Chapter 32: Midnight Screening
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16 September, Tsim Sha Tsui Cinema.
The front of the cinema is very lively, not all of them come to watch the movie, but because there are many itinerant hawkers and stalls in front of the cinema, forming a small night market, so it seems hot.
Tsim Sha Tsui Cinema itself is one of the few major cinemas in Hong Kong that can be compared with Golden Harvest Gateway Cinema, Hollywood Cinema, Golden Princess Lai Sing Cinema, Hoi Sing Cinema, Debao's Yau Ma Tei Cinema, Mong Kok Cinema, as well as Li Palace Cinema and King Wah Cinema.
The hawkers shouted one after another, melon seeds, hot sugar cane, fried chestnuts, sugar water, brine beef offal, roasted corn, stir-fried beef river, roasted oyster scallops, wonton stalls, car noodles, herbal tea cold drinks, and fish balls.
Citizens who enjoy the cool will stop and spend a piece or two to satisfy their appetite. There are also couples who watch movies and buy some snacks to satisfy their cravings.
A red rooster parked outside the parking space, and the car slowly reversed and returned to the parking space in a noisy sound.
Four big men scrambled out of the car.
"How?"
Wu Xiaozu dusted off his black suit, with wide shoulders and a narrow waist, making the suit particularly stylish. The two long-legged pestles are even more eye-catching there.
"One word: beautiful over Zhou Runfa!" Fei Cheng flattered and gave a thumbs up, patting his sycophants and writing them on his face, making up for his mistake of driving just now.
He was also wearing a suit, and he was trying to breathe, but the suit was still a tights effect when he was wearing it.
Next to him, Luo Dong and Su Liyao glanced at each other, and they both praised each other's thumbs.
"The four beautiful boys in Causeway Bay are simply loved by everyone..."Fei Cheng grinned and blew water.
Wu Xiaozu tilted his head.
Luo Dong tilted his head.
Su Liyao tilted his head.
Qi Qi raised his chin at him.
Fei Cheng pretended not to see it, and strode towards the theater. I walked too quickly, my abdomen didn't keep up in one breath, my stomach pouch flesh gushed out, and the suit was instantly stretched out, and it retracted into a tight-fitting vest.
Four... Three men in suits and a fat man in a sweatshirt walked into the theater.
……
"Scared, are you pretending to be heroes?" As soon as they met, Liang Jiahui was startled by the battle of the four people in black suits, and then looked at his girlfriend suspiciously, "Do you have to wear such an exaggerated midnight show?"
Jiang Jiahua didn't speak, pointed to the audience wearing vests and shorts in line on the side, and stretched out his hands towards her boyfriend.
"Ahem......" Wu Xiaozu glanced at the audience who was biting the sugarcane flip-flops and the Abel who was shaking the pu fan to buy tickets, and glared at Fei Cheng speechlessly.
"Big guy, this is called aura. Fei Cheng hurriedly defended, "Only with aura can you open the door!"
"Hehe......" Liang Jiahui smiled and sucked the cold and refreshing ice soda in his hand, and shrugged his shoulders towards the four of them like his girlfriend.
"Pick!"
……
"Come on, soda on the rocks. ”
Fat Cheng flattered and handed out Coke to everyone, and at this moment all four of them took off their suits and wore white shirts. At least it's cooler.
"Thank you. Shao Meiqi took the coke, turned around and handed it to Luo Dong intimately.
Liang Jiahui saw Wu Xiaozu holding a cigarette and squinted at the sparse crowd not far away, "Worried?", although it was a question, but there was a very determined smile on his face.
"yes. Wu Xiaozu chuckled, "I'm worried that the audience will be scared by my play." ”
"You're the hardest director I've ever seen. Liang Gahui pointed to the audience who entered the venue with sugar cane, raised his eyebrows and said, "Do you know why these audience like to bite sugar cane?"
Without waiting for an answer, he continued, "It's just easier to smash people." You can still beat people if you praise boredom, are you cost-effective?"
“……”
Wu Xiaozu gave him a blank look and took the lead in walking towards the theater.
Sugar cane throwing is a repertoire of the Midnight Show on Hong Kong Island. Since the midnight show appeared, there have been 90 directors in Hong Kong who have been smashed by sugar cane.
As the older generation of directors said, "If the sugarcane is knocked or not, the new drama is good!"
Midnight screening was an unwritten rule in the Hong Kong Island film industry in the 70s and 80s. This rule began to disappear in the 90s.
The reason for this is, firstly, that piracy is rampant, and secondly, that there is an increase in bad films, and directors are afraid of being beaten. In 1986, it was the last sunset.
Walking into a midnight screening hall in the theater, Wu Xiaozu breathed a sigh of relief, the serving rate should be 3 or 4 percent, which is qualified.
If there is a 30% attendance rate in the future, it can be described as an explosive film. Low row film and high attendance = good word-of-mouth film. The high-ranking film is high-occupied, and that is an explosive phenomenon-level film.
The average attendance rate of phenomenal movies like "Wolf Warrior 2" in the early stage is 38%, which is earth-shattering. But that was in later generations, at this time, the number of screens on Hong Kong Island was less than one percent of that of later generations, and the results of the midnight performance of "Rainy Night Sky Demon" were only so-so.
Jiang Zhiqiang didn't pay much attention to it. It's not a big production per se, and it doesn't have a star. It's normal to be decent in the midnight game, and he prefers to trust his own vision. I believe that this drama will definitely attract attention.
In the middle of the night, a few rows sat some of the media, film critics and other theater owners invited by Jiang Zhiqiang. saw Jiang Zhiqiang and Wu Xiaozu walk in and exchanged ears.
"Jiang Ershao has been very active recently. President Jiang is going to let him mess around? A new work by a newcomer who hits the streets, is it worth making such a big move?" a chubby theater owner said curiously.
"Jiang Er Shao has a kind heart and rescues you and me from the sea of suffering, what's wrong?"
"Haha......"
Everyone laughed. Wu Xiaozu's tricks of pestering these theater owners are simply not too annoying, and they have already become their private jokes.
"There have been a lot of films released recently, and I hope Jiang Ershao won't hit the street too much. ”
"Ershao, this is the spring breeze and the horseshoe disease. Just made money from a cartoon, and I thought I was proficient in everything. ”
"Speaking of which, it's more prudent for Jiang Dashao, this Jiang Ershao is too much of a gambler. really used him as a gentleman to gamble on horses to do business. ”
Everyone smiled, who didn't know that Jiang Ershao was a loser before he was thirty years old, eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling.
"It doesn't matter, as long as you and I can make money, it doesn't matter how Jiang Zhiqiang and Jiang Zhiwen do it. Anyway, it's all his Jiang family's housework. ”
Several theater owners nodded, and everyone knew about the two brothers of the Jiang family. In the past few years, the Jiang family was full of beauty, but since this year, Jiang Zhiqiang has been favored by Jiang's father. In the end, it is the mother's surviving relatives, it can't be compared.
Jiang Zhiqiang also led Wu Xiaozu to make a familiar face in front of the theater owner, the media, and film critics. It can also be regarded as helping Wu Xiaozu expand his connections in the film industry. For these theater owners, Wu Xiaozu was very polite.
Although many people have rejected themselves at one time or another, this time and that time. In Wu Xiaozu's view, these people more or less control the resources of the theater, and it is not harmful for him to greet them. As for that bit of filth and face?
Children only talk about right and wrong, and adults only look at the pros and cons.
……
Wu Xiaozu was coming from side to side, and when he looked up, he saw the cold and beautiful Gao Lihong and Wang Zuyuan walking slowly hand in hand. One is tall and glamorous, and the other is charming and graceful.
"Joyce, you're beautiful today. Wu Xiaozu greeted him with a smile, and his words made Gao Lihong's eyes happy. He turned around again and greeted Wang Zuyuan, "Miss Wang is also very beautiful." ”
Wu ...... Wu ...... "Wang Zuyuan looked surprised.
"Wu Xiaozu. Wu Xiaozu reminded with a smile.
"You guys?" Gao Lihong's eyes swept over the two of them.
"That ......" Wang Xianxian's eyes flickered. How can she talk about the things that she made a big fuss about on the set?
"I had a two-sided relationship with Miss Wang. I've driven her. Wu Xiaozu helped to break the siege. He gestured to the two women again, "Let's take a seat first." The movie starts right away. ”
"Two beautiful girls sit here ......"
Fei Cheng came up to greet him enthusiastically, and arched away Su Liyao, who had no eyesight, and gave up the two seats on Wu Xiaozu's right hand, and occupied the third position with his ass, right next to Wang Zuyuan.
"Pretty girl, do you want to drink soda?" The little fat brother held out a glass of Coke with a flattering face on his greasy stomach.
"Sorry, I don't like carbonated drinks. ”
Wang Zuamaranth brightened his eyes, politely rejected Feicheng, and then took the Sprite handed by his girlfriend very heartily, and the drink was refreshing.
The little fat brother opened his mouth and drank by himself. He felt that these beautiful girls had no interest at all, and they couldn't compare with young women.
Su Liyao gloated beside him. You deserve it, let you forget your friends.
As the lights in the hall went out, the people watching the movie also lowered their voices, and the hall became quiet. It's not a big director, a big star, or don't make a good appearance before the show. I can't say that any impatient sugarcane party will reward you with a sugarcane.
Wu Xiaozu raised his legs, the long legs of Gaoli red on the right hand side were stacked, and Wang Zuyuan's long legs were also folded, and the three long legs made Jiang Zhiqiang on the left and the fat man on the right silently put down the legs, which were dwarfed and shortened.
The screen flashed.
The sound of a whining train sounded, and in the darkness, a square icon of a locomotive flashed in the cave-shaped pattern, roughly like: an inverted concave with a convex inserted underneath.
The company name appears below.
"One Twenty-Four Locomotive Studio?"
"What a street name!"
Countless viewers flashed through the thought.
Everyone in the crew covered their faces in shame, leaving only Wu Xiaozu's waist when he saw the icon, and his face was bright. Let the beautiful eyes of Gao Lihong on the side look sideways, puzzled.
It's a pity that the technology at this time is not up to standard, otherwise a red and black retro train from the cave from dark to light, pulling the whistle, whining out of the run, must be very ceremonial.
The inverted and convex are finally tightly fastened together.
The film officially begins.
The subtitles flashed, and the picture of a thunderstorm appeared on the screen.
The picture is dim and slightly nostalgic.
In the distance, a red taxi appears in the dark quality, and the whole picture becomes eerie. Welcoming the audience, a beam of light illuminates a graceful shadow.
The woman is holding an umbrella, wearing heavy makeup, a sequined bandeau tight short skirt, stepping on high heels, with a graceful figure and attractive long legs.
The corners of Wang Zuyuan's mouth curled, and it was his best friend Gao Lihong on the screen.
As the long-legged woman was illuminated by the dim light, the picture suddenly came alive.
"The use of light and color is pretty good. Paul Fang said.
Lu Yanhua pushed her glasses and nodded, agreeing with her friend's statement.
As columnists and film critics on Hong Kong Island, the two have a deep connection with the film company.
This time, I was invited by Antai Pictures to watch this movie based on a real case, which was originally to cope with an errand, but now I have a little interest.
At least it's not like the few films that were released a few days ago, and I don't have the slightest desire to watch it. They don't even have the idea of writing and scolding. It's not that I don't want to scold, it's that I can't scold.
In an area with a strong commercial atmosphere like Hong Kong Island, the film is not even the least entertaining, and I really don't know who is making money in the film industry now.
As soon as the summer file passed, all the ghosts, snakes and gods appeared in the Hong Kong Island film industry. I have blinded many film critics.
Midnight shows are especially dangerous. If it weren't for Jiang Zhiqiang's invitation this time, the two of them would not have come to support an unknown newcomer.
The promotion of the film is inseparable from these film critics. Whether it's like or scold, only if there is a topic, it can attract attention.