Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 298: Hurricane

There were indeed many people at the scene who called for more shows. Most of these people were called by their friends during the show and only watched the last part, or even a few minutes.

"Please play it again, I haven't seen enough!"

"That's right, how can you only watch such a good movie once!"

"Who can tell me what happened before?"

"It's a pity that I only watched the last two minutes, but it was really wonderful. Staff, can you play it again?"

"Where are the people? Is anyone here? Where are the staff? Play it again!"

"I swear, this is the coolest movie I've ever seen at a film festival. I have to show it twice!"

It was a rare occasion at a film festival where the audience collectively requested a replay. How rare!

Soon, film festival staff came to the screening room and explained to the audience that the daily showtimes were fixed and that the next movie would be shown!

"I don't care. We have to replay it. Can't you hear everyone's voices? Who wants to watch another movie? Anyway, I just want to watch Taken..."

Looking at the excited audience, the staff did not dare to refuse firmly and could only tell him that he needed to ask for instructions.

"Then go quickly."

Zhang Chen looked at the audience in the theater making noise with a smile on his face. This was simply the best praise for the movie.

How could the media that followed Cheng Long miss such an opportunity? They all aimed their cameras at the crowd that was making trouble.

"Let's go over there."

He had no control over whether to add more shows or not, but since Cheng Long and others came to show their support, as the main creator he had to go over and express his gratitude.

A group of people stood up and walked towards Cheng Long and others.

"Uncle Long, thank you so much for making such a special trip~"

"Director Tang, Director Guan, thank you for coming to support us~"

"It's as it should be, we are all compatriots~"

Zhang Chen, Tang Jili and Guan Jinpeng had never met before, but they all knew each other. Although it was their first meeting, they greeted each other familiarly.

Liang Jiahui on the other side enthusiastically went up to hug everyone. To put it bluntly, these three people came over just for his face.

"Ah Hui, you are going to be rich now. 'Taken' will definitely become a phenomenal movie~" Cheng Long's tone was a little sour.

"Haha, Aaron, do you regret it?"

"Fuck you~"

The two were laughing and joking when a voice suddenly came from the side: "Oh my God, it's the protagonist of the movie~"

Then, Tony Leung found that he had become the focus of the entire audience. Countless people stretched their necks to look at him, and some people looked very excited.

Seeing someone about to rush over, Zhang Chen immediately jumped onto the podium and shouted, "Everyone, calm down a little..."

His move was indeed useful.

"Everyone, wait a moment. I know many people haven't seen enough and want to watch it again, but the rule of the film festival is that a movie can only be shown once a day. However, everyone is very willing, and the staff has already asked for instructions. I believe there will be a result soon..."

Zhang Chen calmed everyone down in English, and whispered to Liang Jiahui and the others in Chinese: "Hurry up and leave~"

The latter reminder was spoken in Chinese, which the audience present could not understand and did not cause any commotion.

While the audience's attention was drawn to Zhang Chen, the main creators hurriedly took Cheng Long and others away.

On the stage, Zhang Chen continued to talk about this and that: "Hello everyone, I am the director of this movie. Do you like Taken?"

There was no other way. In order to divert attention, he could only treat this as a press conference.

How could the media in the audience miss such a good opportunity? They took pictures of Zhang Chen one after another. Some of them even thought of a title in their minds - ['Taken' becomes a huge hit in Venice; audiences are causing trouble to get extra screenings].

Fortunately, Zhang Chen’s rescue didn’t last long before the staff arrived.

“According to the regulations, we can only show each movie once a day, but since everyone is so enthusiastic, the film festival organizing committee is willing to make an exception and show Taken one more time, but not here…”

The premiere of Taken was at the Venice Cinema on the Marconi Riviera.

The Venice Cinema Palace consists of four large halls, four small halls and an open-air screening area, ensuring that the participating films in the main competition unit, Horizon unit, etc. can be screened more than three times.

Because "Taken" was a screening, it was arranged in a small hall...

The screening schedule in the small hall is fixed, and there are other films scheduled after "Taken", so it is not possible to add more screenings here.

"Please move to the outdoor screening area, where we will show you an extra performance..."

The good news brought by the staff was cheered by the audience, and then a new round of calls began.

The audience called their friends and told their relatives and friends the good news of the additional screenings of "Taken", hoping that they could enjoy the show together.

Somewhere near the cinema, Zhang Chen and others who received the call met Cheng Long and others who had been waiting for a long time.

"Sorry, sorry, no one expected this special situation to happen~"

As the owner of the movie, Zhang Chen kept apologizing, even though the matter had nothing to do with him.

Everyone exchanged greetings again.

"Tomorrow, there will be a party after the premiere of 'The Myth'. Everyone please come and have fun together~" Cheng Long invited everyone.

During the film festival, unless the crew is extremely poor, they will usually hold a cocktail party after the movie screening...

Generally, film producers, filmmakers, judges and, of course, the media will be invited to attend.

The purpose is self-evident, either to sell films or to win awards.

But hosting a cocktail party is very expensive, starting at at least $100,000, and Zhang Chen doesn't want to do it anyway.

He hadn't expected to sell the film here, but he had high hopes for Toronto a week later.

"sure……"

Since people have come to support "Hurricane", of course they have to return the favor, and they can also have a free meal at the same time.

The food in Venice is really not that good and expensive, with just a simple order costing several hundred Euros.

Here, money is not money at all.

After the agreement was reached, everyone left. Along the way, Stanley Kwan seemed to be hesitant to speak.

When he was with Zhang Chen, he really wanted to ask, how did you shoot that long shot?

But this was the first time the two met, they were not familiar with each other, and it was Brother Cheng Long who was talking all the time, so he had no chance at all.

As they were leaving, Tang Jili saw what he was thinking and asked, "You were so depressed along the way, what were you thinking about?"

Now that they were all family, Stanley Kwan no longer held back: "I have some questions about the long shot in The Hurricane, and I wanted to ask him how he shot it, but I didn't know how to ask..."

Tang Jili nodded. He was also very interested in the long shot, but he had some questions.

"Don't you think that long shot of his is weird?"

"Strange? Why is it strange?"

"I can't really explain it, but I've tried to put myself in Zhang Chen's shoes, but I still can't figure out how to make some arrangements..."

After a pause, he continued: "Some parts of the long shot are very strange. They will suddenly become close-ups..."

Stanley Kwan suddenly realized: "You mean, you suspect that it wasn't a real long shot at all, but was a combination of several shots spliced ​​together through editing?"

Tang Jili quickly covered his mouth and looked around: "This is just my guess, I'm not sure, don't yell nonsense, this kind of talk is very offensive."

Stanley Kwan nodded in understanding. Generally speaking, long shots are a director’s pride.

You slandered a director for faking long shots. This is a slap in the face. Deadly enemy~
Tang Jili was just guessing. If Zhang Chen heard it, they would become enemies.

Cheng Long, who was standing next to him, didn't care much about the long shots. When he saw that the two had finished their conversation, he asked, "Ji Li, how is Xu Ke's Seven Swords?"

Cheng Long and Tsui Hark have only worked together once, in 92's "Twin Dragons", a film that was a fund-raising film for the Directors Guild of Hong Kong, and all the cast and crew involved in the film were directors.

Tang Jili shook his head: "Not very good. The rhythm of Seven Swords is obviously messed up. I don't know what the old monster was thinking. He gave a lot of space to introduce the seven weapons, and the villain's aura is too strong..."

Stanley Kwan also watched Seven Swords and knew that what Stanley Tong said was right.

"Sun Honglei, a villain, has such an overwhelming aura that he overwhelms seven decent characters. It feels a bit like Infernal Affairs 2, where Ni Yongxiao, played by Wu Zhenyu, is clearly a villain but plays a major role..."

"It is said that when the movie was shown in the cinema, many people left before finishing it..."

There's nothing wrong with leaving the theater in the middle of a show. At a film festival, many films are arthouse films, and many people leave early because they can't stand watching them.

But I am afraid of comparison in everything.

Some people left the show "Seven Swords" midway, and for "Hurricane", not to mention leaving the show midway, the audience spontaneously requested to add more shows.

People will die if compared with others, and money will be thrown away if compared with others.

Now, the topic returns to "Taken".

"Brother, I think we should make plans early. Hurricane is only one week later than Mythology..."

Cheng Long knew what Tang Jili said, but what could he do, especially since there was also Stanley Kwan next to him.

"Well, I'll discuss this with Bona later..."

At this stage, most Hong Kong films are distributed by Bona.

……

On the other side, Zhang Chen and his group were also strolling on the road.

In this case, it would be impossible to go back to the screening as we would easily be besieged by enthusiastic movie fans, so everyone decided to take this opportunity to visit Venice.

I've been busy since I came here and haven't had a good time shopping yet.

Judging from the reaction to the first show, the popularity of "Hurricane" is definitely unquestionable, which also makes everyone feel more or less at ease.

Jing Tian seemed very excited. During the chaos just now, he heard someone shouting "That's Jinmi".

Kimmy is exactly the name of the character she plays.

The audience remembered her, which proved that her performance was recognized by the audience, which made her very happy.

Even when she was chatting with Cheng Long and others just now, Brother Cheng Long praised her acting skills.

When filming "The Myth", Jing Tian actually wanted to use her financial ability to get the role of the heroine, Princess Yu Shu, but Lu Zheng surprisingly disagreed.

The reason was that Jing Tian’s grade was not suitable, but in fact she knew it was because of Cheng Long’s reputation.

It is said that Cheng Long's heroines all need to be with him...

Well, Director Zhang is still the best.

But then I remembered that Director Zhang and Sister Qing are now living in the same room.

Well, the two of them didn't even try to avoid other people and just got a room.

"Look, gondola, let's take a gondola ride~"

Since you are visiting Venice, of course you have to experience the local characteristics.

In Venice, there is a saying that if you don’t take a gondola ride when you arrive in Venice, it’s like you haven’t been to Venice.

Gondola is a traditional rowing boat unique to Venice, Italy.

Since Venice is the only city in the world without cars, boats are the only means of transportation.

Gondola is actually a black flat-bottomed boat, 12 meters long, beautifully decorated, with crescent-shaped ends. It is said that the crescent can also be used to measure the height of the bridge hole.

It is said that this kind of boat has a history of more than a thousand years.

The crowd took two gondolas and toured the river.

The boatman rowed and the gondola moved quietly.

There are many floating shops in the canals of Venice, and floating shops are also boats.

It’s just that the boat is filled with goods, mostly fruits and trinkets.

……

Asking for monthly ticket

(End of this chapter)