It's December, the last month of 2007.

The film market has also entered the most lively time of the year, and there was a warm-up of "Lust and Caution" before the Chinese New Year this year, and the popularity did not even belong to the release of "Manchester City with Golden Armor" last year.

"Lust and Caution", which was released on November 1, ended perfectly with a box office of 138 million, and Li Press and Liang Chaowei have received countless praises.

"Destiny Call Transfer", which was released on November 30, also won 27 million box office after two weeks of screening.

Also released on the same day, "Apple" starring Fan Binbin and Liang Jiahui also won nearly 10 million box office in two weeks.

In November, a Hollywood action movie "Die Hard 4" was released, which won more than 27 million box office.

Although there is no hit except for "Lust and Caution", the next December is when the film market really explodes.

And the two blockbusters "Assembly Number" and "Vote for Fame" also began to spread publicity.

The slogan of "Vote for Names" shouted loudly:

In 2007, the Chinese film industry invested the most.

The combination of the four superstars is brilliant.

The top five of the world's strongest behind the scenes.

The highest number of copies of film issued in 2007: 700.

Covering the most digital screens ever: more than 800.

Compared with "The Assembly", the biggest advantage of "Casting the Name" is the large investment and strong cast.

In "Assembly", except for Deng Chao, there is not even a first-line star, and the total salary of all actors is only one million.

In Huang Zhongjun's words, in order to spend all the budget on film production and in order to give the audience a better visual enjoyment, all the actors starred in friendship.

However, what are the four superstar combinations, and how did they come together?

The simple and crude superstar marketing is the marketing method of "Casting Names", and the names of Li Lianjie, Liu Dehua, and Jin Chengwu alone are enough to attract the audience's attention, and then it depends on the movie itself.

On the afternoon of December 11, Beijing Olympic Sports Center.

The premiere of "Vote for Nomination" will be held here.

Li Qian was also invited to participate, and Berner sent an invitation letter.

Since everyone has been invited, Li Qian will also take a trip.

And this kind of blockbuster still has to be in the cinema to get the best experience.

Didn't walk the red carpet and avoided reporters.

Now the entire film market is paying attention to "Casting Names" and "Assembly Number", and "Frequency of Life and Death" is of no use for publicity at this time.

Unless you face reporters and constantly belittle "Vote for Fame", then there will be a topic.

But Li Qian is not brainless, so he would do such a sand sculpture thing.

Only by waiting for the screening of "Frequency of Life and Death" and the spread of word-of-mouth is the time for publicity.

Or, "Casting a Name" is really as Li Qian thought, because the whole process was too depressing, resulting in the box office not as expected, so that "Frequency of Life and Death" can get more exposure.

Li Qian came over in time, and when he came, the red carpet was almost over, and it is said that China Film and Berner invited a hundred stars to attend the premiere.

The premiere ceremony began soon, and the protagonists were, of course, Chen Kexin, Li Lianjie, Liu Dehua, Jin Chengwu, and Xu Jinglei.

The movie premiere, more than half a month later, Li Qian will also experience it, and he will watch it seriously.

What's more, with Li Lianjie and Liu Dehua, it can be said that they all grew up watching their movies after 80 years.

"Frequency of Life and Death" Li Qian even imagined the combination of double soup, the combination of Zhou Yunfa and Liu Dehua, but it was just a thought.

At the beginning of the premiere ceremony, he talked about the strength of brothers, Liu Dehua said, "I used to believe in brotherhood, but now I don't believe that there is brotherhood in the world." ”

In the face of the brotherhood with Liang Chaowei in the Five Tigers, he spoke amazingly.

"I treat him as a brother, I don't know if he treats me as a brother. ”

This is a bit intriguing, and you can understand it no matter how you understand it.

As soon as Li Lianjie came up, he called Brother Liu Dehua, which surprised everyone.

In fact, Liu Dehua is two years older than Li Lianjie, but no one has thought about this problem. Subconsciously, I always thought that Li Lianjie was a little bigger.

As for the hyped 100 million salary, Li Lianjie did not respond positively.

The lively premiere ceremony is over, and the film is shown.

Just like the original impression of this movie, the whole process is the same as the basic tone of the movie, which is extremely depressing.

"Life and death depend on each other, good and evil save each other, blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, and adversity depends on each other"

The oath made by the sworn worship became a joke, and the eldest killed the second one.

The third killed the second sister-in-law, and finally killed the eldest and hung up himself.

Brotherhood is just the surface, and after watching the whole movie, you will find that everyone is a chess piece, and they are aggrieved to death.

And burning, killing and looting in the city after winning the war can't make the audience have too much sense of identity with the actions of the three protagonists.

To put it simply, it is two bandits who preach morality, and they are pitted by the heroes who have no revenge and ambition, and then they are pitted by bigger officials.

The oath of the name can bind the second and third children who preach morality, but for the boss Pang Qingyun, it is not a fart.

Although it seems that he also treats them as brothers, is there a brother who has just slept with someone's wife?

And in the face of ambition, brothers can also die.

However, Li Lianjie did play it well, and even for this role, it is difficult to find out which actor can play better than him in China.

First of all, he fought on the battlefield and got up from the pile of dead people, a military general who has already died once, such a role, if Liang Chaowei and Liang Jiahui come, it will not be better than Li Lianjie.

Li Lianjie has personally experienced death threats, a previous agent died in a gunshot, and then his brother-in-law, who was his agent, also died in a car accident while filming.

What impressed Li Qian the most was not martial arts, but literary dramas.

That kind of ruthless and vicious is completely different from the acting method of the underworld.

And just listening to Li Lianjie's lines, you can feel the ferocity even when you close your eyes.

If you want Li Qian to evaluate, as far as the movie itself is concerned, excluding the significance of "Hero" itself to the domestic film market, "Vote for Fame" will definitely not lose to "Hero".

However, it is still the same sentence, too depressing, depressing from beginning to end.

There are times when people are moved by bitter dramas and tragedies, but there doesn't seem to be one in "Casting a Name".

On the festive day of the Chinese New Year, I am afraid it will be difficult to compete with "Assembly".

After the ceremony, China Film and Berner held a celebratory reception.

Wang Changtian and Zhang Zhao found Li Qian and wanted to hear his views on the movie.

"Director Li, what do you think after reading it?"

"Without a doubt, it's a good movie. ”

Li Qian nodded, and then said, "However, I'm afraid it's not suitable for the Chinese New Year." ”

"It's too heavy, and there is not one of the four protagonists left. ”

Even Wang Changtian, who doesn't know much about movies, can see that there is something wrong with this movie.

However, for him, this is a good thing, if "Vote for Fame" is not strong enough, it will not have much impact on "Frequency of Life and Death", which is separated by 18 days.

And the Lunar New Year file can accommodate two blockbusters at the same time, even if there is pressure from "Assembly", it will not be too miserable.

Although I have already watched "The Frequency of Life and Death", it is indeed wonderful and moving, but Wang Changtian still doesn't believe that Li Qian's first movie can be too competitive on the big screen.

has a box office of 30 or 40 million, which has met Wang Changtian's expectations, and Li Qian can be regarded as famous, and the next movie is the time to make a difference.

Not far away, Yu Dong, who was gathered with Han Sanping, Huang Zhongjun, Wu Bo and other industry bigwigs, glanced at Li Qian's side, confessed his guilt, picked up his wine glass, and walked over with his head held high.

"It's Director Li, it's better to see it after hearing it for a long time, it's really a young talent. ”

Yu Dong, who was a little chubby, actually took the initiative to raise his glass to Li Qian, and he didn't seem to be unhappy because of the rejection.

Yu Dong praised it, you are the promoter of the film industry, you founded the first private film distribution company, breaking the monopoly of state-owned enterprises on film distribution. ”

Although he failed to cooperate, Li Qian admired Yu Dong's ability very much.

In the mid-90s, Yu Dong went to Jinyang with a copy of the literary film "Cheers to the Past" and screened it in a small screening room of a movie theater for two and a half months, and this copy got a box office of 400,000 in this small hall, shocking the entire film industry.

In that era when private film companies did not have independent distribution qualifications, Yu Dong played a sideshow and became the first private film company to release films.

Yu Dong smiled and was noncommittal, "How about Director Li, what does Director Li think of this premiere ceremony, how about the movie "Casting Names"?"

"The ceremony was magnificent, the scale was great and the film was very good. ”

"If Director Li is willing, a premiere of the same scale can be held at the same time. ”

Wang Changtian said with a smile on the side, "Yu Dong, when the premiere of "Life and Death Frequency" comes, you can enjoy it." ”

"Definitely, I also want to see what a wonderful movie Director Li brings us again. ”

Yu Dong didn't mean to show off, such a large-scale premiere, the largest investment film of the year, the strongest lineup, and the strongest behind-the-scenes team.

Bernard has them all.

The subtext is that if Li Qian was willing at the beginning, he could also get the full support of Berner.

Of course, there is also the meaning of tempting Li Qian, after all, there are not too many directors who can sell at the box office, and Berner is not the dominant filmmaker in "Casting a Name".

Yu Dong and Wang Changtian got together, which naturally attracted the attention of others at the reception.

And Li Qian next to him, even if he didn't know him, at this time, he knew who he was by talking to each other and asking each other.

Han Sanping looked over here and asked left and right, "Is he that Li Qian?"

Huang Zhongjun said with a smile, "Yes, it's him, who rejected me and Yu Dong, a young man with ideas." ”

Han Sanping bowed slightly, "It's not a bad thing for young people to have ideas, how much ability they have, how much ambition they have." ”

"Then it depends on what amazing film is made at the end of the month. ”

Wu Bo next to him said a little salty.

The boss of the film department he filmed went to invite Li Qian, but the other party didn't even meet him.

However, as far as he knows, Li Qian has been in contact with Huayang and Bernard in the United States, and has even met with Pony Galloping, but he is the only one who has seen him Chengtian.

Chi Guoguo's insult, how could Wu Bo not be angry.

On the other side of the banquet, Wang Jinghua was also at the scene.

His Guo Xiaodong played a supporting role in "Casting Names", and he also came to join in the fun.

Seeing Li Qian, who was chatting with Yu Dong not far away, she was angry.

Originally, the conversation was good, but I just wanted to recommend a few actors, but I didn't expect the other party to turn his face immediately, faster than turning a book.

It's been a few years since I became the number one broker, and this is the first time.

......

With the premiere of "Vote for Fame", it was also announced that the 2007 Chinese New Year War officially kicked off!