At 6:30 p.m. on November 3, there was a lively scene in front of a movie theater in Shibuya, and the premiere of the movie "Bursting Drummer" was about to begin.

Domestic and Xiangjiang media, as long as they are in Tokyo, almost all rushed to the premiere scene at this time. For the media, there are two kinds of news worth reporting on the festival, one is that Chinese films win the festival, win awards, or are sought after by the audience, and the other is who is disgraced at the festival, such as staying on the red carpet for too long and being expelled. These two types of news are the most eye-catching and the most popular among viewers.

Zhang Ran's movie was badly criticized by the judges, and many reporters had already prepared the title in their hearts "The Bursting Drummer Encounters Bad Reviews in Tokyo, Half of the Audience Leaves", "Zhang Ran's Movie Suffers Bad Reviews Again", "The Live Boos Continue, and the Movie Bursting Drummer Suffers Bad Reviews" and so on.

In case the audience liked "The Burst Drummer" and the applause continued, they didn't care. Anyway, the domestic audience can't see it, and it's not like they can say whatever they want. There are too many such examples, such as Zhang Yimou's "Ambush on All Sides", although it was scolded at home, it was quite popular abroad, and the applause lasted for more than ten minutes at the Cannes premiere. However, there are many domestic media reports such as "Cannes debut" and "Ten Sides Ambush Cannes Premiere Criticized".

There are many media from other countries, and most of the films shortlisted for the main competition are the works of new directors, and some have made three or four films, but they are also not internationally famous. And Zhang Ran's film has won an award at the Fantasy Film Festival, and its report card is brighter than many people.

The first to appear on the red carpet are the official Japanese stars arranged by the festival, and in order to prevent the red carpet from being too deserted, the festival often arranges for domestic stars to attend the red carpet. Set the mood. Otherwise, there is no one on the entire red carpet except the crew, it will be too miserable. However, those who were arranged to walk the red carpet were all third-tier stars. Except for Japanese journalists, journalists from other countries are basically unknown. Lack of interest.

Keiko Kitagawa got up with the firm Takashi Yamada, and she didn't know at first that the blue invitation letter given to her by Zhang Ran was very valuable, and she was able to walk the red carpet, thinking that it was similar to a movie ticket. It wasn't until she was seen by the seniors of the firm that she understood the value of the blue invitation. It just so happened that Takayuki Yamada of the office was invited to attend the red carpet at the film festival, and they became partners.

Keiko Kitagawa is a pure newcomer, and although she looks good, there is no shortage of beautiful faces for the film festival. And it didn't cause much attention. However, the atmosphere of the scene made her feel like she was in a dream, she liked this feeling, and she was determined to study acting hard and become a big star in the future!

When the crew of "Double Eyes" appeared on the red carpet, not only was it warmly welcomed by the audience, but the media also became excited. Liang Jiahui is very famous, and Liu Ruoying has won the Tokyo Film Festival, and their appearance has made the originally somewhat deserted now suddenly warm.

Next, Liu Ye and Dong Jie of the crew of "Lovers in the Sky" appeared. The huge noise set off by fans at the scene surprised many reporters, many people didn't expect Liu Ye and Dong Jie to be so popular in Japan. In fact, this is not surprising, last year, "That Mountain, That Man and That Dog" starring Liu Ye was released in Japan and achieved a box office of more than 300 million, and "Happy Times" starring Dong Jie also had a box office of tens of millions of yen in Japan.

When Yoji Yamada appeared on the red carpet. All the journalists were stunned, especially the Japanese ones. You must know that Yoji Yamada is Japan's national director. Zhang Ran is just a newcomer who has no name, and he can't beat the eight poles. How could he be here? Not to mention the fact that now his movie "Dusk Seibei" has just been released, and it is time for publicity. It's incredible that he came to attend the premieres of other films!

"Oh my God, it's Mr. Yamada!" a Japanese reporter let out an exclamation, and then asked the Chinese reporter next to him, "How did Director Zhang Ran know Mr. Yamada?"

"I don't know!" the Chinese reporter was also at a loss. If it's an American director, it's understandable, after all, Zhang Ran came back from studying in the United States, but he really can't figure out how to get involved with Yoji Yamada.

"Zhang Ran, this guy is really powerful, he actually invited Yoji Yamada. Not only did other reporters not expect it, but even Zhong Dajun was very surprised.

"Mr. Yamada, may I ask why you appeared at the premiere of "Burst Drummer", do you know Zhang Ran?" Before Yoji Yamada walked to the interview area, the media reporters couldn't wait to start asking questions.

"I know, he is a very thoughtful young man, whether it is art or film, such a young director is very rare, I am very interested in his films. The purpose of my visit today is simple, I just want to enjoy a good movie. Yoji Yamada liked Zhang Ran quite a lot, and replied with a smile.

Yoji Yamada's words shocked the reporters at the scene again, no, Yoji Yamada is so optimistic about Zhang Ran and his movies? Is he really that good?

As the owner of the movie, the crew of "Burst Drummer" is naturally the finale, and they are the biggest stars of this red carpet show.

Jay Chou is the biggest star in the crew, and the atmosphere at the scene immediately became crazy as soon as he appeared. There was a second of silence in reality, and then, like a volcanic eruption, the screams, shouts, cheers, and throbbing shocks came like huge waves.

Zhang Ran is unfamiliar to Japanese audiences, and is no different from Zhang Jingchu and Feng Yuanyi. However, there were many international students present, and many people knew him, and the most important thing was that he was handsome. This is an era of looking at faces, and being handsome is especially easy to be sought after. When Zhang Ran walked on the red carpet and waved from everyone with a smile, the cheers at the scene were also deafening. Although it is not as good as Jay Chou, it is not far off.

The red carpet has always been a stage for female stars to compete for beauty, and male stars are often foils. It's just that there has never been much media attention on the red carpet of domestic female stars walking the film festival, because domestic stars have always worn cheongsams on the red carpet, which looks very old-fashioned. Take Dong Jie as an example, whether she attended the opening ceremony or the premiere this time, she wore a cheongsam.

Zhang Ran felt that when the first batch of actresses went abroad with their works more than ten years ago, it was understandable to choose cheongsam. At that time, everything in China was waiting for excitement, eager for international attention, and actors stood on the red carpet and podium. What comes to mind is not their own image, but the image of showing Chinese characteristics as a Chinese. And the cheongsam is a particularly representative garment. But more than a decade later, China has changed dramatically. It should show more different things, show the modern side, show the personality of the younger generation.

Zhang Jingchu's dress at the opening ceremony was refreshing to many people, but the opening ceremony was star-studded, and everyone's focus was not on her, which did not cause any repercussions. But now it's different, today is her home field, and the dress she wore today is even more beautiful.

She is wearing a blue wrap-breasted dress with bamboo leaves embroidered on it. It not only has the texture of cloisonné enamel, but also reveals the natural atmosphere. When walking, it is like a breeze blowing through the bamboo forest, and the bamboo leaves sway in the wind, which has both the charm of oriental classics and the charm of modern fashion.

The surrounding photographers let out a wolf-like howl, frantically pressed the shutter, and the "click" sound was continuous, and the intense flash of light rushed towards the face like a silver wave, making people have to squint.

Zhang Jingchu posed in an elegant pose. With a charming smile, he slowly moves his steps and presents himself in the lens of the camera.

Unlike photographers, reporters are most interested in Zhang Ran. Wait until Zhang Ran walks to the interview area. Many reporters were gossiping and asking: "Director Zhang Ran, do you have any expectations for the award when you participate in the Tokyo Film Festival this time?"

"Zhang Ran. What do you think of the judging by the judges of your film that they gave a pretty bad rating?"

"Director Zhang. Some people think that your films are made to cater to the tastes of Western media, what do you think about that?"

For journalists. As long as there are enough explosive points, they will stop at nothing. Sometimes there is no news, and some sensational news has to be made up. Now there is a lot of criticism of Zhang Ran in China, if Zhang Ran criticizes the media and reprimands the domestic audience, it will definitely be big news, so they have no scruples to provoke Zhang Ran's emotions.

Zhang Ran knew that the reporter was stirring up trouble and wanted to make a big news. Although the news they reported was fake, and he was scolded by netizens very badly, he knew that he must not be scolded back. If you scold yourself, then the justification becomes unreasonable.

He will never fall for this!

The best counterattack is to slap the face with facts!

Zhang Ran glanced up, and the people from the movie channel were carrying the camera to shoot at him. He couldn't help but smile: "If the movie is really that bad, how can it be shortlisted for the main competition unit? I don't have that much face, right? Of course, if I say that my movie is good, you won't believe it." But I'm sure you'll like it after watching the movie!"

There were also reporters who wanted to continue to make trouble, but Zhang Ran didn't give them a chance to continue, bowed down, and walked towards the cinema with the members of the crew.

Feng Yuan gave Zhang Ran a thumbs up: "It's worthy of being a director, it's stable enough!"

Zhang Ran smiled dumbly and said: "I have confidence in the movie, and I am looking forward to their performance after watching the movie!"

Walking into the screening hall, under the guidance of the reception staff, Zhang Ran and they came to their place. However, he did not sit stupidly, but found many guests who came to support him to express his gratitude.

But unexpectedly, Yu Minghai and Zhang Zhiliang were also present, Zhang Ran didn't know if they were covering their ears and stealing the bell, or deliberately provoking. He walked over, looked at Yu Minghai, and said lightly: "Mr. Yu is a good method, "Bursting Drummer" has not yet been released, and it has already received a flood of bad reviews, and no distributor has come to ask for the copyright of the film until now!"

Yu Minghai said with a triumphant smile: "You are very good at making movies, not only shortlisted for the Tokyo Film Festival, but also won so many nominations at the Golden Horse Awards." However, unfortunately, you will only be afraid that you will be the same as the film festival at the Golden Horse Awards, and in the end you will not win anything!"

Zhang Ran really didn't believe that Yu Minghai's hand could be stretched so long, and gave a thumbs up with a smile: "I didn't expect your hand to reach the Golden Horse Award, I'm waiting to see your means!"

Yu Minghai waved his hand and said, "No, no, this has nothing to do with me, you stepped on the line yourself." That's it, believe it or not!"

Zhang Ran looked at Yu Minghai with an indifferent expression, and then at Zhang Zhiliang with a malicious smile, and his heart suddenly changed, realizing that there might really be something wrong. He thought for a while, there were no violations in his movie, and said with a smile: "Actually, I came here to tell you a word, I didn't want to worry too much about you, but you have to choose war, so how to fight next, to what extent, it's not up to you to decide!" After saying this, Zhang Ran didn't say anything more, turned around and returned to his seat.

Without making the audience wait too long, the lights went out and the noisy screening room gradually became quiet.

Zhang Ran stopped chatting with Zhang Jingchu and sat up straight, Jay Chou and Feng Yuanyi were also staring at the screen, while many reporters were waiting for the start of the movie with the mentality of watching jokes, and other people's eyes were also focused on the screen.

With a flash of light piercing the darkness of the screen, the movie begins! )