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Chapter 616 Little Pearl

With the end of the premiere event, "Pacific Rim" officially premiered.

This time, there was no screening, but a direct premiere.

Gong Li, Li Binbin, Jiang Wenli, Qin Hailu, Sun Li, Fan Binbin, Chen Hao, Yang Mi, Liu Yan and others were all sitting there attentively. As actors who had participated in works written and directed by Wang Shu, they knew his strength.

"This is the pioneering monster movie. I hope it won't disappoint people!" Gong Li stared at the big screen expectantly.

"Pacific Rim" is a Sino-US co-production. If it is indeed a special effects blockbuster that receives good response, then Wang Shu will be favored by many commercial film projects in Hollywood in the future.

In other words, she will have more opportunities to star in movies directed by Wang Shu.

Gong Li has been in Hollywood for many years and has come to understand that it is difficult for actors with Asian faces like her to win an Oscar.

If it is a commercial film aimed at the global market, especially the Chinese market, actors with Asian faces will have many opportunities.

For example, some Hollywood blockbusters will even actively invite mainland actors to star in order to achieve good box office results in the Chinese market.

Therefore, as long as Wang Shu is more favored by Hollywood, Gong Li feels that she should be able to get some roles with her relationship with Wang Shu.

She sincerely hopes that Pacific Rim will be successful so that she can have more opportunities.

Jiang Wenli, Qin Hailu, Chen Hao, Yang Mi and others are also looking forward to it, as they know that monster movies are quite popular in Europe and the United States.

At the beginning of 06, "King Kong" landed in mainland theaters and earned 1.02 million yuan.

This shows that monster movies can also achieve excellent box office results in the country.

The premise is that the quality of "Pacific Rim" is strong enough.

Not only them, many people are waiting for the box office performance of "Pacific Rim" after its release.

If the results are good enough, then follow suit and produce.

If your grades are not good, you will be swept into the sewer.

However, even though some people have such ideas, they may not be able to achieve their goals.

Because the production threshold of "Pacific Rim" is placed in front of everyone.

If you don't have the confidence to achieve good results in overseas markets and only rely on the domestic market, it is usually difficult to make a profit.

At this time, as the opening credits of "Pacific Rim" appeared on the screen, the movie officially began.

Huge mechas and giant monsters, as well as breathtaking special effects scenes.

In the psychedelic, cold night scene, every collision between mechas and monsters is as dazzling as fireworks, cutting through the dark sky.

What is a popcorn special effects blockbuster?

This is a popcorn-style special effects blockbuster!
The plot is easy to understand, and the selling point lies in the special effects.

This alone is worth the price of admission!

At the end of the nearly two-hour movie, the audience burst into warm applause.

"I can't believe that our country can actually make a monster movie with such cool special effects!"

"As expected of Director Wang, he never disappoints me!"

After watching the performance, some people at the scene were amazed and still felt unsatisfied.

What’s amazing is that there has never been such a cool special effects blockbuster in China!

"Pacific Rim" is the first one, and its special effects are far better than the previous "Travel to Taipei".

After watching the movie, many people have an idea in their minds.

Who says special effects blockbusters can’t be produced in China?
As long as you have the idea and really try to shoot it, who says you can’t take it?

Many people thought that "Pacific Rim" would be a monster movie similar to "King Kong".

Who knew that was not the case at all.

Instead, it’s a popcorn blockbuster with cool special effects and about fighting monsters!

This popcorn blockbuster even surpasses many Hollywood special effects blockbusters.

what?
"Pacific Rim" is a Sino-US co-production, and Hollywood film companies also participated in the production?
That's fine.

the other side.

After attending the premiere, Wang Shu, Chen Long, Mei Ting, Zhang Hanyu and other main creative staff went to the reserved theater to interact with the audience.

This cinema is not the one where Zhou Xun, Fan Binbin, Li Binbin and others watch movies, but it is mainly for ordinary audiences.

As the movie ended, Chen Long, Mei Ting and others walked onto the stage, and the audience who were about to leave suddenly burst into warm cheers.

"Hello everyone, we are the main cast of Pacific Rim. I am Chen Long." Chen Long spoke first.

"Hello everyone, I'm Mei Ting." Mei Ting followed closely behind.

"Hello everyone, I am Zhang Hanyu." Zhang Hanyu then introduced himself.

After several people introduced themselves one after another and the audience burst into warm applause, the interaction between the starring actors and the audience began.

"Is Pacific Rim good?" Chen Long asked with a smile.

"It looks great!" The audience in the cinema was very proud and responded loudly.

Some people even shouted at the top of their lungs: "The special effects are amazing, much better than Hollywood special effects blockbusters like Transformers!"

When Chen Long heard this, he smiled but did not respond.

However, he also believes that the special effects of "Pacific Rim" are far better than those of "Transformers".

However, he didn't want the news to get out after he agreed.

By then, it will evolve into him thinking that "Transformers" is not as good as "Pacific Rim", which will be a big trend.

He still wants to stay in Hollywood, but doesn't want to encounter such a pace.

After chatting for a while, Chen Long said, "Everyone is so happy, so let me tell you about the fun things that happened when we were filming Pacific Rim."

Then he talked about some things that happened during the filming of Pacific Rim, which made the audience laugh.

After Chen Long finished speaking, Mei Ting continued to interact with the audience in the theater.

Others did not fall behind either.

When Chen Hong returned home, Chen Kaige was still awake. Seeing her coming back, he couldn't help but ask, "How was Wang Shu's monster movie?"

When Chen Hong heard this, she glanced at Chen Kaige and said softly, "It's a very good film. Wang Shu may have once again created a new era for our Chinese-language films."

"The movie is already out. You can find out if you take some time to go to the cinema and watch it."

Due to Chen Kaige, she did not go to the premiere of "Pacific Rim", but she bought a ticket and went to the cinema as soon as possible.

Right now, I just came back from the cinema.

When Chen Kaige heard Chen Hong say this, he asked incredulously, "Is it really as good as you say?"

Chen Hong smiled and continued, "Remember the last time 'Travel to Taipei' was released, someone at the scene shouted after watching the movie that zombie movies are no longer exclusive to the West, right?"

"This time, many people are shouting that monster movies are not a Western monopoly!"

After he finished speaking, he paused and continued, "It's not just one or two people who are shouting this out, but it's received rave reviews."

"You all said that Wang Shu's style is more Hollywood-like, but this monster movie is totally a Hollywood-style popcorn movie!"

"If that's what I said, you'll know when you go to the cinema."

Hearing this, Chen Kaige stared at Chen Hong blankly and fell silent for a moment.

"Zombie movies are no longer a Western monopoly?" "Monster movies are also no longer a Western monopoly?"

Chen Kaige looked at Chen Hong's back as she walked away, and his mood suddenly turned bad.

"Could it be that someone hired someone?" Chen Kaige really didn't want to believe it.

First there was "Travel to Taipei" and now there is "Pacific Rim".

If this movie is really as Chen Hong said, how will other domestic directors survive?
On one hand, there are young directors shooting several versions of films that are ahead of the others, while on the other hand, other domestic directors are still figuring out how to rehash old works.

Compared to this, how can other directors' films still be successful at the box office?

The more Director Chen thought about it, the more restless he became. Earlier, Chen Hong asked him to go to the cinema to watch Pacific Rim, but he kept saying that he was a dog and was going to contribute to Wang Shu's box office.

Now, I can’t sit still anymore.

I completely ignored this sentence, got up, dressed, and went out, ready to go to the cinema to watch the movie in person.

At the same time, Zhang Weiping and Zhang Yimou walked out of the cinema after watching "Pacific Rim" together.

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At this time, they can almost be considered as films of the same period.

In order to judge the impact of Pacific Rim on the film, Zhang Weiping and Zhang Yimou went to the cinema as soon as possible.

However, after coming out of the movie, both of them were silent.

After a long silence, Zhang Yimou sighed and said, "Pacific Rim is a very good commercial blockbuster."

"In fact, not only me, but many people know that a purely commercial film does not need depth at all, it just needs to be easy to understand."

“So, if someone says that the plot of Pacific Rim is ordinary and lacks depth.”

"In fact, this is exactly the characteristic of a commercial popcorn blockbuster."

"We want it to be easy to understand so that we don't add unnecessary details."

"For example, many of the commercial films produced in Hong Kong in the 1980s and 1990s were like this."

"It's just that although many directors in our mainland understand this, they look down on commercial films."

“Even when making commercial films, we use commercial techniques to make art films.”

“So most of the films look a little twisted.”

"Wang Shu's Pacific Rim is easy to understand in terms of plot, and is a standard Hollywood-style popcorn commercial blockbuster."

Zhang Weiping was not most concerned about this, so he asked, "Do you think it will have a big impact on Three Guns?"

"Very big!" Zhang Yimou responded affirmatively, "Three Guns is an art film, and Pacific Rim is a commercial film."

"Just in terms of the nature of the movie, 'Three Guns' cannot compare to 'Pacific Rim' at the box office, not to mention that 'Pacific Rim' is still a very standard commercial popcorn blockbuster."

“You’ve also seen the special effects of this movie.”

"If nothing unexpected happens, the box office will be a big hit, and the box office of 'Three Guns' will also be affected."

This was what Zhang Weiping least wanted to hear, but he had to admit that it was the fact.

He walked out of the cinema with Zhang Yimou, and he had a good idea of ​​what the movie Pacific Rim was like.

As Zhang Yimou said, this is a very standard Hollywood-style commercial popcorn blockbuster!
In addition, the special effects of the film are truly epoch-making in the country.

so.
Zhang Weiping couldn't help but feel a sinking feeling in his heart.

Wang Shu also finished his trip to the cinema to interact with the audience.

Zhou Xiaofa walked up to him at the right time and whispered, "Boss Wang, everything is ready."

Wang Shu nodded and said, "I'll think about it."

Zhou Xiaofa whispered, "Do you want eye drops? I have them prepared."

"It's just eye drops, isn't it too fake?" Wang Shu felt that his acting skills were average, and wanted to adopt Zhou Xiaofa's suggestion, but he felt it was too fake.

Zhou Xiaofa smiled and said, "I also prepared onions and garlic."

"."Wang Shu.

After a while, with the help of various props, Wang Shu's eyes became red and filled with tears, and small pearls were falling.

Zhou Xiaofa used the camera he had prepared in advance to capture this scene.

That night, “secret photos” of Wang Shu shedding little Pearl appeared on the Internet.

Not only that, there are also "secretly taken photos" of Zhou Xiaofa comforting Wang Shu.

The whistleblower even claimed that Wang Shu somehow shed tears after coming out of the theater after interacting with the audience.

He then claimed that he had sneaked over and eavesdropped on a few sentences.

It seemed like he was criticized by Zhang Weiping yesterday, and was at a loss when asked questions again at the media meeting today. He was holding back his emotions.

It wasn't until the premiere of Pacific Rim received endless praise from the audience that she finally couldn't control her emotions and shed tears.

This incident quickly sparked heated discussions on the Internet, and countless netizens expressed deep emotion about Wang Shu's difficult situation.

As we all know, Wang Shu has been targeted ever since he slapped many people in the film and television industry in the face when he said, "Hollywood is right there. Watch more, think more, learn from its strengths and make up for your own weaknesses."

Since then, Wang Shu never said anything similar again.

Today, Wang Shu suddenly realized that he had said the wrong thing, and his helpless look was a true reflection of the difficulties that it has taken for him to come this far as a person born in the countryside and not from an academic background.

Nowadays, even if she sheds tears, she does so secretly after finishing interacting with the audience in the theater.

If it hadn't been secretly photographed, no one would have known about it.

For a time, the entire network began to sympathize with Wang Shu's difficulties and criticized Zhang Weiping.

For many netizens, sympathy alone is not enough to calm their emotions.

Many people chose to support Wang Shu by paying money to go to the cinema to watch "Pacific Rim"!

One brush!
Second brush!

Three brushes!

Many people even watch it four or five times!

They all sympathize with Wang Shu's experience and the difficulties he faced, and use this to make themselves feel better.

As the matter developed, many people including Sun Li, Mei Ting, Liu Yan, Chen Hong, Gong Li, Fan Binbin, Li Binbin and others learned that Wang Shu had dropped little Pearl, and they all called and sent text messages.

However, Wang Shu’s phone was turned off.

The phone call was unanswered and the text messages were not responded to.

Seeing this, Mei Ting was really worried and went straight to Wang Shu's villa.

Sun Li also wanted to go visit Wang Shu, but due to various concerns, she did not go in the end.

The same was true for Chen Hong. She felt that Wang Shu must be in need of comfort right now, and she had a strong desire to go and comfort him.

But there is really no reason to go out.

I was anxious but at a loss as to what to do. I felt extremely upset.

"Oh~ I hope my little husband is okay."

Chen Hong murmured to herself.

(End of this chapter)