"The Legend of Qiao Feng" Meeting Donnie Yen: It will continue to fight.


1905 movie network news He attended the meeting in Beijing with his new work, which was the first time he met his fans and friends in the Year of the Rabbit. After his return to Beijing this time, he shared a video of his arrival in Beijing on social platforms, excitedly writing "I’m back". At the event site, Donnie Yen mentioned that his initial intention was "I can’t stop and always find a breakthrough, hoping to make a breakthrough every time." Always look forward and always step out. "


When he decided to take the film "Eight Dragons", he had expected that there would be many different discussions. He frankly said that he was not afraid of criticism and hoped that through the film, "China’s martial arts films would be filmed, and the attractive characters in the novels would be borrowed, so that audiences in other countries in the world could feel the charm of China’s martial arts films even if they had not read Jin Yong’s novels."


As early as before the Lunar New Year, he had brought the film "The Story of Qiao Feng" to meet with Malaysian, Singaporean, Korean and other audiences, to promote China’s martial arts films and send New Year greetings. After the film was released overseas, Malaysia’s box office led the films of the same period, firmly won the box office title of New Year’s Eve, and also successfully reached the top of Singapore’s Chinese New Year’s Eve movie box office TOP 1; As the only martial arts film in the online Spring Festival in the Mainland, iQiyi, Tencent Video and Youku have been online for about a week, and the box office of a single platform has exceeded 10 million. The popularity of the whole network far exceeds that of similar films in terms of quality and volume, and it has become the box office champion of single-chip paid online movies in the 2023 Spring Festival, and it is expected to set another box office record in the substantial increase of paid income.


The scene was hot and interactive. Donnie Yen said that "it will continue to fight."


Donnie Yen attended the event with the creative team of The Legend of Dragon in Qiao Feng. He sincerely said that he "finally went home to meet everyone" and thanked his fans and friends for their love and support for the film. Regarding the creation of Qiao Feng Biography of Dragon and Eight Branches, Donnie Yen bluntly said that it is difficult to shoot Jin Yong’s works, which will also cause a lot of controversy. "But I can’t give up my initial heart. I must stand up bravely and give people a scolding. This is not important, we will always look forward and always step out. " At the beginning of the decision to take over the film, Donnie Yen’s idea of the film was not a remake. He said: "Not only Jin Yong, but also China’s martial arts films should be filmed. Borrowing the charming characters in Jin Yong’s novels, my favorite character is Qiao Feng. Even if the audience has not read Jin Yong’s novels, they can feel the charm of China’s martial arts films."


In the interactive session, a movie fan gave Donnie Yen a poster of his past roles and asked him to guess the year. After some discussion, Donnie Yen announced that it was a work 30 years ago, and was praised by the audience that he is in the same state as before, and fans further asked him about his "maintenance tips". Donnie Yen said that "he will always be 18 when he is filming" and promised to "keep fighting". Young fans at the scene also actively participated in the interaction, asking Donnie Yen how to play the "eighteen hands of dragon", asking him if he would continue to accept apprentices, and asking for a photo. After the event, Donnie Yen took a photo with his fans and friends.


During the meeting, Donnie Yen also invited his good friend Zhang Weili, champion of UFC, to attend. Zhang Weili said that she had been particularly excited during the movie viewing. She said, "I always had a dream of being a hero in my heart. I hope people all over the world can see our chivalrous spirit and our martial arts in China. " This coincides with Donnie Yen’s original intention of filming. "We Chinese are sometimes introverted, but there is a burning fire in our hearts. This spirit makes me have to shoot a martial arts film, so that the whole world can see the charm of our martial arts film and the spirit of Chinese."


Action Design Assembles Excellent Team "I hope the audience can see Qiao Feng with Donnie Yen style".


As the only martial arts film in this year’s Spring Festival, the action scene of the film "The Story of Qiao Feng with Eight Dragons" directed and starring Donnie Yen was praised by netizens as "the only martial arts film that can be seen in recent years" and "I can’t get enough of it". As we all know, Donnie Yen is the quality assurance of action movies. This time, it not only embodies the strength of Zhenjiaban, but also has the support of Yan Hua. With such a powerful and car-scrapping team, the audience who like action movies can feast their eyes.


The action design made the netizens discuss the most than "Why did Qiao Feng use a sword". For this discussion, Donnie Yen shared the original fragments of the novel on social platforms and asked, "How can Qiao Feng not use a sword?" It triggered netizens to read the original work and join the discussion. Some netizens even ridiculed that "not only will it be used, but everything will be a little bit". In the interview, Donnie Yen admitted that "Qiao Feng used the sword" was designed by him. "The sword, the dog stick and the fist palm represent three different stages of human nature. When I was shaping this version of Qiao Feng, except for his martial arts, everything else was the same as us. What are our weapons when we want to protect ourselves? Qiao Feng lost his dog stick representing power, and also lost his relatives and friends. In this lowest valley of life, what weapon will he take when he meets the enemy of Juxianzhuang? What weapon is he willing to take? If the audience can hold the sword through Qiao Feng and arouse everyone’s attention and discussion on the action, it will prove that my design is successful. "


In addition to designing swords, we are very particular about how to present the lightness skill, the eighteen palms of dragon descending, and the flaming palm of Jiumozhi. Donnie Yen hopes to combine his own textured style with the story, so that the audience can feel "Donnie Yen’s unique style, deja vu but fresh, and Jin Yong’s characters and world" after reading it.


Donnie Yen’s overseas popularity is extremely high, and he has done his best to spread the story of China.


Before the Lunar New Year, Donnie Yen was busy promoting movies overseas. Even on New Year’s Eve, he ran a cinema to watch movies with the audience to welcome the new year. Before the start of this activity, a video recording his previous publicity was specially played. The shopping malls and cinemas were crowded, and the enthusiasm of fans from all over the world could be felt through the screen, and Donnie Yen’s popularity abroad was also felt. He taught the audience the moves of "lowering the dragon’s eighteen palms", enthusiastically took photos with fans, and taught overseas fans to shout "The Legend of Qiao Feng with Eight Dragons" in Chinese, so that more audiences around the world could feel the blood and charm of China’s martial arts films through actions.


Malaysia’s box office led the movies of the same period, firmly won the New Year’s box office title, and also successfully topped the Singapore Chinese New Year’s movie box office TOP1. The three wonderful scenes of Songhelou, Juxianzhuang and Mu Rongfu War have attracted overseas fans to discuss "an incredible movie, wonderful martial arts battles and stories with very fine details", "a great battle scene as expected" and "a cool battle" and so on.


It is understood that after meeting with fans in Beijing, Donnie Yen will also go to Shenzhen to share the film story with fans. The movie "The Legend of Qiao Feng" is being broadcasted on the network platform. The film has been shown in Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, China, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea and other regions and national cinemas. Later, it will also land on Disney+, a streaming media platform, and the online broadcasting rights will be sold to dozens of regions and countries such as Hong Kong, China, Macao, China, Taiwan, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam.