The Wind of China Entertainment 2005

Chapter 521 The First Day
Wanda Cinema in Beijing.

The hall was crowded with people and long queues formed at the ticket gate early on.

In front of the "Time Raiders" poster on the left side of the aisle, two young couples are taking photos together, excitedly making the scissors hand gesture and smiling brightly.

After the guy with a buzz cut on the opposite side finished taking the photo, the two girls asked almost at the same time: "What would you like to drink, milk tea, drinks?"

"Mineral water will do." The three boys glanced at each other.

"it is good."

After a brief exchange, the two girls left arm in arm, smiling.

The man with a crew cut quickly sent the photo he had just taken, and then looked at the two friends beside him.

"You two are such a piece of shit. Watching a movie is not like having sex. Why do you have to bring your girlfriend along?"

All three of them graduated from Beijing University of Science and Technology and were roommates in the past. In the blink of an eye, it has been more than two years since graduation. Except for him, the other two have girlfriends and are at the stage of discussing marriage.

He was tricked here today and forced to "witness love". He ate a mouthful of dog food and felt irritated. He wanted to beat these two grandsons to death.

The tall boy among his friends raised his eyebrows and smiled, first affirming his point of view: "Watching a movie is indeed not sex, but..."

He deliberately prolonged his tone and said playfully, "Should we sort out the logic behind this?"

Man with crew cut: “.”

Another slightly chubby boy joined the conversation at the right time and said with a smile: "By the way, you are not bad looking, and you have the highest salary among the three of us, why don't you find a girlfriend? Didn't the three of us agree to take wedding photos together when we were in school?"

"Yeah, don't say it's unfair of us to ask you to come."

The tall man interrupted and pointed at the teams on both sides: "Today, many fans of Liu Shishi and Lu Yuan came here. There are a lot of girls. Maybe you will meet someone you like. The opportunity is right in front of you. You must seize it."

"Tch, it's boring."

The crew-haired man sneered and said, "Let me tell you this, marriage is like fishing. First you have to fish. Fish in different waters have different tastes. In some places, after fishing dozens of times, the fish that are caught may be of average quality, picky, and have a bad temper.

After waiting for a long time for the fish you like to hook, it will slip away. When you are about to catch it, it will complain that your net is too small, and it will run away! You have made a nest in vain, and the bait is gone! You go to the fish pond owner to argue, but he says that you made the nest voluntarily and will not refund it.

After all the trouble, hundreds of dollars are wasted, and in the end you may not even catch any small fish fry. But it is different if you buy them at the vegetable market. The prices are clearly marked, and you don’t have to make a nest. You can just pick up the one you like, feel it and weigh it, and buy it if it’s right. It doesn’t matter if the bucket you use to put it in is too big.

If you are tired of eating freshwater fish, you can change your taste and try sea fish or imported ocean fish. They cost a few hundred yuan, and I can do whatever I want. Well, I can buy whatever I want. "

The tall man twitched his lips and said speechlessly, "Anyone can touch the fish in the market. Maybe their mouths are rotten. But it's different if you catch it yourself. Only you can handle it yourself."

“Then how can you be sure that the fish you caught hasn’t been tampered with by others?” The man with a crew cut grinned and retorted.

"Maybe someone else released it, or maybe the fisherman next door thought the fish was too small and fishy, ​​so he played with it for a while, thought it was boring, and spit some white saliva into the fish's mouth before throwing it back into the water."

Tall man and slightly fat man: "."

"Scumbag." Yuan Shanshan cursed inwardly from behind the crowd.

He turned to look to the side, his eyes full of expectation, asking for confirmation: "Mi Mi, is that right?"

Yang Mi pulled his hat brim down and answered irrelevantly: "Why go to the vegetable market? You are short-sighted. If you want to go, go to the fish market. Go early. There are all kinds of fish, and they are fresh."

Scumbag! Yuan Shanshan despises her.

Yang Mi's ideas are wild and imaginative, and she often feels inferior because she can't keep up.

The two of them were free today. She was single and Yang Mi had a partner, but Liu Kaiwei had no time as he was busy with the crew, so they made an appointment to come together to watch the midnight show.

The hall was bustling with people, filled with young couples being intimate with each other, emitting the scent of hormones.

She stretched her neck and looked around, sighing, "When have there ever been so many people at a midnight show in China? If you didn't know, you would have thought it was a Hollywood blockbuster. Senior Brother Lu is really amazing."

The concept of midnight shows has gradually been recognized by domestic audiences, starting with the "Transformers" series which set off a craze in mainland China.

In 2009, "Transformers 2" was released in mainland China, setting records for midnight screenings in many cities across the country and ultimately earning a box office record of 350 million yuan.

Subsequently, "Avatar" and "Let the Bullets Fly" all achieved good results in the midnight field.

However, the movie that really made midnight screenings popular was "Transformers 2011" released in 3, which grossed 1200 million yuan in the mainland's midnight screenings.

With the cinema’s deliberate promotion, watching the midnight premiere is now a very trendy and fashionable behavior.

Just like when Apple releases a new mobile phone, some people queue up all night.

Adidas' new sneakers were launched, and fans in many cities lined up overnight just to wear them in advance.

Although "Time Raiders" is a low-budget production, it has successfully attracted the attention of many viewers with its high popularity and publicity strategy, and this time it also has a midnight show.

"Apart from Lu Yuan's own appeal, the early publicity of this film also played an important role."

Yang Mi explained casually, her eyes sweeping over the sticky couples in front of her, secretly cursing Liu Kaiwei in her heart, for not coming to relax on Valentine's Day and just staying on the set to film.

"That's right." Yuan Shanshan nodded in agreement.

"From the cheesy love words that swept the Internet in January to the unexpected win over the majority of netizens due to the Yin Xiaotian incident in February, which left "The Feast" helpless, the fans' expectations have already exploded."

She clicked her tongue twice and continued, "I wonder how much the first-day box office will be tomorrow. A few days ago, I saw a professional estimate that this movie is very likely to perform the miracle of making a small profit with a big investment, and become a box office dark horse."

Yang Mi looked at the team moving slowly forward. She was allergic to the word "dark horse" and said perfunctorily, "Who can tell for sure? Okay, get ready to enter."

"it is good."

The movie-watching crowd walked into the screening hall. The hall with more than 300 seats was almost full, with an astonishing attendance rate.

Yang Mi and Yuan Shanshan found their seats and sat down next to each other.

The price of ordinary tickets for "Time Raiders" is 35, and the price of couple seats is 80. Two people bought couple seats.

Although there were many couples who came to watch the movie, there were also many close friends. In addition, it was cold at the moment and their clothes were bulky, so they did not attract any attention.

From time to time, whispers could be heard from the audience, and one could vaguely hear the names of Lu Yuan and Liu Shishi, as well as some cheesy love words that were so awkward that they were deadly.

After a while, as the lights dimmed, the noise gradually subsided.

The golden dragon emblem flashed by, and then a vast starry sky appeared on the big screen.

A tall stag came walking across the starry sky, with thick and multi-branched antlers like a gorgeous crown.

There are stars beside it, and a little lion made of stars follows closely behind it.

The stag stands tall with its head held high, while the lions scatter and transform into shooting stars, gathering into a lion head pendant that wraps around the stag's neck.

"Hey~"

"As expected of them, they not only showed us on Weibo, but also didn't let us off in the opening credits."

"Fuck, they can't even watch a movie in peace, RNM, give me your money back!! One day I'm going to buy a lucky draw to kill this couple."

There was a burst of angry ridicule in the cinema.

"How romantic!" Yuan Shanshan said excitedly: "The deer represents Senior Brother Lu Yuan, and the little lion symbolizes Liu Shishi. Oh my god, I can't stand this setting."

"Hmph, boring." Yang Mi said one thing and meant another, but his eyes were full of envy.

The opening credits are only three seconds long, followed by an animation of two cartoon planets colliding.

One planet represents 2011 and the other represents 1990. The collision of the two indicates the interweaving of time and space.

During this time, information about the film's production slowly slid by.

Production and production company: Yuanfang Media
Producer: Wu Lang.

Director of photography: Zhao Xiaoding.

Lighting Director: Wang Jianshe. Art Designer: Yang Zhangjia.

Styling Director: Chen Gufang.

Starring: Lu Yuan, Liu Shishi.

Starring: Qin Hao.

Special guest appearances: Ning Hao, Fan Wei, Wang Jinsong, Huang Xiaoming, Song Jia, Luo Jin, Jing Tian, ​​Liu Xinyou
Executive Director: Wen Muye.

Producer: Ning Hao.

Writer/Director: Lu Yuan.

The main film begins.

The sound of rain was drizzling, and the first thing that appeared in the camera was a pair of delicate white legs. The ankles were pink and crystal clear, and they were wearing high heels, kicking twice on the spot.

Then the camera moved up to reveal Liu Shishi, wearing an emerald green long skirt with a slender waist and a slim figure. She held an umbrella of the same color in her hand, and walked up the stairs gracefully with her hips swaying in perfect rhythm with her steps.

The clattering sound of the footsteps seemed to step on the audience's hearts with every step.

As a famous film critic, Zhang Xiaobei is here again with his usual sharpness and criticality.

To be honest, he didn't have high expectations for the quality of this movie.

It is not difficult for an actor to transform into a director, and it is not uncommon in the history of Chinese and foreign films.

From the perspective of artistic creation, the director is called the author of the film, and from the perspective of commercial marketing, star actors can be regarded as the trademark of the film.

More than a decade ago, directors such as Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaiquan successfully transformed the reputation they had built up from shooting art films in the late 20th century into a publicity gimmick for shooting commercial blockbusters, and even became pioneers and creators of domestic commercial blockbusters.

Compared with directors who have graduated from formal training schools, once celebrity actors transform into directors, they already have a huge number of "fan" resources that can be directly converted into target audiences.

There is no doubt about its popularity, but its shortcomings are also obvious, that is, its professional quality is not up to standard.

These are precisely the necessary conditions for judging whether a director can persist in creating excellent works.

So even though "Out of Time" has been a hot topic online recently, and the interaction between Shi and Yuanfang is incredibly sweet, Zhang Xiaobei is still not optimistic.

Just this opening shot made him feel a little dazed.

This picture, this composition, and the use of light and shadow do not look like the effect that a new director can produce.

If we say it was written by Jiang Wen, Zhang Yimou's work is almost the same.

Let’s recall the list of production team just now.

The director of photography is Zhao Xiaoding, who is very famous in the industry and is Zhang Yimou's exclusive photographer. For a moment, it seemed natural.

Although Lu Yuan is a new director, he is well versed in the art of "specialization".

Instead of being blindly arrogant, he extremely rationally assembled a luxurious production team to escort his directorial debut.

Perhaps the quality of this film will be good, Zhang Xiaobei looks forward to it, and will change some of his prejudices.

The movie continued, the story quietly unfolded, and he kept his attention on the screen.

Gu Xiaojiao, an older woman, sells her ancestral home, Sinan Villa, a house worth about 20 million yuan, on the condition of her own marriage, in an attempt to get both the house and her wealthy husband.

An old man named Fan Wei, dressed in black flowered clothes and a white hat, came to the appointment with impure motives.

Xiao Jiao wanted to put the house in his own name, but Fan Wei said that since he paid for it, the house was his pre-marital property, so he would pay 20 million yuan and Xiao Jiao would pay 30,000 yuan, and the house would be jointly named.
Faced with the temptation of such astronomical figures, Xiao Jiao was ultimately unable to resist.

She withdrew all her savings of 30,000 yuan from the ATM machine, but unexpectedly, Fan Wei took the opportunity to escape with the money when she was buying water.

Xiao Jiao was left alone on the streets of the bustling city, facing the cold machines and flashing billboards, feeling helpless and desperate.

On the other hand, Lu Ming's life was also not going well.

He was already disheartened by the failure of selling the property, but unexpectedly in the toilet, he learned the shocking secret that his superior was about to betray his boss.

Then he was discovered eavesdropping by his supervisor, and he fell into an even bigger dilemma. His supervisor's threats and temptations made him torn.

Lu Ming could only wander in the bustling city.

There are bicycles moving forward and pedestrians hurrying past beside me, and my heart is full of confusion and struggle.

Lu Ming and Xiao Jiao both passed by a mailbox, one was old and worn out, the other was brand new. One went to a shoe shop to have his shoes repaired, and the other ran into an exhibitionist outside a high-end shoe store.

The two seemed to pass the same intersection and step onto the same stairs.

After returning home, one person does the laundry, one person steams buns, one person takes a bath, and one person washes the vegetables.

"Pfft, hahaha."

"Oh my, time and space confusion is like this, it's so funny."

But when the two returned to their room, things went haywire.

When washing clothes, I found that the washing machine was on strike. When washing vegetables, I actually fished out a bath ball. When taking a bath, I had a head full of bean sprouts. When steaming buns, I found that they were women's underwear. When I was about to change clothes, I found that the clothes had turned into two buns.

One was preparing to make milk powder, one was blowing his hair and milk powder came out, one couldn't press the shower gel, and one kept leaking shower gel.

"Oh my god, when Lu Yuan saw the buns turned into pink underwear, he looked like a naive boy and subconsciously reached out his hand. Did he want to take it up to take a closer look or smell it? Oh my god, how could he act such a vulgar thought so cutely? What a huge contrast."

"Oh my god, Lu Yuan has such a great body, with six strong abdominal muscles. Unlike my boyfriend, he had a few before we got together, which were hard and painful on his buttocks, but later they melted and merged into one."

"I'm so jealous. Liu Shishi eats so well. If I could have a boyfriend like Lu Yuan, I would be willing to live in a villa and drive a Rolls-Royce."

The audience laughed at the absurd scenes in the film and whispered to their companions.

Gu Xiaojiao and Lu Ming were immersed in the helplessness of "when it rains it pours", feeling sorry for themselves and falling exhausted on the bed.

Late at night, time and space were stirred by an invisible hand. When the morning light broke, the two were shocked to find that they were actually lying in the same bed. The scene around them was even more jaw-dropping.

The bedroom seemed to be split into two by an invisible knife, one half was his original decoration, and the other half was the other party's arrangement.

1991 and 2011 were officially connected.

After the initial shock, the two people from different time and space tested each other, got to know each other, and began to live together.

During the day, they both went to work.

Lu Ming returned to the company and continued to be a corporate slave. He refused to accept the solicitation of his supervisor, who threatened him, saying that he had no performance for three months and if he did not accept the offer, he would have to resign and leave the design drawings behind, with ownership belonging to the company.

In the watch shop, the manager played by Song Jia was chatting with Gu Xiaojiao.

Xiaoya, played by Liu Xinyou, appears. She was Xiaojiao’s best friend during college and also Xiaojiao’s former rival in love. She snatched her fiancé away but later divorced him.

Gu Xiaojiao was unwilling to show weakness in front of others, so he acted as the boss, and the store manager also tacitly cooperated with this role-playing.

So the two of them agreed to have dinner with each other's husbands.

Lu Ming attended the event wearing a borrowed suit with Gu Xiaojiao. At the same time, the president played by Huang Xiaoming made a stunning appearance.

The leader showed up and the whole cinema was filled with laughter.

"Pfft, Brother Xiao Ming is still obsessed with his domineering boss."

"I think I was wearing this dress when I was filming the cheesy love video."

"Lu Yuan obviously has the standard face of a domineering CEO, but why does he look so cowardly and down-to-earth in comparison? Look at his timid eyes."

PS: There is one more chapter, I will post it after checking it and then review it.
(End of this chapter)