Chapter 118 Three Small Goals
It is a pity that everyone failed to become Venice. It is a pity to witness Zhou Yi being crowned the best actor on the spot. However, the premiere of "Hope" tonight undoubtedly complements this festive feast. For every cast and crew, this will be a highlight in his life experience.
Not long after, the children of Yangcun Primary School entered the lounge under the leadership of Sun Qingtong, Principal Sun and teaching teacher Guo Yunsheng.
The children all wore neat new clothes and new sneakers. Although they were tired of traveling and trekking, they were all full of energy.
After all, for them, they came from a remote mountainous area to the capital of their motherland. In the past two days, they also visited the Summer Palace and the Great Wall of the Tiananmen Palace. All the tickets, travel and accommodation fees were contracted by the wealthy Sun Qingtong. This was really a wonderful journey and experience.
When they saw Zhou Yi again, the children also had joy and longing on their faces. Although the beautiful Sister Lin became the handsome Brother Zhou, the closeness she had when filming came back soon.
After hugging each child enthusiastically, Zhou Yi saw Guo Yunsheng again.
Guo Yunsheng still preserves the photo he had with Zhou Yi and regards it as a treasure.
It was precisely because of the goddess' motivation that he decided to take root in Yangcun School and truly teach and educate people in the mountains so that more children can pass the education exam, rather than either go out to work or work at home like their parents.
However, it is embarrassing when I suddenly discovered that the goddess who affected my life trajectory was a man.
Zhou Yi has become accustomed to this and he can understand the feelings of these male compatriots. After all, he will occasionally be fascinated when looking in the mirror when wearing women's clothing.
"I heard you decided to be assigned to Yangcun School?" Zhou Yi still has a good impression of Guo Yunsheng. After all, in such an era, there are still young people who are willing to take root in the countryside and devote their youth and life to the cause of education, which is really worthy of admiration.
"Yes, the children need teachers, and I don't have much ability, so I can only teach and educate people." Guo Yunsheng grabbed the hair behind his head with one hand and smiled foolishly.
Zhou Yi stretched out his hand and gently held it with him: "Come on!"
As time goes by, more and more people in the lounge, and most of the guests who came to attend the premiere have already attended. The premiere of "Hope" is about to begin.
Most people, including Lou Xiaoxiao, left the lounge, and their seats were in the front row VIP seats.
Sun Qingtong, Zhou Yi, Hu Jiawei, Liu Lanting, Dou Xiao, Duan Xiumin and other main creators waited until 7:30 and took the main stage together.
At this time, the screening room with nearly 400 people was already full, and media reporters also began to prepare for routine interviews with the crew of "Hope".
These interviews are actually quite boring. The other main creators are fine, basically just one sentence or two, but Zhou Yi is the absolute protagonist, and almost every question revolves around him.
The appearance of the children of Yangcun School finally set off a small climax. Everyone welcomed the arrival of these children with thunderous applause, and paid the highest respect to the old principal who has been around for thirty years and the young teaching teacher Guo Yunsheng who is willing to take root in the mountains.
Finally, a reporter asked the box office question: "Director Sun, Zhou Yi, how many do you expect the box office of "Hope"?"
Sun Qingtong glanced at Zhou Yi and smiled slightly: "I think there should be a small goal, right?"
Everyone smiled knowingly.
Zhou Yi waved his hand and looked serious: "I think it's more than that, I should have three small goals!"
Someone from the audience exclaimed.
Chinese art films have been beaten by commercial films over the years and cannot be raised at all.
"The Daylight Fireworks", which won the Berlin Golden Bear Award and the best actor before, finally had a box office of just over 100 million yuan. Is it twice as much as you say?
Young people really think beautifully!
However, for the sake of Zhou Yi's Venetian actor, no one would come out to refute it, but they all decided to wait until they go back to promote it in the report.
"Okay, the interview stage has ended, and the premiere of "Hope" in China has officially begun!" The host announced that the interview has ended and the premiere has begun.
The main creators also stepped down and sat in the front row.
The lights dimmed and the movie began.
This is not known how many times Zhou Yi has looked at hope. His heart is very calm. Is it difficult to have a small goal of 300 million?
It's quite difficult, but it's definitely not an unfulfilling luxury.
Zhou Yi is full of confidence in the quality of "Hope" and his performance. This is a good movie.
100 minutes later, the lights in the screening hall turned on again, hundreds of people's eyes were already red, and several people even cried into tears.
Although I have heard the touting in newspapers and magazines countless times, and although I know that Zhou Yi won the Venetian Best Actor for this movie, only after watching it with my own eyes can I know how wonderful it is.
And "Hope" obviously convinced most of the audiences at the premiere.
This art film is not as dull or brain-burning as imagined, nor is it the director's deliberate show-off skills. It just uses the simplest lenses and language to tell a touching and good story.
If when Zhou Yi made a box office of 300 million before the premiere, media reporters wanted to laugh in their hearts, but many people couldn't laugh out loud.
Sun Qingtong and Zhou Yi led all the creators to the stage and bowed seriously to everyone.
Everyone in the audience stood up and once again paid tribute to the "Hope" movie and the wonderful performances of Zhou Yi and others in the film.
That night, many reports about "Hope" were released freshly.
"New actor Zhou Yi said that "Hope" was aimed at 300 million at the box office!"
"Hope is wonderful, and the audience burst into tears!"
"Zhou Yi contributed a great performance in "Hope", and the Venetian actor deserves it!"
"Will "Hope" become the dawn of hope for art films?"
Almost all reports are positive, but of course there are also choices to sing opposite tunes.
Weibo Big V, self-proclaimed famous film critic, Qiu Dao Zhanyu, famous for his spicy satire and bottomless swearing, posted a new Weibo post: "Hope won the award in Venice. I attended the premiere with great expectations, but returned with disappointment."
"It's hard to imagine that this is actually a movie shot in 2017. The story is a template from thirty years ago, without any novelty. I almost guessed the end when I saw the beginning."
"Only Zhou Yi's women's clothing performance is quite realistic, which is also the only highlight of the whole drama. I think Zhou Yi can have a sex change surgery and is definitely a perfect woman."
"Zhou Yi boasted at the premiere that "Hope" can have a box office of 300 million yuan. I just laughed out loud. I wonder who gave him the courage, women's clothing?"
"Why should a rural film, a tragedy, and a new director's art film, get a box office of 300 million?"
"In the previous "Day Fireworks", Berlin Golden Bear and Actor Award, the box office was scheduled for 30% of the first day of off-season, and in the end it was only over 100 million."
"But "Hope" was released on the fiercely competitive National Day. It was only 8% of the first day of the filming schedule. With the gimmick of women's clothing, it is possible to have over 100 million, and 300 million? Dreaming in the daytime!"
Chapter completed!