Chapter 312 First Sister


    Nowadays, there are no national theater chains, and each province, city, and county plays its own role.


    When a film is released in a province, how long it is released, how it is promoted, and whether it is vigorously promoted or not, it is entirely up to the film company to decide. These are all local emperors, and they are also the biggest obstacles to reform.


    Chen Qi was not familiar with the people in the film company.


    Later, he contacted Wu Tianming from Xi Film Studio and asked him to send a message to the film company in Shaanxi: If "Mom Love Me Again" can be released in May, Gong Xue will also go to the cinema to meet the audience face to face.


    It’s April in the capital, so we need to be the first to win.


    It''s May in Shaanxi, because Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers are held in Xi''an in May, and he wants Queen Gong Xue to go on tour.


    This is actually a road show for future generations.


    He did it once when "Tai Chi" was released in Hong Kong, and now it has been brought to the mainland again. But it’s just to contact these two areas. It would be too laborious to contact more. We don’t have the energy and human connections.


    …


    Capital Film Company.


    General Manager Zheng Dayong is having a meeting to study the screening and promotion work for the second quarter.


    "So far, there are more than 150 screening venues in Beijing, including theaters, cinemas, workplace auditoriums, workers'' clubs, etc., the highest number in the country! We have seen the market response in the first quarter, with huge crowds of people and noisy gongs and drums. , extremely hot.


    This is due to the contribution of two entertainment films "The Invincible Mandarin Duck Legs" and "Kyoto Ball Hero".


    There is also a very unique movie in the second quarter, "Mom Love Me Again". To be honest, when I watched the movie, I couldn''t help crying as a man. My wife was also there at the time, and she just watched it when she got home. Give the child a beating..."


    "Hahaha!"


    "I think it is better to place it in June, as it can connect with the summer vacation. There are many students and teachers during the summer vacation, so it can have a continuous effect on the popularity."


    "June is too late! This kind of movie, you can''t wait to release it tomorrow to make money."


    "May, May is a moderate month!"


    While they were discussing, someone suddenly came in and whispered a few words to Zheng Dayong.


    Zheng Dayong stood up, went out for a while, and came back soon, saying: "Be quiet, there is a new situation. Director Wang Haowei from Beijing Film Studio just contacted me and said that he hopes to release it in April..."


    "Um???"


    As soon as this statement came out, everyone was confused.


    "The film has reached the distribution stage and has nothing to do with the studio. Why do they still care about the release?"


    "Director Wang is an old director, so he must know this, right?"


    "That''s right, what does our arrangement of the film have to do with them?"


    "Be quiet, I haven''t finished speaking yet!"


    Zheng Dayong said: "They promised that if it works, the main creator of this film can go to 10 theaters to meet the audience face to face to help promote it."


    "What kind of method is this? There is no precedent?"


    "Would it be against the rules?"


    "Wait a minute, let me ask: Is Gong Xue coming?" one person asked anxiously.


    "Come!"


    “…”


    The atmosphere suddenly became a little subtle. After a pause, someone said: "If Gong Xue comes, the audience will definitely welcome it."


    "Yes, yes!"


    "Actually, it would be better to release it earlier. It is available in other places but not in Beijing. The audience has gone to Tangshan to watch it. Why let them make money from us?"


    "But 10 theaters are too few. How about 30?"


    "That''s more than 30 companies. People may not be willing to do it."


    "Then 20!" Finally, we decided on 20 and decided to reply to Wang Haowei.


    The specific process is: the film company issues an invitation, the main creator agrees, and then arranges to go to the cinema. This can avoid some disputes.


    Zheng Dayong found it very novel. When a movie is released, it is released. How can it be so neat? But he couldn''t say anything. He just unknowingly had a small hole opened by someone.


    …


    It’s April in the blink of an eye.


    The Cannes Film Festival has announced the shortlist for the main competition section.


    Masters gathered together, and Godard, Wenders, and Antonioni all had new works in the competition. Coincidentally, Yan Shunkai''s "The True Story of Ah Q" was shortlisted. This is the first mainland film to participate in the main competition unit.


    And "Orphan''s Revenge" was registered in the name of Hong Kong, and it was also selected.


    Because it is not a purely commercial film, the setting of children killing people is very novel, and there are many political reflections, well, reflections... But Chen Qi has no hope of winning the award. It would be good to be shortlisted, and it will attract more attention.


    "Life is Beautiful" here.


    Li Wenhua took Li Xuejian, Li Baotian, artist Li Jianqun, Zhang Yimou, Zhang Junzhao, He Qun, and He Ping to Shanghai together, and Yan Shunkai met him in Shanghai.


    Lao Mouzi and others were about to graduate and had nothing to do, so they were taken directly.


    Li Jianqun was informed by Chen Qi at the end of last year that he was going to make this drama and had already prepared for it.


    They are going to Shanghai to shoot scenes, see the old concentration camp sites, experience the life of old Shanghai people, etc. for a month. Gong Xue didn''t go, she had been preparing since the end of last year, and Chen Qi was there to help.


    After reading the script, the three alternative male protagonists all felt unique and had a strong urge to play the role.


    Li Xuejian knew that he had little hope, so he took a month''s leave.


    "Life is Beautiful" takes place in Shanghai. Chen Qi wants to use a large number of actors from Shanghai. If not, they have to be from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. He doesn''t remember many old-timers. There is You Benchang who played "Ji Gong". He is 49 years old and can''t play the leading role. Play a supporting role.


    There are also Wei Zongwan, young Wang Zhiwen, Zhou Yemang, Xi Meijuan, dubbing Lin Dongfu, etc. Let’s see who can be used.


    …


    Overseas Chinese Hotel.


    Liu Xiaoqing said goodbye to Li Hanxiang and came out of the gate happily. He glanced at the security guard next to him and squinted proudly.


    Just when she came in, this guy looked down upon others and said that this is a house specially reserved for overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao, and you can''t enter! Liu Xiaoqing was so angry that in the end it was Li Hanxiang who came to pick him up in person before he could go in.


    The preparations for "Burning the Old Summer Palace" and "Listening Behind the Curtain" are going smoothly, and the main roles have been decided. Cixi is played by Liu Xiaoqing, and the actor named Ci''an is Chen Ye, who is not well-known and later went abroad.


    Li Fei was given to Zhou Jie, the one who played the princess in "Bao Qingtian".


    For the original version of Guizi Liu Yixin, Zhang Tielin was cast, but now he is a prostitute, known to all women and children, and his image has been corrupted, so that the roles he was cast in were all similar roles. Naturally, Li Hanxiang couldn''t take it, so he chose Zhou Lijing.


    The male protagonist Xianfeng, he has chosen his daughter''s boyfriend, the man named Liang Jiahui.


    But Liang Jiahui was filming "The Love Between Humans and Ghosts", so he had to wait.


    "Hey, come here!"


    She stood at the door, beckoned to the security guard, and said, "If you don''t let me in now, remember me. I will go in openly sooner or later. I hope you can still stand here by then!"


    She tossed her hair and strode down the steps.


    Liu Xiaoqing is not a character who suffers losses. She is so competitive that even when she was picking cotton in prison, she would compete for the first place. Of course, she had never picked cotton, and she was sewing quilts at that time.


    "Young friends come to meet each other today. Let''s sail the boat and let the warm breeze blow gently..."


    Liu Xiaoqing was riding a bicycle, humming songs, and was in a very happy mood.


    Li Hanxiang is a great director, these two dramas are big productions, and Cixi is a big role. She never thinks that she will fail. Once these two dramas are released, she will definitely become popular and surpass Gong Xue.


    Beiying Film Studio, and even the first lady in the Chinese film industry.


    (End of chapter)