Chapter 128: The Launching Ceremony of "Journey to the West".
Chapter 128 "Journey to the West" Launching Ceremony
I slept until eight o'clock in the morning when Xiao Wu got up, and after washing, I always felt as if I had forgotten something. I picked up my phone and looked at it, and sure enough, there was a missed call on my phone, which was rainy and sunny. It seems that Yuqing called after falling asleep last night. Although I got off the plane and reported to her that she was safe, I forgot to call before going to bed at night.
I quickly called Yuqing and explained. Yuqing was very considerate and didn't say anything, but when she heard Xiao Wu drinking with two reporters who didn't know him, she couldn't help but laugh on the phone, saying that she was looking forward to the shocked expression when the two reporters knew that the person who drank with them was Xiao Wu they had always wanted to interview.
Regarding this, Xiao Wu also thought about it, when he drank last night, he only told them that his surname was Xiao, and as for the name, they didn't ask, so he didn't say it. So it's not a deception to them. I put down my pretense and drank with them, but they didn't recognize it, and I can't blame others.
After chatting with Yuqing for a while, he hung up the phone. I went down to look for something to eat, went back to the house to watch TV, and waited for the start-up ceremony to begin.
At 9:30, all the cast and crew in the hotel took a bus to the film and television city. The venue has been arranged in advance by Director Zhou and a few people. Xiao Wu and they could directly participate in the ceremony in the past.
After getting in the car, Xiao found that there were a few new faces, and it seemed that they were actors who had just arrived today.
For many reasons, the popularity of this movie is very high, as can be seen from a start-up ceremony. The security guards of the film city pulled up a rope, and many tourists and fans stood outside the rope to watch the opening ceremony. The reporters all stayed in an area suitable for taking pictures, and they all waited quietly.
When Xiao Wu and the others got off the bus, they heard bursts of cheers from the crowd, and every time a star and his (her) fans cheered, the scene was very lively. And a few newcomers don't get this kind of treatment. Like Yaya Dong Liang, many people don't know each other, and when they (she) came down, the audience and reporters were asking one after another:
"Who is this? What role is it playing? I heard that there is a heroine in this play who is a newcomer, could it be this cute little girl who just got off the car?"
Xiao Wu chose to be behind Dong Liang when he got out of the car, so no one cared about this newcomer wearing a hat and sunglasses and pretending to be a big brand, but the reporter should still take pictures, you must know that any newcomer has the possibility of becoming a star!
The first procedure of the start-up ceremony is to worship the gods and offer incense. All the cast and crew lined up in several rows, one by one, to the front to burn incense and worship. The order in this can also be seen in the protagonists, supporting roles, and the importance of personnel. Therefore, when the reporters and the audience saw that the first row turned out to be Director Zhou and a strange young man wearing hats and sunglasses, they were guessing in their hearts, and even some viewers were talking.
"Look, who is that person? He is standing in the first row and standing with Director Zhou. ”
"It should be the producer!"
"Why is the producer so young!"
"It is estimated that he is a rich second generation, and he came to attend the ceremony on behalf of his family. ”
Several audience members were discussing on the side, and reporters were also muttering, especially Brother Jiang and Brother Wan.
"I said Brother Jiang, do you see that person is a little familiar! It's the young man standing next to Director Zhou, how can I look like your fellow countryman who drank with us last night?" Brother Wan always looked left and right, but he was not sure, so he asked Brother Jiang beside him.
"What do you mean, that's that kid. You said that this guy is a real person and doesn't show his face, and his teeth are quite tight. You said that this kid can't really be a producer!" Brother Jiang is also familiar with it, because he has seen Xiao Wu wearing sunglasses, and he wore them in front of him. So his tone was even more affirmative.
"Fart producer, this movie is said to have withdrawn from the original investor, I heard that Director Zhou invested it himself, oh, and found two people together...... Damn, it can't really be one of the other two investors. ”
"No! Do you remember, he didn't wear a hat or sunglasses when he drank last night, and what I saw was that he seemed to have short hair and nothing wrong with his head. Then why is he wearing a hat today?"
"yes! It's normal to wear sunglasses on this kind of day, but wearing a hat is a little confusing, unless he's some big celebrity...... It's really possible that he's a big celebrity! His surname is Xiao, his hair is short, his temperament is there, his body shape is there! Brother Jiang, do you think he could be a little five?"
Listening to Xiao Wan's words, Brother Jiang froze, thought about it in his heart, the more he thought about it, the more he looked like it, and then looked at the figure of Xiao Wu standing in front, dizzy! Dare to love the two of them and Xiao Wu drank all night and didn't know that the mysterious Xiao Wu was in front of them!
It's not just Brother Jiang, they guessed the facts. Most of the rest of the reporters were guessing Xiao Wu's identity in their hearts, and they also suspected that this person might be Xiao Wu, but they were not as sure as Brother Jiang.
When the host announced the beginning, the first one to put on the incense was Zhou Xingchen, and the incense on the ground was completed in Zhou Daozhong's rules, and the second was Xiao Wu. Xiao Wu also stepped forward in the same way, took the three incense sticks handed over by the side, raised his eyebrows, lowered his hands and eyes, closed his eyes and made a wish. After making a wish, step forward and insert the incense into the incense burner. Turn around and return to your position.
When Xiao Wusupreme was incense, the reporters' cameras clicked non-stop, more than when Director Zhou was incense just now. From Xiao Wu's coming out to the time when the incense was finished, it kept ringing, and the onlookers felt strange, why did this young man wearing sunglasses get more attention than Director Zhou? Who is this?
The speed of incense is actually very fast, after the incense is applied, the leader speaks, the director and actors appear on stage, introduce the actors of each role, and finally the director and the actor lift the red cloth covering the camera together, and the start-up ceremony is completed. Then there is the interview session with reporters.
Xiao Wu has stayed in the temporary backstage since he was incense, found a chair to sit in the corner, and took out his mobile phone to play by himself. When he began to lift the red cloth, he came on stage again and stood next to Director Zhou and posed. When he came on stage, the actors on stage felt as if the sound of the camera was taking pictures more often. Many reporters seem to have been waiting for Xiao Wu's arrival. Xiao Wu didn't care about this, and after taking the photos, he went backstage with the cast and crew. Only Director Zhou and a few protagonists and important supporting roles were left on the stage to be interviewed by reporters there.
However, although Xiao Wu is not on the stage, all the questions on the stage are about Xiao Wu, just like that sentence: Brother is not in the rivers and lakes, but the rivers and lakes are all legends of the brothers.
"May I ask Director Zhou, who is the young man in sunglasses standing next to you just now?"
"Director Zhou, Director Zhou, may I ask if Xiao Wu, the screenwriter of this movie, is here?"
"Are you already here with your cast and crew?"
Seeing that the scene was a little chaotic, the host began to maintain order over there.
"Everyone take your time, don't worry, ask questions one by one, Director Zhou will leave plenty of time for everyone to ask questions, please keep order. Later, whoever I point out will ask questions. ”
The crowd of reporters quieted down, and it was up to the moderator to decide who would ask the questions.
"Hello Director Zhou, I am a reporter from Youshi Network, I want to raise a question that everyone is very concerned about, that is, the screenwriter of your play is Xiao Wu, is the little five gods here today?
The first question was asked by a reporter from Youshi Network, and he asked about things that everyone was concerned about.
"Hello, on this issue, what I want to tell you is that Xiao Wu did come today and participated in the opening ceremony. ”
This problem cannot be avoided, so Zhou Xingchen also said it truthfully.
"Hello Director Zhou, I am a reporter from Jingyun Times, can you tell us who is the gentleman wearing sunglasses who stood next to you at the opening ceremony today, and what position does he hold in your movie?"
Coincidentally, the second person who got the opportunity to ask questions was Brother Jiang, whom Xiao Wu knew, and the questions he asked were also of great concern to everyone.
"This... I can't tell you his name because of the privacy involved, but I can tell you that he is the producer of this film. ”
This answer made all the reporters dizzy, because they all know that the producer is the investor, but judging from the income of the fifth and half years of the year, it is okay to make a video, but if you want to talk about investing in movies, it is a bit suspenseful. Unless...... At this time, someone thought of the "World of Warcraft" game that was only launched last month, and I heard that the game was very harmful to make money, and it only took ten days to get tens of millions of dollars, if you count this, Xiao Wu really has the money to invest in this movie.
The questions continued, and the questions began to develop towards other actors, and Zhou Xingchen was relieved. Although Xiao Wu is also asked from time to time, most of them are questions that involve privacy and can be avoided with no comment. It's just that he also knows that this kind of superficial answer can't stop the reporter's imagination, and when they check the list of cast and crew, they will find that Xiao Wu is actually the producer wearing sunglasses. That's when the storm came.