Chapter 888 Grand Celebration Banquet
The celebration banquet held by Minghu Culture for the big sale of "Red Sorghum" was very large.
When the time entered April, "Red Sorghum", which came to the fourth week of its release, faced a situation of no rivals. Coupled with the evaluation and hot discussion of the film in the whole country, it had completely upgraded to a phenomenon level. Therefore, even after the high box office in the previous three weeks, it came to the fourth week, and the box office is still strong. In the fourth week, it won the box office of 65.13 million and continued to sit firmly on the box office list. Top of the list!
Four weeks after its release, it topped the domestic box office rankings for four weeks, and the total box office officially announced that it exceeded 400 million!
After the midnight screening on Sunday, April 8, the film's cumulative box office reached a high of 402.47 million—it broke 400 million two weeks faster than "Once Upon a Time"!
According to this box office trend, according to the current word-of-mouth evaluation, that is to say, 500 million box office is no longer a problem for it!
You know, the final domestic box office of "Once Upon a Time" was only 470 million US dollars, plus the 145 million US dollars obtained overseas, the cumulative global box office is only 380 million US dollars.
Equivalent to Huayuan, 760 million.
Many people even believe that as long as the screening time is long enough, the domestic box office of "Red Sorghum" may reach 600 million yuan! And considering that the buyout authorization for overseas distribution of "Red Sorghum" has been sold in more than 90 countries and regions, the total buyout account has reached nearly 60 million US dollars!
In other words, the final box office of a literary and artistic film like "Red Sorghum" has every chance to catch up, approach, and even surpass commercial kung fu blockbusters like "Once Upon a Time"!
Faced with this situation, in terms of the global market, the four trophies of the Berlin Film Festival will definitely help a lot. The greater the reason, it is unavoidable to be too objective.
In fact, only eleven months have passed, not even a year. If you really want to say how much the domestic film market has developed in less than a year, the market has It is obviously unrealistic to become so mature all of a sudden.
A more reliable statement, perhaps, should be - the power of accumulation.
Through "My Sassy Girlfriend" and "Once Upon a Time", two works that became more popular than the other, Li Qian's identity as a film director, together with his works, began to get rid of his past as a famous film director. Influenced by singers and idols, he began to build his own director brand step by step.
Therefore, with the blessing of the Berlin Film Festival Grand Slam, the well-coordinated domestic war of words and moderate publicity and hype, the concept of "director Li Qian's work" began to take root in the hearts of the people.
The concept that "Red Sorghum" is a very powerful movie has also begun to take root in the hearts of the people.
So, the concept of Li Qian filming a great-looking literary film that won an award is like Master Qin Wei filming a commercial production with a lot of investment, which immediately hooked many people. heart of.
"The Gate of Life and Death" was an unprecedented hit, breaking almost all domestic box office records in one fell swoop, and even "Huang Feihong", which is recognized as an excellent commercial classic, was trampled under its feet. The worse the word-of-mouth performance, the film even received rave reviews on the Internet before it was released, but it still couldn't stop it from achieving the pinnacle and glory of domestic films since the large-scale commercial theater system began to be implemented.
And now, "Red Sorghum" is a big hit, after "The Gate of Life and Death", it has completed another super myth of domestic film creation that is almost unattainable--awards, word-of-mouth, box office, all a bumper harvest!
And every item has reached an unprecedented highest!
In this regard, Li Qian's identity as a film director, and a super awesome film director, was officially recognized and sought after by everyone.
Of course, whether "Red Sorghum" can finally get a domestic box office of 600 million yuan, and even whether the global box office can catch up with and surpass "Huang Feihong" depends on whether it will face a particularly big new movie next. The impact depends on whether the major theaters will always give such a high screening rate, depends on how long the film can be screened for the longest time, and of course, depends on whether there are still enough viewers willing to watch it.
Therefore, before it is reached, everything is just a prediction.
But no matter what, the box office of 400 million must have been reached.
And even if it is only 400 million, the status of "Red Sorghum" in the domestic film industry is already basically unmatched - completely overlooking all living beings!
Therefore, the celebration banquet prepared by Minghu Culture for "Red Sorghum" not only made a lot of fanfare, but also took advantage of the trend and changed the title to "Celebrate the domestic box office of "Red Sorghum" breaking 400 million and the global cumulative box office exceeding 500 million." !”——enviable, yet daunting.
On the afternoon of April 10th, starting after three o'clock, in one of the many villas that Li Qian bought in a relatively large villa, the celebration banquet started early.
In the domestic entertainment circle, no matter which circle of film, television, or music, there are many people here.
Qi Jie was in charge of sitting in the town, Zou Wenhuai was on the left and right, and several managers and deputy managers from the propaganda department and distribution department of Minghu Culture were also present.
From China TV, Shuntian Satellite TV, HUNAN Satellite TV, SHANDONG Satellite TV and other TV stations, to several radio stations such as the Voice of China, to the relevant responsible persons of several top newspapers, and then representatives of various large and medium-sized theater companies in China , and then to various record companies, performance companies, brokerage companies, film production companies, film and television culture companies, etc...
Don't think too much, in fact, as the organizer, Qi Jie didn't invite anyone except a few Li Qian and her good friends. The people who dealt with each other took the time to rush over to express their congratulations.
Of course, many people came, congratulated, chatted a few words, and then left.
Even Huafei Film and Television, which has had a lot of quarrels with Minghu Culture in the past year, Hu Fei arranged for a deputy general manager of the company to come over and congratulate him face to face.
Liu Chengzhang's movie is still being filmed, but he also arranged for his mutual friend with Li Qian, Fang Baijin, who is also one of the most famous art directors in China, to rush back to Shuntian Mansion to congratulate him.
As for the inside of Minghu Culture, almost all contracted directors, actors, musicians, singers, screenwriters, etc., as long as they are in the sky, and as long as they can get away, basically none of them will be left, and all will be present!
And the actors who have participated in "Red Sorghum" and the staff behind the scenes are basically all there.
In the end...it was almost like a coronation ceremony with a tacit understanding.
And at this enthronement ceremony, Li Qian didn't show up until five or six o'clock. Before he showed up, Qi Jie, Jin Han, Han Shunzhang, Fu Xuelong and Qin Jingjing were the most eye-catching people in the arena!
Qi Jie became the focus of course, but at this special time today, with "Red Sorghum" winning awards and selling well, many actors, agents, etc. gathered around her, but it has a different meaning.
Because of the inside and outside, everyone is asking about the rumored new movie of Li Qian that has been in preparation for half a year.
There are already different opinions about that movie in the domestic movie circles—the more reliable one, and part of the coincidence of various rumors, is that Li Qian's new movie will be shot with joint investment from China and the United States. It is the global market, especially the North American market!
Before "Red Sorghum" won the award in Berlin, even though Li Qian already had the overseas box office of "Once Upon a Time" which earned 145 million US dollars, everyone would still have doubts about Li Qian's new film targeting the North American market. Some Minghu culture is bragging.
Before "Red Sorghum" achieved an astonishing box office without being a literary film, everyone was still wondering whether Li Qian could really control a "global film" and ensure that he would not hit the street or lose money. skeptical.
But now, in everyone's hearts, Li Qian seems to have thoroughly proved himself.
So, everyone got close to——
If a new film needs investment, you can speak!
What are the suitable roles for the new movie...Supporting roles are of course no problem. It is best to have lines, and it is not completely unacceptable to have no lines. I hope you can consider our company's actors.
After the completion of the new movie, our theater chain will definitely give the highest level of film arrangement treatment!
and so on and so forth.
Most of the people surrounding Jin Han and Han Shunzhang are asking about it. It is said that Hu Culture has won the right to adapt Jin Yong's TV series "Legend of the Condor Heroes", which has been very popular in China in recent years...
Even without this martial arts masterpiece that Minghu Culture is said to be preparing, Minghu Culture has steadily produced about three hit TV dramas with explosive ratings every year in the past two years, and many film and television companies and brokerage companies are incomparable. Enthusiastic - if you can get a role in Minghu Culture's TV series, it will be so cool! Because the TV series produced by Minghu Culture are absolutely popular, and they are especially popular!
Therefore, Han Shunzhang, as the de facto manager of the film and television department of Minghu Culture, is of course the most popular. Jin Han, as the film and television director of Minghu Culture, focuses on movies, and is also extremely popular at the scene.
And even for Lu Lingxi, after the trailer of "Carrying Love to the End" has landed on the first channel of Huaxia TV Station for preheating, and it has been finalized that it will be broadcast by a set of Huaxia TV programs in the summer vacation, as "Huang Feihong" Aunt Thirteen, and the talented and beautiful director in reality, are also quite sought after.
Although "Carrying Love Through to the End" has not yet aired, and we don't know what will happen then, but as Li Qian's teacher during his studies at Suncheon Film Academy, there have been rumors that the two have some underground teacher-student romance, and She is also obviously the next director that Minghu Culture will promote, so if you can get a role in her next play, it would be a wonderful thing to think about!
Then there are...Fu Xuelong, and Qin Jingjing.
Of course, the Silver Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival pushed the two young people to a high position that they hadn't even dared to think about before!
Fu Xuelong is the first Chinese filmmaker in China to win the best photography of the three major European film festivals!
Therefore, if the judging criteria is based entirely on winning awards, it is absolutely no problem to say that he is the best photographer in the Chinese film industry at the moment.
As for the Best Cinematography Award at the Cairo International Film Festival that Qin Wei’s royal photographer Gu Shidao won—please, it’s also called an International Award to put it nicely, but it’s not the same as the Silver Bear Award for Best Cinematography at the Berlin Film Festival. Putting them together together, the style is so far away!
And Qin Jingjing... Many people saw Ming Xiaojing's present in her!
What's more, because of the backing of Li Qian and Minghu culture, in the eyes of many people, as long as Qin Jingjing is not stupid, then when she reaches Ming Xiaojing's age in the future, her achievements and status in the world will definitely surpass Ming Xiaojing's !
No matter how powerful Ming Xiaojing is, he is nothing more than a crown of actresses at the Venice Film Festival on his head. But for many years, he has followed Qin Wei to make literary films. As far as the domestic film market is concerned, everyone believes in her acting skills and knows her strength, but no one dares to trust her box office performance!
But Qin Jingjing is different.
Whether it's Li Qian himself, or the film and television department of the entire Minghu Culture, they are all known for being good at creating hit TV series and blockbuster movies!
In other words, as long as Qin Jingjing hugs her thighs well, her future achievements will definitely not stop at being a best actress at the Berlin Film Festival! She can definitely become the box office leader in Xiaohuadan!
She can even stand shoulder to shoulder with Fu Hongxue and He Yingyu in terms of the film's commercial performance—as long as the box office of the next film can achieve a good result, her commercial value will be discovered quickly, and by then At that time, he was really no worse than Fu Hongxue and He Yingyu!
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At 5:40 p.m., Li Qian showed up with Wang Jinglu, Zhou Mo and He Runqing.
And one in each hand, holding the eldest prince and the little princess of the Li family.
There were thunderous cheers at the scene.
Qin Jingjing, who had just escaped a group of people who didn't want to talk to her and was hiding in the corner with Liao Min secretly eating, was the first to stand up when she saw Li Qian coming.
Everyone applauded, and she followed suit.
The degree of force is so great that the palms hurt after a few strokes.
In the past two or three years, from being down and out to being unattended, and even being forced to drink with others to take advantage of others, to joining Minghu Culture and Li Qian, no one knows better than her what Li Qian brought to her along the way. How many things are there! No one understands better than her how important what Li Qian brought to her is!
At this moment, she looked at Li Qian almost with admiration.
Of course, with a little inexplicable love.
It's just that at this moment, she who was still one of the main focus of the audience just now, including Qi Jie, Jin Han, Han Shunzhang, Fu Xuelong, etc., was instantly ignored by everyone collectively.
All eyes focused on Li Qian.
From the moment they got off the car in the villa, applause rang out.
Admiration, jealousy, excitement, expectation, envy, resentment, appreciation, worship...
wait for everything.
Li Qian came forward proudly with a pair of children in his arms.
Along the way, he nodded frequently to greet his good friend.
Li Shesheng is over two years old, and Xiao Licha is one and a half years old, so neither of them has stage fright at this time.
Two pairs of big black eyes, looking at this person for a while, looking at that person for a while, it is extremely novel and exciting.
However, when Li Qian walked to the steps of the villa, under the thunderous applause, all the people who were standing or sitting in the villa also came out one after another. He Yingyu saw the sound of a small shot, and stretched out her arms like that, the little guy saw it, Immediately wanting to break free, he whimpered, "Hug...hug..."
He Yingyu laughed loudly, and walked over to pick up the little guy.
Seeing this scene, at the same time, Bai Yujing and Qin Jingjing's faces quickly flashed a touch of envy—well, yes, there is no way, Li Shesheng likes this little aunt He Yingyu very much, and especially likes to be hugged by her, It wouldn't work for anyone else.
Oh, by the way, Li Cha really likes Xie Bing.
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Handing over a pair of children, helplessly watching them become cuties that many people are vying to hug, Li Qian turned around, put his hands together, and nodded to the crowd in the villa.
After the applause subsided, Li Qian cleared his throat and said, "Uh... My intention is that I don't like this kind of celebration banquet, celebration reception, etc., because I think I'm still on the way and I still need to work hard. , It’s not time to celebrate! But this time, everyone is very happy. I didn’t expect that the box office of "Red Sorghum" would be so good. Everyone is busy with their own things, and now we just take this opportunity to get together."
Speaking of this, the audience didn't know who was taking the lead, and they started applauding again.
Li Qian smiled, waited for the applause to stop for a while, and continued: "The people here are all acquaintances and friends, and I don't talk so much nonsense. Everyone let go of eating, drinking, and playing, to celebrate Banquet, no taboos! Well, next, on April 20th, our company will have a movie called "Big Star", and the promotion has already begun. Before the release, everyone should help promote it. After the release, everyone can help support the box office !"
Having said that, he clasped his hands again and said with a smile: "Here, I would like to thank everyone in advance!"
As soon as Li Qian finished speaking, Qi Jie, who was standing not far behind him, suddenly said loudly: "If the box office of "Big Wrist" can exceed 300 million, let's still celebrate here!"
With just this sentence, the atmosphere at the scene immediately split up a little.
Some people, most of them from within Minghu Culture, burst into laughter when they heard the words, and some wanted to applaud, but most of the other people were stunned for a moment, then smiled and clapped along.
"Big Whistleblower"?
The work of the notorious Feng Bicheng?
300 million box office?
hehe.
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