"Uncle Zhan, you are really a genius in the music world. If I had a good voice, I would have asked you to write some songs for me to sing. When Huang Zhansen took Ye Wenwen's recorded "Don't Come at Dawn" and tried it, Chen Jialuo suddenly felt very familiar.

"Just your broken gong voice, full of smoke and alcohol, you can't sing. Although they didn't discuss music together for a long time, some of Chen Jialuo's suggestions made Huang Zhansen feel that this kid was a material that could be made, and he became a pair of old friends.

In fact, this song "Don't Come at Dawn" was not tailor-made by Huang Zhansen for "A Chinese Ghost Story". It's a lyric for a movie that was once written, and in the end the song didn't go along with that movie. is now sung by Ye Wenwen, but it complements each other in "A Chinese Ghost Story".

And Chen Jialuo also matched the female melody of Nie Xiaoqian's appearance in his memory, which suddenly became the finishing touch.

If "A Chinese Ghost Story" and "Don't Come at Dawn" are among the classics in the movie, then another song "Tao Dao Dao" composed by Chen Jialuo and Huang Zhansen while sipping wine is absolutely unparalleled in the world.

Originally, according to Huang Zhansen's meaning, this song should be sung by Lin Zixiang. However, now Lin Zixiang has gone to the United States, but he can't find anyone at all. When I looked for Pan Meisheng again, I unexpectedly heard that he went to Yanjing to treat his foot injury.

In the end, at the request of Huang Zhansen, the song was stunned and Chen Jialuo recorded it while drinking.

The effect is surprisingly good!

As the release date approaches, the promotion of "A Chinese Ghost Story" is also in full swing under the arrangement. The movie, which was originally negatively reported, finally had some different voices at this time.

In particular, Chen Xiaodong took Zhang Baorong, Wang Xiaoxian and other leading actors to appear on TSB TV's program, and even talked about many interesting things during the filming of "A Chinese Ghost Story". Regarding the image of Chen Jialuo, the person is also gradually flesh and blood in the mouths of these collaborators.

Promoting movies has always been a hard job, and even many actors don't like to participate in all kinds of publicity. They are all very busy, especially popular stars like Zhang Baorong, and the schedule is even fuller. However, for the promotion of "A Chinese Ghost Story", he still worked very hard.

Even under Chen Jialuo's decision, the theme song of "A Chinese Ghost Story" "The Road is Boundless" has been officially determined, and Zhang Baorong has sung in public several times.

And Wang Xiaoxian has been wearing Nie Xiaoqian's outfit to appear in major newspapers and magazines recently, and her beautiful appearance has attracted a lot of fans for her.

In particular, the "Friends of the Art Capital" column of Commercial One has openly invited members of the Art Capital to sign up to participate in the midnight preview of "A Chinese Ghost Story".

A unique form of Hong Kong films is to hold a midnight test screening. This is not a premiere of the film, but an experiment to see how the audience reacts and make the final changes to the film, and the premiere is usually held a week after the test screening. For example, after the test screening of "Sweet Honey" at midnight, Chen Kexin made changes and replaced the film before the premiere.

Midnight test screening This is a very special movie-watching experience, these midnight venues are especially concentrated in the grassroots downtown area of Yau Tsim Wang, the audience has mahjong stalls who have finished work after work, a group of old boys before or after the night, etc., of course, there are also starry citizens in the nightlife.

"If the audience doesn't like it, they applaud you, and they recognize you as the director. ”

Chen Jialuo himself once saw the audience in a midnight show with his own eyes, stood up and shouted: "Who is the director? Stand up for me!" Or: "Who wrote the script? Pull out that rice bucket!"

But when they saw the good show, they also cheered and clapped their hands, like a riot. Therefore, as a director in Xiangjiang, you have to get through this.

In layman's terms, the audience of these midnight test screenings is the Radio, Film and Television Bureau of Xiangjiang Films, and if you understand this, you will understand the current prosperous market of Xiangjiang Films.

It's just that compared with the midnight test screening of general film companies, the midnight test screening organized by Yidu Film Company is more large-scale. Only the members of "Friends of the Art City" are qualified to come to watch and give their opinions, and they are the most precious products of the Art City Film Company.

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At around 11 o'clock in the evening, there was already a crowd in front of the Lisheng Theater. The midnight test screening of "A Chinese Ghost Story" was placed here.

The itinerant vendors in front of the cinema shouted and sold all kinds of snacks such as hot sugar cane, fried chestnuts, brine beef offal, roasted corn, popcorn and so on (there were no kiosks like there are now). The vast majority of the members of the art capital who came to watch the movie were young people, and the bacteria of men and women gathered together to call friends and drink friends.

"Midnight Show" and "Chinese New Year Stall" are the two major phenomena in the most prosperous period of the Hong Kong film market, which are highly anticipated and welcomed by everyone.

"Huo, do you know what their nickname is?"

As the executive director of "A Chinese Ghost Story", Wu Huo participated in the midnight test screening for the first time, and the whole person looked quite nervous.

Chen Jialuo, as a person who came over, patted him on the shoulder and said: "Later, you will find that when they enter the arena and take their seats, they will chew sugar cane and applaud or scold the characters on the screen, and even throw sugar cane on the screen when they are not satisfied." As a result, the midnight audience got the nickname 'Bite Cane Gang', and you will get used to seeing more in the future. ”

Wu Huo's eyes widened in disbelief: "Really, Brother Luo, don't scare me!"

Whenever a new film is released, each company will hold a public midnight screening in the theater in advance. The director and producer are either backstage or hidden in the audience, listening to everyone's reactions. The audience who came to watch the movie at midnight was generally more upright and had a higher level of movie appreciation. In fact, most of the audience at this time are mixed in the road, and you have to have your own eyesight. When they saw the good points, they applauded thunderously and applauded loudly, and if they felt that the film was foolish, they would immediately applaud and even scold.

Chen Xiaodong, Liu Haitang and others on the side saw Wu Huo's expression, and pretended to be serious: "What the chief helmsman said is true." I remember one time, because the film was so bad. The audience actually blocked the exit and asked the director to come out and apologize to everyone. In the end, the director and other main creators could only escape through the back door in a hurry......"

"A few big guys, what should I do if I am really beaten up then?"

Not only Wu Huo, but several other young people all looked at each other. The midnight test screening really scared them under the description of Chen Jialuo and others.

Seeing this scene, Chen Xiaodong and the others couldn't help but laugh. They are from the past, so they are naturally used to it. In fact, when I just participated in the midnight test screening, I may not have any less worries than these young people.

"Haha! Don't worry! Let's make this movie, don't say it's beaten, even if someone applauds, it's mine. After Chen Jialuo finished speaking confidently and calmly, he motioned for everyone to disperse and blend in the crowd and enter the cinema.