“There are quite a lot of people, it’s almost full.”
Anxi, director of the editor-in-chief of Tengxun News, came to the cinema to check the tickets and enter.
The movie was about to be screened, and there were not many people in the aisle. She thought that not many people would come to the screening this time.
When I entered the screening room, I saw that all the audience members had arrived early. The hall with more than 500 people was packed and probably already full.
"I'm sorry, please give me up."
We fought our way to the prime spot in the middle, and as soon as we sat down, we found two acquaintances next to us.
"Old Zheng, Old Huang, what a coincidence, you have time to watch a movie?"
Douban columnist Zheng Yi, who was on Anxi's left, laughed and said, "Why, you, Director An, can watch the movie, but we can't come."
Huang Zhuo, director of the Sohu News Operations Department next to Zheng Yi, joked, "This film is our key operating goal in the future, but you, Director An, are so busy that you took the time to watch the first one."
Anxi smiled and sat down and put her bag away, "This movie is the highlight of this year's Lunar New Year festival. Of course I have to watch it to see if this first domestic 3D movie lives up to its name."
"Why, Director An doesn't think highly of this Director Tang?"
"I remember that the three of us were sitting in the same position in 2004. At that time, Tang An was able to complete a movie by himself in such a difficult environment. Is it possible that he can't make it now?" Zheng Yi asked back.
One sentence.
Anxi shook his head, "Of course I can trust it. Some time ago, I heard that director James Cameron was planning to convert "Titanic" into 3D. Even he used the conversion technology, which shows that it is not like those previous pseudo-3D movies.
Same."
Huang Zhuo also laughed and said, "I specifically asked a visual effects director at Industrial Light and Magic about this. Theoretically speaking, converting to 3D can achieve the same effect as real-life 3D, and some specific lenses can even have better effects than real-life shots.
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"That's why I came here. I didn't expect that six years later, that newbie director had become a top director in the country and controlled a large company with assets of over one billion."
"I told you at the beginning that he was a genius."
"Who says he is not? I would say he is a monster."
"Old Huang, you have watched too much TV, and you are still a monster. There are more monsters in the world than Tang An, so who are they?"
"Haha, that's true."
Reality is always an amazing coincidence. These three people are An Xi, the editor-in-chief of Tengxun News, a well-known Weibo influencer, Zheng Yi, a columnist and film critic on Douban, and Huang Zhuo, director of Sohu News Operations Department.
When "Shark Beach" premiered 6 years ago, the three of them sat together and watched the premiere.
But at that time, they were just ordinary film critics with some reputation. Now six years later, they have more or less taken a big step forward.
Two of them changed their careers to become editors and operations specialists and have reached the top of the portal website. The other is a professional influencer with more than 3 million fans. Although his social status is not as good as the first two, he still makes a lot of money.
Tang An is not the only one who is moving forward, no one will stand still.
Several young people around the three were a little unhappy listening to the three uncles and aunties bragging and arguing.
It wasn't until the movie started, when a dragon logo appeared on the 21-meter-high IMAX screen, that a young man couldn't help but remind him, "Uncle, the movie has started."
Uncle!
Uncle?
The three of them were immediately speechless and embarrassed. They could only put on their glasses and concentrate on the movie.
The logos of the four production companies flashed away, and bursts of roaring sounds came from the theater's top-notch speakers.
The picture came out more than a second late. It was black and white, with some lag, and the picture quality was not very clear. It felt like the black and white TV at home when I was a child, with a lot of tingling and texture.
Kremlin, Buckingham Palace, the Eiffel Tower, the Egyptian Pyramids, and the White House, which has been bombed countless times in Hollywood movies.
Iconic buildings around the world were instantly hit by countless fireballs and collapsed.
Countless aliens covered with tentacles appeared on the big screen. More than a dozen tentacles swept across a large area with a sudden swing, and fireballs were shot out from their mouths to shoot down bombers one after another in the sky.
In just 20 seconds, this large auditorium, which can accommodate 500 people, was overwhelmed by the sounds of various aircraft, cannons, battleships, tanks, armored vehicles, rockets and alien attacks. Seven or eight sounds were mixed together.
Together, no one can tell what the sound is.
Then all the sounds stopped, and what appeared on the big screen were ruins everywhere, scorched earth everywhere, and no one alive.
The camera began to turn to docks and airports. All high-level officials from various countries took flights to seek refuge in China. One after another, super large cruise ships filled with white people and black people came across the ocean.
Only then did the human voice appear, and an impassioned male voice began to introduce the current situation of the earth.
Aliens invaded, and Europe, America, Africa, Southeast Asia, and Central Asia all fell in just three years. A large number of foreigners came to China to take refuge, and leaders from all over the world formed an Earth coalition in China.
As the only remaining big country on earth, China shoulders the heavy responsibility of saving the earth!
In just one minute, the background is explained.
"Damn it, you entered the plot so quickly. I wasn't ready yet. It scared me!"
"Damn it, there was a sudden loud noise. I was about to take a sip of Sprite and almost spit it out."
"This is a silly beginning. All countries have been killed by aliens, including the United States."
"The tides are turning, and it's our turn to save the world!"
"It's so enjoyable, the first ten seconds are so exciting, but it's a pity it's too short!"
"This 3D effect is so real. I even raised my hands when the pyramid collapsed just now!"
"I finally saw our country's director blowing up the White House. I'm almost tired of watching old Americans blow up!"
"If Tang An had the ability to blow up the Forbidden City and Zhongnanhai, then he would be considered awesome!"
There was no nonsense at the beginning, and we went straight into the plot. The huge explosions and real 3D effects caught the audience off guard, followed by waves of discussion.
Huang Zhuo, who was sitting in the middle, heard the impolite kid behind him making noises. He originally wanted to teach them to be quiet while watching movies, but after thinking about it, he decided not to behave like children, so he turned around and started communicating with them in a low voice.
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"The beginning of Tang An's movie is as exciting as ever. It probably takes less than two minutes, but the background is clearly explained, and in this way it is much more shocking than just text and narration."
"The war scene at the beginning had the style of a 1990s TV series, which made me a little uncomfortable."
"This will make it easier to deal with. It is impossible to go to all the major countries in the world and pay attention to the state of semi-ruins when every bombed scene appears."
"That's right, but the texture is also better, and the 3D effect is very good, comparable to "Gravity"."
"The male voice just now should be Liu Ye. His role as a soldier fits the image very well."