Chapter 141 Premiere [Ten more than 30,000 words, ask for the first order!]
In the mainland, because Lin Cheng is backed by Huo Yingdong, "Infernal Affairs" has the green light all the way, passed the review of optoelectronics, and successfully won the National Day schedule, after watching the finished film of "Infernal Affairs", the boss of the mainland cinema company feels that this is a commercial blockbuster of very high quality, plus "Infernal Affairs" is an imported film, and they can take the lion's share of the cinema line, so the film scheduling rate reached 38%, which was undoubtedly a blockbuster treatment in 97 years at that time.
Feilong Media is the distributor of "Infernal Affairs" in the mainland, in order to promote the movie, Huo Wenxi also contacted the "Happy Camp" notice, which is very popular in the mainland, and CCTV's "Zhengda Variety Show" also issued an invitation to the crew of "Infernal Affairs".
On the Xiangjiang side, Lin Cheng led the crew of "Infernal Affairs" to participate in the recording of "Super Invincible Prize Doorman" hosted by Zeng Zhiwei, during which Lin Cheng put down the shelf of an eight-billionaire and played a game with the host and guests of the show, and worked hard to promote "Infernal Affairs".
What especially makes Lin Cheng linger is the game of sucking table tennis, which Lin Cheng works the hardest.
The gameplay is very simple, just place a ping pong ball on a blower, and then two guests, male and female, will be opposed, and whoever can suck the ping pong ball floating up and down on the blower machine into his mouth wins.
How could Lin Cheng, an old ghost in the flowers, let go of this opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity to rub oil, but when he was an opponent with Chen Huilin, there was no table tennis ball in his eyes at all, and he tried his best to bite Chen Huilin's mouth in the game, but unfortunately Lin Cheng's luck was too bad, when he was about to bite Chen Huilin's mouth, a table tennis ball fell from the sky and completely blocked Lin Cheng's mouth, which made Lin Cheng disappointed.
Then Lin Cheng's opponent was changed to Zheng Xiuwen, although Zheng Xiuwen is a princess of peace, but how to say that she is also a queen of music, in the face of the queen's pretty face, Lin Cheng's heart that wants to be strange is ready to move again, but at the beginning of the game, Lin Cheng didn't have time to act, and Zheng Xiuwen, who didn't let her eyebrows, rush over, "Zizi" sounded, and Lin Cheng, who was confused, was forced to bite by the queen.
This move caught Lin Cheng off guard, and what made him even more unbelievable was that when he was forcibly gnawed by the queen of heaven, there was an electric current surging in his heart, which was a strange scene that he had never appeared in the face of Li Muzhen, Huo Wenxi, Wen Bixuan and others!
"Damn, could I have feelings for a princess like Zheng Xiuwen?!" Lin Cheng fell into deep self-doubt.
At this time, Zheng Xiuwen was also a little shy, after all, she had a very affectionate boyfriend Xu Zhiyan, but the moment she nibbled on Lin Cheng, it was like a heart with a rhino, and a strong current also emerged from her body, which made her feel hesitant, excited, and a trace of guilt for Xu Zhiyan.
In the lively atmosphere, Lin Cheng and Zheng Xiuwen, two young men and women, both had a heartfelt feeling for each other without anyone noticing, and it will be interesting to see how they will develop in the future!
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October 1, 1997 is the 48th birthday of the motherland, and it is also the big day for the premiere of "Infernal Affairs" in Xiangjiang and major cities in the mainland.
After the promotion of the crew of "Infernal Affairs", the entire Xiangjiang is full of expectations for the first film directed by Lin Cheng.
Whether this movie is good or bad, just with the unparalleled appeal of Andy Lau and Leung Chaowei, it is enough to attract the audience to the cinema, not to mention the huge gimmick that the topic character Lin Cheng directed for the first time.
Of course, if the movie is a big bad movie, the box office will definitely dive sharply, and Lin Cheng will definitely be the culprit of the box office hit, and what awaits him will be the end that Qianfu pointed out.
But what is Lin Cheng afraid of? You must know that "Infernal Affairs" is one of the top ten classic films in the history of Xiangjiang films, if even it can hit the streets, Lin Cheng vows that he will never touch a movie again in his life.
The premiere of "Infernal Affairs" was at 8 o'clock in the evening, and the mainland and Hong Kong were released simultaneously, and the premiere venue was the most famous Taiping Theater in Hong Kong.
In addition, after watching the finished film of "Infernal Affairs", the distributor bosses of the three major cinema companies in Xiangjiang, Jiale, Xinbao and Jinsheng, also have great expectations for the box office of the movie, and the film scheduling rate in Xiangjiang has reached an exaggerated 60%, and Lin Cheng's New Oriental Cinema Line has reached a terrifying 90%.
Distributors all believe that with such a high film scheduling rate, as long as the quality of the "Infernal Affairs" movie passes, there is a very great hope for reaching the 20 million box office blockbuster passing line, and the 30 million excellent line is also half possible, as for the 40 million hit line, they think it is unlikely, unless the quality of "Infernal Affairs" can reach the level of classics.
Lin Cheng is noncommittal about the judgment of the cinema distributor, and the goal in his heart has never changed, that is, to reach a box office of more than 50 million and become a classic in the history of Xiangjiang films.
Lin Cheng has a lot of confidence in this goal, in his previous life, "Infernal Affairs" could get a box office of 55 million in 2002, when Xiangjiang movies had almost hit the streets, so in 1997, when Xiangjiang movies still had the last rays of afterglow, it would not be lower than in the previous life.
Coupled with the fact that Xiangjiang does not have the concept of National Day files, the movies released in October are all small-production and small-budget movies, Lin Cheng clearly remembers that none of the top 20 movies in Xiangjiang at the box office in 97 were released in October, that is, "Infernal Affairs" can be described as a standout in October, and there is no opponent at all.
On the mainland, none of the top 10 films at the annual box office were released in October, and it can be said that "Infernal Affairs" perfectly avoided all strong opponents, and it was a good time to harvest the box office.
As long as the word-of-mouth quality of "Infernal Affairs" does not collapse, then Lin Cheng believes that the box office of "Infernal Affairs" should be able to challenge the position of the annual box office champion in the mainland and Hong Kong.
The box office champion in Xiangjiang in 97 years is Cheng Long's "A Good Man", with a box office of 45 million Hong Kong dollars, and in the mainland, the box office champion is the Hollywood blockbuster "Jurassic Park 2", with a box office of 72.1 million yuan.
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At half past six in the evening, Lin Cheng's extended Lincoln came to the Taiping Theater, and this time he was accompanied to attend the premiere by the big beauty Xiao Yan, in the past and present lives, Lin Cheng walked the red carpet for the first time holding the arm of the beauty, facing the cheers of the fans, Lin Cheng's mood was a little nervous, and even his steps began to be messy.
The big beauty Xiao Yan has long been experienced in this, she held Lin Cheng's arm and greeted the fans elegantly, and under the illumination of the magnesium lamp, she also looked very beautiful.
And Andy Lau and Liang Chaowei have just finished the red carpet, and they are being interviewed by the host at this time, they are all veterans who have been in the circle for more than ten years, and they all know what to say and what not to say, and answering the host's questions is a piece of cake for them.
Lin Cheng did not stay in the interview area, after saying hello to Andy Lau and Liang Chaowei, he couldn't wait to enter the cinema, this is his first movie, to be honest, Lin Cheng is still a little apprehensive, although he has almost completely copied "Infernal Affairs" against the viewing memories of his previous life, but after all, time and space are different, and no one can predict whether "Infernal Affairs" can still achieve the results of his previous life in the early ninety-seven years.
However, no matter how worried Lin Cheng was, as soon as seven o'clock arrived, the premiere of "Infernal Affairs" officially began.
At the beginning of the premiere, the movie will not be screened immediately, first of all, the famous host of Xiangjiang TVB, Sister Feifei, introduced the behind-the-scenes staff of the crew of "Infernal Affairs", and then the level of the actors' coffee positions from small to big one came to the stage one by one, Liang Chaowei and Andy Lau are the double protagonists, and the coffee positions of the two are equal, so they were arranged to go on stage side by side, and the last to go on stage was naturally director Lin Cheng.
After going on stage to thank the audience, the behind-the-scenes staff withdrew, and Lin Cheng and the stars stayed to chat with the host Sister Fat about the interesting things in the filming process, and asked the leading actors to perform programs and play games.
A lottery ceremony was also held during the premiere, and the lucky viewers who were drawn could take the opportunity to make a request to the stars on stage, and generally the lucky viewers would ask the stars to take a photo, sign, hug, and so on.
However, there is a fat audience who asked Andy Lau and Liang Chaowei to dance awkwardly in public, Andy Lau is a superstar in the music world, of course it is not difficult for him to dance, but Liang Chaowei is really a little embarrassed, dancing is really not his specialty!
After Andy Lau imitated Michael Jackson's moonlit sky walk and bird touching action, he soon won the applause and cheers of the audience, when it was Liang Chaowei's turn, after some twisting and pinching, Liang Chaowei only came to a period of later generations called the elderly disco jump, the following inverted color sound came one after another, of course, everyone was not malicious, just kindly ridiculed the embarrassing dance of Liang Yingdi.
And Lin Cheng laughed unkindly next to him, but the schadenfreude really didn't end well, the next lucky audience was a beautiful Lori, Lori turned out to be Lin Cheng's brainless fan, she didn't ask Lin Cheng for any hugs and group photos, but asked Lin Cheng to dance in public like the two kings of "traffic".
Lin Cheng is embarrassed now, he is a dance idiot, and he really knows nine tricks for the dance committee, and he doesn't know anything!
In the face of Xiao Lori's request, Lin Cheng naturally shirked in every possible way, but the stars on the stage and the audience refused to let him go, and asked Lin Cheng to dance awkwardly.
In a hurry, Lin Cheng finally thought of the ghost dance that he had been obsessed with for a while in his previous life, although he danced nondescript at that time, but how to say that he also had a little experience, plus he also had an unforgettable memory, it should not be a problem for the audience to dance a few steps perfunctorily.
Thinking of this, Lin Cheng asked the staff to find a box of tapes with strong percussion and beat with devilish steps.