Chapter 153: Soft Persimmon!
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 had already arrived, and they were eagerly awaiting, waiting for Li Qian's arrival.
The summer season is over, the Olympics are over, and as students return to campus, the film and television drama market ushers in the bleakest period of the year.
Entertainment news is also very rare, even if the upcoming "Li Mi's Conjecture" starring Zhou Xun, Deng Chao, Zhang Hanyu, Wang Baoqiang and others, it cannot support the blank of the entire entertainment news market.
There is not so much gossip to break the news, that is, the battle for the coffee position of the two heroines of "Painted Skin", fans on both sides are dissatisfied with the poster position released by the producer, and they are about to scold.
In addition, I also reported on several blockbusters of the Chinese New Year file, "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb", "Mei Lanfang", "Crazy Racing", "Ip Man" and other movies have been finalized, which has also made fans more and more looking forward to this New Year.
Even after the press conference was held before "Mei Lanfang", the media pulled out Cheng Kaige's "Wuji" and whipped the corpse.
It seems that as long as Cheng Kaige doesn't prove himself again and comes up with an excellent movie, this matter will not pass.
And netizens have been scolding this matter for two years, but when it comes up again, there is still no shortage of topics.
In addition, there are no good topics in the media, and in previous years, you could scold Ma Xiaogang, but this year it will not work.
The word-of-mouth box office of "Assembly" has taken off, and Ma Xiaogang has become more and more hardened, and the media and film critics naturally can't spray him at every turn like before.
Moreover, "Mei Lanfang" and "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb" were released at the beginning of a month and at the end of a month, and there was no way to hype up the competition between Ma Xiaogang and Cheng Kaige.
Zhang Yimou, Ma Xiaogang, and Cheng Kaige, the three major directors, have never met head-on.
There is only one heavyweight movie left in the Lunar New Year file "The Moon" that has not been released yet, and these media also hope that Li Qian can choose a good time, and it is best to release it directly at the same time as Cheng Kaige and Ma Xiaogang.
"You say, which day will Li Qian choose?"
"It is estimated that in mid-November, there will be four movies in December: "Mei Lanfang", "Ip Man", "Women Are Not Bad", and "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb", and "Red Cliff" in early January, and Ning Hao's "Crazy Racing" will be released in mid-January, I estimate that Ning Hao's movie may also explode. β
"This year's Chinese New Year stalls have suddenly become so crowded, and there will be excitement to watch at that time. β
"It's best to release it in mid-December, sandwiched between "Mei Lanfang" and "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb", and at the same time Xu Ke and Donnie Yen, killing Li Qian's prestige, saving him from being so arrogant. β
"He's not stupid, he's not going to die. β
"The competition is too fierce, it's better in November, didn't last year's "Lust and Caution" also break 100 million in November. β
"There is no "Moon" in "Lust and Caution", I don't know how many people go to the passion play of Liang Chaowei and Tang Wei. β
"I think Li Qian may be inflated and thinks that he is awesome, and it is not impossible to fight with the big director. β
"He's arrogant, not brainless. β
......
In the midst of the speculation and whispering of these reporters, the protagonist of the press conference appeared.
"Click, click, ......"
Li Qian walked in with the sound of the door opening, listening to the lively sound, he was still a little nostalgic.
It's been a month since I last met with reporters, and it seems that the media still likes him.
"Hello everyone, welcome all media friends to come to the press conference of the movie "Moon". β
Li Qian looked at the reporters in the audience with a smile on his face, and went straight to the point.
"My second film, "The Moon", has been fully produced, and everyone has been waiting for a long time, and after a decision, the film will be officially released in China on November 27. β
Before he could say a word, he bluntly announced the release time.
Although there was some surprise, the reporters were not too surprised.
Everyone has known each other for a year, and they have experienced many interviews, and the reporters have probably figured out Li Qian's habits.
Every time he wanted to announce something, Li Qian never hid it, and took the initiative to say it without them asking.
However, if they don't plan to say something, then no matter how they ask, it will be in vain.
However, the time announced by Li Qian was still unexpected by most reporters.
December 27th?
Wasn't that just a week before "Mei Lanfang"!
This is directly against Brother Chen Kai!
Not only Chen Kaige, within two weeks, Xu Ke's "Women Are Not Bad" and Donnie Yen's "Ip Man" will be released together, which is equivalent to a dozen or three!
Moreover, on the 26th and 28th, two movies "Fate Call Transfer 2" and "Tough Guy" were released.
A week earlier, Ge Wei's "Peach Blossom Luck" and Xie Tingfeng's "Witness" were also released.
In the first half of the month, the opponent of "Moon" has gathered almost the entire November and December films with box office potential, except for "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb", which is a month apart.
This is going to face a group attack, one against six!
"Director Li, why did you choose this time to be released?" a reporter immediately asked.
"Because it was a good day, it was set for that day, and I hope you will have a lot of cheers at that time. β
""Mei Lanfang" will be released on December 5th, does Director Li want to fight with Director Cheng Kaige?"
The reporter continued to ask, this day is simply a death schedule, although there is only one blockbuster "Mei Lanfang", but none of the other five movies are fuel-efficient.
Xu Ke + Zhou Xun, Donnie Yen, Xie Tingfeng, Ge Wei + Fan Binbin, the only "Tough Guy" that looks a little weaker also has two first-line stars, Liu Ye + Sun Honglei.
After Sun Honglei followed "Conquest", a "Latent" in August became popular again, and Liu Ye, that is, in the most popular schedule such as the Chinese New Year, it is not enough to watch, and it is still very competitive in normal times.
Before Li Qian could speak, another reporter immediately interjected.
"Does Director Li think that director Cheng Kaige will be slumped after the failure of "Wuji", and he is so confident to fight in the ring with "Mei Lanfang"?"
In the face of this slightly acute question, Li Qian was not annoyed at all, and still smiled.
"I don't think I think, it's this journalist friend, don't tarnish people's innocence out of thin air. β
Filthy and innocent......
The reporters are going to vomit, the innocence is out, where are you clear, where are you white?
But they didn't dwell on this, "Then why did Director Li choose to release "Mei Lanfang" a week ago, do you think "Mei Lanfang" will still fail?"
"I'm going to correct you first. β
Li Qian said, ""Wuji" won 180 million box office at the beginning, detonated the entire Chinese New Year market, and won the annual box office champion, and it did not fail at the box office!"
actually boasted that "Wuji" was coming, which made reporters a little confused for a while.
The box office of 180 million, the box office champion of the year, detonated the Lunar New Year stalls and greatly drove the market, which is indeed the case.
Can it not explode, it's a big bang, even more explosive than "The City Full of Golden Armor", which got a box office of 290 million, and it has been exploding until now, "The City is Full of Big Bobo" has not been so explosive.
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 to reach the New Year, there may not be so many audiences at that time, so I chose the time of the end of November, and I also hope that the movie "Moon" can make a good start for the New Year, so that the audience can have a good start in the visual feast at the end of the year......."
Although he just treats "Mei Lanfang" as a soft persimmon, but he can't say it, although Cheng Kaige "Wuji" is very badly filmed, after all, he has never known each other, he has no hatred or resentment, and it is not good to say that others are not good or something.
The audience can say and scold, but if the peers don't have to, they won't say anything bad about the peers.
I believe you're a ghost!
No matter what Li Qian said, anyway, the reporters present had already picked up the news headlines for the afternoon.
When "The King of Kung Fu" was released, Teacher Six said that it was best to learn from monkeys before playing Sun Wukong, and there was nothing wrong with it, but when it came to their mouths, Teacher Six sarcastically mocked Li Lianjie and asked Li Lianjie to raise a monkey.
The main thing of today's press conference is to announce that "Moon" is going to land in the Chinese New Year file and announce the specific release time.
There was nothing else to say, and after answering a few questions casually, Li Qian didn't care what these reporters asked again, and directly made a gesture, and the big screen behind him suddenly lit up, and another poster appeared.
Again, the reporters kept taking pictures, but the posters still didn't see any useful information.
This poster shows Clone 5 being carried back to the lunar rover by 6, and the dying 5 looking out at the transport ship heading for Earth.
The poster depicts the withered Huang Bo lying in the car where the accident occurred, longing, relief, and relief intertwined, looking ahead with half-open eyes, as if he was going to die at any time.
Li Qian's business was done, and then Huang Bo, the actor, was also interviewed by reporters.
"Hello Huang Bo, can you tell me the general plot of this movie?"
"What is the story of 'The Moon'?"
"Are you really the only one during the filming, and there are no other leading actors?"
"Are you playing an astronaut who lives alone on the moon?"
......
Unable to ask anything from Li Qian's mouth, the reporters concentrated their firepower 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 going south and north for so many years, he has also opened a factory as a boss, and he has also broken his production, and Huang Bo is also leaky when he speaks.
I talked back and forth with these reporters, but I didn't say any useful information.
Li Qian also told him that the biggest attraction of "Moon" lies in this plot and brain hole, the protagonist is a clone, and there is more than one.
This is also the biggest surprise of the whole film, Li Qian is confident that the vast majority of the audience will be amazed when they watch it for the first time.
There was nothing to say, the press conference lasted an hour and then ended.
Within a few hours, the media on the Internet also reported the news that "Moon" was finalized, which immediately attracted the attention of fans.
"It's been a difficult birth for so long, and this movie is finally going to be released!"
"It will be released at the end of November, and I just watched "The Moon" as the first movie in the Chinese New Year, I hope it is a real science fiction film as Li Qian said!"
"Looking at the new poster, why does the protagonist look like he's dying?"
"It's not like I didn't escape and die on the moon in the end, it's too dark. β
"There are still people stupidly waiting to watch domestic sci-fi films, and they don't even know that they are bluffing, they are just hyping up under this name!"
"Let's wait for the word-of-mouth to come out, there are five or six movies I want to watch this year's Chinese New Year, and my wallet doesn't allow it!"
"If it's a fake sci-fi film, selling dog meat on a sheep's head, I don't think it will be screened at all, I'm afraid of goofs. β
"That's right, let's see if Li Qian dares to screen it on a large scale like "Frequency of Life and Death", if he dares, I'll go and watch it, or I'll wait. β
"But there is a lot of competition in this schedule, there is a week away from "Mei Lanfang", and there are Uncle Ge, Tsui Hark, and Donnie Yen before and after, dare to pick this day, it is estimated that Li Qian is also confident. β
"It's swollen, dare to fight with Brother Cheng Kai!"
"Brother Kai can't do it anymore, I won't watch "Mei Lanfang" anyway, I'm afraid that I will be thundered like "Wuji" again, which will affect my mood. β
"What does Li Qian compare with Cheng Kaige? A "Farewell My Concubine" has no scum left for him, so he makes a clichΓ© commercial film, and it is impossible to make a classic movie like "Farewell My Concubine" in his life. β
"What about "Farewell My Concubine", at the level of "Wuji", I don't believe it was filmed by Cheng Kaige. β
......
"Moon" was finalized, and a week after "Mei Lanfang", under the pen of the media, it became Li Qian and Cheng Kaige fighting in the ring.
Whenever Cheng Kaige appears in the news, there are always some netizens who come to expose the scars again, holding a copy of "Wuji", and opening their mouths to spray.
Cheng Kaige, as a great director who was once praised on the altar, even if he misses, he still has a large number of fans, of course, there is no need to refute it.
The media is also rhythmic there, and that's what they do best, anyway.
As a party, Li Qian is also happy to see Qi Cheng, and it is not good for someone to help publicize it for free.
However, the other party, Cheng Kaige, was very unhappy.
"The sci-fi movie "Moon" is scheduled for the New Year, the cutting-edge director Li Qian VS the veteran director Cheng Kaige, did Cheng Kaige retire gloomily, and Li Qian took this opportunity to become one of the great directors?"
Cheng Kaige just finished reading the words on the Internet that took out "Wuji" to ridicule him, and he was very unhappy in himself, and when he looked at the media, he was about to regard him as a stepping stone to Li Qian's rise, and his heart was even more nameless.
This Li Qian and Ma Xiaogang fought twice, and this Chinese New Year stall didn't dare to go to Ma Xiaogang, so he ran to do it with himself when he was full.
The two movies are only a week apart, and it's not much different from going head-to-head.
This is treating me like a soft persimmon!
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