This film critic called P, not only Lin Xiaozhi is not impressed, but even some friends in the circle he asked said that he was not impressed, which made Lin Xiaozhi very angry, he didn't remember when he offended the villain, and the other party's act of replacing the concept so badly will directly affect the reputation of "Killer Leon".

However, he still understands the urine nature of unscrupulous media, but he has paid attention to it for two days, and he has seen that there are only a few idle people who are sore and unscrupulous newspapers to brush up their popularity, but there are no well-known media remarks that are not conducive to Xinya and his film. It's also fun for someone to jump up and down to pretend to be a clown, which attracts more attention to his new movie "Killer Leon". However, in private, Lin Xiaozhi did not relax his vigilance, he still understood the truth of the gutter capsizing, but it also made Xinya's pen sticks quickly make a lot of rebuttal articles and handed them to a few good media.

As for himself, he didn't have that much time to pay attention to these things. With the release of "Killer Leon", Lin Xiaozhi was completely busy, not only to helm the promotion of "Killer Leon" in Hong Kong, as well as to contact overseas distribution in Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Japan and other places, but also to pay attention to the release of the film in the UK, and he was very busy.

Just when he was having a headache about the box office of "Killer Leon" in the UK, Zheng Fei came from the UK side with a good news that made him very excited.

"Sir, which movie would you like to buy?"

After a twenty-minute ride to an ODN-affiliated cinema in a district of outer London, George Coppero Fils had just walked into the business hall when a conductor spotted him, looked up at the man with a goatee and looked like he was in his fifties, and asked.

"Xie Lu Xie reminds, but I have a movie ticket"

George Coppero Fils pulled a movie ticket out of his pocket and handed it to the conductor. The conductor took it and watched it for a while, it was a movie ticket for "Killer Leon", and it was the only Asian movie in their cinema right now, which was convenient to confirm the authenticity. After only a few glances at the box office, he confirmed that the movie ticket was real, and nodded to him.

"Sir, the ticket is correct, you came at the right time, if I remember correctly, there was a round of screenings just ten minutes ago. Now please go to Screening Room 4, the next round of screenings will start soon."

Giorgio Coppero Fils thanked him, but did not leave in a hurry after taking the movie ticket. Instead, he stood there and chatted with the conductor, "Madam, can I ask you about the ticket sales of this movie from Hong Kong?" ”

The conductor looked up at him, and there seemed to be some surprise and alarm in his brown eyes, "Sir, according to the rules, we can't reveal these things."

The employees of ODN are good

George Coppero Fels had a thought in his head for a moment, but he was still a little curious about the data, thought about it, took out a document from his pocket, and handed it over, "Hello, I'm from the English Film Critics Association, and I recently heard that your ODN company is releasing a movie from Hong Kong, so I want to ask, and by the way, consider writing a related film review."

The conductor was taken aback, the status of filmmakers and the media in Britain is very high, the theater eats a movie meal, and heard that he is here to write a film review for a movie that is being shown in the theater, and after thinking about it, the conductor hurriedly wrote a line on a blank note, and returned it with his ID, "Sir, the company's regulations cannot be revealed, but I may be able to provide you with some small conveniences......

"You're a kind lady"

There wasn't much written on the note, except for one line that read, '15 movie tickets have been sold this morning,' George Coppero Fils thanked him, took the note and looked at it, knowing a little in his mind.

As a well-known film critic and screenwriter in the British film industry, as well as the editor-in-chief and contributing writer of the long-established British film magazine "Sight and Sound", it is also a whim for George Coppero Fils to appear in a niche and unwell-known Hong Kong film screening theater.

A week ago, someone sent him a ticket for the Hong Kong movie called "Killer Leon" to his home by mail. At first, George Coppero Fils didn't care too much, as a well-known film critic, whenever a new movie is released, there are many film production companies that promote their films to film critics in this way, hoping to gain more social awareness and influence the box office through their pen sticks. George Copperfields also only regarded the producer of "Killer Leon" as one of them, and although he was somewhat interested in a Hong Kong film that was rarely chosen to be released in the UK, he was too busy to forget about it.

It wasn't until two days ago that many friends in the film critic circle around him mentioned to him that he had received movie tickets for a movie called "Killer Leon", that he remembered this incident again. After a friend who had seen this movie out of curiosity strongly recommended it to him, George Copperfield also became interested, and after finding the movie ticket sent by the film company named Ya, he took a few hours today to come to the theater to see how this movie from Hong Kong was

After checking the tickets, Giorgio Coppero Fils walked into the screening room and quickly searched for his place. He didn't rush to sit down, as a film critic, he cared more about the data, and looked around, in this screening hall that can accommodate about 180, the attendance rate has been as high as 40 Even if today is Saturday, but as a foreign language film, and it is also a foreign language film from Hong Kong, Asia, it makes him a little curious. Although Hong Kong has been known as the 'Hollywood of the East' since the 70s and 80s, it is only the result of some European and American media shouting out their heads.

Because the market for Hong Kong films is too small, and almost all of its influence is in Asia, especially in East Asia and Southeast Asia, it is not very famous in Europe and the United States. Except for the occasional one or two films released in Europe and the United States by Golden Harvest and New Arts City, the vast majority of Hong Kong films are directly poured into videotapes and have become the collections of European and American niche film lovers and filmmakers. The influence of Hong Kong films in the UK is far from reaching the level of American films, which can overpower local films, even compared with some niche films in South America and Eastern Europe

"I heard that this Hong Kong movie has also been released in dozens of theaters in the UK, but I don't know what is the attendance rate of other cinemas?"

With this curiosity, he sat down in his seat, quietly closed his eyes, and waited for the film to show.

Before the movie had even begun, there was a buzz of conversation in the screening room, and a few young people were chatting not far from him.

"Bieber, is this really a Jack Cheng movie? I see how the poster is different......"

"Dude, didn't I say it all, the protagonist is as cool as Jack Cheng, you will know it later."

"You've seen it already?"

"yes, I went to see it with Ace the day before yesterday, and I thought there would be no one to fight with her here, but I didn't expect to find a good movie by accident, hehe......"

Hearing the young man mention the name of a Jack Cheng, George Coppero Fils moved in his heart, and immediately thought of a Chinese image who was not tall but very agile and could fight, and he remembered that the person's name seemed to be Cheng Long, and Jack Cheng was his English name. The most frequently released movies in the UK are movies about him, although in the opinion of George Coppero Fils, most Hong Kong movies are just using vulgar topics to make the audience laugh, and the plot and production are too rough, but it is undeniable that Jack Cheng's movies are really good, especially the fights are very exciting.

His films sell very well in the UK, usually grossing millions of pounds at the box office, and a few wonderful films can even sell tens of millions of pounds. If it weren't for the fact that too many funny elements in his films were translated from Cantonese to English and confused the British, I'm afraid the box office could have been higher.

However, it was the conversation of several young people that made Giorgio Coppero Fils notice, and he looked around, only to find that the proportion of young people in the cinema was very high.

Suddenly he stood up and looked around the entire screening room seriously, and when he sat down again, his face was very serious. Why do you say it, it turned out that he stood up and took a serious look, only to find that in the screening room, young faces actually accounted for seventy or eighty percent of the crowd. Young audiences are different from adult audiences, they have novel tastes and chase excitement, but they can't tolerate buying tickets to watch a movie only to see a bad movie. It can also be heard from the conversation of those people just now, I am afraid that many people were encouraged to watch the movie by the publicity and recommendation of friends. After straightening the goatee on his chin, George Coppero Fils couldn't help but have higher expectations for this movie, and it was able to cultivate some fans to help promote it spontaneously after only a few days of release, maybe it was a very good movie.

Time passed quickly while waiting, and when the sound of reminders sounded around and the lights in the theater dimmed, the entire screening hall tacitly closed the sound, and all of them were quiet for a while.

Compared with Hong Kong cinemas with a strong commercial atmosphere, British people not only know how to do business, but British fans are also much more tolerant than Hong Kong people. For example, there are still five minutes before the release, but the big screen begins to light up, and in these five minutes, the cinema will play some movie promotional short films that will be released in the next half a month or a month, some may only be ten seconds, and some may be tens of seconds. George Copper-Fels was also watching with interest, seeing the trailer for "Batman", the American hero blockbuster that recently swept North America, and once it landed in the UK, it was inevitable that it would sweep away tens of millions of pounds at the box office.

George Copperfield sighed slightly, as a proud British filmmaker, but even more sad about the decline of British cinema because he was looking forward to being able to enjoy a classic. Since the 70s, British filmmakers have always wanted to be able to regain the share of the domestic box office occupied by American films, and he was also actively involved in the revival of domestic films.

The big screen suddenly went black, and the logo of New Asia Film Company appeared.

George Coppero Fils, who was sitting in the corner of the sixth row, hurriedly collected his complicated mood and straightened his goatee, "Are you going to start?" ”

As the editor-in-chief of "Sight and Sound" and a professional film critic, he is professional and attentive. "Sight and Hearing" has been established for more than half a century, and is one of the most professional film newspapers in Britain and even in Europe.

After the opening of the new Asia movie appeared on the big screen, there was no complicated opening and introduction to the crew, the movie screen jumped, and with the whirring sound of the waves, a beautiful opening appeared on the screen, George Copper's eyes lit up, and his heart said "It's beautiful", and the movie screening officially began.

A tall man in a long black trench coat, a beanie, and carrying a wooden box alertly walked into a bar marked with a pig's head on the door.

"You're here?"

At the counter of the pig's head bar, the bar owner is dressed as a bartender, lying on the counter.

Leon nodded slightly, and without saying a word, he walked to the counter in front of the boss and sat down, and the wooden box he carried with him was also placed on the counter next to him.

"How's it going, Leon?"

The actor took off the hat on his head without hurry, revealing a straight short hair under the hat. He raised his head, and the chin and the thick beard of his temples made Giorgio Coppero Fils instantly believe that this was a man who was about thirty or forty years old and had entered the prime of life.

The concise and bright rhythm at the beginning of the movie made George Copper-Fils nod secretly, and a few concise conversations in just a few moments brought a deal, which shows that the director's skills are still good.

On the screen, a slightly obese man leads several of his men into a building, and needless to say, Giorgio Copper-fils immediately recognizes the leader as the man who once appeared in Leon's photograph. Suddenly, the sound of the background music suddenly became a little faster, so that the audience in the screening room unconsciously followed the music, and their hearts rose to their throats, and God's vision made them sense that the conflict was about to begin.

Sure enough, it was still that concise and bright style, Leon single-handedly went to the door, and in just a few minutes on the screen, he quickly killed the nicknamed underworld boss from the first floor, and his every shot was so neat. Although he also looks down on Hong Kong movies in his heart, George Copperfield has to admit that Hong Kong people's action design and martial arts instructors are first-class in the world, and these sets of bright and clean solutions are not worse than Hollywood blockbusters, and they also highlight Lyon's killer identity

When Leon quickly solved the target and disappeared into the dark aisle, a thought crossed his mind for a moment.

"Maybe it's going to be a good movie"