my time as a director

"Actually, it's not a big deal, but it's not a small one." Lai Peikang smiled wryly. "It's not a big deal to Director Li, but to others, it's a big deal."

What about riddles?

Li Qian was speechless. If he didn't know, he would think that there was someone in the temple looking at people. The benefactor had a bloody disaster today. Can it be big or small at this time?

Seeing that Li Qian didn't ask any further questions, Lai Peikang paused for a moment, and continued, "In the past, this gift film was easy to make, but this time the above specially emphasized that the gift film should not be kept away from the public. It is difficult to make the common people sympathize with it. The major film studios."

"Is there a box office requirement?" Li Qian asked.

"Cough cough."

Speaking so directly, Lai Pingkang coughed lightly and said with a smile, "It doesn't matter whether the tickets are sold at the box office or not, the main thing is to let the common people like to watch it."

"Understood." Li Qian was noncommittal, didn't that mean the same thing?

Gift films used to be the mainstream in the market. In the 17 years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, that is, from 49 to 66, more than 450 main theme films were shot in China.

Compared with Hollywood at that time, this output is actually not too small.

However, it is compared with Hollywood in the 50s. At that time, TVs were popular, and Mi Lijian sold 20 TVs every month, and the film industry was hit hard.

In addition, when the "Un-American Investigation Committee" entered Hollywood at that time, a large number of directors, screenwriters, and actors were arrested and wanted.

At that time, the supervision of the film industry was much more cruel than it is now in China.

Speaking of the gift films? The style of the gift films at the beginning of the founding of the People’s Republic of China is basically simple and real, close to life, full of the atmosphere of the times? It also promotes the correct mainstream values, so that the current audience can get a deep emotional resonance while gaining entertainment experience? Spirit received great encouragement.

So it's different from now. It's not a movie with a mission? On the contrary, it's very popular.

Although there was nothing to watch at that time.

Until the middle of the 80s, the main theme movies were the mainstream of the market? In that era, there were five or six movie theaters in a county? The number of moviegoers in a year was more than 200 billion, which was more than ten times that of North America in the same period. There are several.

However, since the late 80s, with the impact of TV, imported films, and Hong Kong films? No one has watched them? Since then, the main theme movies have almost been the same as the current impression of the audience.

As for box office requirements?

It is because there is no such requirement that all major studios have closed down.

But now, according to Lai Peikang's meaning, the gift film for the War of Resisting Rice and Aiding Korea requested by the above has a box office requirement.

"Dong Lai? How much box office is enough?" Li Qian asked bluntly.

"" Lai Peikang was almost choked, this is why Li Qian is not good? How could he say that.

"Well, that's not what it means. It's not just about the box office? It's best to have a good reputation at the box office."

Li Qian shook his head straight away. This is even more difficult? If it is just asking for box office? Just follow the "Founding of a Nation" and do it? There are so many agencies and units in the country that book the show, the box office will not be so bad.

However, if word of mouth is needed, in this era of commercial films, it is too difficult to balance both.

Not to mention gift films, even films that are not limited to genres and can achieve a good box office reputation are rare.

Moreover, gift films absolutely must follow the conditions of patriotism, rationalism, collectivism, and heroism.

This kind of heroism doesn't match up with superheroes. First of all, there must be collective consciousness, and then rationality. If characters like Li Yunlong and Lu Yong are used as gift films, they will most likely be passed.

This almost limits the protagonist to death, just the three characters of Guang Weizheng.

In this era, this kind of role is precisely unpopular in the movie market.

Li Qian gave Lai Peikang an analysis from the perspective of a film practitioner.

Lai Peikang nodded frequently and said with a smile, "So I need Director Li's help."

Li Qian shook his head, "Dong Lai, if you want me to shoot, I really don't have the time, one film a year, no matter how young I am, I can't hold it anymore, I plan to reduce the frequency of filming in the future.

It will only take a year or two for the future film industry to go public. In addition, Penguin, Ah Li, and Wanda have been preparing for so long. It is estimated that they are not just for fun. The industry will definitely change a lot in the future. To maintain the company’s position in the industry, For the employees who follow the company to eat, I must also devote my energy to the company. "

Lai Peikang laughed and said, "It's really not easy for Director Li. I also understand this. It's not about shooting now. As long as it's released in 2020 on the [-]th anniversary of the war against rice and aid to Korea, it's enough time."

Li Qian was speechless again. The preparations for 2020 are now, and there are still more than five years left.

"But Lai Dong, I have already shot all my ideas in "Rejuvenation", and I am really not suitable for making gift films. I don't have that experience. If I mess up, I won't be able to explain it."

Li Qian really doesn't want to do this kind of thing, it's thankless, and he doesn't need to shoot this to gain the favor of the above, after all, he already has something.

No matter what Lai Peikang said, Li Qian just refused to answer. Anyway, no leader called his name.

In the end, Lai Peikang had no choice but to ask Li Qian to serve as the art consultant for the preparatory team and the future crew to direct the work.

The consultant is the consultant. Anyway, it is the first gift film for the War to Resist Rice and Aid Korea in so many years. There will definitely be official and semi-official supervision, and people may not necessarily listen to his opinions.

Moreover, a movie released in 20 years is still early.

In the afternoon, Li Qian also held a lively celebration press conference for "Rejuvenation" breaking 20 billion.

Today is also the day when "One Step Away" was released. Before this film was also considered to be one of the two biggest rivals of "Rejuvenation".

The other one is of course "The Wheel of Peace", but I'm desperate for it.

Talking about this movie, Li Qian didn't say anything, just said that he hoped it would be a movie as wonderful as "Let the Bullets Fly".

This is also the hope of most audiences. A "Let the Bullets Fly" made the audience's admiration for Jiang Wen go further and rekindled their confidence.

However, a few hours passed, and at night, the movie was screened for several rounds, but the online reviews were not very good.

Many viewers expressed that they were dumbfounded from the beginning, and could not understand what was filmed at all.

Such voices are not rare, but rather numerous.

However, there are also audiences who are very hooked, saying that Jiang Wen is still the same Jiang Wen, and has never disappointed anyone.

The word-of-mouth is polarized, and the praises are all praises. The key point is that even the movie reviews are a bit incomprehensible.

The bad reviews are almost all incomprehensible, what the hell.

However, "Let the Bullets Fly" came first, and on the first day, many people went to the cinema for Jiang Wen, and the box office on the first day was as high as 9100 million!

Nearly [-] million on the first day, even surpassing "Rejuvenation", reaching the top of the sun.

"Rejuvenation" received 5700 million on Thursday, a significant drop compared to Wednesday's 7000 million.

After all, it has been half a month since it was released, and under the impact of a blockbuster film with nearly [-] million yuan on the first day, the decline is not that big. "The Year in a Hurry" and "The Wheel of Peace" are close to being cut in half.

However, the super high box office on the first day did not change the polarized reputation.

It was shown for a whole day, and the comments of two or three million viewers are representative enough.