In April, the Marché du Film was still a bit tepid.

At the beginning of the month, although "Tough Guy 2" starring Liu Ye and the movie version of "Struggle" were released, they were all dismal at the box office.

However, the newly released Hollywood blockbuster "Red Flame Battlefield" is even worse, with only 3 million on the first day.

At the beginning of April, the domestic film market was purely rookie pecking at each other, and the "Struggle" TV series was a big hit, but the actors of the movie version were changed, and the audience didn't buy it at all, and it will break one million on the first day.

"Tough Guy 2" is much stronger than the first part, and after starring in "I Am Legend", Liu Ye's fame surpassed all Mesozoic actors.

However, the box office on the first day was only 5 million.

The film is not good, it is all for nothing, and there are only a few superstars who have such a thing as box office appeal, except for big directors.

Three or four movies are released a day on weekends, which are basically at the level of three-day theater tours, and the industry has entered an unprecedented trough.

However, at this moment, early in the morning of Sunday, April 3, Li Qian officially announced that the preparation of the new film "I Am Not the God of Medicine" has been completed, filming will start soon, and a press conference will be held in the afternoon.

As soon as this news came out, everyone was a little caught off guard.

It's so fast, it's only early April to start filming, in previous years, it was June, and even July, which is almost three months early.

Colleagues from various companies, the media, and the audience, everyone did not expect Li Qian to start filming a new film so soon.

I learned that Li Qian was filming "I Am Not the God of Medicine", and he left the idea of raising the file behind, and Yu Dong, who was ambitious and wanted to fight, saw the news early in the morning, and he hurriedly put down his chopsticks when he was eating at home.

"Hey!"

Yu Dong dialed the phone number of the director of the publicity and marketing department and asked him to contact the media he was familiar with to know all the content of the afternoon press conference as soon as possible.

Hung up the phone, the breakfast in front of him lost his appetite, and Yu Dong hurried to the company.

No matter how much you despise this realistic movie about medicine, at this time, all companies, like Yu Dong, can't help but be a little nervous.

The name of the person, the shadow of the tree, the box office record creator of Chinese movies, the box office of 800 million is here!

For the audience and the media, although it is also strange why Li Qian is so fast this time, they are more happy and expectant.

The press conference hasn't started yet, there is no news, and fans have started a new round of speculation about the movie.

As the first person at the domestic box office, the theme of "I Am Not the God of Medicine" is not money-free at first glance, even if you think about it with your toes, you will know that it will definitely be a big news at that time!

Whether it is Li Qian's continuation of the magic or the encounter with Waterloo, it is the top news!

In order to prepare for the press conference in the afternoon, the major media and entertainment sections are meeting to study what key points should be grasped at the press conference.

......

At four o'clock in the afternoon, reporters from hundreds of media successively felt the scene of the hotel press conference, waiting for the start of the press conference.

There were still 20 minutes before the start of the press conference, and the reporters at the scene were also discussing.

"Hey, does anyone know the specific content of Li Qian's "I Am Not the God of Medicine"?"

"Yes, this time I actually transformed into a literary film, I really can't figure it out. ”

"Don't think about it, has Li Qian ever told us the content of the movie before the release. ”

"This span is also too big, and I will shoot medicine directly. ”

"I don't think it will be a critical movie, otherwise it would be impossible for photoelectric to make it, and "Snail House" was banned halfway through the broadcast two years ago. ”

"I said yes, now I don't know how sensitive the photoelectric is, even Ning Hao's "No Man's Land" is banned, and next year will be a big day. ”

"Isn't it true that many people are speculating that "I Am Not the God of Medicine" is a comedy, starring Xu Zheng and Huang Bo, it is very possible. ”

"There is this possibility, isn't there still Lu Xiucai on the list of actors. ”

"And what about Liao Fan, can he act in comedy?

......

Blind Gil chatted for a while, and after more than 20 minutes, Li Qian finally led the actors here.

There are so many people!

This was the first thought on the minds of the media on the spot.

There are indeed a lot of people, Xu Zheng, Huang Bo, Hu Ge, Tan Zhuo, Yang Xinmin, Lu Entai, Liao Fan, Wang Yanhui, Wan Qian, all arrived.

"I Am Legend" and "Moon" Needless to say, I don't know which poor and sour crew I think, and I can't even get together a few main actors.

"Frequency of Life and Death" and "Perfect World" are not much better, just a few people, not at all like the movies of big directors, cold and deserted.

Other big-name directors, which one is not star-studded, are not satisfied on stage.

This is good, when I used to shoot commercial films, I didn't bring a few actors to the launch conference, but this time I made a literary film, and I brought a lot of people over.

"Could it be that Li Qian has no bottom in his heart and leads people to strengthen his momentum?"

Some reporters even came up with this idea in their hearts, but they thought it was ridiculous, this is going to fight again, what is the use of people.

Shake off the strange thoughts in their heads, and the reporters cheered up.

"Welcome to the launch of my new movie "I Am Not the God of Medicine", once a year, to meet you again. ”

After working so hard for so long, filming is finally about to start, Li Qian is still in a good mood, and greeted the reporters in the audience with a smile.

"I won't go through the process today, we still have to catch Air China's plane at 8:20 in the evening to Yindu, let me give you a brief introduction to the movie "I Am Not the God of Medicine". ”

Going to Indu?

The reporters couldn't bump into the corner, but after thinking about it, there is a plot in the plot synopsis to go to Yindu to buy generic drugs, so it is not strange to shoot in Yindu.

"As reported on the Internet before, "I Am Not the God of Medicine" tells the story of an ordinary person who saves those patients who can't afford to eat high-priced drugs by going overseas to buy generic drugs for leukemia, and finally becomes a "God of Medicine". ”

“...”

Watching Li Qian seriously repeat the plot synopsis that had been reported countless times by countless media before on stage, the reporters were full of black lines in their hearts.

I have to catch a plane, I don't have time, why don't you talk nonsense?

"Director Li, in this way, "I Am Not the God of Medicine" is a literary film with a critical nature, do you want to use this film to criticize the inaction of the government in the pharmaceutical industry, as well as hospitals and drug manufacturers?"

The reporter who was not in a hurry waited for Li Qian to finish speaking, and immediately asked questions.

"Of course not. ”

Li Qian shook his head, "First of all, although "I Am Not the God of Medicine" is a realistic movie, it is also a purely commercial film, just like the previous movies I made, the content of the movie is to show the pain and sadness of leukemia patients in commercial ways, not only physical pain, but also the mental and psychological pressure brought by leukemia. ”、

Commercial films?

Now the reporters are stunned again, this theme can still be made into a commercial film, what is it like to shoot it?

Without waiting for the reporters to react, Li Qian motioned to the hotel staff to open the curtain on the big screen behind him, revealing a huge poster.

The reporters hurriedly looked, picked up the camera and clicked it by the way.

The background of the poster looks like a small shop, and Xu Zheng, who has long and scattered hair in the middle, has a second leg and a lit cigarette in his hand, and sits on a sofa chair with a big Malaysian golden knife.

This image?

Xu Zheng, a reporter with hair, is no stranger, and he has long hair in "People in Embarrassment", but why is this hairstyle so strange? .

Next to him, Tan Zhuo was sitting on the arm of the chair, and the inside of the coat was leopard print.

Behind him, Yang Xinmin, Hu Ge, and Huang Bo stood in a row, and the three of them were dressed like the same... Down-to-earth.

Huang Bo has yellow hair, reporters are not surprised, but Hu Ge actually looked haggard, thin, his hair was a little thin, and there were some extreme trends, if he didn't know in advance that it was Hu Ge, he might not be able to recognize it.

There is another thing in common, the expressions of the five of them are all the same, they open their mouths and laugh, even if it is just a picture, there is no video, you can see that they are laughing very happily, very sincerely, and it is a smile from the heart, which is particularly infectious.

Could it be that this is really a comedy?

The reporters remembered an unrealistic conjecture from before and immediately asked.

Li Qian shook his head, ""I Am Not the God of Medicine" is a realistic drama, with more or less comedy elements in it, but this is just an embellishment of the plot. ”

"Is 'I Not the God of Medicine' really not a comedy?" the reporter repeated.

"Of course not, leukemia is a more serious topic, and the comedy theme is not very suitable. ”

Even if Li Qian denies it, it is difficult for reporters not to think so, realistic movies in medicine, or commercial films, must pursue the box office, and comedy is the easiest blockbuster movie, just laughing so happily at these people on the poster, it is hard to believe that it is not a comedy.

Moreover, Li Qian is also a former convict, the first two movies said science fiction films, but the result was just wrapped in the skin of science fiction, this time maybe it is wrapped in the skin of a realistic movie, but it is actually a comedy?

However, with their understanding of Li Qian, they definitely couldn't ask anything, so they simply didn't bother with this question.

"Director Li, I remember saying before that the new film will hit the box office record of "Avatar", do you think that as a realistic movie, why did "I Am Not the God of Medicine" get 1.3 billion box office?" the reporter continued to ask.

"Of course, "I Am Not the God of Medicine" is a good movie, I have always thought that there are only bad movies, there are no bad themes, in the early years, no one believed that romance movies and action movies could sell well, and now romance films and action movies can also sell high box office, I think as long as you make a good movie that the audience likes, no matter what the theme, it has the potential to be a big hit, in the final analysis, it depends on the audience's dissatisfaction. ”