There are many friends in Fanglong's circle, and the people are also very pompous, coupled with Xu Ning's high popularity, so the screening ceremony was held very grandly.

The theater chosen for this one started eight days ago and has been renovated inside and out to look like "New Police Story".

On the giant billboard outside the mall, there is also a propaganda poster of "New Police Story" dozens of meters long.

On the poster,

Fang Long's face was bloodstained, with a gun in both hands, Xu Ning was wearing a black suit and white shirt, with a bloody mark on his face, a cynical second-generation image.

Many citizens and tourists who come to Sanlitun to shop can't help but stop and watch this giant poster when they see it.

Especially women,

As soon as they looked over, they were attracted to Xu Ning, and many women took three or four seconds before they looked away to see what kind of poster it was.

When they found out that this was a movie promotional poster starring Xu Ning and Fang Long, they already had a trace of impulse to watch it.

Not for anything else,

Just to be able to see Xu Ning!

Because, girls eat the appearance of handsome guys.

In fact, if you look at the ancient puppet dramas and fairy tale dramas in later generations, you can see that basically girls are watching them.

Don't look at the costumes of these dramas, the half-length plays, and the special effects of attacking five cents, but the actors are all handsome guys.

Because the target audience of these dramas is women, it will ignore the feelings of men a bit.

Led to 'partial' male netizen comments: What garbage TV series...... It's far less beautiful than the martial arts dramas of 20 years ago.

Ordinary men may not understand how lethal handsome is to girls, but readers who love to read online articles do, because everyone is handsome.

When men look at beautiful women, most of them are addicted to a few glances...... I won't do anything else, but girls are different.

Many girls see handsome guys on the street, and they can think of the names of their children in the future, and they will excitedly take out their mobile phones to share with their girlfriends.

Fang Long has been in the industry for so many years and knows this very well, so he regards Xu Ning as the biggest selling point of this movie.

At this point,

In the screening room,

There were hundreds of insiders seated.

In addition to major media and film critics, there are also many friends in the Beijing circle invited by Fang Long and Xu Ning to help.

Such as Han Sanping, Feng Xiaogang, Zhang Guoli, Ge You, Jiang Wen, Li Bing'er, Zhang Jizhong, Yu Zhengxiang, Wei Yongan...... and Zhao Benshan, who has been on a business trip in the capital these days.

Before entering, I saw the uncle who I hadn't seen for a long time, and the two hugged warmly and greeted each other for a long time.

After entering the screening room, the creator of "New Police" greeted the guests, introduced the movie, and everyone sat down.

Zhao Benshan had already reserved a place for Xu Ning, and he walked to the side of Benshan and sat down when he got off the stage.

Uncle Benshirt has confirmed that he will go to the Spring Festival Gala again this year, and will continue to perform sketches with Gao Xiumin and Fan Wei.

But the specific play has not yet been determined, and the screenwriter is writing the script non-stop.

After sitting down, the guests in the venue took advantage of the movie to find someone to chat before the screening, and Xu Ning also chatted with Zhao Benshan.

"I've got the news that you will also go to the Spring Festival Gala this year, and then our uncle and nephew will be on the same stage again."

"Haha, I'll bring some beer to see you then, and I'll drink some more with Uncle Zhao." Xu Ning said with a smile.

"You kid, the screening will be over in a while, and I'll drink it again at the hotel, I want to see if you've been drinking for a long time in the past two years."

"The amount of alcohol is still the same, but I must accompany Uncle Zhao to drink well tonight, and I have to drink if I can't drink it......"

As soon as the two finished talking, the movie began to play, and the screening room was darkened, and everyone watched it quietly and tacitly.

The first scene of the movie, in the form of flashbacks, records the protagonist Leslie Chan played by Fang Long, who lost his soul after failing the mission.

subsequently

A young man played by Nicholas Tse appeared because he was helped by Leslie Chan and admired the police since he was a child.

Seeing Chen Guorong who was drunk in the mud, he thought of the case a year ago, and decided to pretend to be a police officer sent by his superiors to assist Chen Guorong in handling that criminal case.

Then the picture turned, and the time was set to a year ago, and Fang Long handsomely solved a hijacking case.

The solution of this crisis is very characteristic of Fang Long's previous action movies, gritting teeth, climbing over railings, and finally a sewer explosion.

After seeing this,

Many people in the movie theater applauded, and Feng Xiaogang and Fang Long exchanged heads and discussed.

The shooting and editing techniques in the first few minutes are really good, and they show the production level very well.

Film critics and media people in the back row, while looking at the timer, quickly recorded key information in their notebooks.

The film goes on for 8 minutes and 50 seconds.

Xu Ning's Azu appeared, and in the picture, Azu took a group of ghostly teenagers and sat on the top floor of the bank building.

The camera swept in front of Xu Ning, photographed the others one by one, and then froze on Azu.

It was the first time for many film critics to see Xu Ning on the big screen, and when they saw that ruffian face, they were all fascinated.

"This Xu Ning's acting skills are amazing, just one expression and one look, he brought the character of Azu to life."

A male film critic in his 40s whispered to a female colleague in his 30s next to him, and the female colleague nodded:

"Indeed, I exchanged a few words with Xu Ning just now, he is really handsome in reality, but he does not have the cynical attitude in the movie."

The film critic in his 40s continued: "This is acting, look at the young actors nowadays, I dare say that none of them have good acting skills. ”

"Indeed, otherwise it would not have been possible to become popular so quickly, at that time he played Broken Waves in the TV series "Fengyun", and his acting skills were still a little immature, but now he is very mature."

Such a discussion accompanies the whole movie, and until the end of the film, there are filmmakers and media people discussing Xu Ning's acting skills.

It didn't take long for

The film is in the 30th minute.

The protagonist Chen Guorong knelt on the ground and begged for mercy to save his teammates, but his teammates still died at the hands of Azu.

After Chen Guorong transported the body of his teammate out, the abandoned factory behind him exploded violently.

This one shot alone cost millions of Hong Kong dollars, so Fang Long's movie is very expensive.

After escaping,

Chen Guorong fell to his knees helplessly and cried.

The scenes of the past few minutes just now are difficult to see in previous Fang Long movies, and there is a big gap between him and his tough guy image.

Everyone in the screening hall was surprised when they saw this scene, especially Han Sanping, Feng Xiaogang and others.

This is not Fang Long in their impression, the movies he made in the past were all violent villains all the way.

It's like this time, being beaten by the villain!

A film critic wrote down a line in his notebook: "Fang Long's new film has changed his previous style and compromised with the villain, can he still be moved at the age of 50?" ”

A media person wrote four words: "Seeking transformation" and put a big question mark on the end.

In 1985, when 31-year-old Fang Long was filming "Police Story 1", he could not wear any safety equipment, only grabbed a pole with a voltage of 220V, and dared to jump directly from the fifth floor of the mall to the first floor.

And today, 19 years later, 50-year-old Fang Long knelt down to the villain in the movie and begged for mercy, which is unimaginable for many people.

So many film critics present felt that the reviews of this movie would definitely be polarized after its release.

Some of Fang Long's die-hard fans will scold garbage movies, and some will come out to refute them, thinking that the characters are more plump.

These are two irreconcilable points of view, and everyone present, including Fang Long and Xu Ning, has expected this.

But in the screening room, several professional film critics also wrote in the article:

Xu Ning's appearance may greatly weaken this opposition, because his aura and number of fans are enough to offset the bad comments on Fang Long.

This sentence is very true,

The reaction of all parties in the film is the same, even if some people are scolding Fang Long for changing his style, more female fans have thrown them away.

these

It's all the credit of Xu Ning's fans!

The power of female fans is too strong, this is still an era without Weibo, if there is Weibo, it will be even more powerful.

During the two-hour show, only three people went to the bathroom, and everyone else was watching the movie seriously.

I have to say that Fang Long's face is big, and the people present did not go in and out, presumably most of them gave Fang Long face.

Xu Ning should still have a few years to go if he wants to reach this status, but he is not in a hurry, after all, he is 26 years younger than Fang Long.

It wasn't until five o'clock in the afternoon that the screening of "New Police Story" ended, and at the end of the day, everyone in the hall stood up.

They applauded and congratulated Fang Long and Xu Ning, and the main creators of "New Police" then took the stage together to thank everyone again.

"Thank you, thank you for watching this movie, and I would like to say thank you to all the friends who were there." Fang Long said very happily.

In his previous life, when this movie hit the street, I didn't know what Fang Long thought......

At that time, he continued to hit the streets in Hollywood, and when he returned to Xiangjiang and hit the streets again, he should be sad!

This time, it is not clear whether it will hit the streets, but the box office will definitely be much higher than in the previous life.

After all, Wu Yanzu at that time was still a little transparent in the mainland, and he couldn't compare with the current Xu Ning.

And

This time, the plot of "New Police" has also changed from the previous life, many scenes have been optimized, and with the traffic brought by Xu Ning, there should be a good box office.

At least it won't be too ugly.

Generally speaking, the box office of movies released during the Spring Festival must exceed 4 times the investment to pay off.

In the movies released in normal times, the box office must exceed the cost by more than 3 times to ensure that there is no loss.

Then, "New Police Story", which will be released in September, will have a box office of at least 300 million...... Only then will the investor recoup the cost.

"Kung Fu", which will be released at the end of this year, has a total box office of 234 million in the mainland and Hong Kong, and it should be impossible for "New Police Story" to reach this level.

I just hope that the more the better.

……

Inside the hall.

Fang Long and Xu Ning finished their speeches one by one, and then it was Zhao Benshan, Han Sanping and others to speak.

Two professional film critics also made a few minutes of speeches, and after the speeches, the following is the favorite media interview session.

Xu Ning naturally became the target of media interviews.

When asked about his expectations for the box office, he told the expectations he had discussed with Fang Long and Emperor Company:

"We hope that the box office can exceed 100 million, of course, the more the better, because everyone knows the investment in "New Police...... A lot indeed. ”

……

After the screening,

Everyone drove to a nearby hotel for dinner, but for many people, this was the highlight of the evening.

There were many more people coming to the dinner than during the afternoon screening, and everyone mingled and mingled with each other at the banquet.

This kind of banquet in the circle is basically used as a social platform, where everyone gets closer and exchanges resources.

At the banquet, Xu Ning took the initiative to clink glasses with people he knew, and was also pulled by many unknown insiders to drink.

He basically didn't refuse anyone to come.

After a meal, he received more than 20 business cards, some asked him for investment, some asked him to act, and some asked him to endorse.

Late that night, the premiere of "New Police Story" made headlines in major entertainment media.

On websites such as Film Review Network, Tianya, Tiger Pounce, etc., many big Vs have released film reviews about "New Police".

The movie reviews on many websites have already had hundreds of replies in just one hour, and many of them have replied: I want to see it.

And in the post bar,

Zhao Liying was preparing to post.

Not long ago, she saw a movie review on the Tianya forum, and she thought it was very well written, so she wanted to forward it to the post bar.

Before posting, she was going to forward the copied movie reviews to the bar group of [Xu Ning Bar], so that everyone could have a sneak peek.

Today's two more 7100 words, begging the bigwigs to count the votes!

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