501 Grand Premiere
"Young Master!"
Powerful shouts echoed over Hollywood Boulevard, and the orange sunset and the bright red carpet were eclipsed. Lan Li stood alone at the beginning of the red carpet, but the noisy shouts became the most wonderful and magnificent background, completely detonating the enthusiasm of the scene.
The huge posters on both sides of the red carpet seem to be showing that this is the home of Lanli. It's not a carnival party like a film festival, it's not a star-studded movie like "War in the Pacific," but a premiere that belongs to him, even if he's just a third lead.
The other spectators at the scene were shocked, and the reporters at the scene were also stunned, and the grand scene in front of them exceeded everyone's expectations.
"Fast & Thrill 5" is not a fan movie like "Twilight", nor is it a movie that emphasizes personal charm like "Iron Man", although this series has Vin Diesel and Paul Walker, the appeal of fans is really limited, and the main audience is still those male audiences who are interested in drag racing.
This is also the reason why "Variety" thinks that the recent news events cannot add to the box office of "Fast and Exciting / Emotional 5".
Strictly speaking, today's premiere is not anyone's home field, but the home of the entire series of movies, and even the biggest name Fan is estimated to be difficult to ignite the enthusiasm of fans. But now, the rumbling echoes of support, the boiling cheers, and the roars of all their might, but the Chinese/Chinese Theater at the end of April felt the heat of midsummer in advance.
When did it start?
Although there are only two or three hundred people in front of them, and in the turbulent sea of people at the scene, they are only a small cluster, but their fanaticism makes people have to wonder how many such fans are in other cities? and how many people are willing to enter the cinema for Lan Li? In other words, how much is the box office appeal of Lan Li?
This is a ridiculous idea.
The so-called "box office appeal" refers to the fact that the audience is willing to enter the cinema just because of the actor, regardless of all the additional factors such as the movie, director, script, and subject matter, but it is not as blind and crazy as the fan effect, and the audience is willing to give an objective and fair evaluation to promote the actor to shoot better works. Such a title is not something that anyone can deserve.
To put it simply, none of the cast of "Fast & Furious 5" and "Thor" can use the word "box office appeal", and the only one who is slightly closer to Natalie Portman is also very limited.
As for Lan Li, it's even worse.
Regardless, today is the premiere of the movie. After the movie is released, look at the word of mouth of the critics, look at the feedback from the audience, and then look at the box office results.
The audience at the scene also began to shout along, although they didn't know why, why everyone was calling "young master", but the premiere was originally a collective carnival, so they naturally didn't mind joining together, the shouts not only did not weaken, but became more and more turbulent, more and more boiling, and continued to rise.
The reporters finally came back to their senses, the silver flash came down with a clicking sound, and in an instant all the colors in their sight were covered with a thin silver halo, even the unfamiliar faces, as if they had entered a strange world, eternally imprisoned at the moment when the flash light was turned on.
"Lan Li!" The enthusiastic and earnest shouts of the reporters came and went, but they could not arouse Lan Li's attention.
Lan Li turned around and walked to the opposite side, he saw some familiar faces in the crowd, walked up and said hello, which made the crowd begin to stir violently, and the surrounding crowds all converged in the same direction;
The cheers of the fans faded away, morphing into echoes that echoed in the circular plaza of the theater, and the cries of the reporters took their place, one after the other, like lovers, affectionate and persistent, close to everything they could try to attract Lan Li's attention.
Lan Li's footsteps have not yet stood firm, and he saw a figure walking up quickly in his field of vision, his face was full of bright and excited expression, and a neat and white teeth were not stingy to show, and when he was seven or eight steps away, he opened his hands and opened his arms, and then gave Lan Li a big hug, tightened his hands hard, patted Lan Li's back, and his sunny laughter came from his ears, warm and bright.
"God, you're so slow, like an old man. Honestly, haven't you been exercising lately? Do you want to go surfing for a while? Now the beach in Malibu has good waves. "As soon as he came up, he was so enthusiastic, and he didn't leave the surf when he teased, and there was only Paul Walker who was so honest and mocking.
Paul's cheerfulness infected Lan Li, and a trace of helplessness slipped through his eyes. In fact, he was not used to hugging, but in Paul's presence, the rule did not seem to apply, and every time it was, "Are you sure you want to keep hugging?" Reporters are now looking at Steven-Rogers and Peggy-Carter as if they were reuniting. These two are the protagonists of "Captain America" and miss each other's lovers because of time and space.
"Poof. The reporter standing next to him overheard it, and he didn't hold back for a while, he laughed out loud, and after thinking about it seriously, he still thought it was funny, so he simply turned his head and laughed out loud.
Paul let go of Lan Li, raised his hand and scratched his head, and cast an apologetic look with a smile on his face, then he took half a step back and looked at Lan Li carefully, and then nodded contentedly, "You look good, those miscellaneous things have no effect." ”
In the past period of time, the news of the Charm and the Monster has been boiling, not only Lan Li in the eye of the storm is annoyed, but his friends are no exception.
Before the "borrowed door" came out, people kept speculating about the relationship between Chris and Lan Li, and Paul stood up to defend Lan Li, believing that he was definitely not the kind of person Chris said, and firmly expressed his position; Paul, who has always been low-key, took the initiative to defend himself, but he was not able to attract too much media coverage, but later the development of events proved that Paul was right.
"It's just a flock of crows. Lan Li raised his eyebrows slightly, and said nonchalantly.
Paul savored the word "crow" and then nodded approvingly.
Lan Li didn't continue to say anything, and directly changed the topic, "Thank you for the gifts, but the problem is, I didn't eat anything at all, and the staff had already snatched them up, what did you give?" Before "I fight cancer" was finished, Paul sent a batch of gifts to the crew, congratulating the movie on its completion.
Looking at the complaining Lan Li, Paul smiled brightly again. The two of them stood in the photo area, you talked to me word by word, occasionally heard the call of the reporters, turned their heads and posed, but then they started talking again, if it wasn't for the reporter shouting hoarsely, I'm afraid Lan Li didn't accept the interview, and left directly.
Looking at the group of reporters with swollen faces, all of them panting, Lan Li couldn't help but smile dumbly, and bowed his head slightly to apologize. He really forgot, in a trance, as if this was not the premiere of "Fast and Thrill/Emotion 5", it was just two friends who came to watch the movie, and it just so happened that this movie was "Fast and Thrill/Emotional 5".
"Lan Li, I've heard before that the filming process of this work was very enjoyable, and you made a lot of friends, right?" That's the first question, not only gentle, but also friendly, which perfectly fits the atmosphere of the premiere.
"Yes, it does. Lan Li nodded and replied with a sincere face, "Jordana, Tyrese, Gail, Matt, etc." In fact, Tyrese texted me last night asking about tonight's party arrangements. He counted a lot of names, but he missed Paul.
But Paul stood beside him, but he didn't mind, still smiling, and nodding his head in agreement from time to time, like a spectator.
The reporters' eyes kept shifting to Paul, and the atmosphere at the scene could not be more obvious. In desperation, Lan Li spread out his hands, "Okay, and Paul." The reporters burst into laughter, and Lan Li looked at Paul and complained solemnly, "You didn't leave me much room for quibbling." ”
Paul raised his hand again and scratched his head, revealing a mouthful of neat white teeth, and laughed brightly.
"Lan Li, tell me about the interesting story of the filming process? The role you played this time should have a lot of conflicts with Paul, do you have any fighting scenes?"
Sure enough, the reporter's questions were harmonious, and there was no tension at all, as if the recent news had never appeared.
Subsequently, director Justin Lin also appeared on the red carpet, and was pulled over by two people, and the three men were interviewed together, complaining and joking with each other, which was really fun.
In the back and forth, the scene was really full of laughter, which also feasted the eyes of the fans who watched the interview on the spot, and the screams and shouts were wave after wave, endless.
The premiere was only halfway through, and the atmosphere had already reached an incredible high because of the arrival of the Blue Rite. From afar, Lan Li saw Gal Gadot walking on the red carpet, and he also realized that they had been standing here for a while, and now it was time to go to the side to rest and hand over the responsibility of publicity to the "late" people behind.
Seeing that Lan Li gentlemanly ended the topic and was about to leave, the reporters reflexively shouted again, saying "the last one" and "the last one", obviously, such interviews are always relaxed and pleasant, and you can also find out a lot of insider tidbits of the crew, which is really good for writing a press release.
Lan Li didn't care about it and was about to leave, but seeing that Paul and Justin both stopped softly, he could only shake his head and reluctantly put his steps back in place, "The last one." ”
Then I saw a reporter "Huo" stand up and ask in a loud voice, "Lan Li, will you go to the cinema to watch 'Thor' next week?"