my time as a director

In North America, this film is rated as R, that is, restricted.

Lu Xuechang, the sixth-generation director who passed away at the beginning of the year, failed the review of his debut film "How the Steel Was Tempered". Optoelectronics had no specific opinions, but it just couldn't.

As a result, it took two years to delete, delete, modify, and change the title of the film before finally passing the review.

This is the gap, of course it can be said to be unfair, but it is not unfair for the big directors to exchange successful films for their current status and the treatment they deserve.

It's nothing to do with the time, Li Qian also watched the whole movie back and forth several times, there shouldn't be any problems, and he doesn't need to be stabbed.

However, in order to show respect for the boss of the state-owned enterprise, Li Qian brought a copy to China Film Group, and asked the newly appointed chairman of China Film Group, Lai Peikang, to help him take a look, give guidance, and then submit it for review on his behalf.

After all, he also had a producer, and the producer later symbolically added China Film, which means that Lai Peikang participated.

In the small screening room of China Film, Lai Peikang and several high-level executives were there, and they watched the 150-minute feature-length film together.

"call."

The few people present suddenly felt a sense of loss. Lai Peikang sat upright, looked down at the watch in his hand, and said, "I don't feel anything for these two and a half hours, it seems to have passed in a flash."

"It's Director Li who made this movie so well. I watched many 90-minute movies and felt that the time was longer than this."

"Watching a 150-minute movie with full concentration, without even looking at the watch, this is the first time I have been so serious."

"If it weren't for the soreness in my waist, I don't think it's too long."

Several bosses and vice presidents also spoke with emotion.

"This "Rejuvenation" can definitely be called an epic movie. The domestic film industry has developed so fast in recent years. There is no shortage of entertainment movies, but one such movie is missing."

"It's a pity that some content is missing, otherwise it will be perfect if it completely shows the major history of the founding of New China in the past 60 years." Some people also feel a little regretful.

"Several bosses are absurd." Li Qian smiled, showing no modesty.

As for the things that were unfortunately not photographed, there is no way, it is not easy to photograph, and Li Qian does not want to photograph those things.

At the end of the 60s, the north and south city that was said to have unified the capital before he was 20 years old became the only lazy boy in the history of the capital. slow door

Several bosses and vice presidents then gave their own opinions on the review of the film, basically they didn't think there was anything sensitive.

After being shabby for a while, Li Qian came to Lai Peikang's office, "Dong Lai, I will trouble you about the matter of sending it for trial."

"Director Li is being polite, then I will hand it over for you in the afternoon, and let the higher-ups contact the various ministries and commissions as soon as possible to organize the review."

After talking about the review, Lai Peikang talked about another thing, "Director Li, I didn't expect you to be good at war dramas. We are preparing "The Founding of an Army", which is also a war movie. I wonder if Director Li has any ideas? "

"The Founding of an Army"?

Li Qian is really not interested in this kind of gift film. It's a dilemma. It's too difficult to satisfy both the higher-ups and the audience.

"Dong Lai, I can only make commercial films, I'm afraid I can't grasp the scale of gift films." Li Qian politely declined.

"What does Director Li think of Wu Jing? There are not many directors who can make war films in China, and we have never had suitable personnel." Lai Peikang asked again. In fact, directors of the older generation can make a lot of war films, but he doesn't want to do it. To become the kind of main theme movie that no one watches, with the commercialization of the market, gift movies also have certain market requirements. At least the box office cannot be lower than the first two, otherwise it will not be good.

Li Qian shook his head, "Dong Lai, such a tribute film involves too many historical events and characters, with a grand background and many narrative lines, so it is difficult to control, and now he is also preparing for the creation of the sequel of "Wolf Warrior", you You should find a mature and experienced director."

"That's right." Lai Peikang nodded, not looking for merit, but for innocence. If Wu Jing made Boss Zhu and the others into super soldier kings, it would be a disaster.

He also doesn't like "Wolf Warrior". After staying in Paris for many years, he was influenced to a certain extent, and still prefers the artistry of movies.

Lai Peikang also chatted a lot with Li Qian, including the current situation of the development of the film industry and plans for the future of the industry.

During Han Sanping's tenure, the achievements are obvious to all. It is not so easy for him to do better.

Lai Peikang mentioned that there are almost no hard sci-fi movies in China at present, "Youzu's "Three-Body Problem" will start filming after the next year. not interested?"

"The Three-Body Problem" is definitely a classic sci-fi film in China at present. The film and game adaptation rights were bought by the game maker Youzu in 09. A few years ago, I started preparing for the movie. It seems that the preparation is almost done, and the characters are confirmed. .

A layman's company, an unknown director, making such a big production, it's obvious that they just want to make a lot of money from it.

It's just that Li Qian doesn't seem to have the movie "Three-Body Problem" in his memory, and he doesn't know whether he made it or not.

Speaking of this, Li Qian happened to tell Lai Peikang about Guo Fan who was about to return to China.

"In fact, Guo Fan wanted to make hard science fiction six or seven years ago. He went to Hollywood two years ago and studied there. He will come back a few years ago and start preparing for Liu's other film "The Wandering Earth."

""The Wandering Earth"? I have read this book. Is it going to be made into hard science fiction?" Lai Peikang asked. The country is still a science fiction desert. He wants to promote the development of domestic science fiction films. After all, Han Sanping's promotion of costume blockbusters opened the era of blockbuster films. , Judging from the current situation, only hard sci-fi blockbusters can push the industry further.

Leaving China Film Group, thinking of Lai Peikang's ambition and remuneration before leaving, Li Qian was a little funny.

Han Sanping was making blockbuster movies, and Lai Peikang, who took over, wanted to make super blockbusters, and he even said that he would lead domestic films into the era of super blockbusters.

Sci-fi is not so easy to shoot. It’s not just a few spaceships and mechs. Sci-fi is a concept. Domestic directors’ concept of sci-fi movies is still on a zero basis.

As far as "Magic City Fortress" is concerned, it is not a science fiction film in terms of concept. The alien invasion is replaced by foreigners and zombie invasion. The whole story has not changed much, it is just a sci-fi skin.

Lai Peikang will submit the matter for review. If there are no accidents, it should be able to pass the trial in about half a month, that is, in mid-November, half a month before the film is released.

However, even if they didn't get the dragon label, Future Pictures started to promote it.

Even if there is no publicity, there is no lack of exposure, but this is the boss's film, the most important project of the company, and Future Pictures has mobilized all available resources to start an overwhelming publicity.

All major portals, mainstream forums, post bars, Weibo, WeChat, QQ, Zhifubao, Jingdong and other apps with many users have invested a lot of money.

Offline, in the office buildings in the city centers of major cities, the content of the billboards has also become the poster of "Rejuvenation" with Chen Kun and Tong Liya showing half of their faces.

Bus stations, shopping malls, squares, cinemas

Under the huge money offensive, all parts of the country cannot move, and the billboards are replaced and installed.

On Friday the 7th, "Rejuvenation" also released its first trailer online.

Countless viewers who followed the movie saw this long-awaited trailer on computers, TVs, mobile phones, movie theaters, and shopping malls.

In a house with a retro style, Liu Yunlong from the Republic of China Fan ran out of the gate with a child in his arms.

As soon as the picture changed, he came to the door of a nursing home, put the baby in his arms gently on the door, knocked on the door a few times, and then ran away, hiding and watching.

Not long after, a kind Liu Mingtao, dressed as a housewife, opened the door and looked at the baby on the ground in astonishment.

"This is a nursing home, not an orphanage."

He complained so much, but in this cold weather, he still hugged the baby with some distress.

Following Liu Mingtao's gaze, the camera showed a close-up of the infant baby.

"hiss!"

At the same time, in different places, a gust of cold air entered their throats, causing countless people to cough violently.