Two days before New Year's Day, Yang Ming gave the crew three days off to let everyone take a rest.

Most of the crew did not go home, but stayed in the Lion City to relax for a few days. After all, flying back and forth was too tiring.

However, Yang Ming still flew back to Yanjing.

"Liu Changqing" is about to be officially released. Now Lu Wansong, Ji Feihong and others are brought to the United States by Barber to cooperate with the promotion, which suddenly disrupts the domestic premiere plan. In desperation, Liu Xinsheng discussed with Yang Ming and could only let Yang Ming

Come back to the rescue.

There can't be a movie premiere without all the main creative staff being present.

Although Yang Ming is not an actor or a director, but a screenwriter, his reputation is enough.

Compared with Barber who worked hard to promote this movie in the United States, it was much easier in China. Liu Xinsheng just promoted it according to his previous plan.

In addition, theaters are very cooperative in arranging films. Although "Liu Changqing" does not have a star cast, due to Oriental DreamWorks' brand name and Yang Ming's reputation as a gold medal screenwriter, each theater chain has arranged for "Liu Changqing" to be released in many theaters.

this movie.

The same is true for the East Asian film market.

In addition, Liu Xinsheng, on behalf of Yang Ming, negotiated with Ji Anmin to acquire most of his shares in Nanyang Xinhua Zhongyuan Film, which owns Xinhua's number one theater chain. Then, through Ji Anmin's matchmaking, Yang Ming acquired

A theater chain in Luzon.

In this way, Yang Ming owns two extremely important theater companies in the entire Nanyang movie lion city.

The entire layout of Oriental DreamWorks has been greatly improved at once.

Now, Yang Ming is trying to prepare to acquire cinema chains in North Korea and Japan, and then integrate them with Donghai Cinemas, in which he holds the majority of shares. Once the integration is completed, Donghai Cinemas will be the largest cinema chain company in East Asia.

However, negotiations between North Korea and Japan have made no progress yet.

Yang Ming could only wait patiently.

Oriental DreamWorks is no longer the shabby state it was when it was first established four years ago. Resources are scarce and it requires a large profit share to distribute movies in order to gain recognition from theaters.

Nowadays, every movie released by Oriental DreamWorks has various theater companies rushing to cooperate, and the conditions are quite favorable.

There is no way, most of the movies produced by Oriental DreamWorks are hits, and few fail at the box office.

In addition, with Donghai Cinemas as a trump card, Liu Xinsheng can have sufficient confidence to negotiate and cooperate with other cinema chain companies.

Yang Ming hurried back to Yanjing. After a day's rest, he attended the premiere of "Liu Changqing" in Yanjing. Many reporters came and almost turned the premiere into his personal press conference.

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Although he didn't answer many other questions at the premiere, even so, those reporters got a lot of useful news materials.

After all, "Liu Changqing" itself is a topical news item.

"Liu Changqing" was released worldwide at the same time.

East Asia and the United States are all showing large-scale screenings. Due to previous planning and time factors, Europe has no time to adjust the film schedule, so it can only conduct small-scale test screenings according to the previous plan.

If the box office results are good, I believe those theater companies will definitely expand the scale of screenings.

After the premiere of "Liu Changqing", it immediately detonated the New Year's Day box office market, kicking off the New Year's Day movie war.

At the same time, on the second day after the premiere, various entertainment media also published reviews of the film, and there was endless praise.

Especially in China, Liu Xinsheng did not do a test screening as Barber did in the United States, so it was the first time for local movie fans to see this movie.

After the movie was screened, fans responded very strongly and received rave reviews.

"Watch a century of sorrow in "Liu Changqing"! The humiliation in the late Qing Dynasty will always be a piece of history that every Chinese son and daughter should remember. It reminds us to be prepared for danger in times of peace and not to forget that we will be beaten if we fall behind. The beginning of the movie is a dialogue that laments the situation and the current situation.

, people can’t help but go back to that humiliating and bitter era.”

"The series of unequal treaties signed between the Qing court and the foreign powers made me feel excited, igniting the fire in the hearts of every Chinese. As the story develops, the film shows the foreign powers shooting and killing Chinese people and defrauding them of money.

The scene of "Piggy" going to Jinshan to work as a coolie also shows the scenes of bullying villains like the Shahe Gang and the Qing court officials who are weak externally but fierce internally. The depressive atmosphere of the entire era permeates the scene."

"Although this movie is a kung fu movie, it is one of the few movies with a soul. The content is not all about fighting and killing. There are two things worthy of attention. One is the villain who confronts Liu Changqing at the end of the movie.

——Shandong martial arts master Yan Zhendong. To be precise,

Yan Zhendong is not an absolute villain. At the beginning, he was just a martial artist who lived in Foshan from Shandong and made a living by performing arts. His experience is a process of turbulent times, when a person's soul is swallowed up by the environment, and his personality is distorted.

, and did many unconscionable things.”

"In the end, when faced with his disciple's questioning, he could only sigh helplessly: "You can't help yourself when you are in the world." This sentence sounds very emotional, and it is also a portrayal of too many people in this world."

"When a person is about to die, his words are also good. Yan Zhendong's last words must have had an impact on Liu Changqing. This brings us to the second point worth paying attention to in this movie, the collision of Chinese and Western cultures and the changes in Liu Changqing's thoughts before and after.

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"A dialogue arranged by the director at the end of the movie is also quite meaningful. Qing court officials looked at the sea full of ships of the great powers in the distance and asked doubtfully: "Golden Mountain? Is there really a golden mountain in this world?" Wuyou Novel Network does not

Jump word. Liu Changqing replied: "If there is a golden mountain in this world, why do these foreign ships come to our port? Maybe we are already standing on a golden mountain."

"Perhaps, Liu Changqing in the play is the soul of a healthy country in Yang Ming's heart - not to belittle oneself, not to be complacent."

As a well-known film critic, Mr. Meng Su wrote a long review after watching this movie and published it on his personal page in the media the next day. It immediately attracted heated discussions from countless movie fans.

Reading between the lines, Mr. Meng spoke very highly of "Liu Changqing", but his interpretation focused more on the national sentiments contained in the film itself.

As for the action scenes in the movie, I only briefly mention them.

But Mr. Meng’s admiration for this movie cannot be denied.

Zhou Qingyun, who is as famous as Mr. Meng, also gave high marks to "Liu Changqing" in his personal special page in the media. He praised the film very much, saying that this film captures the unyielding spirit in a man's heart!

"First of all, I think this is a classic. The key is not how exciting the martial arts action is, but the depth of the story - the film extensively and incisively reflects the chaos of the late Qing Dynasty, and Liu Changqing as a

A martial artist carries not only a few sets of boxing formulas and unique skills, but also national justice and patriotic sentiments. Facing the chaotic times of the late Qing Dynasty, Liu Changqing showed his persistence in principles and rational cognition, which is the chivalry displayed by a martial artist in times of national crisis.

the highest realm.”

"The history of the late Qing Dynasty is like a pot of mud. Various ideological trends are impacting, and various forces are emerging. They are no match for foreigners!"

"This is a true martial arts film. The righteousness of chivalry is not a simple confrontation between good and evil in the world, but an insistence on principles based on social reality. Today, it can still become the code of conduct for an aspiring person. A chivalrous heart can never be surpassed in any era.

At this time, this is also the spiritual belief that China needs and lacks at the moment."

"In addition, the theme song of this movie, "Men Should Be Strong" composed by Yang Ming, fits the theme of this movie very well, and Yang Ming's talent is once again fully demonstrated."

Like Mr. Meng, Zhou Qingyun did not use too much pen and ink to evaluate the action and martial arts in "Liu Changqing", but further explored the profound meaning of this martial arts film set in the late Qing Dynasty!

As well-known film critics, Mr. Meng and Zhou Qingyun must be more literary and artistic than others.

In fact, the entire film critic group has this little problem to a greater or lesser extent.

But in the eyes of other film companies, they did not focus on the lofty meaning of the movie, but on the elegant and elegant martial arts design throughout the movie.

Especially after the box office results came out that day, many film companies were shocked and began to study "Liu Changqing".

The box office on the day of the premiere in China: 75 million yuan!

Due to the time difference, the time in the United States is earlier than that in China, so the premiere box office data in the United States has not yet been calculated.

After all domestic film companies got the box office data of "Liu Changqing" on its premiere day, their eyes were wide open and they were in disbelief.

They all couldn't believe this box office figure. It was a movie that they had not taken seriously before, but it achieved box office results on the first day of its premiere.

New Year's Day is a very important period for the local film market.

Although it cannot make it in time for the Spring Festival, it is still very important. Many film companies are targeting this period. As for the Spring Festival period when blockbusters are packed together, they would not even dare to think about it.

In this year's New Year's Day period, "Liu Changqing" released by Oriental DreamWorks did not attract the attention of other film companies at first.

For other film companies, as long as Oriental DreamWorks' films are not directed and starred by Yang Ming, there won't be much of a problem; even if other films can achieve good box office results, they will never be as perverted as Yang Ming's.

It broke box office records at every turn, swept away other movies of the same period, and overwhelmed other blockbusters.

Therefore, after the release date of "Liu Changqing" was announced, it was not taken seriously by other film companies. As long as Yang Ming is not a pervert, everything else doesn't matter.

But now looking at the first-day box office data of "Liu Changqing", it seems something is seriously wrong.

75 million yuan, although it cannot keep up with the pervert Yang Ming, it is definitely a box office result that can be achieved at the blockbuster level. Even the first-day box office of many blockbusters cannot catch up with "Liu Changqing".

Seeing this box office result, all the companies that had movies released during the New Year's Day period were immediately anxious.

Originally, they were worried because "Liu Changqing" had become the focus of media public opinion, fearing that the movie would become an instant hit and threaten their movie, which was released on New Year's Day.

Now that their expectations have turned into reality, these film companies can't help but be dumbfounded.

However, there's more to it than that.

Even if "Liu Changqing" became the focus of media reports and the object of social discussion due to accidental factors, because the cast members are not big-name stars, its box office appeal is indeed much lower than those of blockbusters.

Although Lu Wansong, who directed this movie, has rich experience, in the eyes of movie fans, he is no better than a newcomer.

Ji Feihong may be remembered by many movie fans because of a few movies, but he is just in his early years, and there is indeed a big gap between his personal reputation and that of a famous superstar.

Although Xu Xiaoxi has become a national idol due to several idol dramas, she has not made many achievements in movies.

With the three main creators like this, you can imagine the other members of the crew.

Basically they are not big-name actors.

Therefore, even if "Liu Changqing" achieved good box office results on its premiere day, it is not yet a first-choice must-see movie for movie fans during the New Year's Day.

But now after the movie premiered, it received rave reviews and heated discussions, and it immediately attracted the attention of countless movie fans.
To be continued...