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Chapter 256 Two Premieres!

In a person's life.

The most crucial decisions are often a high-stakes gamble.

If you win the gamble, you'll be set for life for decades to come, or even for the rest of your life, and your future will be bright.

If you lose the bet, you will fall into an abyss from which there is no return.

At this moment, Carl is sitting at the gambling table of fate, clutching his last chip.

[Notarized letter pledging the Los Angeles villa], [Transfer document for 5% equity in Marvel], [Transfer voucher for 30 million US dollars], and, on the desk, an open, soon-to-expire [betting agreement].

Each piece of paper seemed to remind him that he was now completely at his wit's end.

He glanced out the window at the Marvel logo not far away...

A gust of wind blew by, carrying a wave of heat.

He closed his eyes, suppressed his anxiety, took a deep breath, and tried to stand up calmly.

Just then, the phone rang.

He answered the phone.

“Mr. Carl?” The secretary’s voice came through the phone: “The preview screening of ‘The Distant Man: Reboot’ will begin in twenty minutes… Do you…”

"I'll be there right now..."

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The small-scale test screenings of "The Distant Man: Reboot" were actually a last resort.

The copyright for "Black Robe Alliance" has been acquired.

However, due to issues with subtitles and other details, the film could not be released immediately.

The movie "The Reboot" is different. [Xuan Shi Entertainment] prepared the overseas version months in advance for the film's overseas release. Apart from adding the production company's name in post-production, they didn't need to do anything else...

[Warcraft Pictures] The nearby AMC theater is one of Burbank's most popular commercial cinemas, with 16 screens that frequently show new superhero movies and is a popular spot for local fans to watch films...

Due to the urgency of the performance-based agreement and pressure from shareholders, the film "The Longest Nite," which had already been released in China, did not have enough time for promotion.

Furthermore, since this is a Chinese-made superhero movie, its Los Angeles premiere was lackluster...

Of the forty-odd people in the screening room, about two-thirds were international students or Chinese film enthusiasts from China, while the remaining third were film fans who had come in out of boredom.

Carl sat quietly in the last row, feeling slightly uneasy.

He watched "The Distant Man: Reboot" and thought it was very enjoyable.

But after all, it's a Chinese film, made with Chinese faces, and it's exceptionally unconventional, a movie that reimagines the classic Hollywood superhero "Superman"...

In an era where all Hollywood superheroes are positive figures...

This kind of film subject matter is inherently dangerous.

Carl had no idea what fate awaited him after the film's premiere...

Is it PUBG?
Or maybe!

Utter defeat?
neither knows.

In this atmosphere of unease, the lights in the screening room gradually dimmed.

The movie premiere has begun.

Carl suddenly felt a sharp tightening in his emotions. Even though he kept trying to regulate his breathing, he still felt an indescribable sense of suffocation welling up in his heart.

Kevin, who was standing nearby, arrived late. He glanced at him as he looked down, but didn't say anything...

He was very nervous!
Aside from its unconventional plot, the most worrying aspect of "The Distant Ones: Reboot" is the prevalence of Asian faces...

The image of Superman in Hollywood has been deeply ingrained since the 80s.

White man, glasses, polite...

This has become the norm for everyone.

The characters in "The Revenant: Reboot" are pure Asians, but they wear the same golden hoods as the original Revenant...

The most worrying scene soon unfolded.

As the film began to play, and as Chen Jianfeng's character "Tiao Ren" appeared on screen, the theater indeed erupted in boos. Under the screen's glow, several audience members gave the film the middle finger, whispering amongst themselves and hurling insults.

The insults made the two of them feel a slight unease...

Fortunately, no audience members left the theater early; instead, they continued watching the movie while cursing.

Carl silently observed everyone's expressions, and after seeing their unwavering gazes, he breathed a slight sigh of relief.

This movie seems to have piqued their interest!
After about ten minutes of the movie, the shouting in the theater gradually subsided.

Clearly, the moment the film's higher-ups, driven by fear, began to manipulate public opinion and attack the superhero from all sides...

All the audience members in the theater realized that this was no ordinary superhero movie.

More than ten minutes later, the screening room fell into a deathly silence!

It seems that the actor Chen Jianfeng, who played the role of the villain, had excellent acting skills, or perhaps it was due to the very tight emotional rendering in the movie's plot...

Everyone was glued to the screen!

They saw on the screen, the glamorous Superman, gradually bowing to worldly pressures amidst waves of accusations, insults, and moral constraints.

They saw the complex emotions of the high-ranking officials in the movie when facing Superman—hypocrisy and fear, yet a desire to control that power…

They saw Superman, under the weapon of public opinion, finally enter the laboratory and endure torture again and again... Carl's breathing gradually became rapid!
He stared intently at the emotions of everyone under the screen's light!
The unconventional plot did not make the audience uncomfortable; on the contrary, they watched intently, and a hint of anger, drawn into the film's story, appeared on their faces.

Seeing this, the anxious Carl finally breathed a sigh of relief and was completely at ease.

This road is passable!

The movie was still playing, and after about ten more minutes, a burst of excited roars suddenly rang out in the quiet theater.

They witnessed Superman's long-suppressed emotions suddenly erupt...

They witnessed the destruction of the laboratory, and the brutal, visceral action...

Especially after seeing Superman ruthlessly tear apart the hypocrisy of high-ranking officials and carry out a massacre without any scruples...

Everyone was shouting excitedly, some even stood up, clenched their fists, and cursed "FUCK!" "FUCK!" Especially the few black guys in the corner who often stole tickets, they jumped up and down in their seats without any regard for anything else...

Kevin suddenly grabbed Carl's hand!
Carl turned his head.

Look at Kevin's excited face!
"We won the bet!"

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China, Yanjing (Beijing).

[Feihe Cinema]

There are only ten minutes left until "The Distant Man: Reboot" starts.

The premiere theater was packed, and not only that, some film critics and media who had bought standing tickets spontaneously squeezed into the aisle...

The entire cinema was very crowded. To prevent accidents, security personnel reserved a passage in advance and limited the seating capacity of the premiere of "The Black Robe Alliance" to about 120%.

The cinema lobby was packed with people, and noisy conversations filled the air.

Fans lined up to enter, some excitedly discussing the plot, others taking photos with their phones.

Security guards were busy maintaining order, and the scene was packed with people, making it impossible to move.

Many of them are actually longtime fans of "The Longest Nite: Reboot"!

The production of the movie "The Distant Man: Reboot" looks very rough by today's standards, especially the special effects...

The word "cheap" is the only way to describe it.

However, the visceral fighting style and exhilarating plot, with its fast-paced and satisfying pace from the first ten minutes to the end, stimulated the hormones of countless boys.

The movie ended with a lingering sense of satisfaction.

The economic benefits this film brought to [Xuan Shi Entertainment] were astonishing; over 1000 million DVDs were sold alone, not including pirated copies…

I heard that over 20 million pirated copies have been sold!
A year later, the premiere of the second film based on the world of "The Reboot", "The Black Robe Alliance: The Rise of Spider-Man", naturally attracted a large number of fans!
In the screening room.

Shen Long looked at the group of excited and expectant movie fans.

In a daze, he seemed to be back to last year, when "Monkey King vs. Superman 2" had just been released...

On that day, the premiere screening room was empty of movie fans and sparsely populated audiences; it was just a group of disheveled film industry losers rushing forward, following that bespectacled, fiery figure...

More than a year later...

In the film industry, at least in the Chinese film industry, no one can underestimate them!

but……

Can it continue the miracle of "The Distant Man: Reboot"?

No one knows.

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Liu Jun sat in the premiere theater.

He had special privileges to buy tickets for the premiere of the movie "The Black Robe Alliance".

Looking at the premiere VIP ticket in his hand, Liu Jun was filled with emotion!
Those who were among the first to see "The Longest Nite: Reboot," and who posted reviews and shared their ticket stubs on the "Movie House" forum after the premiere, actually received priority VIP ticket purchase invitations for the premiere...

And Liu Jun...

It is one of them.

Over the course of a year, Liu Jun was fooled by the various catchy titles of "Sun Wukong vs. Superman 2," excited by the plot of "The Reboot," and even scared to the point of not daring to go to the bathroom at night by "The Haunted Village"...

As someone who has witnessed the transformation of a small company into one of the most talked-about film and television companies in China's film industry.

Liu Jun was naturally filled with emotion!
at the same time……

He also has high expectations for "Black Robe Alliance" following "The Resurrection"!
He took a deep breath!

Stare at the big screen!
Just at this time……

The hall darkened...

The lights on the big screen came on.

To his surprise, [Xuan Shi Entertainment], which used to be keen on various advertisements, unusually refrained from inserting any ads before the movie started this time.

Besides introducing various production information and names...

The name "Black Robe Alliance" quickly appeared on the screen!

The moment the name disappeared into the darkness!
Premiere!

Officially begin!
(End of this chapter)