Chapter 388 Finalization and Review

The opening ceremony of this Yenching International Film Festival, so, after careful calculation, has nothing to do with Li Chencan, after walking the red carpet, Li Chencan's things at the opening ceremony have basically been completed, and there is nothing more to do.

In the next few days, because it sold quite well before those years, many foreign film companies have already rushed to catch up, so that film does not need to be screened at the Yenching International Film Festival to get more attention, and even if the film is applied, it may not be able to pass the screening unit.

Since the opening ceremony, the various screening halls of the Yenching International Film Festival have basically been reviewed and reviewed by those who want to buy films.

After many movies were screened, of course, many movies began to be broadcast.

Although "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years" does not participate in the screening unit, it will still be played at the jury screening, after all, this film also made Li Chencan get a nomination, and it should naturally be played here, so that everyone has a number in their hearts and can participate in the judgment of this movie.

As for Li Chencan, after the official start of the Yenching International Film Festival, he quickly returned to Rongcheng to start the revision of "Infernal Affairs".

Soon, the final version of Infernal Affairs was made. What is presented in front of everyone's eyes is a version that has only appeared after many trials. This version is also quite perfect, in fact, Li Chencan's "Infernal Affairs" is still a little different from the original version after all. This difference is not the difference between actors and directors, nor is it just a difference between movie screens and the like, but this difference has actually reached many minutiae of the movie.

In "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years", Li Chencan felt that there were some places in the movie that could be slightly refined, and there was no need to shoot like before, so that he could deepen the explanation of some emotions between the two people. So in that film, Li Chencan still moved some muscles.

This is not to say that Li Chencan is more powerful than the nine knives in that time and space to modify his movie, and it is also widely acclaimed, in fact, the main reason is because of bystander Qing. From the director's point of view, although they try their best to look at the movie from the audience's point of view, sometimes they will inevitably insert some director's vision, so they may not be able to detect some flaws in the film that everyone can perceive.

Li Chencan tried his best to make up for that shortcoming.

But "Infernal Affairs" is different. It was a fairly mature Hong Kong movie. It is a film that has undergone the most rigorous production and review. Therefore, "Infernal Affairs" has been quite perfect in many places such as expression techniques and storylines, and if Li Chencan moves his muscles in places such as the plot of the movie, it may reduce the grade and level of the movie.

But after all, "Infernal Affairs" takes place in Hong Kong in another time and space, and in this life, Li Chencan moved to Xiangjiang, so naturally he needs some local modifications, and these revisions are mainly to deal with the differences between the two worlds.

So this version of "Infernal Affairs" still has something exclusive to Li Chencan.

The review of "Infernal Affairs" has also been passed quickly, in another time and space. When the Film Bureau reviews a film, the official reply to everyone is generally that the review will be completed within 15 days. But in fact, if you don't have connections, you may not be able to pass the review in fifteen years. But in this time and space, they said that the review would be completed within ten days, that is a dead rule, if you don't dot or something like that, at most you will be audited or the level of review is not good.

In the end, the review and rating version of "Infernal Affairs" was Level 2 B, and this film genre is also called special counseling level, that is, people over the age of thirteen can watch it, and ID cards are required outside the movie theater.

This level is lower than "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years", and the audience is smaller, after all, there are a lot of dark things involved in the movie, and the worst ending is the victory of the bad guys over the good guys, so it definitely can't be watched by those under the age of thirteen.

At this time, the scheduled date for "Infernal Affairs" also came down quickly, and the movie was finally scheduled to be released on September 17.

September 17 is a delicate time, during which the battle for the summer season is over, and many students are back in the classroom to start classes, and there is not much time to watch movies. Of course, films like "Infernal Affairs" are not particularly suitable for attacking the summer file, after all, the most powerful blockbusters in the summer file are super blockbusters, especially those special effects blockbusters that have invested seven or eight billion yuan, such as the special effects blockbuster like "Ultimate Magic" that Li Chencan saw before, which is very suitable for the summer file, but "Infernal Affairs", a movie that fights the plot, may not have too many people willing to buy it in the impetuous summer file.

But on September 17, there is still some afterglow left in the summer file, and this time can still catch up with the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is a schedule that can contribute to the box office.

"Infernal Affairs" was released at this time, and there are several competitors, including big guys with an investment of more than 300 million yuan.

There are films competing for the Mid-Autumn Festival schedule with "Infernal Affairs", there is a blockbuster with an investment of 400 million, and there is an investment of 300 million, and both of these films belong to directors with a certain reputation, and these two are the main opponents of "Infernal Affairs".

There are also two other movies with similar investment to "Infernal Affairs", so many films are of course released on staggered release dates, but they will all have a period of time when they occupy the list together on the Mid-Autumn Festival, and this period is competing with each other.

"Infernal Affairs" was released ten days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and by the time of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the initial edge of the film had passed, and the purpose of this was mainly to avoid competition and increase the number of films.

Although the movie is good, it may perform well in any schedule, such as "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years", but if there is a good schedule, it is better than a bad schedule.

However, in this way, "Infernal Affairs" also has many enemies, and these enemies come from all directions.

Before the release of "Infernal Affairs", there was a film with an investment of 150 million that had just been released, which was the main competitor, and the other party was also directed by a famous director, it was a feature film with no big scenes. After all, in Li Chencan's original time and space, a movie could become a blockbuster as long as it invested 100 million, but in this time and space, judging from the labor costs of the Chinese Empire, a movie needs more than 300 million to barely enter the threshold of a blockbuster.

Li Chencan's "Infernal Affairs" is still not a blockbuster.

…… After "Infernal Affairs" is finalized, you can start the official promotion, because there is a goal, that is, the goal of persuading everyone to enter the cinema to watch, and that date can also be set.

Because the movie was officially finalized, after discussing with Wei Ansheng and Zhong Bufan, "Infernal Affairs" will have a big move next, that is, a seven-minute condensed version will be screened at the Yenching International Film Festival.

This kind of screening is not a normal screening, but it is completely a commercial screening, so it is not counted among the more than 100 films, although the commercial screening also has to be reviewed, but this review standard is more relaxed, and the commercial screening is charged, and a one-minute film will charge 100,000 yuan, so many films are just showing a little condensed version to attract filmmakers, and at the same time, it must also serve the purpose of building momentum for the film.

The purpose of "Infernal Affairs" is similar, mainly to attract foreign filmmakers to negotiate the purchase of copyrights, and also to be able to build momentum.

At the same time, the movie will also start playing in some places with trailers, such as TV stations, for example, major movie websites, such as pre-screening advertisements before the release of other movies, the trailer of the movie will start playing.

But in this way, the biggest idea of this movie is also exposed in front of everyone's eyes - the two exchange identities with each other.

The biggest creative exposure of the movie, a lot of things have appeared, but this is also necessary, anyway, if the movie is exposed now, there is no possibility that it will be plagiarized, after all, the movie is almost released, and it has announced its copyright in a place like the Yenching International Film Festival, and everyone's plagiarism is basically impossible.

In this way, the exposure of the movie and the exposure of creativity can also tell everyone that Li Chencan is not a person who just talks and does nothing, the innovation he says is really innovative, and it can also attract everyone more, after all, the creativity of a movie can't explain too much, and the movie is really good. Therefore, many people will start to look forward to the movie more after seeing the idea, and the seven-minute version of "Infernal Affairs" came into being.

The seven-minute version of the movie will explain a little bit of the context, but it won't really explain the ending of the movie, at least not here.

The trailer of the movie is a total of one minute and twenty-eight seconds long, and I won't explain too much here, but I will also talk about things like the creativity of the movie.

After the two versions are ready, they will soon be released, and the review of the commercial exhibition of the Yanjing International Film Festival is already underway.

The review was quickly passed, and as a result, the news of the seven-minute essence version of "Infernal Affairs" soon began to circulate, and the news that the movie trailer was about to be released was also known to many people.

The attention of the film has increased in vain. (To be continued......)