The Bright Times Cinema in Wangfujing Street, Beijing, is also the largest and most luxurious theater in the Bright Cinema series in the country. After taking over the responsibility of screening in the past few days and attracting many audiences in the capital to watch movies, it is now attracting audiences all over the country and even as a premiere venue.
The attention of many people in the industry overseas.
The theater was also closed for the day to provide services for this premiere.
It was nearly noon, and there were still several hours before the premiere at 3:30 p.m., and many guests had already arrived.
On the third floor of the theater, in the large screening hall that can accommodate 800 people, the lights are bright, and the movie's promotional video and plot clips are currently shown on the screen, which are being played repeatedly.
Many people stayed together in twos and threes, or wandered in front of the stage to watch the promotion on the roll-up banners, or sat somewhere together to read the movie promotion brochure they held when they entered the theater, or watched the promotional video on the screen and had a brief discussion.
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These people have come so early, and most of them are newcomers to the industry, or people who are still relatively unknown.
Maybe they have a learning attitude of coming here in advance to gain insights and see the world, or they are well versed in the unnecessary sophistication of people, or they may have some other clinging purpose of making friends with "noble people", and each of them has a reason to come so far in advance.
and reason.
"Mr. Chu, Mr. Liu." The staff who were waiting in the screening room were attracted by the movement at the door. Seeing that it was Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei who opened the door and peeked inside, they immediately greeted them.
The twenty or thirty people in the screening room also turned to look over, and a woman who looked like an agent even winked at the two artists, then hurriedly stood up and walked over from the middle row to say hello.
"Director Chu, Producer Liu, I am Yang Li, the manager of Beijing Cultural and Creative Industries. I have had the honor to meet you two several times before." This Yang Li is very thick-skinned and has no impression of the couple who have never met before.
However, the word "lucky" in its context encompasses the praise of a noble person who forgets things, which made the couple unable to get off the stage for a while.
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei didn't think much about it. Seeing her extending her hand, they could only shake hands with her: "Hello."
Seeing that they shook hands, Yang Li gained face, and pushed the two people next to her: "This is Wu Yifan, and this is Huang Zitao, they are my artists. They are currently working as trainees in South Korea. The newcomers have never seen the world, so bring them here."
Participate in the premiere of the two giants and see the big scene."
Look at this, when did this movie become the couple's masterpiece?
This is the art of language, which makes the couple highly praised.
Yang Li added: "Newcomers don't understand what a true idol is. I happened to meet Director Chu and Producer Liu, so I asked them to say hello to Director Chu and Producer Liu."
Yang Li rolled her eyes and winked at Wu Yifan and Huang Zitao.
The two people said hurriedly: "Hello, brother Chu Xuan, and hello, sister Yi Fei."
These two handsome young men were very shy and felt awkward facing the couple, but they also had some admiration for them.
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei were a little confused. They didn’t know the definition of idols? So they brought two newcomers to meet them? So they and their husbands were equal to the definition and standard of idols?
Good guy, this art of language is so full, it’s a bit too much to lick them.
But having said that, it would be hypocritical to say modest words in their capacity. They could only focus on the two newcomers, look at them for a few times and then smile: "Hello, come on."
Chu Xuan caught a glimpse of someone in the middle row holding a mobile phone to record the scene.
He just felt something interesting in his heart. He estimated that topics such as #chuxuan,liuyifei encourages newcomers will be used to hype up the image and traffic of these two newcomers.
This agent's methods are not bad. He was licking the couple from the beginning to the end, making it impossible for the couple to refuse, and they took advantage of the situation to achieve the goal of "having pictures and truth."
He doesn't have any strange ideas, just use it to gain popularity. He expects that he will only operate in a good direction on this topic, so as to achieve the purpose of gaining popularity, so it doesn't matter.
"Director Chu, Producer Liu, and my Zitao are interested in signing a contract with a program on Mango Channel. I heard that your company will also participate in this program..." Yang Li mentioned it. She didn't know the truth and couldn't tell the whole story.
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Chu Xuan felt it was interesting. Huang Zitao wanted to participate in a national style stage variety show?
This agent only mentioned Huang Zitao and not Wu Yifan. With the emotional intelligence she showed, this shouldn't be the case.
Therefore, Wu Yifan may have other resources, perhaps the singing and dancing variety show that Lantai and South Korea are cooperating with?
If this is the case, it is equivalent to putting two eggs in two baskets.
What really interested him was that this butterfly created the "Korean Wave" and influenced Song Qian.
It is very interesting to hear that Song Qian said that it also influenced the young people who are engaged in music in Zhang Yixing, and now it has also affected the two young people who are engaged in music in front of me.
However, for Wu Yifan, even if his butterfly changes his career trajectory, it cannot change a person's character. There is still a question mark as to what the future results will be.
In general, just as he got the answer when he asked himself in Taipei, the stronger his butterfly is, the longer it will exist. Whether it is the entertainment industry or the music industry, the entire entertainment industry is gradually beginning to change due to the butterfly effect.
established direction.
Having reshaped his psychology, he didn't take it seriously. Instead, he felt that the unknown was the most interesting.
Listening to the agent's words, it was obvious that he wanted him to take care of Huang Zitao, and he responded calmly: "Things that haven't been decided yet, you still need to be strong yourself."
"Yes, yes, your own professional strength is the most important thing." Yang Li quickly agreed.
Chu Xuan nodded, looked in another direction to show that he was very busy, then turned back to say goodbye: "Then let's say goodbye."
The couple turned around and left, looking at each other from a distance and greeting the others with their eyes.
Several directors and producers have met and bumped into each other at the original Cannes Awards Ceremony, but those who have won awards and been praised are kings, and those who have not won awards or been praised are still like newcomers.
They all smiled at everyone they knew or didn't know. They were all here to attend their movie premiere. Those who came were guests and should be treated as if they were guests.
Originally, they wanted to chat for a few words, but were dissuaded by the agent's "dog-licking" attitude. The couple came in for a quick look and left quickly.
"Mr. Chu, I just saw someone taking pictures with a mobile phone, do you need to use it..." The staff was discerning and wanted to help the boss Chu Xuan with something.
"Don't worry, you are busy with your business." Chu Xuan said, and the staff returned to the screening room.
Liu Yifei and Chu Xuan walked upstairs and said with interest: "It's absolutely amazing. It's the first time I've met such an agent, and it's also the first time I've been praised like this in person."
Chu Xuan said: "It's all for a better survival."
Liu Yifei nodded. Firstly, she felt that it was not easy to survive in this circle. Secondly, she just felt that with her higher status in this circle, she could encounter any strange "good things" and take the initiative to deliver them to her door.
But she quickly suppressed the overwhelming feeling, and after dealing with her abnormal mentality, she followed Chu Xuan to a large office on the fourth floor, knocked on the door, and walked in after waiting for someone to open the door.
There were a lot of people in the office, including theater chain chairman Hu Hanguang and a group of theater chain executives, film industry general manager Wei Haolong, head office general manager Li Hao, Liu Yi, one of the film's screenwriters, film director of photography Lu Chuan, and the film's action director, who is also married.
The person in charge, Lu Huiguang, and Chenglong were also present.
In addition, there is an unexpected visitor, Wang Changtian, the boss of Enlight Media.
"Hello, Mr. Wang." The couple greeted the guests first.
"Hello, Mr. Chu and Mr. Liu, I came here early to disturb you. I hope you are not surprised." Wang Changtian smiled warmly and did not regard himself as a guest at all. He mainly treated himself as a familiar person.
Chu Xuan couldn't understand why Wang Changtian came so early and went to the office to hang out with them, but he didn't think much about it. He often heard Sister Hua say that this boss's behavior was very unusual, so he wasn't surprised: "Why?
Yes, welcome."
Before the couple had time to greet everyone present, Chenglong stood up from the sofa and came over: "Let's go and finish the pre-screening interviews."
He said to the crowd again: "You guys talk, let's take a step first."
Seeing Chenglong like this, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei only had time to wave to everyone before they were taken out by Chenglong.
In the current busy schedule of premieres, everything really comes and goes in a hurry.
"Brother, where are they?" Chu Xuan asked as he walked down the stairs.
"They are all preparing interviews in the hotel. Their interviews are arranged in the hotel, and media reporters have been arranged separately." Chenglong said.
The interview session of the premiere is divided into pre-interview and post-interview. For the upcoming pre-interview, several of the main creators will handle it in the theater, while the rest of the actors will handle it in the hotel.
"Where is Director Tang?" Liu Yifei asked.
"In the hall downstairs, he will be interviewed alone first, and then we will be interviewed together." Chenglong said.
"Is there any result on the filming arrangements for Xiangjiang and Baodao?" Chu Xuan walked down the stairs and everyone came to the second floor.
"The final film schedule has not yet been determined. There are many more films released in these two places than in mainland China. All adjustments will be made based on the real-time data of the releases. But you can rest assured that these two places have British and pornographic management. As long as the box office results
However, the film scheduling situation will not be much worse than that in mainland China, as theater chains all have to make money," Chenglong said.
There is no pre-sale link in Xiangjiang and Baodao, the market population base is small, and the pre-sale industry chain needs to be developed. Naturally, there will be no guarantee of arranging films according to the screening situation like in mainland China. Everything is arranged by the capital market.
This is just like overseas. Each theater chain controlled by capital can release any movie it wants and schedule as many movies as it wants. Everything depends on the mood of the capital.
Unlike in mainland China, there is a China Film Group that can carry out macro-control at the center and achieve a temporary standard and a relatively unified front in a certain period.
The core reason is that in mainland China, only China Film Group can distribute movie keys, while in Hong Kong and Baodao, any film distribution company has the right to produce and distribute keys.
Naturally, it is difficult for the film markets in these two places to form a standard. Instead, they each have their own so-called standards for distribution and arrangement. Therefore, they are messy and disorganized, and competition is also disorderly. It is only a matter of time before the industry declines.
Chenglong patted Chu Xuan on the shoulder and said: "The mainland market is the main force. Once the 26% guaranteed film schedule comes out, the Xiangjiang and Baodao markets are actually not important. The two markets combined are only five.
The figure of 60 million is nothing compared to our expectation of 500 million, but the public opinion field in these two places can radiate to Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea, which is the most important."
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei nodded. In terms of box office, it depends on the mainland market. The significance of the release of Xiangjiang and Baodao is to extend publicity and public opinion overseas and spread internationally.
This means that there are very few international media in mainland China, so we have no choice but to rely on the international media in Hong Kong and Taiwan to promote news.
But if mainland media develops in the future and there are more international media, then the film markets in these two places may not be abandoned, but their importance will be greatly reduced in the eyes of mainland capital.
Everyone came to the first floor. There were security guards guarding the door of a screening room with a capacity of 100 people. There were also several theater staff and crew assistants chatting at the door.
"Brother, this way." The assistant called.
Chenglong and the couple walked over.
As soon as the security guard opened the door, a burst of noise came out.
There are Cantonese, English, French, Thai, Korean, Japanese... At first glance, it sounds like an international vegetable market.
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei came in and took a look. Well, there are a lot of media reporters with different skin colors and different languages. This interview lineup is very powerful.