The film "The Battle at Lake Changjin" jointly released by Emperor Films and A Really Happy Film has exceeded RMB5.6 billion (equivalent to about HKD6.8 billion) at the global box office, and the number of viewers has exceeded 119 million. Up to now, the film has broken 28 film history records, topped this year's global top-grossing champion, and strongly challenged the highest box office record in mainland film history. The grand opening ceremony was held in Hong Kong on November 11, and the premiere was also successfully held on November 10. The audience was full of guests from the political, business and entertainment circles.

The grand premiere is full of crowns and covers

The Hong Kong premiere of "The Battle at Lake Changjin" was full of crowns and covers. The Group is with a great pleasure to invite Mr. Paul Chan, the Financial Secretary of HKSAR and Ms. Lu Xinning, the Deputy Director of LOCPG in Hong Kong to give a welcome speech. Mr. Chan said: "This film shows the tension of fierce battle, it delivers a sense of history which inspires people to think at a deeper level.” Ms. Lu Xinning, introduced in particular that Mr. Tsui Hark and Mr. Dante Lam, directors of “The Battle at Lake Changjin”, are both from Hong Kong: “Many plots and scenes, every detail of the movie demonstrate the artistic attainments and patriotism of Hong Kong films.”

A range of distinguished guests have made their appearances at the premiere including Mr. Tam Yiu-chung, member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, Mr. Eric Tsang, Secretary of the Hong Kong Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau, Mr. Chris Tang, Secretary of the Security Bureau, Mrs. Rita Fan, former member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, and Mr. Chen Feng, Police Liaison Department Director of LOCPG in Hong Kong, as well as Mr. Dante Lam, producer and director of "The Battle at Lake Changjin", Ms. Shi Nan Sun and Ms. Debbie Leung, producers of the movie, and other celebrities. Dr. Albery Yeung, Chairman of Emperor Group, extended his sincere thanks for the support from various sectors: "The Battle at Lake Changjin" tells about a very crucial victory during the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, which is of great historical symbolic significance. Created jointly by three directors including M. Chen Kaige, M. Tsui Hark, and Mr. Dante Lam, it brings together actors Wu Jing, Jackson Yi, Duan Yihong, Zhu Yawen, Li Chen, Elvis Han, Hu Jun, and Zhang Hanyu, they are all dreamlike combinations that work together to create a breakthrough epic war masterpiece. "

Dr. Yeung continued, " The Battle at Lake Changjin' is on the verge of breaking through, and the next episode, 'Water Gate Bridge', is also ready for release. It is planned to be released strongly in the golden period of next year's CNY, following the momentum of the previous episode The Battle at Lake Changjin'. The two episodes are expected to create unprecedented record of more than RMB 10 billion at the box office, being an immortal classic in the film industry!"

Continue to "Tell the good China Stories"  

Regarding the honorary release of Emperor Films' masterpiece "The Battle at Lake Changjin", Vice Chairman of Emperor Motion Pictures said: "We have exported to the market a lot of the theme works of "telling the good Chinese stories", including "The Founding a Republic ", "Beginning of the Great Revival", " The Founding of an Army ", "The Founding Trilogy series, as well as "My People, My Country", "My County, My Parents " and " Impasse". Our films focus on content , quality and word of mouth balance, which have successfully produced and distributed a number of films with a box office of more than RMB one billion including "Operation Red Sea", " The Sacrifice " and " Impasse", of which "Operation Red Sea" has a global box office of more than HKD4.8 billion. We are honored to release "The Battle at Lake Changjin" . In the future, Emperor Motion Pictures will invest more resources to shoot patriotic themed movies, so as to provide high-quality movie viewing enjoyment for the majority of audiences."

The war and action scenes are breathtaking, the movie director Mr. Dante Lam revealed the hardships behind the scenes: "In the severe cold weather of minus 25 to 30 degrees, I drove all night for 60 consecutive nights, and experienced hail, heavy snow on the mountain. Coupled with the heavy rain, the previous shooting experience seems to be completely useless, but just imagine, how did the solders win this battle under the weather of minus 40 to 50 degrees and worse weather? It is this will that can inspire every crew member should do it well!" Regarding the division of labor, he said that through multiple video conferences, the communication was clear before the start of the machine. Director Chen Kaige was in charge of the opening part, h was in charge of the middle part, and Director Tsui Hark took over the tail. There are nearly 6,000 people working on the site every day. The protagonists such as Wu Jing and Jackson Yi have to take turns to listen to the instructions of the three directors. He admires this 100% professional actor: "Impeccable! They have done a lot of training in the early stage, and they also know that several directors take turns shooting. The will of the team can be said to be the highest, and they persevered from beginning to end!”

"The Battle at Lake Changjin" has been released on November 11. Don’t miss it!