The special effects of "Rejuvenation" were officially completed in early November, including the narration from beginning to end in the movie, and Chen Kun recorded it after the editing was done before.

Except for some shots that need to be graded because of the completion of special effects, all post-production is basically done.

The schedule has been announced, and it will be released on Thursday, December 4th, and there is still one month left.

The movie was to be submitted for review before it was released, and it involved many sensitive historical events, and Li Qian also came to China Film with a copy.

As the boss of a state-owned enterprise, the entire film industry is actually under the jurisdiction of China Film, and many things cannot be seen on the surface, but China Film's influence on the industry is far stronger than it seems.

Han Sanping stepped down and retired at the beginning of the year, and the top management of the entire China Film has changed, and the new head is a deputy director of the Film Bureau.

If the film "Rejuvenation" is to be reviewed, it must not only be the matter of the Optoelectronic Review Committee, but also the propaganda, general political department, united front, women's federation, and civil affairs departments must also send people to participate in the review.

After all, the movie involves all kinds of things, even if there are not many plots, but Li Qian's influence on his movies is there.

The influence of the director is different, and the intensity of review is also different, but there are also advantages, that is, some things that can be passed can be passed.

Zhang Yimou's previous "The City is Full of Golden Armor", those exposed shots were not cut, just because this is Zhang Yimou's film, do you try to change Jia Zhang Ke?

In North America, the film is rated R, or restricted.

Senior Lu, the sixth-generation director who passed away at the beginning of the year, reviewed his debut film "How Steel is Made", but Optoelectronics has no specific opinions, but it just can't.

As a result, it took two years to change the title and finally pass the review.

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

This is nothing, Li Qian also watched the whole movie back and forth a few times, there should be no problems, no need to be knifed.

However, in order to show respect for the boss of the state-owned enterprise, Li Qian still came to China Film with a copy, and asked the newly appointed chairman of China Film Lai Peikang to help take a look, guide and guide, and then submit it for review.

After all, he also hung up a producer, and the producer later symbolically added China Film, which can be regarded as Lai Peikang's participation.

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.

"Whew. ”

Several people present suddenly had a feeling of loss, Lai Peikang sat up straight, looked down at the watch in his hand, and said, "I didn't feel anything for these two and a half hours, it seems that it has passed all of a sudden." ”

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

"I was so engrossed in watching a 150-minute movie that I didn't even watch a single watch, and this was the first time I've taken it so seriously. ”

"If it weren't for the fact that my waist was a little sore, I don't think it would have been long. ”

Several CEOs and vice presidents also said with emotion.

"This "Rejuvenation" is definitely an epic movie, the domestic film industry has developed so fast in recent years, and there is no shortage of entertainment movies, there is a lack of such a movie. ”

"It's a pity that some content is missing, otherwise it would be perfect to completely show the major history of the founding of New China in the past 60 years or so. "There are also people who feel a little sorry.

Several CEOs praised it. Li Qian smiled, and he was not modest or anything.

As for the things that unfortunately didn't shoot, there was no way, it was not easy to shoot, and Li Qian didn't want to shoot those things.

At the end of the 60s, the little bastard who was said to have unified the north and south cities of the capital before he was 20 years old, and became the only black road leader in the history of the capital.

Several CEOs and vice presidents then gave their own opinions on the review of the movie, and basically they didn't feel anything sensitive.

After a while, Li Qian came to Lai Peikang's office, "Lai Dong, the matter of submitting for trial will trouble you." ”

"Director Li is polite, then I will help you hand it over in the afternoon, and let the above contact the 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 for "The Great Cause of the Founding of the Army", which can be regarded as a war movie, I don't know if Director Li has any ideas?"

"The Great Cause of the Army"?

This kind of gift film, Li Qian is really not interested, the dilemma is too difficult to satisfy both the above and the audience.

"Lai Dong, I will only make commercial films, and I am afraid that I will not be able to grasp the scale of gift films. Li Qian declined.

"What does Director Li think of Wu Jing, there are not many directors in China who can make war movies, and we have never had the right personnel. Lai Peikang asked again, in fact, the older generation of war film directors can make a lot, but he doesn't want to make the kind of main theme movie that no one watches, with the commercialization of the market, the gift film also has certain market requirements, at least the box office can't be lower than the first two, otherwise it won't look good.

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

"That's right. Lai Peikang nodded, not seeking merit, but seeking no fault, if Wu Jing made Mr. Zhu and them super soldiers, then it would be miserable.

He also didn't like "Wolf Warrior", he stayed in Paris for many years, and was influenced to a certain extent, and he still preferred the artistry of the film.

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

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

Lai Peikang mentioned that there are almost no hard science fiction movies in China, "The "Three-Body Problem" on the Youzu side will start filming after the year, which is also the first hard science fiction blockbuster in China, Director Li has tried so many themes, I don't know if I am interested in hard science fiction?"

"The Three-Body Problem" is definitely a classic science fiction film in China at present, and the film and television and game adaptation rights were bought by the game-making Youzu in 09, and the film began to be prepared a few years ago, and it seems that the preparations are almost complete, and the roles have been determined.

A layman's company, an unknown director, filming such a big production, it is obvious that they just want to make a wave of money through it.

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

Speaking of which, 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, went to Hollywood two years ago, studied there, and will come back a year ago to start preparing another "The Wandering Earth" by Da Liu. ”

""The Wandering Earth"? I've read this, is it going to be made into hard sci-fi?" Lai Peikang asked, China is still a sci-fi desert, he wants to promote the development of domestic sci-fi films, after all, Han Sanping promoted costume blockbusters to open the blockbuster era, and now in this situation, only hard sci-fi blockbusters can promote the industry to go further.

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Leaving Zhongying, thinking of Lai Peikang's idea of raising ambitions before leaving, Li Qian was still a little funny.

Han Sanping is engaged in blockbusters, and Lai Peikang, who took over, wants to make super blockbusters, and what else does he say to lead domestic films into the era of super blockbusters.

Where is science fiction so easy to shoot, it's not just a few spaceships and mechas, science fiction is a concept, and the concept of domestic directors for science fiction movies is still on a zero basis.

As for what "Magic City Fortress", conceptually speaking, it is not a science fiction film, replacing the alien invasion with aliens and zombie invasions, and the whole story has not changed much, just a science fiction skin.

If there is no accident, it should be able to pass the review in about half a month, that is, in mid-November, there is still half a month before the movie is released.

However, even if it didn't get the Dragon Mark, Future Pictures began to advertise.

Even if there is no need for publicity, there is no lack of exposure, but this is the boss's film, the company's most important project, and the future film industry still mobilized all the resources that can be mobilized and began to spread the publicity.

Major portals, mainstream forums, Tieba, Weibo, Zhifubao, Jingdong and all other apps with many users have invested a lot of money.

Offline, in the downtown office buildings of major cities, the content of the billboard has also become the poster of "Rejuvenation" in which Chen Kun and Tong Liya show half of their faces.

Bus stops, shopping malls, squares, cinemas, ......

Under the huge money offensive, all parts of the country could not move, and the billboards were changed and dressed.

On Friday the 7th, "Rejuvenation" also released the first trailer on the whole network.

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

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

As soon as the picture turned, he came to the door of a nursing home, gently placed the baby in his arms at the door, knocked on the door a few times, and ran away, hiding from the side to watch.

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

"I'm a nursing home, not an orphanage. ”

complained so much, but on this cold day, he still picked up the baby with some distress.

The camera followed Liu Mingtao's gaze to give a close-up of the baby in swaddling clothes.

"Shhh

At the same time, in different places, a cold air entered the throat on a cold day, and countless people coughed violently.

The sound of coughing was not enough to indicate the turmoil in their hearts, and no matter where they were, everyone was staring at the close-up of the baby on the screen.

Looking at the newborn baby, but without a cute appearance, the wrinkled and ugly little face, many people who had just eaten breakfast, even felt a little sick to their stomachs.

No one's eyes take off the screen, though.

"I think I have a home. ”

With Chen Kun's narration, the picture continues.

The old people in the nursing home had dinner together, and an old man who was over the age of six, and a baby who had grown up a little, were also on the dining table, looking like an old man in his seventies and eighties.

is still Chen Kun's narration. "I thought I was like the people here, an old man in his twilight. ”

However, the little old man was playing with the chopsticks and spoons on the table like a child.

However, like other old people, he sat quietly in the courtyard at dusk and basked in the sun.

In the evening, he grabbed Liu Mingtao's hand and said, "Mom, sometimes I feel like I'm changing day by day. ”

For a second or two, the daily life of a baby in a nursing home is sometimes normal, sometimes out of place here.

More than ten seconds later, the camera panned to the church.

"Stand up, stand up like Lazarus!"

The white priest shouted, and the little old man, who was lying on the ground, stood up and was able to take two steps forward.

The whole house exclaimed, and the white priests shouted excitedly, "Praise the Lord, Hallelujah!"

However, as soon as the words fell, he fell straight down.

At this point, the trailer ends, and the loop begins to repeat again.

In front of countless screens across the country, countless viewers who watched this bizarre trailer were amazed, stopped in place, and watched it repeatedly.

In the office building, there are only a few minutes left before the start of work, and some office workers are still staring intently at the display in the lobby.

"Lao Wang, there are still five minutes to clock in, don't you want to be full-attended?" someone was urging at the same time.

In the cinema, someone watched the trailer and ran to the front desk.

"Hello, when will "Rejuvenation" be released, can I buy tickets in advance?"

On the bus, someone stared at the screen several times and almost sat at the stop.

"master, stop! stop!"

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Under the powerful all-round propaganda offensive without dead ends, in just one morning, everything that can be seen in the trailer of "Rejuvenation" has been seen.

The strange scene of a very ugly baby old man, the priest in the church shouting "praise the Lord" but dying on the spot, plus this is Li Qian's movie, immediately set off a wave of discussion.

"Has anyone watched the trailer, that ugly baby is really the male protagonist?

"This makeup is amazing, I used to think about what an old man like a baby looks like, I didn't expect it to be so ugly. ”

"I watched it at breakfast on the bus, and it was still a very greasy meat bun, and I almost couldn't eat it. ”

"This setting is really amazing, how can such a little old man play in front of him?"

"Who played this when I was a child, I feel a bit like Chen Kun in my eyes. ”

"What's the matter with that priest, he made the hero stand up, why did he suddenly hang up?"

"It's kind of weird, meaning the priest begs the Lord to get the hero to stand up, and then at the cost of his life?"

"Why is it not Buddhism and Taoism, it has to be Jesus, it looks awkward. ”