On September 1, 1986, "Opium War", invested by a new venture film and television company, was finally completed and premiered in Hong Kong.

Although the theme of this movie makes the British colonial government in Hong Kong a little embarrassed, after all, Hong Kong's return has been determined. Therefore, when the movie "Opium War" was released, Lin Qi still invited the domestic representatives in Hong Kong in the name of Xinhua News Agency and the representatives of the Hong Kong Governor's Office to watch the premiere.

"This film is related to the modern history of Hong Kong, but it is not a pure historical film, it is more a tribute to many excellent war films!" Lin Qi said, "I decided to make "Opium War", but I have to thank the crew, directors, screenwriters and actors, as well as the contributions of thousands of staff members. I didn't contribute anything other than $25 million. To be able to make a movie of this magnitude, I personally think that this investment is not a loss! Of course, whether the movie is good or not depends on the audience's final say! In short, it should not be too heavy and complicated, and even if you don't know the historical background, you can understand the war blockbuster. ”

With the director, the leading actor and the film crew, he has been interviewed by the media. Although the representatives of the Chinese and British governments attended the premiere of the film, they did not speak, but only watched them, because if the government representatives were allowed to speak on stage, it would have too many political implications.

As a commercial company, it is impossible to be completely apolitical. However, the Department of New Entrepreneurship still keeps a certain distance from politics, and will not achieve certain goals through speculative politics and politicians.

This approach may make some people feel puzzled, but Lin Qi knows that politics and business cannot be too close, and the best friendship between gentlemen and gentlemen is as light as water, and it is always business, not personal friendship. This is the safest distance for both businessmen and politicians. Get too close, and this can often be a source of trouble or disaster down the road.

Taoism's forgetfulness, Confucianism's sage guarantee. This is all to tell people not to get too close, and try to take shortcuts with connections, which may also become a hidden danger in the future. All kinds of things go through the procedures of doing business, which may be less efficient in the short term, but in the long run, this is a route for the foundation to be evergreen.

As the audience began to take their seats, the cinema lights went out.

The "Opium War" movie is also the official beginning.

In the prologue of the movie, a fleet of large sailing ships appeared, which were very powerful military forces in the 19th century, and their deterrent power was basically similar to that of the world's aircraft carrier fleets today.

On board the battleship, some British officers and men spoke in English.

"I heard that this war was fought to be a thug for opium dealers, and to beat up an ancient country that was not smoking! I did not feel any justice or justice at all. A young sailor said regretfully.

"It doesn't matter, anyway, winning or losing a war does not depend on justice and right or wrong, but only on strength! Rest assured, it is just an easy battle, and the navy of that ancient country in the Far East does not exist at all. Even if they have a large population, poor land transportation makes it impossible for them to gather superior forces, and basically, it is difficult to carry out large-scale battles on land. We should be able to easily capture some of the cities along the coast, and then, at the negotiating table, let them pay a huge ransom to ransom the cities, and as those of us who are soldiers, we will also get some of the spoils. I've been involved in some wars to divide the spoils, and they're basically open treasure troves of your choice, as long as you can use your personal strength!" said another middle-aged sailor.

"But ......"

"It's nothing, after a few months of sailing, I just want to get to the battlefield as soon as possible, and see the enemy as soon as possible! After this war, and getting the spoils, I am ready to go to India or other colonies, buy large tracts of land and estates, hire some servants, and live a life of a superior man. ”

At the time of the British expeditionary force, the decrepit Qing Empire did not take the threat of war seriously from British opium merchants and emissaries. The anti-smoking war has been waged along the coast of Guangdong.

And, of course, the eloquent and ugly justifications of the opium dealers, and the tragic fate of the opium addicts. Witnessing everything, anyone with a conscience should support the ban on smoking from the bottom of his heart. Of course, opium smuggling, operators of big tobacco houses, and some politicians in China and Britain are not among them.

Next, the war in the movie finally begins......

"Oh my God!"

"Oh, it's a big scene!"

"How did this come about?"

"It's about as good as a multi-million dollar Hollywood blockbuster!"

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Compared with the traditional tribute and main theme films, the new venture film and television company's version of "Opium War" focuses on war scenes.

It can be said that 70% of the shots in this movie are battle scenes, historical background and plot, just to make the war scenes better and grander.

This kind of shooting concept is very rare not only in China, but also internationally.

You must know that even in the United States, this kind of war movie is rare purely for the sake of being good-looking. Because, pure war movies may not be as good as action movies in the market, but the scale of investment is much higher than that of action movies. It is precisely because many directors who make war films are often in order to win awards, since they are winning awards, they naturally have to pursue some depth, and they are stuffed with a bunch of private goods such as reflection and human nature, and various film awards seem to eat this set.

The concept of this kind of shooting is to stimulate the audience through sight and sound, and provide the audience with a visual feast, which is the practice of commercial blockbusters.

Just like the disaster movies that people in later generations watched "2012", they were not for the so-called humanity and reflection at all, but only for the kind of special effects scenes.

That kind of pure destructive power, the shock and the sense of topicality caused by it, are the selling points of that kind of theme. If a disaster movie is more focused on the so-called excavation of human nature, it will be too inferior.

Of course, there are many kinds of war films, and among the war films made by the Soviet Union, the United States and many other countries, most of them are war films with ideology and main theme propaganda. Of course, it does not mean that the ideology and the main theme propaganda must contradict commercial films, sometimes, when the two are not contradictory, they can often be both popular and popular and achieve the original propaganda effect. But in reality, if you focus on publicity, it is easy to fail in other aspects, resulting in the movie not being so good-looking, and the final box office data is dismal. Even those American movies that Hollywood has invested in are a bunch of them. Not to mention, the main theme film of other countries.

Because, Lin Qi is purely a businessman, and he has been influenced by war-themed commercial blockbusters such as "Wolf Warrior 2" later, and knows that the visual impact will never go out of style. Therefore, try to concentrate as many good-looking and shocking war scenes as possible in one movie.

No matter what the director, screenwriter, actors, and crew think, first and foremost, the film is meant to be good-looking. Take some random shots, you don't need to understand the plot, you feel shocking.

The audience in the 80s has not yet accepted the influence of a bunch of special effects blockbusters like the market outlook, pure big scenes, and the shock effect is more lethal.

After the movie ended, many viewers still had a lingering aftertaste and did not leave the scene for a long time. After a long time, the applause continued, and the audience at the scene was basically impressed by the level of this movie......