Chapter 270 "Sweet Honey" (Part 1)
After Xu Kong, the director, the male protagonist, and various other creators of the movie entered the scene, the scene became quiet.
Yiguo had indeed attended many movie premieres before.
Of course, the number is actually very small compared to her current fan base.
Mainly because he is unwilling to accept promotions and receive money, and his style of commentary tends to be hard-core and sharp, so he is really not well-liked by most producers, film industry directors, actors and the like.
However, precisely because of this, there are some who are confident in the quality of their films and still choose to invite Yiguo to the premiere.
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The size of the cinema screening room where "Sweet Honey" premiered this time is considered to be among the top three in the entire capital.
If the entire theater is added together, it is estimated that it can accommodate thousands of spectators.
Of course, the main reason is that Xu Kong and other main creators are present. Although it is an advance screening, it is equivalent to a premiere.
However, Yiguo could roughly detect that the audience present, including the media and various film critics, totaled more than three hundred, or even more.
And they are all the ones with considerable influence.
From this point of view, Xu Kong does have quite high confidence in the quality of his films. Otherwise, if it were other films, there is a high probability that he would not be able to reach a cooperation without anything, and it would undoubtedly be released. The film carries huge risks.
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There was a special host at the scene, invited by Xu Kong from Beijing TV Station.
When Xu Kong attended the New Year's Eve party of Beijing TV Station, he was able to accumulate his own network of contacts.
Although the other party's reputation is not as good as some well-known hosts from some official TV stations or Mango, his business capabilities and experience are still very reassuring.
Of course, this early stage is basically just a simple introduction.
As the director and male protagonist, Xu Kong only briefly greeted the scene.
Questions from the audience of the film, as well as some more detailed sessions, are placed after the screening of the subsequent film.
At this time, Xu Kong was not willing to waste too much time. After the process was completed, he led Shang Yuxin and other creatives to step down.
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As the theater lights dimmed.
Yiguo was indeed a little excited.
Mainly because some time ago, Xu Kong's movie did release some news and trailers.
But overall, apart from knowing that it is a period and love-themed film, no one knows any other detailed information.
The last time Xu Kong collaborated with Shang Yuxin was last year's "Legend of Sword and Fairy", and the chemical reaction was quite good.
In addition, as the first film she wrote, directed and acted in, in fact, not only her, but also the outside world is very interested in knowing whether Xu Kong can continue the other party's legendary achievements in the field of TV dramas.
Although Xu Kong has only filmed three dramas in total so far, he wrote the scripts and directed them all.
Moreover, all three dramas have become hits, and their reputations are also quite good, with ratings reaching above 8.5.
Anyone who knows a little bit about the ratings of domestic dramas in recent years will know how valuable this 8.5 points is.
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The familiar "dragon mark" at the beginning of the film is used as a sign that it has received permission for public release.
What follows is naturally the classic title sequence of Fengge Film and Television, one of the largest film and television companies in the country, which everyone is familiar with.
This thing has been seen by almost all audiences in theaters for almost two decades.
The last thing that came out was an animation of a few clouds floating in the sky, and the words "Xukong Studio" finally appeared.
This made Yiguo stunned for a moment. In fact, Xu Kong Studio had appeared in the opening credits of Sword and The Long Season.
But most people don't care.
But when it appears at the beginning of the film, it can explain some problems even more.
That is this movie. It is true that Feng Ge is one of the producers. After all, Xu Kong is an artist under Feng Ge. It is normal for him to receive investment from the company.
But in addition, Xu Kong’s own studio is also the producer?
In other words, Xu Kong now, no, or earlier, Xu Kong is no longer a pure artist or director.
He himself is also one of the capitals.
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The credits end and the movie officially begins.
Yiguo put away some of his speculations and became serious and focused.
"March 1, 1986"
The subtitles end as they appear in the middle of the screen.
In the black and white picture, a train is slowly approaching the station.
The camera flashed, and noisy sounds appeared in the carriage. As the screen moved, the camera focused on the face of the male protagonist Li Xiaojun, played by Xu Kong.
At this time, he fell asleep leaning on his seat.
Following the flight attendant's reminder, the man Li Xiaojun was leaning against suddenly woke up and quickly got out of the car.
This directly woke up Li Xiaojun from his deep sleep.
The male protagonist played by Xu Kong is dressed in a retro style, even a little rustic.
In contrast to this, Xu Kong looks handsome, but at the same time he looks a bit innocent and ignorant.
In a flash, the stop sign showed Kowloon in Hong Kong City.
It was obviously the first time for Li Xiaojun to see an escalator. Carrying a large bag of luggage, he tried several times in a row before he could barely stand firm.
As the camera moves upward and freezes, Li Xiaojun, standing on the escalator, looks terrified and confused.
And above his head, at the end of the escalator, was the exit. At this time, it was shrouded in dazzling light, making it impossible to see anything clearly.
Under such obviously at a loss, Li Xiaojun slowly disappeared into the light.
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"Xukong"
"Shang Yuxin"
"Guan Hua"
""Sweet Honey", directed by Xu Kong"
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The opening credits of the movie began to appear on the screen.
Yiguo was a little surprised. The shot just now was indeed very artistic.
Although the male protagonist Xu Kong doesn't have a single line, it can be seen from the opening clip that his performance in all aspects of body movements and expressions is quite surprising.
Xu Kong is obviously not the kind of person who lacks confidence. When I see him on many occasions, I can feel Xu Kong's gentle smile and the confidence in his gestures.
But the Li Xiaojun in the movie, going from the mainland to a Hong Kong city in that era, was almost the same as a so-called rural person entering a big city.
Xu Kong almost perfectly expressed the complex emotions of fear, confusion, and vague expectation in this short minute or two.
More importantly, although Xu Kong dresses maturely in the movie, it can be seen overall that he is not playing that kind of young man.
But you can feel a unique sense of youthfulness and youth.
This is a quite strange feeling, different from all the roles Xu Kong has played in the past.
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Then as the movie officially started, the color of the movie returned to normal color.
But at the same time, it can be seen that in order to create that unique sense of time, the crew put a lot of effort into props, framing, and even post-production color filters.
In this regard, there will be no sense of drama.
Of course, from the trailers released before, as well as the background and information revealed in some movies just now.
Sure enough, it is similar to what Yiguo guessed. This is the story of the male protagonist Li Xiaojun, played by Xu Kong, who came to the prosperous port city to work hard in that era.
Xu Kong is indeed handsome!
As this was the reality when Xu Kong was filming TV series, it was actually a reality that Yiguo or most of the audience generally recognized. But when Xu Kong's face appeared on the big screen, Yi Guocai was even more sure that Xu Kong was indeed not the kind of actor who was only suitable for acting in TV series. In terms of appearance, he was still quite capable and capable on the big screen. .
Although it seems quite embarrassing in the movie, he took refuge with his aunt, lived in a simple and poor cubicle, and had a job of delivering ducks to people.
But none of this made the boyishness and good-looking smile on the protagonist's face disappear.
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As the plot progresses, the heroine Li Qiao, played by Shang Yuxin, appears.
The two met at a certain chain burger restaurant. For Li Xiaojun at the time, it was troublesome to order food without speaking Cantonese.
Li Qiao, who was wearing a burger restaurant uniform, was impatient. He looked around for a while, and then asked again in Mandarin.
For Li Xiaojun, who had just arrived in Hong Kong City, hearing Mandarin was like meeting his family, and he became happy.
But Li Qiao is different. For her, being a mainlander will cause discrimination and look down upon here.
Therefore, she never speaks Mandarin and regards herself as a pure Hong Kong native.
Shang Yuxin's appearance in the movie undoubtedly surprised Yiguo.
She knew very well that in order to transform into a movie actor, the roles Shang Yuxin had taken before were indeed the ones with more layers and depth.
Sometimes they even act ugly on purpose.
Therefore, some of the movie roles that Shang Yuxin participated in before were criticized by many viewers, who felt that they lacked the aura of the original TV series.
It looks awkward and unnatural no matter how you look at it.
But this time in Xu Kong's movie, there is no such feeling at all.
It's very natural and at the same time, the appearance and temperament of the whole character seem to be on a higher level.
Even if it is an ordinary burger restaurant uniform, it still gives people an amazing feeling when wearing it.
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The subsequent plot is no surprise. Two young people who are also in a foreign land begin their own story.
It is worth mentioning that he is different from Li Xiaojun's somewhat honest and even silly character.
The heroine Li Qiao's purpose in coming to Hong Kong City is very clear, and it can be seen that she is a very shrewd woman.
It can even be said to be a bit of a philistine one.
It can be seen from the first time she met Li Xiaojun that she began to trick him into signing up for classes so as to earn a commission.
But in fact, Li Xiaojun is not completely stupid.
"You clearly know that I am taking advantage of you..."
Facing Li Qiao's question, Li Xiaojun whispered:
"I'm worried that if I don't let you take advantage, you won't come to me."
"Then I don't even have the only friend in Hong Kong City."
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Li Xiaojun's words made Li Qiao fall into silence. If the other party was like this, why wasn't she?
Although at the beginning, Li Xiaojun's appearance was indeed out of Li Qiao's plan.
But also because of this, Li Qiao was alone in Hong Kong City before and had no so-called friends at all, not even anyone to talk to.
After the two had a heart-to-heart talk, they naturally started to get into bed.
On the first day of the new year, Li Xiaojun called Xiaoting in his hometown and said I love you.
Only then did Yiguo remember that the movie had always reminded him that Li Xiaojun had a fiancée who had never been shown.
In other words, the protagonist Li Xiaojun, played by Xu Kong, cheated.
She was a little surprised at Xu Kong's boldness. After all, at this time, it is too rare to dare to write a male protagonist with moral flaws. Most of them are Wei Guangzheng.
Not to mention that this role was played by Xu Kong himself.
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But after all, Li Xiaojun has never experienced such a thing.
I went to Li Qiao, who was working at a burger restaurant, to discuss this "unexpected" one-night stand.
Li Qiao behaved relatively calmly.
"Last night it was windy and rainy, so two lonely people just had a 'reunion dinner'."
Li Xiaojun didn't know what he thought in the end, but he could only accept this statement.
But when he reached the door, he couldn't help but look back and looked at the other person who was wearing a uniform and wiping the glass,
He seemed to remember that it was New Year's Day, so he called the other person's name:
"Li Qiao"
"New Year's Progress"
Li Qiao turned around and replied:
"Congratulations on getting rich"
Li Xiaojun: “It’s all smooth sailing”
—"Good health"
"Everything goes well"
—“Dragon Horse Spirit”
"Good luck"
—“Everything goes well”
Li Xiaojun used the words of congratulations in Mandarin, while Li Qiao used Cantonese.
Finally, the smile on Li Qiao's face subsided.
After a while, I replied with the last sentence: "Long live friendship"
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The camera jumped between the two of them, and Yiguo couldn't help but feel like committing a crime.
Xu Kong is a little too good at taking pictures.
Especially the last sentence "Long live friendship".
It can be seen that Li Qiao is very aware that his relationship with Li Xiaojun is immoral, and he does not put it on the table.
But there is no way to completely pull away.
Especially at this time, she was already trapped, more like a sober sinking.
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Sure enough, this kind of thing only happens 0 times and countless times.
After that, the two of them almost regarded the 527-room hotel as the other's home.
But the side effect of this is that Li Xiaojun's letter to his hometown Xiaoting becomes more and more difficult to write.
I raised my pen and thought about it for a long time, but finally I just stopped at saying, "Everything is going well for me recently."
Things seemed to be getting better and better, and Li Qiao's savings seemed to have exceeded five figures.
Li Xiaojun also met a chef brother by chance. He thought the young soldier was good and made him his apprentice.
Being a chef is more profitable than delivering goods, and Li Xiaojun has established a firm foothold in Hong Kong City.
However, something unexpected happened. Li Qiao, who had been trading in stocks and foreign exchange, encountered a stock market crash. She lost all the money she had saved up.
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(End of chapter)