Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 111 Fan Binbin's Figure
Don’t ever think that a premiere is the same as a movie release; these are two different things.

Generally speaking, movies are not shown at the premiere, only some clips are played. It is just a means of promoting the movie. Media and celebrities will be invited and many interactive sessions will be arranged. The purpose is just to hype up the topic of the movie in advance.

The general process is that movie clips are played, the director, actors and other main creative team go on stage to answer questions, and then the guests say something about their expectations for the movie, and everyone praises it together.

Rather than a publicity event, it was more like a party for filmmakers and the media, where everyone was talking and laughing, making a lot of noise, and promoting the movie at the same time.

Of course, there were also some more unconventional ones. For example, the premiere of "2046" played the movie, and they even created the gimmick of 20:46 and the highest box office 2046.

A very exaggerated batch.

Even more exaggerated is "House of Flying Daggers". Zhang Weiping is indeed a capable person. He actually turned the premiere into a compilation concert.

The cost of the premiere alone reached 2000 million, which is indeed a huge amount of money.

The venue chosen by Dong Jianqiang was the Beijing Exhibition Center.

The reason for choosing this place is that it is the designated venue for the premiere ceremony by the movie channel. The movie premiere will be broadcast by the movie channel, which is a form of publicity in itself, not to mention that they will also pay a sum of money.

Therefore, most movies will choose to hold their premiere at the Beijing Exhibition Center.

Of course, people like Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige are excluded. They have no shortage of investment and they also have the broadcasting fees.

Zhang Chen, Dong Jianqiang and his team arrived at the Beijing Exhibition Center in advance. The premiere was not an award ceremony and there was no red carpet walk, but as the organizer, they needed to greet the guests at the door.

Dong Jian has rich experience in this area, and Zhang Chen just needs to follow him.

He had looked at the invitation list, and at first he was a little worried that there wouldn't be enough people coming and it would seem a little empty.

But when he arrived at the scene he realized he had overthought.

The first to arrive at the scene were Guangguang's group, with Wang Changtian and Zhang Zhao also present.

"Welcome, welcome~" As friends who have already cooperated once, both parties are already very familiar with each other, not to mention that Dong Jianqiang himself came from Guangguang.

"Please come in, Mr. Wang. Please come in, Mr. Zhang..."

Zhang Chen greeted him warmly, shook his hand and talked, but before he could say two words, the new guest arrived.

With half an hour left before the opening, guests began to enter the venue one after another.

"Mr. Wang..."

Zhang Chen saw Wang Zhonglei and then opened his mouth in surprise.

"Director Feng, Teacher Chen Daoming, Teacher Ge You..."

He really didn't expect these people to show up. He thought that Wang Zhonglei would at most bring a few female stars with him, but he didn't expect that Feng Xiaogang, Chen Daoming, and Ge You would also come.

"Thank you all teachers for your support..."

Zhang Chen couldn't even say polite words.

Wang Zhonglei shook hands with Dong Jianqiang, and the three people behind him shook hands with Zhang Chen in turn.

Feng Xiaogang said cheerfully: "Director Zhang, we are here to read your masterpiece..."

"Director Feng, please stop joking with me. I'll ask the teachers to correct me later."

How dare Zhang Chen put on airs in front of Feng Xiaogang?

He is a senior, and he has truly climbed up from the bottom on his own, so his works are so down-to-earth.

Even though this guy criticizes this and that every day, Zhang Chen has no ill will towards him, as he is just promoting the movie.

"Haha, I don't deserve your criticism. I came here specifically to thank you for your righteous words a few days ago."

After hearing what Feng Xiaogang said, Zhang Chen finally realized that it was because of this incident that Feng Xiaogang came to repay a favor.

"Director Feng, you're too polite. It's all right. The world has suffered from those reporters for a long time."

"Haha, Director Feng is also a wonderful person. Okay, there are guests coming. Let's go in first. You greet the guests and we'll talk later."

Feng Xiaogang is known as the Little Cannon, and he always has a bad temper, but at this moment he seems to be smiling.

Wang Jinghua, Chang Jihong and Li Xiaowan arrived one after another, bringing not only themselves but also their artists. Zhang Chen saw Yang Xiaomi and Wang Luodan in the crowd.

"I finally got to meet Director Zhang. I've only heard of him for a long time, but this time I finally got to see him in person."

The person who spoke was Jiang Wenli. Zhang Chen also hurriedly greeted her: "Sister Wenli, you are famous for a long time, the first Grand Slam in the country..."

Winning the three major awards is Jiang Wenli's pride, so of course Zhang Chen only said nice things about it.

Jiang Wenli really enjoyed listening to it, and the group chatted for a while until Han Sanping appeared.

China Film’s current status in the industry has not yet reached the level of later generations, but it has already begun to show its potential.

The main thing is that it owns both cinema chains and the rights to introduce imported films.

If you offend him, the theater chain will not schedule your film, and will instead schedule a Hollywood blockbuster to compete with you during the same period. Do you think it would be uncomfortable?
The premiere begins

The host was Jingwei. After a series of opening remarks, the movie began to show.

The premiere of "The Shallows" was different from other movie premieres in that the entire film was shown.

This is also a manifestation of self-confidence.

Zhang Chen wants "The Shallows" to gain word-of-mouth in the shortest possible time, and the premiere is the best opportunity.

The movie opens in flashback, with the little boy finding a helmet with a camera on it on the beach.

Click the camera and a huge shark appears on the big screen.

As soon as the show started, the audience was startled by this sudden scene.

Feng Xiaogang suddenly became interested: "Interesting!"

The others were all veteran filmmakers, and they could tell at a glance that Zhang Chen was using a complete Hollywood approach.

This is the pattern used in all Hollywood movies. There must be a small climax within the first 10 minutes, the purpose of which is to attract the audience.

This is obviously the intention of Zhang Chen’s shark shot.

People immediately felt a sense of anticipation.

"The angle is really clever~" Some people focused on different things and were surprised that Zhang Chen used a camera to indirectly explain the existence of sharks.

Then he remembered that a similar scene seemed to appear in "The Darkness". It seems that Zhang Chen likes to do this. Perhaps the camera is to Zhang Chen like the dove of peace to John Woo.

After the thriller, the picture style suddenly changed, the color tone became warm, and the music became very cheerful.

The heroine played by Fan Binbin came to the beach, took off her coat, stretched her body, and revealed a good figure that was not in line with her age.

The background music just started playing.

The camera almost stuck to Fan Binbin's face as it passed over her beautiful figure, presenting a youthful and beautiful body to the public.

The tight surfing suit is half open and half closed. Although it partially covers the chest, it adds a bit of charm.

"This slutty fox~"

In the audience, Li Binbin gritted her teeth as she watched Fan Xiaopang in the movie. Her agent Li Xue, who was standing next to her, quickly grabbed her hand and reminded her in a low voice: "Sister, speak softly, there are other people around."

Teacher Ge You, on the other hand, was watching with great interest. When did Xiao Fan become so beautiful?

On the other side, Jiang Wenli had already heard the sound of the male guest next to her secretly swallowing his saliva.

Chang Jihong beside him quietly reminded him: "Look, Director Zhang Chen is very good at discovering the beauty of women. The same Fan Binbin is portrayed in completely different ways in Feng Xiaogang's and Zhang Chen's films."

Jiang Wenli deeply agrees with this.

Her husband Gu Changwei is a director and was also Zhang Yimou's exclusive photographer, so she understands these directorial techniques better than most people.

Zhang Chen's method was completely different from the fifth generation she was familiar with.

The fifth generation, such as Zhang Yimou, is a master in playing with colors.

Any frame of a movie can be used as a computer wallpaper.

But Zhang Chen is obviously different, he is better at portraying characters.

Of course, some people disagreed: "This is a crooked way!"

The one who was complaining was Lu Chuan. He sneaked in just to see how Zhang Chen's "The Shallows" was doing. After all, Zhang Chen had previously complained about the box office of "Kekexili".

The reactions of the audience in the back row were more genuine.

"Oh my god, Fan Binbin is so beautiful!"

This is the real feeling of ordinary audiences.

Tickets for the premiere are also sold openly to the public, otherwise how could word of mouth be built? However, the tickets are very few, and most of them are given as favors to people with various connections.

Those who can grab tickets are all lucky.

Li Chao is one of the lucky ones.

A few months ago, when he was watching a movie with his girlfriend, he accidentally took a photo of Fan Binbin watching a movie with his mobile phone. Since then, he has formed an indissoluble bond with Fan and Zhang.

Unexpectedly, a few months later, he was lucky enough to buy tickets for the premiere of "The Shallows" and met Fan Binbin up close.

gorgeous!

This is also the voice of most ordinary people.

They couldn't tell that the picture at this time had been specially processed. The picture contained a three-minute close-up of Fan Binbin from all angles. Whether it was the shooting angle, lighting, character expression, or skin luster, it was all perfect.

Any frame can be used as a computer desktop.

When shooting, Zhang Chen treated it as a sexy photo album, so every frame is flawless.

"How does she manage to be thin where she should be thin, and big where she should be big?"

Yang Xiaomi and Wang Luodan, the good sisters, saw such confusion in each other's eyes. Now they are still at the stage where they can't afford A. Facing this kind of scene, they can't help but feel a little inferior.

Yang Xiaomi looked down at herself, then at Wang Luodan next door, praying that she could one day become Da Mi Mi.

"It's so beautiful. The music and the images make me feel like I'm watching an underwear commercial!"

Hearing the whispers coming from the side, Fan Binbin actually felt a little embarrassed.

Taking pictures is one thing, watching is another, not to mention that there are people you know sitting around you.

"Your lens..."

Fan Binbin couldn't help but blame Zhang Chen.

"What, doesn't it look good?"

"It's beautiful, but it's too..."

"It's good-looking, just smile secretly. How many female stars can leave such beautiful images in the movie? Watching it again decades later, this is your youth."

Zhang Chen also just heard the sounds of people swallowing their saliva around him. In his opinion, these scenes of Fan Binbin are comparable to the signature moves of the four goddesses.

Qingxia, who was praised to the sky in later generations, drank wine, Athena Chu was eye-catching, Joey Wong was dressing, and Maggie Cheung looked back.

You can also add one more, Binbin changes clothes~
Hearing the compliment, Fan Binbin's face lit up with joy, but then he felt a pair of eyes looking at him. It was Wang Zhonglei.

Feeling the meaning in that look, Fan Binbin quickly looked away.

The good times didn’t last long. The sky gradually darkened and sensitive people realized that something unexpected might happen.

Sure enough, when the protagonist was surfing, a black figure suddenly appeared in the wave wall behind him.

Anyone could see that it was a shark.

Next, before anyone could react, the shark attacked the protagonist.

The first climax occurred.

Zhang Chen can clearly feel the emotions of the people around him. It is a wonderful feeling that makes the director intoxicated.

At that moment, he seemed to control everyone.

(End of this chapter)