Chapter 106: Sycophants!
The film gradually enters the last thirty minutes.
With the box office of more than 500 million yuan in "Big Shot" as a foreshadowing, Feng Bicheng's latest black humor comedy has already attracted much attention, and there is Li Qian's screenwriter and Minghu Culture as an endorsement, plus the comedy star Huang Ge frequently promoted the film because he played an important role in the movie "Brother Dao", it can be said that the two comedy giants have joined forces again after "Big Shot", and "Crazy Stone" has naturally become a work that the theater side is looking forward to- Even under normal circumstances, this movie will definitely get a very high scheduling rate as soon as it is released, not to mention that it is now during the Spring Festival and the first day of the Lunar New Year, and there are not only two or three movies released at this time, but also in terms of coffee position and influence, it is not worthy of Feng Bicheng's shoes?
At the same time as the premiere, the film was released simultaneously nationwide at a very high screening rate of 72% — to that extent, you can almost certainly see the film if you are willing to walk into a movie theater.
Moreover, although it is the first day of the Lunar New Year, traditionally, industry insiders in the film industry generally believe that it should be the absolute off-season of the movie box office market, but in fact, there are really a lot of audiences who went to the cinema today to watch the first scene of "Crazy Stone".
Especially in the big theaters in many big cities, the attendance rate of many screening halls exceeds 50%!
And as the movie began, if it was said that in the first ten or twenty minutes, everyone at most chuckled from time to time, and for the time being, they just entered the plot without hindrance, but when the movie was halfway through, there began to be continuous laughter in almost every screening hall across the country.
In another time and space that Li Qian has experienced, many people say that "Crazy Stone" is an imitation and learning of the great director Guy Ritchie's "Two Big Smoking Guns".
To be serious, this is probably something that even the original director Ning Hao can't deny.
But in fact, there is no need to underestimate this work because of this.
"Two Smoking Guns" is indeed a classic, and it is indeed awesome, its emergence not only made Guy Ritchie famous, but also, to a certain extent, greatly improved and expanded the technical height of the art category of film - including the technical storytelling technique, including the technical editing technology.
But there are more people who have watched, liked, and wanted to imitate and learn "Two Big Smoking Guns", and "Crazy Stone" alone has been a success. And even if you look back ten years after the birth of this movie, you will still feel that it is a rare classic black humor comedy.
This is skill!
This is talent!
In the first six minutes, it appears in a dense number of nine characters, not only is almost every character distinctive, but also the five events that introduce these nine characters are so densely arranged, the plot is compact, coherent, and unexpectedly entertaining and laughing, and at the same time makes an almost perfect and clear foreshadowing for the whole story.
In the hands of ordinary film directors, whether it is six minutes to explain five events, or six minutes to appear nine more important characters, it has already been messed up!
Not to mention doing both at the same time!
Xie Xiaomeng's teasing sister was stepped on, Bao Shihong's car window was smashed by a Coke can falling from the sky, the thief Dao brother gang disguised itself as a moving company and moved people's homes directly but was caught by the traffic police to issue a fine, Siyaner wanted to buy a handicraft factory, Bao Shihong's car hit Siyan'er's BMW car without pulling the handbrake on the ramp......
Xie Xiaomeng was lustful and pretended to be forced, Bao Shihong listened to the news of the discovery of jade on the radio when he was practicing the car, and the black skin looked wrong, and the hammer in his sleeve had already shown to show his recklessness......
Wait a minute.
These six minutes, compact and coherent, are simply masterful.
There's no bragging at all, that's a classic!
Moreover, in this time and space, "Two Big Smoking Guns" has never been born here - theoretically speaking, as the first "Crazy Stone", it will be more classic. Even with just the first six minutes, it is already qualified enough to go straight to the palace.
And as the story of the movie is in full swing, the forces led by Bao Shihong's jade guards, the Dao brother trio, and the international thieves from Singapore are entangled with each other, and they are orderly in chaos.
Of course, the original version is extremely wonderful, and Feng Bicheng's version is also very exciting.
Li Qian sat alone in the conference room, lit a cigar, and thought about Qi Jie's running to the house in a mess, and soon fell into a state of distraction.
More than half of the movie, he caught a delicate shadow coming from the corner of his eye, and subconsciously looked up, and saw that the waiter in the living room was coming over, his face was slightly red, but he came over and said to Li Qian very seriously: "Mr. Li, I went to the door of the screening hall and listened to it, and there was a lot of laughter inside." And with a laugh every two minutes, the movie is sure to be a big hit!"
After a pause, the beautiful little girl added, "I heard that this movie was written by you, you are amazing!"
Li Qian was stunned for a moment and laughed.
Well, although the girl's approach is really a bit deliberate and too explicit, people have good intentions after all. Moreover, to be honest, as Li Qian's status is getting higher and higher, he has rarely had the opportunity to listen to the people below him so directly in the past two years - to pat his ass, at least it must be Jin Han, Feng Bicheng, He Yingyu, Zhou Baoshan and other big names, otherwise it is Qin Nuo, Du Min and other staff around him.
This little girl is very bold, and the opportunity to catch it seems to be good.
So Li Qian smiled and raised his hand to fan the smoke exhaled in front of his eyes, nodded with a smile, and said, "Thank you! Thank you for your compliment! If this movie is really a big hit, you can go to your manager and ask for a red envelope, just say that I said it, your blessing has contributed a lot to the big sale of this movie." The power of the mind!"
The little girl's face was red again, obviously a little embarrassed.
Obviously, the girl's emotional intelligence is really not low, and she immediately heard the ridicule in Li Qian's words.
Of course, she wouldn't be so stupid as to really go to her manager to ask for a red envelope!
Even at this time, she knew that she was running over to pat herself like this, it was too abrupt and explicit, but it didn't matter, it was good to be familiar!
And she quickly adjusted her mood and asked with a smile: "Mr. Li, why don't I help you turn on the exhaust fan a little bigger?"
Li Qian nodded, "Okay, thank you!"
The girl left decisively, and soon under the attention of another companion, she helped Li Qian turn on the exhaust fan in the reception room to another level.
Well, Li Qianye, Master Qian, how many beautiful little flowers have people seen, of course, it can't be so easy to hook up, but it is already good to be able to say a few words alone, and it can leave a little impression in his heart-didn't you see that the face of the other waiter's little sister in the living room was full of jealousy and remorse?
Yes, I just thought of this sycophant, saw this opportunity, and boldly did it, you just didn't expect it, didn't see it, and you may not be able to pull your face to do it when you see it!
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There were about ten minutes left before the end of the movie, and Li Qian finished smoking the cigar in his hand, so he turned around and went back - the two people sitting next to him, although they were extremely engaged, still quickly sniffed and looked at it one after another. Well, the smell left on the body after the cigar is smoked, and it is really quite big.
Li Qian clasped his palms to the left and right, signaling his apologies.
On the left was Bai Yujing, who smiled and didn't say anything.
On the right was Qin Jingjing, who smiled and didn't say anything.
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A few minutes later, the film goes all the way to the final scene.
The black skin played by Liu Zhongxin crawled out of the sewer, he was dark and smelly, he was tired and hungry, obviously extremely pitiful, but the laughter in the screening room almost never stopped.
And when he showed his reckless personality again, grabbed the food and ran, and ate while running, the food stall owner chased after him on a small motorcycle, saying, "Yo, you can still run! I'll let you run!" while Heipi continued to run while eating, and there were bursts of laughter in the movie theater.
There is no doubt that the effect of the movie is excellent.
As the big screen went completely dark and the lights turned on, there was thunderous applause in the full screening hall - led by Feng Bi, the crew of "Crazy Stone" got up one after another, applauded, and nodded to the audience, thanking everyone for their applause.
In the applause, Bai Yujing turned his head and said to Li Qian very seriously: "Classic! It is not inferior to the absolute classic of "Big Names"! This movie is definitely a big hit! And it will go down in history!"
Li Qian smiled and nodded.
Qin Jingjing quickly came over again, bit Li Qian's ear, and said, "It's so powerful for you! The script is yours, right?"
Seeing Li Qian nodding, she quickly said, "How did you come up with such a great story?
Li Qian smiled again, nodded at her, and said, "Thank you!"
Seeing Li Qian and Qin Jingjing talking to each other, Bai Yujing glanced over here, didn't speak, and when they finished communicating, the applause gradually fell, and many media reporters sitting in the middle raised their hands high and wanted to ask questions, Bai Yujing sat down with everyone again, and whispered to Li Qian: "Let's drink together later!"
Li Qian waved his hand, "Don't drink with the barrel!"
Bai Yujing pursed his lips with a look of contempt, "Cowardice!"