The premiere of "Return to Youth" was held at the largest local cinema in Xidu.
The name of this cinema is Yida, which is one of the three major movie theater chains in China.
The number of cinemas it owns across the country has exceeded 5,000.
Therefore, being able to get more film schedules at Yida is actually very important for the movie "Rejuvenation".
It is afternoon now and the weather is still very good.
There were still two hours left before the official start of the premiere. Song Ci, Mimi, and Cai Cunyi were chatting with the manager of Yida Cinema.
This is the general manager of Yida in Yizhou. His surname is Zhang. He is in charge of hundreds of cinemas.
Song Ci and Manager Zhang stood face to face. He said with a smile and praise:
"I have loved coming to Yida to watch movies since I was a child. I think your popcorn here is particularly delicious!"
Manager Zhang is a middle-aged man in his 50s, tall and with thick hair. He smiled and said, "That's for sure. I especially love our popcorn."
Cai Cunyi answered from the side and said: "Manager Zhang, please tell us the bottom line! How many films are you planning to make for our "Rejuvenation" film schedule?"
Manager Zhang looked at the promotional materials standing at the entrance of the theater. Among them were a large human-shaped sign about Wu Hao and a human-shaped sign about Song Ci:
"It's hard to say at the moment... So far, each of the six movies released this summer seems to be particularly good-looking... The audience also has their own expectations. But I haven't watched the whole movie yet. Today we "Rejuvenation" is the first one I've watched, so let's see how the quality of other movies is then!"
Manager Zhang is quite straightforward in his speech.
He has been up and down in the film industry for so many years, and he has a strong sense of balance in his heart.
Anyway, he only has one standard in his heart, that is, as long as the movie is good, the audience likes to watch it, and the audience is willing to pay for the movie ticket.
Then theaters can make more copies of this movie.
There is nothing to say about this.
But in fact, Manager Zhang also knows in his heart that it is basically impossible to give a high ranking to this summer movie "Rejuvenation" produced by Song Ci Studio, which is actually more literary and artistic. things.
Of course, he would never say such words in front of Song Ci Cai Chunyi. He didn't have to.
The theater managers who were invited here today were not only Manager Zhang, but also the directors of Yizhou, the other two major theater chains, who were also present.
Everyone also exchanged pleasantries with each other.
Song Ci and Cai Cunyi repeatedly said that the movie will definitely be good to watch, and they hope that theater managers can arrange more movies for "Rejuvenation".
As time passed, the number of people at the scene gradually increased.
The first to arrive were some invited film critics.
Everyone is happy, and everyone has a smile on their face.
The presence of these people was basically paid by Song Ci Studio.
Under normal circumstances, for a movie of the caliber of "Return to Youth", these people would not come.
Song Ci and Cai Cunyi shook hands with every film critic present in a friendly manner, and said with a smile that they hoped everyone would be merciful and write more words of praise for the movie and talk about its advantages.
Film critics also gave it their thumbs up and said, of course.
After all, I am reaching out to avoid hitting the smiling person.
Everyone hangs out in the world of martial arts.
After a while, a large flower basket was delivered.
This was sent by director Sun Dachuan.
He didn't arrive in person, but he still had the proper etiquette.
The flower basket reads, [I wish Rejuvenation a prosperous box office sale].
Mimi stood in front of the flower basket with one hand on her waist, took out her mobile phone and took a photo seriously, and then said with emotion to the people next to her:
"If you are not a great director, Xiaojie, we must keep these favors in mind!"
Soon, the first artist arrived, it was Tang Shi.
Today she was wearing a pair of light blue jeans, a white shirt, and a bun.
As soon as it appeared, it immediately caused many people at the scene to exclaim.
She smiled, trotted up and hugged Song Ci, and said next to Song Ci: "You guys are really good at this battle!"
"After watching Gao Liao tonight, I want to write a movie review for us and post a compliment on Weibo to promote it!" Song Ci said with a smile, and then let Liao Jie take Tang Shi in.
Tang Shi chatted with Cai Cunyi for a few more words before walking in. ,
She had met Cai Cunyi a few times when she was studying, but she was not familiar with them. She only knew that he was Song Ci's roommate.
Tang Shi sat in the first row.
The first row at the premiere here is quite different from the first row at the usual movies.
The first row of the premiere is actually the location with the best effect.
Many film critics sat four or five rows back when they entered.
However, seeing the appearance of Tang Shi, a group of film critics became quite excited.
"I originally thought that the movie Rejuvenation wouldn't have any big names, but I didn't expect that Tang poetry would actually appear in it!"
"This should be Song Ci's personal relationship. He has a good relationship with Tang Shi!"
Several film critics were chatting and laughing, and Li Siyu also walked in from outside.
With a smile on her face, she trotted to Tang Shi's side, and the two of them talked and laughed.
The male protagonist of the drama "Rejuvenation" is Wu Hao.
The heroine is an actress from the Xidu Repertory Theater named Gu Xiuchun.
Gu Xiuchun is not well-known in the world.
Of course her acting skills are very good and she is also very beautiful.
Several people stood at the door, welcoming the guests.
Gu Xiuchun and Song Ci said: "Old Song, it has to be you. There are many big stars that I have never had the chance to meet!"
Mimi responded and said: "When our movie is broadcast, you will be a big star!"
Gu Xiuchun waved his hands repeatedly after hearing this.
At this time, a car stopped in front of him, and Lu Song got out of the car.
The scene suddenly erupted into a burst of enthusiastic noise.
There were more than 10 media present to film the premiere of "Rejuvenation".
Among them, the local media in Xidu accounted for more than half.
"Let me go, is Director Lu Song here? What's going on? Does Song Ci have such a great reputation!"
"My dear! Did Director Lu Song come over to support Song Ci? This must be because Lu Song and Song Ci collaborated on "Black and White"!"
"Today's premiere of ours is well worth it. I thought it would only be small stars, but I didn't expect that even Director Lu would show up!"
Lu Song walked up with a smile on his face, and Song Ci hugged him: "Director Lu, please go in and sit down first!"
Lu Song patted Song Ci on the shoulder: "I know, you are busy first, and we will talk in detail after the movie is over."
Then Cai Cunyi on the side had a smile on his face, stretched out his hands and shook Lu Song's hands seriously, and said with emotion: "Director Lu, I really like your movies."
"I know you! I hope your movie today can give me a refreshing feeling!"
Cai Cunyi personally led Lu Song in.
Tang Shi, Li Siyu and others who had already arrived at the scene stood up and said hello to Lu Song.
At this moment, there were about 20 minutes before the movie officially started playing, and Song Hongdou also arrived.
Her appearance caused another wave of climax among the media and film critics present.
This is a genuine, queen-level female singer in the Chinese music scene.
It is very difficult to meet him in normal times.
Even if it is a commercial performance, the appearance fee will easily start at 7 figures.
Song Ci also hugged Song Hongdou, and then said: "Special thanks to Sister Hongdou for coming to support our movie. I thought you were studying, but then you stopped coming!"
Song Hongdou studied business administration.
But she hasn't been there for the past two months.
In front of a group of media around her, Song Hongdou said with a smile: "I must support the movie written by Mr. Song Ci, not to mention that Mr. Wu Hao also stars in it! Mr. Wu, I especially like your fighting scenes, they feel very handsome. !”
Wu Hao and Song Hongdou were not familiar with each other either, but seeing Song Hongdou chatting with him so familiarly, he responded with a smile:
"You may be disappointed this time. There are basically no fighting scenes in our movie this time, haha!"
Si Kouxue arrived right behind Song Hongdou.
Although he shouldn't think so, Song Ci was actually not surprised by Sikouxue's arrival.
Because this sister has such a personality in the world, she must play with whoever is popular.
"Sister Xue, you are finally here. If you are not here today, none of our movies will be broadcast!" Song Ci hugged Si Kou Xue and said teasingly.
Sikou Xue rolled her eyes at Song Ci and said, "Fuck you, if I want to be so proud, I will buy your studio directly!"
Everyone burst out laughing.
It can be seen that although the director is Cai Cunyi and the starring roles are Wu Hao and Gu Xiuchun, the people present at today's premiere are basically here for Song Ci's sake.
This shows how quickly Song Ci's status in the world has risen during this period of time.
When there were still 10 minutes left before the movie started playing, there was another round of cheers.
Because the best actress Gu Jinghong was also present.
This made the film critics' eyes wide open with excitement.
Gu Jinghong's status in the film circle is very high.
After all, she is a woman who has won two Best Actress Awards.
"Thank you sister Jinghong for your support. I will definitely book every movie of yours in the future!" Song Ci hugged Gu Jinghong as usual.
Gu Jinghong's little face twisted slightly, and he whispered in Song Ci's ear: "The public opinion on the Internet is very fierce, be careful!"
As she spoke, she smiled charmingly, greeted Wu Hao, Cai Cunyi and others one by one, and then walked into the screening room.
He also exchanged a few words with Lu Song and others.
Only then did everyone sit in their own seats together.
The screening room soon became dark.
The first thing that appeared was a ward, with an elderly lady lying on the hospital bed and her daughter appearing in the picture.
A BGM started playing.
The accompaniment of this place, Song Ci uses the piano melody of "The Bell in the Opposite Direction".
When the old lady came up, she first told her daughter a story about a clock running in the opposite direction.
The story goes back to the Patriotic War in China a hundred years ago.
In that war-torn era, a clock merchant made a clock, but his clock ran counterclockwise.
He hung the clock high on the house.
The clock is ticking backwards.
Countless pictures flashed by and seemed to be played backwards.
Lu Song nodded slightly and said to Cai Cunyi, who was sitting next to him:
“The design at the beginning is a bit interesting!”
All the spectators at the scene showed their attentive expressions.
At this time, the scene returned to the old lady's ward.
She gave his daughter several diaries.
My daughter opened this diary.
It was discovered that this diary was a confession written by a person named Song Zhong.
As soon as this person's name came out, several film critics started talking among themselves.
"This guy Song Ci likes to do fancy things with people's names!"
"The name Song Zhong is not very auspicious!"
"This opening is quite distinctive, with a unique temperament like an art film!"
The story begins to immerse itself in the Song Dynasty’s monologue.
Time began to turn back, back to a hundred years ago.
The wife of a watch merchant named Song gave birth to a son, and he ran in to see it with great anticipation.
It turned out that the son his wife gave birth to had a face full of wrinkles, like an old man.
This scene immediately stunned the watch merchant.
Here the role of Song Zhong's mother, who played a guest role in Tang Shi, appears in the scene for only ten seconds.
But Li Siyu and Song Hongdou, who were sitting next to Tang Shi, recognized her immediately. Li Siyu gently patted her shoulder and said:
"Sister Tangtang, is there any future role in your role?"
Tang Shi smiled and said, "Just keep reading, I won't spoil this for you."
After everyone saw this scene, their curiosity was piqued.
The film critics before coming here have all seen the trailer and probably know what kind of story it is.
But now when they saw a baby who looked like an old man appeared in the camera, everyone couldn't help but be shocked.
"I seem to have seen the ending of this movie, where he slowly lives from an old man to a baby!"
"Although I already know the ending of the story, I feel very excited! Now I want to know how he will get along with the people and things around him as he gets younger. I have to say that as soon as the script came up, the hook was already there It captured my heart!"
Lu Song patted Song Ci's thigh with interest and said, "I've only watched it for a few minutes now, but it's really interesting and not boring at all!"
Then he exchanged a few words of emotion with Cai Cunyi on his right: "The shooting was quite thoughtful, and I look forward to the follow-up!"
Cai Cunyi was actually nervous the whole time.
He clenched his hands tightly into fists, and his palms were already sweating.
Now was the time for his ugly daughter-in-law to meet her parents-in-law, and he was extremely nervous.
(End of chapter)
