China Entertainment’s rescue plan is hard to come by

Chapter 745: Screening in Progress

The 3D screening hall of the Venice Film Festival is already packed with people, and groups of moviegoers are looking for their seats.

Ricardo is a movie lover who lives in the water city of Venice. His mother has taken him to the Venice Film Festival every year for as long as he can remember, and this has been the case for more than 20 years.

Now that he is an adult and has a girlfriend, movies have become a common hobby between them.

"Julia, what do you think of the movie today?"

"My dear, I'm not sure. To be honest, this is my first time watching an oriental movie. However, I saw in the movie newspapers that this movie was highly praised, and many media people gave very high expectations."

"Haha, they are not the only ones who think so. I think so too. I have seen many of Director Sun's films. I used to only like to watch art films. Last year, I watched his Pacific Rim and found that science fiction films are also very good."

"Really? That's great. Unfortunately, I haven't watched Pacific Rim. Mechas and monsters aren't our favorites."

"That's okay. I heard that today's movie Gravity is a female-led movie from a female perspective. I believe you will like it."

"Yeah, I hope so."

"Wow, brother, there are so many people here. What do you think their reactions will be when the movie starts? Will they be shocked?"

Looking at the theater filled with movie fans, Liu Yifei began to look forward to it.

The two of them and Liu Dehua sat in the back row of the theater as per the film festival's convention, so they had a clear view of the entire theater.

Amid the crowd, there were whispers of discussion about the movie.

Sun Yi nodded and replied confidently: "Don't worry, I dare say that as long as the first scene comes out, it will firmly attract the attention of these foreigners."

"Tsk, tsk, so confident?"

Liu Yifei curled her lips and pretended to be unconvinced.

Sun Yi chuckled, "Of course not. Why don't you look at who is the heroine?"

"Hehehe, hehehe~ If you say so, it does make sense."

"Hahaha"

The two of them flatter each other every day, which made Liu Dehua frown on the side.

Please, guys, I'm almost 60, so could you please stop showing off your love to us?

You spread it when we were filming, and when we were recording "The Voice of China". Now the movie is about to be released, why are you still coming?
Can you please let me, an old man, go?
Sun Yi didn’t know what Liu Dehua was thinking, but he was very satisfied with the situation on the scene.

As soon as the first day of the film festival ended, related reports from various media followed.

"What is 'Faust'? It is an epic masterpiece."

“A Simple Life is a heartwarming story from the East”

Etc., etc
Almost every film screened was reported, but without exception, the media related to these film festivals all mentioned Sun Yi's "Gravity" at the end.

After an introduction, he expressed his anticipation for the movie.

Attracted many movie fans.

You know, even during the Venice Film Festival, there are only a few films in the history of the Venice Film Festival that can fill the entire theater with full seats on the first day of screening.

But Gravity did just that.

Apart from the little fame of Sun Yi and Liu Yifei in Europe, more credit goes to the local media.

Sun Yi was not unprepared before coming.

His call to fat old Harvey was not without purpose.

These all work.

In Hollywood, Harvey is known as the "Hand of God", which actually refers to his public relations ability for the Oscars.

At the beginning of the year, when Sun Yi won the Oscar for Best Screenplay, Harvey showed off his skills for free.

Of course, this free is not really free, it involves future cooperation and favors.

Harvey is an expert on China. He started to come into contact with Chinese filmmakers very early, so he is well aware of the so-called "social customs" in China.

In order to continue to maintain a cooperative relationship with Sun Yi, he did not hesitate to use his own connections to do public relations for Sun Yi at the Oscars.

To be honest, the Best Screenplay award is nothing compared to the Best Director, Best Picture, or even the Best Foreign Language Film.

But it is one of the main awards of the Oscars after all, and the Oscars are well-known in the global film industry. This award is beyond the reach of many people.

For example, some directors who keep trying to cater to the Oscars are unable to get what they want.

Of course, the prerequisite is that Sun Yi's script is indeed solid, and Harvey's public relations are not up to the level of a mastermind. The fact that you can be shortlisted is a true reflection of your level, and in general award years, unless the level of the film this year is exceptionally poor, otherwise, those who can be shortlisted basically have the ability to win the award.

Whether you can win the award in the end depends on some luck and so-called "public relations".

Through this experience, Sun Yi summarized Xavi's major magic weapons, which are basically three points.

They lobby the judges for public relations, manipulate media opinion, exaggerate the publicity of the works, and discredit opponents from various professional perspectives.

He is particularly good at studying the judges, conducting detailed investigations on their age, class, cultural understanding and so on, understanding their preferences, grasping the psychology of those who make the rules, and then catering to their preferences and influencing their decisions from different angles.

To put it bluntly, by taking advantage of loopholes in the rules and media publicity, and investing a large amount of money in a multi-faceted and three-dimensional manner, the final result will be greatly improved.

This lobbying system is effective throughout the West.

So, this fat guy is also very popular in Venice.

This time, Sun Yi did a "film awards consulting business" with him.

The first step is to use the official sponsors of the Venice Film Festival to invite jury members to specifically review the films.

Providing an excellent environment, considerate services, and very targeted presentations of films.

Of course, there is definitely no "power-for-money" transaction here.

Everything is a "sponsored" service provided by the sponsor and will never be brought up for comment.

This alone is not enough.

The media also has to keep up, which is why, even though "Gravity" was not screened on the first day, every film festival media mentioned it in their reports.

The publicity was immediately spread.

The judges will be more or less influenced by media opinion.

The balance in your heart will tilt.

The result is certainly self-evident.

Of course, these means alone can only increase the probability as much as possible. Everything still depends on the quality of the movie and the reputation of movie fans.

This is the fundamental point. The previous methods can only be said to be applying buffs to yourself.

If your main body output is not enough, it will be useless no matter how many buffs you have.

Now, it's time to put Gravity to the test.

The screening room had gradually become quiet, the lights were turned off one by one, and the fans' attention was focused on the screen.

The big screen suddenly lit up, and the Starry Sky Image logo flashed directly, then gradually dimmed until the entire big screen turned black, without even any sound.

This situation lasted for three or four seconds.

The audience, who were looking forward to experiencing a thrilling sci-fi blockbuster, immediately turned their expectant eyes into confusion. "What's going on? Is this a screening accident?"

"Honey, what's going on? The movie can't be shown?"

"Julia, be patient, wait a little longer, there shouldn't be a problem."

Ricardo, who was sitting in the front row, comforted his girlfriend quietly. Based on his many years of movie-watching experience, it seems that many directors with personality like to do something interesting at the beginning of the movie.
Maybe this director Sun from the East is the same.

Sure enough, just when the fans were about to discuss the film, a melodious, majestic and imaginative string ensemble sounded from the stereo surround image in the screening room.

In an instant, it attracted the attention of all the fans in the audience, and they all fixed their eyes on the big screen.

"This is 600 kilometers above the Earth's surface."

"The temperature fluctuates between 125 degrees and -100 degrees."

"Sound can't travel, there's no air pressure, there's no oxygen."

Subtitles appeared on the screen one after another. As the subtitles continued to appear, the background music became more rapid and profound.

It’s as if the whole person is placed in this lonely space.

All the movie fans in the audience focused their attention on the big screen.

“Life cannot survive here.”

As soon as this line of words passed by, suddenly, all the music stopped abruptly, and the screening room fell into silence again.

It seemed as if the fans had just entered space and were instantly pulled back.

This ups and downs feeling invisibly increased the tension among movie fans.

Not to mention the movie fans, even Liu Yifei, who had not seen the entire film, suddenly felt like she was riding an elevator.

She glanced at Sun Yi cautiously.

A stinky brother will mess with people's mentality and make them fluctuate.
At this time, the title of the movie "Gravity" quietly emerged. This time, Sun Yi did not give the fans more time to react. In just one second, the movie screen immediately switched.

"Oh my God, is this Earth?"

“So beautiful~”

“Is this what the Earth looks like from space? How was this shot?”

In the vast and quiet space, a blue planet slowly rotates out from the left side of the screen until it occupies the entire center of the screen.

This is the view that can only be seen from space, looking down at the earth.

With the support of the IMAX-3D screen, the beauty and visual shock of the movie scenes are simply indescribable.

It captured the hearts of all the fans in an instant.

"Please confirm the processing module on the communication module."

"The first part of the inspection is completed, and the second part of the inspection is completed. The MI, M2, and M3 modules of the communication module are operating normally."

"Okay, Beijing received. Please proceed to the next maintenance work and continue to check the remaining procedures."

The map on the screen was still turning slowly, but the background sound turned into a radio conversation, obviously someone in space was communicating with the earth.

Professional terms appeared one after another in the subtitles, which made movie fans feel very impressive.

Everyone kept looking on the screen, trying to find the direction where the sound came from.

It was several seconds later that some eagle-eyed fans spotted a small white dot on the far left side of the screen.

"Look, what is that?"

"Is it a satellite?"

"Oh no, it's a space station."

"It's so beautiful."

The "Tiangong" space station gradually emerged in front of the fans on the scene.

When the space station appeared large enough, moviegoers saw three astronauts carrying out maintenance work on the space station.

The picture advanced little by little, along the entire space station, and advanced to Liu Yifei.

"Dr. Liu Rui, your life support system has detected that your body temperature has dropped to 35.8 degrees and your heart rate has risen to 70. Do you feel anything special now?"

"Beijing, I feel fine. Nothing's wrong. It may be that my body is still a little bit uncomfortable with the state of zero gravity."

At this moment, a line of small subtitles appeared in the blank space of the screen, like typing on a computer.

Dr. Liu Rui, a payload specialist, is an engineering technician with special expertise who is responsible for operating or repairing aerospace equipment on the space station.

The movie was shot against the backdrop of the Chinese space team, and the division of labor among astronauts is of course mainly based on China.

But in order to make it easier for overseas movie fans to understand, Sun Yi added a subtitle introduction when the characters appeared.

For example, the next paragraph.

"Dr. Liu Rui, the medical team asked if you need to return to the space station to rest?"

"No, I've been here for a week, let's finish it."

At this time, a robotic arm began to move slowly, and Liu Dehua entered the camera frame.

"Beijing, Ma Wen applied to assist Dr. Liu Rui."

"Okay, Commander Ma, approved."

As Liu Dehua entered the camera, subtitles appeared again.

Marvin, the commander, is responsible for receiving commands from the ground or transmitting commands to the ground, and issuing commands to other members of the manned spacecraft. He is the leader of the team.

The camera began to focus on Liu Yifei and Liu Dehua, with the background still being the beautiful blue planet.

At this time, some professional movie fans discovered the problem.

"That's not right. This, this camera hasn't been switched at all."

"It seems to be true. Three minutes, five minutes, no, it must have been 3 minutes. It's a long shot, and there's no cut?"

“Oh my god, a 13-minute long shot. How did this director shoot it?”

An inopportune exclamation was heard in the screening room.

Sun Yi listened carefully and found that some movie fans were discussing the long shot at the beginning of the movie.

I felt quite emotional.

It seems that Venice is worthy of being one of the three major film festivals.

Even the fans who came to watch the movie were so professional that they noticed this 13-minute long shot at the first moment.

You know, when Sun Yi was shooting, in order to match the quiet and beautiful environment of space, to create the calm before the storm, and to create a warm and interesting atmosphere, the long shots at the beginning of this segment were all slow moving shots.

Little by little, if you don't pay special attention when watching the movie, you will definitely not feel its existence.

Now it seems that fans have discovered
(End of this chapter)