Huayu's rise from top star to best actor

Chapter 498 Media Comments: Liu Wenwu Can Be Booked as Best Actor
The premiere of "Sniper" was held at the China Film Archive.

Due to mask requirements, the guests and audience present wore masks in alternate rows and seats to ensure safety.

In fact, according to the current situation, offline cinemas have been reopened and are no longer so strict.

However, if you are a public figure and participate in events that attract a lot of attention, you still need to abide by this regulation.

In the break room, the main creative staff all wore cultural hoodies with the Sniper title logo printed on them.

Xu Yien greeted Director Yimou, Director Momo, Zhang Yi, Dayong and others, and took turns hugging and exchanging greetings.

It has been a long time since we last met, so we won’t be too reserved when we meet as acquaintances.

"Is this your first time attending a premiere?" Zhang Yimou's voice was a little hoarse. He looked at Xu Yien and said, "Don't be too nervous."

"No, I've participated in so many events, I have to make Dayong not be so nervous hahahaha."

Chen Yongsheng smiled innocently and said, "I shouldn't be nervous."

The process of the premiere was very simple, it was nothing more than an interview after watching the movie.

As the lights in the theater went out and the opening advertisement ended, "Sniper" officially began.

The opening is a real black-and-white video that explains the background of the story.

"Let me tell you the story of our fifth squad. It was in 1952, during the positional warfare phase following the end of the fifth campaign of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. Our army launched a cold gun and cold artillery campaign, achieving significant success in sniper operations and annihilating over enemies."

"Our squad leader, Liu Wenwu, had only a Mosin-Nagant rifle. This rifle lacked a scope, had a shorter barrel than a typical rifle, and had an effective range of only 600 meters. With this ordinary rifle, he achieved the best performance in the division during the Cold Gun and Cold Artillery Campaign, attracting widespread attention and even making our squad 5 famous."

The background story is explained.

The three big words "Sniper" appeared on the big screen with a bang.

In the icy snow, the only sound was Liu Wenwu's commanding voice, spoken in Sichuan dialect: "From left to right, two people hit each car. One hit the driver, one hit the passenger seat. Listen to the command! Hit together."

When the enemies passed by just in time, Liu Wenwu began the countdown.

"Three, two, one!"

Gunshots rang out and the enemy was successfully wiped out.

The volunteer soldiers who were ambushed in the snow climbed up one after another. Liu Wenwu held up a telescope and saw that there was still a fish that had escaped the net on the opposite side.

"Which one is missing!"

He raised his gun and prepared to shoot. Just as he was aiming, someone on the other side got in the car and grabbed the machine gun. Liu Wenwu gave up and shouted, "Get down!"

Everyone lay down in the snow again.

The machine guns kept firing, and Liu Wenwu continued to deploy: "Don't look up!"

The enemy had already focused on Liu Wenwu, and the machine gun was firing at him. He remained calm, rolled over to avoid it, stood up, raised his gun, aimed, and fired in one go, killing the enemy.

Sitting in the front row, Xu Yien next to Zhang Yimou looked at the movie he had acted in with an expressionless face, as if God was examining the characters he had created.

The opening scene is a war, so it doesn't seem so flat and boring. When it enters the transition stage, the audience has already started discussing the plot with each other in a low voice.

"Fuck, this bullet time thing is so abstract. Isn't this a war movie? How did it become The Matrix?"

"It's all bullet time. If you don't know, you might think I'm watching Akai Shuichi."

"I feel pretty good about it. Xu Yien looks quite handsome. This picture really works on the big screen!"

"Xu Yien is taking off. With decent quality films from a national director and his influence, the box office should be very good. We can already open the champagne in the early stages. As long as the later stages don't fall short, I think everything is fine except for the bullet time."

"Fuck, even with this rough guy look, I still think Xu Yien is so handsome, especially his Sichuan dialect, which he learns pretty standardly. He looks so handsome and tough. He's not limited to costume dramas."

Next, Liu Wenwu killed the enemy and began to call out their names, which was a short summary of the other main characters.

Dayong, Fatty, Xiao Xu, Mi Lao Er, Sun Xi, Green Boy, Wang Zhongyi, Gao Jun, Niu Gui, all the characters in Class 5 were introduced. When all the soldiers reported, Liu Wenwu shouted "Return!"

The scene changes again, this time the camera comes to the US military camp.

The captain came to the camp and negotiated with the other soldiers. He learned that it was John who gave the order, so he went into the house to look for him.

The narration sounded again: "John is an old rival who has been studying the squad leader for a long time. An accidental ambush made him feel that his opportunity had come, so he devised a crazy plan."

On the table was a newspaper with a group photo of Class 5.

When the captain came in, John said, "You didn't knock."

The captain kicked Liangliang, who was lying on the ground. "You saved this man last night without my permission, and now you want to send him back?"

"You often set ambushes. You're just a stretcher bearer."

"You didn't answer my question."

“He’s useful.”

"What is the use?"

"What's the use?" John didn't explain, but put the newspaper next to him on the table closer to the man.

Close-up shot - the Chinese Death God completely defeated the UN forces.

"You've been tracking him for months, but this article ruined it, right? That New York Times headline you were aiming for, 'America's Top Sniper Kills Chinese Death God,' means you can't kill him now, right?" John said. "The higher-ups wanted to capture him alive to demonstrate their victory, so they chose me, a professional. No one here can do it, especially you."

"You're definitely going to mess it up. I'm looking forward to seeing your performance. Remember, John, this is a battlefield, not an amusement park."

After the two of them bickered with each other, the focus turned back to Class 5. Everyone had won a battle and was very happy even while eating.

As they chatted, Dayong set his sights on Liu Wenwu's telescope. Before he could think about it for long, Liu Wenwu assigned him a task.

Because two scouts were ambushed in the back mountain valley, they had to go and carry the soldiers back. Dayong asked who it was, but was entrusted by Liu Wenwu with another task, to accept an interview from the division because "your child is educated."

When they met Dayong, the interviewing soldier only wanted to interview Squad Leader Liu. The company commander played by Zhang Yi laughed and praised Dayong for his accurate shooting, which put the interviewer at ease.

During the interview, Dayong learned that the person captured was Liangliang.

The film, also known as "The Battle to Defend Liang Liang", officially begins.

It focuses on the small details, sees the big picture from the small, and describes the entire war through a small-scale encounter. This is what makes it different from "Changjin Lake".

The plot of the movie is very dense, and the same scene is rarely switched. The main focus is on a fight.

When everyone arrived at the location, they met the US military head-on. They looked for cover and started a sniper battle.

Everyone was immersed in the movie, but the leading actor Xu Yien was different.

It was as if God was examining the human beings he had created, or as if he was looking at a test paper, searching for wrongly answered questions to fill in the gaps, and then applying it to the next test. However, Zhang Mo and Zhang Yimou on the side were fully immersed in the subject, their emotions changing from time to time.

In the second half of the movie, the soldiers were seriously injured.

In order to protect the rest of the people, Liu Wenwu took out a grenade and rushed towards the enemy, dying together with them.

The squad leader who was invincible throughout the first half of the film died heroically. The emotional background music made people feel sad and heartbroken, and aroused respect.

Some people couldn't help but complain about this.

"Fuck? Isn't Xu Yien the male lead? Why is he gone?"

"What's going on? The movie's an hour and a half long, and the male lead is already dead after only an hour? Who's going to watch next?"

"Are you guys stupid? This is clearly a story of inheritance. Didn't you notice that the plot mainly revolves around Dayong? What's next is definitely Dayong's rise. He will inherit the class monitor's will. This is the bond between them!"

"Get lost, 2D people. Stop talking so immaturely. Just watch the movie."

As they expected, the second half was mainly Dayong's solo show.

When the movie ended, everyone was immersed in grief and respect.

After a short pause, the main creative staff came on stage to interact with the audience.

The first to come on stage were the two directors and Xu Yien, and then the rest of the leading actors were invited onto the stage one by one.

Everyone cheered and applauded the actors' performance.

There were quite a few actors who attended the premiere, most of whom wanted to work with Zhang Yimou in the future.

For example, Li Xian, who often uses his secondary Douyin account to push Xu Yien, was also there, and the two purple boys interacted generously.

Although the movie is serious, the premiere was indeed cheerful. Keeping respect in your heart and living a good life now is the best tribute.

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After the premiere, the topic became a hot topic.

The self-media people or media who attended the premiere gave very good reviews.

It was promoted without spoilers on all major platforms, and most of them gave it an excellent 8-point rating.

This makes the audience who are looking forward to this movie even more excited.

There are quite a few movies in this year's Spring Festival period, including "Sniper", "The Killer", "The Battle at Changjin Lake", "Miracle", "Four Seas", etc.

It can only be said that compared with "The Battle at Lake Changjin", it is difficult for "Sniper" to have a high box office.

The main reason is that there is no cast.

Now with Xu Yien, the publicity and promotion can be taken to a higher level.

We should not be too worried or sad about the box office performance.

Everyone is very much looking forward to this volunteer army movie directed by Zhang Yimou.

"This is the first Spring Festival movie review video. Based on early reviews from influencers and Weibo influencers, I predict that Sniper will score no less than 7.6 points, matching The Cliff, and will be a top three film of the Spring Festival. Movies like The Professional, which use memes in their titles, are likely to be bad, so avoid them in advance."

The media responded: "'Sniper' should definitely be in the top three in terms of reputation. After watching the film, several friends discussed it and they all liked 'Sniper' more than 'On the Cliff'. Xu Yien's performance was very unexpected. I can say he is destined to win the Best Actor award."

Xu Yien has no confidence.

This year's Golden Rooster Award has to be for "Life Events", and it's basically a case of whoever comes gets to win.

(End of this chapter)