Chapter 279 Premiere Reverse
On July 7, Crazy Stone was officially released

When you walk into the cinema, almost all the space available for advertising is occupied by posters of "Stone" and "Seven Swords".

"Stone" is still the same as before, the green stone reflects the appearance of Dao Ge's trio.

"Seven Swords" shows seven weapons stuck in the ground, with the ancient Chinese characters "Seven Swords" next to them.

Judging from the poster, it is obvious that "Seven Swords" is more sophisticated. Apart from anything else, the shape of the seven swords alone looks worth a lot of money.

Since July, these two films have been promoting themselves, but have squeezed out the still-in-screen Mr. and Mrs. Smith, which is now silent.

It is precisely because the publicity was so good that everyone is looking forward to the two films.

The main promotional point of "Seven Swords" is Tsui Hark and the seven swords. Perhaps the distributor feels that all the stars combined are not as attractive as Tsui Hark returning to helm a martial arts film.

"Stone" mainly relies on Zhang Chen. There is no other way. Apart from him, all the other main creators combined are not as famous as him.

Originally, the publicity for "Seven Swords" had always been dominant. After all, it was a blockbuster, with excellent costumes and props, and a famous director, and there were many gimmicks.

But Zhang Chen's speech at the premiere two days ago successfully made "Stone" a hot topic, and many people became interested in "Stone" because of this.

Of course, some people have already made up their minds to watch both shows.

When the movie was officially released, long queues formed in cinemas across the country. At that time, there was no electronic ticketing, so if you wanted to see the movie, you had to queue up obediently.

When you come across a popular movie, just like train tickets, you have to grab them~
Well, it will be even more exaggerated in two years. In order to watch an IMAX movie of "Avatar", some people lined up the night in advance, and that was in winter.

In the north in winter, people can freeze to death at night.

I don’t know what will happen if I don’t watch this movie. Will I die?
"Give me two copies of Seven Swords~"

“Three copies of Crazy Stone~”

"A copy of Crazy Stone, thank you~"

"Two photos of Seven Swords at 11:10~"

Most people who buy tickets come for these two movies, either "Seven Swords" or "Stone". There is no room for other movies at all.

A moment of silence for them.

Some reporters squatted at the entrance of the cinema to interview:

"Of course I'm looking forward to it, it's a martial arts film directed by Xu Ke~"

"I am a fan of Zhang Chen. I watch all his movies, and I also watch the movies he recommends~"

"I came here after watching the premiere, and I'm looking forward to "Stone"~"

"There is Li Tianwang in "Seven Swords", I love Li Tianwang~"

Those who go to the movies are generally young people, mostly students.

These people have a characteristic, that is, they like to love the person and the people in him.

If they like someone, they will support you with real money and support everything about you.

But if they stop being fans, they will do it very casually, without any regrets.

……

The movie is about to start, and the occupancy rate in the theater may reach 80%.

After the lights dimmed, three figures sneaked into the venue and headed straight for the last row.

These three people are Ning Hao, Huang Bo and Yue Xiaojun.

Looking at the almost full screening room, Ning Hao felt a little excited.

He came here today specifically to see the audience's reaction.

He was sure that "Stone" was an excellent movie, but he still couldn't help but want to know the audience's reaction, which was probably a common problem for all new directors.

Huang Bo and Yue Xiaojun are similar.

With the promotion of "Stone", there are more and more discussions about "Stone" on the Internet in the past two days, and many of them are about the Dao Ge trio.

Huang Bo was eager to try, he had a premonition that he might become famous.

Yue Xiaojun is not a full-time actor, his main job is screenwriter, but he can't help but look forward to it.

Movie starts~
Xie Xiaomeng threw a can on the cable car, and Bao Shihong's car was hit. Then his car slipped and hit the four-eyed BMW~
Three seemingly unrelated clues converged and collided at this moment, and the audience showed expressions of sudden enlightenment.

Then there is exclamation~
This is the first eye-catching part of "Stone". Just from the beginning, people can feel that this movie is good.

Looking at everyone talking in low voices, Ning Hao smiled.

He likes this feeling very much, as if he can manipulate the audience's emotions, making you cry, laugh, and marvel...

The movie continues
Don't touch me~
I'll give you a lung~
Quality, pay attention to your quality~
There were many golden quotes and laughter in the cinema.

Every reaction of the audience brings emotional value to the three people in the back row, and they are very satisfied.

Xingchen Entertainment’s slogan for “Stone” is - Let’s make you laugh this summer!

They did it, they really did it.

The movie ended and the lights just came on when Ning Hao saw the audience hurriedly stand up and run out.

There are several more people like this~
Ning Hao's heart sank. Could it be that the audience didn't like it?
But looking at everyone’s reactions just now, they were all laughing.

While I was feeling anxious, someone next to me said, "Dude, please lend me a hand. I have to pee urgently. This ghost movie is so well made. It looks like I don't want to go to the toilet."

The three of them realized what had happened.

The movie has ended, and people are standing up one after another, ready to leave~
"Whoosh!"

At this time, some audience members started to applaud spontaneously, and then other audience members followed suit, and the sound became louder and louder.

Everyone laughed, clapped, and looked at each other, happy for the resonance in this moment.

Then this behavior inspired more people to resonate with it, and more people applauded.
The three people in the last row were vaguely excited. This was not a premiere, and there were no creators present. The audience's applause was completely spontaneous, which was increasingly rare.

At this moment, Ning Hao felt a sense of happiness of being recognized. Amid the applause, people's emotions were vented - they finally came across a good movie.

"Crazy Stone" makes them feel very different.

At this stage, comedies include Hong Kong nonsense and shit and piss and fart, and Beijing-style nonsense.

"Stone" is the third type.

And he wasn't awkward at all.

Many comedy scenes in movies are clownish comedies, where actors achieve the purpose of being funny by making themselves look ugly or using particularly exaggerated plots.

It's very deliberate, and many times the audience has already guessed the ending just after you make the beginning.

In this day and age, due to rampant piracy, the amount of movies people watch is astonishing.

Some directors may not have watched as many films as veteran movie fans.

But that’s not the case with Stone.

Each of his plots is normal, but they are combined together in a coincidental way to achieve the purpose of being funny.

The lines are also classic and quite distinctive.

Dialect comedy is actually a niche genre, but Chongqing dialect sounds inexplicably funny.

The audience basically watched the entire movie with laughter.

That's the charm of comedy.

In fact, the subject matter and format of "Stone" are very suitable for the Lunar New Year period. During the Lunar New Year period, excellent comedies are a killer, and everyone just wants to have fun.

The later "Lost on Journey" followed the same path, except that this year there was "The Promise". At that time, poet Chen was still a god in the film industry, and "Stone" would definitely not end up well if it encountered him.

……

A cinema in Shijiazhuang
Also after the show started, a man wearing a hat and a mask slowly entered the venue and sat in a secluded corner of the last row.

The person who came was Lu Chuan.

In order to avoid being recognized, he not only wore a hat and mask in the hot July, but also went to the remote Shijiazhuang and found a non-popular cinema in a non-popular area.

It was also the place where several clues converged, and Lu Chuan sat up straight unconsciously.

"…Hmm, there's something…"

Seeing the reactions of the audience around her, Lu Chuan felt a little envious.

He is a film maker himself, and what he sees is different from what ordinary audiences see.

Multi-line narrative is really a rare thing at that time. Even filmmakers have rarely seen it, let alone ordinary audiences.

No wonder the audience responded so well.

But Ning Hao is really brave to play like this.

The multi-line narrative style may seem to tell a clever story, but it actually tests the director's skills. If it's not done well, the story will feel scattered.

Moreover, if things go wrong, the audience may not buy it.

Don’t think that audiences will buy into a good movie. “The Shawshank Redemption” is a good movie, but it still didn’t do well at the box office back then.

His "Kekexili" is also...

Lu Chuan was very envious of Ning Hao. "Stone" was a complete show of skill, and showing off skill was pretending to be cool. There was no artist who didn't like to pretend to be cool.

He knew Ning Hao.

In his early years, Ning Hao also made art films.

After the filming, he took his films to exhibitions all over the world. That's how he met Ning Hao.

So many years have passed in the blink of an eye, and Ning Hao has started making commercial films, but he is still stuck in the field of art films.

Thinking of this, Lu Chuan remembered the call Wang Zhonglei made to him last night.

Inviting someone to have dinner together clearly shows the intention of winning them over.

Lu Chuan did not agree immediately, as if to say, "You ignored me in the past, but now I'm out of your reach."

In the past, Lu Chuan and Zhang Chen were both targets of Huayi's wooing. Later, when Zhang Chen's "The Shallows" broke the 100 million yuan box office, Lu Chuan fell out with him again, and Huayi gradually distanced itself from Lu Chuan.

Now Huayi has no actors or directors, so it is trying to win over Lu Chuan again.

……

In the capital, in the same cinema, with the same attire and in the same corner, Xu Ke was watching the movie with deep emotion.

"I'm so old, so old..."

“Can movies be shot like this?”

"Today's young directors really know how to have fun~"

Xu Ke had never heard of Ning Hao before, but he was amazed when he watched his movie for the first time.

Not only is the script clever, but the actors are also well chosen.

Xie Xiaomeng, Siyan, Dao Ge, where did he find these minor supporting characters?

Each role was played very well, and it was the first time that Xu Ke felt that mainland China was also full of talented people.

He knew Zhang Guoli, but they had no connection. He only met Feng Xiaogang at the premiere two days ago. The only person he was relatively familiar with was Wu Zhenyu.

But Wu Zhenyu also changed his previous acting style and played a killer from Hong Kong in this film. Xu Ke never thought that Wu Zhenyu, who became famous for playing gangster bosses, could also be so good in comedy films.

Speaking of which, the director is really good.

It was the director who brought such a group of outstanding people together.

(End of this chapter)

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