Chapter 120(1/2)
Starting from 6 pm, media reporters and film critics, led by staff, entered the S City Grand Theater one after another. The lucky audience officially entered the venue from 7 pm to 8 pm. The crew of "Silent" arrived at the scene and met the audience.
"Silent" officially started filming in May, but it has only been half a year since now.
This movie is a low-cost youth love movie, with no action scenes and not many special effects shots, and most of the funds are used to deal with the picture.
At the beginning of the premiere, several creators of "Silent" sat on the stage and chatted with everyone. Since the second female lead Liu Huizhen was still suing Lu Xiangbo, she did not come to the premiere this time.
Before tonight, Rong Xu never thought that Director Xu was actually a person who was not very good at talking. When the host threw the topic to Director Xu, the old man would only answer it simply and rarely continue to discuss the topic.
In fact, many people in the circle know Director Xu's personality. Gradually, the host turned the topic to Rong Xu, Xiao Zitong and Lin Xuan. This move quickly made the atmosphere in the audience rise. The three leading actors joked with each other and made a lot of jokes, which made the audience laugh.
After an hour, the chat phase ended, and the next time the reporters asked questions was the time.
Under the bright and dazzling lights, Rong Xu narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the audience with a faint smile. His eyes flashed over the cameras of the reporters in the front row and finally landed on the audience in the back row.
I saw in the back seat of the dimly lit theater, many fans and movie fans were holding small-character light signs and staring at the stage seriously.
The Grand Theater of S City is very spacious, with the distance between the stage and the last row at least thirty meters, which can accommodate hundreds of audiences. Sitting in the back row of this theater, many people actually couldn't see the faces of the actors on the stage clearly, and could only see a blurry approximation, but they still held the small-character light signs and cheered and applauded with the host's rhythm.
Among these light cards, the most common word is "return".
They were too far away, and Rong Xu could not see their appearance clearly, but he could see the small signs of lights. After a long time, he raised the corners of his lips and waved to the fans in the distance. Suddenly, another cheer sounded.
The crew invited media reporters to the scene, so naturally hello to them. At the beginning of the questioning session, all reporters were asking questions about the movie. Some reporters asked Director Xu why he decided to make such a youth film, and some reporters asked Director Xu if there was any special reason for it.
Upon hearing this, Director Xu laughed and said without hesitation: "Of course there is a reason. The release deadlines for several awards are at the end of November. Why do you think I chose to release it at this time?"
The reporters quickly recorded Director Xu's answer, which was a piece of news.
After asking a series of questions related to the movie, the reporters finally set their sights on actors and stars.
Perhaps because of yesterday's concert, many reporters kept asking questions to Rong Xu and Lin Xuan, asking them about yesterday's concert, and also asking Rong Xu: "Do you want to enter the music industry?"
Regarding this question, the handsome and beautiful boy just smiled slightly, just like at the concert last night, and said in a calm tone: "I have no plans to enter the music industry for the time being. Even if I really want to cross the border in the future, I will not be able to become a singer completely. I benefited a lot from yesterday's concert. Lin Xuan let me see a world belonging to singers and made me feel shocked."
The answer from Pijin Oil left the reporters helpless, but soon, another reporter began to ask the actors' emotional questions.
As long as he is a celebrity, he will inevitably be asked these questions. Whether it is Rong Xu or Xiao Zitong, even Lin Xuan, who has to have a scandal every month, was asked by reporters.
After asking the stars' emotional questions, the reporters finally showed sharp eyes, pointed the microphone directly at Director Xu, and asked loudly: "Lu Xiangbo and Liu Huizhen are still in a lawsuit recently, and the current result is that Lu Xiangbo lost the case. Director Xu, can you tell us in detail what happened to the crew of "Silent" at the time? Also, when will the crew appeal against Lu Xiangbo like Liu Huizhen?"
The atmosphere at the scene was stiff for a moment, and the audience was very angry about how these reporters asked about these gossip news and made things difficult for others, but at the same time their gossip was about to move.
Yes, you can often see news about Liu Huizhen and Lu Xiangbo in recent months, but the crew of "Silent" once said that they should use legal means to resolve the incident with Lu Xiangbo, so why hasn't there been any movement yet?
After hearing the reporter's words, the smile on Director Xu's face did not weaken at all. The famous Chinese director looked at the reporter calmly. After a moment, he smiled kindly: "We have already made it clear in the announcement. As for appeal, I, Xu Sheng, promised that this matter will not end here." After a pause, Director Xu looked at the reporter and asked calmly: "May I ask, do you have anything else to ask? About the movie."
Being stared straight at such a prominent director, the reporter's forehead gradually covered with a layer of sweat.
Next, no reporter asked Lu Xiangbo about his questions again, and the atmosphere slowly eased. In fact, before the premiere ceremony started, Director Xu once told Rong Xu that although he also hoped that the movie would be exposed, he did not hope that it would be through Lu Xiangbo, a shameless villain.
"Silent" doesn't want to be related to that kind of person. I think Yuan Ke should resonate with me at this point."
Director Yuan focuses on commercial profits, but does not want the rumors about "The Mysterious" to be linked to Ren Shuzhi; Director Xu hopes that the movie will be more exposed, but he does not want to have any contact with Lu Xiangbo any longer.
This is the persistence of the two directors and their true attitude towards their works.
After this incident, the premiere continued. After the last reporter asked Director Xu how much he expected the box office of "Silent" tonight, the premiere ceremony was completely over.
Faced with this problem, Director Xu raised three fingers with confidence and said calmly: "This number."
The reporter was stunned: "Three hundred million?"
Director Xu smiled and said, "Three billion!"
The audience was in an uproar, but the crew no longer gave them the chance to ask questions.
As it approaches zero, the on-site staff can take a break for a while, and the premiere of the movie comes immediately.
Taking advantage of this time, all the crew returned to the backstage. The makeup artist put on makeup for Xiao Zitong, Director Xu talked with the producer about the movie being released in theaters, and Lin Xuan pestered Rong Xu and asked him with a smile: "Rongrong, have you really had a first love? What kind of girl is that? Tell me, I'm curious."
When the reporter asked Rong Xu just now, he asked if he had any first love. Rong Xu calmly answered this question, saying that he had first love, but when the reporter asked again, he smiled and asked back: "I remember that our movie is called "Silent" and not "First Love", especially... "Rong Xu's First Love"?"
reporter:"……"
At that time, Rong Xu easily blocked the reporter's words, did not reveal his first love, nor did he say anything about his relationship. But now, Lin Xuan pestered him and kept asking.
Seeing that the little king was still endless, the young man smiled slightly and said calmly: "If you want me to say yes, but you have to tell me what your first love is like? You say it first, and I'll think about it... Well, I'll think about it."
Lin Xuan: “…”
After a moment, he turned around and left: "Rongrong bullied others again!"
Rong Xu blinked innocently.
You talk about yours first, and then he will consider whether to say it. Isn’t this an equivalent exchange? Where can I bully people?
Half an hour later, the hour hand quietly pointed to zero, and the premiere of "Silent" officially began.
Sitting in the center of the first row of the audience were representatives of the investors. Rong Xu and Xiao Zitong sat on the left side of the seat, while Director Xu and Lin Xuan sat on the right side of the seat, with four investors and producers separated from each other.
After Rong Xu sat down, Yu Guangli caught a glimpse of Lin Xuan making a gesture of "You bullying people" to him. He shrugged laughter and cried, ignoring this uncontrollable little king. Before the movie started, he lowered his head and sent a text message to a man.
【Rong Xu: Are you doing well there?】
Not long after, the other party replied.
[Qin Cheng: Well, about 70% of the people sat in the cinema, and the attendance rate is pretty good.]
Rong Xu laughed helplessly: [I mean, you were not discovered, are you?]
The next moment, Rong Xu looked at the text on the phone screen and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.
【Qin Cheng: Will I be discovered?】
This kind of pride that you can feel through the screen...
The smile on the boy's lips became even brighter. Through these six words, Rong Xu seemed to see a scene where a man wearing a mask and sunglasses was secretly sitting in the last row of the seats waiting for the movie to be released in a dark and quiet cinema.
It is obvious that I can watch it in a few days, but the possibility of being recognized is even smaller, but this man insists on choosing the premiere, and he also chose a small movie not far from the Grand Theater of S City... I don't know what he thought.
Rong Xu naturally couldn't guess Qin Cheng's idea now. Of course, he didn't know that the small cinema mentioned in Qin Cheng had more than 200 seats in a screening hall alone. As for the so-called 70% attendance rate, he even glanced at it casually and guessed it!
There were no less than 180 viewers in this Lumière cinema.
The reason why many movie fans chose this cinema to watch "Silent" was naturally to be closer to the premiere of S City Grand Theater. Among these audiences, there are fans of Director Xu, fans of Xiao Zitong, fans of Lin Xuan, and more of fans of Rong Xu.
At this moment, sitting on both sides of Qin Cheng were two groups of fans who didn't know each other.
There are three girls on the left, who seem to be classmates in the same dormitory. On the right are two office workers. They obviously have to go to work the next day, but these two people actually came out to watch the premiere in the middle of the night, which is crazy.
Before the movie began, the two teams started chatting on both sides of Qin Cheng. After chatting for a while, they looked at each other in surprise, and suddenly...
"Just ask for a sleep in Wanqiyao?"
"I have no regrets in this life and love the favor!"
"Comrade!"
"Comrade!"
"I finally found the organization. You are also here to visit Rongrong's new movie? The premiere of this cinema is really hard to grab. I snatched it for a long time before I got such a position."
"That's right, everyone wants to get closer to Rongrong. Oh, by the way, are you also Rong fans in City S? I have joined the S fan group. Are you in it? Which one are you?"
"I'm here, I'm here, my name is..."
The man surrounded in the middle silently raised his right hand and blocked his face: "..."
Fans communicated excitedly until the beginning of the movie. They immediately turned their heads and stared at the movie screen with their eyes straight. With the soothing and melodious music, the movie slowly started, just like every fresh love movie, the beginning of the movie was full of youth.
The youthful and beautiful campus and the playground where sweat is pouring, the director processes the picture into clear and bright colors, which looks very comfortable.
When Rong Xu's name appeared on the cast, the five Rong fans on both sides shouted in a low voice, and then quickly covered their mouths. The college student sitting on Qin Cheng's left immediately turned his head and said to him softly: "Sorry, I couldn't help it just now." As he said that, the college student was about to raise his head.
Qin Cheng, who immediately raised his hand to cover his face, said: "...Well, it's okay."
The college student looked at the audience beside him in surprise, turned around, and whispered to his companion: "The person next to me is so strange. He is wearing a mask when watching movies."
The companion smiled and said, "It's okay, they might be sick. Fortunately, he didn't wear sunglasses, otherwise I would have thought he was a star haha."
After hearing this, the female college student subconsciously turned her head to look at the male audience on the right, but before she could see the other person's face clearly, her hand was suddenly grabbed by her companion: "Rongrong!"
Looking at the big screen again, it was true! It was Rongrong!!!
Now who is in the mood to pay attention to the weird people in the cinema? Everyone watches the movie carefully and seriously.
The beginning of "Silent" is not much different from ordinary youth movies. Most of this type of movies capture the most immature memories deep in the audience's hearts. No matter how many storms I have experienced or how strong and mature I have become, everyone will involuntarily feel that the days at that time are really wonderful.
The director grasped the audience's psychology and painted a pure and innocent campus picture.
Since she is called "the first love of the people", Xiao Zitong's face and temperament naturally stand the test. No matter her acting skills, she just stands there, and is the girl in white in fantasy of many men. On the other hand, the two male actors attracting female audiences are naturally two male actors: Rong Xu and Lin Xuan.
Due to the deletion of the scenes, Lin Xuan rarely appears in the movie, and most of the audience sees Rong Xu.
They saw Rong Xu holding Xiao Zitong's hand and running on the playground where no one was around late at night; they saw Rong Xu and Xiao Zitong sitting on the rooftop of the teaching building, looking up at the stars together, and hearing Xiao Zitong talk about the little things in school.
Soon, the audience discovered that Rong Xu had never said a word from beginning to end. He just smiled and looked at the willful and strong girl with a slightly bent eyebrows. When Xiao Zitong turned around, she would find that Rong Xu was standing behind her and quietly looking at her.
For Zhao Leling, this strange boy is always there. He can't speak or express his feelings, but when she needs to vent, he will run with him; when she needs to cry, he will give himself a shoulder.
She was bullied, and he stood up and took her away.
This is probably love.
On the movie screen, the boy's skin was pale and almost transparent, looking very cold and thin, but his smile was too warm.
No audience can resist such a girlish heart. The movie "Silent" is mainly aimed at female audiences, followed by male audiences. Of course, Director Xu did not give up on the male market.
One hour after the movie started, countless dreamy and unrestrained scenes appeared. Director Xu used his excellent post-processing technology to present extremely beautiful scenes to the audience.
If the plot development of "Silent" attracted many female fans, then the picture effect of this movie attracted many male fans.
Perhaps because I have watched too many movies and acted in too many dramas, when the entire cinema gradually fell into the first love atmosphere created by this movie, a man sitting in the last row always calmly lowered his eyes and carefully examined the movie.
In terms of plot, Xu Sheng handled it very smoothly, laying a key plot every five minutes, so that the whole movie would not appear too literary and boring to the audience; in terms of picture performance, this movie is even more excellent, and it is absolutely amazing to be able to produce such results in just three months.
To be continued...