The Spring Festival in 2009 came very early, and the New Year was celebrated in January, so the New Year stalls ended early, and it has completely entered the off-season since February.

There are no festivals in March, and there are no decent films released, just some low-budget digital movies, which basically belong to the kind that even people who often watch movies don't know.

However, "East Evil and West Poison" was re-screened, and China Film and Guangxian jointly released this classic movie nationwide.

But no matter how classic it is, after all, everything you have seen has been watched, and it is impossible to sell as much box office as you want.

8 million in three days, and it is estimated that it will be 20 million or 30 million at the box office.

and "Slumdog Millionaire", which just shined at the Oscars in February, won two awards for Best Director and Best Picture, because of the influence of the Oscars, it is still being screened, and the North American box office has approached 100 million US dollars.

It is also very popular in China, but the box office is very average, only more than 14 million in the first week, and it is not popular.

For Chinese people, unless it is a Chinese-language film that has won the Oscar, or the imported film that has won the Oscar is not as famous as Zhang Yimou and Ma Xiaogang.

In addition to that, the highest-grossing movie in March was the Hollywood film of the same name based on the classic manga Dragon Ball.

Hollywood remake, you don't have to think about the content, the story of Mi Lijian's youth saving the earth.

However, it is still quite concerned, and was listed by the media as one of the most watched movies of the year in 2009.

The box office in the early stage was also quite high, with 13.5 million on the first day of release on Saturday, and no number of big productions could get this box office.

However, the word-of-mouth was directly rotten, and the box office on Sunday was only 7 million.

On the day off, on the second day of release, the decline was almost 50%, this trend stunned the eyeballs, even if the movies that were scolded fiercely in the past, they never walked out of this box office curve.

It's really bad, on Saturday, Guo Fan, Qi Yukun, and Wen Muye came to the studio to do their homework on the computer, and they couldn't help but complain about this movie.

"The 18-year-old high school student Sun Goku lacks self-confidence and is not popular at school, but since he was a child, he has been trained by his grandfather Sun Gohan strictly, and he is already a martial arts master at a young age.

After his grandfather Gohan was brutally murdered by the Piccolo Demon King, Goku followed his grandfather's will and defected to the Turtle Immortals, embarking on the road of collecting all seven dragon balls in order to stop Piccolo's ambition to use Dragon Balls to control the world.

With the help of Bulma, Leping, and other friends he makes along the way, Goku grows into an invincible fighter.

In his quest to find Dragon Ball, he endures numerous hardships and overcomes physical and mental trials before finally giving up his life to save the world with his friends. ”

Guo Fan quickly summarized what he saw when he went to the cinema last night, and his tone became more and more intense, and he was about to scold his mother.

"Isn't this a typical Mi Lijian superhero story template, all stories use this template, I really don't have any brains at all, and I treat the audience as fools. ”

Wen Muye, who has loved reading comics since he was a child, echoed, "To be honest, I can't accept the turtle fairy played by Fa Ge, and the star of this movie is still the producer, so I don't understand how it could be filmed like this." ”

Originally, the director was Zhou Xingchi, but after he found out that the plot had been changed beyond recognition, he resigned as a director, and Fox found the director of "Death is Coming" to shoot. ”

Li Qian also loved to read comics when he was a child, and people at this age, like "Dragon Ball" and "Conan", have basically read them.

When I was a child, I ran to the bookstall every day, and most of my pocket money was spent on it, and at that time, I could exchange two books for one on the bookstall and take two of the books I had read to exchange with the boss for one that I had not read.

The more money was spent, the more the books ended up in the hands of the bookstall owner, who was a business genius when I think about it now.

"By the way, boss, show me the script of your new movie. ”

After complaining about this movie that ruined their childhood, Guo Fan and they didn't forget their business, and the main purpose today is to come and see Li Qian's new movie.

"Take it, just don't take it out. There was nothing that couldn't be read, Li Qian handed over a literary script.

The three of them immediately took it and watched it, Li Qian's past few movies, both in terms of creativity and plot, are very amazing, and they have been looking forward to Li Qian's new movie for a long time.

However, after reading the script seriously, there was something strange on his face.

"Boss, your movie this time is not the same as before. Guo Fan still couldn't help but say.

"What, what's wrong with the script?"

Qi Yukun explained, "The script is no problem, I feel that if it can be filmed well, it will not be much worse than "This Killer Is Not Too Cold", but this is not your style, boss." ”

"What style?"

"It's just, I don't feel like I'm going to have that amazing creativity anymore, and I've become a pure drama, and I thought you'd continue to make sci-fi films."

"There is creativity. ”

Li Qian said with a smile, "Actually, I originally planned to make a science fiction film with a more science fiction flavor than "Moon", which can be regarded as a science fiction blockbuster, but the production cost alone has to be at least 100 million yuan, which is not necessarily enough, the box office ceiling of the domestic market is only more than 300 million, and then remove the publicity and distribution costs, the domestic box office is estimated to not make much money, so it is better to put it first, with the current growth rate of the market, the market will almost be able to withstand it next year." ”

Although it doesn't matter if Li Qian makes money or not, he has to spend money to make movies, and he has to invest in so many people's films, and he can't do it without money.

Hearing the sci-fi blockbuster with an investment of at least 100 million, Guo Fan immediately came to his senses and hurriedly asked, "Boss, what type of sci-fi blockbuster are you talking about?"

"Why do you care so much, do your homework well. ”

dropped a sentence, and Li Qian ignored him.

Watching Li Qian walk into the office and close the door, Guo Fan's face was depressed.

"What is this, I won't say it halfway through, this is not deliberately to appetize!"

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March passed quickly, and on Wednesday, April 1, Li Qian's investment in "Nightclub" also reached the day of release, and the premiere ceremony was held in Beijing.

This film was established in September last year, and it was still cooperating with Guangxian at that time and handed over to Guangxian for distribution.

As the distributor and investor, Wang Changtian also attended the premiere ceremony in person.

This is also the first time in more than three months that Li Qian met Wang Changtian again.

"Director Li hasn't seen you for a long time. ”

After the cooperation ended and met again, Wang Changtian was still enthusiastic and couldn't see anything unusual.

Li Qian also greeted with a smile, "Hello Mr. Wang, this release is troublesome to Mr. Wang." ”

There is no enmity between the two sides, and Li Qian's help to Guangxian's film business can be said to be much greater than that of him, the boss, without Li Qian's Guangxian Pictures, it is a third-rate company in the industry.

Besides, even if Zhang Weiping is in person, Wang Changtian can still look like he doesn't care, let alone Li Qian.

After a few polite sentences, Wang Changtian's expression suddenly moved, Yu Guang glanced at both sides, and said in a low voice, "Director Li, you cooperated with those theaters, but Zhang Weiping, Huang Zhongjun, and Yu Dong were very unhappy, I heard that several of their companies are ready to join forces to deal with you." ”

Li Qian was a little surprised, is there a mistake in joining forces with me for such a big matter.

China Film's shareholding and control of nearly half of the country's market share of the theater chain, why not engage in China Film.

Wanda is also preparing a film and television company, so Niubi is going to engage Lao Wang.

Besides, even if there is such a thing, Wang Changtian shouldn't be on the side of Huang Zhongjun, why did he still tell the secret.

This is also playing Infernal Affairs?

There was a little strange in his heart, but Li Qian still smiled, "Thank you Mr. Wang for reminding me." ”

The premiere began, and there was no more politeness, and they all sat down.

Yang Qing and Xu Zheng, as well as Tong Liya, who ended the filming of a TV series and returned to the capital to prepare for "Living Together in Time and Space", as the heroines, also took the stage with the creators.

As a small-budget film, there is no superfluous procedure for the premiere, according to the process.

Li Qian also went up halfway to say a few words to express his wishes for the movie.

More than half an hour later, the main creator stepped down and the movie began to be screened.

As a standard comedy, from the beginning when Xu Zheng brought a stupid cousin bodyguard who refused to take off his hood as a baby, and wanted to get back the money that the supermarket proprietress owed him for winning the lottery, Li Qian could constantly hear the laughter of the audience.

Although "Nightclub" still has big flaws, the most basic thing is that it can make people laugh, and it still does it.

Maybe after the release tomorrow, some people will say that the movie is cheesy and has no depth, which is not good, at least most ordinary viewers can watch and laugh, and that is enough.

From the very beginning, the movie was promoted in the name of Li Qian's producer, which is more effective than any gimmick.

Li Qian doesn't mind being able to help promote it, after all, he still invests in it himself.

Of course, if the quality is not high, even if he invests in it, Li Qian is absolutely not allowed to promote it under his own banner.

The box office on the first day is also completely worthy of the word Li Qian.

3.2 million!

A movie with a production cost of only 2 million has a box office of 3.2 million on the first day, which is definitely a good result.

Compared with last year's blockbuster films, the Qingming file is much colder than last year's blockbuster film to avoid the grand occasion of "Red Cliff", and the biggest opponent is only "Money Empire" released by Berner.

This anti-corruption police film directed by Wang Jing and starring Liang Jiahui and Huang Qiusheng also invested more than 30 million, but the box office on the first day was only a pitiful 2.3 million.

In the first week, relying on Li Qian's name, the good reputation of the movie itself, the schedule with no competition, and the comedy with a wide audience, "Nightclub" got a high box office of 15.3 million in the first weekend.

And "Money Empire", jointly released by Berner and China Film, had the same box office in the first week, and it was only 8 million.

There is no doubt that "Nightclub" became a dark horse in 2009, and the work supervised by Li Qian continued to be a great success.