Two days before New Year's Day, Yang Ming gave the crew three days off to let everyone rest.

Most of the crew did not go home, but stayed in the Lion City for a few days to relax, after all, flying around, it was too tiring.

However, Yang Ming still flew back to Yanjing.

"Liu Changqing" is about to be officially released, and now Lu Wansong and Ji Feihong were brought to the United States by Barber to cooperate with the publicity, which suddenly disrupted the domestic premiere plan, and in desperation, Liu Xinsheng discussed with Yang Ming, and could only let Yang Ming come back to save the scene.

It can't be the premiere of the movie, and all the main creators are not present.

Although Yang Ming is not an actor, nor a director, but just a screenwriter, his fame is enough.

Compared with Barber's efforts to promote this movie in the United States, it is much easier in China, Liu Xinsheng just promoted it according to the previous plan.

And the theater schedule is also very cooperative, although "Liu Changqing" is not a star lineup, but it is aimed at the signboard of Oriental DreamWorks and the name of Yang Ming's gold medal screenwriter, and all theaters have arranged many theaters for "Liu Changqing" to release this movie.

The same is true for the East Asian film market.

In addition, Liu Xinsheng, on behalf of Yang Ming, negotiated with Ji Anmin to acquire most of the shares of Nanyang Xinhua Zhongyuan Film in his hands, and Zhongyuan Film owns Xinhua's No. 1 cinema chain.

In this way, Yang Ming has two extremely important cinema companies in the entire film Lion City of Nanyang.

The entire layout of Oriental DreamWorks has been improved a lot at once.

Now, Mr. Yang is trying to prepare to buy cinema chains in North Korea and Japan, and then integrate them with Tokai Cinemas, in which he holds the majority of the shares, which will be the largest cinema chain in East Asia.

However, the negotiations between the DPRK and Japan have not progressed for the time being.

Yang Ming could only wait patiently.

Oriental DreamWorks is no longer the humble appearance it was when it was first established four years ago, resources are scarce, and the distribution of films requires a lot of benefits in order to be recognized by the theater chain.

Now, all the movies released by Oriental DreamWorks are rushing to cooperate with various theater companies, and the conditions are quite generous.

There's no way, who called the movies shot by Oriental DreamWorks, the basic ones are big hits, and there are very few box office failures.

In addition, with the hole card of Donghai Cinema Line, Liu Xinsheng can have sufficient confidence to negotiate cooperation with other cinema companies.

Yang Ming hurriedly returned to Yanjing, and after a day of rest, he attended the premiere of "Liu Changqing" in Yanjing, which attracted many reporters to come, and almost didn't turn this premiere into his personal press conference.

Although he didn't answer many other questions at the premiere, the reporters were able to get a lot of useful press material.

After all, "Liu Changqing" itself is a topic news.

"Liu Changqing" was released worldwide at the same time.

East Asia and the United States are both large-scale releases, and Europe has no time to adjust the film schedule due to the previous plan and time factors, so it can only be carried out on a small scale according to the previous plan.

If the box office results are okay, I believe those theater companies will definitely expand the scale of screening.

After the premiere of "Liu Changqing", it immediately detonated the box office market on New Year's Day and opened the movie war on New Year's Day.

At the same time, on the second day of the premiere, various entertainment media reviews of this movie were also published, and the applause was endless.

Especially in China, Liu Xinsheng did not follow the set that Barber did in the United States, and first got a test screening, so local fans watched this movie for the first time.

After the film was screened, the response from fans was quite strong and received rave reviews.

The humiliation of the late Qing Dynasty is always a piece of history that every Chinese son and daughter should remember, reminding us to be prepared for danger in times of peace, and not to forget that if we fall behind, we will be beaten; at the beginning of the movie, there is a dialogue of emotion and sorrow for the current situation, which makes people can't help but go back to that era of humiliation and bitterness. ”

"A series of unequal treaties signed by the Qing court and the great powers make me feel that the whole person is boiling with blood, igniting the fire in the hearts of each of us Chinese; as the story develops, the film appears again and again in the scenes of the great powers shooting and killing the Chinese and deceiving the "piglets" to work as coolies in Jinshan, and at the same time, there are also bullying villains such as the Shahe Gang and the scenes of the Qing court officials being weak externally and iron-blooded internally, and the oppressive atmosphere of the entire era permeates the camera. ”

"Although this movie is a kung fu movie, it is a movie with a rare soul, the content is not all fighting, killing and killing, there are two places worth paying attention to, one is the villain who faces Liu Changqing at the end of the movie - Shandong martial artist Yan Zhendong. To be exact, Yan Zhendong is not an absolute villain, at the beginning he was just a martial artist who wandered from Shandong to Foshan, and made a living by performing arts. His experience was a turbulent era, when a person's soul was swallowed up by the general environment, and his personality was distorted, and he did many things that did not have a conscience. ”

In the end, in the face of the apprentice's questioning, he could only sigh helplessly: "People are in the rivers and lakes, and they can't help themselves." This sentence sounds emotional, and it is also a portrayal of too many people in the world. ”

"A man is about to die, but his words are good. Yan Zhendong's last words must have had an impact on Liu Changqing. This brings us to the second point worth paying attention to in this movie, the collision of Chinese and Western cultures and the changes in Liu Changqing's thinking before and after. ”

A dialogue arranged by the director at the end of the film is also quite meaningful, the Qing court official looked at the sea full of ships of foreign powers in the distance, and asked suspiciously: "Jinshan? Is there really a gold mountain in this world?" Liu Changqing replied: "If there is really a gold mountain in this world, why do these foreign ships come to our port? Perhaps, we are already standing on the gold mountain." ”

Perhaps, Liu Changqing in the play is the sound national soul in Yang Ming's heart - not arrogant and self-contained. ”

As a well-known film critic, after returning from watching this movie, Mr. Meng Su wrote a long comment and published it on his personal page in the media the next day, which immediately attracted heated discussions among countless fans.

Reading between the lines, Mr. Meng's evaluation of "Liu Changqing" is very high, but his interpretation focuses more on the national sentiment of the movie itself.

For the action scenes in the movie, it is a brushstroke.

But it cannot be denied that Old Man Meng admired this movie.

Zhou Qingyun, who is as famous as Mr. Meng, also gave a high score to "Liu Changqing" on his personal page in the media, praised this movie, and called this movie the unyielding intention in the hearts of men!

"First of all, I think this is a classic, the key is not how energetic the martial arts action is, but the depth of the story - the film extensively and incisively reflects the chaos of the late Qing Dynasty, and Liu Changqing, as a martial artist, carries not only a few sets of boxing and a few tricks, but national righteousness and patriotism, in the face of the troubled times at the end of the Qing Dynasty, Liu Changqing showed adherence to principles and rational cognition, is the highest level of chivalry shown by a warrior in times of national crisis. ”

"The history of the late Qing Dynasty is a pot of paste, with the impact of various trends of thought, and all kinds of forces, but they are no match for foreigners!"

"This is a set of real martial arts films, chivalrous righteousness is not a simple confrontation between good and evil, but based on the principle of social reality, to this day, it can still become a standard of conduct for aspirants, chivalrous heart is not outdated in any era, this is also the spiritual belief that China needs and lacks at present. ”

In addition, the theme song of this movie, "Men Should Be Self-Improvement" created by Yang Ming, is too suitable for the theme of this movie, and Yang Ming's talent is once again vividly displayed. ”

Like Old Man Meng, Zhou Qingyun did not use too much pen and ink to evaluate the action martial arts in "Liu Changqing", but further excavated the far-reaching and profound meaning brought by this martial arts film set in the late Qing Dynasty!

Old Man Meng and Zhou Qingyun are well-known film critics, and this Wen Qingfan is definitely a little heavier than others.

Even, the entire group of film critics has this little problem to a greater or lesser extent.

But in the eyes of other film companies, they did not pay attention to the lofty meaning of the movie, but the chivalrous and elegant martial arts design in the whole movie.

Especially after the box office results came out on the same day, many film companies were shocked, and then began to study "Liu Changqing".

The box office on the day of the local premiere in China: 75 million Chinese yuan!

Because of the time difference, the time in the United States is earlier than in China, so the premiere box office data in the United States has not yet been counted.

After all domestic film companies got the box office data on the premiere day of "Liu Changqing", their eyes widened in disbelief.

They couldn't believe that this box office figure turned out to be a box office result achieved on the first day of its premiere by a movie that had not been taken into their eyes before.

New Year's Day is a very important time for the local film market.

Although it can't catch up with the Spring Festival schedule, it is also very important, many film companies are aiming at this schedule, as for the Spring Festival schedule where blockbusters are piled up, they can't think of it.

On this year's New Year's Day, "Liu Changqing" released by Oriental DreamWorks was not noticed by other film companies at first.

For other film companies, Oriental DreamWorks films, as long as they are not films directed and acted by Yang Ming, are not much of a problem, even if other films can achieve good box office results, but they will definitely not be as perverted as Yang Ming.

broke box office records at every turn, swept other movies in the same schedule, and pressed other blockbusters to breathe.

Therefore, after the release time of "Liu Changqing" was announced, it was not taken seriously by other film companies, as long as it was not Yang Ming's pervert, it didn't matter if it was anything else.

But now seeing the first-day box office data of "Liu Changqing", it seems that something is seriously wrong.

75 million Chinese yuan, although it can't catch up with Yang Ming's pervert, it is definitely the box office results that blockbusters can have, and even the first-day box office of many blockbusters can't catch up with "Liu Changqing".

Seeing this box office result, all the companies that had movies released on New Year's Day were anxious.

Originally, they were worried because "Liu Changqing" became the focus of media public opinion, for fear that this movie would become an instant hit and threaten the movie that they were released on New Year's Day.

Now that they see their expectations come true, these studios can't help but be dumbfounded.

However, there is more to it than that.

Even if "Liu Changqing" has become the focus of media reports and the object of social discussion due to accidental factors, because the crew members are not big-name stars, they are indeed a lot worse than those blockbusters in terms of box office appeal.

Lu Wansong, who directed this movie, although he has a lot of experience, is not much better than a newcomer in the hearts of fans.

Ji Feihong may be remembered by many fans because of several movies, but he is just in his early stages, and there is indeed a big gap between his personal fame and that of a famous superstar.

Although Xu Xiaoxi has become a national idol because of several idol dramas, she has not made many achievements in movies.

The three main creators are like this, and the other members of the crew can be imagined.

Basically, he is not a big-name actor.

Therefore, even if "Liu Changqing" achieved good box office results on the day of its premiere, it was not the first choice for fans to watch a must-see movie during New Year's Day.

But now after the premiere of the movie, it has received rave reviews and heated discussions, and it has attracted the attention of countless fans at once.

In particular, under Liu Xinsheng's arrangement, the word-of-mouth of the movie began to ferment, which immediately moved many fans.

"How is this movie?

"People who have seen it say. ”

"Tongqing, although this movie is very popular, the director is a newcomer, I haven't heard of it!"

"Ask the people who have seen it, if it doesn't look good, then don't buy tickets. ”

Similar questions appear in major forums on the Internet.

But soon there were fans who 'showed up'.

"I've seen it, highly recommended, it's definitely worth the ticket price!"

"Let me tell you, this kung fu movie must be watched, compared to "Liu Changqing", all other kung fu action movies are weak, except for those directed by Yang Ming. ”

"The martial arts in the movie are really exciting, well, it's really good, and in addition, Xu Xiaoxi played the thirteenth aunt so well. ”

Compared with film critics, they focus more on the national righteousness shown in the movie, while ordinary fans talk more about the action scenes of the movie.

And so it is.

The wonderful action shots bring the visual impact, which is the most direct feeling for fans.

The most impressive thing for ordinary fans is naturally the martial arts scenes in the movie.

Under Liu Changqing's arrangement, all of a sudden, the word-of-mouth effect of "Liu Changqing" spread to the entire network, making all netizens know that this kung fu film is quite classic and worth watching.

At this time, the country of rice, which was more than ten hours later than Huaxia, also began to be released.

The next day, when the box office data for the premiere of "Liu Changqing" came out, many Hollywood film companies were shocked.

18 million meters!

This is definitely a box office result that can be achieved at the level of a Hollywood blockbuster.

Although the box office results are much worse than Hollywood's top blockbusters, it is already an absolute success for a Chinese-language film.

Or, in recent years, the first-day box office results of "Liu Changqing" have been one of the most successful Chinese films in the United States.

Among them, most of them are Chinese-language films released by Oriental DreamWorks.

Yang Ming's works as a director or actor account for the vast majority.

Seeing this box office result, everyone in Hollywood realized that it seems that Oriental DreamWorks or Yang Ming has the pulse of the rice film market, and every Chinese film released in the United States has almost no failure at the box office.

At the same time, "Liu Changqing" was released on a large scale in the United States, with 2,700 theaters screening the film, and the coverage was much larger all of a sudden.

After the movie was released, ordinary fans who watched the movie felt incredible for this Chinese-language movie.

Chinese kung fu has once again become the focus of news in the United States.