""Moon" exceeded 200 million in 18 days, sweeping the Lunar New Year festival!"
"With 18 consecutive daily crowns and three consecutive weekly crowns, "Moon" is unrivaled in the Lunar New Year season!"
"If "If You Are the One" doesn't come out, "Moon" can't be stopped!"
""Mei Lanfang" failed at the box office, and Cheng Kai's battle to clear his name ended miserably."
"Brother Cheng Kai has finally become mediocre. Chinese-language films will be the world of young directors in the future!"
"Except for "If You Are the One," all the movies were released at the end of 2008. Li Qian's new film "Moon" has passed all the way, and more than one popular movie has single-handedly swept the first half of the Lunar New Year season!"
"This Lunar New Year showdown between emerging directors and established directors ended with Li Qian's victory, becoming the fifth domestic director to have a single film with a box office of over 200 million!"
"The highly anticipated "Mei Lanfang", "Women Are Not Bad", and "Ip Man" failed to stop the progress of "Moon", and successively defeated two great directors. Li Qian started his career
What a legendary directorial career!”
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It's already mid-December, and all the movies that should be released at the end of this year have been released. Only Ma Xiaogang's "If You Are the One" is left, which will not be released until the 28th, which is still two weeks away.
And "If You Are the One", which was originally the protagonist of the Lunar New Year film, has now completely given way to "Moon". Who made it not released yet, but "Moon" is making great progress all the way.
18 exceeded 200 million. This figure was something that no one expected.
When Li Qian called for a box office target of 200 million, not many people recognized it, but the media did not publish an article mocking him for overestimating his capabilities.
The box office of his last movie exceeded 100 million, and he has proven his ability. Even if he is thought to be bragging, it doesn't matter.
If a director with no box office success brags, even if he only boasts 50 million, he will be ridiculed... or the media may not pay attention to him at all.
However, if you don't expect it, just be unexpected, just blow it hard.
And this time, the three movies "Moon" faces, "Mei Lanfang", "Women Are Not Bad", and "Ip Man" have more big names than the blockbusters at the end of November, and they are more topical.
There had been no large-scale ridicule in the past 10 days, and the news criticizing "Mei Lanfang" was a helpless move, as required by the higher-ups.
But it is impossible to block them all the time. Without restraints, on Monday the 15th, the duel between two heavyweight movies, "Moon" and "Mei Lanfang", was revealed. This extended to the duel between Li Qian and Cheng Kaige, the old and the new.
A PK between two generations of directors.
In the end, Li Qian stepped on Cheng Kai and succeeded, becoming the fifth domestic director with a box office of over 200 million.
Although it is just a normal movie competition, the words used in the media are not so friendly.
However, the less friendly words were all used on Brother Cheng Kai.
Frankly speaking, "Mei Lanfang" was at least passable, and many viewers complained about it.
But it's no use. After a director who has been put on a pedestal makes a shockingly bad movie, if he doesn't have another amazing movie, he can only continue to be ridiculed.
As soon as he retorted, he brought up the steamed buns again, killing the game and making the fans who supported Cheng Kai very helpless.
Facing the extremely ridiculing voices on the Internet, Brother Cheng Kai was ashamed and annoyed, so he just said that Li Qian stepped on his bloody corpse to get the position.
However, he still couldn't refute the fact that he, a great director, lost to a young director who was only 24 years old in a head-to-head competition.
And "Mei Lanfang" invested hundreds of millions, and "Moon" was announced and released, and the total number of copies was just over 30 million.
In terms of the cast, either of the two male and female protagonists, Li Ming and Zhang Ziyi, are more famous than all the actors in "Moon" combined, although there are only two actors in total.
In other words, the subject matter is not dominant, which is the only excuse I can use.
But Brother Cheng Kai can't always say that he is filming a very niche biographical film, which has already achieved a high box office and set a box office record for the same type of film.
Even if he had the nerve to say it, he would be laughed to death.
These extremely boring media!
What a stepping stone!
Go ahead and step on me to get the upper hand!
Brother Cheng Kai finally understood why Ma Xiaogang got angry at reporters many times and even wanted to beat them.
However, I completely forgot that the media’s contribution to bringing him to the altar is indispensable.
"Li Qian."
I whispered this name in my mouth. Although I have never met, never spoken to, and don't know him at all, now Brother Cheng Kai knows him and remembers it.
Anyone would feel very unhappy if a young person from a younger generation stepped on him and rose to power.
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Ma Xiaogang feels very happy now, not only physically but also psychologically.
No matter which one of Li Qian and Cheng Kai breaks into the street this time, he will be very happy. It is a joy to watch the excitement, but it is a pity that both sides will lose.
But it doesn’t matter, in less than half a month, “If You Are the One” will be released, so you can collect their corpses yourself!
No matter how fierce the fight is, the biggest winner in the end will only be yourself.
Now Li Qian's fame is at its peak, and he is flying higher and higher. When "If You Are the One" is released, he will fall to the ground immediately.
As for whether his movie will fail, Ma Xiaogang has never worried about it, and Li Qian, who has a box office of 200 million, doesn't take it too seriously.
When the real protagonist comes on stage, everyone else has to get out.
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Regarding "Moon" breaking 200 million, and Li Qian becoming a director with a box office of 200 million at the age of 24, there are mixed feelings in the industry.
Logically speaking, everyone should be happy if such a capable director has emerged in China. After all, only if more excellent directors make more exciting movies can more audiences be attracted to the cinema, and the cinema will become more popular.
Come more and more.
With more and more movie theaters, the market can accommodate more and more movies, which is a good thing for everyone.
However, at the age of 24, they really don't know what to think.
Perhaps, a big character should be added in the middle of the title Director Li Qian.
With two movies with a box office of 300 million, he is worthy of being called a great director, but it's a little awkward to say it.
At this time, in the office of the chairman of China Film Group, the largest film company in the country and the helm of the industry giant, Han Sanping was also looking through Li Qian's information carefully.
"This Li Qian is amazing."
Han Sanping sighed. He was excited when he heard that this director, whose debut film had a box office of 100 million, was going to make a science fiction film for his new film.
Science fiction movies are a completely new genre, and they are also blockbusters.
Han Sanping has a blockbuster dream. He insists that if Chinese films want to develop, they must rely on one blockbuster after another to drive the market. Therefore, he strongly encourages domestic directors to make blockbusters. He recruited Wu Yusen to make "Red Cliff".
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After learning that Li Qian was going to make a science fiction film, he went to Optoelectronics specifically to get a literary script for review.
It was outrageous to make a science fiction film in China, but as a director with a box office of 100 million yuan, Han Sanping was still looking forward to it at the time, even though Li Qian was too young.
However, after reading the script, Han Sanping was disappointed.
There's nothing wrong with the script, it's a good story, but it's not the science fiction film he imagined.
It is said to be a science fiction film, but in fact it is more like a suspense drama. It does not have the big scenes that a science fiction film should have, let alone a blockbuster.
Moreover, I have two heavyweight movies to work on, "Red Cliff" and "Mei Lanfang", so I didn't continue to pay attention to Li Qian and "Moon".
That is to say, after the movie is released, the daily box office data will be followed.
Watching "Moon", a sci-fi film that disappointed him a bit, the box office continued to rise, and finally exceeded 200 million in 18 days, Han Sanping was filled with emotion, and asked his subordinates to collect more detailed information about Li Qian and start reading.
A young man who graduated as a director from a comprehensive university achieved this result just two years after graduation. I really don’t know what to say.
Seeing Han Sanping put down Li Qian's information, Jiang Defu, the general manager of the marketing branch next to him, asked, "Director Han, are you watching "Mei Lanfang"? Do you want to say hello to the media again?"
It has been ten days since we suppressed the negative news about "Mei Lanfang". Otherwise, the media would not have been as quiet as before, and would normally have started ridiculing and criticizing.
Han Sanping shook his head, "No need, just stick to the normal plan. It's enough to ensure that the movie exceeds 100 million."
I had thanks to the support of the Ministry of Culture before, but now I can’t help but go to the Ministry of Culture again.
And it’s meaningless anymore, it’s only the third week of release.
As long as the box office is guaranteed to exceed 100 million, it can be considered as a payment to the superiors.
This matter is not a problem for China Film Group. After all, it controls half of the theaters in the country and has enough film schedules. Even if it is a hard stack, it will have to be 100 million.
"By the way, the box office of "Moon" has exceeded 200 million, shouldn't they hold a celebration party?" Han Sanping asked again.
"That's right, it's this evening."
"Okay, I'll go take a look then."
"Director Han, you?"
""Moon" can be considered a science fiction film. I want to see if he will make a real science fiction blockbuster next."
"But he is so young, it is not easy for him to make a big production."
As the general manager of China Film's branch responsible for publicity and marketing, Jiang Defu has basically dealt with all directors. Even the bigger the investment, the higher the requirements for directors.
Looking at Li Qian's previous films, they were all low-budget films that relied on creativity, and he is so young. It is really hard to believe that Jiang Defu can make a good blockbuster.
Blockbuster is not just two words.
"It's good to be young. There are many imaginations that old people don't have. If China really has its own science fiction blockbuster, that would be great. Even if he doesn't have this idea and creativity, I want to see it. 24 years old
What kind of person is a director who has grossed more than 200 million yuan at the box office?"
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On the 15th, Li Qian ended this stage of the road show at noon and returned to Earth to prepare for a press conference to celebrate the box office exceeding 200 million.
Previously, the box office exceeded 100 million, and it was just done casually. But this time it has exceeded 200 million, the meaning is different.