Chapter 319: Paper Airplanes Taking Off
In the evening, the huge screening room of the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood was packed, and the big screen behind the stage was only the logos of the company, LMS and premiere sponsors.
The 932 audience members were made up of a wide range of people, including Los Angeles-based media personalities, well-known film critics, and hundreds of lucky general audience members who participated in various promotional activities and received tickets.
Lawyer Salton and his wife belong to Ye Wei's cronies who received the tickets, and they are also one of the legal advisers of LMS, what is the status of the industry is not what it used to be? That's it, VIY has been rising for two years, and he has also risen, and attending this kind of occasion is something that he thought about before, and now he is sitting here.
Because of Ye Wei, the success of the little people is not just one, not all of them can attend, but they have the same wish, but, thank you for bringing these, you must continue!
After some thank-you activities for fans and media publicity, the screening was about to begin, and there was an atmosphere of anticipation in the theater, and there was a round of applause.
The only person to open the premiere, Ye Wei, walked out of the right side of the stage with a microphone in his hand, and everyone saw him with vigorous steps and a smile.
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November 5th was the premiere day of LMS, and with several critics' screenings taking place before that, no critic in the North American film world wants to miss out on this unique film, whether it's good or bad.
Of course, Roger Albert wants to watch it, Ye Wei's first two movies he gave a full score of four stars, but it doesn't mean that there will be extra points this time. Albert sat down in the front row of the screening with a cold face, putting himself in the most normal state of mind, forgetting Ye Wei's age, forgetting things other than the movie, and watching the movie first.
The film critics around him were also quiet, mixed with anticipation, excitement, wanting to be calm, and intending to be critical, almost oppressive, with Richard Roope, The Hollywood Reporter's Duane Byrne, USA Today's Claudia Pugh, The New York Times' Manora Daggis......
Everyone is like a dormant bloodthirsty beast that strikes out and tears it to shreds whenever they see something bad about LMS.
Not everyone has any ordinary heart, most people can finally watch this star-studded genius film, since it is so promoted, don't be afraid of other people's high requirements!
Moreover, VIY is not a newcomer, only half a newcomer. Prodigy kid, I hope you don't disappoint!
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November 11th Veterans Day is the release day of LMS, on this day there are 4 movies released on a large scale, 3223 theaters "Jumanji's Game 2", 3116 "Little Sunshine Beauty", 2443 "Jedi Dragon", 1652 "Money Don't Die", and "Pride and Prejudice" in 215 theaters on a small scale.
Someone wants to watch Kristen Stewart, someone wants to watch Jennifer Aniston, someone wants to watch Keira Knightley......
There are also people who want to look at Hanks and Roberts, and want to support Ye Wei. People who have been waiting for a long time and have booked their tickets will choose LMS.
VIY fans in various cities have come out like a surging tide.
In the evening, in Columbia City, the Kelsey-Zhou family of five went to the theater to watch, as Ye Wei's fan family, today is really a happy harvest festival.
"We want 5 tickets, LMS, thank you. β
"Please give me two LMS tickets. β
Ticket sellers everywhere can hear this, and among the ticket buyers, there are families, couples, friends, and individuals...... Adults, teenagers, all kinds of viewers.
In Toronto, Hailei and a group of friends happily went to see it, Nina watched the premiere, they watched the public screening, and it was the same movie.
In Los Angeles, a young girl watched Ye Wei's movie for the first time, and she admitted that she was attracted by the publicity, so she saw what a genius she was.
In Paradise, Utah, Mody comes alone to the town's movie theater to watch LMS.
She is a farm girl and has no money to buy collector's DVDs and other fan things, but she is a fan of Ye Wei. She loved his deeds, his films. Whenever she is at a loss because she is trapped in a mediocre and dull life of being bullied, thinking about Ye Wei, she has a hazy hope.
Mo Di bought a ticket and entered the theater, and the theater that can seat more than 100 people has already sat more than half of the audience, she found a back edge seat with no one around, and sat down, looking at the big screen.
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At the Hollywood Chinese Theater, the applause of the audience stopped, and Ye Wei walked to the stage and stood still.
"Ladies and gentlemen, hello everyone. Ye Wei looked at the audience of more than 900 guests, family members, friends, and sincere smiling faces, these people are undoubtedly praying for his success and supporting him all the way, colleagues, fans......
The mood was indescribable, and he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "In the past two years, my life has undergone tremendous changes, some good and some bad, and then. β
He took two steps, and the waves churned more and more in his heart, "This film is a comedy film about family, how we think about success and failure, public and private. I was born into a middle-class family...... I really don't know what I'm going to say, I'm so excited, I shouldn't be so confident, I should have prepared the speech. β
The audience burst into laughter, but those who knew him well were not worried, VIY needed a speech?
Ye Wei couldn't stop rummaging through the inner pocket of his suit jacket, and could only take out a piece of colored candy paper and look at it, "Now I only have candy paper, stolen from my sister's Halloween candy bag, I really hate myself." β
The roar of laughter continued to resound through the theater, and Duoduo, who was sitting in the front row of the audience, exclaimed: "It's really you, brother!" She was covered by Nina next to her, and Gu Qiao, who was about to give her parental guidance on the other side, smiled and comforted, and the half-full candy bag was placed at Duoduo's feet.
"I mean really. Ye Wei smiled, "I can't express my current mood and thoughts in a few minutes, fortunately, the upcoming 107 minutes will say a lot." Those 107 minutes are mine, and a lot of people. β
"I have to talk about my family, my family was in a similar state to the Hoover family in the film, and it was on the verge of collapse. Two years ago, my family participated in the Black Friday flash sale, which can only be described as crazy. From the very beginning, I learned that life will always give us a lot of difficult times when we have no choice, and whenever it comes to those times, we need courage and determination even more. In the film, the Hoover family will encounter these moments one by one, and they will make decisions one by one. β
The theater was very quiet, only Ye Wei's words were echoing, and there were occasional applause from some sneaking guests.
"And, of course, about chasing dreams, this bastard has cheated us all miserably. β
Before he finished speaking, the audience was already laughing again, but his face was full of seriousness, and he continued: "I have a friend who once made a great analogy, he said that chasing dreams is like pole vaulting, whether you can jump over or not, you will eventually fall, but if you dare to jump, you have already surpassed the ordinary, and you have already flyed. β
He's her! It's me! Lily smiled and couldn't express her feelings, did you remember wrong?
Instead of sitting in the front row with her father, she sat in the middle of the Dream Chaser Alliance, and Trist next to her whispered, "You're right." She was silenced, "Don't say it." β
Many people vaguely remember that this seems to be what Lily said?
Here in the front row, Nina gives a thumbs up, this is a good metaphor!
Ye Wei on the stage said again: "And I want to add one point, chasing the sphlegm and restoring the pepper and the sphlegm of the eyes of the roasting and belching (10) (12) (11) Chu Hui abused the word sword and the leech Yi Qiao R remnants of the umbrella R remnants of the Yi cavity are enough to fall to the ground, and then, set off again. But none of us haven't flown anymore!"
Ye Wei raised his hand with a smile: "Thank you, thank you! I know you want me to get out of here and watch the movie quickly, so what am I doing standing here? Let's enjoy the movie!"
The laughter erupted, and the thunderous applause was immediately deafening, and the atmosphere in the theater was moving, thinking, and having the joy of black humor, and they were all ready to watch the story.
Ye Wei handed over the microphone to the staff, walked off the stage and sat back in the middle of the front row, to the left of Nina, family and Toto were around, and everyone was laughing.
The theater sounded a sound that prompted you to be quiet, and then the big screen in front of me began to have images!
At this moment, the eyes of the 932 audience lit up and opened!
Elegant music starts, the opening credits of DreamWorks appear, in the night sky, a child sits on a crooked moon fishing, the crescent moon is ready-made D, the camera moves to the left, and the drifting clouds cover the background, when the clouds pass, DREAMWORKS-SKG
Then comes Pretwin's opening credits, where an oval with PLAYβTONE written in black letters on a yellow background swayed and stabilized in a burst of electronic music.
In the blue sky, on the hillside grass, a classic white paper airplane flies from near to far, the camera zooms in and pans gently, only to see the wings of the paper airplane written: CHASE-DREAM-LEAGUE-FILMS
At this moment, every member of the Dream Chasing Alliance was excited, and his young face turned red. Lily covered her trembling mouth with her hands, remembering something......
With a brisk electronic-style soundtrack, feature film is projected on the big screen, and Oliver, a chubby little girl, watches the Miss America awards video at home, mimicking the champion's demeanor and demeanor in a clumsy manner.
"There are two kinds of people in the world, winners and losers. β
In the midst of the music, the opening scenes are reflected one after another, the Hoover family of six appears one after another, Richard, who talks about the rules of success in the classroom but only has a few listeners, the weird boy Dewyne who trains hard in the bedroom, the grandfather who takes drugs in the bathroom, the desperate housewife Cheryl who drives to the hospital to pick up her brother, and the soulless Frank who attempts suicide.
At this moment, Ye Wei choked without warning, his face was tense, and his eyes were unblinking. Nina gently shook his hand, silently speaking of tenderness.
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On the screens of film critics' screenings, on the screens of 3,116 theaters.
"Little Sunshine Beauty", screening!
In the first few minutes, the audience had already chuckled several times.
And film critics, including Roger Albert, have been surprised!