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On Wednesday, after Li Xiaole handed over the film copy to Jin Nan as agreed, he got a reply that "the test screening is scheduled for the morning of the 28th." ”

In the early morning of the 28th, Li Xiaole woke up from his sleep in a daze, saw that the time was almost 7 o'clock, hurriedly got up to brush his teeth and wash his face, and came to Xiaogongdong, Shizhong District to meet with Lei Ting and Jin Nan, and the three of them came to the Lotte Cinema in the center of the downtown area, and showed their ID cards next to the ticket window (daomengren to see the fastest update).

"Welcome to Lotte Cinemas."

The kind waitress smiled and handed each of them a special "Green Light Committee" number plate, which they wore around their necks and could pass through the cinema without hindrance.

As soon as you enter the theater, you can see the huge screen playing the movie trailer overhead, a sharp cry of an owl, under the hustle and bustle of the night, the starlight is boundless, the mist is rolling, and the huge Hogwarts in the darkness of the sky towers in front of you, Li Xiaole walked under the huge screen, looking at the two-meter-high poster on the surrounding walls, and the audience came and went, as if coming to another shijie.

The theater, the place that filmmakers love the most and hate the most, is sometimes a stage that makes people popular overnight, and sometimes a gambling market that makes people bankrupt......

This is the battlefield of the movie, cruel, realistic, but also exciting.

Li Xiaole never thought that he would step into this place again after such a long time, not as an audience, but as a participant.

"You can go and say hello to them now." Lei Ting pointed to the waiting area next to the aisle, under the poster of Zhang Dongjian's movie "Friends".

Li Xiaole saw that on the red sofa in the bedroom over there, there were several men between the ages of thirty and fifty sitting in a few groups chatting enthusiastically, no need to ask, they were the representatives of the green light committee waiting to enter the venue, and couldn't help but smile bitterly at Lei Ting:

"Sister Tingting, you are losing me, do you think that if you talk to them with my face, will they have a good impression of our movie?" Li Xiaole pointed his finger at his tender face.

"I think you're similar to them in your heart......" Lei Ting showed a cold smile: "The same ugliness." ”

The luxury movie theater under one of the three major cinema chains in South Korea here, Hall 2 is a high-end screening hall, which only screens movies with original audio subtitles, and the luxury standard screen is equipped with only 34 spacious and comfortable seats with the best viewing distance, and the ticket price is three times that of the general one.

And every Wednesday of the week, the Green Light Committee of the Film Club is in Hall 2 of this theater to review various films submitted for release, and 22 representatives from various theaters will come here to select the works they think of as haode.

Although there are many films to try every week, the chances of passing the review are small, there will be about 10 films to be screened here each time, but no more than 8 films can be screened throughout the year, and most of them are art films by European directors, as well as local Korean films that want to be scheduled.

Since the establishment of the Green Light Committee in 1998, there has never been a Korean film that has not been released in theaters through the Green Light Committee.

Of course, there are accidents in everything, Li Xiaole remembers that in 2009, the documentary "The Sound of Cowbell", which cost less than 2 million yuan, also passed the green light here, and the result was a box office miracle of 120 million yuan in South Korea.

It is conceivable that these theater managers are not stupid, they are all professionals with keen vision, can their works be in their eyes?

Li Xiaole was nervous about his ID number, and sat down in a row with Lei Ting in Zuihou, this row of people was already full, everyone seemed to be nervous, and a few were even sweating profusely, Li Xiaole knew that they were the same as himself, the directors or producers who came to participate in the test screening.

The person sitting next to him was a man with long hair and a little unruly, about thirty years old, with messy hair, Li Xiaole nodded to him and said hello.

"Hello, I'm Li Xiaole."

"I'm Li Zhenfan." The long-haired man replied in a whisper, his hands clenching the handlebars of his seat, uneasy.

Li Xiaole also knew that everyone didn't have the heart to chat at this time, so he sat quietly in his seat and waited.

It was about 7:40 a.m., the theater managers outside chatted about entering the venue one by one, and the few people sitting in front were obviously representatives of the three major film companies, these bigwigs looked forward to themselves, all the directors and others stood up and bowed to them, Jin Nan also whispered to Li Xiaole, but Li Xiaole didn't even remember a name, and his attention would naturally be on the screen in the movie theater.

The time was on time at eight o'clock, the screen lit up, and Li Xiaole looked at the subtitles at the beginning of the film, which seemed to be a Korean gangster - "Uncle's Knife". He had never heard of the leading actor's name.

At the beginning of the film, Li Xiaole was almost vomited directly by the violently shaking lens at the beginning, which turned out to be DV shooting. Although DV has set off a boom in the United States in recent years, such as "Blair the Witch" and "Ghost Record", the box office has exceeded 100 million dollars.

But this kind of movie is still not accepted in the traditional market of Asia, Li Xiaole insisted on watching it for five minutes, only to see the leading actor holding a dagger in the dim room and fighting with people, the light flickered on and off, the dagger snow light shone incomparably, and before he understood any plot, he was dizzy and dizzy, so he could only turn his eyes elsewhere.

The theater managers in the front row began to talk about it, and many people seemed to be complaining about something, this kind of DV film is indeed not favored in South Korea.

Jin Nan couldn't help but smile at Li Xiaole and said: "If all the films that come to the test screening today are like this, we will have hope." ”

"Hopefully~" Li Xiaole forced a relaxed smile.

At the end of the test screening, the lights came on, and Li Zhenfan, who was beside him, stood up and bowed to everyone, and then walked to the front and handed his movie color brochures to those producers one by one.

Li Xiaole noticed that none of the producers handed him a business card, which means that no one in the theater is interested in his movie, Li Zhenfan walked around, his face was full of pain when he returned empty-handed, and his eyes were red when he came back to get the black briefcase on the seat.

Li Xiaole got up and looked a little uncomfortable: "It's okay, take your time, there will always be haode." ”

Li Zhenfan looked at Li Xiaole with melancholy eyes and patted him on the shoulder: "Good luck." After saying that, he walked out of the theater alone.

Li Xiaole's mood is a little complicated, the person who competes with him is not strong, he should be nervous...... Why can't I be happy?

After less than five minutes of rest, the second movie began unconsciously, and the romantic and moving piano music came out of the speakers, making the whole theater linger in a fresh atmosphere, and the theater managers who were lazy just now sat up straight one by one.

Li Xiaole really felt a little familiar when he listened to this music, and when he saw the name "Cha Tae-hyun, Jun Ji-hyun" typed on the subtitles, he couldn't help but be stunned, I relied on it...... He instinctively turned his head to look at the zuihou in his row, and sure enough, he saw the thin-haired director Guo Zairong, who was still playing the real "My Sassy Girlfriend......

The first shot is an aerial shot, a beautiful rural suburb scene, a train slowly flowing by, just this one shot, a large theater manager took out his notebook and began to remember something.

Li Xiaole knows that they have the same thoughts in their hearts as themselves, "This is a first-class local film." Cha Tae-hyun's lonely and sad monologue quickly makes people enter the beautiful haode story.

Unexpected encounters in the tram, morning glory running in high heels at school, two people fighting in the noodle shop, going on a date in a dance hall in a school uniform, and burying a time box under the banyan tree...... There is also the gentle advice of the morning glory.

"First, don't try to make her gentle; Second, don't let her drink more than three glasses of wine, otherwise she will be beaten whenever she meets someone; Third, you must drink coffee in a café, never drink coke or orange juice, (see the latest chapter of "daomengren") Fourth, if she hits you, you must pretend that it hurts, and if it really hurts, then you must pretend that it is fine."

120 minutes later, the "ibelieve" song sounded sadly in the subtitles, everyone sat quietly in their seats, and the moment the lights were turned on, all of them stood together, looking at Guo Zairong's direction and applauding, how many haode movies can there be in a year? People who are engaged in the industry can better appreciate the beauty of movies, which makes people awe-inspired.

Only Lei Ting sat alone on the bench and coldly spit out two words: "Mentally retarded." ”

"It seems that this summer, Korean movies can wrestle with Hollywood again." Jin Nam sighed softly, there are 10 original songs alone, and they are ashamed of the excellent production.

Guo Zairong's fresh and humorous style obviously won the favor of the theater manager, and when Guo Zairong handed over the business card in front, they kept pulling him to chat, and it seemed that a few contracts were signed on the spot.

This Li Xiaole has a premonition that he is not haode, damn. It's really unlucky, how could I meet Guo Zairong here~!

is still lined up behind him, the theater lights have dimmed, and "Color is Empty" has begun...... Li Xiaole couldn't wait to step forward and twist the heads of those who were still talking to Guo Zairong in the first row to face the screen!

Everyone didn't react to the scene at the beginning of the movie, but when the screen came to the bed scene of Kim Jiwan, almost everyone in front frowned, showed a look of disdain, and began to discuss one after another.

"It's actually this kind of film~? Isn't it a little too explicit. ”

"If the picture is more beautiful like Kim Ki-duk, it is still acceptable...... Now there seems to be a big problem with the direction of young directors. ”

"The bridge section is not bad. But it seems to be too low-level. ”

and then to the part where Eun Sik drank semen, the theater managers finally couldn't stand it, and they generally frowned and felt disgusted, many of them signed "I Am a Savage Girlfriend" after the release of "I Am a Savage Girlfriend" in the summer, and they were not interested in this kind of film aimed at the young market at all...... As the representatives of the three major companies in front of them got up and left with a smile, more than half of the representatives of the theater chain left to eat.

"What does this mean? Isn't it funny? "There was a 50-year-old theater manager who insisted on going to the middle, and when he saw the joke that the thief entered the university dormitory and said that he wanted to close the windows but actually closed the windows, he couldn't see the reason at all, and he frowned very dissatisfied.

Li Xiaole closed his eyes tightly, silently listening to the movement in front of him, he was very worried, he knew that the theater manager had left a lot, but he also heard a few people laughing...... As long as someone is laughing, it means that there is hope.