Chapter 42: The movie begins
The premiere of "50 First Loves" was not very luxurious, but it was the first appearance of the crew members in front of the public. Even the previous publicity was just a one-man show by Columbia, and none of the crew members attended the promotional event, which made many people question the real surname of the movie, this kind of promotional activity without the help of actors has never been seen in Hollywood or even the world, after all, no one went to the event to see the poster.
The first official appearance of the production team attracted a lot of attention from the news media, but not many were invited to the premiere, and Columbia's public relations on this is still very good, and the first batch of media invited to participate has almost all been dotted, and the masses are very important to the first image of one thing and one thing, so regarding the post-premiere evaluation, Colombia and Xiansen both hope to create a good reputation first.
Of course, there are also some reporters from other media who pretend to be spectators, and no one cares about this, after all, the audience has no right to ask questions.
The activities at the premiere are very simple, the first is the appearance of all the leading actors and crew members, including self-introduction and emotional experience, these are all sets of words that have been prepared for a long time, and everyone will be mixed up after reciting them. The only thing that made Xiansen feel flawed was that Leonardo was dressed more magnificently than himself, which greatly reduced the leading role he thought of in his heart.
The second is the media's questions, and Columbia has known the media's questions in advance through some methods, such as whether the Kennedy curse is really related to the movie, and the reason why Leonardo and Julie Barrymore joined with zero pay, and some other hyped topics.
Knowing in advance also means preparing in advance, and for some sensitive questions, almost all of them are answered by Xiansen.
"Kennedy's curse? No, no, no, this is a romance movie, I don't know who is maliciously slandering this movie, you know, I almost don't even know the Kennedy family, if I have to do something to do with it, it's that I once had a teddy dog named Kennedy, uh, sorry, I didn't mean to slander the Kennedy family. ”
Xiansen's answer is ingenious, as a producer of public opinion, it can shift the blame on others without changing its face, and then despise it with righteous indignation, which is a kind of cheekiness that ordinary people do not have.
"Some people say that this is the crew's own malicious hype?"
Such a question is sharp, but the prepared Xiansen Ke already has a set of rhetoric: "Do you think someone would be stupid enough to use this horrible curse to hype up a romance movie?" My movies are romances, romantic love stories, and nothing else. ”
Xiansen said that his voice became louder and louder, okay, this acting skill of opening his eyes and talking nonsense is close to the Oscar winner.
"I don't know where the terrible topic of curses came from, this is a nude slander against my film, when this kind of rumor became more and more popular, I and all the crew members chose not to participate, and even in order not to escalate the topic, everyone in the crew did not make any comments on it, not even the promotional activities, I think it should be self-evident how important the impact of promotional activities is on the box office. Hehe, it's ridiculous, we've done it to the point where we want to reduce the impact as much as possible, I don't know what the people who say I'm hyping think. ”
In this long list of words, Xiansen said three feelings, from anger to self-deprecation, and then to helplessness, which made the media reporters and the audience very moved.
"Yes, people have even given up on propaganda activities, how can it be hype."
This is the true thought of most of the people here, but if they don't know, Xiansen is secretly having fun in his heart.
"Leo and Julie joined because of the script, and they were very happy with it when I showed it to them."
Xiansen's sentence was also certified under the nods of the two parties.
"My home country does not recognize dual citizenship, so I am Chinese."
"Yes, I was rejected by Colombia on the grounds that I was too young. As for the quality of the film, I think the attitude of the Columbia company later is the best proof of this. ”
"Box office? Of course, I am very confident that a good film will do well in a mature market. ”
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Xiansen finally saw the power of reporters, although he had made all the preparations, but he still felt very difficult to answer, these reporters' questions with long guns and short guns are really unbearable for ordinary people, and if you don't pay attention to it, you may miss your mouth.
"Okay, that's the end of this premiere, let's go to the screening room and enjoy the romantic comedy "50 First Loves", directed by Mister for the first time and starring Leonardo Dick Prio and Julie Barrymore."
Seeing that the time is approaching, the host of the premiere quickly ended the reporter's questioning session, in fact, there is nothing to ask, the first sen who should answer also gave an answer, and then we have to look at the evaluation of the movie, hype can only be said to be a means, and the box office still depends on the quality of the movie to speak.
Well, we're talking about a mature film market.
The No. 1 screening room of the New Beverly Cinema, the whole 500 seats are full, sitting in a specially arranged position, Xiansen nervously looked back at the bustling audience behind him several times, he has always been very relaxed He suddenly became nervous when his first movie was about to be released, because he was in the cinema, so he could clearly know the audience's reaction when the movie was screened, which was a psychological torment for the director, Xiansen understood that he was about to begin to accept this torment and challenge.
Success or failure in this move, applause or boos?
Xiansen couldn't help but close his eyes.
"Mist, the movie is about to start."
Rachel could understand Xiansen's mood, secretly held Xiansen's hand below, and whispered again: "Don't worry, you will definitely succeed." ”
"Whew, it's almost starting!"
With a long sigh of relief, the hard work, sweat, tears, and conspiracy of the past few months all appeared in Xiansen's mind, and this short 94 minutes contained the expectations of all the participants, as well as his biggest dream.
"I'll make it! Certain! ”
Biting his lip firmly, Xiansen opened his eyes confidently, only to see that all the dim lights were turned off, the screening hall fell into silence, and everyone looked at the screen, holding their breath nervously in anticipation.
On the big screen, a Colombian goddess symbol holding a torch appeared in her hand.
"Here we go!"
[This change has been modified several times, so it has been delayed, and it will be released before seven o'clock in the evening]
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