In the conference hall of a hotel in Beijing, the press conference of the movie "Moon" is about to be held here.
The media in the conference hall have already arrived and are eagerly waiting for Li Qian's arrival.
The summer vacation is over, and so is the Olympic Games. As students return to campus, the film and television drama market has entered its bleakest period of the year.
There is also very little entertainment news. Even the upcoming "Li Mi's Conjecture" starring Zhou Xun, Deng Chao, Zhang Hanyu, Wang Baoqiang and others cannot fill the gap in the entire entertainment news market.
There is not much to reveal in the gossip, that is, the battle between the two heroines of "Painted Skin". Fans of both sides are not satisfied with the poster position released by the producer, and they are almost ready to curse.
In addition, we also report on several blockbusters in the Lunar New Year period, such as "If You Are the One", "Mei Lanfang", "Crazy Racing", "Ip Man" and other movies have been scheduled successively, which also makes movie fans more excited about this Lunar New Year period.
Looking forward to it more and more.
Even after the press conference for "Mei Lanfang" was held, the media pulled out Brother Cheng Kai's "The Promise" and whipped it up.
It seems that as long as Brother Cheng Kai doesn't prove himself again and come up with an excellent movie, this matter will be unsolvable.
Moreover, netizens have been scolding this matter for two years, but when it is brought up again, there is still no shortage of topics.
In addition, the media has no good topics to talk about. In previous years, they could scold Ma Xiaogang, but not this year.
"Assembly" has taken off both in word-of-mouth and box office, and Ma Xiaogang has become more and more tough. Naturally, the media and film critics can't criticize him as often as before.
Moreover, "Mei Lanfang" and "If You Are the One" are released at the beginning of the month and at the end of the month, so there is no way to hype the competition between Ma Xiaogang and Cheng Kaige.
Zhang Yimou, Ma Xiaogang, and Cheng Kaige, the three great directors, have never met face to face.
There is only one heavyweight movie left in the Lunar New Year period, "Moon", which has not yet determined a release date. These media also hope that Li Qian can choose a good time, preferably at the same time as one of Cheng Kai and Ma Xiaogang.
"Tell me, which day will Li Qian choose?"
"I guess it's mid-November. In December, there will be four movies: "Mei Lanfang," "Ip Man," "Women Are Not Bad," and "If You Are the One." In early January, there will be "Red Cliff," and in mid-January, Ning Hao's "Crazy"
"The Racer" is about to be released, and I guess Ning Hao's movie may also become a hit."
"This year's Lunar New Year stall has suddenly become so crowded. It will be really lively then."
"It would be best to release it in mid-December, sandwiched between "Mei Lanfang" and "If You Are the One", with Xu Ke and Donnie Yen at the same time, to kill Li Qian's majesty and save him from being so arrogant."
"He's not stupid. He's going to die."
"The competition is too fierce. November is better. Didn't last year's "Lust, Caution" also break 100 million when it was released in November?"
"There are movies like "Lust, Caution" but not "Moon". I don't know how many people went there for the passionate scenes between Tony Leung and Tang Wei."
"I think maybe if Li Qian gets too big and thinks he's awesome, it's not impossible to compete with big directors."
"He is arrogant, but not brainless."
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Amidst the speculations and murmurs of these reporters, the protagonist of the press conference appeared.
"Click, click, click..."
Li Qian walked in as the door opened. Listening to the lively sounds, he felt a little nostalgic.
It has been a month since he last met with reporters, and it seems that the media still likes him.
"Hello everyone, welcome to all friends from the media to attend the press conference of the movie "Moon"."
Li Qian looked at the reporters in the audience with a smile on his face and got straight to the point.
"My second personal movie "Moon" has been completely produced, and everyone has been waiting for a long time. After it has been decided, the movie will be officially released in China on November 27."
Without even saying a few words, the release date was announced bluntly.
Although it was a bit surprising, the reporters were not too surprised.
We have known each other for a year and have gone through many interviews. The reporters have probably figured out Li Qian's habits.
Every time he wanted to announce something, Li Qian never hid it, and he took the initiative to announce it without them asking.
However, if they don't intend to talk about something, then no matter how they ask, it will be in vain.
However, the time announced by Li Qian was beyond the expectations of most reporters.
December 27th?
Wasn't that just a week before "Mei Lanfang"!
This is directly against Brother Chen Kai!
Not only Chen Kaige, Xu Ke's "Women Are Not Bad" and Donnie Yen's "Ip Man" were released together within two weeks, which is equivalent to one against three!
Moreover, on the 26th and 28th, two movies, "Call 2" and "Tough Guys" will be released one before the other.
A week ago, Ge You's "Peach Blossom" and Xie Tingfeng's "The Witness" were also released.
Within half a month, the opponents of "Moon" almost gathered all the movies with box office potential in November and December, except for "If You Are the One" which was released a month apart.
This is about to face a group attack, one versus six!
"Director Li, why did you choose this time to release it?" a reporter immediately asked.
"Because that day is very suitable, I decided to make it that day. I hope you will support me a lot when the time comes."
""Mei Lanfang" will be released on December 5th. Does Director Li want to compete with Director Cheng Kaige?"
The reporter continued to ask questions. This day is simply a dead time. Although there is only one blockbuster movie, "Mei Lanfang", there are five other movies, and none of them can save fuel.
Xu Ke + Zhou Xun, Donnie Yen, Xie Tingfeng, Ge You + Fan Binbin, the only "Tough Guy" that seems weaker also has two first-line stars Liu Ye + Sun Honglei.
After Sun Honglei's "Conquest", "Latent" became a hit again in August. With Liu Ye, it was not enough to watch during the most popular period like the Lunar New Year. It is still very competitive in normal times.
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Before Li Qian could speak, another reporter immediately interrupted.
"Does Director Li think that director Cheng Kai will be so depressed after the failure of "The Promise" that he is so confident about competing with "Mei Lanfang"?"
Faced with this somewhat sharp question, Li Qian was not annoyed at all and still smiled.
"I don't think it's just me, it's your journalist friend who thinks it is. Don't accuse someone of their innocence out of thin air."
The dirty man is innocent...
The reporters are going to vomit, their innocence has been revealed, where are you innocent and where are you innocent?
However, they did not dwell on this, "Then why did Director Li choose to release it a week before "Mei Lanfang"? Do you think "Mei Lanfang" will still fail?"
"I want to correct you on a question first."
Li Qian said sternly, "The Promise had a box office of 180 million, detonating the entire Lunar New Year market, and winning the annual box office championship. It did not fail at the box office!"
He actually praised "The Promise" in a serious manner, which made the reporters confused for a while.
With a box office of 180 million, it became the annual box office champion, detonating the Lunar New Year festival and greatly boosting the market, and this is indeed the case.
How can it not be a big hit? It was a big bang. It was even bigger than "The Golden Armor" which had a box office of 290 million. It has been a hit to this day. "The Big Bang" is not as big a hit.
Li Qian was still talking to himself, "Actually, I mainly want the audience to see the movie "Moon" as soon as possible, but if it is too early and it is not during the Lunar New Year period, there may not be that many audiences at that time.
So I chose the time at the end of November, and I hope that the movie "Moon" can give a good start to the Lunar New Year season and give the audience a good start in the visual feast at the end of the year..."
Although I regard "Mei Lanfang" as a soft persimmon, I can't say it out loud. Although Brother Cheng Kai did a terrible job in "The Promise", after all, we are strangers and have no grudges. To say something bad about others is ultimately the end of the matter.
not good.
The audience can say or criticize, but colleagues will not say anything bad about their colleagues unless necessary.
I believe you as a ghost!
No matter what Li Qian said, the reporters present had already chosen the headlines for the afternoon news.
When "The King of Kung Fu" was released, Teacher Six said that before playing the role of Sun Wukong, it would be best to learn from a monkey. What was originally a perfectly fine statement turned into Teacher Six mocking Jet Li and asking Jet Li to raise a monkey.
The main thing of today's press conference is to announce that "Moon" will be released on the Lunar New Year schedule and announce the specific release time.
There was nothing else to say. After answering a few questions casually, Li Qian didn't care what the reporters asked and made a gesture. The big screen behind him suddenly lit up and another poster appeared.
The reporters kept taking pictures again, but still no useful information could be seen on the poster.
This poster shows clone No. 5 being carried back to the lunar rover by No. 6, who was on the verge of death, and looking out at the transport ship heading to Earth.
The poster depicts the haggard Huang Bo lying in the car involved in the accident, longing, relief, and relief intertwined, looking ahead with half-open eyes, as if he was about to die at any moment.
Now that Li Qian's work is done, the leading actor Huang Bo will also be interviewed by reporters.
"Hello Huang Bo, can you tell me the general plot of this movie?"
"What story does "Moon" tell?"
"Were you really the only one during filming? There were no other leading actors?"
"Are you playing an astronaut living alone on the moon?"
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Unable to get anything out of Li Qian's mouth, the reporters focused their attention on Huang Bo.
After all, Huang Bo seems to be an honest person, and he has just become famous, so he probably doesn't have much experience.
However, after traveling all over the country for so many years, running a factory, being a boss, and going bankrupt, Huang Bo's words are impeccable.
The conversations with these reporters were back and forth, but no useful information was given.
Li Qian has also warned that the biggest attraction of "Moon" lies in the plot and imagination. The protagonist is a clone, and there are more than one.
This is also the biggest surprise of the whole film. Li Qian is confident that most viewers will be amazed when they watch it for the first time.
There was nothing much to say. The press conference lasted for an hour and was over.
Within a few hours, online media also reported the news of the scheduled release of "Moon", which immediately attracted the attention of movie fans.
"It has been difficult to give birth for so long, and this movie is finally going to be released!"
"It will be released at the end of November, so I will watch "Moon" as the first movie during the Lunar New Year holiday. I hope it is like what Li Qian said, it is a real science fiction movie!"
"Looking at the new poster, why does the protagonist look like he's about to die?"
"It's not like I didn't escape in the end and died on the moon. This would be too dark."
"There are still people who are stupidly waiting to watch domestic science fiction movies. They are so confusing that they don't even know it. They are just using the name to create hype!"
"It's better to wait until word-of-mouth reviews come out before watching. There are five or six movies in the Lunar New Year this year that I want to watch, but my wallet won't allow it!"
"If it were a fake science fiction film that was selling itself off like a sheep, I probably wouldn't even watch it for fear of being betrayed."
"You're right. Let's see if Li Qian dares to screen it again on a large scale like "Frequency of Life and Death". If he dares, I will watch it. Otherwise, I'll wait."
"But there is a lot of competition in this schedule. It's a week away from "Mei Lanfang", and there are also Uncle Ge, Tsui Hark, and Donnie Yen before and after. If you dare to choose this date, I guess Li Qian is also confident."
"You've grown so big that you dare to compete with Brother Cheng Kai in the ring!"
"Brother Kai is no longer good. I won't watch "Mei Lanfang" anyway. I'm afraid that I will be shocked like "The Promise" again, which will affect my mood."
"How can Li Qian compare with Cheng Kai? A "Farewell My Concubine" has left him with nothing left to do, so he just makes cliché commercial films. It is impossible for him to make a film that can compare to "Farewell My Concubine" in his lifetime.
A classic movie.”
"How about "Farewell My Concubine"? Is it on the same level as "The Promise"? I won't believe it was filmed by Brother Cheng Kai."
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"Moon" was scheduled to be released a week apart from "Mei Lanfang", and in the media's writing, it became a battle between Li Qian and Cheng Kaige.
Whenever Brother Cheng Kai appears in the news, there are always some netizens who come to expose the scars again, holding a copy of "The Promise" and starting to criticize him.
As a great director who was once held on the altar, Cheng Kaige still has a large number of fans even if he stumbles. Of course, rebuttal is inevitable.
The media is also setting the pace there, after all, this is what they do best.
As a client, Li Qian is also happy to see Qicheng, it is not good to have someone help promote it for free.
However, the other party involved, Brother Cheng Kai, was very unhappy.
"The science fiction movie "Moon" is set to celebrate the New Year. New director Li Qian VS veteran director Cheng Kai. Will Cheng Kai retire sadly and Li Qian take this opportunity to become a great director?"
Brother Cheng Kai had just read those words on the Internet that brought up "The Promise" to ridicule him, and he was very unhappy. When he looked at the media, he almost regarded him as a stepping stone for Li Qian's rise, and his heart became even more inexplicable.
This Li Qian had quarreled with Ma Xiaogang twice. He didn't dare to go to Ma Xiaogang during the New Year holiday, so he came over to have sex with him when he was full.
The two movies were separated by just one week, so it was not much different from the two movies being directly opposite each other.