A few days later.
Imperial Capital, Capital Cinema.
In 1937, this theater was built with funds raised by Peking Opera master Mr. Ma Lianliang.
In 1950, one year after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the then Prime Minister proposed that it be renamed Capital Cinema.
Even the plaque at the door was inscribed by Mr. Guo Moruo himself.
This place is actually a bit old, but it is of great significance to Chinese movies.
This place will be rebuilt next year, once again using the latest equipment in the world to build the most high-end cinema in the country.
The premiere of "Crazy Stone" was held here.
Friday, 8pm.
I chose this date because the next day is the weekend.
The two days on weekends are the busiest days for theater business.
The first weekend box office is also one of the important reference standards for the success of a movie.
It’s just this one today. Tomorrow, starting from 8 a.m., it will be rolled out across the country and screened together.
The advantage of having China Film Group participate in the investment is that the theater chain gives face.
At least they will give you face in the initial stage. If the box office is not good after a few days, then China Film will have given enough face, and they will naturally lower the film schedule, and China Film will have nothing to say.
There were quite a lot of people here today.
Hua Ge, Huang Bo, Fan Bingbing, Ning Hao, Liu Hua, Guo Tao, these main actors were basically invited over.
Zhang Yuan also roped in Feng Xiaogang, who had just finished "The Night Banquet" and was waiting for its release.
In connection with "The Night Banquet", Tan Dun and Huang Xiaoming were also brought in.
Zhou Xun forget it.
This guy who smokes, drinks, and perms his hair, and he can’t say much in the interview.
As for the international chapter...this businessman also has a lot of business.
Unfortunately, her agent is her brother.
This person's taste is not much better than that of Yangzi. It is no exaggeration to say that the taste is similar.
The lot of low-level business and advertising in the International Chapter was created by my brother.
A layman always looks at money and has no strategic vision at all.
Anyway, Zhang Yuan had approached the International Chapter, but he didn't have time to come, so that was all.
Besides, this group of people is enough.
In addition to directors and artists, the media also invited many.
Anyway, Zhang Yuan did everything he could from casting, filming, and post-production.
Especially during the promotion stage, in addition to "Happy Camp", it also appeared on several local variety shows.
Roadshows were held in all major cities.
Do your best and obey destiny.
A 250-seat hall was chosen for the premiere.
Naturally, the seats were packed.
The audiences who come are fans of each artist, and they are extracted from QQ groups, online forums, and offline fan meetings.
Unlike others, Zhang Yuan did not choose to sit in the prime seat, but came to the last row.
On this point, Ning Hao coincided with him.
"Are you coming here too?"
"Look at everyone's reaction." Zhang Yuan replied with a smile.
Ning Hao nodded and sat next to him.
I thought that my brother was too responsible and kept watching the film closely.
The theater gradually darkened and the screen gradually lit up.
"The city is the mother body, we live in her womb..."
As soon as the film opened, Brother Dao's girlfriend, played by Fan Bingbing, appeared in front of the audience.
The actors all speak with their own accents, and the feeling of down-to-earth comes across.
Except for Xiangjiang and Baodao, which are dubbed in Mandarin, the rest are all original voices of actors.
As soon as Fan Bingbing appeared, many of her die-hard fans screamed.
"Sure enough, it was right to find her..." Zhang Yuan sighed silently.
After that, Wang Xun, Liu Hua, and Huang Bo appeared one by one.
It's just that these people have average reputations and don't have the blessing of traffic attributes, so the audience response is average.
However, the interesting plot content and humorous lines still made the audience chuckle.
Zhang Yuan was not surprised or disappointed that the audience chuckled instead of laughed.
After all, "Crazy Stone" is positioned as black humor with light suspense, not a nonsensical comedy like Star Master.
Humor serves the rhythm of the plot and the audience's perception.
Soon, the video played to the part where international thief Mike, Zhang Yuan, appeared.
"Wow!"
"Oh!"
Just like when Fan Bingbing appeared before, many Zhang Yuan fans also cheered and screamed.
And faintly, it seems to be more enthusiastic than Fan Bingbing's.
In the middle of the eleventh row, the guest Huang Xiaoming, who was sitting firmly in the best viewing seat, twitched at the corner of his mouth.
"His popularity is so high..."
A burst of sadness arose in my heart.
Originally, he was about to join the crew to film "New Shanghai Beach", and he was quite happy.
But when I thought that Zhang Yuan was about to join the cast, and it was Lao Mouzi's "The Golden Armor", I suddenly felt that none of my dramas were good.
Then he thought that he hoped to join Hua Yi and strive to be the first brother.
But with such a big roadblock in front of me, how can I fight...
"He is so popular." At the same time, another person also sighed in his heart like Huang Xiaoming.
Fan Bingbing turned her head slightly and looked at the back row with a pair of shining eyes.
After smiling sweetly, he turned around and continued watching the movie.
As the story progresses, with a stone as the core, the four groups of people in the story are constantly entangled and moving forward.
Guo Tao protecting the stone.
Mike comes to steal the stone.
A trio of gangsters.
Plus the factory director has a great son.
A group of people each used their own unique moves and talents, and staged a ridiculous drama in which there were many twists and turns, but all their efforts came to nothing, and the results were achieved without any effort.
Investor Liu Dehua watched and laughed.
He has seen the rough cut of the film, but today he still watches the official version for the first time.
Brother Hua is very satisfied!
Everyone in the industry knows that this person has an undying passion for investing in movies.
In his early years, he opened his own production company.
But the problem is that Brother Hua is good at everything from acting to singing, but his investment talent attribute points are negative.
When he makes a movie, he pays attention to an all-star cast.
Anyway, with his connections, of course he was well-received in the Hong Kong film and television industry, and then... nothing happened.
The most important script and post-production of the film are a mess.
Poet Chen is also typical of this problem, especially "The Promise".
As a result, "The Legend of God of War" cost Hua Ge more than 30 million yuan!
This guy really "worked to pay off his debts" and it took him three years of crazy filming to make up for the loss.
Now I'm watching "Crazy Stone" which I invested in.
Are there any celebrities?
Of course, Zhang Yuan came in person and even invited Fan Bingbing.
The story isn't bad either.
Not only is it not bad, it is also the biggest selling point of this film!
Brother Hua could tell at a glance that this movie was exactly the opposite of the movies he had failed to invest in back then!
While watching, he was also secretly feeling the audience's reaction.
The audience gasped when the plot turned around.
He let out a soft cry when he reversed it again.
The sound of cursing when it was reversed again.
And again and again... the audience remained silent because they were already immersed in the story.
"Ah!"
"Woo, woo..."
An hour and a half later, on the big screen, Huang Bo was covered in black mud, running wildly on the viaduct with half a piece of bread in his mouth.
Behind him, a fat man riding an electric bike and wearing a chef's uniform was chasing after him like crazy.
"Ah!!!"
In a cry of pain that echoed through the auditorium, the scene froze.
The screen turned to black and white, and the list of cast and crew slowly rose.
The lights in the theater also became brighter.
Zhang Yuan's thoughts fell into memories.
While watching the movie, he recalled many moments during the filming.
This feeling of being in it but observing it from God's perspective is very strange.
Until the applause of the audience pulled him out of the rushing river of memories.
“Pa bang bang…”
[Received thanks from Zhang Dadi, memory +1! 】
[Received thanks from Wang Xinmei, digestion ability +1! 】
[Received thanks from Jiang Kaiwei, housework ability +1! 】
……
Seeing the many attributes gained, Zhang Yuan felt that all of these viewers were talents.
At the same time, it also shows that everyone’s viewing experience is quite good.
Now he went on stage with all the actors to be interviewed and asked questions.
They also interacted with the audience and gave away gifts through draws.
Guests such as Feng Xiaogang and Huang Xiaoming will also stand up to say hello and give compliments after being called by the host.
What Huang Xiaoming said is relatively false.
"This movie is quite interesting."
"It's funny, I like it very much..."
Zhang Yuan suspected that he didn't understand it at all.
After all, Director Feng is a well-known director, so his praise is more specific.
"The plot design is very clever."
"Especially the content that several groups of people pull back and forth, it's very exciting."
"I want to ask Director Ning Hao about plot design."
"I want to learn from you!"
You see, people are so good at talking...
But he said that, but his words and deeds may not be consistent.
In his eyes, the story was interesting, but the production was too rough! This is called forgetting your roots!
After I started working on big-scale productions like "The Night Banquet", I forgot that I also made my fortune from small-budget films back then.
He feels that now is the era of special effects blockbusters, and it would be great if this film can earn 10 to 20 million at the box office.
"This film contains the sincerity of all our creators."
"The cost is limited, and the shooting process is actually quite hard."
"But everyone showed their best side in the camera." Ning Hao said after taking the microphone.
"Here, I would like to thank two people in particular."
"That's Brother Hua and Zhang Yuan!"
"It was their help that gave me the opportunity to put this story that I had been preparing for many years on the screen."
Ning Hao's words indeed came from the sincerity.
After saying this, not only did the man come forward to hug the two of them, but hydrocephalus also flowed out of his eyes.
The next step was to take photos with the audience one by one, and also be interviewed by several print media and online media.
At about half past ten, the premiere officially ended.
"Let's go to my house for dinner!"
Zhang Yuan greeted everyone and prepared a minibus in advance.
"By the way, I muttered when you mentioned this before." Ning Hao said bluntly after wiping away his excited tears.
"Your house can accommodate so many people."
He thought Zhang Yuan was going to drag people to the small courtyard.
"I have changed my gun for a cannon!"
Without further ado, he took everyone to the large courtyard house in Fuyuan Hutong, which actually covers an area of 1,200 square meters.
"Fuck!"
After arriving at the place and getting off the car, Ning Hao directly said dirty words.
"Your cannon is too big!"
Not to mention Ning Hao, who is quite "poor" now.
Even Feng Xiao, who had already made a fortune, pursed his lips and showed envy after seeing the location and area.
"Let's go and show you."
The basic structure of the courtyard is a sun shape.
Compared with the small courtyard house, not to mention the extra backyard, the houses on the east, west, and south sides are all two-story.
Zhang Yuan's bedroom and study room are at the end of the backyard and are the most private.
In addition to the guest rooms and kitchen, the two sides of the front yard are the living room and entertainment and leisure space.
As long as the door is closed on the cross in the middle of the sun shape, two independent spaces can be formed, completely separating the private and banquet areas.
He led everyone around and everyone praised him.
Especially Xu Zheng, who knew that Zhang Yuangang had made a lot of money with animation.
Then the bald man was already envious, and now that he looked around the house, his heart dropped even more.
Huang Xiaoming even said nothing during the whole process.
Because there is nothing to say.
I thought it was pretty good that I bought a 180-square-meter four-bedroom apartment in Imperial City.
As a result, compared with others, my house can only be thrown away.
Brother Xiao Ming's income is actually average. He made his fortune mainly through the options after joining Huayi and his cooperation with Ren Quan and others.
He hasn't signed a contract with Hua Yi yet, so he only makes money through salary and endorsements.
Brother Hua smiled all the way and was the calmest.
Because he also has a house in the imperial capital, a villa in the city, which is only bigger than what he has here.
They debuted early, and their properties have already been spread all over the country.
As a musician, Tan Dun said nothing.
He has a moderate interest in houses and movies.
Until he saw the piano that had just arrived in Zhang Yuan's study.
"Oh!" Teacher Tan Dun's eyes lit up and he stepped forward.
"Your piano is pretty good!"
There were only two pianos in this store, one was on display, and the other one was going to be sent to another piano store for display, but he intercepted it.
Since it was in stock, it was shipped quickly.
The others looked at each other the same way.
Tan Dun said yes, this piano is definitely not cheap.
Everyone is wondering, how much money has this guy made in recent years?
"Can I play?" Tan Dun still had the same old problem of not being able to play the piano.
"Of course, but let's have some supper first, everything is ready." Zhang Yuan greeted.
“It’s almost time to eat, let’s drink and play together.”
"Okay!"
Everyone then turned to the restaurant.
Guests come from all over the world, in order to satisfy everyone's taste, plus it's getting late now. If you are looking for a team of chefs to work, they will definitely be very resentful.
Zhang Yuan asked his assistant to prepare a pot of shabu-shabu for one person, which was not spicy at all and could cater to Brother Hua's Xiangjiang taste. He also specially prepared a lot of mushrooms of various colors for him.
This person is now semi-vegetarian.
He also invited two of his subordinates, Bao Qiang and Yao Cheng, to have dinner together, so they became familiar with each other.
Fortunately, Bao Qiang is acquainted with Director Feng and Brother Hua.
Yao Cheng needs to see the world.
Everyone was eating hot pot and singing songs, feeling at ease.
While eating, Huang Bo glanced at Baoqiang and Yao Cheng.
I saw that the shoes they were wearing were hundreds or even thousands of dollars in price.
The mobile phone used is also the latest model.
I wear more than 100 domestic shoes and use an old mobile phone from two years ago.
Although he didn't say anything out loud, he knew it in his heart.
The two people who followed Zhang Yuan had much better living conditions than themselves.
Who doesn’t want to live a better life?
Even if Bo Ge has a mature mentality, it is inevitable that he will feel a little sad when compared with others.
After eating and drinking, as mentioned earlier, Zhang Yuan led everyone to his study.
Teacher Tan Dun's song "Yue People's Song" attracted everyone's applause.
"This piano is much better than the one in the hotel last time." After closing the song, Tan Dun couldn't help but admire: "It's transparent and silky."
Of course he had seen more expensive pianos.
The most expensive pianos of each brand are used in top concerts, with prices ranging from two to three million.
But that's concert hall or symphony orchestra equipment.
Zhang Yuan is personal and has a different concept.
"You can play one too and see if you have improved recently." Tan Dun happily gave up his position.
"Okay." Zhang Yuan sat down.
"You can also play the piano?" Huang Xiaoming asked in surprise.
Zhang Yuan:......
I don’t know how to play, so I bought a piano to bring home. Do I intend to use it purely for decoration?
Fan Bingbing rolled her eyes at Huang Xiaoming in disgust and cursed at the same time.
With your intelligence, you still want to be a big brother...Zhang Yuan can kill you with his toes.
Mr. Fan turned his head and looked intently at Zhang Yuan, who was gently spreading his fingers on the keys like spring rain.
With so many people present, he could no longer play Pleasant Goat, even though he knew the music well.
He played a song he had just practiced these days, "Moonlight" by Debussy.
In the small courtyard outside the house, a ray of moonlight just fell on the study room, which was very suitable for the scene.
Fan Bingbing just held the red wine glass in one hand and held her chin in the other, looking at it with a smile.
That look in his eyes is no longer stringy, but he is about to swing the pole!
"He looks so handsome when he plays the piano..."
Eighty percent of women follow the music model.
Lang Lang looks like a piano prince, and Zhang Yuan looks like him. Now when he plays music, in the eyes of women, he is basically running towards the Supreme Emperor.
The assistant Zhao Juejue on the side was holding a bottle of wine and had to act as a waiter.
After all, with a salary of more than 10,000 yuan a month, you will definitely live a lot.
She glanced at Fan Bingbing's youthful look when she looked at her boss, squinted her eyes and shook her head.
"Another female demon wants to eat Tang Monk's meat."
When she first started following Zhang Yuan, she saw her boss "playing games" with female celebrities, and all her thoughts were in her mind.
"Brother Zhang Yuan, why do you keep hooking up with women..."
And now it is.
"Someone hooked up with my boss again!"
The position becomes increasingly clear.
His fingers swept over the keys and the song closed.
Bang bang bang... Fan Bingbing took the lead in applauding.
"Okay!"
Zhang Yuan was speechless for a while, and he cheered when he heard the piano music.
You should listen to the cross talk.
Chatted with everyone for a while.
At almost two o'clock in the middle of the night, everyone gradually dispersed.
Zhang Yuan saw off the guests one by one to the door.
Fan Bingbing was the last to leave, Zhang Yuan said softly to her.
"I just bought a mattress worth more than 30,000 yuan. Do you want to try it?"
The bullets were loaded last time, but this guy had a high fever.
I just moved into my new house this time, why don’t I find someone to consecrate it?
"Hehehe..." Fan Bingbing covered her mouth and laughed.
At the same time, he stretched his index finger across his chest.
"Okay, but that mattress can only be used by the two of us from now on. Can you do it?"
"Uh..." Zhang Yuan replied before he could reply.
This person kissed him on the ear, then turned around and walked away, waving his hands as he walked.
She was lusting after Zhang Yuan's body before.
After all, I have roughly seen his equipment on the set of "Little Fish and Flowers".
But since that time on the set of "Ink Attack", this greedy person has become more than just a body.
But everyone is greedy.
"Why did you change your gender..." Zhang Yuan didn't know about these changes and was confused.
I thought that Fan Xiaopang was quite generous, but why did he become so reserved when he came to my place?
If you want to play and if you want to be on top, your attitudes are naturally different.
Go back to the house and sleep.
Without the company of a woman, such a springy mattress would go to waste.
Two days later, the first weekend box office results of "Crazy Stone" were released... (End of Chapter)