Stop it, boss, I’ve never seen a movie made like this.

Chapter 144 144. "Police Story" is released

As the end of the year approaches, the temperature begins to get colder, but people's mood gets better and better.

Nothing else, because the most lively and festive holiday in Xia Kingdom is coming!This is the most special holiday of the year!

People who have been busy for a year rarely have any free time. At this time when they have money and leisure to reunite with their families, they are willing to invest money in entertainment.

So all walks of life mobilized.

Especially for the film industry, the Spring Festival is an unavoidable big period!It is also a battleground for major movies!

It’s not even the end of the year yet, and all kinds of movies are starting to show their strength.

Publicity and marketing, movie trailers, celebrity hype and Spring Festival box office predictions have already appeared overwhelmingly, seizing the opportunity on all major platforms.

Almost all filmmakers will bet their best works on this, expecting to gain box office and fame and fortune. As long as they can stand out in this period, they will become the brightest stars in the next year!
Therefore, the Spring Festival is also the most brutal movie box office battle of the year!
"Boss, according to my research, there are really going to be a lot of movies released during the Spring Festival this year."

"In terms of the main theme, in addition to your "Police Story", there is also "Operation Closing the Net" directed by Su Jinwen. In addition, "Bathroom Exchange", "Mermaid Legend" and "Heroes" have been pre-heated for more than half a year, and there are also must-see movies every year Animated movie "Bear Returns: Bear Three is Born."

"Hollywood also has two imported movies, "Family Man 16" and "Transformer 9." This year, these movies cover various genres, and it's like a fight between gods."

In the company conference room, everyone gathered to discuss the situation of the Spring Festival movies.

Although everyone is confident in their own films, they are also a little frightened when facing so many opponents. After all, they are all experienced directors and no one is a soft persimmon.

Wang Anrou suddenly raised her hand and said: "Director Chen, why don't you change the name of the movie? Police Story is a bit ordinary, but changing it to something more domineering can attract the audience."

This proposal was approved by most people, who all thought that the police story was really ordinary and thought it was some bland documentary.

"What about?" Chen Li asked curiously.

"Well, how about Power Dragon? It matches what the leading actor does, it's powerful and fierce!!" Wang Anrou said proudly.

Chen Li almost spit out a mouthful of water.

If Uncle Long heard this name in his previous life, he would probably get violent and beat someone up. It was because he was so angry at the Hollywood movie "Power Rangers" that he decided to make a police movie of his own.

"Farewell, I think the police story is pretty good." Chen Li rejected it directly.

Everyone was a little regretful and thought the name was quite good.

"By the way, it is said that after Liu Hui was fired by Tiancheng Entertainment, he sold all his cars and houses, scraped together money to shoot a low-cost movie "Rise", and planned to return to the ranks of directors with his small talents."

"Pfft, I can see that he wants to fight to the death."

When Liu Hui was mentioned, everyone couldn't help laughing, and the conference room was filled with happy air.

Because Chen Li pioneered the low-cost way of making movies, and they all have dazzling box office results.

So in the past year, there has been a trend of low-cost filming in the film industry, and pseudo-documentaries have emerged one after another. Movies such as "Aral the Witch", "The Man from the Crypt", "Buried Alive" and so on have been released with great popularity.

But there is no doubt that they all fell into the street.

It was also at this time that the audience realized that Chen Li's level was so high!

Didn't Liu Hui do this because he wanted to imitate Chen Li's road to fame? The key is, can he do it?
On January 1, "Rise" was officially released.

Liu Hui specifically chose to release it before all the blockbuster movies, just to avoid going head-on.

He kept reposting on his scarf to call on everyone to go to the cinema to support his movie. It is definitely an inspirational movie that makes people excited to watch it.Even a week before the release, it was broadcast live on Douyin all night long, and it was almost kowtow to the netizens.

As a result, the box office on the first day was 47, which was a complete success.

Less than three days after its release, it was immediately withdrawn. This amount of money was not even enough to cover the electricity bill of the cinema.

Liu Hui was heartbroken!

The movie failed, went bankrupt, and his wife ran away. That night he went to the roof to enjoy the air. If he hadn't been unable to swallow it in one breath, he would have jumped off.

He looked at the poster that read "Police Story" in big letters on a billboard not far away, feeling a little indignant.

From beginning to end, he felt that he was not at fault, and that it was all caused by that guy Chen Li.

And he was very unwilling to not see him rush to the street this time!
After that, Spring Festival movies began to be released one after another.

Almost all movies had grand premieres, especially Hollywood movies, which obviously cost a lot of money. They were held directly at the Capital Grand Theater. The scale was so large that even the directors and starring actors all flew to Xia Kingdom to promote it.

Sincerity is so great that the box office on the day of the premiere directly exceeded 4.5 million, which is far ahead for the time being.

Followed closely by "Life Exchange" and "Heroes", also with 3.1 million and 2.9 million respectively, the distance is not too far apart, both sides bite very tightly, while "Legend of Mermaid" obviously collapsed.

Although the movie had 2.46 million on its first day, its reputation did not meet the audience's expectations, and it will definitely be left behind in the future.

As for Su Jinwen's "Operation Closing the Net", although it only had a box office of less than 1.8 million, its reputation has been counterattacked. This main theme movie is different from the previous ones. It is not as ugly as people imagined, and it is even a bit amazing.

The box office will definitely continue to pick up after that.

Even so, this Spring Festival movie has been an eye-opener for movie fans and it is very enjoyable to watch.

If you know that movie fans' energy and money are limited, basically being able to watch two movies at the same time is pretty good.

Therefore, if the quality of the early movies is very high, it will greatly drain the audience's emotions. Later, they will enter the sage time and temporarily lose interest in the movie.

In this case, the release of "Police Story" seems to be a bit uncertain.

2 month 1 day.

"Police Story" is officially released.

This time, Chen Li held an unprecedented premiere event. Basically, no invitations were required. Many big names in the industry came to support the event. The media almost started fighting to get in.

Let’s not talk about whether the movie is good or not. The fact that Chen Li is standing there is a hot topic in the news.

But what is surprising is that in addition to the main creative team, there are also officials coming to the stage this time. Huang Rui from the Ministry of Culture and Zhou Yeli, the city police chief, also came to the scene.

Interested people are surprised. It seems that the official confidence in this movie is very high this time!
During the actors' narration session, Zhou Cheng, Liu Wanxin, and Ning Chuqing even laughed and scolded Chen Li for being a tyrant on the set, causing the audience to burst into laughter.

In the peaceful atmosphere, only Liu Hui, wearing a mask, sat in the back row and watched coldly.

He didn't believe that he would always live in Chen Li's shadow! !

soon.

The lights dimmed and the movie started.

(End of this chapter)