Chapter 353: Movie Premiere
Author's words: If you haven't read "Detective Chinatown", it is recommended to watch it first, the movie is quite good, and iQiyi can watch it for free. (This chapter briefly describes some of the plot of the movie, but many of the details will certainly not be written.) )
On the evening of June 28, the car in which Chen Minhao was riding was getting closer and closer to the venue of the premiere, and the noisy shouts were getting louder and louder.
When the car finally stopped, Mr. Chan tugged at his tie and waved confidently and calmly to the desperate crowds of photographers and screaming spectators.
Chen Minhao found his place in the front row of the theater. The crew of "Detective" invited some film critics with good relationships, in addition to this film critic, there are not a few stars and celebrities who came to cheer, and there are some lucky viewers who have drawn tickets.
There are many people who came to cheer for Chen Minhao's face: Huaxia Xiaohua Wan Anqi, well-known director Zhao Yao, former deputy head of the People's Art Troupe, Lao Xixi, music producer Wu Hongrong, popular students Zhang Xinyi, Lin Xiuzi and so on.
Before the screening of the film, producer Tian Lin, director Hu Defa and several leading actors took the stage in turn to give brief speeches.
However, since it was a premiere, it was naturally mainly a "screening", the lights in the theater were turned off, and everyone waited quietly for the movie to start.
Director Zhao Yao is the guide of Chen Minhao's performance, and after Chen Minhao participated in Zhao Yao's "And Dilian", he really entered the acting industry.
For a director, there are two things that give him the greatest sense of achievement in his career, one is to make awesome works, and the other is to tap potential new actors.
Zhao Yao thought of the handsome young man in a casual suit on stage just now, and he felt that he was really old. Two years ago, Chen Minhao could only rely on his excellent appearance to be a vase-shaped facial paralysis male supporting actor in his TV series, and now two years later, he is already the leading actor who has invested more than 100 million box office, what has been his progress in the past two years?
Although Zhao Yao is optimistic about Chen Minhao's future development, he is not very optimistic about the movie "Detective", "comedy" and "detective" themselves are unrelated elements, and there may be a sense of disobedience when forcibly matched together.
In addition, Zhao Yao is also worried that Chen Minhao's decision to lead the movie may be a bit hasty, especially since it is the actor Wang Ruozhou who plays opposite Chen Minhao. If there is too much gap between the two acting skills, it will inevitably cause serious pressure on the scene and affect the audience's viewing effect.
When Zhao Yao was thinking nonsense, the film officially began.
"Shao Fei, why do you want to apply for the Criminal Police Academy?"
"Is that a difficult question to answer?"
Then the camera quickly switched, a teenager was lying on the bed, and an old woman's voice came from next to him: "If you can't pass the test once, you can take the test twice, it's no big deal." I bought you a plane ticket to go to the country of curry to play, and someone will receive you, but he is my cousin, the nephew of your aunt's old cousin's daughter-in-law, your distant cousin, the famous first detective in Chinatown, Jiang Long. ”
Before the teenager could speak, the camera switched, and the screen became: Wang Ruozhou played the scene of Jiang Long singing at KTV.
The camera turns again, several police officers find a dead body in the warehouse, and then two groups of police officers quarrel over the ownership of the case.
Director Zhao Yao's brows furrowed unconsciously, the movie has been on the air for 5 minutes, and he doesn't understand what Hu Defa, the director of "Detective", wants to express.
As a director, Zhao Yao knows very well that the first fifteen minutes of the movie are too important. If the director can't make the audience accept the tone of the movie and immerse the audience in the plot of the movie in the first fifteen minutes, the audience will keep playing for the next hour or so.
But by the time the movie was played for fifteen minutes, director Zhao Yao was already immersed in the plot of the movie.
At this time, the cinema laughter continued. The clips that flashed quickly in front have been strung together by a thread. Jiang Long was mistaken for a murderer by the police, and Jiang Long, Shao Fei and the police launched a fun chase on the street.
Zhao Yao saw that this clip was a bit of a tribute to the classic shot, but Hu Defa controlled the rhythm very well, and the just right soundtrack, coupled with the excellent performances of Chen Minhao and Wang Ruozhou, successfully amused all the audience.
After the two evaded tracking, Shao Fei squatted on the ground, panting: "Didn't you say you went to the Grand Palace?
"Why?"
"I ask you!"
"Why?
"The police said I killed someone!"
"Who did you kill?"
"How do I know who I killed?"
Zhao Yao nodded slightly, and exchanged a look with Xingxi next to him: Wang Ruozhou's acting skills have improved again.
Zhao Yao touched his chin, Chen Minhao also acted well, he looked like he had made extraordinary progress, he was like two people, his language, movements and expressions were very well handled, especially his eyes, which were very expressive. Zhao Yao couldn't help but wonder a little about himself, did I not tap his potential at the beginning?
.........
The more Zhao Yao watched it, the more he felt that the box office of the movie was about to explode. In fact, the plot is not complicated: after Shao Fei failed the police academy, he came to the curry country to relax, and went to his distant cousin, Jiang Long.
If Shao Fei is Xiao Xianrou, Jiang Long is the antonym of Xiao Xianrou, ugly, obscene, and lustful, and the two do not get along well.
But Jiang Long is unexpectedly involved in a homicide case. After some twists and turns, Shao Fei finally believed that his obscene cousin was not a murderer, and decided to help him clear his suspicion and restore the truth of the case.
The character of Shao Fei looks stupid and stammering at a glance, but he has reasoning ability and observation beyond ordinary people.
In fact, when the plot has developed here, many film critics have already understood why Chen Minhao was the same when it was promoted, but because in this movie, the role of Shao Fei is the one who really promotes the main line, and it is the male lead.
The so-called double male protagonists are just to take care of Wang Ruozhou's face as an actor.
Chen Minhao's role is very complex, seemingly cute but smart, cheerful but withdrawn.
Shao Fei met a young and lovely girl Siyuan in the curry country, which made this messy film feel bright.
Siyuan, an angelic girl, has a tragic background, she is an orphan.
Siyuan was met by Shao Fei when he was investigating the case, and she was a classmate of the deceased's son.
Shao Fei and Siyuan went from being silent at the beginning to being familiar and enthusiastic later. Siyuan asked Shao Fei a question: "If you put a blank piece of paper on the table." ”
Shao Fei immediately folded the white paper in half and stood on the table, Siyuan's expression immediately revealed admiration and surprise.
It's a pity that this is a detective suspense, not a romance. When Siyuan's adoptive father appeared, Shao Fei sensed that something was wrong, and the clues in his mind were suddenly connected.
Many viewers thought that his adoptive father was the murderer. In the play, the adoptive father is also the murderer found by the protagonist Shao Fei. Shao Fei speculated that his motive for the murder was learned from his daughter's diary, who had been raped.
When Siyuan committed suicide and went to the hospital, the grieving adoptive father said to Siyuan: "I love you. ”
Siyuan looked him in the eye and replied, "I know, Dad." ”
The adoptive father stubbornly said: "No, you don't know, I love you." Then he jumped out of the window.
Just when the audience thought that the case was over and Jiang Long had been wronged, the movie suddenly had a new reversal.
Shao Fei found that Siyuan had recorded in his diary something that could not have happened at all. It is impossible for the adoptive father to have special thoughts about Siyuan, because Siyuan's adoptive father is a.
When Shao Fei found Siyuan with questions, she still showed an angelic smile. Shao Fei looked at him coldly and told another story:
A man's son is missing, and he suspects that his son's disappearance is related to a girl, so he starts stalking the girl. The girl falsified the diary after discovering that the man was following her. She made up that she was raped by a man and wrote down in her diary her thoughts and methods of killing the man.
The girl deliberately let her adoptive father see the diary. Provoked, the adoptive father killed the man who had lost his son in the diary.
Siyuan listened quietly, without any special reaction after listening, as if he was listening to another story, and smiled warmly: "You don't seem to stutter anymore." ”
Shao Fei was a little disappointed, and said to Siyuan: "You didn't say it to me. ”
Siyuan picked up the book in his hand and said, "This book says that individual lives are different, but the total amount of good and evil remains the same. Everyone plays their role from birth, some good and some evil. What about you?"
Shao Fei looked back at Siyuan, and the girl suddenly laughed weirdly.
Most viewers thought that the plot was going to end 99% of the way. Then at the moment when the audience was relaxed, the director gave such a terrifying shot, which undoubtedly gave the audience a fatal blow, and many viewers were frightened.
Director Zhao Yao is naturally not among the audience who have no knowledge and are frightened.
He knew that this method of shooting was called: Kubrick gaze, which was a common way for people named Kubrick to shoot people's faces: the head was slightly tilted downward, and the eyes were looking directly at the camera, mainly to create a frightening and unsettling atmosphere.
In the next second, the girl returned to an angelic sweet smile: "You said very well, but I really don't understand." ”
Shao Fei didn't say anything, picked up a piece of paper on the table and folded it in half, and then stood on the table.
Although director Zhao Yao was not frightened by the girl's Kubrick gaze, he had to admit that the last five minutes of the movie were a stroke of genius, turning the film from an ordinary time-killing movie into a masterpiece.
Director Zhao Yao fell in love with this movie, and he immediately bought a ticket on his mobile phone for the release on July 1, because he found that there were many details in this movie that he hadn't noticed: such as everyone's different religious beliefs, the beginning of the movie: "Shao Fei, why do you want to apply for the Criminal Police Academy?", why did such a question make Shao Fei fall off the list, etc......
Many film critics make eye contact with the affirmation of the movie, and some film critics are worried that the inspiration for watching the movie will disappear, so they immediately write down their film reviews in their notebooks with a pen.
"The logic is rigorous, but there is no lack of worldly thinking. ”
"The plot is constantly reversed, and the actors in this film review have good performances, except for Wang Ruozhou, the performances of the two young actors are amazing......"
In addition to the film critics, the other audience members present expressed their affirmation of the film critics with applause and cheers.
After the film, many reporters gathered around Chen Minhao and wanted to do an interview.
"What is the estimate of the final box office?" Chen Minhao smiled and said: "The box office of the movie is a very complicated issue, but after watching the finished film just now, I am very confident." ”