Chapter 54: The Man Who Watched the Movie

Wu Hailiu is a very die-hard kung fu movie fan.

Chinese kung fu films, he can do as many family treasures, Li Xiaolong, Chen Long, Li Lianjie, Zhen Dan, and now there is another Wu Jing.

He is very excited, is the prosperity of Chinese film kung fu coming?

"Once Upon a Time" movie, he saw a not very clear version on the Internet - Cannes outflow.

Don't doubt the power of pirates, they do more than you think!

This stimulated him even more to see the movie for the first time, so he bought a scalper ticket.

300 pieces!

The location is not very good yet...

Wu Hailiu never pays attention to who the director is when watching movies, he only cares about the leading actors.

This is also the viewing idea of most Chinese moviegoers at this stage...

However, after arriving at the scene, Wu Hailiu was quite surprised, because he rarely heard the audience discuss 'how Wu Jing is', and the most heard was 'Xu Hui's flight seems to have been missed, and I don't know if he can get to the scene'.

Who is Xu Hui?

A new generation of kung fu superstars?

Wu Hailiu's mind was full of questions.

He never chases stars, and the only stars he knows are those who are relatively famous kung fu superstars.

Pao Hui is not very recognizable among hardcore kung fu movie fans.

They worship and love only those kung fu superstars, if you talk to them about Li Xiaolong and Chenlong, they can talk for three days and three nights...

But the director, the only person they know may be Zhang Yimou.

There were many people in the audience who thought the same way as him...

Sitting next to him was a middle-aged man with gold-rimmed glasses and a palm-sized notebook.

His name is Mu Hua, and he is... Well, barely a professional film critic.

The influence of domestic film critics is not too high, and they cannot determine the box office of a movie, but in terms of professional reputation, they can play a very important role.

This time, "Once Upon a Time" was not screened in advance, and it returned from Cannes and then was released nationwide directly.

Film critics earn a lot less!

For media screenings, every media and film critic has a pen fee or hush money.

If the movie is too bad, before the release, the industry will usually keep its mouth shut, just because it took the money!

Of course, there are also people who have to break the rules of the industry in order to fight for fame, but after all, this kind of people are only a minority, and public relations forces can solve it...

As a person in the industry, Mu Hua is still very depressed about his unwarranted income reduction, but at tonight's premiere, Huiwen World is not stingy...

Even a little-known film critic like him has a red envelope of 5,000 yuan...

That person's money and wealth eliminate disasters for others, and Mu Hua figured out how to praise this movie well.

"Xu Hui is really worthy of being the most box office appeal of young directors today, the premiere is full, surprisingly, this time the audience is no longer dominated by the previous students, more young people in their twenties and thirties, it seems that the name of the Cannes Jury Prize is indeed very useful!"

Writing such a paragraph, Mu Hua closed the notebook, and the movie began.

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Movies like "Once Upon a Time" are more suitable for domestic audiences.

Although foreigners appreciate the kung fu inside, they may not understand the history of the late Qing Dynasty, they don't understand, they can't empathize!

On the big screen, when Liu Yongfu spread out the folding fan in his hand, and wrote a few big words of 'unequal treaty' and a dozen lines of small characters, he could clearly feel that the atmosphere of the entire screening hall had become serious.

This past is the opening song of 'Men should be self-reliant'.

Wu Jing led a group of militia groups along the beach with bare arms, and the black and white flags embroidered with the four big characters of protecting the family and defending the country fluttered in the wind, accompanied by the scene of the rising red sun.

"Good!"

The screening room resounded with countless applause!

"This shot is really good! Xu Hui's control of the camera is becoming more and more mature now!"

"Yes!"

In the guest seat, Feng Xiaogang, who was watching the movie, was whispering something to Wang Zhonglei.

At this point, the picture stands still, and the big screen shows the scene on the poster.

Wu Jing stood in front of a round of red sun, accompanied by the sound of waves hitting the reef on the shore.

I can't see his face clearly, the camera shoots from bottom to top at a wide angle, and Huang Feihong's image looks tall and majestic!

What a grandmaster!

"That's a great shot!"

Feng Xiaogang couldn't help but praise again!

"Just from this opening, you know, this is definitely a big movie!"

Gao Qunshu also came, echoing and nodded.

"No wonder Jiang Wen told me that the market potential of this movie is huge!

Hearing Wang Zhonglei's words, the two directors turned their heads, and the audience in the back row all stared intently at the big screen, for fear of missing any details...

The next plot is the appearance of the characters, Aunt Thirteen, Liang Kuan, Ya Chasu, Lin Yunkai, Shahe Gang and of course Yan Zhendong.

……

"It seems that what I expected is not wrong, the movie "Once Upon a Time" is definitely carefully set up by Xu Hui!

The protagonist Huang Feihong, he is a very 'Confucian' person. He did not smile at his apprentices, but he was also respectful to officials; when he found that civilians were accidentally injured by foreigners, he would come forward to claim compensation, but when he was wronged, he would obediently cooperate with the government.

In Xu Hui's "Huang Feihong", I can see not only his responsibility to his family and country as a martial arts student, but also his awe of imperial power.

I don't really understand why Xu Hui set the background in Foshan, Guangdong, but now I understand.

Yuezhou is one of the earliest areas open to colonists, after decades of development, Western people, things, and instruments have begun to produce certain effects, but Huang Feihong's side has not really been in contact with the West, has been to the West, and is very close to himself, at this time Aunt Thirteen returned.

The character of the thirteenth aunt is definitely the finishing touch!

She has both the generosity and civility of modern Western women and the conservative elegance of traditional Chinese women, and is the most perfect lover of Huang Feihong. But her role is not only that, she is the most colorful stroke in the whole movie except for Huang Feihong, and she is an indispensable role. Holding a Western camera, a pale European costume, a tall figure, fair skin, and an almost flawless face, from the beginning, it not only shows the identity background of the character concisely and clearly, but also leaves a deep impression!

Aunt Thirteen received a relatively good Western-style education in the UK, and had a strong ability to accept Western modernization and the new things it produced, and she was destined to have a lasting influence on Wong Fei Hung from the moment she returned to China and entered his life..."

Mu Hua is struggling to write.

Usually when he watches a good movie, he will be very excited, very feeling, and the film review he writes will be more literary.

Of course, if he watches a bad movie, his complaining skills will not be too bad!

After writing the character of the thirteenth aunt, he locked his eyes on Yan Zhendong played by Wu Yue on the big screen, and he already understood that the existence of this iron cloth shirt was to contrast Huang Feihong!

Although the plot has not yet developed to the point where Yan Zhendong defected to the Shahe Gang, Mu Hua, who often watches movies, has already expected this ending...

It's sad and lamentable!

"Xu Hui is such a genius!"

couldn't help but add a stroke to the notebook, and then he habitually turned his head to look at the location of the main creator.

At this time, he found out that the director was actually missing!

What about Xu Hui?