For this film, the people of the royal capital expressed great concern.

In addition to the pictures and names and specific introductions on the poster, there is also a brief introduction, which roughly describes a little plot.

From here, the masses of the people are keenly aware that this film may be very different from "The Gate of the Palace".

"It's about...... The story of the Westlanders invasion?"

"Can movies still tell stories?"

"I heard that the main actor is still an aristocrat?"

"Yes, it's the son of the Prime Minister, and Young Master Starr will appear. ”

"I heard that His Majesty's maid Lancôme will also appear?"

"Lancôme? is that the girl in the last movie? is she? is she going to play the heroine?"

"Then I don't know...... Heck, I'll find out the day after tomorrow. ”

The citizens of the royal capital talked about it under the high wall with posters, and then spread the news layer by layer.

It was like dropping a bomb in the pond and hitting the ground, and the topic suddenly spread all over the corners of the royal capital, and by nightfall, almost six or seven percent of the people knew about it, and by the next night, nine out of ten people knew about it.

There are only two square screenings, which is too small for the number of people to watch.

However, this cannot stop the people's enthusiasm for watching movies, whether they are poor or rich, they all have an instinctive desire for spiritual food.

Even, for those seats, they were fried extremely hot.

Except for some of the high-ranking aristocratic officials who successfully booked the seats in front of them in advance, the rest began to be bid by a large group of nobles.

Due to the poor viewing conditions, Zhang Xun had no idea of raising the price, but as soon as the news came out, the nobles of the royal capital flocked to ask for seats, and after the seat tickets were sold, somehow, some of them actually flowed into the market and began to flip and resell in the hands of some clever people.

Zhang Xun was very helpless after learning about this, it seems that scalpers are really innate.

Also in the past few days, the institute has come to the good news, the printing press has been preliminarily copied, but there are still some difficulties that can not be overcome, in a state of experiment, if a small part of the printing can still be done, but it is still difficult to withstand the large-scale printing of ghosts.

"Yes, it's already good. In the side hall of the palace, Zhang Xun watched Ruhr's commander, a young alchemist, operate the first imitation printing press and print a piece of paper, and before the ink dried, he picked it up and looked at it.

It's not pretty, but it's good enough to read.

"It will take about half a month at most, and the printing press should be able to solve the rest of the problems. Ruhl said.

"Well, good, it's going faster than I thought, and this machine seems to be able to do some small-scale printing, right?"

"Yes, it's just that if you use this, the defective rate is higher. ”

"It's okay, I just came up with an idea, I'll have someone send you a booklet, you go back and print it, remember, it must not be circulated, once it is leaked before I ask for it, where the problem is, I will be held accountable. Zhang Xun said lightly.

Ruhl was stunned and nodded hurriedly, but he didn't know what His Majesty wanted to print.

Zhang Xun saw his curiosity, and was in a good mood and simply explained: "Luer, you are probably very curious, it doesn't hurt to tell you, seeing that the upcoming movie is so popular, I suddenly had an idea, we can print the story of "The Battle of Gray Wind Town" into a book to sell." ”

"Huh?"

"Are you surprised? The Battle of Grey Wind Town already has a ready-made story and script, change it slightly, and wait for a few days after the movie is screened, and put the printed ones out, and use the popularity of the movie to drive sales, let's call it book and shadow linkage, well, you don't want to show this blank and innocent look, okay, you don't need to understand, just go down and do things. ”

"Yes. Ruhl let out a sigh of relief, his eyes full of confusion.

Book-shadow linkage is already a popular thing in Bluestar, especially in recent years, there has been a boom in IP adaptation, and every time a drama is released, it will greatly increase the sales of the original work.

In addition to book shadows, there are also film and game linkages and the like, it's not surprising, just use this batch of books to familiarize the department in charge of printing with the process, the story of the entire defense of Grey Wind Town is not many words in total, get together, get a small booklet, and when the time comes, play the publicity of the original movie, how much can it sell.

The night of the release came quickly.

In order to see the excitement, Zhang Xun adjusted his schedule and rest, and it came at dusk.

After quietly eating the newly developed shredded potatoes, green pepper eggs and braised beef of the imperial kitchen, Zhang Xun put forward a few targeted modifications, and then put on ordinary clothes, asked the guards to change into the clothes of ordinary aristocratic guards, and quietly escaped from the royal city with a few maids.

"It's been a while, and that's all there is to it. As soon as a group of people from Weifu came around the side gate of Wangcheng and came to the north square, they were collectively taken aback.

Before the screening, the square is already overcrowded, the bench in front has almost been filled, the people behind are even more amazing, trying to have a larger vision, there are a lot of people who move stools, and even a few have moved ladders over, two ladders are tilted against each other to erect a simple tower, a "tower" can be hung with eight or nine people, there are many such towers, so that the palace and his party are amazed, Zhang Xun is even more sighed: "The wisdom of the people is really infinite!"

Some people paid attention, but they didn't see the true face of the king, but they looked at a few more maids with great curiosity, and turned back again for fear of causing trouble.

Wei Annie, who was next to Zhang Xun, as the heroine, looked at the crowd at the moment and didn't speak, Lancôme snickered when she saw it, and gently pulled Zhang Xun's sleeve.

"Huh?" Zhang Xun saw Lancôme pointing at Wei Annie, and then he suddenly realized, he shook his head and smiled, he almost forgot about it, Wei Annie is the heroine in the end, and she must want to take a serious look.

Empathy, as the heroine of the much-anticipated movie, hiding in the crowd to watch the movie, no matter how you look at it, there is also a sense of hidden coolness.

"Alright, you pathetic bastard. Zhang Xun smiled and patted Wei Annie, then took out a warrant, stuffed it to her, and said to her and Lancôme, "You go to the front and find a seat." ”

Although Lancôme is not the heroine in the film, she also has a role.

However, she shook her head quietly, and drove Wei Anne into the crowd, but she did not move.

Zhang Xun couldn't help but be curious and asked a few words, Lancôme just smiled and said that he didn't like to be in the crowd and be troublesome.

"That's right, you're not the same as Wei Annie, you've been famous for a long time. Zhang Xun thought of this and suddenly understood.

At this moment, the square was quiet for a moment, and I saw that under the manipulation of the court mage, on the screening table, which was much more refined than last time, a light was projected, and a huge screen appeared, and everyone held their breath.

"The Battle of Grey Wind" was officially screened.

As the plot progresses, the mood of the people below fluctuates like ocean waves, Zhang Xun watched for a while, and then rushed to Nancheng again, if the seats here are occupied by the nobles, there are many wealthy businessmen sitting in the seats in Nancheng Square, and a large part of them are not Yingyang people.

"Businessmen from other countries watch our political dramas, and I don't know what they think, well, it's a good thing if it can indirectly affect other countries......

Zhang Xun suddenly had a thought in his heart, if the conditions are ripe and there is an opportunity in the future, the movie can be screened in other kingdoms, and that is the beginning of cultural aggression, but it is still too far, shaking his head, smiling and seeing that with the progress of the plot, the people watching the movie became angry, Zhang Xun smiled sincerely.

……

In the next few days, "The Battle of Grey Wind" continued to be released.

According to Zhang Xun's request, the film is tentatively scheduled to continue to be screened for one month in the royal capital.

The population of the royal capital is very large, and the settled and floating population add up to a huge number, and the bearing capacity of the two squares is very weak, so it can only be said that the time is extended.

"After a month of screening, some people should have the opportunity to watch the film in its entirety, and then it needs to spread to the rest of the city. ”

"At present, due to the cost, it is impossible to cover the towns and villages, and can only meet the needs of the cities first, what do you think about opening theaters in several big cities and several populous towns?" Zhang Xun put forward his own ideas.

Several ministers in front of them looked at each other, and the chancellor of the exchequer spread his hands and said, "Your Majesty, does this theater cost a lot of money." ”

When it comes to money, it's a real headache.

"The open-air theater, to put it bluntly, is a large enough square, but it occupies an area, and it doesn't cost much...... Right?" Zhang Xun was also a little unsure.

At this time, another minister suddenly said: "Perhaps, you can let the various lords bear the burden, they build a theater, Your Majesty, you provide a picture stone, if you are a magician, every lord can find it, since those seats are sold so expensive when the royal capital is screened, I think the various lords also have the intention to follow suit and let them set their own prices, and there are still a lot of potential consumers in each town." ”

The nervous Chancellor of the Exchequer immediately pecked at the rice and nodded repeatedly.

Zhang Xun thought about it for a while, and also thought it was good, but just mentioned: "This plan is okay, you can negotiate with the major lords, but there is one thing that must be implemented, the limited seats in front of the movie can be sold by them, but this seat must be limited to fifty, and at the same time, the civilians in the back must be given enough space to watch the movie! This movie is not used to make money, they can take the seats to charge a little venue fee and labor costs, but they must not stop the people's movie-watching behavior, otherwise, immediately withdraw the photo stone!"

Zhang Xun attaches great importance to this rule, after all, "The Battle of Gray Wind Town" is the first military theme produced by Bayi Film Factory, and it bears major political expectations, which cannot be measured by a few dollars.

In this regard, Zhang Xun also arranged for the newly established Grass Stage Group Publishing Bureau to suspend the printing of film aid and print some questionnaires first.

Send someone to take the questionnaire down to the bottom of the people in the central area to ask them what they think of the movie, and the questionnaire contains several related questions to test the impact of the show.

In the next few days, Zhang Xun added the item of reading questionnaires in his work.

Through the statistics, he was pleased to draw several conclusions.

1. The people of Wangdu have a very high evaluation of this movie and are full of praise

2. The people of the royal capital have a new understanding of the brutality of the invaders in the west, and express their sincere reverence for the bravery and tenacity of our army

3. The glorious image of a group of eagle-raising officers who were transferred from the bridgehead with a good image has achieved initial results

4. There has been a significant increase in the willingness of young boys to join the military

5. Star, the son of the prime minister, and Wei Annie, the palace maid, are both famous and have become new stars in the royal capital

6. For the selection results of your favorite actor in the movie, what is surprising is that in the last appearance, Lancôme, the maid who passed the king's decree, won the championship.

7. Subtly, the image of his own king has been positively promoted among the people

Wait a minute......

From the point of view of purpose, this drama has successfully completed the task, and from the perspective of star-making, the popularity of actors such as Lancôme, Star, and Wei Annie also means that the big screen has a strong publicity ability.

And mastering this propaganda caliber, Zhang Xun actually has the ability to shape his own image.

"The key is that the people's consciousness has been raised, from our investigation, especially the young people in the royal capital, there has recently been a wind of martial arts, which is of great significance for possible future wars, once the war starts again, the soldiers who took the initiative to enlist in the army have a better consciousness in protecting their homes and defending the country, compared with the previous forced to put down the pickaxe and pick up the sword, there has been an essential change!"

"Don't underestimate this, compulsively fighting and taking the initiative to kill the enemy are two different things, look at these questionnaires, in the last war, Wang Du did not experience the war, and the people's sense of resistance and hatred for the people of the West is not enough, and this time, through the interpretation of the movie, let them realize this, which is very important. ”

"The screening of the film should be strengthened, not limited to the royal capital, it should be rolled out as soon as possible, we have set a small goal for the time being, in this winter, we should let more than seventy percent of the population of Yingyang have seen this movie...... I know it's very difficult, but we have to work hard, and at the same time, the Mage Tower should also strengthen the performance of the Shadow Stone and reduce costs. ”

"That's probably all I'll say. ”

Above the main hall, Zhang Xun closed his mouth, picked up a cup of tea, and drank it lightly.

"Bang Bang ......"

There was a round of applause, and then it fell again.

Several important ministers in the palace were there, and when they saw that the king had finished speaking, Prime Minister Levi coughed, stood up, and looked around at everyone: "Your Majesty's speech needs to be remembered, and then, I will add two sentences......

Levi's speech was completed, followed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, followed by the Secretary of War......

This is the new way of court deliberations brought by Zhang Xun, which is very novel, and the ministers quickly accepted it and began to enjoy it.

After several ministers satisfied their little desire to perform, Zhang Xun made another summary:

“…… On the whole, I am very satisfied with your recent work, and I am even more satisfied with the masses of the people in this session! In the coming winter, in addition to the current part of the work, we must also pay attention to disaster prevention and mitigation, and strive to have a better appearance in the coming year!"

"Bang Bang ......"

The hall was filled with cheerful air.