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Chapter 381 Premiere of "The Wandering Earth"
2 month 1 day.

The world premiere of "The Wandering Earth".

On the huge poster, flames are rising in the space, and on the other side, "The Wandering Earth" is written in big red fonts, and "Run towards the Future" is written in white fonts.

"so beautiful."

Zhao Jinmai beside him sighed.

"Ah."

Xu Xing responded.

The entrance ceremony has just ended and the premiere will officially begin soon.

The premiere was mainly attended by industry insiders, star directors and well-known film critics, as well as bigwigs from various fields who were interested in this work, and media from home and abroad.

——Because there was a film screening session, no live broadcast was arranged.

When the top star Xu Xing was officially announced to star in this movie, it attracted a lot of attention. Together with Lu Han's "Fortress at Sea", it was considered to be the beginning of the industry's bet on science fiction films.

——Well, that’s in the fan circle. For the industry, the third part of Ning Hao’s Crazy Trilogy five years later, Crazy Alien, is more important and will compete with The Wandering Earth during the Spring Festival.

When "Wolf Warrior 2" was released and grossed 60 billion yuan, it became the highest-grossing film in the domestic box office history. "The Wandering Earth" directly boosted the expectations of people inside and outside the circle because of the collaboration between Xu Xing and Wu Jing again.

Last year, Xu Xing’s reputation collapsed, which made people worry about the fate of this movie, but in the end, Xu Xing made a better comeback than ever before. Within just one month, both her album and TV series became blockbuster hits.

The attention this movie has received has reached an even more terrifying level!

The technical and artistic performance of the special effects in the previously released trailer is not inferior to Hollywood science fiction blockbusters, and there are also rumors in the industry that continue to leak out:
All the cinema chains were stunned at the screening. It is undoubtedly a milestone work and the beginning of a new era for Chinese-language films. It has great hope of surpassing the box office of "Wolf Warrior 2". The movies originally scheduled for the same period want to withdraw... China's own "Interstellar".

Well, when Xu Xing was surfing the Internet, he suddenly saw the daily team-building topic of the previous life's movie fan circle - the battle between "The Wandering Earth" and "Interstellar" had already started in advance.

Although the fight has not become very intense yet, it is still at the stage where the fans of Star Trek and Director Noble think that King Eryngii is crazy and is trying to scam people by landing on the moon. King Eryngii scolds them for being worshipful of foreigners, and other fans think that King Eryngii is really stupid, but they are also happy to see the high-handed Star Trek Director Noble making fun of him.

Being bitten by such a stupid king oyster mushroom is really a blessing for Noble! After all, before the release of Interstellar, Noble shouted that it would be in the top three in film history, and 2001: A Space Odyssey gave way to it. After the release, he praised the black hole every day for its big waves and big crying scenes, and got angry when others mentioned Deus Ex Machina.

The fans who are disgusted with Nobuaki's release say something "fair": If "Interstellar" can copy "2001: A Space Odyssey" before its release, what's wrong with "The Wandering Earth" copying "Interstellar" before its release?
Truly experienced movie fans dare to draw a conclusion in advance: the gap between "The Wandering Earth" and "Interstellar" is the gap between "Interstellar" and "2001: A Space Odyssey"!

What this statement, which added fuel to the fire, actually wanted to express was that "The Wandering Earth" is definitely far inferior to "Interstellar", but it made Nobuaki even more angry.

On the contrary, when I heard Nobuyuki repeatedly emphasize that "the movie that can be compared with Interstellar is 2001: A Space Odyssey, right?", I felt that those truly knowledgeable movie fans were optimistic about The Wandering Earth, which greatly encouraged me.

After all, King Oyster Mushroom never said at the beginning that "The Wandering Earth" is better than "Interstellar", he just said it is "China's "Interstellar"", which actually means he recognizes "Interstellar" very much.

——In fact, from the perspective of the past, in terms of significance, "The Wandering Earth" can be regarded as "China's "2001: A Space Odyssey"."

After watching the scene, Xu Xing was speechless.

No matter how I think about it, I have no idea why they started fighting before the movie even aired.

Maybe it was the God of Luck who gave them the courage!

For Xu Xing, who is now at the peak of his star power, conquering the United States is an important part of it.

In the past, no one in the music industry thought that domestic singers could win the B chart topper, but Xing Shen not only won it, but also three topper, including nine consecutive topper.

In the past, no one in the film and television industry thought that domestic science fiction films could be compared with Hollywood science fiction films, but fortunately, God is here, which is a reason to believe it!
Some even began to imagine that "The Wandering Earth" would be a huge success in the United States, breaking the $19 million box office record for Chinese-language films in North America set by "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" 1.3 years ago.

Not only the fans are thinking about it, but the operators behind the scenes, Beiwen Wanta and Ayun, also think that they can achieve good box office results in North America.

Therefore, a premiere in North America after the holiday was arranged. Although Wanda began to withdraw from the cinema chain AMC that it had acquired last year, it still tried to arrange a larger opening than "The Great Wall". At that time, there will be more than 4000 screens.

Xu Xing postponed the release of "Old Town Road" until after the holiday, partly because of this consideration.

Xu Xing really wanted to persuade them to stop making such trouble.

It has been proven in the past that although "The Wandering Earth" is indeed at the level of Hollywood science fiction films, North American audiences themselves are prejudiced against Chinese films, and the saturated rescue style expressed in the film, where the whole world is united in purpose, does not fit in well in North America. They prefer individual heroism and shouting "family".

The more hype it is now, the more embarrassing it will be when it fails in the future.

"The Wandering Earth" is a movie for Chinese people to watch, and there is no need to gain American approval.

Xu Xing did not go to the United States to promote his Chinese album "I Remember".

Xu Xing released English songs because it was relatively easy to pull out his stock of hit songs from his previous life, making some money while expanding his international influence.

The movie is in too much trouble.

But everyone said it was okay, and as the iconic face of this movie, Xu Xing couldn't sing a different tune.

Anyway, the publicity and promotion expenses for the North American distribution will not be borne by Xu Xing.

When the time comes, when the little black guys mock us...just give them some chance to live!

“So, the box office will really be 40 billion!”

Zhao Jinmai asked again.

"There will be."

Xu Xing smiled again, giving her confidence.

I can understand her anxiety and excitement.

After Balala the Fairies, Zhao Jinmai starred in Little Farewell and My PE Teacher, both of which were TV series, in which she played minor supporting roles.

Last year's movie "Go Brother!" was just an ordinary movie starring several newcomers. It had a surprising box office, but it was only 3.7 million yuan and did not go viral. More attention was paid to the male and female protagonists, Peng Yuchang and Zhang Zifeng.

As for "The Wandering Earth", although Zhao Jinmai is still a supporting role, this is the most important project in the entire industry, and all eyes are on this movie.

The younger sister she played also colludes with her brother Xu Xing, who is the main narrative line of the film.

In a sense, this might be her official debut in front of everyone.

...and she only lost money in other film and television dramas before, and was questioned by King Oyster Mushroom as to why he signed her. If this time it affects Brother Xing's work, then he will really be doomed.

Xu Xing recalled Zhao Jinmai’s pitiful “complaint” before, saying that she had actually been paying attention to Mantianxing’s evaluation of her.

"Speaking of which," Zhao Jinmai hesitated, "What happened to you guys last night..."

"Ok?"

Xu Xing was a little surprised. She didn't expect that she would talk about this.

It was indeed not appropriate to use it on her last night, so I increased the strength on Yezi, but she...

Or too nervous?
I was just about to ask her if she had peeked last night.

The host announced the official start of the premiere.

As soon as Xu Xing's eyes swept over, Zhao Jinmai shrank his head and sat down quickly.

…Is there a smirk on her face?

The screen on the stage began playing the MV of "Wandering with the Earth", the theme song composed by Teacher Liu Huan for the movie.

Xu Xing didn't observe it any further.

Premiere!
A lively premiere.

This premiere attracted so much attention and it was not easy to qualify to attend the premiere, so the applause was generally enthusiastic, enthusiastic and orderly.

The host livened up the atmosphere, and the main creators of the crew came on stage and began to tell the story behind the movie and their views on the movie.

When going on stage, director Guo Fan took the lead. Wu Jing originally wanted Xu Xing to go on stage first and stand next to Guo Fan, but Xu Xing insisted on letting Wu Jing go on stage first, and there was applause and laughter at the scene.

Before seeing the actual film, Xu Xing and Wu Jing were the focus of the film. Guo Fan?

The youth film "You Are the One" with a score of 6.0 in the previous film?
To be honest, he is the factor that makes people have the most concerns and questions about this movie!
A youth film director suddenly goes to make a science fiction film?
Even the most stubborn King Oyster Mushroom could only blush and emphasize when the black guy mocked Director Guo’s history: There is also a science fiction film called "The Adventures of Li Xianji", which is also very good!

Oh?
With the animation being a great success, the movie has a Douban score of 6.4 and a box office of 700 million?
Director Guo, you better be able to do it! ! ! !
In fact, Director Guo is quite confident. Without confidence, he can’t be a director.

For example, after watching the episode where Xu Xing and Wu Jing were being courteous to each other, he waited until everyone was standing and deliberately passed the microphone between the two of them as a joke.

There was another burst of laughter from the audience.

He waited until Xu Xing and Wu Jing had finished pushing and shoving before he started to laugh.

"For the movie The Wandering Earth, I am really grateful to Xiao Xing and Jing Ge."

Then he started to talk about how when the film was still in the preparation stage, he received an offer from Xu Xing to star in the film, which gave him great encouragement.

"There had never been such a science fiction film in China before, and no one thought such a project would be successful, but Xiao Xing gave them the first reason to believe... Even when they knew that the investment gap for the film was huge, Xiao Xing not only did not ask for a salary, but also took the initiative to pay, saying that he just wanted to support the development of domestic science fiction films.

"…I was touched and ashamed at the time, because when I first talked to Xiaoxing, Xiaoxing said that he liked science fiction and had written a science fiction drama called "The Beginning". In order to keep Xiaoxing, I said that I knew it, I had seen it, and I liked it very much. In fact, I was too busy preparing for this movie and didn't have time to watch it. So after I went back, I immediately watched "The Beginning" overnight. This time I really watched it, and it was really a great drama!

"I also watched the recent "Want to See You", which is also very good. I watch it as soon as it is updated! I asked Xiaoxing about the design of the timeline, but I was afraid that he would spoil the plot."

Director Guo told a very sincere story about "deceiving" Xu Xing, and Xu Xing's sincere efforts for the movie.

The audience burst into laughter.

When it came to Wu Jing, Director Guo was particularly happy and said that he had gotten a good deal by bringing Wu Jing to The Wandering Earth before Wolf Warrior 2 was released.

It’s a pity that Wu Jing was asked to make a guest appearance at the beginning.

“Then I felt bad while doing cameo roles, because I wanted Brother Jing to have more scenes than I told him to do before filming started, and he was actually the lead actor. After a month of filming, he still hadn’t finished his cameo roles. As a result, at this time, Wolf Warriors 2 was released… I was really troubled. What should I do? What should I do? How should I tell Brother Jing so that he can continue filming…”

Another story of deception.

The audience laughed even harder.

Originally they hoped that Xu Xing and Wu Jing would speak more.

But they sound more interesting from Guo Fan's mouth.

Guo Fan then talked about other people’s support from the preparation to the shooting of the film, the difficulties encountered, and how everyone overcame them.

Finally, Director Guo said that this was an answer sheet that everyone had put in with all their hard work, and he hoped that it did not disappoint the expectations of the outside world.

There was thunderous applause.

Then the actors also began to talk about how they came into contact with this project, the feelings they had during the filming, their understanding of the characters, etc.

The ones who talked the most were Xu Xing and Wu Jing.

We didn’t talk much about the relationships between the characters in the movie - the original plan was to talk about the family ties in the film, and then talk about family ties in real life, but Xu Xing’s team did not agree.

So the focus is on the two people's cooperation again, the understanding of the fate of their own characters in the movie, and the praise for the movie.

"I really like science fiction stories. In fact, when I first saw Liu Cixin's original novel, I was touched by the title before I even started reading. We Chinese are rooted in our land. We have our own small home, and the earth is our big home. Wandering is a kind of suffering, which is romanticized and resolved by ourselves. I never thought that these two words could be combined together.

"I felt the same way when I watched our film The Wandering Earth. This story is about the deep suffering of the earth's catastrophe, but it is also about the romance of human beings who are not afraid of any future. Even the earth and human beings are so small in the universe that they are not even a drop in the ocean.

"There is a saying on the Internet that the sea of stars is the romance of mankind, the earth is also romantic, and it is even more romantic for humans and the earth to protect each other and drift towards the sea of stars. Therefore, I think this movie is particularly romantic, the most romantic disaster movie, which allows us to stay optimistic at any time, no matter what difficulties we encounter, and not give up the things we cherish most."

After Xu Xing finished speaking, Director Guo took the lead and the whole audience burst into the warmest applause.

Then comes the classic box office prediction session.

As soon as the host asked the question, the audience started shouting 60 billion or 70 billion.

The atmosphere was so noisy that Guo Fan quickly cooled down the situation, saying that although he was confident in the quality of the film, he didn't know whether there was a market for science fiction movies in China.

Wait until Xu Xing predicted 50 billion.

Just as he finished speaking, Guo Fan spoke again.

"If the box office reaches 50 billion, I will sing "Last Dance"!"

Just now he said that when he watched "Want to See You" every day, some people in the audience urged him to sing "Last Dance", but he did not respond.

But now he brought it up on his own initiative.

Director Guo was still too excited.

There was applause from the audience.

"What about Xiao Xing?"

The host cues this.

Xu Xing glanced at Guo Fan. If he hadn't suddenly set the flag, he wouldn't have been questioned about it.

"I... sing 'Wandering with the Earth'."

The audience booed.

"I sang with Brother Jing."

Xu Xing added.

Caught off guard, Wu Jing looked at Xu Xing with eyes wide open.

There was laughter and applause from the audience.

"Brother Fan started it first, otherwise Brother Jing would have to think of something else."

Xu Xing took the opportunity to explain in a low voice.

Wu Jing thought about it again before nodding.

In fact, he also sang.

Although "Wandering with the Earth" is not easy to sing, there is a professional singer Xu Xing here.

The story is over, the fun is over.

Finally, to the excitement of all the audience present, the film was screened for the first time in the world!

Two hours later.

Everyone in the audience stood up and applauded for a long time.

……

[As the first hard science fiction film shot by Chinese people, The Wandering Earth has far exceeded my expectations! Special effects, story, editing, rhythm, imagination, patriotism, heroism... I just watched the premiere and will watch it again when it is officially released. I strongly recommend everyone to watch this movie on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and I sincerely hope that the box office can exceed Wolf Warrior 2] - Zhou Hongyi, CEO of 360 Group.

[This is truly a landmark film, absolutely world-class! I am proud of and pay deep respect to the young Chinese director Guo Fan and the creative team! I hope the box office can surpass "Wolf Warrior 2", after all, they are both Xu Xing and Wu Jing's films.] - Xu Zheng.

[The Wandering Earth, warmth in the end of the world, pioneers of this kind...] - Chen Kun.

……

A series of premiere feedback flooded Weibo!
From capital tycoons to directors and stars, to senior film critics and media, not only did all of them have no negative reviews, but they all praised it extremely exaggeratedly!

All kinds of compliments have once again raised the audience's expectations!

A movie that has not yet been released is becoming increasingly popular online!
On the 3th day of the Chinese New Year, the pre-sale box office of "The Wandering Earth" has exceeded million! Breaking the previous pre-sale box office record!
Just wait until the first day of the Lunar New Year for the movie to be officially released!
　Not enough code for 5k...

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