Entering the Chinese entertainment industry is like entering a deep sea

Chapter 619 Finale
This is the first time that Leon has participated in a Chinese film opening ceremony.

It feels like everything I see is new.

Whether it was the camera covered by the red veil or the three incense sticks lighting the lamp, he watched them with great interest.

Many media and crew members were gathered around the scene.

Li Chen, along with Liu Yifei, Leon, Huang Xiaoming, Reba and other main creators, walked slowly forward and began the three-incense worship.

Li Chen was seen wearing a bright red jacket, holding three incense sticks and standing in front of the main creators.

Leon really wanted to ask Liu Yifei why Li Chen was the only one wearing a bright red coat today.

But when I turned around, I saw that the Chinese people around me all had serious faces and I was suddenly unable to ask.

I could only follow everyone else’s example and bow three times.

After burning incense, Li Chen walked to the camera, lifted the red veil and said loudly: "I declare: "Vientiane Island". Start shooting!"

Liu Yifei, Reba, Huang Xiaoming, Yu Wenle, Yin Xiaotian and many other crew members applauded and shouted: "Good luck to the start of filming! Good luck to the start of filming!"

Leon seemed to be infected by the atmosphere, and the corners of his mouth curled up: "(English) Crystal, why do I feel like we are not shooting a movie, but attending your mafia gathering!"

"Li is our big boss!"

Liu Yifei smiled and glanced at her husband who was dressed festively today: "Yes, they look alike."

When it came to the photo session, Tong Gang pulled Li Chen aside and kept talking: "Your project is taken very seriously, and all requests for you have been green-lighted."

"The higher-ups also hope to use your project to showcase the image and heritage of our soldiers. Although the helicopter is not the most advanced, the battle scenes you need must be the most stunning."

Tong Gang's eyes were filled with excitement, but he only said half of the words.

Li Chen looked at him doubtfully. The appearance of the Z-9 was stunning enough, but the scenes in the play where the helicopters fought monsters required editing of real battle scenes.

The helicopter raid scene in the previous film "Skull Island" is said to be an edited version of the footage of the Americans fighting the Vietnam War in "Apocalypse Now".

Li Chen has also applied for this with China Film Group and the bureau.

Tong Gang's excited expression at this time made Li Chen even more curious.

This curiosity continued until the Z-10 attack helicopter was first unveiled at the end of the year air show.

"Understood, Director Tong, don't worry, I have already split the crew into two groups and act separately."

"We have already left for Guilin to build the exterior scenes, and we will also leave for Australia's Gold Coast tomorrow to shoot."

Most of the filming of "Vientiane Island" was done on location in Guilin, Guangxi.

Interior shooting only accounts for a small part of the beginning and can be completed in Beijing.

Many media present today were concerned about the true appearance of the pandas.

"Director Li, is it time to show our protagonist now?"

"Yes, Director Li, don't hide it, we can't wait!"

"Take it out quickly." The media reporters said one after another.

Even several other producers are equally curious.

Ye Ning stood beside Han Sanping and said with a smile: "Boss Han, have you met him?"

Han Sanping nodded: "I have seen it."

Ye Ning said with a smile: "Don't mention the media, even Director Wang and Director Ren, I just asked them, they are also curious about how big this panda is."

Before Ye Ning finished speaking, he saw a giant poster slowly falling from the roof of the studio not far away.

Ye Ning immediately exclaimed: "It's really big."

After the opening ceremony, Li Chen finally unveiled the concept poster of "Panda: Vientiane Island" at the urging of the media.

Many media, on-site creators, and several producers were all amazed.

In the giant poster in front of him, he could see a gigantic monster standing upright in the sunset.

Why is it huge? Because in the entire poster, there are eight flying helicopters in front of it, like eight little dragonflies.

The round sun in the center of the poster is actually a head shorter than this monster.

The height of the hills in the distance is only as high as its calves.

“This must be about 40 to 50 meters high, right?”

"Director Li, is this a panda?"

"How high is this?"

“Can such a huge creature be made realistic?”

Media reporters were talking about it.

The actors also teased each other.

"After seeing this poster, I can almost imagine how the opponent will act." Huang Xiaoming pinched his chin and said with a smile.

Reba opened her mouth slightly and said: "It's so big, I wonder if I'm even a hair taller than it in the photo."

Liu Yifei couldn't help but chuckled, hugged Reba and teased: "Don't worry, I'm 100% sure that you are taller than its hair."

Everyone laughed, and Reba felt a little embarrassed: "Sister Fei."

Li Chen stood in the middle and introduced with a smile: "I can tell you with certainty that it is a panda. It is 39 meters tall and is not yet an adult!"

Everyone was delighted, and the Sina reporter immediately said, "Director Li, a minor is 39 meters tall, so how tall would an adult be?"

"Yes, Director Li, the sky won't burst, will it?"

Li Chen was also amused and said with a smile: "Whether it can grow to adulthood depends on whether people like the photos, but I can tell you that when it grows to adulthood, its height will be over 100 meters."

Everyone was amazed again.

We all know what Li Chen means. Box office success is the factor that determines whether there will be a sequel to the movie and whether the giant pandas can grow up.

A lively opening ceremony ended successfully.

Li Chen sent off several leaders and producers one by one.

Wang Changtian was the last one to leave, but the smile on his face never left his face.

"After seeing this concept poster today, I have more confidence in our project!"

"Isn't it that I feel more confident? Is it that my heart is finally at peace?"

Wang Changtian blushed and laughed: "That's impossible, brother! My trust in you is stronger than the Great Wall!"

Li Chen snorted, and Wang Changtian also changed
After seeing Wang Changtian off, Li Chen returned to Studio No. 1, the largest studio in Zhizhen Painting Art Dream Factory.

In this studio which is as big as a basketball court, the green screen has been set up and the actors are chatting and laughing in groups of three or four.

A model of the Z-9 aircraft that is almost indistinguishable from the real thing is extremely conspicuous.

The actors were full of curiosity about "Vientiane Island".

When Li Chen led them to study the script, there was a sentence that everyone remembered clearly.

In this play, everything depends on imagination, because we don’t have Vientiane Island and no monsters.

Huang Xiaoming's hard work in learning English came in handy.

The communication with Liu Yifei and Leon was quite smooth.

Phoenix News reported

"After half a year of preparation, Ip Man 4 finally received substantial news today. Director Lu Yang confirmed on Weibo that Ip Man 4 will officially start shooting on April 4." "According to the official website of Rongchen Pictures, another comic adaptation directed by Lu Yang, Kowloon Walled City, has completed all post-production and submitted for review. Rongchen Pictures also announced that Kowloon Walled City will be released on November 19, locking in the Lunar New Year holiday in advance."

Sina Entertainment News

"Search" is scheduled to be released on July 7, Chen Kaige said with a smile that Chinese films should not be like complaining women."

"Chen Kaige's new film "Search" is scheduled to be released on July 7. The film is produced by New Classics Media and 6st Century Shengkai Pictures."

"Gao Yuanyuan, Yao Chen, Zhao Youting, Chen Hong, Wang Xueqi, Wang Luodan, Chen Ran, and Zhang Yi starred in the film. The film company recently released the film's red and black theme concept posters in both Chinese and English."

China Film Report
"The action-adventure blockbuster "Panda: Vientiane Island", jointly produced by Rongchen Pictures, China Film Group, Shanghai Film Group, Wanda Film Group, and Light Media, officially held its opening ceremony in Beijing today."

"Tong Gang from the Film Bureau, Han Sanping from China Film Group, Ren Zhonglun from Shanghai Film Group and others attended the opening ceremony of Panda: Vientiane Island."

"In this concept poster just released by the film company, a giant beast with an unclear face but a body that encompasses the world stands in the middle."

"According to director Li Chen, this giant beast is the protagonist of Vientiane Island: the panda, which is 39 meters tall when underage and can reach meters when grown up."

With just a concept poster, "Panda Vientiane Island" has caused heated discussions on the Internet.

It even topped the real-time hot search list.

"One floor is about 3 meters high, so 39 meters is as high as a -story building!"

"Oh my goodness, this is five times taller than the King Kong in King Kong 2005!"

"Leo is awesome, I hope the movie doesn't turn out to be as misleading as the snake in 'White Snake'."

"Is this a panda? Are you sure this isn't a giant spirit?"

The release date of "Kowloon Walled City" made Qin Hong of Star Media completely relieved.

He is not Lu Chuan, whose mouth is as big as Ba Wan's.

No matter what the release date is, this movie is made for Chinese audiences.

Qin Hong wished he could enjoy a week-long ghost period like in “The Hunger Games”, it would be best if there was no competition.

Some people care about Lu Yang's "Kowloon Walled City", while others don't care at all.

It’s not the work of Li Chen and Zhang Yimou.

Like Whisper and An Li, Whisper's "1942" has just finished filming, and An Li's "Life of Pi" on Fox has also completed post-production.

The Wang brothers held their breath and vowed to dominate this year's Lunar New Year and Spring Festival movie seasons.

The Lunar New Year period is Feng Xiaogang's home turf, while the Spring Festival period is reserved for Zhou Xingchi.

Li Chen only has one "Kowloon Walled City" to be broadcast, and at most one more "Bridget Jones" starring Xue Xiaolu. Wang Zhonglei feels that Huayi is sure to win this time.

"Master Xing, can the post-production of Journey to the West be completed as scheduled?" To be on the safe side, Wang Zhonglei even went to Hong Kong Island to meet with Stephen Chow.

He spent 8800 million real money and was much more nervous than Stephen Chow.

"1942" already had a problem with Zhang Mo, which caused Huayi's stock price to fluctuate significantly. "Journey to the West" couldn't dare to have any more trouble, otherwise Wang Zhonglei would feel like jumping off a building.

"It should be no problem, Mr. Wang." Zhou Xingxing didn't say much.

"Don't worry, Mr. Wang, you have to come here in person for this matter. You can just make a phone call." Tian Qiwen said with a smile.

"That's fine, that's fine."

On the 23rd, the Beijing Film Festival opened grandly.

After participating in the Beijing Film Festival and CCTV's "Dialogue" program, the "Vientiane Island" crew will set off for Guilin.

Ning Hao's "The Golden Robbery" was also moved up one day and released nationwide on the same day.

The global box office of "The Hunger Games" has exceeded 7 million US dollars, far surpassing the 3 million US dollars of "The Hunger Games".

But in the domestic box office, it still lost to "The Broken Ship".
The former barely broke 5 million within one month of its release, while the latter broke million in its first week.

Even Cameron and Murdoch were surprised.

Murdoch even held a unique celebration party for Fox in Beijing.

The two old men certainly didn't expect that the world's largest voting base for 3D Broken Ship was not in North America, not in France, but in China.

Li Chen was helpless about this and could only say that Chinese people are too nostalgic.

The media reported one after another about girls born in the 80s who booked the entire theater to watch the broken ship.

The interior shooting of "Vientiane Island" was completed two days ago.

There aren't many parts that test my acting skills, they're just some normal dialogues, so the filming went smoothly.

Several leading actors invited to attend the Beijing Film Festival, like Huang Xiaoming, Leon and Li Chen, will rush to Guilin after the film festival.

"If the media asks me why The Hunger Games lost to Titanic in China, how should I answer?" On the car to the film festival, Liu Yifei asked Li Chen for advice.

Li Chen thought for a moment before saying, "It's up to you. It doesn't matter how you answer."

"In fact, we did lose at home, but it wasn't because of you."

"After all, in China, The Hunger Games doesn't have the support of the original fans. It all depends on your personal popularity to fight against that broken ship. Achieving 500 million is already ideal."

Liu Yifei nodded. In fact, she was already very satisfied with 500 million.

Many of her die-hard fans and fan clubs even fought against the sinking ship. You booked the entire theater, and I booked the entire theater too.

You book one show, I'll book two.

"Then I'll say whatever I want to say. If I say something wrong, you can't blame me!"

Li Chen laughed: "Don't blame you, blame myself. Who made me choose this time slot?"

Liu Yifei smiled gently and leaned in Li Chen's arms intimately: "It's not your fault. You are not a god. How could you have expected that it would suddenly be released in April."

Li Chen gently stroked Miss Liu's hair, looked out of the car, and murmured, "I'm not a god?"

This year's Beijing International Film Festival is divided into two parts: 'Red Carpet Ceremony' and 'Light and Shadow Gilding'.

At this time, many big names from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong have walked on the red carpet of the National Convention Center.

For example, Liu Dehua, Ye Dexian, Zhou Runfa, Fan Qiaoqiao, Zhang Ziyi, Wu Junmei, Wang Lihong, Wu Yanzu and others.

This is just a small part. According to information released by the organizers, there are more than 300 guests and more than stars.

It can be said to be the strongest lineup in the domestic film festival.

Li Chen looked at the quiet Miss Liu in his arms, feeling inexplicably dazed.

In the red carpet order of her previous life, Miss Liu was ahead of Zhang Ziyi and Fan Qiaoqiao.

Even in the guest list, he is ranked behind these two.

But today, Miss Liu was the last to appear.

Today, Miss Liu is wearing a rose-red vintage floor-length dress, her skin is as white as snow, and the Bulgari high-end custom jewelry around her neck is sparkling.

With her hair tied gently behind her head, she looks like she has walked out of a painting.

"What are you looking at?" As if she felt her husband's burning gaze, Miss Liu raised her head slightly.

Li Chen smiled and said, "Of course it depends on you."

"Your beauty will surely bloom in the National Convention Center tonight."

"All the international style and international status will be eclipsed"

Liu Yifei's cheeks were slightly red, and a smile flashed across the corners of her mouth: "You are so talkative. You just say nice things to coax me."

(End of this chapter)