August 5th, China Film Conference Room.

Han Sanping, Yu Dong, Yan Yiyun, Li Mu, Wang Zhonglei and several other people got together, everyone held a meeting to study the release of the movie "Assassin", after many communications, "Assassin" mainland release time is set for August 25, 2006, North American release time is August 31, only 6 days later than the mainland, in a sense, the movie "Assassin" is the first Chinese film to complete the global simultaneous release.

This overseas release still adopts the sharing model, which is underwritten by the national credit insurance company, the credit insurance company earns premiums, and the film producer earns peace of mind, which is a win-win situation for everyone.

After the release time of the movie was set, Wang Zhonglei smiled bitterly and said: "It seems that the schedule of "Night Banquet" is going to be adjusted, there are only two or three blockbusters in the country a year, there is no need to release them together. ”

"Night Banquet" was originally scheduled to be released on August 30, but now "Assassin" has finally set the release date for August 25 in order to be released simultaneously around the world, and the two movies are only 5 days apart.

After the release date was confirmed, everyone began to study the premiere again, the long-cherished wishes of countless Chinese, the peak showdown of Cheng Long and Li Lian, the unprecedented $60 million investment in Chinese films, and the world premiere of the movie "Assassin" will naturally not be small.

"Why don't you go to the Great Hall of the People for the premiere."

"I think it's okay, wasn't the premiere of Brother Cheng Long's movie "Myth" held in the Great Hall of the People last year? I remember seeing a piece of news last year: Cheng Long's "Myth" premiered in the Great Hall of the People, and more than 500 bodyguards were dispatched. ”

"I'm in favor of it too."

Han Sanping saw that Li Mu had not spoken, so he smiled and said, "Li Mu also said it." ”

Li Mu nodded: "I think it's better not to be so troublesome, the studio of the Beijing Film Studio is very good, the place is big enough, there is no problem with accommodating 1,400 people, it is enough." ”

"What do you think?" Han Sanping asked the others with a smile.

"Okay."

"Everything."

"The studio is also good, at least it has more freedom to set up, and there may be some unexpected effects."

Now everyone is still willing to sell Li Mu a face, Li Mu's proposition, everyone generally will not easily veto it, but Li Mu knows in his heart that if "Assassin" hits the street at the box office this time, then next time a few people get together for a meeting, it is difficult to say whether Li Mu will have this treatment when he arrives.

Well, if the box office hits the street this time, then it will be unknown whether he can get together with these people for a meeting next time.

If there is a premiere party, of course, there must be a party host, and this topic is relatively relaxed, everyone expressed their opinions, and soon put forward a bunch of candidates for the host of the party.

Wu Zhongxian, Zeng Baoyi, Cai Kangyong, Ah Ya, Jing Wei, Shen Xingxing, etc., and finally Li Mu also mentioned two people, one is the cross talk actor Guo Degang who has recently become popular, and the other is He Jiong, the pillar of Hunan Provincial Satellite TV, and the final premiere host is set to be these 8 people.

In fact, as early as last month, the first version of the trailer of the movie was released, and it had a very big impact, and netizens had an extremely heated discussion about the trailer.

The galloping red sports car, the sexy Li Lianhua, the bullet that can turn, the ruthless Cheng Long, and the little cowardly Li Lian, and Mr. X who jumped off the building, the cool and energetic trailer has made countless netizens addicted.

At the same time, large-scale online and offline publicity campaigns were launched simultaneously, and Li Lianjie and Cheng Long each attended several influential programs, and both of them talked about the movie "Assassin" in the programs without exception.

Subways, buses, shopping malls, theaters, variety shows, news, newspapers, TV, post bars, Douban, charity galas, everywhere are discussing the upcoming "Assassin", and this super high popularity has turned into the confidence of theater managers and theater managers to schedule films for "Assassin".

As of August 10, about 60% of the national pre-rehearsal of the movie "Assassin" has reached about 60%, which is a very staggering number.

Then on August 12, the movie "Assassin" held a media viewing meeting in Beijing, with the purpose of exploring the media reputation of the film in advance.

Of course, the media will also invite the theater managers of the country's 20 largest box office cities to come to watch the film, if the theater managers feel that the box office potential of the movie is huge after watching the film, then it will become the proper meaning of the question to improve the film schedule.

But Li Mu doesn't have much hope for this, what do you think, this is not a business to watch the film, the film schedule of "Assassin" is already as high as 60%, so how high can the film schedule be if it is increased? You can't play your "Assassin" in the whole studio, right?

As a result, when it was time to officially watch the film, almost all of the theater managers and theater managers from all over the country were stupid, stunned, and blind!

After the screening, the entire screening hall fell silent for a moment, and everyone had an extremely serious expression.

This group of theater managers are acquaintances with each other, and they often refer to the opinions of their peers when scheduling key films, so they soon whispered to each other.

"Manager Huang, what do you think?"

"The biggest feeling is the surprise, it is much better than I imagined, and it can even be said that this is the most enjoyable domestic movie I have ever watched - even if it is a European and American blockbuster, this film is enjoyable enough to rank in the top ten!"

"Yo, this evaluation is not low, do you think this film can break the record of "Hurricane Rescue"?"

At this time, Manager Huang of the New Film Federation shook his head.

Manager Zhang, who had just asked, was puzzled: "Didn't you say that this film is the most enjoyable domestic movie you have ever seen?" ”

Manager Huang said: "The most enjoyable is indeed the most enjoyable, the speeding beauty, the cool and windy turning bullet, the list of looms with feeling, the peak duel of Cheng Long and Li, the battle scene with a numb scalp, no matter from which point of view, yes, this is the most enjoyable domestic movie I have ever watched in my life!" But just because it's fun doesn't mean it's good! ”

"What does Manager Huang mean - this film is not as good as "Hurricane Rescue" in terms of emotional shaping?"

Manager Huang nodded and said: ""Hurricane Rescue" has no exaggerated combat methods in this film, no bullets that can turn, no dense rat bombs, and no cool flying cars, but the spiritual shock brought by that movie is incomparable to this movie, at least in my opinion." ”

Manager Zhang nodded: "When the daughter of "Hurricane Rescue" was at risk of being arrested, the father played by Cheng Long always maintained his ultimate calmness even though he was extremely worried, and he almost ruthlessly told his daughter that she would definitely be arrested, and the only thing that the daughter could do and be useful was to say what the kidnapper looked like - that plot did not have any special effects shots, no amazing scenes, but the spiritual shock it brought to people was truly incomparable!" ”