Chapter 896. World Premiere
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The new Oscar Cinema Cinema under Magic Shadow Entertainment, located in Hong Kong's most prosperous Kowloon Bay, this cinema was originally the largest cinema under Debao, and the grade is also the highest, which can accommodate 1,200 people at a time to watch, with a total of three floors, but there are 50 VIP rooms on the third floor, luxurious facilities, complete conditions, such a star cinema, even if it is placed in the United States, it is also a luxury cinema. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
In order to turn it into a film and television city that matches the Magic Film Company, Chen Xiaotang waved his hand and directly spent 33 million Hong Kong dollars to buy the land around the cinema, and then built it, as a result, this cinema has become the current five-storey, nearly 3,000-seat super-large cinema, and has also become the premiere location of the Magic Shadow Film Entertainment Company.
After a few days of hasty editing, "Havoc in Heaven", a super blockbuster that has been wildly hyped by hundreds of influential companies around the world and made more than a billion people around the world wait and see, after producing enough copies, will finally start to ignite its world premiere at eight o'clock tonight in anticipation.
As a Hong Kong movie fan, Gu Tianle, who newly joined Magic Shadow Entertainment, was lucky to get three movie tickets this time, so he invited Hua Gu and Ah Duo to watch it together.
When they came to the door of the theater, they finally got out of the car, and the three of them looked at the dense crowd around the interstellar theater, and couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, "I finally know now how high the population density of Hong Kong is!" Gu Tianle sighed.
"Don't talk so much nonsense, let's think of a way. How to squeeze in! Ah Duo couldn't suppress his excitement, and said in a trembling voice: "This is a super blockbuster made by Ah Tang with a huge amount of money!" Not to mention Hong Kong, even in Hollywood. This kind of money burning is unique, if I can't be the first to see it, I'm afraid I'll regret it later! ”
Hua Gu also couldn't help nodding, and said: "That's right, this is the first play directed by Ah Tang after his comeback; What's more, this is also an epoch-making super blockbuster in Hong Kong, if we Hong Kong people can't seize the opportunity to be the first to see it. That's unforgivable! Let's go, hurry up and squeeze inside, we're about to enter the venue! ”
Gu Tianle smiled: "Ah Duo." Hua Gu, don't worry, as long as we have tickets, are you afraid that there will be no show? However, this time, "Havoc in Heaven" premiered simultaneously in the world. But no test screenings were scheduled. I'm so worried about my boss! As a wage earner, Gu Tianle has a great sense of sharing worries.
"Oh, yes!" Ah Duo continued: "Regardless of Xinyicheng or Golden Harvest, every time they release a movie, they will first test it at midnight, and then see the effect premiere, if the result of the test screening is not good, they will choose to seal it." But this time the Shadow Drama didn't do that! "Havoc in the Heavenly Palace" was released at one time, could it be that Chen Xiaotang ...... him"
"Alas...... I said, are you all finished? Hua Gu looked at the time and said, "What is this called?" It's called self-confidence. It's not that you don't know that if anyone is produced by the Shadow of the Devil, it must be a high-quality product! Besides, as long as there is, although Tang Tsai has not been working there for a long time, I know very well that he is a person, down-to-earth, hard-working, and never does things that I am not sure of. Just like this play, I believe he must be completely sure, otherwise he would not have had a simultaneous world premiere. After a pause, he said, "Okay, okay, let's squeeze quickly, look, even those reporters are starting to line up." ”
This premiere is definitely as grand as a festival in Hong Kong, and all the famous media in the world are basically all out and come one after another.
As a well-known figure in Hong Kong, Chen Xiaotang's premiere ceremony of course also attracted many star politicians at home and abroad, big directors and stars from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan came to congratulate, what Huang Baiming, Dietei Robin, Xu Ke, Gao Zhisen, Fa Ge, Leslie Cheung, Alan Tam, Xu Guanjie, Chen Baiqiang, Anita Mui and so on; In addition, some entertainment bigwigs also came forward to congratulate, including Shao Yifu on behalf of Shaw Brothers, Lei Juekun on behalf of New Arts City, Zou Wenhuai on behalf of Golden Harvest, and Pan Disheng on behalf of the rising star of the emerging film industry......
Although such occasions have always been celebrities in the limelight, as a strongman in Hong Kong, many officials from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and the mainland also gave Chen Xiaotang enough face and sent a very grand team to attend the premiere ceremony.
On the Hong Kong side, Hong Kong Governor Wilson was accompanied by his wife, the Secretary for Police, and the Chief Secretary for Administration. The top leaders of the Macao side and the senior Portuguese officials also came to congratulate the ceremony; On the treasure island side, the future president A Bian, who is active in the blue-green camp, came to congratulate his baby daughter as soon as he arrived; The mainland sent representatives of the new ~ Chinese community, as well as the chairman of the Rong Group, which is rooted in Hong Kong, to observe.
It can be said that this premiere surpassed all the previous scenes, so much so that seeing these multi-star celebrities appear together like walking the red carpet, those media reporters shouted excitedly one by one.
But before they finished calling, they suddenly found that there were more real celebrities than these, because the next big names were called a shock!
Look, the appearance of the French national treasure actor Alain Delon set off waves in the audience, and our Mr. Zorro was as fit as before, constantly waving to his Hong Kong friends; Then there is the famous British comedian Rowan . Atkinson, the man who created "Bean" this year, made everyone laugh as soon as he appeared, and he said to the crowd, "I'm Ben, I'm Rafi!" The result can be imagined, there is no one who does not laugh and has a stomachache. In addition to these two cattle, there are also old drama bones Al Pacino who came from the United States to cheer Chen Xiaotang, and Robert De Niro, who accompanied the old "godfather" Marlon Brando on the Hong Kong Avenue of Fame, which makes people wonder whether this is Hollywood, Hong Kong, or Hollywood in the United States? !
But as everyone knows right away, it's even more star-studded than Hollywood!
When the American pop king Mike Jackson and the diva Madonna. Their presence immediately caused a burst of screams.
Yes, it's screaming. Loud screams! Let everyone go crazy and be fascinated by it.
At the same time, as the host of this premiere, Chen Xiaotang also came by special car.
At eight o'clock, no more than a second, no less than a second, Chen Xiaotang took the bearded Lucas. Executive assistant director Fat Man Wang Jing, actor Liuxiao Lingtong, Zhao Yazhi. Fa Ge, as well as Guo Fucheng and all the main members of the crew, stepped on the specially laid red carpet together, and the moment he got out of the car, the light from the camera was almost more dazzling than the June sun. I can't help but close my eyes. Chen Xiaotang is fine. Because he's long been used to it all.
"Welcome everyone to come here, on behalf of the crew of "Havoc in Heaven", I thank you for coming!" Chen Xiaotang, who was dressed in a white windbreaker, was indescribably graceful, and Zhao Yazhi, who was half-leaning on him, was also dressed up beautifully and charmingly, not at all like a woman of nearly thirty years old, but more like an eighteen or nineteen-year-old girl. At this moment, the reporters finally understood why "Beauty Weekly" used the words "Oriental Chang'e" and "Tongyan Angel" to evaluate her. And put her on the cover this time!
At this moment, ......there is no need for anyone to take the lead. Everyone consciously applauded their palms, and Chen Xiaotang's "fans" spared no effort to shout in a hurry: "Tang Zai, I* you!" …… Ah Xiao, I worship you to death! ……”
In the face of all this, Chen Xiaotang just smiled elegantly and bowed slightly to show acceptance, which was really indescribably chic.
And Zhao Yazhi has been fighting in Xiangjiang for so many years, and her "fans" naturally cannot be less, no, seeing that women are all shouting at Chen Xiaotang, how can they hold back? So he also shouted: "Zhizhi, I* you, you are the lover of my dreams!" ”
"Zhi, I like you!"
"Zhao Yazhi, you are so beautiful!"
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As they kept shouting, Zhao Yazhi couldn't help but approach Chen Xiaotang's side even more proudly, which seemed to mean, look, how popular your woman is, don't you take a little more * protection?!
Chen Xiaotang didn't have time to care about these, he was busy dealing with fans while hugging and greeting Mike Jackson and others.
"Mike, thank you for coming!"
"Heh, it's a movie directed by you, why should I congratulate me?"
"Madonna, you're as pretty as ever!"
"Your mouth is still as sweet as ever, but I'll listen to that!"
"Mr. Brando, how's it going, how do you feel about coming to Hong Kong?"
"Oh, up there, the fans here are so enthusiastic!"
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"I think we'd better go first, and there will be a press conference later, so don't let these media down!" Chen Xiaotang said with a smile.
When everyone looked back, they saw hundreds of reporters taking pictures of themselves, and they all had "nameplates" on their chests, and they were the big names in the media industry, such as Agence France-Presse, Reuters, The Times, and ...... The New York Times.
"It seems that Rafichen's film is really popular, and almost all the media around the world have been attracted to it!" Everyone couldn't help but sigh in their hearts.
Here, Michael Jackson, Marlon Brando and others, under the leadership of the fat man Wang Jing, walked towards the venue first, and Chen Xiaotang had a brief conversation with the others.
At this moment, "Boss Chen, congratulations!" A familiar voice came from behind Chen Xiaotang, and when he looked back, it was the Jiahe leadership headed by Zou Wenhuai. Then, Zou Wenhuai, Mai Jia and Huang Baiming from the New Art City also congratulated him with a smile.
And what surprised Chen Xiaotang the most was that Tycoon Shao of the Shaw Brothers also appeared in front of him, Chen Xiaotang hurriedly stepped forward to help, but Tycoon Shao waved his hand and said: "No need, I'm not old enough to be like that." ”
Chen Xiaotang smiled slightly: "That's nature, your old man is old and strong, and the more you live, the younger you are." ”
"Hehe, I'll listen to these words. Not to mention anything else, I can live longer just by practicing qigong, and ah, many of you young people are not as energetic as me, and I now have to watch three movies in one breath at night to sleep! ”
"But it's not good compared to before, I used to be able to watch hundreds of movies a day without blinking my eyes." Shao Tycoon said with emotion, "Also, I can't compare with you, I used to dominate Xiangjiang, but now you are not only dominating Xiangjiang, but also dominating the world film industry." The Oscar winner also won, and he is one short of a Cannes Best Director! ”
Chen Xiaotang didn't expect Shao Daheng to respect him so much, and he couldn't help but feel a little hot. After all, the road he has traveled basically relies on foresight, of course, there is no lack of his own efforts and struggles, but in general, Chen Xiaotang still feels that he is suspected of cheating.
After chatting with Shao Daheng and others for a while, Chen Xiaotang enthusiastically arranged for the staff to take them to the middle of the venue, which was the area reserved for the employees of the Magic Film Company. And he himself sat down with Lucas, the fat man Wang Jing, Fa Ge and others.
Tickets sold quickly. After all, there is not only one ticket office, and in order to welcome today's event, ten more temporary ticket windows have been added, and each window has less than 300 tickets. It sold out in less than three minutes. How can the speed not be fast?
At eight o'clock, when all the seats were full and everyone was quiet, Chen Xiaotang stood up from the crowd with a smile, and at this time, a beam of light also shrouded him from the top of his head, so that everyone with normal sight could see him, and he held the microphone handed by the staff in his hand.
"First of all. I would like to thank everyone for their kindness* to Shadow Films, and thank you for taking time out of your busy schedules to come and cheer! Chen Xiaotang bowed slightly. Then he continued to applause: "I said a long time ago that film is an art, and it needs a lot of attention to develop better. Chen Xiaotang glanced at the reporters, and then said: "Now it seems that everyone's support is enough, hehe, it is with your publicity and the support of the majority of fans that we filmmakers can brave the hardships and dangers and produce more and better film works to dedicate to you." ”
Looking at everyone thoughtfully, Chen Xiaotang smiled and said, "Okay, I thank all the guests for coming to cheer today, why don't they say a few words for everyone!" ”
Chen Xiaotang handed the microphone directly to Marlon Brando, and our eternal godfather got up and said with a smile: "I came all the way from the United States not for anything else, just to watch this drama filmed by Raffi as the director." I have read the magic theme of "Journey to the West", but it is an adapted comic, no way, on it, how I don't like to read! Even so, I still believe that this drama will be great, if nothing else, because the story of this drama itself is very exciting, so let's look forward to it! ”
After Marlon Brando finished speaking, he handed the microphone to Michael Jackson beside him, and Mike smiled: "Look, what I'm best at is singing, not talking, but I still want to say a word in Chinese, I'll top you!" ”
Next, all the guests made brief speeches, and the whole venue was very lively, it didn't look like a movie premiere, but like an Oscar ceremony, everyone said their feelings and opinions, and the whole atmosphere seemed very hot.
waited until the last guest finished speaking, more than half an hour had passed at this time, and it stands to reason that the premiere should have started a long time ago, but everyone was not in a hurry, because they were all attracted by the words of these guests. According to the words of one audience, if nothing else, these guests just gave speeches as if they were teasing, which was enough to pay off the ticket price. You think, even if you have money, you may not be able to meet so many big names!
However, Chen Xiaotang himself didn't want to see the premiere of his movie indirectly become a star-studded speech class, so after everyone finished congratulating him, he got up and said: "Okay, let's get down to business, at the press conference three days ago, I already let everyone watch the clip, and now I won't say anything else, let's continue to watch the movie." After speaking, he returned the microphone to the staff next to him, and then clapped his hands, and with his applause, the lights of the entire theater were all extinguished, and Chen Xiaotang also sat down and began to enjoy the magical blockbuster he directed.
Since ancient times, magic movies have been hailed as the high-tech representatives of film festivals, because if you want to express a world that is different from humans, you must use some computer special effects and other technologies. For example, the future praised "Lord of the Rings" series, as well as the "Mummy" series, and the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, etc., it can be said that these movies are all masterpieces of the magic theme. And these works all belong to the production of Hollywood big casts, none of them belong to Hong Kong, and even Asia, which considers itself to be a developed computer technology, has to look up to it in this regard, so it can only continue to play its own Ultraman and monsters.
Now that Magic Shadow Entertainment is wealthy, it can be said that it has a place in the entire world film industry, and even the old MGM, Columbia, Universal and Warner have to admit that they lose in terms of overall strength.
For a long time, Chen Xiaotang has been vigorously committed to the development of special effects technology, and even invested in Lucas's Industrial Light & Magic, which can be said to be superhuman in this field.
Now, Chen Xiaotang did not hesitate to move out his trump card special effects when filming "Havoc in Heaven", if the special effects of the previous "Qin Shi Huang" were mostly used for war scenes, and the proportion in the whole play was not very large, then this time it is different, two-thirds of the shots in the entire "Havoc in the Heavenly Palace" need special effects to help, it can be said that this drama is completely piled up with special effects.
And these special effects are not made up for no reason, they are all exchanged for real dollars. Therefore, in terms of production cost, this "Havoc in Heaven" far exceeds "Qin Shi Huang" and other Hollywood blockbusters.
At this moment, this super blockbuster is finally about to show its true face. (To be continued......)