How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 13
December 1996, 4.

[Beijing Wuguan] Premiere Ceremony.

As Zhang Nan thought, there was neither a lot of exposure nor a lot of publicity.

Some of them are just that Disney entrusts the theater to get a few posters for [Jingcheng Martial Art Museum] and hang them at the entrance of the movie theater—this is actually a routine operation. Before all movies are released, there will be such a poster in the theater.

Then Disney released [Jingcheng Martial Arts] in a very quiet time.

In this schedule, there is even a B-level film directed by Michael Bay——"Brave to Kill the Island" invested by Bowei Films, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Disney.

Putting their two films in the same schedule shows that Disney doesn't pay much attention to [Jingcheng Martial Art Museum].

Of course, there are also factors that Bowei is not very much under the management of Disney's film and television department, and it doesn't care too much about the 500 million mini-projects like [Jingcheng Martial Art Museum].

So Zhang Nan spent the few days before the movie was released very easily, even a little comfortable.

As for not promoting the movie before its release, Zhang Nan doesn't really care much.

After all, it's just publicity. Relying on him who is not yet famous, and the old Luke who has been in Hollywood for decades and is still not famous, the attraction to movie fans cannot be said to be almost zero, or basically none.

What Zhang Nan is more concerned about is the scale of the release of [Jingcheng Wuguan].

After all, even if he has a ticket in his hand, if there are too few theaters and the box office is too high, it is easy to make outrageous things where the box office of a single theater exceeds the sky, and it will be too conspicuous.

Fortunately, although Disney's main department pays more attention to animated films than live-action films, and because [Beijing Wuguan] is a small cost of 500 million US dollars, it is not worth it.

But Disney's top eight names in Hollywood are still respected by the theaters.

In addition, kung fu movies are still a bit hot at this time, and the schedule is off-season, so it is also idle.

So on the first day when filming, I gave enough face.

Three major theater lines, thousands of movie theaters, a total of 100 yuan big screens, will be screened at the same time [Jingcheng Martial Art Museum].

The only thing that makes Zhang Nan feel regretful is that today's premiere is relatively shabby, there are basically no celebrities, only ordinary audiences.

What's even more regrettable is that most of the crew members of [Jingcheng Wuguan] are still unable to come to Asia, and there are only him and old Luke in North America.

But he was the only one who could attend the premiere of [Jingcheng Wuguan].

Because after the farewell at the airport, Zhang Nan has not seen Old Luke again.

It's not that old Luke has already suffered an accident. During this period, Zhang Nan and old Luke talked on the phone several times, but old Luke's pronunciation was a bit leaky and vague, which should be caused by some physical trauma.

So... Zhang Nan can understand that old Luke didn't come today.

After thinking about it, it was the turn of Zhang Nan, the director, screenwriter and lead actor, to give a speech.

Zhang Nan took the microphone and walked up in a hurry, still a little nervous on stage for the first time.

But after taking a look at the audience, who were all indifferent, Zhang Nan knew that the effect of going on stage this time was basically useless. That's too late.

So he scribbled and quickly ended his useless speech, and quickly stepped off the stage before the audience got annoyed.

Then the big screen lit up, and the theater's high-end sound system started to work, playing the opening sound effects.

【Beijing Martial Art Museum】

Producer: Luke Landry.

Director: Nan-Zhang.

Starring: Nan-Zhang.

Screenwriter: Nan Zhang.

"Oh."

Due to the large size of these lines and the high frequency of Zhang Nan's name, some audience members made some noises in surprise, but they soon fell silent again.

The beginning of the film is a flying kite, just a kite, which attracted the attention of the audience.

Because this kite - so beautiful.

No wonder it’s not beautiful, this kite was made by a few old artists in the props group of the Beijing Studio, the artistic elements contained in it, according to the sissy statement in [Kung Fu]—not only is it tall, but it also has several floors. high.

Then the kite line broke quickly, and the camera followed the kite falling on a courtyard wall, facing a courtyard.

Master Zhang, played by Zhang Nan, is fighting against Zhao Benshan, who has a serious face and wears a long robe.

The movements between the two are very neat, and there are also some funny designs. Coupled with Lao Zhao's talent in comedy, every move shows a joyful atmosphere.

"Jack?" Some audience members in the front row subconsciously blurted out.

But soon a stinky and snarky viewer retorted, "Did you keep those two eyes to vent your anger? Did Jack grow up like this?"

"Okay, okay, anyway, Asians are about the same size, brother, don't speak so harshly, you are watching a movie, be quiet." Another audience said kindly.

"Oh, this is ugly, then if I tell you: Mommy**********." The stinky and sharp-tongued audience tilted their heads and gave another output.

The atmosphere in North America is inherently irritable, and the atmosphere in movie theaters can easily make people feel uncomfortable. Most people who like to watch kung fu movies have a little bit of martial arts style.

And the condition of the scene is: a North American movie theater showing Kung Fu movies.

This... is a collection of elements.

Sitting in the front row, Zhang Nan didn't care too much when he heard some small disputes behind him, but he couldn't care less after a while.

Because on the big screen, Master Zhang, who he played, was shouting: I want to hit ten.

And in the movie theater, he just watched a certain audience put in front of him, and actually singled out ten, no, more than a dozen audiences.

Zhang Nan was completely confused.

I wipe it, what's the situation?
Lao Tzu acted on it, you put it down and learn?

The point is, aren't you learning a little too fast?
I haven't finished the movie yet, hey!
Fortunately, this farce was stopped by the security guard who didn't arrive in time.

The reason why the security guards didn't come in a timely manner was mainly because not only did they have to call 110 afterwards, but they also had to call 120. The work of the security guards was a bit cumbersome, because the one-on-one audience who singled out more than a dozen spectators was seriously injured.

Ah, you said that there is no 110 and 120 in North America. The number for calling the police and calling for a doctor is the same number, just call 911.

That's fine, the work of the security guard has been lightened a bit, and only one number needs to be dialed.

But after such an episode, some inexplicable changes took place in the atmosphere of the cinema.

Fortunately, the movie is an action movie, and this inexplicable change doesn't have much impact on the movie-watching experience, and it even helps.

In short, the movie is over, and the audience who watched this scene gave good comments when filling out the movie review form.

A movie ticket, not only watching a movie, but also joining in the excitement, it is difficult to give a bad evaluation.

After the show ended, Zhang Nan hurriedly came to the stage to thank him for watching the film as usual, and left in a hurry. He was a little confused and wanted to go home quietly, so he even turned down a bunch of paparazzi and reporters at the entrance of the cinema.

If the paparazzi and reporters can't interview Zhang Nan, the director, lead actor and screenwriter, they can only interview the audience.

"After watching the movie, how do you feel?" The paparazzi found an audience at random and handed over the microphone.

Audience: "Exciting."

The paparazzi originally thought that the other party would speak perfunctory words such as okay, but they didn't expect this kind of words to come, so they were a little confused.

"Exciting? Is the movie particularly good? Can you expand on it?"

Audience: "Uh... the movie is not bad, mainly because someone played ten of them in the movie theater just now, which is more exciting."

Originally, I didn't have any expectations for this kind of interview, but it turned out to be a big melon.

The paparazzi was taken aback for a moment, and after realizing it, he was so excited that he almost stuffed the microphone into the audience's mouth, forcing the audience to give the microphone a 199 health care.

After some interviews, a gossip full of gags was drafted in the paparazzi's mind.

Shock!This kind of thing happened in the movie theater!

The most exciting kung fu movie, the audience said on the spot after watching it that they wanted to play ten of them!

(End of this chapter)