The concept of Lunar New Year films comes from Hong Kong.
As a highly developed entertainment area, Xiangjiang has already developed its film market to the extreme.
Since the 1980s, at the end of every year, some stars in the entertainment industry in Hong Kong will spontaneously get together and make several lively and joyful films for the audience regardless of remuneration.
Most of these films are named after words that symbolize good luck and good fortune, such as "Gong Xi Fa Cai", "Happy Events at Home", "Fu Lu Shou Xi", etc. The content basically meets the following two points: firstly, it is a comedy, and secondly, it has well-known stars playing roles.
In 1995, Xiangjiang Film was released in the mainland for the first time with the concept of a New Year film, and became the second highest-grossing film that year.
In 1998, Huayi Company produced Mainland China's first Lunar New Year film, which achieved very good results and allowed the industry to see the power of the Lunar New Year film.
By 1999, there were three movies selected to be released during the Lunar New Year period.
But in the Lunar New Year period of 2000, or to be precise, there was only one movie released during the New Year's Day period.
But this is not because the mainland's film industry has become depressed, but because the king has come and the heroes have changed.
Everyone inside and outside the industry is paying attention to the developments of "Shaolin Temple", and no one wants to confront this blockbuster.
The popular Lunar New Year holiday starts on November 20 and lasts until the end of the Spring Festival holiday, which covers many festivals such as Christmas, New Year's Day, Spring Festival, Lantern Festival and Valentine's Day.
But that was later, and now the mainland is still exploring the concept of Lunar New Year stalls.
Everyone’s established concept is that the Lunar New Year is the New Year’s Day.
Therefore, when "Shaolin Temple" chose to be released during the Lunar New Year period, other movies had to choose to give in.
Fortunately, Starlight Company never fails to do anything. The movie has not yet been released, and the release date has already been given. It will not be later than the fifteenth day of the first lunar month at the latest, and the entire screening period is only one and a half months.
Even if the movie is a hit at the box office and can be postponed appropriately, the number of screens will be greatly reduced and it will not compete with other movies.
So it doesn’t matter if you give up the Lunar New Year slot. You can definitely attract more viewers during the larger Spring Festival period.
In the screening room of Starlight Film and Television, Xiao Qian gathered with the leaders, accompanied by Ning Han, Yang Zhen, Yang Yue and others, and became the first audience of "Shaolin Temple".
Although both are action movies, "Shaolin Temple" gives everyone a completely different impression from "October Siege".
"October Siege" is an exciting and thrilling style. Every character in the play seems to be able to rise up unexpectedly from the ordinary. Moreover, the action style is crisp and neat, not limited to moves and routines, but also has a market atmosphere.
The fighting scenes are also more dependent on the terrain and environment, giving it a feeling of three religions and nine streams.
And "Shaolin Temple" is a complete display of the essence of orthodox Chinese martial arts.
Even the two-handed sword used by the villain Wang Renze is a swordsmanship with a long history.
Every action of the Shaolin monks in the play is upright and aboveboard. It makes people feel good about it and deeply admire them.
Chen Weizhou is the most exciting person.
"Mr. Xiao, the one hundred and eight Arhats formation you designed is really wonderful. It's amazingly powerful, but it also makes people feel the righteousness of subduing demons and defending the Tao. It's not like the formation has never appeared in previous action scenes.
But apart from the pile of people, it’s almost just a random battle, and it has nothing to do with the formation. When the filming of "The Legend of Heaven and Dragon Sword" starts, I will have to ask you to help me."
Chen Weizhou finished filming "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and did not take on "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", so he went on a break.
But it’s not really rest, there are so many activities.
Now he is truly the number one director in the field of domestic TV dramas, and he is invited to attend events everywhere. He finally found time to start preparations for "The Legend of Heaven and the Dragon Slayer" again.
Chen Weizhou is an insatiable director. Although "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" has become a classic in his hands, he still wants to reach a higher level.
Therefore, while "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was still being filmed, he was already considering the issue of "The Legend of Heaven and the Dragon Sword".
In the book of Yitian, there are mainly two parts that involve formations: the Five Elements Flag of Mingjiao and the Diamond Subduing Demon Circle of Shaolin Sandu.
Action design is inherently difficult, and it is even more difficult to design group action scenes.
Not to mention this life, all the movies and TV dramas in the previous life did not clearly show the formation.
"good."
Xiao Qian readily agreed to Chen Weizhou's request.
Although he has no martial arts skills, he has classic movies and TV shows of previous martial arts for reference, so his starting level is different from others. As he does more, his knowledge increases, and he begins to have more advanced theoretical understanding.
And I don’t know why, Xiao Qian seems to have extraordinary talent when it comes to designing multiplayer sports...ah...no...multiplayer action scenes.
The war scenes in "The Opium War" and the group drama in "Shaolin Temple" have been praised as textbooks.
The results of Starlight's internal film viewing party were very good, and "Shaolin Temple" was recognized by everyone.
Many times, the opinions of insiders are actually far more authentic than the evaluations of outsiders.
After all, we are all our own people, so we don't need to take care of Xiao Qian's face.
Good is good, bad is bad.
Weng Zhi'an, Xu Jiayi, Chen Weizhou, Wang Fei and others will mention it directly when they see something they can't figure out clearly, and they won't be embarrassed.
Unlike some people in the outside world, they have now begun to look up to Xiao Qian. Let alone make negative comments, they don't even dare to ask questions.
Since everyone internally says that this movie is good, it means it is really good.
Xiao Qian breathed a sigh of relief and ordered: "We are starting to enter the distribution stage. Let the distribution department organize a viewing party."
The much-anticipated "Shaolin Temple" is finally about to be released. The general public has not yet received the news, but there is already a sensation within the industry.
During this period, the Chinese film industry was turbulent, many original rules were broken, many original forces were liquidated, and the connections within the entire industry became closer.
At such a moment of excitement, the future of Chinese films concerns everyone's heart.
In times like this, a super hit movie, like a big victory, can boost the confidence of many people.
At this stage, only "Shaolin Temple" can shoulder this important task.
In mid-October, film studios from all over the country gathered together to watch the finished film.
This also attracted the attention of the media, and many well-connected people came to Xingguang, hoping to get first-hand information.
"Oriental Morning Post", in the office, everyone is busy, but there is silence.
Obviously everyone is working hard at their position, but if you pay attention to their expressions, you will find that their ears are all raised.
There are also many people who always pretend to be casual and set their sights on the editor-in-chief's position.
There, Xiang Haitao, the editor-in-chief of the entertainment section, made no secret of his anxiety.
Several times I wanted to reach for the phone in front of me, but I gritted my teeth and held back.
His mind was so aroused that he was not in the mood to do anything else. Of course, he did not notice the small movements of the people below.
He was really bored, so he simply stared at the clock on the wall, watching the hands keep moving, indicating that time passed minute by minute.
When the hour hand pointed to three o'clock, the phone rang on time.
Xiang Haitao jumped suddenly as if he had been electrocuted, and then rushed to the phone. His hands were shaking when he picked it up.
I can't help but be excited, this is first-hand news.
The first of its kind in the media industry in the country.
All media related to the movie were staring at the stars, waiting for the movie party to end.
You don't need to wait for the movie to be released. You can basically judge the performance of Starlight's new movie by just looking at the actions of various film studios.
With Dongying and China Film taking the lead, various parts of the country have spontaneously started reforming movie theater chains. All of a sudden, movie theater chains have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.
Although it is not as professional as Dongying and China Film, it is a theater company after all, and at least it must be more transparent in cooperation.
Companies also have to start operating movies with a market perspective and thinking. They need to have a certain degree of judgment about movies in order to be responsible for profits and losses.
Don't think that China's old-fashioned filmmakers can't tell the quality of movies. In fact, their vision has always been accurate in this regard.
Now we have to use this kind of perspective to engage in theater operations. The results have not been released yet, but we will definitely give feedback on the situation as soon as possible.
Originally, the entertainment and film media across the country were very interested in this movie viewing event and wanted to cover it.
But it's National Day, and it's also the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, so all the media are busy.
Only "Oriental Morning Post", as a local of the Magic City, does not need to invest too much energy in paying attention to the situation of "Shaolin Temple".
As a member of the first China Film Awards selection committee, their vice president was invited to the screening.
Other media need to wait for the film screening to end and learn the results from distributors and theater operators, but Oriental Daily is definitely the first in speed.
Xiang Haitao grabbed the phone, swallowed his saliva, and then asked: "Boss, how is the situation? Is it good or bad?"
There was a moment of silence in the office, and everyone stopped moving, not daring to interrupt the call.
Naturally, they couldn't hear what the vice president said, but they could tell just by looking at Haitao's expression.
"What? Really?"
Xiang Haitao screamed, and the flesh on his fat face was squeezed together due to excessive joy.
When everyone saw it, the big stone in their hearts fell to the ground, and they understood.
