In February, it gets dark early, and the demons in the night are very lively.

The tide of off-duty bicycles shuttles through the streets and alleys, high-end taxis are arrogant, and although there are few private cars, they are not too rare.

Pudong was unveiled last year, and the management committee was established at the beginning of this year, and the boiling atmosphere seemed to envelop the whole city, showing a bit of fast-paced life.

Xu Fei and Cheng Zhigu came out of Hongqiao Airport and took a pick-up bus to the hotel.

There are no accompanying personnel, quite like two lone heroes, carrying only a large box with a 35mm copy of the movie, and a roll can last about 20 minutes.

The two of them were a little serious, but fortunately there was a cute driver to ease the atmosphere.

"Have you watched the news? Huaxi Village bought 250 Jetta at once, and each family issued one. Ouch, Jetta also has to get 1780,000, 250 cars, then ......"

Crunch!

The car shook violently, and the driver was frightened by himself, "Tens of millions! Where do you say they got the money?"

When we first cut the tail of capitalism, people secretly drilled into the small nest of capitalism. If you want to be envious, just settle down, maybe you can also share a Jetta. Xu Fei said with a smile.

"Forget it, I'm not better at driving a Santana than a Jetta?"

The driver patted the steering wheel, "Although it is not our own!"

The car is fast enough to arrive in the city center and stay at the Mandarin Hotel, a 30-storey luxury building built in 1990.

As soon as he entered the lobby, a man hurriedly got up from the sofa.

With a big face, a lot of flesh on his face, smiling and squinting, like a kind businessman. Partial and left a short inch, the roots are branched, straight and hard.

It was the boss of Yongle, Wu Mengchen, who had met at the Guilin Conference.

"Director Cheng, welcome, welcome. ”

A very powerful man, speaking a discordant Mandarin in Wu Mandarin, and then shook hands with Xu Fei, "Mr. Xu, look up for a long time." ”

"The two of you have had a hard journey, so let's rest today. ”

"We'll talk about it tomorrow, and by the way, the magic has changed a lot in the past two years. ”

"A little wine is not a tribute. ”

First of all, they had a meal, they talked and laughed during the banquet, the atmosphere was warm, and after the meal, they sent the two back to the room, all thoughtful and impeccable.

The more this happens, the more difficult Xu Fei finds it difficult to do, revealing shrewdness from the inside out.

This time, in the name of reforming and breaking the ice, they are actually fighting their own battles. Cheng Zhigu sells "The Lion King", and he will not take into account "The Great Satan", and similarly, he will not take care of the other party.

Like the issuance and division of these negotiation cards, they are not clear to each other.

............

Late at night, cinema.

Wu Mengchen led a group of high-level officials to sit in the audience and watched with relish. On the big screen, Huang Feihong held a sign and said loudly:

"According to the small people's view, we not only practice martial arts to strengthen our bodies and resist foreign enemies, but the most important thing is to broaden the wisdom of the people and integrate wisdom and martial arts, which is the way to make the country rich and the people strong. Can just one brand change the fortunes of the country? Please think twice. ”

Master Huang threw off the sign, dropped it under Ge Cunzhuang's feet, wiped his body and left, and Ghost Feet Seven followed with a flag. The blood-boiling BGM sounded, "Proud and proud to laugh at the waves......"

"Whoa!"

Several people couldn't help but clapped their hands and praised one after another: "Okay, that's a good point." ”

"The fights are exciting, the plot is smooth, and there are patriotic feelings, which is worthy of Tsui Hark. ”

"The thought is quite deep, I think it's okay. ”

Wu Mengchen nodded frequently, according to past experience, films of this level are in the magic capital, and the box office of 3 million is at the bottom, which is only a lot more.

This is quite important information, with the number of 3 million, he will know how to talk about it tomorrow.

"Put "The Great Satan". ”

"Okay. ”

The projectionist upstairs answered, loading a copy of the roll.

The 90-minute movie is not long and ends quickly. The theater was quiet for a while, and Wu Mengchen asked, "What do you think?"

"Well, it's a novelty. Let's talk about romance movies, it's not quite like it, let's talk about comedy movies, it doesn't seem to be. ”

"Very smooth, no stuttering from start to finish. ”

"Yes, yes, the process of watching is very comfortable. The story is not strong, and the conflict is flat, but it can scratch your heart. ”

"I love Geyu's performance. ”

The discussion of "Satan the Great" was more intense than just now, because I had never seen this type of film. Wu Mengchen unconsciously compared it with "Left-behind Lady", which was shot by Shanghai Film Studio and distributed by himself.

It is also a story about a woman whose husband is abroad and a man whose wife is abroad.

And he compared it, and suddenly felt that "Left-behind Lady" was too old. The picture style, costume styling, performances, storytelling, including the dubbing of the dubbing of the translated cavity, are all very old.

Wu Mengchen was silent, "The Great Satan" is a good film, but he is not sure what standard good film it is.

............

Xu Fei and Cheng went south to the valley, and outsiders didn't know. The national film industry is still waiting to see how Tian will break the ice.

After a night's rest, Mr. Xu woke up the next day, ate breakfast unhurriedly, and went out to sweep the street with his camera on his shoulder—this morning is the time of Chengzhigu, and he will only appear in the afternoon.

The hotel is located on Nanjing Road, Nanjing Road is famous, Paramount Gate, Peace Hotel, Jing'an Temple are all here.

He walked casually, and saw a door, a very retro foreign atmosphere, with "Daguang Cinema" written on it.

In the morning there were no spectators, the doors were open, and there were no wood-paneled posters from other theaters, but on the walls inside. A man of no small age sat in the doorway, looking boredly.

Xu Fei bought a pack of cigarettes.

"Good morning, old gentleman!"

“......”

The man looked at him suspiciously, "What are you doing?"

"It's okay, I'm curious about this movie theater and want to inquire, do you know?"

The man looked at the camera, took the cigarette and lit it, and said, "Ask, I've been here for thirty years." ”

"Yo, then you are expensive this year?"

"Two more years to retire. ”

"You're a projectionist?"

"I have done it, I have done both screening and running films, mainly running films. ”

In the past, there were few copies, and several theaters often used one copy, and each one had one or two running staff. After this one is released, it will be sent to the next one immediately.

Some popular movies, even after a volume, have to be sent over immediately, and a movie has to be sent four or five times.

"When I used to play "Shaolin Temple", I pedaled a bicycle a month. Everyone loves to watch, and we are also energetic when we run. Not now, it's okay to send it later, no one will watch it anyway. ”

After a few cigarettes, the man obviously liked to say, "Look at your young age, you may not know." In the past, we were really popular, and we often went to the countryside to show movies, and the villages lined up to invite, and the anchovy was five or six catties a piece.

The monthly subsidy alone is ten yuan, and the salary is only a dozen yuan. ”

"Yo, you're too familiar with the magic capital. ”

"Pretty much. ”

"And how many theaters are there in the area now?"

"Uh......"

The man counted with his fingers, "Plus the county, there are more than a dozen in total, and those clubs don't count, the biggest one is our family." ”

He pointed back, very proud, "Back then, Mei Lanfang cut the ribbon, and the opening was a MGM film, and the waiters were all White Russian girls. The whole beach is bright and air-conditioned, with 1,554 seats, which is called the first in the Far East. ”

"It's ...... worse now"

"Who said it's bad! Daguang is still the first, you are a foreigner at first glance, you ask the girl and boy next to you, you can come here to watch a movie, it is a face-saving thing!"

The man was a little angry and asked, "What the hell are you doing, are you a reporter?"

"I, I'm also making movies, so I came here to pay my respects, don't be angry. ”

"Yo, you're making a movie!"

The old man was immediately happy again, and said, "Okay, good! Boy, work hard, when your film is released here, I will definitely deliver it to you on time."

I mean what I say!"