In the aisle outside Hall 2 of UME China Star Cinema, Li Qian, Huang Bo, Lu Entai and Liu Tao, who came to attend the premiere, walked slowly on the red carpet.
When the protagonist appeared, the sound of shutters and the cheers of movie fans could be heard from both sides.
However, when they saw Lu Entai and Liu Tao, they were also stunned.
"Why are Lu Xiucai and Liu Tao here? They also starred in this movie?"
"Aren't you talking about a movie with an actor? It's still a lie if he co-wrote it!"
"You are stupid. Even if there is only one starring role, there is no way there will be no supporting roles."
"Haha, after hiding it for so long, the secret is finally revealed. He is probably the protagonist's teammates, colleagues and friends on Earth."
"Liu Tao should be the hero's wife. I can't imagine this."
"...This combination is second to none."
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Facing the noisy sound, Li Qian and the three of them walked slowly into the screening room. If they could hear clearly what the audience was saying, Li Qian would definitely complain.
What's wrong with this scene? Didn't you know that there was a movie in which Huang Bo and Lin Chiling fell in love? Compared with this combination, they really looked like Beauty and the Beast.
When we came to the screening room, all the colleagues in the industry who came to support us today were also there.
A year has passed since "Frequency of Life and Death" until now, and the atmosphere of the premiere has been completely different.
Bernard's Yu Dong came by himself. The Huang brothers from Huayang didn't come, but Chen Guofu did. Zhang Ping, the newly appointed deputy general manager of China Film Group, was personally present.
The vice president of Moying Group, state-owned film groups in Jiangning, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, southern Hunan, and western Sichuan provinces also sent people, and people from various theater chains also came.
Needless to say, some medium-sized companies, such as Perfect World, Starlight Media newly established by Starlight Group, Poly Huayi and Ciwen Media, which separated from Bernard, etc., the boss of each company came in person, at least No. 2
figure.
There are also public relations, advertising and other companies related to the film and television industry, and they did not miss the premiere of the director's new film with a box office of 100 million yuan.
Li Qiandu said hello, recognized his face, and without further conversation, the premiere officially began.
It's still a fixed process, but the host is replaced by Tu Wei, a host sent by the movie channel.
The movie channel will record today's premiere and then broadcast it tomorrow at 7:35 pm. Nowadays, basically the premieres of some heavyweight movies will be on the "Premiere" column of the movie channel.
After the opening remarks, Li Qian and three actors were introduced.
"Hello Director Li, the audience has been waiting for the movie "Moon" for a long time. Now that the movie is finally released, do you have anything to say to everyone?"
"Actually, I'm also very nervous now. After all, the stinky daughter-in-law is finally going to meet her parents-in-law. All the viewers are my parents-in-law in this movie."
Li Qian smiled and said, "I hope everyone will like the movie "Moon" and that satisfying everyone is my greatest hope."
At this time, he became humble, and the CEOs of various companies in the audience cursed secretly.
You're so nervous. You didn't even want to reveal the general content of the movie before it was released. You didn't even get to watch the movie and watch the movie. How can you still be so confident and nervous?
When it comes to being nervous, only other companies that have invested and released several Lunar New Year movies are nervous, and theater chains are even more nervous.
There were so many doubts more than half a month ago, and the Lunar New Year period is the most important period of the year. The theater chains and movie theaters that rely on this to make a living almost have the idea of cutting down their film schedules.
However, Li Qian's last movie had a box office of over 100 million yuan, so they were very confused.
Fortunately, as the film was about to be released, a trailer once again frightened the audience, which made them feel relieved. Nearly 65% of the film was scheduled on the first day.
The remaining 35% of the film schedule is shared equally among the four films: "Love Affair", "The Witness", "Transfer 2", and "Quantum of Solace".
Moreover, movie theaters in good locations all give priority to supplying "Moon" during prime time slots in the evening. With the same share of film schedules, the quality of "Moon" screenings is at least half better than that of other movies.
The law of the jungle has been defeated from the beginning. The cost of copying is too expensive and it takes time to ship it to all parts of the country. The probability of these films that receive little attention at the beginning of their release is destined to come back later is too low.
Tu Wei on the stage asked again, "Director Li, many viewers, including me, are very curious as to why there are two Huang Bos in the movie. Did they travel through time and space?"
The audience was also very concerned about this issue, but Li Qian still didn't reveal it and kept it a secret.
"No, but it has something to do with science fiction elements. You will be able to find the answer in the movie later."
There's a movie coming soon, so I'm still hiding it!
However, the time-travel factor that most viewers had been guessing was denied by Li Qian, which made the audience more and more curious.
Then Huang Bo and the others also chatted, and the reporter asked some questions.
However, Lu Entai revealed that in this movie, just like "Sniper Phone Booth", there was only voice throughout.
Liu Tao laughed and said that she is the heroine with the least sense of existence.
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After nearly an hour, the ceremony ended and the movie started.
The lights in the screening hall, which could accommodate four hundred people, were turned off and darkened instantly.
The big screen slowly lit up, and after the dragon logo passed, it became pitch black again, with a line of words written in the middle.
Where do we live now?
Of course he lives on Earth, Lu Chao secretly complained in his heart.
I had nothing to do tonight and was bored. I just happened to have grabbed tickets for the premiere, so I stopped by to have a look. Otherwise, he would have wanted to watch it on his computer after it was released online.
The question at the beginning of the film flashed by, and then the earth's energy problem was talked about.
Even turning on the lights is a difficult decision. The energy needed on the earth is already provided by helium-3, a resource that is very abundant on the moon.
To directly introduce the topic, go to the moon to mine helium-3.
As soon as the camera turned, we arrived at the base on the moon. Huang Bo, who had long hair and an unkempt beard, was doing exercises in the base. The subtitles also explained the working location and time limit of the lunar energy collector.
One crew member, time limit is three years.
"Here I go, it turns out to be a story about a mining man working alone on the moon?"
"I thought it was a plot about surviving alone in a plane crash."
"Are you going to play the male protagonist mining on the moon next? What's going on with the two male protagonists?"
"There must be some danger on the moon, otherwise it would be too boring."
....
The audience's original guesses were overturned, and some people started talking quietly.
However, the content of the movie has always been unexpected by the audience, and it has aroused their interest more and more.
The unshaven Huang Bo started his work as an energy collector, driving the lunar rover to the automatic mining vehicle and transporting back the filled energy.
When the mining rover was running, bursts of flying sand and rocks were thrown around and fell on the lunar rover.
This scene is a bit like the scene in the trailer where Huang Bo was killed, but there was no accident as the audience thought.
The lunar rover was smoothly driven into the huge mining rover, the energy was loaded into the lunar rover and transported away.
It was a false alarm, but after so many times, the audience gradually accepted Li Qian's style.
Huang Bo returned to the base and started recording videos. Because the communication equipment on the moon was out of order, he could not contact his family on the earth. He could only record the videos and send them back. The earth would also send videos of his wife and daughter.
When the three-year period expired and the video was recorded, Huang Bo smiled very happily.
After taking a bath, the robot Mousse was cutting his hair.
Huang Bo asked again when the earth would send people to repair the communication equipment on the moon, but it didn't matter now, because he would go back in two weeks, and the next thing to worry about was the next employee who would take over.
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The smile is full of sympathy for the successor.
After cutting his hair and shaving his beard, Huang Bo looked much cleaner and fresher, unlike his previous movies where he was a low-level migrant worker and had to look ugly.
Sitting in front of the screen and watching the video of his wife and daughter, his wife, who is 400,000 kilometers away, is also thinking about him.
When you are away from home, there is nothing happier than being cared for by the person who cares about you the most. With this care, you can survive three years of loneliness.
Then there were another two or three minutes of daily routine on the moon. Gradually, the novelty at the beginning was no longer there, and some viewers felt bored.
However, what followed was a sex scene that made the audience's eyes widen.
On the big screen, Liu Tao's shirt was mostly unbuttoned, and his front-open underwear showed off his figure even more.
Huang Bo's rough hands traveled repeatedly on her back, and Liu Tao's white and delicate hands also rubbed Huang Bo's somewhat dark yellow back.
Two bodies with such huge contrasts are entangled together. Although there is no more direct contact, through editing and dislocation, it still makes people excited.
"Oh no, you're a passionate director!"
"Beauty and the Beast, Brother Bo is so lucky."
"It's so exciting. I would have released this trailer soon."
"It's so annoying."
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The vast majority of normal male audiences would not be indifferent to this scene. They could not help but lean forward slightly and stare closely at the big screen.
However, how can a movie that can be released on the big screen have the scenes they are looking forward to?
Just when Huang Bo knocked Liu Tao down and pinned him down.
The classic Nokia phone ringtone rings.
Everything in the camera is still on the bed. Huang Bo wakes up and finds that he is still on the moon.
It was just a dream.
well...
The chain dropped at a critical moment, and many viewers were disappointed!
Get up early to exercise, and then spend the day with the robot again.
Attentive viewers also discovered that although the robot's tone is the same no matter what it says at any time, the emotions it expresses are different each time, and the small screen above will also change various expressions.
Quite interesting.
Then, an accident happened. While Huang Bo was recording the video, another picture appeared on the screen.
There is a person who looks exactly like him in the video, but he is dressed differently, is much older, and looks like he is also busy at work.
However, only two seconds passed by in a flash, and then it returned to normal.
Huang Bo was stunned and pressed a few buttons hard, but found no problem.
After thinking for a while, I didn't take it too seriously, thinking it was a machine failure and a previous video record.
However, the audience realized something from God's perspective.
"The old Huang Bo must be the video he sent to himself in the future."
"Will something big happen to the moon? Doesn't the protagonist expire in two weeks and can he return to the earth? Why is Huang Bo so old in the video that suddenly appeared?"
"An accident happened on the moon, and you were trapped on the moon and couldn't go back?"
"I saw another version of myself, and suddenly I felt a little bit scary."
"This is a suspense film. When will the other protagonist appear?"
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Amid the speculation of the audience, Huang Bo once again drove the lunar rover to another automatic mining vehicle and transported back the collected energy.
The mining rover studio still brought up sand, gravel and dust from the sky, which fell on the lunar rover like raindrops.
The lens speeds up slightly, and the sand, stones, and dust become more and more rapid, with bursts of flying sand and rocks, making it look like a storm is blowing.
The audience remembered that something happened here in the trailer, and secretly worried about the protagonist.
I worked alone on the moon for three years. During this period, I didn't talk to my family. I could only watch their videos and have discordant dreams at night.
This loneliness is a bit pitiful and makes people feel sympathy.
As expected, Huang Bo in the car was a little distracted, and the lunar rover crashed into the mining vehicle.
In the car, Huang Bo struggled to get up and put on his fallen helmet. There is no oxygen on the moon.
Then the screen went black and shifted to the inside of the base.
Huang Bo woke up from the hospital bed.
"where am I?"
The robot next to him replied, "This is the infirmary of the moon base. You just arrived on the moon for a week and something happened. Do you remember what happened?"
Huang Bo frowned in discomfort and shook his head, "No... I don't seem to remember."
The robot asked again, "Do you remember me?"
"I remember, you are Mousse."
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"What's going on? It's almost three years since you've been working. How come you've only been on the moon for a week?"
"I thought I was rescued after an accident. What the hell is this?"
"Why do I feel like this person is a little different from the previous protagonist."
"There's nothing different about it. Aren't they exactly the same?"
"I feel like I'm running out of brains. Is this a reset of time? It's back to three years ago?"
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The audience became more and more confused as they watched, everything was different from what they originally thought.
At this time, a scene outside the moon was inserted. The mining rover that was hit by the lunar rover was still operating, and there was a deformed lunar rover next to it.
A two-second shot flashed by, confusing the audience again.
Or the previous timeline?
So why does the robot say that the protagonist has just been on the moon for a week?
Why does the protagonist seem to have no previous memories?
The robot said that the protagonist was injured and had memory disorders. Could it be that he had amnesia?
Not to mention the audience, the industry insiders in the front row were a little confused when they saw this.
So far, apart from Li Qian, Wang Changtian and others, the only people who have watched the movie are the censorship committee of Optoelectronics.
They themselves will not leak it, and the censorship committee, as the people with the power, usually will not disclose information about the movie. This is the rule.
People who master the rules are often the least likely to break them. That would be ruining their own jobs.
Immediately afterwards, Huang Bo, who woke up, accidentally discovered the conversation between Mousse and Earth, in which he talked about the loss of a lunar rover and the breakdown of the mining vehicle.
The audience is also basically convinced that the timeline has indeed not changed and it is not a time reset.
Huang Bo had another dream. In the dream, he was lying on the bed with his wife. He was wearing a spacesuit and was injured. Another Huang Bo suddenly appeared, got under the quilt from the end of the bed, and stretched forward desperately with one hand, as if asking for help.
Under the gaze of nearly 400 spectators who were full of doubts, the mystery was gradually revealed.
Although the robot kept stressing and preventing Huang Bo from going out, he still found an opportunity and deliberately broke a drainage pipe on the pretext of repairing the protective layer outside.
Maybe the robot's thinking was too simple, or maybe it had seen the previous four Huang Bos die in front of him, and he couldn't bear it, so he just had an excuse to let Huang Bo out.
Although he found that a space suit and a lunar rover were missing, Huang Bo didn't pay much attention to it and drove out. When he arrived at the scene of Huang Bo's accident, the lunar rover was still there.
All the audience’s hearts suddenly became tense!
In the lunar rover, Huang Bo found another one of him who was unconscious!
"Damn it, the two protagonists have appeared!"
"What's going on? They look the same and have the same name. How can there be two of them?"
"It can't be a clone, right? Was that one cloned later?"
"It turned into a thriller, it scared me."
"Two identical people, it turns out that this is what the saying "the most difficult thing to face is yourself" means."
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The truth was revealed step by step. The newly emerged Huang Bo quickly accepted his identity as a clone. Apart from that, there was no other explanation.
As for the original Huang Bo, he had worked hard in this capacity for three years and could go home in less than half a month.
After waiting hard for three years, he finally got this result, which he couldn't accept.
Even if you know the truth, you can't accept it and can only deceive yourself and others.
"I can go back soon."
"You can't go back."
"I've been working for three years, I have a contract, and I want to go home."
"You are just a clone, you can't go anywhere."
"I want to go home."
"You've been here for too long, and you've started to lose your mind. Do you think she will wait for you at home, lying on the bed in her pajamas, waiting for you? Who do you think you are, and what about the original Gao Bo?"
The words of No. 6 deeply stimulated No. 5. He pointed at No. 6 and retorted loudly, "I am the original Gao Bo!"
"I'm Gao Bo!"
"I'm the!"
"I!"
"Mousse, am I a clone?" He asked the robot Mousse again, his companion who had been with him for three years, hoping to get confirmation from him.
but.
"Are you hungry? What would you like to eat?" The robot answered the question with a smile.
No. 5 spread his hands angrily, not wanting to talk any more.
Immediately afterwards, No. 6’s analysis also let the audience know the truth of the matter. In order to save money, energy companies chose to create clones to replace employees. Clones do not require wages or training, they only need to implant memories.
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Later, from Mousse's mouth, No. 5 also learned that he had been activated, and that his wife and daughter were all implanted memories that belonged to the original Gao Bo.
No. 5 was silent, nodding his head slightly and turning his head away, so that no one could see his expression, which was sadness or despair.
As for Mousse, a sad emoticon appeared on the screen.
The truth comes out, these two are clones!
The audience was shocked as they did not expect this to happen.
However, what shocked them even more was the videos of the previous clones that they didn't know how to save.
On the 5th, I saw with my own eyes that an old version of myself in the video climbed into the dormant cabin after the three-year period expired and prepared to return to Earth.
However, when the hatch was closed, he was instantly burned to ashes.
The scene in front of them frightened all the audience.
"What the hell!"
"Oh no, you are not human at all!"
"Destroy the three views and burn them to death after using them. This is murder!"
"It's so pitiful. After working hard for three years, the dormant warehouse I returned home turned into a coffin."
"The coffins are worse than that. They were all burned to ashes. That's a crematorium!"
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Watching No. 5 return to the dormant cabin and stroking his hands around the cabin, all the viewers couldn't help but feel a chill all over.
It's so scary.
He pressed the switch and the hatch slowly closed.
I thought of the reminder sound next to me: Lie down, relax, and take a deep breath. The low-temperature freezer will help you enter deep sleep so that you can spend the three days required for the return trip. When you feel sleepy, think about the great work you said you have completed. Think about it.
How proud your family is of your achievements….
The voice was gentle and the words were full of encouragement, but in the hearts of the audience, it felt extremely harsh.
Then, they found the secret room where the clones were hidden, row by row, column by column, just like a hospital morgue.
Six of them were empty. They pulled one out and saw a clone that looked exactly like themselves.
The two fell into silence.
The audience also fell silent.
The plot has reached its climax, but they can't get excited.
Although these two people are both clones, the humans who stand opposite them are the same kind.
But at this point in the plot, the audience really couldn't agree with what humans were doing.
I felt a little confused and didn't know what to say.
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Clones No. 5 and No. 6, two rootless duckweeds who should not have existed, began to support each other on the moon, treating each other as their most reliable person and their only relative.
However, No. 6 accidentally spoke to his daughter on Earth. The wife he remembered had died many years ago.
The only concern was gone, and the daughter called out to another person outside the room for daddy, which completely defeated No. 6, who had always been calm.
Recalling every moment of getting along with his wife in his memory, he made a decision.
Activate No. 7, kill him and let him replace No. 5, and then secretly send No. 5 back to Earth.
"You have been working for three years and have completed your mission. You should go back and go home!"
But No. 5 knows that his time is running out, and he is unwilling to kill anyone.
In his eyes, clones are also human beings, just as he thinks that he is also a human being.
No. 6 still has great years to live, so No. 5 gives up the hope of survival to No. 6, letting him live for him, travel around the world, watch football games, and fulfill his dreams.
Driving to the scene of the incident, the two people recalled every detail of their pursuit of his wife when they first met in the car.
As he talked, No. 5 passed out.
No. 6 held No. 5's body, walked slowly and step by step to the lunar rover where the accident occurred, and put him back to his original position, where he originally rescued No. 5.
The audience became a little sad. This sad scene really made them feel uncomfortable.
Back at the base, in order to prevent the rescue team from learning the truth, Mous voluntarily formatted himself after leaving on the 6th.
Robots are also affectionate and righteous.
What an irony.
Before leaving, No. 6 also changed the settings of the automatic mining vehicle. Just before the transport ship was launched, the mining vehicle crashed into the signal shielding device on the moon.
There was no signal blocking, the newsletter was restored, and the materials prepared on the 6th were immediately automatically sent to all major media outlets on the planet.
After everything was done, No. 6 boarded the transport ship and took off.
No. 7 also woke up at this time, just like when he woke up on No. 6. Mousse told him that he had just arrived on the moon for a week, had some accidents, and was in a coma for a few days.
Outside the base, the rescue team that had just arrived shouted Gao Bo's name loudly outside the door. After calling it several times, they came in cautiously with their guns in hand, their faces full of vigilance. They looked like devils entering the village.
No. 5, who was still lying on the accident mining truck, half-opened his eyes with difficulty, looking at the transport ship sliding across the sky.
Finally, he slowly closed his eyes and died.
Immediately afterwards, the rescue team also came, opening the car door with automatic rifles and confirming that he was dead.
On Earth, the materials sent to various media outlets, as well as No. 6's own testimony, caused the energy company to face bankruptcy, the stock price plummeted, and it was almost a death sentence.
Finally, a picture flashed on the big screen, and No. 6 took No. 5's sustenance to wherever No. 5 wanted to go.
The big screen goes black and the movie ends.
"Pah, pah, pah..."
In the screening hall that had been silent for more than half an hour, a wave of applause suddenly broke out, and most of the audience clapped excitedly.
Although it was a bit depressing in the middle, the last two clones and the robot were so affectionate and willing to sacrifice themselves for each other, which still moved the audience deeply. The beautiful side of human nature was fully revealed when they talked about it.
The movie is not afraid of being depressing, but it is afraid of pressing it from the beginning and leaving the audience breathless.
This is true for "The Letter of Entitlement", and the same is true for "1942", a movie in Li Qian's memory.
The movie is very well shot, one of the few good movies of its type.
But it’s too depressing, and the key is not suppressing it first and then rising, suppressing it from beginning to end.
There is another film called "Tangshan Earthquake", which is also a tragedy, but the aftermath of the disaster is not only painful, but also has a tender side. The final scene of mother and daughter recognizing each other is even more touching.
The movie "Moon" is very depressing and heart-wrenching, but starting from the second half, the two clones get along like a family, full of warmth.
It not only warms the two lonely clones, but also warms the hearts of the audience.
Hearing the spontaneous applause from the audience, Li Qian knew that the movie was a success!
After waiting for more than ten seconds and enjoying the applause of the audience, Li Qian came on stage to express his thanks.
After answering some questions from reporters and the audience and having some interactions, the premiere ceremony was successfully concluded.
(The plots will not be discussed separately, but will be counted together as one chapter.)