Entertainment: Who still wants to fall in love when there are cheats?

Chapter 211 Booting up

The film "Love is Not Blind" was completed and then sent to the Film Bureau for review.

The movie "Love is Not Blind" didn't have any sensitive parts, so the review process was actually quite simple. The Film Bureau raised a few minor issues, which were not problems. Li Boda made some minor modifications, and the movie successfully passed the review.

After the review is approved, the release date for the movie "Love is Not Blind" will be set.

When asked about movie release dates, Li Boda's first thought was to check which movies were scheduled for release in December.

After all, the Lunar New Year film season is indeed the best film season at present, and almost all high-grossing films are released during this time.

However, when Li Boda saw the movie that was going to be released in December, he frowned slightly.

Shaolin Temple, a movie starring Andy Lau and Jackie Chan.

Shaolin Temple was already a very popular IP.

After all, that movie, "Shaolin Temple," was incredibly popular back then.

When "Shaolin Temple" was first released, movie tickets cost about one cent each, but the film managed to gross over 100 million yuan at the box office despite such a low price.

Admittedly, "Shaolin Temple" has a very long run in theaters, meaning you can see it all year round.

Admittedly, at that time, there were very few movies, and audiences had no other films to watch.

While there are various factors at play, it is undeniable that almost everyone in China has seen the movie "Shaolin Temple".

In other words, the "Shaolin" IP is widely known. As long as the promotion is good enough and the quality of the film itself is strong enough, the box office performance of this film will definitely be good.

To be honest, Li Boda couldn't quite understand why the lead actor in "Shaolin" wasn't Jet Li. If it were Jet Li, the movie would definitely be more popular, and more people would be willing to go to the cinema to watch it.

Besides "Shaolin", there is also Feng Gangpao's "If You Are the One 2".

Needless to say, this movie will definitely do well at the box office. It's Feng Gangpao's comedy, and the second one at that, with the first one as a foundation.

In fact, before filming began for "If You Are the One 2," Feng Gangpao had extended an invitation to Li Boda to participate in the film, given that Li Boda had previously acted in "If You Are the One 1." However, Li Boda declined the offer.

After all, although Li Boda has acted in fewer movies and TV series, he has become even busier due to his company, laboratory, and directing work, and simply has no time to participate in the filming of "If You Are the One 2".

Besides "If You Are the One 2", there's also "Let the Bullets Fly" starring Jiang Wen in December.

It goes without saying that Jiang Wen's movies will definitely do well at the box office. As long as his movies aren't too amateurish, with Jiang Wen's fame, this movie will easily gross two or three hundred million. Well, this is Li Boda's current estimate, after all, he hasn't seen the movie "Let the Bullets Fly".

Also, there's Chen Kaige's "Sacrifice." Admittedly, Chen Kaige's films seem to get worse with each one.

However, the film "Farewell My Concubine" has built up too much of a reputation for Chen Kaige, so even a film like "The Promise" wouldn't have a significant impact on him.

With the release of his film "Sacrifice", the film will definitely be a hit and the box office will be excellent. It will easily gross 100 to 200 million yuan. In fact, if the quality of "Sacrifice" is even slightly better, it could easily gross 300 to 400 million yuan.

In addition, there is Xiao Shenyang's "The Laughing Jianghu".

Although Xiao Shenyang isn't as popular as he was last year, and the previous film "A Simple Noodle Story" somewhat damaged his fame, the box office performance of "The Great Laughing Swordsman" is unlikely to be great, but it won't be too bad either.

These movies practically dominated the entire month of December.

Although Li Boda is quite confident about the movie "Love is Not Blind".

After all, the film itself is of good quality, and the director has a track record of having two successful films before, so the film should have enough appeal when it is released.

However, Li Boda was reluctant to focus his energy on promoting the movie "Love is Not Blind".

Li Boda now hopes to make the movie "Infinite Terror".

Therefore, Li Boda did not intend to get involved in the promotion of "Love is Not Blind" or other work himself. Instead, he decided to hand these tasks over to Sister Wang and the distribution company.

In that case, why not avoid the highly competitive month of December and release the movie in November, for example, on November 11th, Singles' Day? That would seem like a fun idea.

Ultimately, the release date for the movie "Love is Not Blind" was set for November 11th. With the release date set, the next step, naturally, was the promotion of the film.

After the release date of the movie "Love is Not Blind" was announced, Sister Wang began to hype it up.

Meanwhile, no other domestic film companies or film production companies have taken any action against this film, such as blocking its promotion or changing the release dates of other films to compete with "Love is Not Blind."

On the one hand, Li Boda, as a director, already has two successful films, so targeting him further would not be very meaningful or effective.

The idea that other movies would be released around the same time as the film "Love is Not Blind" on November 11th, and then have their promotions overshadow "Love is Not Blind," is simply unrealistic. It's safe to say that this has never happened before in the Chinese film industry in recent years.

Because a movie is only a little over an hour, or at most two hours, and other people have twenty-two hours to watch your movie, why can't they use those twenty-two hours to watch a movie?
In addition, the Film Bureau will not allow such market-disrupting behavior. Even if it is targeted, the Film Bureau will definitely make you stagger the time, even if it is only a day or two apart.

If it really comes down to targeting a movie, the most common tactic is to manipulate relationships to get theaters to reduce the number of screenings, then promote the film negatively during the advertising phase, and finally get it bad reviews after its release. That's the most common practice.

Another point is that Li Boda's movie "Infinite Terror" had a huge investment of 600 million yuan, and many domestic companies got involved and invested in it.

Even if they didn't invest, like Huayi Brothers, which didn't invest in the movie "Infinite Terror," Huang Xiaoming, who played Zhang Jie, is still an artist under Huayi Brothers.

Therefore, with the "Infinite Terror" project in place, no one in the industry would target Li Boda. In fact, to some extent, everyone would be willing to provide Li Boda with a little help without harming their own interests.

Therefore, the promotion of the movie "Love is Not Blind" went extremely smoothly, as it was released in a different month than in December. Companies and even artists in the industry were happy to lend a hand, making the movie even more popular.

While the promotion for "Love is Not Blind" started so far in advance, Li Boda had already flown to Hollywood again.

The production team for "Infinite Terror" is almost complete.

Filming for "Love is Not Blind" wrapped up in June. After that, Li Boda began working on various things related to the filming of "Infinite Terror," including choosing filming locations, equipment, and actors.

After waiting for so long, it's now October, four months have passed, and the [Infinite Terror] production team has finally been officially established, and filming is finally about to begin.

Actors such as Yan Kuan, Zhao Liying, Huang Xiaoming, and Hu Ge also flew directly to Hollywood with their passports.

For some of them, this wasn't their first time going abroad, but it was their first time making a film abroad.

The thought of going abroad to make movies filled them with excitement and exhilaration.

The film crew was assembled, with the assistant director, producer, cinematographer, lighting technician, and others ready to go. The green screen had also been set up at the filming location.

Once Yan Kuan and his team arrive in Hollywood, filming will officially begin.

Of course, before turning on the machine, a blessing ceremony should still be performed.

Of course, in Hollywood, it's not exactly a blessing ceremony for the start of filming; it's just a simple press conference to mark the start of production. The nature of the event is pretty much the same.

Reporters from most domestic media outlets flew in to attend the press conference for the start of filming of "Infinite Terror".

Especially when seeing celebrities like Li Boda and Yan Kuan standing with Hollywood stars, the cameras practically never stopped rolling.

After all, the grass is always greener on the other side these days.

Magazines like Yilin and Zhiqing were still very popular these days. Even the toilet water in China was clean enough to drink, let alone Hollywood.

Therefore, there are countless news reports in China about "Infinite Terror" starting filming in Hollywood.

The internet was buzzing with activity, with discussions about the movie "Infinite Terror" everywhere.

At the same time, Zhang Heng's novel, "Infinite Terror," began to see its subscription numbers skyrocket.

Even many people who don't read online novels have started subscribing to "Infinite Terror" to see what the novel is about and why it was able to be co-produced as a Sino-foreign film.

At the same time, the number of pirated views of movies like "Resident Evil" and "Alien" on the internet also began to rise rapidly.

(End of this chapter)