On June 10th, a Friday with good weather, the three major cities of the United States, New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles ushered in the screening of the movie "The Wolf of Wall Street".

The movie screening can be seen from the name, it is a measure to select a few "points" on this "line" earlier than the movie is launched, and the word-of-mouth of the work can be brewed to ride the wind, and the retreat can be rescheduled and the gear change is rolling.

This time, the screening and release time were officially determined, and Robert, the executive producer in charge of the crew, was really relieved, he took a lot of salary, and after more than two months, it was not a long time, but it seemed to be trembling and tired for half a year.

During this period, it is really ...... to introduce producers, find actors, negotiate the main creative members, negotiate the release process, withstand the pressure of public opinion, connect with European jobs, etc

To use the hot words around us now, it's really too WTF!

Thankfully, the director is not only a nice guy, but also a capable guy who makes things as easy as possible and gives a lot of support – and while a large part of the support comes from music, it's really profitable.

Robert thought so, and couldn't help but think about it in his heart again, this director Gan is not only fast in making movies, but also fast in tinkering with music, and two or three clicks will make the music queen Alice defeated.

If, as claimed in the media, he didn't make films, what kind of musical achievements would he have?

"Bang. ”

Robert's wandering thoughts were interrupted when the door of the conference room was pushed open, he looked at the director who walked in and looked tired, and hurriedly said hello: "Director Gan, good morning." ”

"Hi Robert. Gan Jing rubbed his temples with his left hand, and his right hand was still behind his back after pushing the door, "Guess what I have in my hand." ”

Robert didn't expect the director to have this kind of casual elegance: "Uh, is it a new song about a movie? I heard that you asked the crew to make a music video for a song." Director Gan, I'm still looking forward to your new song. ”

Gan Jing shook his head and sighed, "It's boring." It's this. ”

He stretched out his right hand, and a red envelope with a delicate pattern was placed on the table: "I've worked hard lately, this is what you deserve, I will return to China in a few days, and there will be no premieres or celebration banquets here, so as not to forget about it in a hurry." ”

Robert was slightly stunned, was it boring to guess the song by himself or was it boring for the director to take out the red envelope directly?

But if that's what the director is fun about, then let the fun kill yourself.

"Thank you, Gan Dao. Robert expressed his gratitude, accepted the red envelope without politeness, and praised, "Is your drawing of the Forbidden City above?" ”

"Yes, a few days ago, someone came from China, I asked them to bring some chic red envelopes, I like this kind of Huaxia red, I hope you like it too, if you have the opportunity in the future, you can come to Huaxia to see. Gan Jing smiled.

Robert nodded slightly: "I always knew it was a beautiful country. ”

"Everyone has their own strengths, but not hearing the gunshots makes me feel safer. Gan Jing pointed out a little, it happened that there was a shooting incident in Arizona when the MV was filmed yesterday, but it was more like a distant cry in the bustling New York.

Robert can get the point of directing, but as a native New Yorker, he doesn't agree with that.

It's just that the red envelopes are on the table and the banknotes are in the account, so what are those who don't have it?

Robert remained silent with a smile on his face.

Gan Jing understood the difference in values very well, and changed his words: "What is the feedback on the screening?"

"At the moment, the pre-sale is definitely the best in New York, maybe fans are curious about what kind of movie a band's lead singer can make, fans are also curious about what kind of work can be presented by the director of East Coast Smith, and then Los Angeles, where people may be more gossipy. Robert shrugged, "Finally, it's San Francisco." ”

Gan Jing was curious: "You didn't say what you think of San Francisco. ”

Robert hesitated: "I think after the first screening, San Francisco will surpass New York at the box office." ”

Gan Jing asked as if he was sneering, "Why?"

Robert laughed, "Because the people in San Francisco are hypocritical." ”

"Hah, it sounds like our movie is not serious. Gan Jing shook his head, "Although it is an R-rated movie, our movie is also very intriguing outside of the elements." ”

Robert said: "I bet, Director Gan, a lot of people just look at the elements you mentioned, and then, there are also a lot of people who will criticize these elements, and as for what kind of lens art, I'm afraid not so many people care." ”

"That's true. Gan Jing agreed with the producer's point of view, but he suddenly thought of the domestic situation reported by Yu Jing before, the old gentlemen of the Film Bureau can't see it when they want to watch "The Wolf of Wall Street" for the first time, are they looking forward to it more than the audience?

After a while, more people came into the conference room, and according to the director, no matter what the word-of-mouth of the screening is, the release date will not be changed, which means that a lot of work has been substantially over.

Therefore, this pre-screening meeting has a more graduation-like atmosphere.

Gan Jing is very familiar with the meeting of this situation, no matter what other people express, he always hands over a red envelope with a smile first, after all, he is a simple person, and he simply believes in the charm of green money in the United States.

The meeting lasted a little longer, and when the greetings were over, all the employees on duty had to do only one thing - stand on the last shift.

At the end of the morning, Gan Jing was not idle in the afternoon, he finished filming the music video for "This IS America" starring Smith, and then expressed his gratitude to the former East Coast hip-hop king.

"Forrest Gump, I thought you were going to send me a song or something. "Smith is not a professional actor, although the MV is not difficult, he still filmed for two days, and he is a little familiar with Ganjing's character, and he is not an arrogant and difficult person to contact.

"Oh yes, I'll give you two movie tickets, it's at seven o'clock tonight, and if you don't like watching movies, you can give them to your friends. Gan Jing further expressed his gratitude.

Smith silently took the ticket and looked at it for a long time before saying: "I'll go to see it tonight, if it's not good, my song will be online tomorrow, I won't show mercy, I will mock you fiercely." ”

"I hope there will be more sarcasm that touches the heart, rather than the kind of superficial and boring words. Gan Jing said half-jokingly.

Smith shook his head, ready to leave, but said one last word before leaving: "I love your song "This IS America" and its music video, and I hope I will enjoy your movie like this in the evening." ”

"In that case, when it comes to the premiere, you'll have to pay to watch it again. ”

Gan Jing felt like he had pulled two tickets for "The Wolf of Wall Street" at the box office, and the New York-based hip-hop singer looked a little more musical than the Wyatt in Miami, and although he understood the foul language of American hip-hop, it was still very different whether he used it as a subject or as an element.

This is like the movie "The Wolf of Wall Street", the stacking of certain elements can grab the audience's attention, but the expression brought by this stacking is also quite sincere, it is by no means a mess of simple R.

At seven o'clock in the evening, theaters in three major cities showed the film "The Wolf of Wall Street", which is absolutely not conventionally commercialized in terms of duration.

Because of the music, because of [WTF], because of the fierce reaction of hip-hop singers, because of the unsatisfactory contrast after the queen of heaven and king, because of the promotion of public opinion media......

It's also a little small because the movie is marked as an R-rated film, and the theater attendance in the three cities is quite impressive.

There is only one screening on the night of the 10th, and the three-hour duration of the work means that it starts at 7 o'clock and ends at 10 o'clock, which is why theaters are increasingly favoring movies under 120 minutes.

However, for this premiere, the audience in the cinema, no matter what the purpose, did not feel the lengthy time factor, and it was only when it was time to end looking at their mobile phones that they were surprised to find that the movie took so long.

When the audience got up and left the screening room after watching the first movie, when the audience picked up their phones to share their impressions on social media, and when the audience reminisced about the feelings of the work, the factors that influenced the purchase of tickets before the screening suddenly turned around.

Music, [WTF], hip-hop singers, kings and queens, and public opinion media, these factors that originally occupied the majority of the factors will be put aside.

This, this R-rated film is really so hard R?!

The large number of factors that meet the R-rated film is almost like being made into a big dish with all the color and flavor, and the audience's first reaction after watching it is that you can say that you don't like the taste, but you can't say that the chef is not serious about it!

Is this "The Wolf of Wall Street" really only filmed for more than two months?

That director Gan Jing is really just not angry about that, that or what, oh, that "Fire Ants Journey to the East" came to the United States to make a movie?

Then you should make him not angry a few more times!

"I'm going to tell you the truth, this movie makes me watch it very cool, what does the ending mean?

"Sex, money, drugs, countless fucks, the madness of a bunch of people, it just doesn't seem to be so messy, I kind of admire the lead singer of this band, although I have listened to several of his beautiful songs, but only watched one of his movies, I have to say, his choice is not wrong. ”

"From beginning to end, after I came out, I just remembered everyone's constant fuck, a very boring movie, is this the Wall Street in the eyes of an Oriental?"

"I don't recommend watching it, although it makes me excited, but I still don't recommend it, after all, I'm not a good person. ”

"A very debauched movie, both amusing me and making me frown, if it was a 10-point scale, I would give it a score of 7.5, one point because I didn't expect to see such a movie from an Oriental. ”

"It's not supposed to be an R-rated movie, it's supposed to be NC-17, and it's not recommended to watch it with friends, but I'll buy a disc and watch it at home with my girlfriend, and it will be cool. ”

At 10 o'clock on the evening of the 10th, moviegoers in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco expressed their opinions on "The Wolf of Wall Street" on different channels.

Some people think it's gorgeous, some people think it's hollow underneath it.

Some people think it's ironic, and some people think it's even more ironic that the director's pandering to the audience's psychology.

Some people like the thrill of the film, and some people complain about the overuse of numerous restrictive elements.

In short, just the screenings in some theaters in the three cities gave the movie an unprecedented discussion posture, and correspondingly, the screenings in the next four days were quickly sold out, and people who didn't watch the movie were curious about what it was to discuss the quarrel.

Towards the wee hours of the morning, Gan Jing briefly browsed the audience's opinions in his suite, and then he announced to his bandmates that he would be ready to return after the last song was recorded.

However, the other three members of the band returned from watching the movie, and they saw that Gan Jing's gaze was a little complicated.

"Forrest Gump, Forrest Gump, this kind of film, this kind of film......" Ma Hammer sighed in his words.

"Gan Jing......" Xie Xin's face was dark.

On the contrary, it was the taciturn Ah Liang, who expressed his full meaning: "Brother Gan, Niu Bi, report it." ”

Ma Hammer glanced at Ah Liang in surprise, nodded and said unfinished: "I originally suspected that you were engaging in pornography, but now I am sure that you will definitely have trouble when you return to China, especially if you first make such a big music formation, there must be a lot of people watching your movie this time." ”

"Film art, film art, do you understand? I have asked Zhang Tianshun to publish the manuscript, this is not pornography, this is a social criticism of capital, pleasure, and decadence, do you dare to say that this is not ironic?" Gan Jing retorted.

Ma Hammer thought about it and thought, it seems to be really ironic, but, but this thing is too dazzling, not only stabbing his own eyes, there are definitely people in China who can't look past it, just like A Liang said, the cow pen belongs to the cow pen, and the report still has to be reported.

"Sleepy, went to sleep. Xie Xin pursed his lips, turned around and left.

"Eh, you haven't read the lyrics of the last song yet. Gan Jing greeted.

The queen of heaven doesn't look back, and she doesn't pay attention to it.

"Angry?" Gan Jing looked at the old horse.

"She definitely doesn't like to watch it. Ma Hammer nodded, and began to praise instead, "But one thing to say, it's actually quite enjoyable to watch, I haven't seen a film on such a big screen." ”

Gan Jing: "......"

It doesn't make sense, the age of the old horse must not make sense!

"Show me the lyrics, yellow is a little yellow, but the response from the audience is quite enthusiastic, there should be no problem with your foreign achievements. Ma Hammer let go of the complicated exclamation, and his attention returned to his profession.

"Ahh Gan Jing handed over the last song, according to the release time, "This Is America" is the last song, but it has been recorded in advance, and now this song is released in two days before the official release of the movie, and it still belongs to the music chart.

Hammer took it and nodded, this is okay, well, "Hero".