rebirth of change

After solving the money that Guan Mengyu was most anxious and concerned about, Chen Kangjie's winter vacation also came.

Entering the winter vacation of 2001, the most important thing for Chen Kangjie is to devote himself to the promotion of his first step film, which he directed and acted in.

The promotion of "Dragon Heart" has actually started before, but without the soul of Chen Kangjie, the promotion effect is always somewhat weak and weak.

The "lobsters" all over the world are looking forward to this movie. They also know that its release time is during the winter vacation, but from their psychological and emotional point of view, they still hope to see Chen Kangjie come out on the stage, although Even if Chen Kangjie didn't come out, many of them would still spend money to buy tickets to go to the cinema, but there was still a hope in their hearts.

Since he had already obtained the recommended quota, Chen Kangjie didn't need to waste his mind on the postgraduate entrance examination. After finishing the final exam, he quietly left the campus.

For the premiere location of "Dragon Heart", Miramax, Feiyang Entertainment and Chen Long's company have two different suggestions.

The idea of ​​Feiyang Entertainment and Miramax is that the location of its premiere should be in Hollywood. The reason is that Hollywood has a greater influence and is more international, and it is easier to attract global attention.After all, Hollywood is the film capital of the world, and its number of international stars and other soft and hard power are the strongest.

But Chen Long believes that the premiere should be arranged in Hong Kong.Well, there are only two reasons. Both of their leading actors are from China, and they also tell a story with China as the background of justice. It is easier to resonate with the premiere in Hong Kong.

In fact, there was another reason they didn't mention, and that was Chen Long's own influence.Although he is an influential international superstar among Chinese actors, there is no doubt that his degree of recognition and reputation in Hong Kong is far beyond comparison in Western countries.

In Los Angeles, there may still be some people who can recognize Chen Long, but the percentage will be very low.

In the end, these two choices were handed over to Chen Kangjie for him to choose and decide.

The reasons of the two parties are reasonable. If you only consider it from the perspective of economic interests, that is, the box office, then the choice in the United States is undoubtedly correct.In today's world, the United States deserves to be the number one film market, and its annual box office amount is far ahead of other countries.

However, because this movie has strong Chinese elements, it cannot be simply regarded as an ordinary commercial movie.

The core of film art is actually values.Although there is a theory of universal value in the world, the content of universal value is too broad, and under the influence of culture and national conditions, its understanding and acceptance vary.

In the movie "Dragon Heart", Chen Kangjie still wants to express some oriental values ​​and thinking through it.

In movies made by Americans, the spirits of justice, kindness, love, patriotism, mutual assistance, etc. are often well reflected in Americans.Negative manifestations of evil, conspiracy, cowardice, shamelessness, etc. almost all appear on others.

But this time, Chen Kangjie turned everything upside down.The big villain is an American, and an American full of evil and conspiracy.On the contrary, the Chinese people played by him and Chen Long represent justice and perseverance.And, like all movies, justice wins in the end, but the victorious characters are replaced by Chinese.

Although this is a movie with a strong commercial atmosphere, Chen Kangjie still regards it as a movie with a patriotic theme.He hopes that domestic audiences who watch this film can strengthen their patriotic enthusiasm, and he also hopes that audiences in other countries can use this film to reflect on the United States, a country that prides itself on democracy and freedom all the time.

Based on this idea, Chen Kangjie finally abandoned the suggestion to hold the premiere in Los Angeles or Hong Kong, and he decided to hold the event in Beijing.

Since it is a movie about my patriotism, it is more suitable to be placed in the capital than any other place.

However, putting the premiere in Beijing does not mean that Chen Kangjie has given up other markets.In order for the film to be successful, he still has to travel around the world to promote it.

"Jie Shao, since you will choose some countries and regions to promote "Dragon Heart", various invitations and activities have poured in. These are what I sorted out, including TV programs and interview invitations, and radio interviews. Appointments, some speeches and visits, etc." Liu Deyi pointed to a large stack of documents in front of Chen Kangjie and said, "There are more, but those are institutions or activities that do not have much influence. I shot you in advance."

After Chen Kangjie left school, he went home to live with the old man for a day. It was a simple business trip, and then he went to Hong Kong non-stop and lived in He Wanrong's villa.

Some time ago, Liu Deyi was not interested in building the city, but came to Hong Kong to collect information for him and lay the groundwork for his work.Anyway, he stayed in Zhucheng, and there was not much use for him.

"There are so many, I don't want to go through them one by one, just give me a brief explanation." Chen Kangjie shook his head as he looked at the materials, which were about a foot thick.

"Okay, then I'll make a geographical division first. These invitations or appointments are mainly concentrated in the United States, Europe, Japan and Southeast Asia. Your time is very limited, so we can only focus on the key points. This one is The German "Der Spiegel" applied for an interview. "Der Spiegel Weekly" has a great influence in Germany and Europe, so I accepted it and communicated with them about the interview outline..." Liu Deyi watched Lai was really working hard. I saw him picking up a piece of information, and after a quick glance, he was able to give a detailed explanation. It was concise and clear, and Chen Kangjie knew what he knew when he heard it.

"Cancel the film awards ceremony in Australia, that kind of event is meaningless. In this way, I will select a few, and then you can let Feiyang Entertainment prepare for it. You can participate in the celebrity charity gala in New York, "Der Spiegel" You can accept the interview, you can also go to the United Nations Youth Forum held in Paris, you can keep the fan meeting for the activities in Japan, and you can keep the speech at Waseda University, but there is no need to contact the official. If you are invited to an entertainment program, please decline it. Those programs that only make jokes about artists are fine. As for Hong Kong, if I have time, then I am interested in running the Standard Chartered Marathon..." Chen Kangjie From the dozens of activities introduced by Liu Deyi, a dozen of various and representative ones were selected.

These activities don't sound like a lot, but to do them well, his entire winter vacation time will basically be fully occupied.

"Introduction, then this official invitation..." Liu Deyi said while holding a beautiful document.

"Oh, I really don't have enough skills. Forget it, let's add it. Who told me to be the ambassador for the Olympic bid? They really didn't let go of such a short time. They actually asked me to continue to promote the Beijing Olympic bid. However, the city Not so much, I think Moscow, Hamburg and Seoul, other cities, discuss with them, don't really use me as free labor." Chen Kangjie shook his head and agreed helplessly.

This holiday, Chen Kangjie is equivalent to flying around the earth.Other college students spend their holidays relaxed and leisurely, but he, Chen Kangjie, not only has to be busy with himself, but also has to continue to contribute to the country.

"Okay... Master Jie, and, are you going to participate in these promotional activities by yourself, or arrange some team members from the crew, such as Chen Long or Gibson or something." Liu Deyi then asked.

"It seems that none of the activities I selected are suitable for the team. Except for the Standard Chartered Marathon, you can ask them. If you are interested, you can run the marathon together. Running is healthier, haha. Besides, you can let The Miramax company arranges it separately, and Brother Chen Long can't let him idle, he can selectively participate in promotional activities in Southeast Asia and China."

"I guess they won't choose to run a marathon with you, 42.195 kilometers. They think it will be difficult to complete this goal, even though they are also physically strong. Moreover, it will be ugly if they lose too much to you." Liu Deyi smiled knowingly.

Indeed, marathoning is an extremely physical and endurance sport.Although Chen Kangjie is not a long-distance runner, but in comparison, he is considered a professional after all.Finishing a marathon is not too difficult for Chen Kangjie, but for those who have no special contact, even if they usually pay attention to exercise, it will be very difficult.

After the discussion, Liu Deyi left to make relevant preparations, while Chen Kangjie was going to see how the dinner prepared by He Wanrong was going.

"You go out, you go out, it will be ready soon, what are you doing in the kitchen, don't you know that a gentleman stays away from the kitchen?" Chen Kangjie just poked his head into the kitchen, and was pushed out by He Wanrong who had discovered it.

Although He Wanrong is wearing an apron, she still does not change her elegant and refined image.

"Sister Wanrong, you are overthinking. I just came to see what delicious food you cook, not to help you." Chen Kangjie said with a laugh.

"When you eat later, don't you know what I did? Hurry up and don't delay me."

"Okay, okay, okay, you thought I would steal my teacher. You will have to be busy when I come, I feel a little sorry." Chen Kangjie raised his hands and said.

"I can't wait for you to come. By the way, have you finished talking with Liu Deyi? What about others?"

"Let's go, he has helped me with so much work, I have busy time, and he is not free." Chen Kangjie smiled self-deprecatingly.