China Entertainment 2000.

Chapter 102: Good reviews from preview screenings
The day after participating in Peking University's promotional activities, Jiang Liu and his party went to the Normal College again.

In the normal school, Jiang Liu finally paid the price for his bad behavior and was severely dissed.

The person who left a deep impression on Jiang Liu was a junior student named Wang Hong who claimed to be the victim. This classmate gritted his teeth and accused him of several major crimes.

Deceiving the audience with false propaganda, shoddy and unsightly films, defrauding the box office, deceiving the audience's emotions, bringing shame to domestic films, disrupting the Chinese film market, and other serious crimes.

In the end, it was the students from the student union who maintained order in the quarrel. Jiang Liu invited Wang Hong and other victims to a preview of "Mobile Phone" to calm down the public outrage.

The promotional activities have come to an end, and it's time for the three producers to be anxious about the test screenings.

As a director, Jiang Liu doesn't feel the tension of an approaching storm.

He squeezed out a day like a sponge and planned to spend it shopping with Li Xin to buy gifts for returning to his hometown during the Spring Festival.

But before he could implement all this, Yu Chu's call came.

"Jiang Liu, come to my office."

Jiang Liu didn't understand why, and was given a good meal when he arrived.

Due to the participation of China Films, "Mobile Phone", which was obviously not ready for the Lunar New Year release, underwent expedited review.

The reviewers did not use the mobile phone "Mobile Phone" to satirize the core of social phenomena.

But he also reported to Yu Chu several scenes in the movie that are easy for people to imagine.

Jiang Liu expressed his dissatisfaction on the spot: "There are too many things that affect the environment in which children grow up. Unscrupulous parents, teachers, classmates, neighbors, Internet cafes, books, game arcades. If movies want to influence children's values, we have to wait a little longer. For That’s the end of it.”

With an almost livid face, Yu Chu kicked Jiang Liu out of the office.

With this interruption, a whole day's vacation disappeared.

The next day, "Mobile Phone" held its first trial screening at the Wudaokou Cinema under the name of Wudaokou Xingmei Cinema Line.

Backstage at Wudaokou Cinema, Li Wei asked Jiang Liu excitedly: "I heard that the box office of "Big Shot" exceeded 100 million on the first day. How much can "Mobile Phone" do?"

"Huayi is just bragging. The box office hit 50 yuan on the first day." Jiang Liu complained.

On the first day of its release, "Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger" grossed a box office of 180 million, which frightened many people.

Shortly after the incident, industry insiders with a little experience in the film and television industry realized that the first-day box office of 180 million was huge.

It’s not about box office revenue.

But the first-day box office of "Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger" was 180 million. At least 150 million of the box office came from Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."

Normally, a domestic film's first-day box office tops the charts by several hundred thousand yuan.

The first-day box office of two great directors, Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, may be higher.

Feng Dapao's movie will never break one million at the box office on its first day.

Jiang Liu is not as well-known as Feng Dapao, so it is probably more difficult for him to achieve a box office of over one million on the first day.

"It's almost time, let's go in." Yu Dong stood up and greeted Jiang Liu and Ge You.

"Wait a moment." Jiang Liu turned to Li Xin and said, "You and Li Wei go in first."

After being separated for five minutes, Jiang Liu and the starring team walked into the "Mobile Phone" screening room one by one.

After briefly greeting the audience, a few people sat down in the front row, the lights dimmed, and the movie started.

As the big screen slowly lights up, the first thing that catches the audience's eyes is a small village surrounded by mountains.

At the same time, a voiceover belonging to Jiang Liu sounded:
In 13, Yan Shouyi was [-] years old. This year, four things happened.

One: His voice started to change.

Two: Telegraph poles were erected in the town and the first rocker telephone was connected.

Three: His father sold a pig and exchanged it for a bicycle with claw handlebars.

Four: A beautiful cousin-in-law married in the village, her name is Lu Guihua.

After the voice-over was completed, the big screen scene shifted from the overcrowded market town to the mining area following the boy and girl riding a sheep-horned bicycle.

Subtitles related to the video appear.

Film production company: China Film Group Bona Film
Yixin Film and Television Production Company
Producers and producers: Han Sanping, Yu Dong, He Jing, Jiang Liu

Executive Director: Ning Hao

Screenwriters: Liu Zhenyun, Jiang Liu

Starring: Ge You, Wu Junmei, Zhang Guoli
Starring: Zhang Lu, Fan Binbin, Huang Suying
Guest role: Fan Wei

Acknowledgments: Ni Ping, Dong Hao, Liu Yiwei, Han Tongsheng, Zhang Hanyu
"cell phone"

【Jiang Liu's works】

"He's very cool, and he's also unique in writing Jiang Liu's works." Some viewers joked.

"Have you never seen "Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger"? The subtitles at that time were Jiang Liu's works."

Li Xin calmly touched Jiang Liu with his shoulder.

Jiang Liu grinned. He had been criticized a lot in recent days, so this little bit of teasing was nothing.

When the scene changed, Ge You, who played the role of middle-aged Yan Shouyi, and Zhang Guoli revealed their true faces, and the atmosphere on the scene became quiet.

Fei Mo spoke in Sichuan dialect:
"Every program has flaws. In the last episode, you said that the inventor of the telephone was Watt. When you were a child, you studied the text. Why did the lid of the pot jump up? He invented the steam engine. It's embarrassing. Na."

Yan Shouyi was confused: "Who invented it?"

Fei Mo turned around and looked out the car window with despair: "Bell."

There was a rustling chuckle from the audience.

If you put this little conversation aside for 20 years, it will sound ordinary and devoid of any humor.

But at the moment, Zhang Guoli's dialect can bring novelty to the audience.

The host's lack of knowledge about the inventor of the telephone also elicited jeers from the college students in the audience.

Of course, it is also inseparable from the extremely natural performances of the two veteran actors.

Halfway through the car, Yan Shou touched his pockets one by one and said in a panic: "I forgot my cell phone."

Fei Mo stressed: "The interview will start soon."

Yan Shouyi was annoyed: "There are call records and text messages on it."

Fei Mo looked at Yan Shouyi with contempt and complained about his extramarital affair.

Nine minutes into the movie, Jiang Liu brought up the first topic to the audience - extramarital affairs.

And the new age thing mobile phone plays a bomb role in married life.

When Han Sanping praised "Mobile Phone" for its high degree of completion, he was actually praising Jiang Liu's plot for how well it connected the past and the future.

As soon as the first plot of "Cell Phone" came out, it immediately attracted the audience's attention.

The whispers became quieter and the sound of chewing food disappeared.

As the playback progress bar gradually grows, laughter and discussion will sound from time to time in the screening room.

Because the meeting was constantly interrupted by cell phone ringtones, Fei Mo was angry and impatiently yelled "This is not a mobile phone, this is a grenade", which made the whole audience burst into laughter.

Even if the director changes, "This Is Not a Cell Phone, This Is a Grenade" is still expected to become a famous saying of the times.

In addition, Fan Binbin's bold performance in "Cell Phone" also aroused heated discussion among the audience for a period of time.

The little maid from a few years ago transformed into a sexy beauty.

"There is no need to modify the original film. I just sent a text message to Boss Han to make a copy of the original film."

"You guys have the final say. My mission is completed. The rest is up to you two."

Jiang Liu buried his head and whispered to Dong.

"Well, please cooperate with us by making a few promotional trips, first to the capital, then to the devil's capital, and then to the central part of the country for a walk."

Jiang Liu shrugged and said it was no problem. The road show promotion these days only needs to go to four super first-tier cities in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, as well as a few second-tier cities. It is much easier than in later generations.

(End of this chapter)