Chapter 352: "Red Cliff" premieres in the United States
The movie theater where "Red Cliff" premiered in the United States is a movie theater located in Chinatown, USA, which is not big. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The reason why Zhao Xing chose this place is because there are the most Chinese people on this street.
Today is the third day of Zhao Xing's arrival in the United States.
After a series of preparations, "Red Cliff" finally ushered in its premiere in the United States.
Because of the small scale of the release, Zhao Xing didn't have any premieres, but just made a phone call to Avril Lavigne, Britney and others to inform them.
There were only more than a dozen media present, and this was only invited by Li Gang after stuffing a lot of red envelopes.
Otherwise, with Zhao Xing's current reputation in the United States, who would come here to hang out with nothing to do.
The time came to nine o'clock in the morning, and from time to time there were Chinese people in Chinatown entering the cinema, after all, it was a Chinese movie, and as Chinese, they were still very interested.
Unlike the Chinese who entered the cinema one after another to watch a movie, more than a dozen reporters in front of the cinema stood there bored, chatting with each other.
A black reporter looked at the door of the movie theater with disdain and said to another reporter named Jack: "Do you think this Chinese director has a brain convulsion?" It's really funny that I came to our United States to screen a Chinese movie, and if it wasn't for making a lot of money, I definitely wouldn't have come. ”
Listening to the words of the black reporter, the reporter named Jack said with an annoyed face: "Of course I am too, blame the damn Chinese director, my vacation is all in vain." ”
While these reporters were chatting, a bright red Porsche sports car suddenly heard the door of the movie theater and immediately attracted the attention of the reporters.
And when Avril got out of the car, the reporters were even more stunned.
"Oh God, I read that right, it's Avril!" Looking at Avril who got out of the car, the black reporter couldn't help but exclaim.
Jack was also surprised: "What is Avril doing here?" Could it be that she knows that Huaxia director? ”
Just after Jack's words fell, Avril and Zhao Xing, who came out of the movie theater, hugged deeply.
Just as the reporters were about to rush up to question Avril, another cool sports car stopped.
This time, it was Britney Spears.
Britney looked at Avril, who had arrived one step ahead of her, and smiled and quipped, "Avril, are you so impatient?" ”
Listening to Britney's joke, Avril was not to be outdone, and retorted: "You're embarrassed to say me, you're not slower than me for a long time." ”
In response to Avril's counterattack, Britney shrugged her shoulders indifferently, walked to Zhao Xing's side and gave Zhao Xing a big hug.
Seeing Avril Lavril and Britney Spears arriving one after another, and interacting intimately with the director from Huaxia, more than a dozen reporters at the door of the theater couldn't help but be confused.
"What's going on? First Avril, and now Britney, is this Chinese director a big shot? The black reporter exclaimed at Jack with a look of astonishment.
Jack was also confused by the black reporter's words, shook his head and said, "How do I know?" ”
But what surprised them was yet to come.
With the arrival of Avril Lavril and Britney, and then luxury cars appeared one after another, and a number of well-known stars appeared in front of a group of reporters with increasingly surprised expressions.
Some of these newly arrived American stars are known to Zhao Xing, but more are unknown to Zhao Xing.
Those who knew each other, of course, met at Avril's album press conference, but Zhao Xing also understood that the reason why they were able to come was completely for Avril's face.
Those who Zhao Xing didn't know naturally came looking at Britney and Avril's face.
For this, Zhao Xing was full of gratitude to Avril and Britney.
Seeing the arrival of more and more American stars, more than a dozen reporters standing at the door of the theater couldn't help but look at each other.
If they didn't know in advance, this was just a movie premiere of a little-known Chinese director, and they thought they had come to the scene of the awards ceremony.
After the surprise, it was the excitement that the professional professional sense of smell told them that it was going to be big news.
At that moment, countless flashing lights sounded, and those reporters began to press the shutter frantically.
Under the recommendation of Avril and Britney, Zhao Xing is also familiar with these stars, but obviously, these stars can come purely to see Avril and Britney's face, so for Zhao Xing, they don't want to have any intersection.
In the face of Zhao Xing's enthusiasm, they just responded coldly.
This made Zhao Xing extremely unhappy in his heart, so he gave up the interest of continuing to greet these people, after all, Zhao Xing really couldn't do this matter of hot face and cold ass.
At this moment, Zhao Xing suddenly thought of a very classic sentence in his mind: Today you ignore me, and tomorrow I will make you unattainable.
This sentence is very in line with Zhao Xing's mood now.
Entering the cinema with a group of stars, looking at so many stars, the Chinese who had entered the cinema before suddenly let out a burst of exclamations.
These celebrities are rare to see on weekdays, and they got up from their seats one by one and began to ask for autographs.
By the time everyone sat down again, it was half an hour later.
As the lights of the cinema dimmed, everyone put on 3D glasses.
Immediately afterwards, "Red Cliff" began to play.
Most of the people who sat down were Chinese, and they still knew something about Chinese culture, so they watched it with relish.
Although Zhao Xing translated "Red Cliff" into English, they still couldn't understand it because of cultural differences.
Except for the grand final battle at the end, which can attract their attention, the rest of the plot is boring for them to watch.
"What kind of movie is this? Fighting with such a long gun, is this the age of barbarism? ”
"Oh God, I don't understand what this movie is doing at all, except for the crowd."
"Is this a Chinese movie? The special effects are not bad, but the plot is so difficult to understand. ”
“……”
Listening to the words of the American audience in the cinema from time to time, Zhao Xing's heart sank directly to the bottom.
This is indeed Zhao Xing's negligence, he just thinks that his "Red Cliff" is a 3D movie, and the scale is large, and it is estimated that there will be a certain market in the United States.
But Zhao Xing did not expect the cultural differences between China and the United States at all.
In the end, when the movie ended, the box office results on the first day directly poured a basin of cold water on Zhao Xing, who was originally full of confidence.
Thirty movie theaters, "Red Cliff" only received $160,000 at the box office on the first day.
Converted into Huaxia coins, it is only more than one million ......