The promotion of Harlequin can be said to be completely different from many movies nowadays. What stands out is the contrasting cuteness!
The effect is quite good.
What's even more amazing is that many netizens have a lot of imagination.
"Looking at these ugly photos of the characters, I suddenly felt that Dong Bing'er's performance as Nie Xiaoqian might not be bad?"
"It seems like it's true. I'm afraid of being shown off in everything. Is this what Director Dog means?"
"Speaking of which, the truth is actually quite simple. In a movie where you are living a good life, except for the heroine, the male characters are competing against each other for their ugliness, tsk tsk!"
"The guy upstairs, if you don't understand, just ask, what's the movie about a good life?"
"How about leaving it here with me? Do you understand, Aotuman?"
"Bump. Slow down, move!"
"I suspect you're driving, and I have proof!"
Crooked buildings are inevitable and necessary.
Anyway, the effect of this publicity is indeed quite good.
"A Chinese Ghost Story" is finally finished.
In fact, there is another promotional point for this film, that is, supernatural beings. However, Li Yi has no intention of vigorously promoting this. After all, it is wiser to be more sensitive and enter the village quietly without shooting.
People can't be too arrogant, right?
Regarding the movie "A Chinese Ghost Story", not only netizens are curious, but in fact, film critics and media people are also extremely curious. After all, although everyone knows a lot about this movie so far, in fact Go on, what story is this telling and how it is, I really don’t know if I think about it carefully.
After all, everyone only knows that this is adapted from "Nie Xiaoqian" in Pu Songling's "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", but the stories in "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" are not very long. If the original version is directly made into a movie, it must be not enough.
Besides, this type of adaptation usually has huge differences from the original work, so it means saying nothing.
Then there are Nie Xiaoqian and Ning Caichen. Although Li Yi described these two very wonderfully, after all, they didn't even release a final makeup photo. The next one is those clown promotional photos. Anyway, there is only one word, ugly!
Then, there is no more.
After working together for a long time, this movie revealed nothing at all.
For this reason, most people don’t know what to write if they want to.
If this was a movie by another small director, I guess people would have given up on it long ago if it was played like this. But this is a movie by Li Yi, who is the best director in Chinese movies. His movie is also a domestic version. The popularity of such a movie is already very high, so of course they are not willing to give up.
Finally, after long calls, "A Chinese Ghost Story" has opened a special screening for the media and film critics.
Keeping secrets from the public fans naturally means that many conventional publicity methods are missing. Therefore, it is natural to rely on the pens and mouths of film critics and media people to criticize.
This time, the special screening was held in the largest screening hall of Times International Cinemas in Beijing. The screening hall, which can accommodate thousands of people watching movies at the same time, was packed early.
Almost all the people present were media and film critics from all over the country.
"What do you guys think of Dong Bing'er playing Nie Xiaoqian?"
"It's hard to say. Li Yi is a famous dog. It's hard to guess what he's thinking, but it's definitely not as bad as those people said before!"
"Yes, he is Li Yi, a great director who can create miracles in Hollywood. Could he really be that blind?"
"However, let me tell you something, those supporting characters are really ugly. I don't know why they are done like this."
"Haha, if they are not ugly, how can they bring out the handsomeness and beauty of the hero and heroine?"
Before the movie officially started screening, everyone started chatting.
Of course, the vast majority of people still have more confidence in Li Yi. Do you really think that some controversies can make people lose confidence in Li Yi?
What a joke.
"To be honest, I feel like Director Dog is holding back his ultimate move!"
"I think so too, otherwise there would be no need to keep it secret so well."
"But that Dong Bing'er is really not the same as the Nie Xiaoqian he described!"
"Haha, all you need to know is that the director's name is Li Yi. Has he ever made a mistake? No, right? Before he makes a mistake, he can create any miracle."
"makes sense!"
Soon, the lights in the cinema screening room dimmed, and the main film officially lit up on the big screen.
"Director Li Yi's work!"
Many people couldn't help but laugh when they saw this familiar line of words. Also, as long as it is a work directed by Li Yi, do you still need to be suspicious?
Soon, everyone was sitting upright and focused on the big screen.
The first picture that appeared on the big screen was a close-up of the stone tablet of Lanruo Temple.
From top to bottom, mist surrounded it, and there was not a single star in the gloomy and dark sky. A stone monument stood crookedly, and the branches and vines on it made it even more dilapidated and decayed.
When the camera turned, several stone sculptures were seen in the mist and withered leaves, making the whole scene a bit weirder.
The ground was covered with rotten leaves, as if one could smell the smell of decay through the big screen.
The camera follows the howling cold wind as a short staircase goes up, and a wooden plaque with "Lanruo Temple" written on it can be faintly seen hanging above the door of an archway.
Desolate, withered, and strange.
This is what everyone feels when they see the previous few scenes.
Suddenly, the scene changed again, showing a decaying and dilapidated wooden house. Through the papered windows, the light inside could be vaguely seen.
Sure enough, a scholar was holding a lantern and reading books from sages while shaking his head.
Suddenly, the door was blown open by a gust of wind.
A white figure appeared in front of the scholar. A slim girl in white gauze danced in front of him.
The white gauze with feminine fragrance fell into Shusheng's hands. He subconsciously grabbed it and smelled it at the tip of his nose. The feminine fragrance made him intoxicated.
The scholar was fascinated. When he walked towards the woman, he accidentally knocked down the lantern. The lantern fell into the basin and splashed with water. The fire in the lamp swayed as if it would go out at any time.
This detail, which is not considered a detail, made many film critics nod secretly.
In fact, this is indeed a metaphor. The scholar is fascinated, the lantern falls into the water and the flames flicker, and it may be extinguished at any time. In fact, it also means that the scholar's fire of life is about to be extinguished.
The next scene made the male film critics, media and people in the theater a little thirsty when they saw it. Obviously nothing was revealed, but the hazy feeling was even more eye-catching.
Many female film critics’ eyes lit up.
In the camera, the girl grabbed the scholar's hand and put it into her clothes, she understood everything.
But what makes many people depressed is that the female ghost’s hair covers her face, making it difficult to see clearly and it’s unclear whether she is the heroine Nie Xiaoqian.
But in the vagueness, people sincerely feel that this is a beautiful female ghost!
In the camera, the scholar grabbed the female ghost's white ankles, with a string of bells on them.
The bell rang for a while, and the camera moved upwards. There were larger bells hanging above Lanruo Temple. Like a chain reaction, they all shook one after another and made a series of underground noises.
Suddenly the camera was pulled to the ground, as if something was moving quickly through the bamboo forest and came to the scholar's room. The scholar seemed to have seen something terrible and let out a scream.
His legs kept kicking and struggling, but everything was in vain.
The oil and wax in the lantern sank into the water and went out at that moment!
You can vaguely see that the female ghost has a face that should be very beautiful, but unfortunately it is covered by the gauze, so you can't see it clearly.
"This is a perfect use of hazyness!" Some film critics couldn't help but sigh.
At this time, the four characters "A Chinese Ghost Story" appeared on the big screen.
Although the opening scene only lasts for two minutes, the film critics couldn't help but secretly sigh, "You are indeed a bad director!"
Soon, the movie began to feature, with green mountains and green waters surrounded by clouds and mist all the time.
A scholar dressed in coarse green clothes, a tattered hat, a pair of worn-out cloth shoes, and carrying a book frame appeared in everyone's sight.
"The road of life is like a long road with beautiful dreams, and the wind, frost, and frost blow on your face along the way."
The theme song sounded. It was a Cantonese song, but it made many people's eyes light up. They always felt that the music matched the picture, and there was a very special sense of harmony.
The camera moved up, finally revealing the true face of Lushan. At this time, Jiang Qinghe was the Ning Caichen.
He gently wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve.
Scholars travel across mountains and rivers, not knowing where they are going.
In the backlight, the scholar wiped his sweat, and one could feel the unbearable heat at this moment!
He sat down and took out a cloth bag from the book frame. He opened the bag and inside it was a yellow and black steamed bun.
The scholar didn't dislike it at all, but felt like he was enjoying a feast.
He was probably very hungry, so he grabbed it and stuffed it into his mouth, biting it down hard, but the next moment his smile froze on his face.
People couldn't help but smile.
He held his teeth in pain. It was obvious that the man had knocked his teeth.
He angrily hit the stone with the steamed bun, but the stone was smashed in half, but the steamed bun was not damaged at all!
He looked at the bun in his hand in astonishment, his mouth slightly opened and he let out a silent "Wow"!
Then he stretched out his foot and kicked the bun far away. But the next moment, he was holding his feet in pain. The shoes had already been worn out, exposing his cute toes. But just now, his toes had kicked a bun that was harder than a rock. , the painful scholar kept rubbing his feet!
The scholar had no choice but to get up and continue on his way.
It's just that his luck didn't seem to be very good. When going downhill, his shoes became even more damaged.
However, he finally arrived at his destination and saw a boundary monument with the words "Guobei County" written on it.
But God was not kind to him. When he had just determined the direction, it started to rain heavily.
He took out an umbrella, but when he opened the oil-paper umbrella, it was ridiculously broken.
Finally, the soaked scholar came to a place where he could take shelter from the rain.
While waiting for the rain to stop, suddenly there was a sound of fighting in the distance. Xiahou chased a group of people and killed them all in a short time.
The reason is simply because these people stole his money!
Blood spattered the scholar's face.
He was so frightened that he shrank on the spot.
This scene actually explains the chaos of this world. Killing and being killed seems to be just the most common scene in this world.
The samurai didn't do anything to the scholar. Instead, he saw the scholar swallowing his saliva while watching him eat the steamed buns, and even threw him a white steamed bun.
The scholar ate big mouthfuls, but when the man left, he quickly vomited out all the steamed buns.
It can be seen that he understands that the world is dangerous!
Finally arrived at Guobei County. The fighting earlier seemed to be just a microcosm of this world. The streets in the county were messy and dirty, and there were countless wanted notices posted on the walls. The soldiers were as brave as butchers, arresting people everywhere savagely!
The scholar borrowed the water from the owner of the talisman shop to wash the dirty corners of his clothes.
Only the next moment, he thanked him, and his chin was pinched by a fierce and ugly gang member.
Another person took out the pile of wanted poster portraits and compared them one by one, and found that none of them looked alike, but he said fiercely: "If you are not a wanted criminal, just stay away. Don't stop me from getting rich!"
Because Ning Caichen's clothes were wet, he was pressed on the talisman shop owner's talisman, and many talismans were stuck to his back.
As a result, the boss with a big black mole on his face saw it and shouted at Ning Caichen: "Don't leave!"
But this simple sentence made the soldiers and gang members think that there was a wanted criminal, and they chased after him one by one.
As a result, the two groups of people started fighting each other in a chaotic manner.
There was a big fight in the streets for a while.
This scene almost constitutes the main tone of this county. At this moment, many film critics finally understand why there are so many clowns in this film, because they are not only ugly, but also form a suffocating picture. A picture of a depressing and disgusting social atmosphere!
What a chaotic world this is, what a world of monsters!
The boss with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks and a mole on his face caught up and tore off the talisman paper behind Ning Caichen, but the talisman on the paper was printed on his back.
After that, the movie finally tells the audience what the scholar came here to do. He actually came to collect debts in order to make a living.
A weak scholar, with no strength to tie a chicken, is actually here to collect debts. This combination makes people smile, but also sigh at the same time.
The boss even pointed out the dangers of this world: "How come the people who come here are different every time? The person who came to collect the bill last time was killed on the road after collecting the bill. Anyway, you can't do it on the road after collecting the bill." He will be killed, so just give it a try and let me forget it!"
However, it is a pity that Ning Caichen's account book was soaked by the rain, and the ink on it was all spent. Of course, the boss was unwilling to admit the account.
The poor scholar was thrown out by the boss who changed his face. He was penniless, but it was getting late. When he turned around, he saw the boss with the mole on his face again.
"Boss, where can I stay overnight for free?"
The man opened his mouth and said, "Let's go to Lanruo Temple!"
As a result, his words suddenly attracted many people to gather around him.
After finding out the location of Lanruo Temple, Ning Caichen was very confused by the strange reactions of the people around him.
After that, the boss came over again to measure Ning Caichen: "I also sell coffins. If you measure them now, they will be useful later!"
It turned out that when those people heard that he was going to Lanruo Temple to stay overnight, they were all waiting to make a fortune!
(End of chapter)
