Entertainment 1998

Chapter 642 Chapter 641, a gadget that countless young fans can't resist

The red box is quite large, with a timer-like thing installed on it. The time can be accurate to milliseconds. The following words are written on the box below the timer:

[10-second challenge, do you dare to come? 】

Below the big characters is a line of small characters, and the small characters are written like this.

[There is no trouble that a movie can't solve! If it can't solve it, please watch the movie "The Departed" twice. 】

And below this line of small words should be the logo of this thing's manufacturer [Samsung Electronics].

To be honest, Zhang Momo was a little confused when she saw this thing.

The red box stands at the entrance to the cinema ticket gate. How is it used?
Is this another one of Jiang Feng’s tricks to market his movie?

Just as I was thinking about it, a black guy with a nose ring walked up to the red box without saying a word and pressed a green button on the box.

As the button is pressed, the timer on the top of the box starts counting instantly: 1 second, 2 seconds, 3 seconds, 4 seconds...

The time on the timer was scrolling quickly. When it was about to reach 10, Zhang Momo saw the black guy suddenly press the red button on the box. As he stopped, the time on the timer became [10:00].

Seeing this set of numbers, the ticket entrance of the cinema was in a frenzy.

"James, awesome!"

"Fuck, James, not only do you get to see the movie for free, but you also get a $20 bonus."

"Haha..., this is the eighth one, right? This morning, more than 8 moviegoers went to the cinema, and eight of them have won prizes. This is absolutely amazing."

"I won't say anything else, I'll just say, Jiang Feng, the Chinese film director, I love you!"

After hearing these people's discussions and looking at the winning rules above the red box, Zhang Momo completely understood.

It turned out that this time, Jiang Feng was organizing a lottery to watch a movie.

Use the red box in front of you to draw a lottery. Whoever can make the number stay for exactly 10 seconds will not only get a free ticket to the movie, but also get $20 in pocket money.

You can use this money to buy popcorn, drinks, or a cup of hot coffee for your girlfriend.

400 out of 8 moviegoers win the prize, which means the probability of winning is 1/50. Each movie ticket is $10, which means that for every $500 sold at the box office, $20 will be given away.

Haha, Jiang Feng is really good at calculating!

You know, it is because of this that many young men and women who had no intention of going into the theater to watch the movie, upon seeing such fun things, immediately bought movie tickets and came over to challenge it.

9:97，9:98，9:99，9:98，9:97，9:98…

Whenever this number is pressed, many people hold their heads and feel regretful, but feeling regretful, the young man who refuses to admit defeat wants to try again!
I'm not short of money.

I bought more than a dozen movie tickets, not to watch the movie, but to play this, just to let the beauties around me see how strong I am and how accurate my grasp of timing is.

Zhang Momo is a little impressed by Jiang Feng!

What on earth is going on in this guy's head?

In Hollywood, whether it is James Cameron, Steven Spielberg, or Peter Jackson, the director of The Lord of the Rings, they basically shoot movies seriously and then promote them seriously...

But when it comes to his idol Jiang Feng, he is indeed very serious about filming, and the movies he made are indeed excellent, but what about the promotion of the movie?

This guy just keeps doing something outrageous.

Just as he was thinking about it, Zhang Momo, who had already bought the movie tickets, came to the ticket gate.

"Hello, I want to watch The Departed."

Zhang Momo showed the movie ticket in her hand to the cinema staff.

The staff member took a closer look and then smiled and gestured to Zhang Momo that she could go over and challenge herself.

Ok…

Zhang Momo hesitated for a moment, then walked to the 10-second challenge device and pressed the green button.

【0: 58】

【3: 18】

【5: 47】

The numbers on the 10-second challenger were changing rapidly. Zhang Momo was a little nervous, and even had some sweat on her forehead, because there were so many people coming to watch the movie, and they were all observing her to see if she was the lucky one.

At this moment, it’s not about money, what matters is face, otherwise, the black guy with a nose ring would not have turned all the $20 into movie tickets. In fact, he just wanted to see if he was a person with super powers.

"Snapped…"

Just as Zhang Momo was daydreaming, suddenly, a handsome white man came forward and pressed the red button for her.

"Wow…"

When the red button was pressed, there was an exclamation of surprise from the audience and everyone applauded. It was another lucky day and he won the $20 prize.

"Thank you!"

Zhang Momo felt a little embarrassed. She was distracted just now and wasted everyone’s time. Otherwise, who knows what the number on the timer would have reached.
20 seconds, 30 seconds, or even 40 seconds is possible.

"You're welcome!

This beautiful oriental lady, let's get to know each other. My name is Meng Danqing, I am Swiss, and I am currently an intern at CAA agency, mainly engaged in China business. "

This white foreigner was tall and handsome. As he spoke, he extended his hand towards Zhang Momo.

"Oh, I just thank you, I didn't think of knowing you."

Zhang Momo smiled slightly, took the $20 bill from the ticket collector, turned around and walked towards the screening room.

But when Zhang Momo walked into the screening room, she found that it was already full. There were even two tall boys sitting in the aisle.

Looking at the movie ticket in her hand, which was for seat six in row three, Zhang Momo found the right seat and walked over. As soon as she sat down, the lights in the screening room were turned on and the movie began playing on the screen.

【Fade in:
Chicago South Side Neighborhoods
A group of buildings and a pier in the distance.

Costello (voiceover): "I don't want to be a product of the environment, I want the environment to be my...product. A puff of yellow smoke passed in front of the camera, and when the picture became clear, we saw through the exhaust of the diesel locomotive a protest against the use of buses to pick up students from other districts. The school bus full of black children was thrown with stones and bricks..."

Note: This is not a live scene from 1974; it is a montage of historical documentaries used as the background for Costello's narration.

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【World Journal:
Yesterday, the police and gangster film "The Departed", directed by Chinese film director Jiang Feng and starring Hollywood superstars George Clooney, Leonardo Dicaprio, Matt Damon, Charlize Theron and others, was officially released.

On the first day of its release, the film was shown simultaneously on 3500 screens in 1 cinemas. According to statistics, yesterday's attendance rate was 97%, the screening rate was 34%, the audience approval rate was 76%, and the number of people who wanted to watch the film a second time was as high as 48%.

With such outstanding data, the first-day box office of "The Departed" reached 2578 million US dollars.

Of course, there are also professionals in the film industry who analyzed that the reason why this movie was so successful on the first day was not only because of the high quality of the movie itself, but also because of its successful marketing.

When talking about the marketing of the movie "The Departed", we have to mention a new thing, the ten-second challenger.

The Ten-Second Challenger was actually developed by Samsung Electronics of South Korea...】

【Sing Tao Daily:
The young Chinese film director Jiang Feng created another miracle in the industry. The movie "The Departed" directed by him exceeded 2500 million US dollars in box office on the first day.

As the film became a big hit, Hollywood stars such as Charlize Theron, Matt Damon, Leonardo Dicaprio, and George Clooney once again amazed the American film and television industry after the movie "The Man From Earth" which grossed over 4 million U.S. dollars.
It is said that today, the screening scale of "The Departed" in the North American film market will be expanded to 5700, and the number of countries where it will be screened will be expanded to four, namely the United States, Canada, Mexico and the South American country of Brazil...】

Friday, March 2002, 8
Jiang Feng took a few Chinese newspapers bought on the streets of Los Angeles and boarded a flight from Los Angeles to Hong Kong Island.

In fact, according to the arrangements of Lionsgate and Miramax, Jiang Feng still has to participate in another talk show before he can leave, because it is necessary for the promotion of the film.

However, Jiang Feng didn't like the host named Ellen DeGeneres very much, because this woman was not only a lesbian, but also a person with serious racist tendencies.

At that time, if she casually mentioned something about yellow monkey during the interview, Jiang Feng felt that he would definitely argue with her, and then, although it would be fun, the box office of the movie "The Departed" would suffer.

Therefore, in this situation, Jiang Feng gave the opportunity to be exposed to Leonardo Dicaprio and Matt Damon. The two of them are considered to be a duo of good and evil heroes in the movie. Now that they are being interviewed together, it can be considered a surprise to movie fans.

Big-name directors are so awesome!

If you say you won’t participate in the show, then you won’t participate in the show, even if there is an agreement in the contract.

In this regard, whether it was Harvey Weinstein of Miramax Films or Jon Fillmore of Lionsgate Films, they could only personally send Jiang Feng to the Los Angeles International Airport.

There is no way, who let Jiang Feng have the means to market the movie? !

Before "The Departed" was released, professional Hollywood review agencies predicted that the final box office of the film should be between 3.5 million and 4 million US dollars. But yesterday, just one day after the film was released, they raised the box office forecast of "The Departed" to 8 million US dollars.

What's more, some optimistic film critics even predicted that the movie would gross $10 billion at the box office.

After seeing the forecast data published in the newspaper, Jon Fillmore and Harvey Weinstein almost kissed each other in public.

...

The direct flight from Los Angeles to Hong Kong Island, across the entire Pacific Ocean, takes a little long, a total of 14 hours, before the China Eastern Airlines flight lands at Hong Kong International Airport.

It was not bad. It was a little late, 8 o'clock in the evening, when Jiang Feng came out of the terminal of Hong Kong International Airport.

The reason why it is said to be good is that there are many people at the airport during the day, and some reporters may take pictures and upload them to major websites. Jiang Feng's plan to rest in Hong Kong Island for two days may change.

According to his girlfriend Wang Fei, after Li Jiaxin got the yacht, she kept driving it around Victoria Harbor.

A reporter asked her, this yacht was clearly sold by Luo Zhaohui to Mr. Jiang Zhiqiang of Emperor Entertainment Group, and then Mr. Jiang Zhiqiang gave it to director Jiang Feng... but how did this yacht end up in your hands?
Was it Jiang Feng who gave you the pay on behalf of the crew?
Or is this a gift given to you by Jiang Feng because he is pursuing you?

If the original plan was followed, Li Jiaxin should have told the reporters, "Don't you all say I'm stupid?" That's right, now I'll let you see that it's not that I don't want the pay, but I want something more advanced than the pay, such as this yacht.

However, when facing the interviews from gossip reporters, this most beautiful Miss Hong Kong in history actually winked at them mischievously and said, "Guess."

This caused a sensation in Hong Kong.

Rumor has it that a new heavyweight figure has been added to Jiang Feng’s huge harem.

Under such circumstances, Jiang Feng naturally didn't want to be reported by reporters. The quieter he came to Hong Kong Island, the better.

It's not bad. I looked at Qin Chuan on the left and Kim Kyong-hui and Kim Ok-hui on the right and found that their faces looked normal, which meant that there was no one around taking pictures secretly.

Wang Fei is in Beijing at the moment. She is doing her best to help Jiang Feng prepare for his third English album. Well, because this beautiful woman said that she would personally serve as the music producer for Jiang Feng.

So, Jiang Feng planned to take a taxi home.

However, as soon as Jiang Feng came out of the terminal, he immediately saw a silver Aston Martin DB7 parked at his feet. The window was lowered, revealing a bright and beautiful face.

"A Feng, get in the car."

"Hey, why are you here?"

Seeing Guan Xiulin, Jiang Feng was very curious, because his itinerary was changed at the last minute. If it weren't for someone who paid attention to him every day and then checked the itinerary at the airline, most people would not know that he would arrive in Hong Kong Island at this point.

"Did you forget?

We both have a common agent named Wang Jinghua. It was Sister Hua who told me that you would come back today, and then rest in Hong Kong Island for two days, and then fly back to Beijing at noon on August 8 to record your third English album. "Guan Yulin, who was sitting in the driver's seat, smiled happily.

When she saw Jiang Feng put the luggage into the trunk of the car, she reached out and patted the steering wheel.

"A Feng, I've seen you drive a BMW X5, a Range Rover, and a Grand Cherokee, but I've never seen you drive a car like this.

Now, how about you try this coupe I bought just two years ago?"

"Forget it."

Jiang Feng waved his hand, sat in the passenger seat, and fastened his seat belt.

After flying for more than ten hours, I was already exhausted. How could I have the leisure to enjoy the fun of driving? !
"Oh…"

It was obvious that Guan Xiulin was a little disappointed.

However, she did not say anything, but turned the steering wheel and drove the Aston Martin onto the main road in front of Hong Kong International Airport.

"A Feng..."

"Ok?"

"You know, right? The box office of The Departed in Hong Kong Island has exploded. Just today, the box office has exceeded 400 million Hong Kong dollars.

Many young men and women who were spending their summer vacation at home, today, all ran to the cinema hand in hand, saying they wanted to experience something called the "Ten Second Challenge."

The movie grossed HK$400 million on its first day in Hong Kong...

Jiang Feng was quite happy to hear this number, because the film market in Hong Kong Island is not big, and the daily box office is only around 600 million Hong Kong dollars.

Nowadays, if a movie sells for 400 million and takes 2/3 of the box office, it is considered quite good.

Just as he was thinking about it, Jiang Feng's cell phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated. He took it out and saw it was a text message.

[Jiang Feng, do you have time? I want to talk to you when I have time.]

(End of this chapter)