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Chapter 570 [135] The hot man is finally here!
December 2005, 12, was the day when "The Promise" premiered.

The Grand Cinema in Shanghai.

Hu Ge and his friend Gong Geer had just finished watching "A World Without Thieves" and walked out of the cinema.

"Chen Yu's new film is pretty good, with a bit of satire and humor!"

Hu Ge was talking to Gongger, who graduated from the School of Public Administration of Beijing Film Academy and was also a practitioner in the film industry, working in film and television music and dubbing. The two met while playing music in the imperial capital, and then went to the Magic City to develop together.

Gongger will be very impressive in the future. He invested in "The Wandering Earth" and was also the screenwriter and producer of this movie. This series made him very successful and brought him to the peak of his life. However, now he is still just Hu Ge's little brother.

"It's indeed OK, but Feng Xiaogang's movies always follow this pattern!"

"It's a great satire on society, so it doesn't receive much professional recognition. The previous few films were not nominated for the Golden Rooster Awards!"

Gongger smiled, but his eyes were fixed on a huge poster of the cinema.

"The Promise"!
"By the way, have you bought the ticket?"

Gongger pushed Hu Ge beside him, and Hu Ge was stunned: "Wuji?"

"Yes, this movie is very popular, even more popular than Chen Yu's A World Without Thieves, with an investment of 3.5 million!"

"The lineup is amazing, and the music is composed by a master in the industry, Hollywood's Roger Savage, the composer of The Matrix!"

"The team is very strong, even better than when Hero was made!"

As Gongger was talking, Hu Ge became interested: "Then buy a ticket and watch another show?"

"You may not be able to buy it. Look at the people lining up, they are all buying tickets for The Promise!"

"Damn, is it that exaggerated?"

Hu Ge glanced at the queue of people. It was true. On a weekday, normally there would be few people queuing, let alone buying movie tickets. But now there were actually two queues.

One team bought "The Promise" and the other team bought "A World Without Thieves"!
"I have no requirements for the position, what about you?"

"Just watch a movie, whatever!"

Gongger is a Mongolian with a very rough appearance. The two of them came to the window of "The Promise" and lined up to buy tickets.

Ten minutes later, two people took two seats in the second row and began waiting for the movie ticket check.

After a while, following the crowd, they finally sat in the theater for the 4 p.m. show of "The Promise".

They are mainly "vagrants" who have plenty of time.

"This movie is so popular, the theaters are almost full!"

“Is the attendance so high on weekdays?”

Hu Ge sat in the second row, looking behind him; but this was actually related to the cinema they came to. Grandview Theater is currently one of the most advanced cinema chains in Shanghai, and it is a first-tier city, so there must be many audiences watching movies.

"I saw online that the pre-sale has broken some record, and there's even a midnight show!"

Gongger put his phone on vibrate mode.

Dengdeng~dengdengdeng~~~
The familiar golden-red dragon logo appeared, and the movie "The Promise" officially began.

Hu Ge and Gongger raised their heads and watched attentively this blockbuster with the highest investment in China that many people had been looking forward to for more than a year.

After a long string of introductory subtitles, there is a beautiful cherry tree with an extremely strong contrast in colors.

Green grass and pink cherry blossoms are floating there.

I have to say that the color contrast and special effects alone are not comparable to many current domestic films. The pictures are quite dreamy, and they also highlight the tone of "The Promise" - an oriental fantasy movie, an extremely unreal world.

“The special effects and colors are amazing!”

“This is a blockbuster movie!”

“The photographer must be pretty cool too!”

As the special effects disappeared, a devastated world appeared in everyone's eyes.

The colors are still strong, red blood, yellow soil, withered leaves... and a steamed bun held in the hands of a dead person.

The voice-over of the crow sounded just right. As voice-over artists, Hu Ge and Gongger undoubtedly have a say. The voice-over was also amazing, and the two of them felt ashamed of themselves.

Everyone sitting there watching the movie was stunned by the grand and majestic scene before their eyes. This top-notch photography technique really highlights the level of the film.

Then the plot begins, with a beggar-like little girl looking for food among the corpses lying on the battlefield.

The bloody steamed bun aroused her interest. She pried open the dead man's palm with force, then picked up the steamed bun tightly, held it in her hand, and was reluctant to eat it.

Because this is the food she wants to bring to her mother.

"Did you see the special effects and art just now? I did see the photographer, it was Bao Dexi!"

Gongger asked Hu Ge secretly in his ear. Hu Ge looked at the big screen and said calmly, "The art director is also Bao Dexi, but there is also Yip Kam Tim... The art director is also Yip Kam Tim!"

"Damn, this is the production team of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon!"

Gongger's eyes lit up, and Hu Ge nodded: "Yes, the Oscar for Best Cinematography was won by Pau Tak-hei, and the Oscar for Costume and Art Design was nominated for Tim Yip!"

“No wonder the picture is so awesome!”

"This movie is really awesome. Big investment brings benefits!"

Gongger was a little astonished. This movie not only has a great lead actor and director, but also a super luxurious production team, which is not inferior to Hollywood at all.

The two of them suddenly had more expectations for the movie, but as the plot unfolded, Hu Ge's brows suddenly frowned.

He can not understand!

He actually couldn't understand what the movie was trying to express, was it about fate... or love, or life.

The movie has no main plot, no expectations, only extremely gorgeous war scenes, colorful renderings, exciting fights, and extremely luxurious props scenes. Everything is like a dream, which makes people feel shocked.

The special effects are absolutely world-class; the same goes for the photography, editing, and soundtrack... They are all big names who have been nominated for or won Oscars.

Even if he is a screenwriter, he is Zhang Tan, who wrote "New Dragon Inn", "Once Upon a Time in China" series and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"!

However, director Chen Kaige is also credited as one of the screenwriters.

"..."

Halfway through the movie, Hu Ge was really shocked.

He was actually so fucking sleepy!

People are already sleepy in the afternoon, especially after watching a movie; I finally wanted to cheer myself up by watching a blockbuster movie, but I didn’t expect that I would get sleepier and sleepier the more I watched.

"Why do I feel so bored?"

Gongger spoke in disbelief, his voice was low and had a questioning tone.

He didn't dare to speak loudly. After all, this was the most praised director Chen in their Beijing Film Academy. In Beijing Film Academy, you could even hear people scolding Zhang Yimou for his bad movie "Hero", but no one would criticize Chen Kaige's level.

The movie "Farewell My Concubine" raised his status to a level higher than that of Zhang Yimou.

After all, right now, Star Network’s best work is this one; Zhang Yimou’s movies didn’t even make it into the top 20.

"To Live" can only be ranked 21st.

With such a crew and such a starring lineup, as long as the plot is slightly acceptable, the box office will be over 3 million, easily surpassing "Hero".

However, Gongger was quite confused.

This movie has no plot at all, awkward lines, hollow performances, and many actors’ acting is fine, but it’s impossible to empathize with the characters.

The acting is so ridiculous. "The plot...is not good!"

"What the hell am I looking at?"

Hu Ge was a man with a bad temper. He shook his head and said, "The voice of domestic screenwriters is too low. This movie is a failure!"

He spoke a little loudly. Gongger glanced at the audience beside him who were concentrating on watching the big screen and tugged at his sleeve: "Brother, you...you should keep your voice down!"

“Are you not allowed to talk about bad movies?”

Hu Ge complained in annoyance, but still patiently continued reading.

After all, I spent 50 yuan, and "A World Without Thieves" only cost 35 yuan. Why is this crappy movie 15 yuan more expensive than Chen Yu's movie?
Just because it has high investment, great special effects, and is a commercial blockbuster?
Damn it, the more Hu Ge thought about it, the angrier he got.

Finally, feeling extremely uncomfortable, Hu Ge "read" the entire defense without missing a word.

He really had countless words in his mind and wanted to say them as soon as possible.

He was afraid that if he kept it in, he would get sick.

"Tell me, what do you think?"

Walking out of the cinema, Gongger asked Hu Ge.

“What is the core of the film?”

Hu Ge suddenly said, and Gongger smiled a little: "Story!"

"Yeah, stories!"

"The premise of a good movie is to have a good story, and then add special effects, art, costumes, scenes, etc. to make the story even more exciting!"

“If the story is gone, what’s the point of others doing well?”

Hu Ge sighed slightly. He felt sorry for "The Promise". It could have made Chinese films take off, or even improved the current decline of Chinese films, and let the whole world see the Chinese market.

But now that "The Promise" has come out, the state of Chinese films has been exposed at a glance.

This is not the failure of a movie, but the Waterloo of China's commercial film market.

If no one dares to invest in movies, there will be no blockbusters. Without blockbusters, how can the box office go up?

How come the number of cinema chains increases?

This is a series of chain reactions. It can be said that if Director Chen's "The Promise" had been released earlier than "Hero", it might have brought China's film industry back to square one.

Fortunately, it was released after Zhang Yimou's film.

“Pretty fucked up, I think!”

"Go home, I'm going to watch it again!"

"What's the matter?"

It's a piece of shit, you want to watch it again?
"Please make fun of me, otherwise I won't be able to understand!"

Hu Ge said indignantly that it was the first time in his life that he had seen such a bad movie in the cinema.

He watched "The Promise" because of Chen Kaige and the main creative team. After watching it, he felt a huge crush on them in terms of IQ. As a film practitioner, he hoped that Chinese films would take off, but... the result was very disappointing to him.

"I think I may not have understood Director Chen's intention and the connotation of the film, so I watched it again and carefully..."

By the way, I brought a DV to secretly shoot some clips.

He didn't say this to Gongger, and the two of them walked out of the cinema unhappily.

Hu Ge has loved music, singing, dancing, and art since he was a child... and has maintained his interest to this day.

I even taught myself piano, Chinese painting, drums, breakdancing, and in college I learned electric guitar, electric bass, composition, music production, etc. Although they are all at an amateur level and not very comprehensive, they are definitely enough for making videos.

Recently, Fanqie.com has launched a bonus incentive for creating videos, and you can get 1000 yuan if the video reaches clicks.

He plans to try his hand at self-media because he has several good friends who have become financially independent by making flash animations online.

No one knew what Hu Ge was thinking at the moment, and Chen Kaige had no idea that someone was trying to assassinate him. He was still immersed in the booming box office of "The Promise" on the first day.

At this moment, without exception, the most popular drama on the Internet is "The Promise"!
Even the news about this movie was directly on the headlines, and not in the entertainment section.

It is the homepage of Sina, NetEase, Tencent, etc.

[Chen Kaige's film "The Promise" broke the domestic film preview box office record! ]

[Investment of 3.5 million! The most shocking oriental magic historical special effects movie in Chinese history is released! ]

[Super luxurious production team, Oriental Hollywood blockbuster - "The Promise"! ]

[Aiming at 5 million box office, The Promise is set to break all domestic box office records! ]

[“The Promise” is an epic of Chinese cinema. Can it become the Eastern “Lord of the Rings”? ]

……

Some of the headlines are notices bought by The Promise, and some are normal news from the media.

In short, "The Promise" is a hit!
The first day's preview directly broke the domestic preview record. The attendance rate, screening rate, etc. all broke the record of "Hero". Everyone felt that this top blockbuster was coming with great momentum.

Countless viewers flocked to movie theaters near their homes, waiting for the official release of "The Promise".

On December 12, "The Promise" grossed 15 million on its first day of release, breaking the first-day box office and midnight show record of 2100 million set by "House of Flying Daggers" by a narrow margin of 20.

But in the first four days of the weekend, the box office did not exceed "A World Without Thieves", and only took in 7200 million!
The two-day weekend box office was barely the same as Thursday and Friday, and it only earned more than 3600 million; on the other hand, "A World Without Thieves" went against the trend and took in 30% of the attendance rate with 49% of the screenings over the two-day weekend, plus a box office of 5100 million.

The weekend box office of "The Promise" was unexpectedly upside down.

With 45% of the screenings, it accounted for 36% of the daily box office; while "A World Without Thieves" had 30% of the screenings, but took 51%!

You can tell which is good and which is bad at a glance.

Online comments are becoming more and more negative, and even intensifying.

They are all criticisms of "The Promise".

In addition to Star.com giving the film a 3.5 opening score, many people posted on major forums such as Tianya and Mop, boycotting watching this terrible movie.

That sucks.

Who would have thought that such a blockbuster movie, which claimed to have a box office of 3.5 million yuan, could be so bad? !
The forum for "The Promise" is also full of insults.

"Fuck! I wasted my 50 yuan movie ticket. A World Without Thieves is only 35 yuan!"

"What kind of crap movie is this? It's such a mess!"

"It made me depressed. I didn't even know what the story was about after watching it!"

"Fuck, how can this movie be so bad?"

"Oh my god, what a pity for this lineup, this team? Can anyone tell me what Chen Kaige was thinking?"

“Is this really a movie made by the director of Farewell My Concubine?”

"..."

With countless fans criticizing on Tieba, Star Network's film reviews seem very restrained, with no curse words used; unlike Tieba, which uses completely elegant Chinese and direct output, it aims for this kind of shocking effect.

At this moment, a spoof video edited from "The Promise" suddenly appeared on Fanqie.com.

The title of the video is very direct - "A murder caused by a steamed bun"!
Author: Hu Ge!

(End of this chapter)