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Chapter 983 Beijing Film Festival

"The pre-sale of "Changjin Lake" far exceeded that of "Fathers", and the pre-sale results on the first day exceeded 4.5 million, surpassing "The Wandering Earth."

"The main theme war blockbuster "Changjin Lake" co-directed by Li Mu, Zhang Yi and Chen Kaige has exceeded 4.5 million in pre-sales on the first day, creating history."

"The pre-sale box office of "Changjin Lake" exceeded 45000 million, locking in the first-day championship of the National Day!"

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As pre-sale results came out, the reports were almost unanimously positive.

The birth of a new record has made the industry extremely excited, because this achievement has the potential to create a super box office blockbuster.

The popularity of a movie can drive the entire market and even increase the capital market's overall valuation of the industry.

After the Spring Festival, the market has been lacking a movie like this to boost confidence.

Now it's here.

At this moment, even Zhang Yi and Chen Kaige in the group seemed a little excited.

"I didn't expect so many audiences like this kind of movie?" Brother Chen Kai said with some emotion.

"The pressure is high. The audience's expectations are high."

Although Zhang Yi was happy, he also thought that if the performance did not meet expectations, the audience's scolding would be like dandelions, which would be everywhere when the wind blew.

"Senior Brother, do you still feel this pressure after all these years?" Li Mu saw the conversation between the two and replied immediately.

"Hahaha, that's true. I'm used to being scolded over the years."

Hearing what Zhang Yi said, Brother Chen Kai pursed his lips. If we talk about being scolded harshly, who can be as harsh as him when he was filming "The Promise"?

However, due to face, Brother Chen Kai did not mention it in the group.

The premiere of "Changjin Lake" is scheduled for September 9, but this day will not be the first day that "Changjin Lake" faces the audience.

Because Li Mu has received an invitation letter from the Imperial City Film Bureau, "Changjin Lake" has been selected as the opening film of this year's Beijing Film Festival.

The opening ceremony of the Beijing Film Festival is on September 9st, which also means that the first batch of moviegoers will watch this movie on September 21st.

As a member of the main creative team, Li Mu naturally has to participate in this Beijing Film Festival.

For this reason, the filming of Li Mu's scenes was accelerated these days, and on the afternoon of September 9, Li Mu flew back to the capital.

The little boy was naturally very happy, but he was a little confused, "Dad, where is Mom?"

"Mom still needs to work, and it will be done soon, just wait a few more weeks." Li Mu smiled and touched the little bun's head.

"Oh, okay then." The little bun nodded, then asked Li Mu for his phone, ready to make a video call to Liu Yifei.

The next day, the 11th Imperial Capital International Film Festival arrived as scheduled.

The opening ceremony was held at the Yanqi Lake International Convention and Exhibition Center in the imperial capital.

As the most popular international film festival in China, its standards are naturally the highest.

Li Mu also attended the event in formal attire, but before this time Liu Yifei would usually straighten his collar or something, and Li Mu was not used to it because of missing this step.

I even sent a text message before going out.

Liu Yifei, who was far away in Yunnan, took out her mobile phone during a break and couldn't help but burst out laughing when she saw Li Mu's text message.

"What's wrong, Sissi? What's so funny?"

Xing Aina came and went frequently. After sending her children to school, she came here for vacation again. When she saw Liu Yifei suddenly smile, she couldn't help but feel curious.

"No, Ah Mu said that no one had fixed his collar for him for a while, and he was not used to it." Li Mu laughed softly. "Look at you, look at Director Li, he is still feeling emotional, look at you."

When Xing Aina heard this, she lightly kicked Ning Hao, who was lying on the director's chair beside her.

Ning Hao kept his mouth shut and had no intention of responding to this matter. It was difficult to answer this question and it was uncomfortable. The best way was to not answer it.

The main principle is not to say that it is good.

On the other side, Li Mu greeted everyone in the crew, and then someone else greeted them as well.

Li Mu thought the voice was familiar, and when he looked up, it was Gong Li.

At this moment, Brother Chen Kai took the opportunity to take a look at Zhang Yi's expression, and saw that there was no change at all. Instead, he smiled and seemed a little disappointed.

"This old man has really good acting skills."

Brother Chen Kai sighed inwardly, he really didn't believe that Zhang Yimou was really as dull as water.

Zhang Yi stood up and keenly noticed Chen Kai's sneak glance, and muttered in his heart, "This old Chen, he still wants to laugh at me."

However, Li Mu noticed all the changes in the two people, and he smiled secretly without saying much.

"Sister Gong Li, congratulations. It's a pity that I don't have any movies to put here, so I wasted the opportunity." Li Mu responded to Gong Li's greeting with a faint smile.

The chairman of the international jury for the Tiantan Award is Gong Li, and the jury also includes Chen Kun, Chen Zhengdao, and Zhang Songwen.
Zhang Songwen and Li Mu were very familiar with each other, and they chatted for a while after being silent.

The opening of the red carpet has to be initiated by Gong Li and other judges, which is also part of the process.

"Changjin Lake", as a blockbuster movie and also the opening film, was arranged after the judges.

Behind "Changjin Lake" is the crew of "The Rescue".

However, the female lead of the crew did not show up. Instead, the second female lead Tong Liya came to participate in the Beijing Film Festival. When she saw Li Mu, she nodded and greeted him, but did not come over.

After the red carpet show began, the audience on both sides could no longer contain their excitement and began to cheer.

However, compared with previous years, due to the epidemic, the number of people at this year's Beijing Film Festival was well controlled and not so crowded.

But the cheers were still very loud.

Li Mu, Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige and almost all the main creators including Wu Jing, Huang Xiaoming, Zhu Yawen, Hu Jun and others appeared on the stage.

"Changjin Lake" also has the crew with the largest number of creative staff at this year's Beijing Film Festival.

But the audience didn’t think it was too big. Instead, they clamored for everyone to stay a little longer.

The red carpet of the Beijing Film Festival has always been quite long, and people who entered the venue started chatting in groups of three or four.

However, as the opening film of this year's Beijing Film Festival, when the screening came, almost everyone's eyes were looking over.

Not only the audience behind the scenes, but even people in the industry are extremely curious about this movie.

As the deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Imperial City Committee and the director of the Municipal Film Bureau, Wang Jiequn naturally had to make a summary speech for the opening film:

"This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China and the 71st anniversary of the Chinese People's Volunteers' participation in the Korean War.

During the Battle of Changjin Lake, the People's Volunteer Army turned the entire situation on the Korean battlefield around with its iron will and heroic fighting spirit.

As a key work to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, the major revolutionary historical film "The Battle at Lake Changjin" is a heroic tribute to the revolutionary martyrs by filmmakers using images to commemorate the past and the present, and a gift to the Party on its 100th birthday.

In order to prepare this gift, under the promotion of the Central Propaganda Department and the State Film Administration, Mengying Media, Bona Film Group and Bayi Film Studio spent two years preparing and creating, and only then did they achieve today's results."

(End of this chapter)