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On November 12, 2005, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" was released simultaneously throughout Asia, and it swept the major theaters in mainland Taiwan.

In addition to "Dragon City Years", directed by Johnny To, the quality of a large number of domestic films is extremely rough, coupled with the surprisingly bad production of several western themes of "Let the Bullets Fly", the enthusiasm of Chinese fans seems to have gradually faded.

However, people in the film industry did not fall into a downturn because of this, but entered a tense preparation period, because in the upcoming Chinese New Year, it is the strongest schedule for Chinese films this year.

Last year's Huayi Brothers "Kung Fu" and "No Thieves in the World" vs. China Film Group's "Let the Bullets Fly" hot peak showdown is still fascinating when recalled, and this year's Chinese New Year file is even more exciting than last year.

Following the Black Pearl Three Musketeers, Li Xiaole, Ning Hao, and Wei Desheng respectively announced that their new works were about to be released in the Chinese New Year, China Film Group spent 3. The 400 million investment by the Palme d'Or director Chen Kaige's magic masterpiece "Wuji", Huayi Brothers Feng Xiaogang's first war film "Assembly", and the new picture company Zhang Yimou's feature film "A Thousand Miles to Ride Alone", have all begun to release one news after another:

"Nicholas Tse and Zhang Bozhi have been in love for a long time during the filming of "Wu Ji", and they openly held hands~" "The war scene of "Assembly" was huge, and two South Korean demolition divisions were seriously injured during the shooting. "Ken Takakura came to China for the first time to film, and the treatment exceeded that of Zhou Yanfa and Liu Dehua, and the crowd shouted that the Japanese devils are coming during the location shooting~"

Among these news promotions, "Wuji", "Assembly" and "Riding Alone for a Thousand Miles" launched their own trailers on their respective promotional websites almost simultaneously in November, and many industry insiders and fans said that these three films are extremely exciting, especially Feng Xiaogang's "Assembly", which is predicted by many fans to be China's most war-themed film after "Saidek Balai".

In comparison, Black Pearl Company's publicity efforts are much lower this time, Ning Hao's "No Man's Land" and Wei Desheng's "Cape No. 7" After the trailer was released, most of the theater buying managers were set as sub-promotion films with no more than 50 million box office grades.

And Li Xiaole's "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years", even the title was disliked by the major theater managers, and then look at the trailer he released, although the colors are warm and the music is brisk, but the plot has no selling point, the actors do not have a star with box office appeal, and the story of using beautiful women as a gimmick does not even have the most basic bed scenes and nudity......

In addition, judging from the trailer, this time Li Xiaole actually gave up his signature comedy and took the literary route, which made everyone who was looking forward to this film very disappointed.

I only saw that in the trailer, Ruan Jingtian shouted with a distorted expression in the heavy rain: "I'm a stupid person, a big fool will chase you for so long~!" "I just don't understand anything." And Ha Ji Won was drenched and miserable in the rain, what the hell is this talking about...... What's so nice about this?

This is everyone's first reaction after watching this trailer, and then a huge disappointment ensues, everyone feels that Li Crazy is giving up on himself this time, and it seems that he has lost the momentum in his previous movies at all, and this movie feels very soft.

After the disappointment, a fluke ensued, and many fans began to leave messages on the official website of Black Pearl Company to ask: "Is this movie made by Li Xiaole?" Or is the Taiwan Information Bureau supporting the newcomer Nine Knives in the name of Li Xiaole? "I think there must be a conspiracy in there!? Please give us an answer. ”

During this time, Li Xiaole's filming progress was nearing the end, and he was only filming the remaining exterior scenes in various parts of Taiwan, and he had time to start paying attention to the dynamics of the domestic film industry, and at the same time he got the news that he had submitted to the partner of China Film Group for a long time without replying, and after some thought, he suddenly realized that his "Those Years" was released on the Chinese New Year film schedule, and there was a huge disadvantage - there was no guarantee in the number of films.

Among the eight major cinema chains in China, China Film Group owns China Film Xingmei, China Film Digital, China Film South, Sichuan Pacific, and Huayi Brothers has good relations with New Film Association, Wanda Cinema Line, New Picture and Times Film, and Shanghai United Cinema is a strategic alliance.

His own Black Pearl Company has always relied on China Film's strong channel advantages, but this time he encountered Chen Kaige's "Wu Ji" invested by China Film Group, and his small production with an investment of less than 20 million yuan and Director Chen Da's masterpiece of 3.4 billion yuan may not be worth mentioning in the eyes of China Film Group.

Damn it...... Director Chen Da, a national treasure, has made such a big production in his life, and he has caught up with ......

At the end of 2005, in Li Xiaole's memory, it was originally a lively scene of Zhang Yimou VS Chen Kaige, but now it's okay, not to mention the appearance of his own "Those Years", and he either indirectly or directly let Feng Xiaogang's "Assembly Number" and Ning Hao's "No Man's Land" two strong films be released in advance of this time period.

This is really a box office battle of the century in the domestic film industry............

Although it seems to outsiders that this is a contest between various big directors, people in the industry know that behind the scenes is actually a competition between Han Sanpin, Wang Zonglei, and Zhang Weiping, the three bigwigs in the film industry, and Li Xiaole, who has always been the focus of attention, may be about to become a foil this time.

wants to become the ultimate winner in this box office war, Li Xiaole can't rely on anyone, so he can only figure out his own way.

Li Xiaole touched his chin and analyzed the situation he was in, he had been in the domestic film industry for several years, and he had already figured out the number of shili in all parties, and after a few minutes of depression, he thought of a solution...... Since there is no reliance, let's just muddy the waters......

Just when Lee's crazy fans were desperately trying to find a way to exonerate Li Xiaole, the crew of "Those Years", which had been riddled with negative news, still didn't have any news, but the book signing and sales of Li Xiaole's directorial record book "Director Balai" was held, which attracted all kinds of gossip media who wanted to dig up, and they poured into the release hall of the Taipei Administrative Information Bureau.

Although it is nominally a signed book, but in fact, the book is only recorded and written by the internal copywriting of the Black Pearl Company, Li Xiaole only wrote a few paragraphs, and he is willing to participate in this event, mainly by the way, he also brought the members of the crew of "Those Years" to attend for a promotion, after all, it was organized by the Administrative Information Bureau, they didn't have to spend a penny, and it could be regarded as picking up a bargain by the way.

At the press conference full of youth, Li Xiaole took Ha Zhiyuan, Ruan Jingtian, Zheng Yuanchang, Peng Yuyan, Huang Shumin and other youthful actors wearing Jingcheng Middle School uniforms to sit in the center of the stage, and the staff pulled up the isolation belt to separate them from the phalanx of more than 70 reporters and more than 500 fans.

Although the reputation of "Those Years" is not good, Li Xiaole's appeal still attracted the attention of fans and the media, and the famous host Cai Kangyong was specially invited to host the scene.

"Let's welcome the most talented young director in China, Mr. Li Xiaole."

With Cai Kangyong's introduction, hundreds of fans of Saidekbale in the hall were holding Li Xiaole's new book and began to line up to sign autographs, and fans and media were excited to hold their cameras and mobile phones, crackling and pressing the shutter to record this rare picture, and the atmosphere was very lively and atmospheric.

Among the fans, there is even an 82-year-old lady of the Atayal tribe holding a copy of "Director Balai" autograph, excitedly holding Li Xiaole's hand and touching it: "Director Li, this movie is well made, and a sequel must be made in the future." ”

The scene was full of laughter, "Sedek Balai" is not a fictional story, the protagonist Mona Ludo is dead, where is there any sequel......

also because of the poor reputation of "Those Years" this time, the reporters who came to participate in the interview with Li Xiaole's new book were afraid that the questions would cause discordant voices, so they were very careful in the questioning session.

"May I ask Director Li, this time your film is completely different from the previous genres, what made you want to make this story?" Zhou Jiaxin, a female reporter from Sanli's complete entertainment program, took the lead in asking questions.

Li Xiaole shrugged his shoulders with a smile, and many text reporters present began to hold their laptops and prepare to record his every sentence.

"Actually, it's very simple, the biggest difference between this movie and all the previous movies is that the previous movies were made for others, and this movie was made for me and the screenwriter Nine Knives, we want to make this movie a time machine, let it take us back to the most haode time in our respective lives, reminiscing about the past, you think about the fact that the Information Bureau gave me a sum of money to make movies for free, if it were you, would you rather go to please others, or make yourself feel refreshed?"

Li Xiaole's slightly ridiculous remarks immediately burst into laughter at the barracks, and a reporter from Singapore's Metro TV raised his hand and asked:

"I want to ask Ruan Jingtian, you are acting in a movie for the first time, how do you comment on director Li Xiaole?"

This problem has obvious pitfalls, rookie actors are easy to fall down, and there has been news that Ruan Jingtian was beaten by Li Xiaole and his nose and face were swollen during the filming, but no one has substantial evidence, and the media want to make a fuss about this incident.

However, Ruan Jingtian, who had been cheated countless times by Li Xiaole during this time, obviously had enough immunity, so he laughed lightly and replied:

"Before I made this film, I heard that Director Li was a very good-tempered director during filming."

"And what about after you finished making this movie?" The reporter asked.

"After filming, I think Director Li is better than the rumored person, he almost never loses his temper on the spot, and his skills are amazingly good, you see the scene where I was beaten in pain and wanted to cry in the film, Li Xiaole really beat me~"

Everyone laughed again, thinking that Ruan Jingtian was joking, and they didn't take it seriously, it seemed that they couldn't catch Li Xiaole's pigtails again today...... However, the reporters who came to interview are all experienced, and they know that it is difficult to pry anything out of Li Xiaole's mouth when asking this kind of gossip question, and there is only one question that can be tried...... Predict the box office.