Chapter 35: Fire

Shanghai Yonghua Cinema.

A group of tabloid reporters at the entrance of the studio are crowding next to the entrance, desperately capturing the actors who walk in.

"Look, it's Guo Tao, he came early."

"Nonsense, he's the main character of the movie."

Guo Tao appeared at the entrance of the studio, and there was a flash of light.

At this time, he was still a popular person.

Guo Tao smiled and waved his hand around, pretending not to hear the reporters' shouts and questions, and calmly walked into the venue.

"Who is this fat man?"

"I don't know, it's pretty cute."

I took two photos.

"There's a handsome guy here."

"Newcomer, it looks like a face."

"Silly, it's Jia Niliang."

I heard what you guys said, Jia Milk smiled with a hint of embarrassment, and pretended to walk into the venue calmly.

"I'm going, I don't know who is here."

"Low-cost small-investment films, it is estimated that the maximum number of theaters is a few days. If it weren't for Andy Lau coming, I wouldn't have bothered to waste time here. ”

"Agreed. When will Andy arrive? ”

"Wait, take a high-definition photo of Andy's front, tonight's chicken leg is available."

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The premiere of "Crazy Stone" was held in Yonghua's largest screening room, but the press conference was held in a small auditorium next door.

There were only 200 seats in the auditorium, which was not yet the allotted time, but the venue for the 200 people at the premiere was already full.

There are about 50 reporters and photographers, and the rest are basically Andy's fans.

Yes, the reason why the press conference was full was because Andy Lau, one of the producers of this movie, came to the scene in person.

Andy Lau and Ning Hao and Gu Cancan did not go through the main entrance, but entered along the VIP passage of the studio.

The poor tabloid reporters waited in vain.

At the press conference, director Ning Hao and the actors sat in a row.

Gu Cancan's roles are scarce, slightly more than a trick, but her seat is close to the middle, only next to Andy Lau.

Because she is also one of the producers, she attended on behalf of the bright era.

In this way, the middle of the seat is Ning Hao.

To the left of Ning Hao is Liu Dehua, to the left of Liu Dehua is Gu Cancan, to the left of Gu Cancan is Huang Bo, and to the left of Huang Bo is Yue Xiaojun.

To the right of Ning Hao is Ai Qiuxing, vice president of China Film Warner Hengdian Film and Television, on the right of Ai Qiuxing is Guo Tao, on the right of Guo Tao is Xu Zheng, and on the right of Xu Zheng is Liu Ye.

A total of nine people on the stage sat on a barstool and grew into a long snake-like shape.

Gu Cancan once suggested that the press conference be changed to a similar form of a tea party, inviting as many insiders as possible to increase its influence.

However, it is obvious that China Film Warner Hengdian Film and Television did not take it to heart at all.

It's still the traditional route, asking the media to report on the premiere in a well-connected society, and then promoting it in entertainment newspapers and websites, and as for how useful it can be, you can only leave it to fate.

The reporters who were able to enter the press conference were all special and had a good relationship with the producer, the questions raised were very friendly, and the atmosphere was harmonious.

The sedan chair is carried by everyone.

"May I ask Director Ning Hao, where was this film filmed and what are its characteristics?"

Ning Hao said: "'Crazy Stone' is a film that shows the different behaviors and mentalities in competition and acquisition. The filming of the film was all completed in Chongqing, and a large number of dialogues were in the Chongqing dialect. Chongqing is a developing emerging metropolis with a unique urban character that is both flamboyant and restrained. ”

"Hello Andy, what prompted you to invest in such a low-budget movie?"

Andy Lau was a handsome mess in a black suit, he smiled and said slowly in Hong Kong-style Mandarin: "Investing in "Crazy Stone" is part of my Asian Rising Star Director Program, I am very happy to see such an excellent work, thank you very much Ning Hao and these lovely actors for bringing me a very good story." ”

"Hehe, Andy is not only a very good actor, but also a very bold and visionary producer." Ai Qiuxing said with a smile.

"I've won awards and awards, I really don't dare to have a vision, everyone knows that I lost a lot of money when I invested in movies." Andy Lau said with a smile.

This sentence drew a small laugh from the audience.

"So I think that Brother Hua is going to run in time, and investing in "Crazy Stone" will be a business with a super high rate of return, because this movie will make people stunned if it is excellent."

Gu Cancan said with a smile.

The reporters at the scene were shocked, and couldn't help but look at each other a few times, thinking that there was material to write about tonight's report.

Tengxun's reporter was quick and aimed the question at Gu Cancan: "Gu Cancan, why are you so confident in this movie?" ”

Gu Cancan said with a smile: "I watched the finished film in advance. Let's put it this way, the story is ingenious, the soundtrack is wonderful, and the editing is the most intuitive impression of this movie to the viewer, the main line of humor is unpretentious, with the special sense of humor of the small people in the urban society and a large number of dialects, bringing the audience continuous laughter, and this entertainment effect is completely driven by the plot, rather than the clumsy exaggerated body and shaking language baggage. ”

Ning Hao listened quietly, feeling that Gu Cancan had spoken to his heart, and this was what he wanted to express.

The reporters were still unsatisfied, but according to the arrangement, the questions and answers were covered with rain and dew, so they had to turn their attention to the actors of the movie.

After half an hour of Q&A, the theater company invited the creators and everyone present to watch the movie in the theater.

Zhu Wen is an online writer, mainly writing about the kind that girls like to watch on a certain website, her hobby is watching movies, and she often publishes film reviews of the latest films on online forums and movie magazines.

The film critic style is spicy and vicious, humorous and sharp, and after a long time, her pen name "Dream Weaver" has become a well-known film critic, and even media companies began to come to her door, hoping that she could write articles on forums or magazines to tout a certain work.

Of course, Zhu Wen, who is not bad for money, will not agree, and wrote a spicy article satirizing this phenomenon of buying movie reviews, which has increased her many fans.

She came to the cinema today to watch Xu Jinglei's "Dreams Come into Reality", but when she came to Yonghua Cinema, she learned that a movie produced by Andy Lau premiered today, Zhu Wen is Andy Lau's fan, and she weighed Andy Lau and Lao Xu in her heart, and decisively stood on Yan's side.

"Anyway, this crazy stone only lasted more than an hour, and it was really not good-looking, so I left the show halfway. I have already met Andy Lau Ge Jie, and it is worth the ticket price. Zhu Wen thought to herself.

The lights in the theater dimmed.

Accompanied by a cheerful music, the letter logo of the Asian rising star director appeared on the big screen, followed by the subtitles produced by China Film Warner Hengdian Film and Television Co., Ltd.

Isn't there a dragon mark?

Gu Cancan thought curiously.

The plot begins with the treatment of Bao Shihong's clinic, and the protagonist of the movie, Bao Shihong, is led by a dripping faucet, and then uses the common multi-angle subjective lens combination of Quentin movies to make the main characters appear one by one in a very short period of time, interspersed with various classic and funny lines and unbearable plot plots.

"Hey, the opening paragraph is fine."

Zhu Wen originally had no expectations, especially at the beginning of the examination of the prostate of a middle-aged man, which made her almost think it was a, pee, and fart movie.

However, as the plot progresses, Xie Xiaomeng, who pretends to be forced, Gu Cancan, who is cold and mature, and the arrogant secretary, the three thieves, the security section chief Bao Shihong, and the impulsive Sanbao, the characters who appear have distinct personalities, and the plot is compact but not chaotic at all.

There are also those funny lines and local dialects that are easy to come by, all of which make her eyes shine.

"Lao Xie, I haven't paid my salary for eight months, so it's impressive!"

"If you want me to say, call everyone off as soon as possible, this is to do good deeds, die early and be born sooner."

"I'll give you a lung!"

"Isn't that okay, what are you doing with that?"

"You insult my personality, you insult my intelligence."

"How can I solve it myself. Hey, hey, hey... Brother Dao, you're fucking you. ”

Chongqing, Cantonese, Qingdao..... In the voice of the protagonist, a variety of dialects make the laughter of the entire movie theater one after another, and the laughter continues, and when it hardly stops, it goes crazy with the "stone".

Zhu Wen, like other audiences, leaned forward and backward when laughing, and kept wiping her tears, often a funny scene had just passed, and the tears in the corners of her eyes had not yet dried, and there was a fierce joke.

"Hahaha."

From time to time, there was a demonic laugh in the theater.

Ning Hao sat in the front row, hearing the almost non-stop laughter in the theater, and slowly, his eyes were filled with tears of happiness.

Yourself, succeeded.

is different from his previous works "Parkview Green" and "Incense", the first two are one-day theatrical tours.

And what about "Crazy Stone", listen to the laughter and praise from the audience, I love that feeling.

Yes, I love that feeling.

Ning Hao told himself.

Make the audience laugh, let the audience admire, and let the audience indulge.

That's what I'm after.

In the future, I will still make movies like this, this is the way I continue to go.

Finally, as the black skin was chased on the viaduct with bread in his mouth, the cook rode a small pedal and shouted: "Run, you run again, wow sixty miles." ”

"Hahaha, sixty miles."

Zhu Wen smiled like a ninety-pound child.

Huang Bo contributed the last wave of jokes, and the whole movie ended.

The lights gradually turned on, and none of the audience left the factory immediately, and the audience burst into warm and long-lasting applause.

In the tide of applause, Ning Hao was already in tears.

Yourself, succeeded.

Gu Cancan watched the whole plot again, now this one is more exquisite than in the original time and space, the props are more exquisite, and the picture sense of the whole movie is a grade higher than that of the original time and space.

However, this is only superficial, and it is the director Ning Hao who really supports this drama that can be called a divine drama.

Ning Hao's status in the rivers and lakes can be said to be enough to lay a "Crazy Stone".

He's really a talent, if only he could come to the bright era.

Gu Cancan could only think about it.

In the current bright era, there is not enough strength and capital to absorb talents like Ning Hao.

In the long-lasting applause, the main creators of the film walked to the front desk and bowed deeply to the audience.

The applause was even more enthusiastic.

Someone shouted: "Awesome! ”

"Hahaha."

Laughter resounded in the theater again, and at the same time, many people also shouted: "Awesome! ”

"Awesome!"

This vulgar word resounded in the theater, but it did not give people a sense of obscenity.

There are also some who are excited.

Zhu Wen even shouted two sentences along, feeling very refreshing!

"Thank you, thank you!"

Ning Hao was very excited.

There were also special reporters and wild tabloid reporters who bought tickets to come in the crowd, and they were all amused to laugh like fools, but they still knew that they had a task to do.

And all of them have two eyes shining.

It's worth it!

Who would have thought that domestic comedies would be so funny.

is not inferior to Xingye's nonsensical comedy at all!

So in the media reports and film reviews the next day, almost everyone became *** and shouted for "Crazy Stone".

"Crazy Stone, Crazy Surprise", Nanfang Daily, a well-known newspaper and magazine in China, used such an unusually conspicuous headline to highlight its opinion on "Crazy Stone".

As for the content of the film, Nanfang Daily also analyzed: ""Crazy Stone" is a very pure commercial film, it does not want to express any profound theme, the whole movie looks down, in which the ingenious story, wonderful soundtrack, and good editing leave a deep impression, director Ning Hao through the unpretentious humor of the main line, with the special sense of humor of the little people in urban society and a large number of dialects, to bring the audience continuous laughter, and this entertainment effect is completely driven by the plotAt the same time, the significance of this film to the domestic film industry is that it once again proves that good genre films are what the current film market needs most. ”

Of course, other media magazines are not far behind, and they do a lot of coverage of "Crazy Stone" on the front page or in important pages.

is different from the original time and space, which was not cared for by anyone, and it slowly became popular in the later period, and the courage of the film and television company in this time and space was several times stronger than that of the original time and space.

It will be rolled out directly in all major theaters in Shanghai, and at the same time, first-tier cities will increase publicity.

The main creators and actors of "Crazy Stone" are divided into two routes, one is led by Ai Qiuxing, vice president of Zhonghua Heng, to Chongqing; One route was led by Ning Hao to fly back to the capital.

At the same time, Zhu Wen's film review was freshly released.

People who usually mingle on Douban found that the "Dream Weaver", who has always been known for his sharp comments, actually published an article praising a domestic movie!

"The world is going down, and even the Dream Weaver girl has degenerated into a slave to money."

"Dream weavers rarely praise domestic films, and they have been successfully publicized?"

"Don't be blind upstairs, I've watched this crazy stone, it's definitely a masterpiece in a domestic comedy movie! Five stars for viewing! ”

"Really? There's a cinema near my house, so I'm going to see it after work. ”

"It's more real than real gold, and it's definitely worth the ticket price!"

On this day, a film review on Douban with an author named Dream Weaver became popular.

"Warm Dark Humor – 'Crazy Stone' Review"

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