the other half will use For a new actor, give our family Jingjing a role?"
"I don't care about that drama, it's Lao Han who has the final say, you go find him!"
"Give me a word and I'll go find him again, otherwise he will definitely not sell my face!"
"If I don't tell you, you still use my name? Do you think I don't know? It's really inconvenient for me to interfere in this matter. I only selected a few people for the casting, and the others were all agreed at the beginning. It's all up to Lao Han to choose!"
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The brother-in-law and sister-in-law over there were scratching their heads, while Qin Jingjing sat on the sofa obediently with her head bowed and said nothing—to be honest, even though she knew that the film appointments of the two dramas she received year after year should all be Liao Min's appearance helped her win it, but she still felt a little awkward to participate in it herself.
Especially... that person is Li Qian.
In the past, he was a celebrity junior, but he didn't know him at all, and he didn't have much friendship with him. Later, he was still a celebrity junior, but he deliberately distanced himself from him. He found a star director, but by accident, he finally became a contracted actor in his company.
So, he became the boss.
And recently, his first movie was released, and the box office exceeded 100 million!
To be honest, Qin Jingjing's inner shock caused by this incident was incomparably huge.
She is not as good at distinguishing and interpreting as Lu Lingxi, and she is not a smart person in terms of human relationships—even if she is a little smart, she is often mistaken for being smart—so, in her heart, no matter how much Li Qian He is a star, no matter how he changes his career to become a director, he is still just a junior after all.
Even if she came to his company and became a contracted actor under it, she didn't feel that Li Qian's position in her heart as her boss had improved.
In her heart, she would feel that Qin Wei and Du Weiyun are great directors!
You will think that Zhao Meicheng, who has a box office of over 100 million, is a great director!
I think Liu Chengzhang, who can make a movie like "Swordsman and the Monk" and get such a high box office, is a great director!
Like Lu Ping, although he is still young and his performance has not yet reached its peak, both word of mouth and box office are quite good. Even if he is not a big director yet, he may be in the future! Therefore, at least he can be regarded as a director with great potential.
But Li Qian, never!
Although "Legend of the New White Snake" as a TV series has gained both ratings and reputation, deep in Qin Jingjing's heart, Li Qian is still positioned as a junior.
Until, "My Sassy Girlfriend" suddenly exceeded 100 million so quickly!
It seems that suddenly, the former junior has become a little different!
A director with a box office of over 100 million... No matter how people evaluate and position him, he definitely cannot be an ordinary director! Even if he is not a great director, he is at least a successful director!
For example, Lu Ping, such a potential director in the future, has not yet had a work with a box office of over 100 million!
And Li Qian already has it!
And it's just the first work, it broke 100 million!
When she saw last week's box office rankings and learned that "My Sassy Girlfriend" broke 100 million yuan, Qin Jingjing didn't recover for a long time—even though she only looked at the box office of the previous two weeks, everyone knew that this movie broke 100 million yuan. For sure, but when the reality really came to this point, she still took a lot of effort to finally understand such a thing: It turns out that as early as two or three years ago, Sister Lu had already seen today!
It turned out that before Li Qian became a director, Sister Lu had already told herself: This person will become a great director in the future!
So, even she herself didn't know why, so she suddenly became silent and quiet.
She exercised, ran, and watched movies step by step, waiting for the call to start filming the drama she signed years ago, and then went to have dinner with Liao Min every few days and go shopping step by step.
Then, when Liao Min wanted to come to Li Qian to ask for a role for her, it was rare for her to show any objection or reluctance in her heart—it seemed like Li Qian was no longer a junior who was a few grades behind, Instead, he has become a director!
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Sister-in-law seems to be born to be brother-in-law's nemesis and creditor!
Especially sister-in-law like Liao Min, and brother-in-law like Li Qian!
After arguing with each other for a long time, Li Qian couldn't take it anymore, and finally agreed to turn around and tell Han Shunzhang. Liao Min then showed a triumphant smile, flirted with his elder sister, and didn't speak from the beginning to the end of the call. Qin Jingjing left triumphantly.
Before going out, Qin Jingjing glanced back softly.
Li Qian was looking helpless, as if he was about to say something to Liao Liao.
That face is too young.
But that face, it seems, is no longer the face it used to be.
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This chapter is finally finished. The status is not very good, but finally started to restore the update.
In the next few days, I may not write much, and the update may not be stable, please forgive me, let me check the status, and it will completely return to normal after the seventh and eighth day of the new year.
In the end, even though I felt that I might be scolded, I still shouted for the monthly pass. After all, there is still the last day left. Brothers who have a monthly pass, please vote for me. Please believe that the debt owed by Xiaodao will definitely be repaid. In this regard, never fail!
Finally, although it is a bit late, I still want to say: Everyone, happy Chinese New Year!