When "Thai Embarrassment" was in full swing, film directors across the country who seized the Lunar New Year file organized a meeting of the publicity and distribution department to study how to deal with it. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info Early in the morning of January 2, Cao Ping followed the eighth master to the hotel conference room, and the other main creators were already in place.

Entering the room, Cao Ping closed the door, and Brother Yang from the Propaganda Department had already connected the projector. After all the personnel were in place, Director Wang said: "I called everyone over today, mainly to emphasize the release of the movie again." The film screening is tentatively scheduled to be held in Ziguang Cinema, Chaoyang District, from January 4th to January 7th, mainly to investigate the audience's response, and the official release will be placed on January 8th. During this time, "Thai Embarrassment" was so popular, and there was a lot of discussion in the circle. ”

Looking at the information in his hand, Director Wang said: "I have a data in my hand, in 2012, the number of movie screens in the country has exceeded 13,000, and the number of screens currently obtained by "Thai Embarrassment" is conservatively estimated to be more than 4,000, and it is still improving, and the film scheduling rate has reached more than 80%, I know that it is very difficult for us to surpass him in this movie, after all, he has consumed part of the audience resources, but it is not impossible. We've put in so much effort and sacrifice, and now it's time for the market to put it to the test. ”

After a pause, Wong Kar-wai continued: "In addition to the story of the film itself, publicity and distribution are also very important, especially the competition of commercial films. Wang Changtian's dare to let "Thai Embarrassment" be released early proves that he has great trust in their light distribution team. But our Yindu publicity and distribution department is no worse than them, and Li Dong and I will talk to the theater about the film scheduling, and please do the rest of the publicity work. In the end, if you work hard for more than a month, success or failure depends on this move. ”

Everyone responded to the agreement, making movies is nothing more than these things, selecting people to start filming, cutting into films after filming, finding channels for distribution, publicity, after so many years, everyone is familiar with it, after all, this is also part of their work. Wang Dao nodded at Minister Yang to start.

Walking to the projection cloth and clearing his throat, Brother Yang opened the slide and said, "Time is tight, so I simply made a PPT, mainly to report the itinerary to everyone." The release time is 0:00 a.m. on January 8, 8 a.m., and the online premiere of the joint live broadcast with Tencent will be attended by the four of us leading actors. At the same time, the premiere press conference was ......attended by Wong Kar-wai, Wang Qingxiang, Shang Tielong, Zhang Jin, Xiao Shenyang, and Cao Ping.

Cao Ping was shocked when he heard his name read, and carefully noted down the publicity activities that he needed to participate in, and the publicity work on the TV side was carried out by several leading actors, and all he could participate in were interviews with Sina.com, Sohu.com, Tencent News and other online and print media.

Brother Yang talked about the date of the event on it, and everyone else was holding a notebook or taking pictures with a mobile phone camera, but Cao Ping listened carefully and already remembered it in his heart.

After the meeting ended, everyone began to rush to the propaganda front, and Cao Ping also hurriedly walked out.

"Cao Ping, you wait for me for a while!" Xiao Shenyang followed from behind, and drank a few drinks in the northeast, and Cao Ping, Xiao Shenyang, Song Xiaobao and several others also became familiar with each other.

Xiao Shenyang ran over, frowned, and said to Cao Ping: "Where are you staying? I'll go over with you! I'll come alone."

"You didn't bring an assistant?" Cao Ping asked suspiciously.

Habitually sticking his head, Xiao Shenyang said: "Bring it! Isn't it that I wonder if the two of us are basically together in the publicity activities, just to have a companion." ”

Cao Ping was noncommittal: "That's okay, let's go! It just so happens that I'm alone." ”

Xiao Shenyang whispered to Cao Ping as he walked: "Hey, I don't think the director has much confidence!"

"What confidence?" Cao Ping asked.

"Confidence in the box office of the movie!" Xiao Shenyang said: "In the current situation of "Thai Embarrassment", a proper phenomenal movie, all the resources are inclined to it, and grabbing meat to eat with it is not just trying to survive in the cracks?"

Cao Ping shook his head and said with a smile: "Hey, why are you worrying about that? This is the director's job, let's just do what we should do." With that, he took Xiao Shenyang back to the hotel.

Before the official release, Xiao Shenyang and Cao Ping basically had no activities, and the two were idle, so they went to Ziguang Cinema to watch the movie.

"Shen He, hurry up!" Cao Ping shouted backwards.

"Be quiet! We're sneaking here, don't let the media find out!" Xiao Shenyang covered a big mask, wore sunglasses, and followed behind Cao Ping with a thief's eyebrows.

Cao Ping said with a smile: "How can there be a reporter on this street, besides, people know that your name is Xiao Shenyang, who knows your real name." ”

Xiao Shenyang looked left and right and said, "That can't work! You don't know how hot I am now, do you believe that I took off my mask, and immediately a group of little girls came over and hugged me for an autograph?"

"Look at you! Pick one and I'll take a look!" Cao Ping's Northeast dialect was learned from TV, not very authentic.

"Don't make trouble!" Xiao Shenyang put his arms around Cao Ping's neck and pushed him towards the Blue Island Building.

The tickets for the two of them were asked to come to the little girl in the publicity and distribution department, and Xiao Shenyang also specially asked for the tickets in the back row, for fear of being recognized by the audience.

After checking in the theater, the two sat in the back row, and the theater was already full of people, some of these people were media reporters, some were film critics, and there were fans of Director Wang who learned the news in advance and came to watch it in advance. Xiao Shenyang was wearing a pair of sunglasses, sitting in his position and looking left and right, Cao Ping couldn't help but say to Xiao Shenyang: "Take off your sunglasses quickly! This black light is blinding, you are even more noticeable." Xiao Shenyang was not happy, shrunk back, and had to wait until the lights in the theater dimmed before he took off his sunglasses.

After a period of advertisements and viewing instructions, in the familiar opening music, a golden film turned into a golden dragon, and the theater quickly fell silent. As soon as the public screening license of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television came out, it represented the official start of the movie.

Cao Ping was very excited, this was the first time he saw the picture, and before that, everyone in the crew didn't know what story the movie was telling.

In an instant, the picture becomes a scene like a mural, and the mottled wall skin reveals a strong sense of historical heaviness, which is taken in a temple in the northeast, and it is also the place where Mr. Gong Er prays in the movie.

At the beginning of the movie, it was a fight scene on a rainy night, Cao Ping was very familiar with this scene, when he just passed, this scene had been filmed for a month, Tony Leung stayed up for 30 all-nighters because of this scene, and was hospitalized for five days because of a lung infection. At the end of the filming, he had already told Director Wang to spare him, but he was still ruthlessly suppressed by Director Wang, it can be said that this scene is Tony Leung's nightmare.

Looking at the familiar actions in the movie, Cao Ping was in a trance, and he also participated in improving several actions in this fight, but he didn't expect that in the presentation of the movie, all the fight scenes plus the effect of rain would be so amazing under the high-speed camera. There was an exclamation in the theater, cinema is the art of light and shadow, and Wong Kar-wai has undoubtedly taken this art to the extreme.

After the rainy night fight scene, the title of the generation of grandmasters appeared, and the story officially began.

"I am from Foshan, Nanhai, Guangdong......" In the picture, Tony Leung's dubbing voice sounded, because of the relationship between Mandarin, Tony Leung's movies were dubbed when they were released in the mainland. Because he only takes the end, it is very difficult to swing, Cao Ping remembers that Tony Leung specially practiced upper body strength training for two weeks to complete this movement. But then the shot of the long stick and pestle nailing penetrating the top pillar was completed by Cao Pingshang as a stand-in. Therefore, the film was edited using a montage technique.

Cao Ping sat next to two young girls, like fans of Director Wang, whispering about the stars in the movie from time to time. With the development of the plot, he soon went to the south of Gong Baotian to retire, and found a southern boxer to help, and the southern master was defeated, so he asked Ip Man to make a move, so as to close the hall and pave the way for Ip Man.

Seeing this, Cao Ping couldn't help but have a smile on his face, this is the action design he participated in the whole process, showing the characteristics of gossip, Xingyi, Hong boxing, praying mantis boxing and other kung fu, after a fight, the scene was quiet, I don't know what the audience's reaction was, Cao Ping couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive in his heart, but soon, Cao Ping's mind was attracted by the story.

As the plot unfolds step by step, a vast Republic of China martial arts is displayed in front of the audience, there is inheritance like a continuous lamp, some people die like a lamp goes out, flowers are scattered like dust, there are advances, there are giving way, there are heroes bowing down, and there are more rivalries. There are sixty-four hands that swept the world and finally broke off the inheritance, and there is Wing Chun who tossed and turned, and took root everywhere. There are servants who are loyal to the Lord, there are people who keep their promises all their lives, there are heroes who betray the country and join the enemy, and there are brothers and sisters who are greedy for life and afraid of death. This is the martial arts that really exists in history, and this is the real rivers and lakes.

Although there are more than two hours, the story in the movie is just a glimpse, and there are many characters that Wong Kar-wai has not finished explaining, and the scenes of several leading actors have been deleted countless times, but a proud, cold, and stubborn Mr. Gong Er still brought great shock to Cao Ping.

The lights came on, Cao Ping was still immersed in the rivers and lakes in that dream, and he couldn't extricate himself for a long time, it was a fascinating era, and it was a heart-wrenching feeling.

Shen He put on his sunglasses again, waited for the people around him to go out first, and said while clubbing Cao Ping, "How am I acting?"

Cao Ping came back to his senses and replied vaguely: "It's okay." ”

Shen He automatically ignored Cao Ping's answer, and said to himself: "It's good, isn't it? I think it's good! I have a good grasp of the inner fluctuations of the characters! Crossing Erlang's legs, Shen He boasted to himself.

When the people were almost gone, Shen He pulled Cao Ping out and said, "Hurry up, I'm starving." ”