In the summer of 1999, "The Legend of the New White Lady" produced by Minghu Culture was broadcast in one fell swoop, representing the first victory of Minghu Culture in film and television works. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

At the end of that year, that is, in the annual award selection in 1999, "The Legend of the New White Lady" gained a lot.

In 2000, Minghu Culture produced the movie "On the Road", but the box office and awards were not very successful, and the TV series "Meteor Garden" was a hit, but at the end of the year, it won nothing.

But this year, Minghu Culture first came up with the movie "My Sassy Girlfriend" with a box office of more than 150 million and a good reputation, and then launched the phenomenal drama "Princess Huanzhu", which caused a sensation in China.

On December 28, 2001, the National Film and TV Drama Great Wall Awards took the lead in announcing the shortlist, and "My Sassy Girlfriend" and "Princess Huanzhu" both received many nominations.

Especially the best newcomer, the best male and female newcomers in the film category, Zhou Zhiyu and He Yingyu, the best male and female newcomers in the TV drama category, Liu Yan, Zhao Qing and Xu Mengshan, and the Minghu Culture family, got five nominations.

Bai Yujing and Zhao Mingqi were both shortlisted for Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series, Kang Xiaolou was shortlisted for Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series, Liu Yan was shortlisted for Best Actress in a TV Series, and He Yingyu and Zhou Zhiyu also continued to be nominated for Best Actor and Actress in a Film.

In addition, although he only appeared in a few scenes in "My Sassy Girlfriend", and he only added it when he signed up, the role of Feng Shaocheng's hotel owner was also shortlisted for Best Supporting Actor in the film category!

In terms of performance awards, at least from the nominations, there have been a lot of gains, but strong women and weak men are still an old problem in Minghu culture. It also seems unlikely that the situation will be easy to improve in the foreseeable future.

In the non-acting category, Li Qian was nominated for two Best Director and two Best Screenplay in both the film and TV drama categories, and then there were nominations for the best film and best TV series.

An absolute bumper harvest!

As a pure commercial production, whether it is "My Sassy Girlfriend" or "Princess Huanzhu", Li Qian is actually very content to come this far.

For example, Yang Jie unexpectedly won the nomination for Best Cinematography in the TV drama category, which was purely unexpected - first, in the TV series, the best cinematography is a bit chicken, and second, it is estimated that it is just a nomination!

On January 1, 2002, New Year's Day, the National TV Drama Feitian Award announced the list of nominees.

"Princess Returning the Pearl" has a bumper harvest again.

Best TV Series Li Qian in the Drama category, Li Qian in the Drama category, Li Qian in the Best Drama Category, Li Qian in the Best Screenwriter, Liu Yan for Best Actress, Zhao Mingqi and Bai Yujing for Best Supporting Actress, Best Newcomer Liu Yan, Best TV Song Li Qian, Best TV Drama Score Li Qian He Wei - Li Qian He Wei's best soundtrack is counted as one, so together, "Princess Huanzhu" received a total of nine nominations, leading the entire Feitian Award.

On January 3, 2002, the National Film Huabiao Awards announced the list of nominees.

"My Sassy Girlfriend" ...... It's a little pitiful, but the overall situation is still to be expected.

Zhou Zhiyu's Best Actor, He Yingyu's Best Actress, and the two of them were shortlisted for Best Newcomer together, Li Qian's Best Theme Song and Best Soundtrack, and Feng Shaocheng's Best Supporting Actor, which continues to surprise Feng Shaocheng - won two nominations for a role that adds up to less than three minutes of footage, Feng Shaocheng is also evil!

Of course, this is not unrelated to the fact that the current domestic awards basically do not have any hard requirements and regulations on the appearance time and length of the supporting role, and it also has a lot to do with Feng Shaocheng, who has always been the kind of actor that the academy likes, and it also has a lot to do with it - many film critics, professors of Shuntian Film Academy and Huaxia Drama Academy, etc., are all fans of his drama, and many bigwigs in the industry who have the right to speak have great respect for his performance.

And then, well, that's it, as a commercial film, it's already flattering to be able to receive a whopping seven nominations at the Huabiao Awards, which has always been extremely partial to art films!

Although the two music nominations must have something to do with Li Qian's soaring super fame in the music industry, and the several performance nominations won by Zhou Zhiyu and He Yingyu are probably also taking into account their popularity - or that sentence, no matter how good the Huabiao Award is, the ratings still have to be taken into account.

Then, this is just the nomination, the specific award ceremony, these three awards, all have to rush to the middle and end of January, of which the Great Wall Award is the earliest, January 18, the Feitian Award is second, January 25, and the Huabiao Award is the highest, and the ceremony is the most grand, which is January 31.

Therefore, even in previous years, with the successive announcement of nominations, the entire domestic media had to warm up for the next awards, and then, everyone discussed and discussed, and before they knew it, the awards ceremony had arrived.

The announcement of the nominations for the three major awards in the domestic film and television category was naturally a big event, but this year, they were obviously dominated by the crowd - on January 5, across the country, the price of movie tickets was officially raised!

At the meeting, the regulations were very clear, the price increase was 50%, it is said that many third- and fourth-tier cities and some weak cinemas that were originally priced relatively low, their starting prices should be at 22.5 yuan, but the opportunity to raise the price was finally expected, obviously no one was willing to let go, so in the range of the maximum of no more than 30 yuan a ticket, and the minimum of not less than 22.5 yuan a ticket, everyone began to have fun!

According to the final statistics and announcements given by the Film Industry Association, the final statistics of the major theater operators and ordinary theaters reported the pricing, even the most backward theater chains, are directly given to 25 yuan a ticket!

Of the 9,000 canvases nationwide, the final price is less than 4% for the canvas below 25 yuan, and the canvas is higher than 28 yuan, and the price is as high as 31.5%!

As soon as the results of the discussion were announced, the media across the country, as well as netizens on the Internet, had already started a big discussion and criticism, and when the statistics of the Film Industry Association were released on January 7, the whole country was scolded!

At the same time, many people launched a call on the Internet, calling on everyone to unify their pace, resolutely not enter the cinema, not buy tickets, and boycott such high-priced movie tickets.

On 5 January, the first day of the price increase for movie tickets, the attendance rate of the major cinema chains across the country fell by 17 percent compared with the same period last year! As soon as the data of the Film Industry Association was announced, some people began to issue a call on the Internet, and in the next few days, the attendance rate of the major cinema chains continued to fall, once falling to only 65 to 70 percent of the same period last year!

It can be said that the pain of raising the price of movie tickets is really a bit painful.

However, Zhao Meicheng, who was used as a knife messenger at this stall, may not want to cry without tears.

"My Name is Jixiang" was released on Tuesday, December 29th, firstly, to catch up with the New Year's Day holiday, which is a good time for the box office to explode, and secondly, with the upcoming day of the movie ticket price increase, many people who know the news may choose to watch the movie they want to watch before raising the price, so, by this double stimulus, coupled with Zhao Meicheng's reputation as the king of the Chinese New Year stalls accumulated over the years, and the good film quality of "My Name is Jixiang", this movie exploded directly after its release!

From December 29th to January 3rd, six days after its release in the first week, "My Name is Jixiang" actually cut an astonishing box office of 102.64 million in one fell swoop - an expected but unexpected box office record, which was caught off guard and was suddenly broken by Zhao Meicheng before the opening of the movie ticket price increase day!

The box office in the first week is 100 million!

One hundred million in six days!

Zhao Meicheng is simply proud of the world!

Prior to this, in the history of the domestic film box office, there was only one movie that could get more than 100 million yuan at the box office in the first week of release, that is, James Cameron's "Titanic", which first exploded in the United States, and then was released in China with the double blessing of Li Qian and Liao Liao, and directly detonated the national box office in the first week, directly winning a single-week box office of 163.07 million!

And in the second week of its release, this movie, which directly stunned countless Chinese fans and shocked and moved countless Chinese fans, also continued to break out, winning 110.84 million single-week box office in one fell swoop!

It was such a two-week super explosion that laid the foundation for the film to finally get 620 million (about $310 million) from China at the box office!

Therefore, the domestic film market has developed to the present, and it has the highest single-week box office! It is the first box office in the first week, it is it! The single-week box office has exceeded 100 million, twice, it is it!

And now, although the ticket price is about to be raised, it can be predicted inside and outside the industry, whether it is a domestic movie or an imported Hollywood blockbuster, the number of movies with a box office exceeding 100 million in a single week will gradually increase in the future, and there should be at least three or five films a year - if calculated according to the new ticket price, the first week of "Sword Immortal" is 71.31 million, and the first week of "Thorn Qin" is 66.48 million, which are enough to be qualified to hit the first 100 million mark!

Therefore, the industry is looking forward to whether Zhao Meicheng's "My Name is Jixiang" can achieve a single-week box office of more than 100 million in the second week of release, that is, from January 4th to January 10th.

After all, the national price increase will be officially made on January 5th!

If he can't do this film, the next time he will have to watch Li Qian's "Huang Feihong" scheduled for April - what's more, it may be in May and June, and the specific time depends on the specific finalization of Qin Wei and Guo Yulong He Yingyu's "The Door of Life and Death" and Zheng Yuan's "Plan B".

But who would have expected that "My Name is Jixiang" actually broke this record beautifully before the price increase of movie tickets! At the same time, it also convincingly broke the box office record ceiling that has been pressing on the heads of domestic films in the past few years!

Before the price was raised, the box office exceeded 100 million in a single week!

The third in history and the first domestic single-week box office record!

It is also the first time in history that Chinese filmmakers finally see the hope of catching up with the amazing box office of "Titanic"!

So, how could Zhao Meicheng cry?

With such a beautiful first week, he suddenly kicked his past worries about the box office and the impact of price increases into the clouds!

100 million in the first week, he can be a god directly!

With this first-week box office record of 100 million, coupled with the word-of-mouth reviews of this "My Name is Jixiang" in the film critics circle and netizens, even if it will still have some impact on the attendance rate because of the price increase, it will basically not affect his "My Name is Jixiang"!

Instead of crying, he should laugh out loud!

This record needs to be broken by future filmmakers in the first week of 150 million to be convincing, but now it seems that domestic films are still far from that record.

And even if it is finally broken one day, he Zhao Meicheng will be forever remembered in the history of Chinese film development!