Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 446, 13 consecutive releases
"Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" is better than "Gone with the Bullets".

"Gone with the Bullets" is too self-indulgent. It feels like Jiang Wen has become even more unrestrained since the success of "Let the Bullets Fly". He has started to act like a hooligan with the audience!
Of course, Jiang Wen has always been like this; from the day he became a director, he has had a subtle sense of superiority over the audience.

But in "One Step Away", this sense of superiority is expressed in a more concrete way.

This is probably why "Gone with the Bullets" failed at the box office, something that audiences can see.

"Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" is even better. It successfully packaged a patriotic theme into a commercial blockbuster. The confrontation scene in Tiger Hall captured both the bandit spirit and the chivalrous spirit.

The special effects were also quite impressive. Apart from some unnecessary modern scenes, the overall quality of the film was very high, so its box office success was entirely expected.

Bernard probably learned the commercial production methods of mainstream films from this movie, and he couldn't stop after that.

Just after New Year's Day, perhaps because "Fleet of Time" performed exceptionally well in December, and in order to make a splash in the new year and grab the first prize, Autumn couldn't wait to hold its own New Year's film lineup release conference.

Media and partners are cordially invited to participate.

Li Qiutang will naturally attend, and the main speaker will be Chen Zhixi, Senior Vice President of Autumn Pictures.

At the meeting, Chen Zhixi summarized the company's achievements over the past 14 years.

You won't believe it until you see it, and once you do, you'll be amazed. From "Ex-Files" and "Beijing Love Story" at the beginning of the year, to "My Old Classmate" during the May Day holiday, to "The Invisible Guest" and "Brotherhood of Blades" during the summer holiday, and then to "Fleet of Time" during the Lunar New Year holiday, the autumn season has been a box office success.

The imported film "Lucy" achieved a remarkable $400 million in global box office revenue—a figure that Chen Zhixi even included in her PowerPoint presentation.

"Lucy" was also a global investment project in which the company participated, a feat that no other domestic company has achieved.

People from other companies sat in the audience, looking at this report card, probably envious.

Although Yingtou is an independent company and not within the framework of Autumn Pictures, its achievements in building 10 flagship cinemas across the country are also worth mentioning.

Before announcing the future film slate, Chen Zhixi first outlined the basic principles for the company's future work in the fall: "In the future, the company will continue to focus on film as its core, and accelerate the exploration of the entire film and television industry chain, including offline entertainment, internet entertainment, and film and television merchandise."

Next came the announcement of the film slate. "Mojin: The Lost Legend" was placed first. This film also received investment in the fall and was directed by Li Qiutang, so it was natural for it to be included in the company's film slate.

It has been confirmed that it will be released on December 18th.

The second installment, the Towering Tree Project, titled "Lost in Hong Kong," is currently in production and is directed by Xu Shanzheng.

Li Xiaoping, the glamorous vice president in the audience, shook her head with a wry smile. Qiu Tian was keeping a close eye on this film.

The third installment, Project Tower, is titled *Wolf Warrior*, directed by Wu Jing, with post-production handled by him, and released in 2015.

This film was among the first batch of films funded by the Sky Tree Project, and it was also the last of the first batch to be released.

Fortunately, it's almost finished, and there were no complications.

The third project, "The Towering Tree," is titled "Brotherhood of Blades 2," directed by Lu Yang, and is currently in the creative stage.

Lu Yang only decided to film a second season after returning from studying in the United States, and the script is still being worked on.

The fourth installment, part of the "Towering Tree Project," titled "Get Out of Here, Mr. Tumor," directed by Han Yan, is currently in production.

The fifth installment is not part of the Towering Tree Project; it's "Jianbing Man," directed by Da Peng, and currently in post-production.

The sixth installment, also not from the Towering Tree Project, is "The Story of a Female Police Officer," directed by Guo Fan, and is awaiting filming.

The seventh film, still not part of the "Towering Tree" project, is titled "The Love Saint," directed by Song Xiaofei and Dong Xu, and is awaiting filming.

The eighth project, part of the "Tall Tree Project," is "Detective Chinatown," directed by Chen Sicheng, and is awaiting filming. The ninth project, not part of the "Tall Tree Project," is the youth film "The Best of Us," directed by Zhang Disha, and is awaiting filming.

Part 10...

The guests in the audience were almost numb with shock. How could there be so many films to release in the fall? Where did they find so many films?

The tenth film is an animated movie, *Monkey King: Hero Is Back*, which is in post-production and will be released during the summer season.

The eleventh film, "The Coffin in the Mountain," directed by Xin Yukun, has been completed and is awaiting release.

Those who have attended FIRST know that this film was purchased in the fall and was not considered a company-produced film.

After showing this part of the video, Chen Zhixi paused for a moment and then smiled, "Isn't this too much?"

She's showing off.

But who can blame them when things are going well in the fall? They have so many films to fill.

Chen Zhixi pressed the remote control again, and two concept posters were displayed on the large screen, one on the left and one on the right.

One sign read "Mirage," and the other read "The Butterfly Lovers."

“I want to focus on introducing these two films,” Chen Zhixi said. “This film, ‘Mirage,’ was announced at Cannes in 12 and has received much attention from the industry since then. However, for more than two years, it has not been filmed because Director Li has been busy with other films. Today, I can give everyone a clear answer: the script for this film has been written for a long time and filming will definitely begin this year.”

"Another film, 'The Butterfly Lovers,' shouldn't have been brought up at today's meeting because the script for this film is still in the creative stage and it was only made up of the script. I shamelessly begged Director Qiu Tang to bring it up. Yes, this film is also directed by Director Qiu Tang."

This person is incredibly energetic; that's what the guests in the audience all thought.

The film "Mirage" can still be found on the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television's official website, where you can see a synopsis of the story. However, no one knew about the film "The Butterfly Lovers" before; it only had a name.

But everyone knows the story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, so it's unclear how Li Qiutang will film Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai.

The story of "The Butterfly Lovers" was conceived by Li Qiutang during the filming of "Mojin: The Lost Legend". Li Qiutang asked Liu Yifei to go home and get him a notebook so that he could write down this story. He stayed up all night thinking about the narrative structure for this story.

After the film slate announcement, Chen Zhixi specifically explained to reporters the difference between the Towering Tree Project and the non-Towering Tree Project.

"Actually, the difference is very small. The Santian Tree brand aims to support new directors, but the company has always been doing this. We once discussed whether to cancel the Santian Tree brand, but then we thought that Santian Tree has already formed a brand advantage. Many viewers feel reassured about the film when they see the five words 'Santian Tree Project,' so we kept it."

Fall Pictures announced 13 films at the start of the year, which has generated great anticipation from the industry and movie fans.

Autumn Pictures is quite generous; most of the 13 films will start filming or be released this year, with only a very few being postponed.

Li Qiutang said, "If we also put up the movies that the company plans to make in the next two years, there will be twenty or thirty. It's not good to put up too many, or people will think we're bragging. Thirteen is enough."

Li Qiutang declined to disclose any progress information regarding "The Butterfly Lovers".

At the banquet following the meeting, various film companies expressed their willingness to cooperate with Qiu Tian, ​​hoping to get involved.

The purpose of holding this film slate launch event in the fall is to extract money from these bosses' pockets.

However, one of the managers at China Film Group did not value any of the films on the list.

"Mr. Zhang, the copyright to 'The Wandering Earth' belongs to your company, right?"

(End of this chapter)