On the evening of July 21, film and television producer Li Li died of illness at the age of 52, and his production of "No War in Peking" became the memory of a generation, and the representative work "Little Times" helped Guo Jingming open the film market.
In the early morning of the 22nd, Liu Heping, the chief producer of "No War in Peking", revealed in the circle of friends that Li Li was separated at 22:35 on the evening of the 21st, and friends will form a funeral committee to send Li Li on his last journey.
On July 22, the media released the list of funeral committees, including Wang Jinsong, Sun Honglei, Yu Dong, Liao Fan and others, which shows that Li Li's position in the hearts of the people is very important.
On the 23rd, a group of directors were interviewed to remember Li Li, including Lu Chuan, Guo Jingming, Zhang Yang and others.
Director Lu Chuan recalled that on the night that producer Zhang Zhao died in February last year, he was with Li Li, and the two faced each other to talk about how to help Zhang Zhao realize his dream, but he did not expect that a few months later, Li Li also fell ill.
Lu Chuan frankly said that he is also a filmmaker in his fifties, and he laments that Li Li's former servants have not been rewarded with their ambitions.
On the evening of the 22nd, Guo Jingming mourned Li Li in the circle of friends: "Li Li was always the enlightenment teacher of my life, taking me on the road of film and becoming a director. Without your support and appreciation, I wouldn't have had the opportunity to make a movie. The bits and pieces of the past seem to be close to yesterday, uncomfortable in the heart, grateful in the heart, and eternal commemoration is also in the heart. ”
Without Li Li, there would be no Director Guo Jingming and IP, and although "Little Times" had mixed reviews, it was once the most profitable IP.
Li Li once spent 2 million yuan to buy the first adaptation rights of "Little Times", the third and fourth books in the hands of other film and television companies, in order to make a good "Little Times", Li Li replaced the previous producer and director, lobbied Guo Jingming to direct, and invited senior people to assist Guo Jingming, and the "Little Times" quadrilogy finally won a box office record of 1.8 billion.
Zhang Yang's "Flying Over the Old People's Home" is a domestic classic, he said that it was just an idea, not even the script, Li Li felt very interested, invested 20 million in one go, although the box office was only more than 3 million, but Zhang Yang entered the film industry with this film, and the two later filmed "Kailash".
Zhang Yang said frankly: "Li Li supported me and encouraged me, without him it would be impossible to have the movie "Kailash", he is my nobleman. "It was revealed that Li Li was a very righteous person, he could insert a knife in both ribs to his friends, and the two were brothers who did not say anything, and they were very sad about Li Li's illness and death, and the blow was very big.
In addition, Jin Yan, the widow of Li Ming, chairman of Xiaoma Benteng, mourned Li Li, saying that after her husband's death, Li Li said that he and Li Ming were good brothers and were willing to lend 30 million yuan without interest to help them get through the sadness.
Screenwriter and director Wei Junzi also sent a tribute, saying that Li Li was a person who paid and contributed.
In 2019, Li Li took his work "The Party at the South Station" to the Cannes Film Festival, walking the red carpet with Hu Ge, Liao Fan, Gui Lunmeng and others, and the 48-year-old Li Li was full of spirits, bringing an investment of 100 million yuan to the whole play.
Li Li (first from the right in the picture below)
Born in 1970, Li Li was a spokesman of Heli Chenguang International, and he produced and filmed a large number of high-quality works, including Zhang Yimou's "Return", Guo Jingming's "Little Times", "No War in Peking", "That Year the Flowers Bloomed and the Moon Was Round", "New World" and other high-scoring TV series, which is the mainstay of the film and television industry.
People revealed the details of Li Li's illness, he was sick about last fall, the condition is not very optimistic, he accepted the doctor's treatment plan, during which he also talked about a lot of projects, but unfortunately failed to survive this pass.
Some insiders revealed that Li Li walked because of cancer, and everything at the funeral was from Jane, and he wished him all the way well.