On the second Thursday of July, July 9, Huafei Film and Television spent tens of millions of dollars to hold a grand premiere ceremony for the movie "The Great Wall" in Shuntianfu.

Guests gathered, big coffee.

Human thinking has great inertia.

A few years ago, Qin Wei was almost the undoubted first person in Chinese films, and now, although in just a few years, Li Qian has made continuous shots, won awards and box office hits, and was also called Xuan He for a while, and even in the hearts of many young generation audiences, he has already surpassed Qin Wei and become the undisputed first person in Chinese films at the moment - and inside and outside the industry, after "The Matrix" achieved such a global hit, he basically recognized that in the Chinese film industry, whether it is power, status, talent, achievement, Li Qian is already the first.

But admitting Li Qiangui and recognizing Li Qian, Qin Wei may not be the first in the hearts of many people, but he is still another banner of the entire Chinese film in addition to Li Qian.

Even in the hearts of many people, although it is impossible to deny the great achievements made by Li Qian in the past few years, they still insist in their hearts that Li Qian is "still a little worse" than Qin Wei!

Whether it is the inertia of thinking, or the subconscious disgust and rejection of the emerging commercial film box office theory, there are really many people who hold this kind of tone and perception in the Chinese film industry.

Of course, thinking about it from another angle, although Li Qian has been punching and kicking in recent years, he has created a situation, won awards, and been crowned emperors, and the box office has become the only person in China, and even the world's best, and what is even more awesome is that after Minghu Culture completed the acquisition of Colombia, it has made Minghu Culture the only film industry consortium in the world film market that has stepped on the two major markets of China and North America.

However, he rose so fast that many people quickly achieved even greater achievements before they could adjust to the achievements and status of his previous work.

Gradually, his achievements have been beyond the reach of other people's struggles in their lifetimes, so the initial gratification, appreciation, and excitement when looking at the "newborn calf" of the younger generations began to gradually turn into displeasure, scrutiny and suspicion, and then later, Li Qian, a predator and master who is not yet thirty years old, has made many people in the industry disgusted, and almost mentioning him, no matter what it is, will subconsciously frown first.

To put it bluntly, the qualifications are too shallow, and the people are not convinced.

Of course, Li Qian didn't care about that.

He doesn't care what some old-timers in the industry say about him, and he doesn't care that those awards have deliberately snubbed him again and again in the past two years.

Because he knows better than anyone else that in the face of the rolling tide of the development direction of the entire world film, if he cares about those self-entertainment behind closed doors, there is only one possibility, that is, like another time and space, from special effects, to motion capture, to 3D, etc., wave after wave of development trends have been perfectly missed by Chinese films.

So he could only follow Hollywood's ass after that, a little bit of toddler, but he couldn't catch up, he could only put such a big domestic market, but he has been beaten by all kinds of beatings - of course, what he didn't know was that not long after his death, Wu Jing, who had been half-popular for so many years, made a "Wolf Warrior 2".

But in fact, even if he knows it and weighs it carefully, in his opinion, it is only that Chinese filmmakers have finally begun to touch the practices and routines of some domestic commercial films through various experiments, but it does not mean that Chinese films have caught up or even surpassed.

Because, your movie can only be sold in your own home, and foreigners don't buy it, while Hollywood blockbusters can run to your home to easily make money.

Far from it.

Li Qian always firmly believed in his heart that the path of "technology first, then art" he took was correct, and even he couldn't understand that when those predecessors saw him, they persuaded themselves that since they had made achievements in business, and they had made a lot of money, they should try art, what kind of psychology did they have - maybe they were sorry for Li Qian, a talented young man, but he actually devoted himself to commercial films and making money.

Or maybe in their opinion, only art films are real films.

But in Li Qian's view, only what the majority of audiences like to watch can be called a good movie.

Moreover, although he is not short of money, he deeply knows that if a film market and a country's film industry want to develop, the stimulation of box office sales, that is, the stimulation of profits, is the most important!

So, he's glad to make himself the red cloth that bloodshot the eyes of all the bullfighters!

Look, Li Qian has made money, look, Minghu Culture has made money.

Look, Li Qian is making money again, look, Minghu Culture is making money again.

See......

Everyone's eyes are red, and they are killing in to make movies, of course, some people will subconsciously carry out some inferior imitations, and there are some extremely commercial pure hype, but after a long time and many times, there will always be people who will patiently ponder and analyze, how Li Qian made his movies make money, come and go, and slowly there will always be people trying to find their own new way.

At that time, there were more and more outstanding filmmakers in Chinese films, all kinds of big-selling movies emerged one after another, various film categories competed with each other, and the entire domestic market became a red sea......

Of course, for the time being, all this is just a fantasy, which only exists in Li Qian's mind.

It's far away again.

In fact, judging from the path of the recent movies, Qin Wei may not have completely understood what a good movie that everyone likes to see in this era looks like, but as the most famous film director of the previous generation, and a banner of literary films, he has long understood that blockbuster sales are the most important criterion for measuring the success of a movie. From this point of view, in fact, Qin Wei is really the most knowledgeable and early one among the filmmakers, and he is worthy of his name as a master.

Even, after losing one, he couldn't think of a way to defeat the enemy for the time being, and he couldn't find the idea of making a movie at the moment, he could actually think of playing a "Sino-foreign cooperation" method at this time, which was indeed a precedent for Chinese films - no matter what you say, Daniel Jackman is a real Hollywood A-list star, don't say that ordinary people can't afford it, even if they can afford it, if there is no international director like Qin Wei, people may not be willing to come to China and play with you a Chinese director.

Hollywood's A-list stars have never lacked film appointments and invitations.

In fact, as early as more than a year ago, Li Qian was shocked when he heard that Qin Wei was preparing a project to invite Hollywood A-list stars to star, and the movie would revolve around the theme of the Great Wall.

But when he thought about it, he was relieved again.

When people in the world mention China and the Chinese nation, whether in China or abroad, they will definitely mention the Great Wall and the Yellow River - this has almost become a symbol of the Chinese nation.

For a Chinese movie, to make a costume blockbuster, there must be a lot of action scenes, and the Great Wall is almost inevitably the first big topic that comes to mind.

It's just that at that time, Li Qian had no way of knowing from what angle Qin Wei would start and what kind of story he would tell around the Great Wall, and whether it was the same as Zhang Guoshi's "The Great Wall".

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At the premiere ceremony, the main creators of "The Great Wall" were all red.

Although Hu Fei chatted and laughed with guests from all walks of life, Qin Wei's thin face was also rarely full of smiles, and Liu Yan, who was standing next to the two of them and wearing a long dress, seemed to be fading away from the immature feeling of the "Little Swallow" period, and was really becoming the backbone of the new generation of Chinese film industry - a successful actor, an actor who has worked with the great director Qin Wei, an investor who has started to invest in his own films when he was less than 30 years old, and is an investor of a big director of Qin Wei's level, Producer.

Compared to them, the smile on the face of Daniel Jackman, who was standing next to him as an interpreter, was somewhat perfunctory - he had seen a lot of the premiere, but it was rare for all the people around him to speak English.

Of course, how much thought Hu Fei put into this premiere, and Qin Wei showed what kind of transcendent position he had in the Chinese film industry through this premiere, is something he doesn't know.

Perhaps, even if he knew, he didn't care.

This trip to China for the premiere of "The Great Wall" and the subsequent ten days of publicity were all terms that had been set at the time of signing the contract - including the subsequent return to North America and the 10-day promotional schedule, which were also included in his salary.

But the film has been filmed, and it is difficult for him to have high box office expectations and reputation expectations for a Chinese film, especially if the film is a big hit in China, it is still extremely difficult to sell in North America, and as long as the film cannot be sold in North America, then the success or failure of this film in the Chinese market will have almost no impact on his subsequent career.

Therefore, as an actor, since he signed the contract and received the money, he must abide by the contract and fulfill the contract, which is the bottom line of a Hollywood actor, and of course, he must take out a twenty-day schedule as promised to participate in the promotion of "The Great Wall" in China, Japan and North America.

But this matter only needs to be done step by step, and it does not require much thought.

What he was thinking about now was the dinner tonight.

Because they have crossed paths on many occasions before, and they have several mutual friends with each other, Daniel Jackman was more familiar with Liao Liao before, and can even be called friends - a female singer and an actor, there is no conflict of interest between each other, and the other party's lover is an internationally renowned director, and later acquired a large Hollywood company like Columbia, becoming one of the few film tycoons in the whole world, so even if you don't deliberately please, at least DanielJackman's brain, who can mix in Hollywood, will never be evil.

Therefore, everyone has a good relationship.

It happened that after Liao Liao finished this grand tour in North America during this time, he was tired and went back to China to rest, just in Shuntianfu, so before coming to China, Daniel Jackman called Liao Liao in advance to communicate, and Liao Liao was very happy to entertain him as the host. And after a few words, Liao Liao understood her subtext, and said with a smile that Li Qian would also be present at that time.

Daniel Jackman was satisfied and thanked him again and again.

Of course, such a dinner party is not enough to bring the relationship between each other closer, but American society also has a great human component. Having the opportunity to have a meal with the director of "The Matrix" and the big boss behind the scenes in Colombia, communicate closely, and communicate feelings will of course only be good for your future development, and there will be no harm.

Although Daniel Jackman is already a first-line superstar in Hollywood, in the eyes of laymen and fans, he no longer needs to apologize to anyone, on the contrary, it should be the film company and producers who took the initiative to invite him to play a role, but in fact, Daniel Jackman, who has worked hard in Hollywood for many years and is now on the front line, knows very well that he is not qualified in front of the real boss.

What do you mean by a real big guy?

The president of the seven major Hollywood film companies, the major producers who have successively launched several works with a cost of more than 100 million yuan and a box office of more than 300 million US dollars in North America, as well as a handful of big directors in the Hollywood circle.

These people are the real bosses.

Not to mention first-line stars, even if they are super first-line superstars, in front of these people, they can at best maintain an equal position on the surface.

And Li Qian can be regarded as almost all of the above three identities.

It can be said that in the entire Chinese film industry, there is only one person, in Daniel Jackman's view, he must be treated carefully, and even worthy of dedication.

The movie began, although there are Chinese and English subtitles, Daniel Jackman seems to understand the plot of the whole story, but it is a lot of special effects scenes in the movie, and he is also praised when he sees it, and he can't help but think: It is really worthy of the special effects that were sent to the United States at a huge cost!

And with his experience in Hollywood for more than ten years, when he saw some shots, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at China Qin, who was sitting not far away, and thought: This Chinese director's lens is still very exquisite, and he really deserves to be a director who has won awards in Europe.

Then, after the screening, he took the stage to the applause of the audience, sat with the rest of the main creative staff, watched and asked questions like a gorilla in a zoo, and with the help of an interpreter, he calmly coped with it all - from beginning to end, Daniel Jackman had a very professional smile on his face.

The premiere was over, Daniel Jackman said hello to his agent and was about to leave in the car, at this time, China Hu heard the voice here, but ran over quickly and enthusiastically sent out an invitation in English, "Daniel, I arranged a dinner party in the evening, and everyone will come over and eat together, please come!"

Although Daniel Jackman was used to seeing Chinese people who wanted to eat together to exchange feelings when filming in China before, he would not refuse under normal circumstances, but today it is obviously not possible.

He first smiled and thanked him, and then said with a look of regret: "But I'm afraid not today, I have made an appointment before I came, I want to have dinner with my Chinese friend Liao." You know, Liao and I are good friends, and his lover Li, is a great director that I have always wanted to visit. So, sorry ......"

Hu Fei's English is good, and he understands it directly without translation.

Then, all at once, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

And Qin Wei and Liu Yan, who were walking over, missed most of the over, and second, they couldn't understand English directly, so they had to wait for the translator next to them to give a complete translation.

And after listening to the translator's words, the smile on Qin Wei's face suddenly put away.

Liu Yan lowered her head, as if she was embarrassed and didn't know what to say.

Of course, the moment she lowered her head, she couldn't help but subconsciously turn her head to look at Hu Fei and Qin Wei.

Unlike herself, who only took a salary of 2 million yuan in order to star in Qin Wei's movie, in order to invite Daniel Jackman to star in "The Great Wall", Hu Fei spent 10 million US dollars with real money - it is said that in Hollywood, the current salary of Daniel Jackman is only about 7 million to 8 million US dollars.

That's it, it is said that Hu Fei and Qin Wei took the translated script and rushed to the United States to visit in person, and then gave a high salary while persuading and inviting them, which finally moved Daniel Jackman and made him agree to go to China to participate in "The Great Wall", a Chinese film that is said to be distributed on a large scale in North America.

As a result, the Hollywood superstar who spent a lot of money to smash over, whether during the filming or now, from Hu Fei to Qin Wei, and then to the entire crew, all held him high, lest a bad greeting would seem to be slow to treat Hollywood stars, but after coming to China this time, he just saw a little bit of a loophole, and people hurriedly climbed up along the line of Liao Liao, and wanted to "meet" Li Qian.

For this reason, he did not hesitate to turn down the dinner party that was carefully arranged for him here!

At this moment, Hu Fei's face was dark, and he looked like he was holding back his dissatisfaction and couldn't vent it, while Qin Wei said that he was slightly better, but he just put away his smile, but the green tendons in the corners of his eyes were revealed.

Liu Yan thought to herself, they didn't know what it was like to feel in their hearts now.

Of course, no matter what they think, at least in Liu Yan's opinion, this matter should be quite a slap in the face for them - although they know that Daniel Jackman must be because he doesn't understand the grudge between Li Qian and Qin Wei, so he will say the arrangement so generously, but because of this, this face is so real!

It hurts so much!