On December 14th, the much-anticipated "The City of Golden Armor" was released. This film directed by the national teacher and starring a number of big-name stars is known as the most powerful contender for the annual box office championship. It is also the last film to have a box office title. The film that might have prevented "33 Days Before" from becoming the number one box office hit in 2006.
So on the day it was released, Azu took Kang Qirui to the cinema to watch it. This time they didn’t bring their family members, just two brothers to see it. Azu didn't want to increase the box office for them, but Kang Qirui felt that this movie was not suitable for the whole family to watch together.
After all, in 2006, its scale was still very large.
In an interview with reporters, Jay Chou said that he did not dare to look directly at Gong Li when filming a movie. He said bluntly: "I don't even dare to look at her. The queen mother is very beautiful and wears very little. When filming opposite scenes, I always couldn't concentrate, so I had to Look next to it.”
Even the actors dare not look directly at it, and the audience cannot accept it even more. The movie made 15 million yuan at the box office on the first day, and the first week box office reached 96 million yuan. Both are lower than "33 Days Old". It is basically certain that "33 Days Old" will take the top spot at the box office in 2006.
Kang Qirui is not surprised by this. Of course "The City of Golden Armor" is very good-looking, but the costumes are too revealing. Such a large scale has caused a lot of criticism. After the Douban score was released, the Douban score was extremely low, and it was not even rated. 6 points.
Kang Qirui was not surprised at all that the box office performance of "The Golden Armor" was not as good as "33 Days After Love".
The 2014 TV series "The Passion of Wu Mei Niang" was similar to "The Golden Armor" in terms of service quality. It was urgently suspended not long after its release. After the rerun, the series was revised. The scenes in the series were only kept above the shoulders of the actress, which was ridiculed by everyone as a "big-headed doll."
Even Hong Kong City, which is relatively open and tolerant, implemented a "breast sealing" operation when it was released. Computer CG technology was used to add fabric to the actress's breasts to ensure the content met broadcast standards.
This was true in 2014, let alone 2006. Therefore, this movie is destined to be unlikely to be a big hit at the box office.
But it is undeniable that the film's transformation is very good, and there is no historical dislocation that often occurs in previous films. This is very worthy of recognition.
The collars of women's clothing in the Tang Dynasty include round collars, square collars, oblique collars, straight collars and sweetheart collars. The characteristic of the long skirt is that the waist is tied higher, usually above the waist, and some are even tied under the armpits, giving people a pretty and slender feeling. We can also verify this in "A City Full of Golden Armor". The waistlines of the skirts of the main actors and palace ladies are in just the right position, which restores the historical state of the time very well.
The overall styling in the film is not designed to completely reproduce historical reality, but focuses more on reflecting the emotional and psychological reality of the film through external styling. This is also the excellence of the film's costume styling.
So it's no surprise that the film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design.
In the end, "The City of Gold" grossed a box office of 291 million yuan in the mainland, becoming the second highest-grossing Chinese-language film in history. "Love Is Not Blind" won the box office championship in 2006 and also retained the title of No. 1 in the box office history of Chinese-language films.
Xiyangyang Film and Television has also firmly established itself in the entertainment and film and television circles. As mentioned before, a production company that has produced high-grossing films and a production company that has produced Chinese-language films with record box office records are two completely different companies. concept.
On New Year's Day in 2007, Kang Qirui, Azu and Miss Tang jointly formulated a transformation plan for Xiyangyang Company and established Xiyangyang Entertainment, which consists of four major sectors: Xiyangyang Music, Xiyangyang Agency, Xiyangyang Film and Television and Xiyangyang Variety Show. Committed to developing Xiyangyang Entertainment into a multinational entertainment company that cooperates with many top overseas entertainment and film and television companies within ten years.
After the joyful talk, on the afternoon of New Year's Day, Kang Qirui flew to the capital without stopping. SAINTBELLA Maternity and Infant Care Center will officially open its doors on the 8th floor of the Peninsula Hotel in Beijing on January 2. This is SAINTBELLA’s first branch, and Kang Qirui will naturally participate in it personally. SAINTBELLA Beijing Peninsula Store is a truly top-notch luxury confinement center store, only half a step away from Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. The fully customized guest room facilities and furniture were designed by Mr. Liang Guohui, a famous domestic furniture design master. They are made of top-grade environmentally friendly mahogany and are fully handmade by Italian luxury furniture manufacturer Cassina.
It also uses high-end hand-woven brand Taiping carpets and cooperates with luxury textile brand Frete to customize exclusive 600-woven high-precision bedding. Coupled with cutting-edge indoor technology, mothers and babies can enjoy a luxurious and comfortable confinement life.
The Beijing Peninsula store can be said to be a key node in the development of SAINTBELLA. If this "direct operation + top luxury hotel" cooperation model can succeed, its subsequent development will be very rapid.
Kang Qirui believes that as a country with a large population, China has no shortage of rich people, rich pregnant women, and pregnant women who are willing to spend money. It only lacks a luxury confinement center brand.
SAINTBELLA's mission is to fill this gap and meet the needs of wealthy pregnant women.
On the opening day of the Beijing Peninsula store, after the ribbon-cutting, Kang Qirui and Sachiko confirmed that the company would prepare to develop a series of single-family maternal and infant care centers and name them BELLAVILLA. It has to meet the needs not only of wealthy pregnant women, but also of super-rich pregnant women.
Zhu Wanling and Kang Siqi both came to the capital with Kang Qirui this time. They had not traveled together for a long time. This time it happened to be the New Year's Day holiday, so Kang Qirui took his wife and daughter out to play together.
Kang Qirui's family stayed in the capital for a full week and basically visited everything there was to do in the capital. On the morning of their departure from Beijing, they even braved the severe cold and went out early to watch the flag-raising ceremony.
The sunrise on this day was at 7:35 in the morning. As soon as it dawned, I saw the national flag guard marching sonorously and forcefully, with a majestic look and resolute eyes, slowly walking across the Jinshui Bridge towards the flag-raising platform.
Unlike later generations, the people responsible for raising and lowering the national flag and guarding the flag posts in 2006 were the Armed Police Tiananmen National Flag Guard, which was affiliated with the Beijing Armed Police Corps. It was not until 2018 that the honor guard of the three services was responsible for guarding the national flag and firing the salute.
Therefore, it was also the first time for Kang Qirui to see the Tiananmen National Flag Guard of the Armed Police upgrade their national flag. According to Kang Qirui's observation, the ceremonial movements of the two troops were slightly different. He found that the pace of the national flag guard seemed to be slower.
This is indeed the case. The march pace of the honor guard of the three armed forces is 116 steps per minute, while the pace of the national flag guard is 108 steps per minute.
The pace of the honor guard of the three armed forces is more in line with the "Queue Order", while the pace of the national flag guard is slightly slower. Because the goose pace is slightly slower, the queue appears more solemn and solemn.
The most typical one is the flag-raising ceremony at the 60th anniversary celebration of the National Day. At that time, the national flag guard composed of 200 members walked from the Monument to the People's Heroes to the national flag pole. Their goose-step speed was reduced to 90 steps per minute. This speed, amidst the roaring salutes, is more in line with the atmosphere of a national ceremony.
Moreover, the national flag guard raises the flag every day and the background music when marching forward is "Singing the Motherland". When the military band plays this piece, the tempo is slightly slower, so the national flag guard's daily flag-raising goose step pace is 108 steps, which matches the gentle background music and is slightly slower than that of the honor guard of the three services, but it is consistent with the atmosphere of the flag-raising in Tiananmen Square. (End of chapter)