Chapter 155 Midnight Show and Easter Eggs (7K chapter, please subscribe~)

   Time flies, and July is coming as promised!

  The movie "Dragon and Tiger Fighting", which took 45 days to shoot and 15 days to post-production, will be officially screened at midnight today at Bifang Cinema, the leading theater of Shanhai Cinemas.

  In the current film industry where there is no such thing as a premiere ceremony, the midnight show is an important benchmark to test whether a movie is a hit.

  Although it’s called a midnight show, it’s actually not showing at midnight, but at half past eleven!

  The main audience at this point in time is definitely not the white-collar workers who have to go to work the next day, but the low-level people and young and Dangerous.

Although these people do not have a high level of education, they have read countless films and their judgments on commercial films are quite accurate. Moreover, these people are not "civilized" like those white-collar workers. Their feedback on movies is very direct. If it looks good, they will scold on the spot, throw things on the stage, and even the chairs in the theater will be smashed.

  So when encountering a super bad movie, the managers of each theater will ask each other how many chairs were smashed last night.

   It is precisely because of this that the boss of the film company and the main creator of the movie will come to watch the midnight show, and even after the movie is over, the main creator of the movie will go on stage to accept the audience's review.

  If the audience doesn't like your film, it will be miserable. They know that the main creator is present, and they will scold more vigorously. There are too many examples of this kind of shame.

Later, Wu Siyuan, a bigwig in the Xiangjiang film industry, said that he saw a few directors with his own eyes, and he sat there stupidly. so.

  Waiting for Wang Sunglasses' "Days of Being Wild" in 1990 was the same. The audience cursed and couldn't understand it. Investor Deng Guangrong almost died of anger on the spot after watching the midnight show, and was sent directly to the hospital for IV drip.

  Originally, a sequel to "Days of Being Wild" was going to be made, but because the audience's response was not good, the sequel was canceled. Due to the unsatisfactory box office, Deng Guangrong's film company "Shadow Master" also ended up closing down.

   It is precisely because of this that when Old Freak Xu made his debut, he dared not go to the midnight show. Once a few people carried him in, but he still broke free and ran out.

  Sit and wait in the restaurant next to the cinema, and ask after the peers have finished watching: How did the audience react? After making sure no one scolded him, he dared to sneak in to see it the next day.

  The same is true of Yuan Baye, who has worked with Mr. Xu many times. He is also afraid of being scolded.

   "Dragon Tiger Fight" is the first black-and-white movie, so Chu Huan naturally wanted to watch it, but Chu Huan was so thug, he didn't sit with Hong Jinbao and others at all, but chose a remote place.

   Sitting next to Chu Huan is naturally her confidante Cao Yunshang.

  As for Miao Kexiu, her injury has healed, and today she chose to sit with Hong Jinbao and others.

   "Why do I feel that Fatty Fang's body is shaking slightly?"

   At this time, the movie has not yet started, Cao Yunshang is sitting next to Chu Huan, but his gaze falls on Fang Jianhui, Hong Jinbao, Cheng Long and others who are sitting in the golden seats.

   "I guess it's because I'm afraid of being beaten!" Chu Huan said with a smile.

  Cao Yunshang pushed Chu Huan amusedly, and said: "It's not all because of you, scare them during the test."

  The movie "Dragon and Tiger Fighting" has already been tested in black and white video.

  How should I put it, before starting filming, Chu Huan told Hong Jinbao to let his brothers try kung fu comedy, but Li Xiaolong's action movies had too much influence.

  During the filming of Hong Jinbao, although he deliberately tried to move towards comedy, he subconsciously designed the action in a hard-headed and hard-horse style.

   There is still a big gap with their witty fighting in later generations.

   But if you want to say that the movie is not good-looking, it is not true. At least with the current level of appreciation, this is a movie above the pass line.

  But if you want to make this movie amazing, this is impossible.

  So after watching the screening, Fang Jianhui secretly approached Chu Huan to ask his opinion on the movie.

   "What do you think?" Chu Huan asked instead of answering Fang Jianhui immediately.

   "I think it's pretty good. Look at Cheng Long, Hong Jinbao and the others are fighting so hard!" Fang Jianhui said carefully.

   If there is anything commendable about this movie, then it is that Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long performed desperately.

  Although the two have not found the style of witty action comedy accurately, but the style of performance of life-threatening style has been presented.

   This is also one of the main selling points of the movie "Dragon and Tiger".

  Even on the huge poster outside the theater, "The most deadly martial arts action drama since the opening of Xiangjiang!" 'The words!

Seeing Fang Jianhui's appearance, Chu Huan said jokingly: "That's because you didn't put yourself in the identity of an ordinary audience to watch this movie, but watched this movie as the producer of this movie. .

  Under such circumstances, even if you find a plot in the movie that does not conform to your aesthetics, you will use some reasons to prevaricate yourself. "

  This is actually similar to writing web articles in later generations. Many web writers have a common problem before writing a book, that is, they are very confident and obsessed with their own beginnings, thinking that their beginnings are definitely good.

  Even if you find something that readers don’t like, you will hint to yourself in your heart. This is your foreshadowing. As long as readers read the back, they will be able to understand their own ideas.

   As everyone knows, such an idea is actually a joke, and the reader is not your father, so how can you have the patience to read the plot behind you? If you don’t like the previous plot, just abandon it, okay?

  So this kind of problem is mostly caused by some street-crazy authors, such as a street-crazy author who likes to name Huangshan in later generations.

   "Then you mean that this movie might hit the street?" Fang Jianhui's complexion became paler and paler. This is the first movie released by the company after he became the general manager of black and white images.

  Although this movie was shot by Chu Huan, his first movie after becoming the general manager hit the street, which is still not very good!

Chu Huan did not answer Fang Jianhui's question directly, but said: "Manager Fang, after observing this period of time, I feel that your ability to respond to major events is not enough, so I decided, " When "Dragon and Tiger Fight" is released, you represent the company's senior management to participate in this midnight show."

   After finishing speaking, he left with a smug smile.

   Fang Jianhui was left standing there alone, trembling.

  Fang Jianhui is very familiar with the situation of Xiangjiang's midnight show.

   "Does this movie really go wrong?"

   After laughing, Cao Yunshang asked Chu Huan worriedly.

  As the first black-and-white film, the film "Dragon and Tiger" has more significance for black-and-white images than just box office.

  If the film fails to get off to a good start, public opinion will put a lot of pressure on the black and white images, and it will also hit the morale of the company.

  The most important thing is that since the establishment of black and white images, they have been spending money externally. If "Dragon and Tiger Fight" hits the market, black and white images will be really difficult.

Chu Huan shook his head and said: "I can't represent the vast majority of the audience, but the possibility of losing money from this movie is not very high. It should be possible to make a small fortune, but if you want him to have any influence, it will probably be difficult. !"

  Cao Yunshang nodded reassuringly, and said: "As long as you can make money, it's good. At least the company has been in business for so long and you can see the money back."

   After finishing speaking, he looked at Chu Huan suspiciously and asked, "Why aren't you worried at all?"

  Worried that if it would be useful, Chu Huan guaranteed that the black and white images would not show a movie, and he was worried for a while, "There is nothing to worry about, this movie is originally an experimental movie.

  If the people in the company lose their morale because of this movie, it means they can't fight a tough battle.

   But I still have confidence in them.

  Most importantly, I hope to use this movie to bring out Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long! "

  Cao Yunshang gave Chu Huan a blank look, and said, "Did you miss Miao Kexiu?"

The matter of Miao Kexiu's injury was eventually found out by Cao Yunshang. She also knew that Chu Huan had been taking care of Miao Kexiu by herself during that time. Do the math.

"You thought it was the Huangmei Diao period in the 1960s. The era of female stars propping up the box office of movies has passed. From now on, the Xiangjiang film industry will become the world of male stars. It's a male star.

   As for the female star, Dangdang vase is not bad! "

  Chu Huan preached indifferently.

  Cao Yunshang's final account was settled, so he stopped mentioning it, but asked curiously: "Are you so optimistic about Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long?"

   "Why didn't I find anything special about the two of them? A fat man with a big nose doesn't look like someone who can become a superstar."

  Chu Huan laughed, and said: "Xiangjiang Movies is good at this, and they are very inclusive. As long as they have their own characteristics, they will become famous sooner or later. Don't worry!"

   "Okay!" Cao Yunshang nodded, and said nonchalantly: "Anyway, the film company is yours, so you can decide for yourself."

  Then Cao Yunshang continued to ask curiously: "I remember you didn't write the screenplay for Li Xiaolong's movie before? Why didn't you write a story for your own film company?"

  You think of me as a reborn Hong Kong entertainment man. When Chu Huan was young, he really liked Xiangjiang movies for a while, but most of them were concentrated in the 1980s and 1990s, and there were some classic series of movies.

  Take Cheng Long as an example. If Chu Huan comes up with the script of "Police Story" now, it may not necessarily meet the preferences of audiences in this era.

More importantly, Chu Huan has no way to write the script of "Police Story". If you don't believe me, please ask yourself at this time to see if you can complete the content of "Police Story" without changing the screen. come out?

  Not to mention the content, even the names of the main movie characters in it may not be remembered.

What Chu Huan can do now is actually to know what he knows, those big stars and directors who will cause **** storms in Xiangjiang in the future, win over to his company one by one in advance, and give them some inspiration to ensure that they can continue to walk on their own If you're on your way, that's fine.

   "I was working as a screenwriter for Li Xiaolong. I just helped him think of a few ideas. The real screenwriter is not like me."

  The movie begins!

  The background, pictures, and dialogues of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China all conform to the characteristics of movies of this era.

  Chu Huan also terminated the discussion with Cao Yunshang at this time.

   Instead, he carefully observed the audience's reaction.

  The audience at the scene came to watch the movie, and Chu Huan came to see them.

  Although Chu Huan still knows the development route of Xiangjiang Films in the future and can ensure that the company will not take detours in the long-term development plan of the company, but if Chu Huan wants to become a qualified film company owner, he must know the preferences of the audience in this era.

   And at midnight, it is the best place to observe.

   What the audience likes to watch and how each scene reacts, the boss of the film company must know clearly, so that a series of blockbuster movies can be planned.

  The movie "Dragon and Tiger Fighting" is 90 minutes long, which is often the standard Xiangjiang movie. There are applause, laughter, and occasional curses from the audience in the middle.

  Luckily no one **** up and started cursing.

  This situation has actually shown that this movie is still within the acceptance range of the audience.

   Simply put, this movie will not lose money.

  Chu Huan was watching the audience's reaction. Fang Jianhui, Hong Jinbao, Cheng Long, Miao Kexiu and others were actually observing the audience's reaction.

   Hoo!

  Fang Jianhui finally breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and softly comforted himself: "Finally, I don't have to be beaten."

  Cheng Long was sitting beside Fang Jianhui. He didn't hear what Fang Jianhui said for a while, and asked curiously: "Mr. Fang, what did you just say?"

Fang Jianhui immediately showed his majesty as the general manager of black and white images, and smiled calmly: "It's nothing, I just think the audience's reaction is not bad, Brother Sanmao, Aaron, this time you two can also be in the company I'm elated."

  Cheng Long was only an eighteen-year-old young man at this time, and he didn't have any scheming. Hearing Fang Jianhui's praise, a smile appeared on his face immediately.

   "This is because Huan Shao is willing to give me a chance."

When Fang Jianhui thought of how Chu Huan lied to him before, his teeth hurt for a while, but he still said: "The chairman is still very discerning. He can choose you, Aaron, among so many martial artists. Long, you must have something special, work hard, and the company will definitely not treat you badly in the future!"

   Cheng Long nodded seriously: "I understand, I will definitely work harder in the future to satisfy Huan Shao."

Listening to the conversation between Cheng Long and Fang Jianhui, Hong Jinbao sighed silently. He knew the film industry better than both of them. Although the feedback from the audience was not bad, it was far from the possibility of making this movie a hit. .

  That is to say, in the eyes of the audience, this is an above-average movie.

  At the same time, he was also carefully observing the reactions of the audience. What surprised him was that although the audience was amazed by their desperate fights, more feedback was on those funny clips.

  That is to say, the audience prefers those plots.

  Especially in the fighting scene, which was obviously more similar to juggling in Hong Jinbao's eyes, the feedback from the audience was the most enthusiastic and the applause was the loudest.

   "It seems that Huan Shao is right. The audience has their own scale in their hearts. In ordinary fighting scenes, Li Xiaolong's movie gems are ahead. It is really difficult for others to surpass him.

   On the contrary, it was the funny fights that went in the opposite direction, which made the audience like it even more. "

   At this time, Hong Jinbao was also silently absorbing the feedback from the audience, and then integrated these things into his own bone marrow, slowly forming his own style.

   A ninety-minute movie, when you are immersed in the movie, it ends quickly.

  As the last screen came to an end, when the letters of thanks appeared on the big screen, those audiences did not get up and leave when the subtitles were put on like those movie audiences in later generations. They were still waiting to shake hands with the main creator.

  Of course, there are also some viewers who have no interest in this movie and are preparing to leave.

  But at this time, they discovered that the movie "Dragon and Tiger Fight" actually had a small easter egg.

   At this time, the big screen was divided into two, half of which was playing the thank you screen, and the other half was showing the filming footage of the movie.

  Fang Jianhui and others laughed wryly when they saw this scene. This scene was proposed by Chu Huan when the movie was released.

   Hong Jinbao, Cheng Long and others couldn't quite understand Chu Huan's request. After all, there was no such precedent in Xiangjiang before this.

   But who made Chu Huan the boss?

  The boss has privileges, Fang Jianhui, Hong Jinbao, Cheng Long and others can only obey obediently.

   "I really can't see what's good for the audience to see this thing. Could it be to see how you made mistakes?" Fang Jianhui said aloud.

  Hong Jinbao smiled on the other side: "Maybe Huan Shao has his ideas."

  Cheng Long has a different opinion: "Although I don't know why, I know there must be a reason for Huan Shao to do this."

  Seeing that both of them spoke for Chu Huan, Fang Jianhui couldn't say anything more.

   Just preached: "Okay, everyone is ready, let's go on stage and thank the audience later!"

   After speaking, everyone was about to go on stage to thank the audience, but they heard exclamations from the audience.

  It turned out that in the extras, the extras being shown happened to be the scene of Miao Kexiu being injured. The audience all gasped in amazement when they saw the scene of Miao Kexiu's head covered in blood and the scene of the on-site staff rushing to rescue.

   Then there was applause and applause.

  The audience in this era is still very cute. Regardless of the storyline, everyone still agrees with this way of fighting for their lives.

  In the past, everyone thought that making movies was fake, how could it be possible to get hurt.

  Even if there is some injury, it is nothing more than a fuss.

   But it’s different now. When they saw the live shooting, they sincerely admired the dedication of the actors.

  The applause is dedicated to the professionalism of these film actors.

   To be honest, Hong Jinbao and others were shocked by the applause at the scene. They did not expect that the biggest applause at the scene came from behind-the-scenes footage.

   Several people looked at each other with surprised expressions.

   Hong Jinbao pointed to the situation at the scene and said: "I am convinced, just this applause can bring 200,000 box office to this movie!"

   "President Fang, I remember you said before that this tidbit is a waste of time?"

   Miao Kexiu, who had been silent all this time, was speaking proudly at this time.

   Obviously, when Fang Jianhui complained about Chu Huan just now, Miao Kexiu secretly remembered it for him.

  Fang Jianhui's old face flushed instantly.

   "Okay, it's almost time, let's go on stage!"

  After the speech, Fang Jianhui took the lead on the stage, followed by Hong Jinbao, Cheng Long, Miao Kexiu and other main creative personnel.

   There is no need for a host, if people like Fang Jianhui come on stage, the audience will know who they are.

  There was no chaotic scene at the scene, and the audience who wanted to communicate with Hong Jinbao and others had consciously lined up to shake hands with them.

   There will always be people in later generations who say that the stars in Xiangjiang are the least pretentious, such as Mr. Liu from a vegetable market, Mr. Zhou from an ordinary citizen, and so on.

Think about these people, as movie actors, they are all people who have participated in the midnight show. The audience in Xiangjiang is familiar with them, shook hands, and talked with them. These stars have even been scolded or even beaten by the unhappy audience on the spot experience.

   Now I understand why these people have no airs.

   Zhou Runfa later left TVB and entered the film industry, becoming a veritable box office poison. During that time, Zhou Runfa was even scolded by the audience when he participated in the midnight show. At that time, Zhou Runfa could only smile and say sorry.

  Fang Jianhui gave up the C position to Hong Jinbao, and he just stood on the edge.

  At this time, a viewer passed by his position and glanced at Fang Jianhui suspiciously: "You are the one, why didn't I see you in the movie just now?"

  Fang Jianhui has reached out his hand to shake hands with the other party at this time, "I am Fang Jianhui, the general manager of Black and White Video, welcome to join us."

   As a result, the audience just glanced at him indifferently and said, "I said I didn't see you in the movie just now."

   After finishing speaking, Fang Jianhui didn't care about stretching out his hand, and walked straight to Cheng Long who was next to Fang Jianhui, leaving behind Fang Jianhui with an embarrassed face.

  The man patted Cheng Long on the shoulder encouragingly, and then said: "The filming is good, but it is far worse than Brother Long. Keep working hard in the next scene!"

   Then the man left.

   Cheng Long stood there alone, not knowing what to say.

  I'm the leading role, okay?

  Can you show some respect to the lead actor?

   Cheng Long shouted in his heart.

  But it is undeniable that Cheng Long's performance in the movie is indeed a bit of deliberately imitating some of Li Xiaolong's actions. Maybe he didn't notice it himself, but things actually happened.

   Before he had time to think about it, other viewers came to talk to him.

  The man had already arrived in front of Hong Jinbao at this time. With the experience of Fang Jianhui and Cheng Long, Hong Jinbao didn't take the initiative to reach out at the first time, but looked at the man with some complexity.

The man didn't think too much, he took the initiative to shake hands with Hong Jinbao and said: "The movie is well shot, and the acting is also pretty good. I have seen your movie before, and I like your style very much. I believe you will definitely become a big hit in the future! "

   Hong Jinbao felt flattered at this time, and quickly stretched out his hand and smiled: "Thank you for your encouragement, we will definitely continue to work hard."

  Finally, the man came to Miao Kexiu, changed his slightly arrogant attitude before, and looked at Miao Kexiu enthusiastically but worriedly.

"Miss Miao, your performance in the movie is really good, I like it so much, I will be your loyal fan from now on, by the way, I saw your injury in the sideshow, now you are better Is there any scar left, I know a good doctor, do you want him to give you a good check-up again!"

  Fang Jianhui: "."

  Cheng Long: "."

  Hong Jinbao: "."

  Miao Kexiu hurriedly smiled and said, "It's nothing, just a few stitches, and it's all right now, thank you for your concern!"

  The man breathed a sigh of relief, took out a pen from somewhere, and said to Miao Kexiu nervously: "Then Miss Miao, can you sign for me?"

"Ok, no problem!"

  Miao Kexiu smiled and took the pen from the other party's hand, and signed it in the notebook that the other party had already prepared.

  Except for this person, most of the audience reacted similarly to him, and they all focused their attention on Miao Kexiu.

  To be precise, Miao Kexiu's role in the movie is actually not outstanding, she is just a perfect vase role. Without that tidbit, the audience would not be able to perform as they are now.

  Although there are pictures of Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao being injured in the tidbits, the pictures of their injuries are really incomparable with the pictures of a beautiful girl like Miao Kexiu being injured.

  In addition to such tidbits, this is the first time in the history of Xiangjiang Films. The impression of these people is really too deep.

  Fang Jianhui led Hong Jinbao and others to accept the baptism of the audience in the theater.

  At the same time outside, Zhao Jiahao, the manager of the Black and White Video Propaganda Department, has begun to take the company's employees outside to collect feedback from the audience.

   This is the first black-and-white movie, and the company attaches great importance to it, so the manager personally leads the team.

   "Hi sir, we are employees of Black and White Imaging, this little gift is from us, and we hope to ask you some questions."

  Zhao Zihao stopped an audience member who had just come out of the cinema, and asked with a smile on his face.

  As for the small gift, it is just the most common figure, a few dollars, but it can show the sincerity of black and white images.

   Sure enough, after receiving the gift, the other party said politely: "Okay, let's ask!"

   "Well, what is your overall impression of this movie?"

   "Then which part of the movie attracts you the most?"

   "Also, I want to ask you what you think of the performance of the actors in the movie."

   Questions were asked one by one by Zhao Jiahao, and the other party answered them patiently.

  When all the questions were over and the other party left, Zhao Jiahao breathed a sigh of relief. There were both praises and criticisms, but fortunately, there were more praises.

   Seeing other employees doing the same work as he thought, Zhao Jiahao simply breathed a sigh of relief, and continued to look for the next audience to ask.

   Also, the next chapter is at six in the morning~

  

  

  (end of this chapter)