Chapter 103: Example

Li Qian accompanied the New Year?

Lu Lingxi subconsciously felt happy at first when she heard this, but soon she came back to her senses - on the one hand, she was a little flattered, and on the other hand, she was a little surprised.

At other times, if you want to say that Li Qian has work, then there are some possibilities, but when the New Year comes, it is strange that he can be idle - the Chinese pay the most attention to family reunions during the New Year, but even if you put aside the old man and old lady of the Li family, Li Qian has four or five families in Shuntian Mansion alone!

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

How many women does Li Qian have, how many women he has married home, not to mention in the entertainment industry, even in Minghu culture, he is a mystery - only Qi Jie, who has been helping Li Qian take care of these things, is clear in his heart, 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 when he said it, "You have so many people to accompany you, do you have time to take care of me, don't you need to go home to accompany your wife and children?"

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

Sure enough, Li Qian smiled a little embarrassedly, and raised his hand to rub his chin, seemingly 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 okay! It's better to have someone to accompany than no one! Then I'll give myself a vacation, reward you with a chance, and let you accompany me!"

Li Qian smiled and said, "Then it's decided, I'll invite you to dinner in the evening." ”

This time, Lu Lingxi was relieved, and even had a little excitement in his heart, and happily agreed, but then, Li Qian stretched out his hand, "Take it?"

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

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

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For so many years, Lu Lingxi has never been so serious about putting on makeup.

Although she still wears light makeup.

Getting home, showering, blowing hair, getting dressed, and putting on makeupβ€”the first few things together took thirty or forty minutes, and the last one took twenty minutes to put on makeup.

God is pitiful, even when she was teaching at the film academy before, she had a lot of time to swim every day, and she just took a few minutes to sweep Emei before going out.

But today, she made up very carefully, and used almost all the makeup skills taught by Qin Jingjing and others. Not to mention, although it is still just a light sweep of Emei, but after the makeup, I look at it myself, I really feel so 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 delicate self in the mirror, she suddenly thought: It's the New Year again!

After the New Year, I will be thirty-two years old!

It was as if my mood had darkened all of a sudden.

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When he went downstairs, Li Qian keenly noticed that Lu Lingxi's mood seemed to be a little bad.

Originally, when he left the company together and sent her back, she still seemed to be in a good mood - of course, he found that she was wearing makeup, 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 are in a bad mood when you go home and change your clothes?"

Lu Lingxi sighed, feeling a little hypocritical.

In fact, she knew that she was not like this in the early years, but in the last two years, it seems that she is becoming more and more hypocritical. She thinks it may be because of her age.

But today she seems to be particularly reluctant to talk about this topic with others, especially Li Qian, so she rudely diverted the topic and asked instead of answering, "Speaking of which, why do you have so much spare time?

Li Qian shrugged, 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 think it seems that I should accompany you more now." ”

Lu Lingxi snorted and squinted at him, "What do you want to do?

Li Qian laughed and waved his hand, "I don't want to do anything! I don't dare to soak you, you can rest assured!"

Lu Lingxi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and his face was a little gray in an instant. But she quickly came to her senses, smiled, and said, "You still have a little in your heart!"

After a pause, she complained, "People say that rabbits don't eat the grass by the nest, look at the grass in our company, it's about to be eaten up by you alone!

Li Qian spread his hands helplessly.

"I'm not...... I don't have ...... I...... Forget it, don't explain. ”

Lu Lingxi grinned.

It seems that such an active attack made Li Qian stammered and couldn't explain clearly, and suddenly greatly dispelled the loss in his heart just now.

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

So after seeing that she had 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." Wait until the end of the year before continuing to cut. ”

Li Qian smiled, "That's right!"

Just as the meal began to be served, he said, "Let's have a good New Year, eat and drink well, and then talk about anything else!"

Lu Lingxi smiled, but did not squeak.

In the middle of the meal, she suddenly said, "What is your box office expectation for this film?"

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

Lu Lingxi stopped her chopsticks - her amount of food was not large, but she has been consuming a lot of energy these days, but she has eaten less, and after eating a few bites of food, she doesn't feel hungry at all - after thinking about it, she said: "The cost of this movie has been more than 20 million yuan so far, and when the remaining half of you and Jingjing's salary is paid, it will be in the early 30 million, and when I finish all the later production, the cost will probably be controlled at about 33 million, in this case, it will probably have to be more than 80 million box office to protect the capital?"

Li Qian thought for a moment when he heard this, nodded, and said: "If you announce it, because the cast is okay, it may be a little less investment, and after the movie is released, it is the best and most suitable way to guide word-of-mouth on the Internet and let word-of-mouth ferment, but it has to go up to 20 million! Theoretically, this movie will not make money if it sells 100 million at the box office." ”

Lu Lingxi sighed again, "Alas, I regret it a little now. If I hadn't had to go to the United States to shoot at the beginning, the shooting cost would have been reduced by at least several million, and the cost of non-customized films would have been controlled at about 25 million, and in that case, the pressure on recovering costs would have been much less!"

This truth is naturally correct, but Li Qian was noncommittal when he heard this.

After a pause, Lu Lingxi said again: "A few days ago, Lao Han told me that in fact, as long as this film is changed slightly, the background is changed in China, and the advertising placement alone will be sure to reach more than 1......0 million.

Li Qian waved his hand, "We don't feel sorry for so much money, and we don't be greedy for that little advertising fee! Although the placement of advertisements will indeed greatly reduce the cost pressure in the early stage, there will be obvious advertisements at every turn in a movie...... It's too ugly, and there's no need for that! We don't lack this money!"

Lu Lingxi looked at him helplessly and said, "Of course you don't care! But this is my first movie, and of course I still 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 in the box office of this movie?

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 a love movie like that? Even if it is a very good film, it has always been sold steadily, and it is difficult to sell a big box office like "The Matrix" and "Dragon Gate Inn". ”

After a pause, she said, "So...... I thought to myself that being able to save my capital was the first step. As for the expectation, I only dare to look forward to it, to see if it can exceed 200 million or something!"

She explained with a smile: "Just because you participated, it must be worth a box office of 100 million, right?"

Li Qian smiled, shook his head, and then said to her very seriously: "In the past ten years, China has been shouting commercial films, and everyone is bored to think about the so-called big productions, commercial blockbusters, like some things that we can do well, have been thrown away. Zhao Meicheng made comedy films, how good was the filming? But he felt that the money was not coming in, the box office was too low, and Qin Wei filmed life scenes and love scenes very beautifully, and they were of the top level of domestic films, but he had to make big productions! But in fact, love films, comedy films, really not making money? There is really no way to make a box office hit? I don't think so!

Lu Lingxi thought for a while and nodded, ""Big Names" exploded, more than 500 million words...... It should be the first comedy movie in China to have a box office of more than 500 million, right?"

Li Qian nodded, "Yes." ”

After a pause, Lu Lingxi said again: "If "My Sassy Girlfriend" is filmed now, and you catch up with the current market, will you have a chance to sell more than 500 million?"

Li Qian thought for a moment and nodded, "It shouldn't be too big a problem." ”

Lu Lingxi frowned and sighed, "But...... In fact, the premise of these two movies being a big hit is that they can be classified as comedies. "Big Names" is a satirical comedy, dark humor, and "My Sassy Girlfriend" is also a romantic comedy. Comedy is a natural plus, especially a real comedy that can really make people laugh. A lot of pluses. But "Autumn Fairy Tales" ......"

Li Qian shook his head with a smile, 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 Haisai nonsense - after looking at it for a while, she couldn't help but say, "You can really eat!"

Li Qian looked up at her.

She laughed and said, "I have eaten with you at the same table in the school cafeteria once since then, and I have found that you can really eat." You can eat at least five of me!"

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

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

Her face was a little red, and she asked, "Does this have anything to do with it?"

Li Qian also smiled, "Some things are very physically demanding, you know?"

Lu Lingxi was stunned for a moment, and his face turned even redder, "Then you ...... How much do you eat?"

As soon as the words came out, her face was even redder than just now - no matter how she thought about it, it didn't seem that she should be a topic that she could talk about with Li Qian.

At this time, Li Qian just shook his head and smiled, and said without thinking: "Just kidding." I really eat a lot! I'm hungry if I don't eat, what's the solution!"

With that, he continued to bury his head in eating.

Lu Lingxi looked at him eating, and his heart itched unconsciously.

Although she knew that she couldn't think like this, and she really shouldn't think like this, at this time, she still couldn't control herself from thinking: "There are many women, it seems that it really consumes physical strength!"

Then she quickly shook her head and dispelled all those messy thoughts, and then suddenly came back to her senses and said: "After talking for a long time, I suddenly remembered that you didn't answer my question!

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

Lu Lingxi was stunned, and then said, "I haven't read that book...... However, since it is your book, Feng Bicheng has the reputation and popularity that he has saved from the previous "Big Names", so there should be at least one ...... More than 300 million?"

Li Qian smiled and said, "The premiere the day after tomorrow, your agent gave you the invitation, right?"

Lu Lingxi thought about it and smiled a little weakly, "It should be ...... "Actually, she doesn't remember whether she gave it or not.

At this time, Li Qian smiled and said: "Don't run into the company tomorrow, take a good day's rest, the day after tomorrow, make it beautiful, it's good like today, go and give Feng Bicheng a show!"

In this scene, Lu Lingxi also felt that it was necessary to praise it, but Li Qian said that he didn't mention his box office expectations for "Autumn Fairy Tale", but it made Lu Lingxi's heart itch more and more.

At this time, she nodded, agreed, and then said: "But "Autumn Fairy Tale" and "Crazy Stone" are not comparable......!

Li Qian interrupted her and said, "This is also my script!"

Lu Lingxi was stunned for a moment, and wanted to say something, but Li Qian raised his hand, interrupted her, and then said seriously: "Your current state, I understand, but there is no need! Director Lu, what should you do next, just deal with it as best as possible, don't think about it, we all know your ability." I know my script, my performance, I also know it by heart. So...... Everyone says that romance movies don't have a high box office and don't make money, right? That's 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 this, and when she came back to her senses and understood the meaning of Li Qian's words, she couldn't help but feel her heart pounding violently.

"Be an example to others?" she thought to herself, "if that's what he meant, could it be a romance film like 'Autumn Fairy Tale'...... Over 500 million?"

She said timidly, "Won't ......you?" Isn't that a bit of a big deal?"

Li Qian smiled and didn't speak.

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The funeral is over, and I'm back.