The summer season is a must for all directors and production companies who are interested in occupying a place in the Chinese film industry -- even in the narrow sense of the summer file, from the end of June to the end of August, about nine weeks, the box office generated by it accounts for more than 35% of the total box office of the year all year round! The summer file in the broad sense, from the end of May to September, is about 17 weeks long, accounting for more than 55% of the total box office of the year!

Liu Chengzhang wants to prove his position as the No. 1 commercial film in China, "Sword Immortal" is naturally interested in this, Du Weiyun came with "Thorn Qin" with an investment of up to 80 million, and if he wants to switch to commercial blockbusters, he is naturally interested in this. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

On Tuesday, August 10, "Thorn Qin" was officially released.

This week is the fifth week of "Sword Fairy", but everyone knows that the poor reputation of this movie has made it powerless, this week, is the fourth week of "Future World", and judging from the steady trend of the box office of this movie in the first three weeks, it still has the strength to fight!

Of course, the first week of release, the first commercial masterpiece of the big director, a number of famous actors and actresses, and the filming of a legendary story like Jing Ke's assassination of King Qin, which has a high reputation among the people, "Assassin Qin" must certainly be the most optimistic one!

The results came out and were not unexpected.

In other words, it was not beyond Li Qian's expectations.

The surging "Thorn Qin" made a stunning and almost perfect debut with a first-week box office of 66.48 million - poor "My Sassy Girlfriend" was still the third place in the first-week box office list in the history of domestic films a month ago, but recently it was kicked twice in a row and fell straight to the fifth place in a row!

Even, this first-week box office has suppressed the 53.83 million box office created by "The Swordsman and the Monk" in the first week of release, and it is currently second only to Liu Chengzhang's "Sword Fairy"!

This box office has taken many professional filmmakers by surprise - everyone can guess that the box office of "Thorn Qin" in the first week is about the same, but they didn't expect it to be so fierce!

It feels like as long as it is a "blockbuster", as long as it is a famous director or star, as long as you are willing to spend money on overwhelming publicity, then no matter what the quality of your film is, at least in the first week, it will be a box office hit!

Of course, the reality is that "Thorn Qin" is not only a box office hit, but also has a pretty good reputation!

Although it will also be criticized by some fans and critics for its slow pace, it is slow to slow, and the overall story is still no problem - the characters can barely be considered plump, the story is basically smooth and complete, and although this movie does not have many special effects, the picture, art, etc., continue Du Weiyun's style characteristics as always!

All in all, it's beautiful!

So for a while, Du Weiyun raised his eyebrows!

It was also in this week that "Future World", which came to the fourth week of release, fell normally, and won the second place in the weekly box office list with a box office of 42.56 million. Its total box office in China has risen to 228.51 million!

And "Sword Fairy", which has mixed reputations, ushered in a huge decline again this week, only earning 14.15 million box office, barely raising the total box office to 235.61 million!

It is still nearly 10 million away from the 245.37 million box office of the Hollywood blockbuster "Tales of the Night", which has been offline - "Tales of the Night" has been offline, and "Sword Fairy" is still some time away from going offline.

Although the storyline of "Sword Fairy" is indeed bad, it is not completely without something to see, at least the special effects are really eye-catching. Ten years later, it's not unusual for special effects to be good, but at the moment, the special effects are good, which is worth watching for many audiences. So, it finally caught up with "Tales of the Night" at the box office, probably not a big problem, but this chase ...... It's very tiring!

And now, it hasn't had time to catch up with Tales of the Night, and Future World is just under 10 million of them - and with the current box office trend of Future World, it's almost certain that it can be done next week!

As early as last week, after the box office was cut in half, Liu Chengzhang has disappeared, no longer accepts any interviews, and no media can find him, but after the box office rankings of this issue were released, a reporter interviewed Hu Fei, the general manager of Huafei Film and Television. Moreover, although "Sword Fairy" does have mistakes, I dare to say that at present, in China, Lao Liu is still one of the few in China! How to make special effects movies is one thing that even Hollywood is still exploring. Besides, I don't think "Sword Fairy" is a miss......"

Recently, Lu Lingxi, who was extremely humble and studious, came over to ask Li Qian with this question, and Li Qian pondered for a long time before replying: "The loss is a loss!" However, with Hu Fei's hand, it is really hard to say whether his investment really reached the amount of external publicity, and the follow-up DVD distribution, selling the exhibition rights to TV stations, etc., are also ways to continue to recover costs, and in the long run, even if they lose, they are limited. As Hu Fei said, he may be able to barely save his capital. ”

Hearing this, Lu Lingxi thoughtfully learned and left.

But the next day, she ran over again and asked Li Qian, "What do you think of the fact that "Sword Immortal" exploded at the box office when it was released, and now Du Weiyun's "Thorn Qin" also exploded at the box office as soon as it was released?"

Li Qian was a little surprised that Lu Lingxi would ask this question.

This question seems to be very ordinary, but in fact, in Li Qian's opinion, since she will think of trying to figure out the rules in it, it proves that she has noticed something, but she is not like others, blindly thinking that as long as it is a blockbuster, as long as it is a famous director or something, it will be a big hit when it is released - just this is already rare. Don't brag about it, leading at least ninety percent of the country's film practitioners!

It can also be said that Lu Lingxi's many years of teaching at Suncheon Film Academy are not in vain.

So, Li Qian patiently organized the answer, and then replied very carefully: "This shows that the current domestic market already has the foundation to carry a movie with a box office of more than 400 million, 500 million, or even 600 million, and it also shows that ...... Everyone is eagerly looking forward to this kind of movie! Everyone has money, and there is a demand for movies!"

The answer was very simple, and Lu Lingxi looked thoughtful again.

Li Qian didn't know what impact such an answer he gave would have on Lu Lingxi, he just hoped that practitioners in the domestic film industry, especially these people under his own, could have a clearer and clearer understanding of the development of the domestic film industry.

Then, when Lu Lingxi was thinking hard about the complex relationship between film art and the market, while clumsily performing the role of Aunt Thirteen, unconsciously, the filming of the movie "Once Upon a Time" finally ushered in the last few shots!

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"Click!"

When the last shot was finished, the actors stood still and the staff waited with bated breath.

In the midst of everyone's attention, Li Qian stood up, held the horn in his hand, and said with a smile: "Now, I announce that "Huang Feihong" is officially completed!"

"Yay!"

A huge cheer suddenly erupted, and it felt like almost lifting the roof of this retro wooden teahouse!

Since the preparation began in April, and the filming officially started in Qingdao Mansion in mid-June, until now, many staff and actors have been busy for this drama for more than four months, and people like Guo Ziming, Zhou Baoshan, Zhong Yuanfu and others, from the initial rehearsal of martial arts movements to the post-filming over and over again, to be honest, even if these martial arts actors are all kung fu, facing such a four-month hard practice, it is really a difficult hard work.

And now, finally, the movie is finished.

It also means that their arduous journey is over.

Of course, it also means, well, everyone will get their full salary right away!

Li Qian smiled, seeing that they were venting there, at this time, Sun Yuting had already come over, asked for the horn from Li Qian's hand, and shouted: "Please pay attention, go change clothes first, remove makeup, and be careful not to damage the clothes, they are all very expensive to make, and no matter how happy you are, you must pay attention not to damage other people's tables and chairs......! As you think, our director is very generous, and he directly chartered a hotel in Xiamen Mansion tonight, cleared the scene, and celebrated the finale!"

Before she could finish shouting, there was already another wave of cheers and shouts, directly drowning out her voice! Sun Yuting smiled helplessly, and waited for the cheers to be a little weaker before continuing: "Everyone go back to the hotel to rest for a while, and at half past five, let's take the bus over." Remember, gather at half past five, and don't wait for it!"

When she shouted this, she saw that everyone had stopped, looked at her, smiled and waved her hand, and said, "Disperse!"

"Yay!"

Cheers are back!

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At half past five in the afternoon, a bus and a medium bus rented by the crew pulled more than 50 people from the crew and went straight to the city.

When the wine and food were served, Li Qian stood up with the cup and said, "Our filming has ended, and now is the time to celebrate, but I want to say that our cooperation has just begun, and we will continue to cooperate and cooperate often in the future." Here, I would like to thank you for your hard work for the play "Once Upon a Time" in the past period, and at the same time hope to see you again when we cooperate in the next play! Everyone, please raise your glasses...... Cheers!"

First, there was a loud bang for the tables and chairs moving, and then, everyone all raised their glasses, and with Li Qian's words, everyone said in unison: "Cheers!"

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Soon after the finale banquet began, Li Qian was followed by Zhao He and Feng Bicheng, two assistant directors, and after the two assistant directors, Huang Wenjuan, the executive producer, toasted the whole crew for three rounds.

After their toast was finished, everyone began to eat and drink at each table.

On the actor's side, Zhou Baoshan was the first to stand up, came over with a wine glass, and began to toast the group of main creators at the table.

Li Qian saw his shy smile, looking like he didn't know how to persuade wine, he couldn't help but want to laugh, he smiled, Zhou Baoshan was even more embarrassed, after clinking glasses, he simply said: "Director Li, I won't say anything beautiful, anyway...... It was you who chose me, trained me, taught me how to act, and let me play the leading role...... I did it!"

After saying that, as soon as he tilted his neck, he really did it!

Li Qian smiled, thought about it, and also tilted his neck and did it.

Zhou Baoshan's eyes lit up, "Assistant Sun really doesn't deceive people, Director Li is really massive!"

Over there, Sun Yuting was on the same table with a group of photographers and artists, but her ears were listening to this, and she didn't wait for Li Qian to speak, so she said directly: "Hey, Zhou Baoshan, you took me out like this!"

Laugh.

Zhou Baoshan scratched his head a little embarrassed, laughed twice, and turned around to leave, but Li Qian opened his mouth to stop him, seeing that he was puzzled, he beckoned to him again, called him over, and whispered: "The filming is over, go back and rest for a few days, I will register you for a class, your acting skills still have room for improvement, go and follow the teacher to study again, there will be your drama to shoot next year!"

Among the few people present, only Zhao He and Huang Wenjuan knew that as early as when the preparations for this "Huang Feihong" had not yet begun, Li Qian had already prepared the script for the second and even the third part, and naturally understood the meaning of Li Qian's words, but others didn't know, especially Zhou Baoshan, it was impossible to know!

Hearing this at this time, he was stunned for a moment, then his face was full of surprise, and he nodded vigorously, "Thank you Director Li, thank you Director Li! I will study hard when I go back!

Li Qian smiled and nodded, "Go back, let go of eating, let go of drinking!"

So Zhou Baoshan went back, but even the walking posture seemed to be different - although Li Qian's voice was not loud, his status made it so that as long as he spoke, everyone would subconsciously light down their movements, lower their voices, and pay attention to what he said, so as soon as Li Qian's words came out just now, many actors looked at Zhou Baoshan's eyes, and suddenly there was a touch of indescribable envy!

They didn't know that "Huang Feihong" must have a sequel and a second part, they just thought that Zhou Baoshan was really favored by Li Qian, and he was going to open another drama for him next year, so they were naturally extremely envious!

You must know that four months ago, he Zhou Baoshan was just a small group performance in Jinhua Film and Television City!

And now, he has been appreciated by Li Qian, one "Huang Feihong" is not counted, there will be a second - this is the super high-level treatment that several actors and bigwigs of Minghu Culture, such as Zhu Qiang, Zhou Zhiyu, Bai Yujing and others, have not gotten!

When Zhou Baoshan returned to his table, everyone naturally congratulated him and toasted one after another!

And Zhou Baoshan was so happy that his bones were lighter at this time, in fact, the amount of wine was not very good, but it was basically a glass of wine!

But at this time, Li Qian didn't have the heart to pay attention to that side, because the heroine Lu Lingxi also came over to toast.

When it was her turn, Li Qian naturally stood up.

In the final analysis, after all, she used to be Li Qian's teacher, and her treatment was not comparable to others.

Lu Lingxi held the wine glass, touched it lightly with Li Qian, and asked, "I know that my acting is actually quite bad, but thank you for giving me such an opportunity to experience what acting is all about." ”

Li Qian smiled, thought about it, took the initiative to touch the cup with her, and said, "Okay, then I'll do it!"

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Zhou Baoshan and Lu Lingxi are the heroes and heroines, and Li Qian wants to give face, but then the others come over, and Li Qian just takes a shallow sip. That is, when they come in groups of three or five, for example, there are five or six photographers, Li Qian will drink deeper.

After basically saluting Li Qian here, starting with Zhou Baoshan again, everyone began to come over with cups one after another, starting with Zhao He, Feng Bicheng and Huang Wenjuan, and saluting the main creators at the main table.

And then, it's a complete mess.

Liquor, beer, drink mixed.

You respect me, I respect you, drink messed up.

Slowly, Zhao He, Feng Bicheng and others got up one after another, and were pulled over by different tables to drink, but it was Lu Lingxi, Sun Yuting and Zhu Yu who ran over - staying at this table, you can not drink.

Of course, Sun Yuting came to sit for a while, and was soon pulled away by her group of "buddies" - she is a wine woman, and at the wine table, women have always refused to shave their eyebrows!

In the midst of the chaos, Zhong Yuanfu ran over with a wine glass, sat down on the original seat of Zhao He, next to Li Qian, carefully raised his glass to Li Qian, and said, "I did it, you are free!"

Li Qian smiled and took a sip of wine and looked at him.

Zhong Fatzi was drunk and his face was flushed, but looking at his eyes, he should still be sober, this guy has a good personality, easy-going, and has no temper, so his popularity in the crew is super good, almost on par with Sun Yuting.

At this time, after the toast, he asked in a low voice: "Director Li, do you think that after filming this film, can I continue to make movies in the future?" I mean......" He hesitated a little, as if he was afraid that his problem would be disliked by Li Qian, "I mean, do you think I have a talent for acting? I can continue to ...... in the future"

"Of course!"

Before he could finish asking, Li Qian had already interrupted him with a serious face and replied: "Do you think I picked you in casually? Or do I just fit in with your appearance? The reason why I chose you to play Pork Rong is, of course, because you have talent! Then, after filming this drama, of course, you can continue to work in the actor industry, and you can take on a lot of roles!"

Seeing Zhong Yuanfu's look of excitement and surprise, he smiled, patted him on the shoulder, and said seriously: "Don't worry, since you have signed in to Minghu Culture, it proves that I am optimistic about you! After I go back, I will study hard with you in Baoshan, and make up for the acting classes that I have missed before." In the future, you all have a chance!"

Zhou Baoshan's throat shook several times, and finally nodded violently, "Hey! I know the director! Don't worry!"