Time has entered December, the last month of 2007.
The movie market has also entered the busiest time of the year. Before this year's Lunar New Year, "Lust, Caution" was pre-heated, and the popularity was not even compared to last year's "Man Man City" was released.
"Lust, Caution", which was released on November 1st, ended with a perfect box office of 138 million. Li Yin and Liang Chaowei have received countless praises.
"Call of Destiny", which was released on November 30, also took in 27 million at the box office after two weeks of screening.
Also released on the same day was "Apple" starring Fan Binbin and Liang Jiahui, which also grossed nearly 10 million in box office in two weeks.
There was also a Hollywood action movie "Die Hard 4" released in November, which took in more than 27 million at the box office.
Although except for "Lust, Caution", none of the films have become hits, the following December is when the movie market will really explode.
The two blockbusters "Assembly Number" and "Reporter of the Year" have also begun to receive overwhelming publicity.
The slogan "Report of Name" was shouted loudly:
The largest investment in the Chinese film industry in 2007.
The combination of the four Uranian superstars is dazzling.
The five most powerful behind-the-scenes figures in the world.
Maximum number of film copies issued in 2007: 700.
Covers the most digital screens ever: more than 800.
Compared with "Assembly Number", the biggest advantage of "Tou Ming Zhuan" is the large investment and the strong cast.
Apart from Deng Chao, there is not even a single first-line star in "Assembly", and the combined salary of all actors is only one million.
In Huang Zhongjun's words, in order to use all the budget on film production and to give the audience a better visual enjoyment, all actors acted as friends.
However, how did this combination of four heavenly kings and superstars come together?
Simple and crude superstar marketing is the marketing method of "The Movie". The names of Jet Li, Andy Lau, and Kim Sung-wu alone are enough to attract the attention of the audience. The rest depends on the movie itself.
On the afternoon of December 11th, Beijing Olympic Sports Center.
The premiere ceremony of "Report of the Proposal" will be held here.
Li Qian was also invited to participate, with an invitation letter sent by Bernard.
Since everyone has invited them, Li Qian will also go there.
Moreover, this kind of blockbuster movie still needs to be in a movie theater to get the best experience.
Didn't walk on the red carpet and avoided reporters.
Now the entire film market is paying attention to "Report" and "Assembly Number", and there is no use in promoting "Frequency of Life and Death" at this time.
Unless you keep belittling the "Report of Voting" in front of reporters, then there will be a topic.
But it’s not like Li Qian has no brains to do such a ridiculous thing.
Only after "Frequency of Life and Death" is screened and word of mouth spreads, is the time to promote it.
Or, "The Call to Action" is really what Li Qian thought, because the whole process was too depressing, resulting in the box office not being as good as expected. In this case, "Frequency of Life and Death" can get more exposure.
Li Qian came here at the right time. When he arrived, the red carpet was almost finished. It is said that China Film and Bernard invited a hundred celebrities to attend the premiere.
The premiere ceremony started soon, and the protagonists were of course Chen Kexin, Jet Li, Liu Dehua, Jin Chengwu, Xu Jinglei and others.
Li Qian will also experience the movie premiere in more than half a month, and he will watch it carefully.
What's more, there are Jet Li and Andy Lau. It can be said that I grew up watching their movies after 80 years.
"Frequency of Life and Death" Li Qian even imagined the combination of Shuangtang, Zhou Runfa and Liu Dehua, but it was just a thought.
At the beginning of the premiere ceremony, he talked about the strength of brothers. Liu Dehua said, "I used to believe in brotherhood, but now I don't believe there is brotherhood in the world."
When faced with the brotherly relationship with Tony Leung, one of the Five Tigers, his words were shocking.
"I regard him as a brother, but I don't know if he regards me as a brother as well."
This statement is somewhat intriguing, and it can be understood in any way.
Li Lianjie called Liu Dehuahua brother as soon as he came up, which surprised everyone.
In fact, Andy Lau is two years older than Jet Li, but no one has thought about this problem. Subconsciously, they always think that Jet Li is older.
As for the much-hyped 100 million yuan salary, Jet Li did not respond directly.
The lively premiere ceremony ended, and then the movie was screened.
Just like the original impression of this movie, the whole process is the same as the basic tone of the movie, which is extremely depressing.
"Death and life depend on each other, good and bad luck help each other, blessing and misfortune depend on each other, and adversity and adversity depend on each other."
The sworn vows they made became a joke, and the eldest brother killed the second eldest son.
The third child killed the second sister-in-law, and finally the eldest brother, and died himself.
Brotherly love is only superficial. After watching the whole movie, you will find that everyone is just a pawn, and they will be tortured to death.
And burning, killing, and looting in the city after the battle was won did not allow the audience to identify much with the actions of the three protagonists.
To put it simply, two moral bandits were tricked by a tycoon who had no desire for revenge and ambition, and then the three of them were tricked by a bigger official.
The oath of surrender can restrain the moral second and third sons, but to the boss Pang Qingyun, it means nothing.
Although it seems that he also regards them as brothers, is there any brother who sleeps with his wife just after they become sworn brothers?
And in the face of ambition, brothers can die.
However, Li Lianjie did perform well. Even in this role, it is difficult to find any actor in China who can play it better than him.
A military commander who first fights on the battlefield, rises from the dead, and has already died once. For such a role, if Liang Chaowei had replaced him, Liang Jiahui would not have played it better than Li Lianjie.
Li Lianjie has personally experienced death threats. Previously, an agent was shot and killed, and later his brother-in-law, who was his agent, also died in a car accident while filming.
What impressed Li Qian most was not the martial arts, but the literary opera.
That kind of viciousness and viciousness is completely different from the acting style of the underworld.
And just listening to Jet Li's lines, you can feel the ferocity in them even if you close your eyes.
If you want to ask Li Qian to comment, as far as the movie itself is concerned, excluding the significance of "Hero" itself to the domestic film market, "Report" is definitely not inferior to "Hero".
But, again, it’s too depressing, depressing from beginning to end.
Bitter dramas and tragedies can sometimes be touching, but that doesn't seem to be the case in "The Call to the Name".
On this festive day of the Lunar New Year, I am afraid it will be difficult to compete with "Assembly Number".
After the ceremony, China Film and Bernard held a celebration reception.
Wang Changtian and Zhang Zhao approached Li Qian and wanted to hear his opinion on the movie.
"Director Li, what do you think after reading this?"
"There is no doubt that it is a good movie."
Li Qian nodded and then added, "However, I'm afraid it's not suitable for the Lunar New Year period."
"It's too heavy. Not one of the four protagonists is left alive."
Even Wang Changtian, who doesn't know much about movies, can see what's wrong with this movie.
But for him, this is a good thing. If the "Report of Name" is not strong enough, it will not have much impact on the "Frequency of Life and Death" that is 18 days apart.
The Lunar New Year movie can accommodate two blockbusters at the same time. Even with the pressure of "Assembly", it won't be too miserable.
Although he has already watched "Frequency of Life and Death", which is indeed exciting and touching, Wang Changtian still doesn't believe that Li Qian's first film can be very competitive on the big screen.
With a box office of 30 to 40 million yuan, it has met Wang Changtian's expectations. Li Qian has also become famous. The next movie will be the time to make a difference.
Not far away, Yu Dong, who was gathering with Han Sanping, Huang Zhongjun, Wu Bo and other industry leaders, glanced at Li Qian, apologized, picked up his wine glass, and walked over with his head held high.
"It's Director Li, right? It's better to see him than to hear him for a long time. He is really a young and talented man."
Yu Dong, who was slightly chubby, actually raised his glass to Li Qian. He didn't seem to be unhappy at being rejected.
"Yu Dongmiao praised you. You are the promoter of the film industry. You founded the first private film distribution company and broke the monopoly of state-owned enterprises on film distribution."
Although he failed to cooperate, Li Qian admired Yu Dong's ability.
In the mid-1990s, Yu Dong took a copy of the literary film "Toast to the Past" to Jinyang, and it was screened in a small screening room of a cinema for two and a half months. This copy was obtained in this small hall.
400,000 box office, shocking the entire film industry.
In that era when private film companies did not have the qualifications to independently distribute films, Yu Dong took a sideways approach and became the first private film company to distribute films.
Yu Dong smiled and said noncommittally, "How do you think, Director Li, what do you think of this premiere ceremony and the movie "The Name of the People"?"
"The ceremony was very grand and large-scale, and the movie was also very good."
"If Director Li is willing, he can hold a premiere ceremony of the same scale."
Wang Changtian on the side smiled and said, "Dr. Yu, you will be honored at the premiere of "Frequency of Life and Death" when the time comes."
"Definitely, I also want to see what a wonderful movie Director Li brings us."
Yu Dong didn't mean to show off. Such a large-scale premiere, the biggest investment in the movie of the year, the strongest lineup, and the strongest behind-the-scenes team.
Bernard has them all.
The subtext is that if Li Qian had been willing, he would have received Bernard's full support.
Of course, there is also the intention to seduce Li Qian. After all, no one has too many directors who can sell the box office, and Bernard is not the dominant director of the film in "The Film".
Yu Dong and Wang Changtian gathered together, which naturally attracted the attention of other people at the reception.
Even if they didn't know Li Qian next to him, they all knew who he was through whispering and asking each other.
Han Sanping looked over here and asked around, "Is he that Li Qian?"
Huang Zhongjun smiled and said, "Yes, he was the one who rejected both me and Dong Yu. He is a young man with ideas."
Han Sanping nodded slightly, "It's not a bad thing for young people to have ideas. Their ambitions match their abilities."
"Then let's see what great film is produced at the end of the month."
Next to him, Wu Bo said something nonchalantly.
The boss of the film department he worked on invited Li Qian, but he didn't even meet.
However, as far as he knew, Li Qian had come into contact with Huayang and Bernard, met each other, and even met with Pony Galloping, but he was the only one who did not meet Chengtian.
How could Wu Bo not be angry at Chi Guoguo's insult?
On the other side of the banquet, Wang Jinghua was also present.
His subsidiary Guo Xiaodong played a supporting role in "The Call to Action" and came to join in the fun.
When she saw Li Qian chatting harmoniously with Yu Dong not far away, she became furious.
The conversation was originally going well, but I just wanted to recommend a few actors. Unexpectedly, the other party immediately turned against me, faster than flipping through a book.
I have been the number one agent for a few years, but this is my first time.
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With the premiere of "The Letter of Voting", it was also announced that the 2007 Lunar New Year War has officially begun!