Chapter Eighty-Four: Screening

After more than 20 hours of hard seat sitting, the crew of "Hoe Rape" all had back pain. Only Xu Wangqiu is an exception, and he is alive and well along the way. When the train arrived, he became even more excited, urging everyone to get off the train quickly. He put a roll on his back, carried a travel bag printed with the word "Magic Capital", and hurriedly walked out of the car.

"Wangqiu! Wangqiu!" Xu Wangqiu had just come out of the carriage, and a voice like a silver bell sounded in Xu Wangqiu's ears, and then a girl in white appeared in front of him. The girl stared at him affectionately with tears of excitement in her eyes.

"Su Bai!" Xu Wangqiu was stunned, walked forward quickly, put the travel bag in his hand on the ground, and hugged the girl hard.

"Wangqiu, you let go of me!" Although Su Bai wanted Xu Wangqiu to think hard and his personality was relatively generous, but in front of so many people he was still too avant-garde, and she really couldn't accept it, she struggled to break free from Xu Wangqiu's arms, and punched Xu Wangqiu twice in the chest with a red face, "How embarrassing it is for so many people to watch!"

"No way, I haven't seen you for too long, and I can't help but want to hug you when I see you. Xu Wangqiu explained with a smile, and then said strangely, "Su Bai, how do you know that I will take this train back?"

Su Baiyuan's face raised, and he said proudly: "I won't tell you, I just know anyway." If you do anything bad out there, you won't be able to hide it from my eyes. ”

Xu Wangqiu estimated that Jiang Xiaozhen should have called her to say it, or else it was Zhao Ban who said it. Nortel is now on vacation, and Zhao Ban and they have all returned to the magic capital and know their itinerary. He didn't bother to think about this question, held Su Bai's soft little hand, and said in a coquettish tone: "Su Bai, I really miss you!"

Su Bai smiled like a flower: "Really, how much do you want to?"

Xu Wangqiu pretended to think very knowingly, and then said seriously: "I think about you a thousand times a day, three hundred times in the morning, three hundred times in the afternoon, three hundred times in the evening, and a hundred times in my dreams when I fall asleep." ”

Su Bai smiled even more happily: "Why do you only think about it a hundred times in your dreams? You have to think about it three hundred times in your dreams." ”

Xu Wangqiu nodded and said, "Okay, then I also miss you three hundred times in my dreams, and I miss you a thousand or two hundred times a day." ”

Liu Cancan, who was next to him, really couldn't stand the greasy smell of the two, and couldn't help but joke: "You two are really like no one else, so take care of other people's feelings!" She saw Xu Wangqiu and Su Bai both glaring at her, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, okay!

Xie Fei was very considerate of Xu Wangqiu, and knew that he hadn't seen Su Bai for half a year, so he asked him to accompany Su Bai and report to the school by himself. However, when I went to the film bureau to hand in the sample film and review materials, I still had to go with the two of them.

Ye Zhiming, the deputy director in charge of production, is a Nortel graduate, a student of Zhang Ke, and Xu Wangqiu's senior brother. For the sake of insurance, Xu Wangqiu and the others first found Ye Zhiming and told them what happened.

Ye Zhiming knew about Xu Wangqiu and them, and was very sympathetic to them, and comforted: "It costs so much money to make a movie and condenses so many people's hard work, the Film Bureau will not easily sentence them to death." As long as the Central Coordination Department approves this matter, Minister Hu will not be able to say anything even if he has an opinion. But I haven't watched your film yet, and when I finish watching it, if there is really no problem, I will ask the comrades of the Central Dispatch Department to watch it. After they make a decision, we will ask the director to formally review it. In this way, it should be able to pass. ”

Xu Wangqiu and Xie Fei were overjoyed when they heard this, and the stone that had been pressing on their hearts for more than two months loosened a lot.

The review was handed over to Ye Zhiming, but Xu Wangqiu and the others were still not idle and began to prepare for the next screening.

Later generations of films would often be screened on a small scale before their premieres, mainly to build momentum, by inviting the media and film critics to watch the film in advance for publicity, and inviting the audience to watch the movie for word-of-mouth fermentation. This kind of screening has obvious advantages and defects, and if the quality of the movie is not good, then what is fermented is not word of mouth, but notoriety.

Now there is almost no publicity for the release of the movie, what scandals, what trailers, there is no publicity, the only publicity is to put a poster of the movie in the cinema. How the movie is and how much box office the movie can achieve in the end depends entirely on whether the audience likes it or not, this is the era that really depends on word of mouth. However, when many films are submitted for review, they will show a few screenings in Beiping, invite experts to watch them, and ask experts to give their opinions, which can play a propaganda role.

"Hoe Rape" is of course no exception, and is ready to invite experts and prepare to screen a few screenings to build momentum for the future release of the film.

Nortel's conditions are too poor to have a standard screening hall to show the audio-visual effects of "Hoe Rape", because the location of the film screening is set in the standard screening hall of Beijing Film Studio.

At half past six in the evening, the Beijing Film Screening Hall was already very lively. Many actors from Beijing Film Studio appeared in the audience, including Chen Peisi, Zhang Jinling, Li Xiuming and others, and many directors also came, Cheng Yin, Ling Zifeng, Shui Hua, Chen Kaige's father Chen Huaihao, and director Xie Tieli, who is known as "North and South".

Xie Tieli couldn't stop saying that this movie was a pity after seeing Xie Fei, and let the Magic Shadow Factory pick up a bargain.

When Xie Fei sent the script and storyboard of "The Rape" to Beijing Film Studio, Xie Tieli was shocked. It's a pity that the rest of the Arts Management Council doesn't see it that way, they think that the movie is not filmed here, and Xie Fei is messing around.

Nortel's teachers came, as did several members of the school's leadership team. "Hoe Rape" is a work jointly completed by Nortel teachers and students, which condenses the hard work of Nortel people, and they will definitely come to cheer.

Half of Nortel's students are local to Beiping, and they all rushed to the scene after hearing the news that "The Rape" was going to be screened. Xia Gang and Xie Xiaojing came, Li Shaohong and Hu Mei came, and even Chen Kaige and Tian Zhuangzhuang came. Of course, Brother Chen Kai and the others mainly want to see how Xu Wangqiu's real level is, whether he really has a level, or is it a simple mouthpiece.

There are also a lot of experts and authorities in the film industry, including Shao Mujun, Zheng Shelley and others. Some of these people support Xu Wangqiu, but most of them are against commercial films and are very dissatisfied with Xu Wangqiu, and some even hold a grudge against Xu Wangqiu because of the last symposium. Their mentality is similar to Chen Kaige's, mainly to see how well Xu Wangqiu, a crazy boy, makes movies. If the quality of Xu Wangqiu's movies is not good, then they will be able to get back the lost face.

When Zhong Xinfei walked into the screening hall, it was already full of audiences. His eyes swept through the crowd, and after finding Xu Wangqiu, he called Xu Wangqiu and Xie Fei to him and asked, "Your movie is finished, how is the filming?"

Xu Wangqiu said confidently: "I don't dare to say that the world's top level, but the world's first-class level, I still dare to say it." ”

Zhong Xinfei smiled when he heard this: "Good boy, if you have ambition, I know that you will definitely not disappoint." ”

Xie Fei next to him added with a smile: "Zhong Lao may not know that during the filming process, Director Xiong Jingqi from Dongying visited the crew, and they were shocked after seeing the clip of "Hoe Rape", saying that the movie can still be filmed like this. There is a Dongying producer named Aoi, who directly offered $200,000 and wanted to buy the copyright of "Hoe Rape", ready to release it in Dongying!"

As soon as these words came out, there was a commotion at the scene, and everyone was shocked by Xiong Jing, Xiong Jing Qi is a big director of Dongying! There are still people who bid $200,000 to buy "Hoe Rape", and they are going to take it to Dongying to release? Is "Hoe Rape" so powerful?

Brother Chen Kai pursed his lips when he heard this, he was very unconvinced, and asked Tian Zhuangzhuang in a low voice: "Do you say this is true or fake?"

Tian Zhuangzhuang shook his head and said, "This is what Teacher Xie Fei said, it should be true." ”

Brother Chen Kai didn't speak again, he was still unconvinced, maybe Xiong Jingqi just said two polite words?

Zhong Xianfei couldn't help but say: "Xiong Jing Qi is a very high-level director, and the movie that can shock him must be a high-level movie, and I am looking forward to this movie more and more." ”

The standard screening hall of Beijing Film Studio has 1,000 seats, but there are so many people here today that there are not enough seats at all, and many people simply sit on the ground. Because there were too many people, Xu Wangqiu gave up his seat to others and squeezed a seat with Su Bai.

It was soon seven o'clock in the evening, and the film officially began to be screened.

The lights in the screening room go out, and the world goes dark, and then the screen lights up, and the first thing that appears is the Magic Studios logo. This is a factory logo with the image of workers, peasants and soldiers, from left to right, for soldiers, workers and farmers. The PLA soldier on the far left, carrying a rifle on his shoulder, holding his chest up, looking into the distance; the worker in the middle leans up, holding the "Quotations of Taizu" in his right hand and holding his left hand high into the distance, and the peasant on the lower right, holding a large bundle of wheat in both hands, making a forward gesture.

In addition to Bayi Factory, domestic film factories all have this kind of factory logo for workers, peasants and soldiers, and it is also the factory logo that everyone uses the most. However, because they are all images of workers, peasants and soldiers, they are not particularly familiar with film studios, and they generally can't tell which factory logo is which film studio.

After the factory logo, the subtitles slowly appear on the big screen. There is a strict set of rules for the order in which movies are subtitled. In this era, screenwriters have a relatively high status, and the first screenwriter is generally the screenwriter, the first to appear in front of everyone is "screenwriter Xu Wangqiu", followed by photography Zeng Lianping, and then the names of art, recording, composition, editing and other people flashed on the screen one by one.

At the same time as the subtitles flashed, a heavy, slow drum beat sounded in the ears of the audience. As the subtitles passed, the drums became denser and higher-pitched, and the audience's hearts were beating to the drums.

After the name of the production director, the words "director Xu Wangqiu" appeared on the screen. To underscore the importance of the director, "these five words are so big that they will fill almost the entire screen."

Xu Wangqiu lowered his voice and said to Su Bai: "I think these words are particularly handsome!"

Su Bai pursed his lips and chuckled: "I didn't think it was handsome, I just saw an arrogant and narcissistic disciple." ”

At the same time as the words "Director Xu Wangqiu" appeared, the drums were almost as fast as possible, as if telling people that something big was about to happen.

With a thump, the subtitles disappear and the picture appears on the screen, as if the drum beats knocking out the picture.

Zhong Xianfei, Shui Hua, Xie Tieli, and many film theorists all nodded slightly, this opening is beautiful!

What appears on the big screen is a panoramic shot, in the dark night, the lights on the second floor of a small building are on, and through the light of the small building, you can see a pot of flowers on the windowsill of the small building. At this moment, the sound of the car's engine comes from far and near, and then the sound of the brakes. Immediately afterward, someone shouted in a deep voice: "Hurry up, come down, get ready to act!"

The camera pans slowly to the car of the patrol house, and a truck, from which the soldiers are jumping out one by one. Among them, the man who took the lead waved his hand and led the soldiers to slowly approach the small building.

The hearts of the audience instantly tightened, and they couldn't help but worry about the people in Xiaolou.