Chapter 153: The Premiere of "Red Cliff" (Part I)

ps: Finally came to the release of "Red Cliff", many friends have been waiting for a long time, and the recent decline in subscriptions has been great, I know that this is basically my own problem, I will work hard, and I also hope that friends who read books in other places will subscribe and support me, and give me the confidence to persevere. )

December 1st is a very ordinary day, ordinary and most days of the year are no different, but each ordinary day often has an unusual meaning in a specific group of people. A very simple example, 365 days a year, every day someone is born, every day someone dies, for the person, for the person's family, this is a special day.

In the eyes of some people, December 1 is also of extraordinary significance, such as Lin Yuquan and the employees of Shuguang Film Company, such as Zhou Xun, Liu Yifei and other film creators, such as major media reporters, such as countless fans who are looking forward to it, because today is the day of the global theater premiere of "Red Cliff".

Especially for fans, they have been waiting for this day for too long, as early as the beginning of the year, when Lin Yuquan announced that he would invest 200 million yuan to shoot "Red Cliff", countless people were aroused, and after the announcement of the strong cast of "Red Cliff", more people joined the camp of interest and began to look forward to the movie, since then "Red Cliff" has been the most watched Chinese film of the year.

After that, Lin Yuquan and "Red Cliff" seem to be natural focusers, firmly attracting people's eyes/lines, the movie theme and Wu Yusen, Xie Jin crashed, the air gambling staged in the newspaper, the exposure of the identity of the boss when the Yuquan family was established, the uproar caused by the amazing income when the Forbes China celebrity list was announced, the moving speech at the Kyoto University Student Film Festival, the gambling stone boom that caused heated discussions across the country, and the Golden Horse Award won the actor as a director. This series of events, as well as the almost ubiquitous and rapid publicity for nearly a month, have attracted more and more people. Join the camp of "Red Cliff" fans. Can't wait to see it today when "Red Cliff" premieres.

"Hello. Miss, give me two tickets for "Red Cliff". A young man in a black down jacket leaned on the ticket window and said to the conductor.

"Hello, sir, the first one is sold out, and there are still some seats for the midnight show, do you want it?" There were some small freckles on his face, and the conductor, who was generally pretty overall, asked politely.

"What, the first one is sold out!" The young man wailed. Hearing his voice, several people behind him also shouted: "What, the first show of "Red Cliff" is sold out. And soon, a large group of people lined up in the theater ticket hall all knew, and for a while, all kinds of voices came and went, and the scene was very lively.

"Do you want it?" The conductor asked again.

The young man's face was hesitant, obviously doing a fierce ideological struggle, he came to watch "Red Cliff" with his girlfriend, his girlfriend urged him yesterday, but he didn't take it seriously at the time. I usually go directly to the cinema to buy and watch movies, who knew that the movie tickets for "Red Cliff" were so sought-after. Miscalculation, if he didn't buy a ticket, his girlfriend's murderous appearance flashed in his mind, and he suddenly became excited, although it was already late at midnight, but he couldn't care about it now, something is better than nothing, gritted his teeth and said: "I want it." ”

After selecting a seat and issuing a ticket, the young man hurriedly ran outside the movie theater with the movie ticket, he had to explain it to his girlfriend immediately, and he had a headache when he thought about how to explain the situation, and said that it was all his own laziness!

And at the same time, such things are happening in China and in many places around the world, due to the time difference, some countries like Europe and the United States may not premiere more than ten or twenty hours later, but now there are countless enthusiastic fans who are buying tickets in advance, and everyone wants to see the movie at the first time, because only at this time watching the movie is the most exciting, if it is other time, it would be bad if you accidentally or couldn't help but watch spoilers.

"Shi Shi, listen to me, if we come to buy tickets now, we won't be able to see tonight's premiere, hehe." In the process of entering the theater, listening to the endless wailing and complaining, Gao Yue said proudly to Liu Shishi beside him.

"Well, you're prescient." Liu Shishi said with a smile, looking at the obviously too many people in the theater than usual, and couldn't help but say with emotion: "There are really a lot of people who come to watch "Red Cliff" today!" ”

"Of course, this is "Red Cliff"! Where can other movies compare, just for Liang Chaowei, Liu Dehua, Zhou Xun, Chen Daoming and other big-name stars, many people have come to see it, not to mention that this movie is directed by Lin Yuquan, that guy is so popular this year, no, even you are fascinated by him and come to the cinema to watch a movie. Gao Yue first said angrily, and then stared at Liu Shishi with a narrow face.

"Say what? I just thought "Red Cliff" should be very good, didn't you watch the trailer and say it was good? Liu Shishi glanced at Gao Yue, too lazy to argue too much, she knows her best friend's character too well, she can definitely say anything, and the more you argue with her, the more energetic she becomes.

"It's boring." Gao Yue muttered, her eyes began to wander in the theater, and she quickly froze on a huge poster of "Red Cliff", and then touched Liu Shishi next to her with her elbow: "Shi Shi, to be honest, the more I look at Lin Yuquan, the more I feel that he looks like the Xiao Yang we know." ”

"It's quite similar, but there are billions of people in this world, and in the vast sea of people, it's not strange that two people look alike." Liu Shishi smiled indifferently, but his eyes flashed with the same curiosity.

"That's right, it is said that the fate of people and people is really different, two people who look so similar, one is a well-known cutting-edge director, with a net worth of hundreds of millions, and the other is well, in fact, it's not bad, at least someone else drives an Audi!" Gao Yue said to herself, making Liu Shishi speechless.

Liu Shishi and Gao Yue were happily waiting outside the theater to enter, and the other person, Feng Zhongji, was in the same mood, but he didn't come to watch the movie for the sake of watching it.

Looking at the overcrowded theater, almost all of which came for "Red Cliff", Feng Zhongji's heart was as uncomfortable as eating a fly. At present, the box office of "Red Cliff" is like a sharp sword hanging over his head. Once "Red Cliff" was a big hit at the box office. He had to fulfill the conditions set by the previous air bet, running a marathon all the way, and even traveling to Lhasa by car, either of which could be described as torture for him.

looked at the majestic Lin Yuquan on the poster of the eye shadow hall viciously, his only hope now is that "Red Cliff" is not so good, and when the time comes, he must use the sharpest words to criticize Lin Yuquan and "Red Cliff" as useless, so that other people will be affected by this and dispel their thoughts of going to the cinema to watch "Red Cliff". In the end, Lin Yuquan, who proposed to gamble in the air, suffered the consequences.

Time passed slowly, and it was finally time to enter the theater, at this moment, in major theaters across the country and in theaters in many places around the world, countless people poured into the theater like a tide, with a variety of moods, ready to enjoy the long-awaited epic war blockbuster "Red Cliff".

Soon after the audience entered the theater and sat down, the lights in the theater dimmed, and immediately the advertisements began to play on the screen, which was the advertising partner of "Red Cliff" in Kyoto to pull out patch advertisements for the film, including several liquor companies and automobile companies. The list price of the in-roll ad is 2.5 million for 30 seconds, and the ad lasts for a total of five minutes. This alone brought 25 million revenue to Shuguang Film Company, breaking the previous record of 20 million movie roll advertising revenue set by "Hero".

The five-minute advertising time can be described as fleeting, the big screen is back to darkness, everyone who has seen the movie knows that this is the precursor to the official broadcast of the movie, suddenly, Liu Shishi and Gao Yue stopped chatting, sat up straight, in the back row of a dark corner, Feng Zhongji outlined a cruel smile on the corner of his mouth, staring at the screen with his eyes, and countless viewers were waiting for the film to start with all their attention.

Suddenly, a bright light pierced the darkness of the screen, accompanied by the sound of fast-paced music, the eye-catching logo and company name of Shuguang Film Company appeared on the screen, after that, a picture of the broken battlefield after the tragic battle appeared on the screen, the blood all over the ground, stained the whole earth, I don't know how many corpses of the enemy and I everywhere, the death was strange, and there were scattered tattered armor, swords and spears, in the process of continuous advancement of the picture, The desolate and tragic music that echoed in the theater suddenly made everyone's feelings become heavy, and gradually, white subtitles also appeared in the picture, starring Lin Yuquan, Chen Jianbing, Liu Yifei, Fan Binbin, Liu Dehua friendship starring Liu Ye, Song Jia, Gao Yuanyuan, screenwriter Lin Yuquan, director Lin Yuquan.

When a lonely long sword that looks antique on the ground appears in the picture, the picture is frozen, and there is a "snap", as if it is stamped, and two red words appear in Chibi.

When everyone was still immersed in the cold-blooded cruelty of the war, the picture jumped, only to see a huge, magnificent, and heavily guarded palace with armored soldiers everywhere appeared on the screen, and then the picture quickly switched to the palace hall, Liu Xie, the emperor of Han Xian played by Liu Ye, absentmindedly listened to the performance of the ministers in the palace, and the picture switched again, Cao Cao, who was wearing armor and a sword, led a team of elite tiger guard soldiers to walk in the palace as if no one was around, and all the soldiers guarding along the way bowed and saluted, when they reached the main hallThe Tiger Guard soldiers behind Cao Cao stood majestically in two rows, and Cao Cao walked in with a golden sword, stopped when he came to a very close distance from the throne, did not bow and saluted, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the minister has led the army to break the Wuhuan and Yuan's remnants outside Liucheng, and beheaded Wuhuan Shan Yu Dun, and there are more than 200,000 people who surrendered to Hu and Han. ”

Speaking of this, Cao Cao opened the wooden box, and inside it was a human head with angry eyes.

Liu Shishi was taken aback and trembled, and beside her, many people gasped.

"It's fake, what's so scary." There was a hint of nervousness in Gao Yue's voice, obviously her actual mood was not so relaxed.

The story unfolded slowly, Cao Cao thought that the north was basically pacified, and he was ready to open up the Xuanwu Pool to train the navy, and the southern expedition to Liu Biao and Sun Quan was opposed by the ministers, Cao Cao insisted on going his own way, and the opposing ministers were killed.

At this point in the story, the image of Cao Cao, who is arbitrary, domineering and arrogant, has finally taken shape, and seeing the grand scene of Cao Cao's martial arts oath, everyone knows that the prelude of the film is over, and the next step is to enter the battle of Chibi, so the mind that was already focused enough became more focused. (To be continued......) R1292