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Just in time for the second Thursday in July, on July 9, Huafei Film and Television spent tens of millions to hold a grand premiere ceremony for the movie "The Great Wall" in Shuntianfu.

The guests gathered, and the big coffee came in an endless stream.

Human thinking has great inertia.

A few years ago, Qin Wei was almost the undisputed number one in Chinese movies. Now, although Li Qian has made continuous shots in just a few short years, he has won awards and sold well at the box office. Calling Xuan He, even in the hearts of many younger generation audiences, he has already surpassed Qin Wei and became the undisputed first person in Chinese movies at the moment - and inside and outside the industry, after "The Matrix" achieved such a global hit, It is also basically recognized that in the Chinese film industry, whether it is power, status, talent, or achievements, Li Qian is already number one.

But admit that Li Qiangui admits Li Qian, Qin Wei may not be the first in many people's hearts, but it is still another banner of the entire Chinese film except Li Qian.

Even in the hearts of a large number of people, although they cannot deny the great achievements Li Qian has achieved in the past few years, they still insist in their hearts that Li Qian is "still worse" than Qin Wei!

Whether it is the inertia of thinking, or the subconscious disgust and rejection of the newly emerging commercial film box-office theory, there are really many people in the Chinese film industry who hold such views and perceptions.

Of course, if you think about it from another angle, even though Li Qian has been punching and kicking in recent years, he has created a new situation, won awards, and was crowned emperor, and he has already achieved the unique number one person in China at the box office, even The world is the roost, and what is even more awesome is that after Minghu Culture completed the acquisition of Columbia, Minghu Culture has become the only film industry consortium in the world film market today that has its feet on the two major markets of China and North America. It is the existence of an extremely powerful BOSS level.

However, he has risen so fast that many people have not yet adapted to the achievements and status achieved by his last work, and soon achieved even greater achievements.

Gradually later, his achievements were beyond the reach of other people's struggles in their entire lives. Therefore, the joy, admiration, and excitement when looking at the "newborn calf" of the younger generation at first gradually turned into dissatisfaction, scrutiny and doubt, and then later. , Li Qian, a predator and a master who is not yet 30 years old, has already made many people in the industry disgusted. Almost mentioning him, no matter what it is, he will subconsciously frown first.

To put it bluntly, the qualifications are too shallow, and people are not convinced.

Of course, Li Qian didn't care about that either.

He doesn't care how some seniors in the industry evaluate him, and he doesn't care that those awards have deliberately left him out again and again in the past two years.

Because he knows better than anyone else that in the face of the rolling tide of the world's film development direction, if he instead cares about those who entertain themselves behind closed doors, there is only one possibility, that is, like another time and space, from special effects , to motion capture, to 3D, and so on, wave after wave of development trends have all been missed perfectly by Chinese films.

So he can only follow Hollywood's ass, a little toddler, but he can't catch up. He can only hold such a huge domestic market, but he has been beaten by all kinds of things - of course, he doesn't know The thing is, not too long after his death, Wu Jing, who has been half popular for so many years, made a "Wolf Warrior 2".

But in fact, even if he knew about it, if he measured it carefully, in his opinion, it was just that Chinese filmmakers had passed various experiments and finally began to feel the practices and routines of some domestic commercial films, but it did not mean Chinese films have caught up or even surpassed.

Because, your movies can only be sold in your own home, foreigners won't buy them, but Hollywood blockbusters can come to your home to easily make money.

Pull away.

Li Qian always firmly believed that the path of "first technology, then art" that he took was correct, and even he couldn't understand that when his predecessors saw him, they persuaded him one after another. I have made a lot of money. If I don’t lack money, it is time to try art. What kind of psychology is it out of? Maybe they are doing it for a talented young man like Li Qian. It's a pity that he is so focused on commercial movies and making money.

Perhaps in their opinion, only art films are real films.

However, in Li Qian's view, only movies that are enjoyed by the majority of the audience can be applauded.

Moreover, although he is no longer short of money, he deeply knows that if a film market and a country's film industry want to develop, the stimulation of box office sales, that is, the stimulation of profits, is the most important!

So, he was happy to make himself the red cloth that made all the bullfighters' eyes go bloody!

Look, Li Qian made money, look, Minghu Culture made money.

Look, Li Qian is making money again, look, Minghu Culture is making money again.

Look……

Everyone's eyes were red, and they rushed in to make movies. Of course, some people would subconsciously make some inferior imitations, and some extreme commercialized pure hype, but after a long time and many times, there will always be people who will patiently go After pondering and analyzing, how did Li Qian make money from his films? One to two, and slowly there will always be people who try to find their own way.

By that time, there will be more and more outstanding filmmakers in Chinese films, various popular films will emerge in an endless stream, all kinds of films will compete with each other, and the entire domestic market will become a red sea. Go out, go out to the global market and shout out...

Of course, for the time being, all of this is just an illusion, it only exists in Li Qian's mind.

Pulled away again.

In fact, judging from the way of recent films, Qin Wei may not have completely understood what a good film that everyone likes to see in this era looks like, but as the most famous film director of the previous generation, he is also a big one in literary films. Qi, he has long understood that sales are the most important criterion for measuring the success of a movie. From this point of view, Qin Wei is actually the one with the deepest knowledge and the earliest opportunity in that group of filmmakers, and he is worthy of his reputation as a master.

Even after losing one, he couldn't think of a way to overcome the enemy and win, and he couldn't find the idea of ​​​​making a movie now. He could actually think of playing a "Chinese-foreign cooperation" method at this time, which is indeed opening China. It's the first of its kind in the movie - no matter what, Daniel Jackman is a genuine Hollywood first-line star. Most people don't say that they can't afford it, but even if they can afford it, if there is no such international director as Qin Wei, people may not be willing to do so. Come to China and play with a Chinese director.

Hollywood's first-line stars have never been short of film appointments and invitations.

In fact, as early as more than a year ago, Li Qian was shocked when he heard that Qin Wei was planning to invite Hollywood's first-line stars to star in the project, and that the film would revolve around the theme of the Great Wall.

But thinking about it carefully, he was relieved again.

When people in the world refer to China and the Chinese nation, they will definitely mention the Great Wall and the Yellow River, both at home and abroad—this has almost become a symbol of the Chinese nation.

For a Chinese movie, if you want to make a blockbuster costume, there must be a lot of action scenes. The Great Wall is almost a big topic that will be the first thing that comes to your mind.

It was just at that time that Li Qian had no way of knowing from what angle Qin Wei would start and what kind of story he would tell around the Great Wall, whether it was similar to Zhang Guoshi's "The Great Wall".

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At the premiere ceremony, all the main creators of "The Great Wall" were all red-faced.

Although Hu Fei was chatting and laughing with various guests, Qin Wei's thin face was also rarely full of smiles, while Liu Yan, who was standing beside the two in a full dress, seemed to be fading away from the "Little Swallow" period. That kind of immature feeling is really becoming the backbone of the new generation of Chinese film industry - a successful actor, an actor who has worked with the great director Qin Wei, an actor who has already started his own work when he is less than 30 years old. Film investment, and the first time he started, he was the investor and producer of a big director at the level of Qin Wei.

Compared with them, the smile on the face of Daniel Jackman, who is standing next to the translator, is somewhat perfunctory - he has seen many premieres at the premiere, but all the people around him don't speak English, which is rare.

Of course, how much thought Hu Fei spent on this premiere ceremony, and how Qin Wei showed his superior status in the Chinese film industry through this premiere ceremony, is something he doesn't know.

Maybe, even if he knew, he didn't care.

This time I came to China to participate in the premiere of "The Great Wall", and the various promotions for the next ten days were the terms that were set as early as when the contract was signed - including the ten days of promotion after returning to North America. Schedule, these are also included in his salary.

But the film has already been filmed, and it is difficult for him to have high box office and reputation expectations for a Chinese film. In particular, even if this film is a big hit in China, it is still very difficult to sell it in North America. It is a difficult thing, and as long as the movie cannot sell well in North America, then the success or failure of the movie in the Chinese market will have little effect on his subsequent career.

Therefore, as an actor, since you have signed a contract and received money, you must abide by the contract and perform the contract. This is the bottom line of a Hollywood actor, and of course he has to come up with a 20-day schedule to participate in "The Great Wall" " in China, Japan and North America.

But this matter just needs to be done step by step, and it doesn't require any effort.

What he is thinking about now is the dinner tonight.

Because they have met on many occasions before, and they have several mutual friends, Daniel Jackman and Liao Liao were familiar with each other before, and they could even be called friends - a female singer and an actor, There is no conflict of interest between each other, and the other party's lover is an internationally renowned director, and later acquired a big Hollywood company such as Columbia, becoming one of the few film tycoons in the world, then Even if you don't deliberately try to please, at least Daniel Jackman's head that can get into the Hollywood front line will definitely not be evil.

So, everyone has a good relationship.

Just at this time, after Liao Liao finished this grand tour in North America, he was tired and went back to China to rest. He was in Shuntianfu, so before coming to China, Daniel Jackman called Liao in advance. Liao communicated for a while, and Liao Liao readily expressed that he would be the host and entertain him. After a few words, Liao Liao understood her subtext, and even said with a smile that Li Qian would also be present at that time.

Daniel Jackman is content and grateful.

Such a dinner is of course not enough to bring the relationship closer, but American society also has a great human element. Having the opportunity to have a meal with the director of "The Matrix" and the behind-the-scenes boss of Columbia, have a close communication, communicate about feelings, of course, will only be good for your future development, not bad.

Although Daniel Jackman is already a first-line star in Hollywood, in the eyes of laymen and movie fans, he no longer needs to apologize to anyone. In turn, film companies and producers should take the initiative to invite him to play a certain role. But in fact, Daniel Jackman, who has worked hard in Hollywood for many years and is now in the front line, knows very well that he is not qualified in front of the real boss.

What is a real boss?

The president of the seven major Hollywood film companies, a major producer who has successively launched several works with a cost of over 100 million and a North American box office of over 300 million US dollars, as well as a handful of major directors in the Hollywood circle.

These people are the real bosses.

Not to mention first-line stars, even if they reach the super first-tier superstars, in front of these people, they can at best maintain an equal position on the surface.

As for the above three identities, Li Qian can be regarded as occupying almost all of them.

It can be said that he is the only one in the entire Chinese film circle. In Daniel Jackman's view, he must be treated with caution, and even worthy of dedication.

The movie has started. Although there are Chinese and English subtitles, Daniel Jackman can't understand the plot of the whole story, but it is a lot of special effects scenes in the movie. It is indeed a special effect that cost a lot of money to send to the United States to do it!

And with his more than ten years of experience in Hollywood, when he sees certain scenes, he can't help but turn his head to look at China Qin who is sitting not far away, and think to himself: this great Chinese director's The camera is still very particular, and he is indeed a director who has won awards in Europe.

Then, at the end of the screening, I took the stage to the applause of the audience, sat with the other creators, was watched and asked questions like a gorilla in a zoo, and with the help of a translator, calmly dealt with it all - from beginning to end , Daniel Jackman has a very dedicated smile on his face.

The premiere was over. Daniel Jackman said hello to his agent and was about to leave by car. At this time, China Hu heard the voice from here, but ran over quickly and warmly invited him in English. "Daniel, I have arranged a dinner party in the evening. Everyone will come over and eat together. Please come!"

Although when he was filming in China before, Daniel Jackman was accustomed to the Chinese people's practice of having meals together to exchange feelings. Under normal circumstances, he would not refuse, but it is obviously not possible today.

He first expressed his thanks with a smile, and then said with a pity: "But I'm afraid not today. I made an appointment before I came. I want to have dinner with my Chinese friend Liao. You know, I'm on good terms with Liao. Friend, and his lover, Lee, is a great director I've always wanted to visit. So, sorry..."

Hu Fei's English is good, and he understands it directly without translation.

Then, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

As for Qin Wei and Liu Yan, who were coming over, firstly, they missed more than half of their understanding, and secondly, their English could not be understood directly, so they had to wait for the translator next to them to complete the translation.

After listening to the translation, the smile on Qin Wei's face suddenly disappeared.

Liu Yan lowered her head, as if she was both embarrassed and didn't know what to say.

Of course, the moment she lowered her head, she subconsciously couldn't help but turn her head to look at Hu Fei and Qin Wei.

Unlike her own, who did not hesitate to take only two million yuan in remuneration for appearing in Qin Wei's film, Hu Fei spent ten million dollars in real money to invite Daniel Jackman to appear in "The Great Wall"—— It is said that in Hollywood, the current salary of Daniel Jackman is only about seven to eight million dollars.

That's it, it is said that Hu Fei and Qin Wei came to the United States to visit in person with the translated script, and then offered a high salary while persuading and inviting, which finally convinced Daniel Jackman. , so that he agreed to go to China to participate in "The Great Wall", a Chinese film that is said to be released on a large scale in North America.

As a result~www.wuxiaspot.com~ the Hollywood superstar who has spent a lot of money on it, whether it is during the filming or now, from Hu Fei to Qin Wei, and then to the entire crew, all hold him high, I was afraid that a bad greeting would make it seem that I was slow to treat a big Hollywood star, but after coming to China this time, I just saw a little bit of a loophole, and people quickly climbed up along the line of Liao Liao to "see" Li Humble.

For this reason, he did not hesitate to turn down the dinner party carefully arranged for him here!

At this moment, Hu Fei's face was dark, as if he was holding back his dissatisfaction and couldn't vent it out. Although Qin Wei was slightly better, he just put away his smile, but the blue veins at the corners of his eyes showed.

Liu Yan thought to themselves, they don't know what it should be like now.

Of course, no matter what they think, at least in Liu Yan's view, this matter should be quite a slap in the face for them - although they know that Daniel Jackman must be because he doesn't understand the grudge between Li Qian and Qin Wei , will be so generous to say the arrangement, but because of this, this face is so real!

So painful!