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"Hi, Duke. It's been a long time. ”

The petite blonde held out her hand to him, and Duke gently shook it on it, "Nami, you look so beautiful today." ”

This is an independent theater located near Century City, and the test screening of "Life and Death" was chosen here, probably because it came relatively early, and when Duke walked into the lounge prepared for the crew, Naomi Watts was the only one in it.

It is not only fans and critics who will participate in the test screening, but also some reporters from the entertainment media, and there will definitely be a media event afterwards, and an actor like Naomi Watts, who is not a major member of the crew, can appear here, and I believe her agent must have spent a lot of money.

"Fox is really saving."

After saying hello and sitting in two chairs next to her, Naomi Watts said to Duke, "They actually put the press and fans in a preview together." ”

"Whether the film will be profitable or not is still unknown,"

This is a very normal practice in Hollywood, and Duke is not dissatisfied, "Twentieth Century Fox will definitely be cautious." ”

"Did you hear that, Duke?" She suddenly changed to a mysterious tone, and leaned closer, "Listen to Nancy...... Oh, Nancy is my agent. Twentieth Century Fox has a high opinion of "Life and Death", and it is said that Townsend Rothman, the head of the distribution department, thinks it has the potential to be a big hit. ”

"I hope so." Duke shrugged slightly.

After the two had spoken a few words, Uma Thurman, Keanu Reeves and Dennis Hopper walked in one after another, their relationship with Duke was much more rusty, and the two sides simply said hello and waited for the preview screening to begin.

Not long after, Robin Grande came to inform him that Duke and the others walked into the screening hall together.

The theater is not very large, with only more than 300 seats, and the first few rows are basically occupied by entertainment media reporters and film critics, most of whom come from small and medium-sized and local media, such as reporters from the three major newspapers, as well as several major weekly magazines and professional magazines, and top film critics will not participate in the preview screening of such unknown films.

To put it simply, the media and critic ratings participating in the test screening are often closely related to the investment and popularity of the film, and Twentieth Century Fox will not rashly open a large budget to invite those top people in the industry, even if they are invited, they may not come, and Fox's small profits for "Life and Death" will not attract them.

The film needs the media and critics to wave the flag, and Twentieth Century Fox also has a series of related arrangements, but the media PR work is mainly after the test screening, and during the film's screening, Fox pays more attention to the reaction of fans behind the film.

Twentieth Century Fox invited more than 250 general movie fans, ranging from 17 to 45 years old, which is also the potential main consumer group of "Life and Death", which will directly reflect the market acceptance of the film.

Harry Dunn, an observer at Twentieth Century Fox, is scattered among fans along with a dozen other colleagues who will use their own eyes and pen in their hands to record the audience's reactions during the screening.

"Is there anyone here?"

Two white youths in their mid-twenties walked up to Harry Dern and pointed to the seat to Harry Dern's right and asked, "Can you please me?" ”

Dunn gathered his feet and looked at them as they walked by, the two men were holding Coke and popcorn, apparently treating the preview screening as their usual entertainment, and after sitting down, they were even more muttering non-stop.

"Jones ......," said Allen, who sat on the left with short brown hair, "have you heard of the movie?" Ever heard of directing or starring? ”

"All I know is Keanu Reeves and Uma Thurman, the directors are the same as the title of the movie, they are the first time I have seen them."

The young blonde man said, "I've always been more concerned about what's going on in Hollywood, and I've never seen this director called Duke Rosenberg before." ”

"Maybe it's going to be a bad movie." Alan was a little worried, "I regret it now, Jones." ”

"Hey, this is a free movie that only needs to be filled out with a questionnaire."

The man named Jones deliberately accentuated the word 'free', handed over the popcorn again, and said, "Just pass the time." ”

Hearing these words, Dunn smiled, today's ordinary audience is like this, and it is really difficult to be interested in movies that lack big-name stars and well-known directors and are not bombarded with publicity.

There were more and more fans in the back row, and from the noise around him, Dunn could tell that there were very few fans who were really interested in "Life and Death", and if the film still reacted in this way after the film was screened, "Life and Death" was not worth the resources that Twentieth Century Fox put in.

"Here we go!"

When the big screen was lit up, I don't know who reminded me, the surrounding noise was a lot quieter, but the sounds of smoking Coke, chewing popcorn and whispering did not disappear at all, and most of the audience's attention was not on the screen.

"My Coke is over ice."

Jones, apparently only interested in eating and drinking, asked Allen, "What about yours?" ”

"Mine doesn't, I'll give it to you."

After changing Jones's large glass of Coke, Alan took a big puff, grabbed a few more popcorn and threw them into his mouth, "Popcorn in this theater ......"

He was only halfway through his sentence before he stopped talking and his eyes stopped on the big screen......

Jones, who was next to him, reacted almost in the same way, and as a veteran movie fan with long viewing experience, he was immediately attracted by the straight to the point and exciting beginning.

"Bang ......"

The explosion in a small area was extremely thrilling, the elevator slid down rapidly, and the picture frequently switched between the elevator and the frightened faces of the passengers, Jones's originally relaxed heart immediately became nervous, and he subconsciously touched his seat, as if he was worried that it would also become an elevator.

From this moment on, his heart was completely pinched, and he kept mentioning it to his throat, especially in the deafening explosion, when the male protagonist was swept away by the air wave, he felt that his heart was broken.

"Oh God......"

"He's not going to die, is he?"

There were a lot of exclamations and worries nearby, as the film entered a brief buffer, and Jones came back to his senses slightly, "This...... This is the beginning of a top-notch action movie, right? ”

"This director seems to have a good ......" Alan has long forgotten about popcorn and coke, "why do I feel that no matter what scene I am in, I myself am the most dangerous character in the film?" ”

"The sense of substitution, this is the sense of substitution."

Jones is clearly more knowledgeable about cinematic techniques than his peers, "I feel the same way, the director uses a lot of first-person shots, and he uses ......"

"Hey, the villain isn't dead!"

Before he could finish speaking, Jones turned to the movie screen again, "Isn't there any conspiracy?" ”

"Shut up!"

Alan thought that his companion's voice disturbed him, "It's rude to influence others to watch a movie. ”

Turning his head reluctantly, Jones just wanted to glare at Allen, but he heard another earth-shattering explosion, his eyes returned to the screen like lightning, only to see a moving bus suddenly explode in flames, the fire surged out from the inside of the bus, breaking through layers of steel barriers, and seemed to be sweeping towards himself outside the big screen, which made people feel terrified.

The flames from the explosion covered almost the entire screen, and the roof of the bus was blown into the air, tumbling and falling, and another car was smashed into scrap metal, and the broken window glass was like a goddess scattering flowers, shattering and splashing......

The picture quickly switched back to the perspective of the male protagonist, and Jones breathed a sigh of relief, but the throbbing heart in his chest showed no tendency to slow down, driving the blood to seem to be boiling.

It's clear that Jones' body is producing a lot of adrenaline.

As a professional observer, Dunn struggled to resist the urge to concentrate on watching the film. hope, so that from the beginning can bring the audience to the high. tide, after a proper buffer, and then keep the audience excited, he doesn't know how long he hasn't seen it.

He also wants to be an ordinary audience around him, just watch the film and don't care about anything else, but he can't, he still has to support his family, and he has to do his job.

Every once in a while, the pen in his hand will quickly slide over the notebook, recording the real reactions of the audience around him, including not caring before the film starts, watching quietly after the screening, worrying and marveling at the characters and plots in the film, and so on.

He witnessed the audience panic, entanglement, boiling, moved and rejoicing with the development of the film.

"Jones, I can't help it."

Suddenly, a slightly trembling voice came from Dunn's right, and another equally trembling voice responded, "I can't help it." ”

The people who spoke were naturally Allen and Jones, because they drank a lot of Coke at the beginning, they had already felt an obvious urge to urinate, but they didn't want to miss the plot of the film that could not be slackened at all, and they endured it until now.

"Shall we go to the bathroom?" They looked at each other and made a decision, "As fast as possible, fast!" ”

"Please let me ...... Please let me ......"

Because of hearing what he said just now, Dunn quickly withdrew his feet, and the two young men with their legs walked quickly, probably because of their awkward posture, Dunn's eyes unconsciously followed.

The two people who entered the aisle, as if they didn't want to miss any of the movie's plots, actually walked upside down to the bathroom facing the screen!

"This ......"

Dunn was a little surprised, this was the first time he had seen this in his years of doing the job!

Slowly retracting his gaze, Dunn no longer cared about the films shown on the big screen, and with the help of some dim light, his gaze swept over the surrounding audience one by one with great solemnity.

Those audience members forgot to drink Coke, forgot to eat popcorn, forgot to whisper, they just sat with their heads up, they didn't even move their posture, and they threw the greatest enthusiasm into "Life and Death"!