Lin Chaoyang looked at him and couldn't laugh or cry, "You have gone to great lengths to make dumplings just to be jealous!"
Li Tuo shook his head and said: "You don't understand! Is the magic pen so good? People may not remember my article in the future, but they will definitely remember 'Xu Lingjun Nian'."
He talked more and more enthusiastically, and in the end he didn't even bother to eat, and was in a hurry to go home and write a manuscript.
I'm afraid that I'll be late when I go back, and my inspiration will be delayed halfway.
On the 10th, after get off work on Saturday, Tao Yushu went home and went to watch a movie. Today is the day when "Garland Under the Mountain" is released.
Capital Cinema is on West Chang'an Street, only three to four hundred meters away from their home, and the couple walked there.
When the couple walked to the entrance of the cinema, the place was bustling with activity, as it always is on Saturday and Sunday nights.
There is also an oil painting poster of "Garland Under the Mountain" at the entrance of the cinema. The grass-green military uniforms, the resolute soldier's face and the flames of war in the background of the poster are both exquisite and textured.
Tao Yushu looked at the long queue at the ticket gate and said, "There are so many people. They are all here to see "High Mountain"."
She added worriedly, "I don't know if I can buy tickets."
"It's okay, just buy a red ticket."
Lin Chaoyang said this, and the couple lined up peacefully.
As it got darker and darker outside, the number of people in the lounge continued to increase, almost to the point of rubbing shoulders, and a long queue formed behind the couple.
Seeing that there were eight or nine people waiting in line before the couple, the conductor stood up and shouted to the queue in the hall:
"Dear movie fans, all the movie tickets today have been sold out, please come early tomorrow!"
Hearing this, the hall suddenly became noisy. The audience at the back had been queuing for more than half an hour to buy tickets. Seeing that they were almost there, they were naturally unhappy when they said they had no tickets.
"Why do you want me to queue if I don't have a ticket?"
"You won't have an extra show? You know that "Garland Under the Mountain" will be released today, but what do you mean by not adding an extra show?"
"That's right, last year "The Wrangler" was released with an extra scene, but you won't have an extra scene with "Wreaths Under the Mountain"?"
"What did this cinema manager do? I think he should be fired!"
"That's right! If he doesn't show up, he will be dismissed from his post!"
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The audience queued up and failed to buy tickets, and they were very resentful. A few young people made a fuss, which aroused everyone's anger, and the hall was filled with excitement for a while.
Within a few minutes, the cinema manager was forced out by the audience. He accepted the audience's opinions very sincerely and decided to add another show tonight.
"...but please understand us, our cinema staff are not tough either, they also have to eat and sleep.
In this way, we will open the door at 5:30 tomorrow morning and start showing the first movie at 5:50, so that everyone can watch the movie.
Does everyone think it’s okay?”
Capital Cinema has always been one of the most popular cinemas in Yanjing. Whenever a popular movie is released, the cinema will add additional screenings, but this usually happens only after the movie has been released for a few days and a wave of moviegoers has formed.
It has been more than four years since the novel "Garland Under the Mountain" was published. The single volume alone has sold eight to nine million copies. It has been reprinted dozens of times by the media and has a conservative estimate of tens of millions of readers.
The movie was released on a Saturday, and people had time after work, so they all flocked to the cinema.
On the first day of the movie's release, the movie-watching frenzy has already begun.
A movie was added, and although there were still some people in the hall who couldn't watch the movie today, most of the audience accepted it, and the manager's attitude was very sincere, so the situation calmed down.
Lin Chaoyang and his wife were already a few people short of each other, so they just happened to get tickets for the additional movie, and it was a good seat. However, the wait was a bit long, and it had to start at ten o'clock in the evening. Lin Chaoyang felt sleepy while waiting.
I finally entered the screening room, and not long after I sat down, the lights dimmed.
The logo of the Shanghai Film Studio appeared on the big screen. The shot started from the distant view of Yimeng Mountain. The list of cast and crew members continued to appear, with Lin Chaoyang's name at the forefront.
When Tao Yushu saw his name, a faint smile appeared on his face, and he gently held Lin Chaoyang's hand.
The movie officially started. The first shot was of topless soldiers bathing in the river. Their muscular muscles exuded the smell of male hormones. There was also a group of soldiers playing a handstand game on the shore.
Liang Sanxi and Jin Kailai laughed and joked with the soldiers, showing no leadership airs. A few scenes sketched out the military life in the 1980s.
Xie Jin is the representative of directors who become more and more demonic as they get older. His camera language is not amazing, but it is ingenious and ingenious. With just a few shots, the audience can unknowingly enter the story.
Jin Kailai, Liang Sanxi, Zhao Mengsheng, Xiao Yanjing...
Characters that were once attached to typefaces and characters that only existed in the imagination of the audience appeared one by one. The performance of the actors made the audience feel no sense of disobedience, as if these characters were the characters in the novel.
As the plot continued to unfold, the cheerful atmosphere at the beginning gradually became tense, and even the hearts of the audience in the cinema became twitching.
"Garland Under the Mountain", a novel that once touched hundreds of millions of readers, will touch hundreds of millions of viewers again tonight in the form of light and shadow.
The movie is 2 hours and 20 minutes long, which is longer than most movies of this era. If it were placed in future generations, the first hurdle a movie would have to face before being released would be the ruthless scissor hands of the distributor.
Fortunately, we are now in the 1980s, and Xie Jin used his enthusiasm to make this movie.
The more than two-hour journey of light and shadow has come to an end, and the screen is covered with tombs. In these densely packed and neat new tombs, sleeping soundly are the souls of the martyrs who died without regrets in order to protect their homeland and country.
There are no green pines and cypresses, and no granite monuments.
The bones of loyalty are buried in the green mountains, and the souls of heroes are remembered in the mountains and rivers.
The surviving soldiers on the screen missed their comrades, and their families cried and comforted their lost relatives.
The cinema was silent except for the tears of the audience flowing freely.
When the first uncontrollable cry sounded, like the tide on the Qiantang River, there was a burst of crying in the screening hall.
For the thousands of young lives lost in southern Xinjiang.
Once upon a time, they were still so lively and vigorous, just like the lush red cotton tree flowers in the South, how dazzling and dazzling they were.
But now, they are sleeping there forever.
Perhaps their wives had just sent him a photo of their son when he was one month old;
Perhaps, their lover is writing a loving love letter to him under the desk lamp;
Perhaps their mother was leaning on the doorframe, looking towards the distant road, because her son wrote a letter saying that he was going home to visit relatives soon.
The screening hall became a sea of ​​tears, and the movie ended in the tears of the audience.
Perhaps the audience's depression just now was because they were afraid of disturbing those heroic souls. When the picture disappeared, the crying in the screening hall suddenly became louder, and many people even cried loudly.
Some hot-blooded young people were crying and cursing "YN monkeys", and some lesbians were crying so hard that they were out of breath.
Many people sat in their seats, immersed in the movie, and did not want to get up for a long time.
Tao Yushu, who was beside Lin Chaoyang, also burst into tears, and her tears kept flowing.
After finally calming down, she stood up and took Lin Chaoyang's hand and walked out of the screening room.
As the couple walked out, audience members began to stand up one after another, and they kept sobbing along the way.
When we walked out of the screening room and entered the lounge, the audience's crying gradually stopped, and many people began to praise the movie.
“This movie is so well done!”
"When I was reading the novel, I just cried while reading it. Now that it has been made into a movie, it is more touching than the novel. Woohoo!"
"Xie Jin is awesome! The photo is even better than "The Wrangler"!"
"The novels written by Xu Lingjun are all good, and he is also a screenwriter, so awesome! This is what you call a great writer!"
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After waiting for several minutes, Tao Yushu finally came out of her sadness. Listening to the compliments from people around her, she said to Lin Chaoyang with a pair of red eyes:
"I have watched so many movies, and many of them made me cry. But after watching "Garland", I couldn't stop crying at all. I couldn't help it. The soldiers are so great. They are the real backbone of China."
Lin Chaoyang said: "Yes! It was not easy for not only the soldiers, but also the comrades of the crew. The movie was shot so well, and their contribution is not small..."
Xie Jin told him that when "Garland Under the Mountain" went to the border to shoot, the war on the border was still not over. Even when the battles of "Unnamed Highlands" and "Main Peak" were filmed, the situation on the border became tense again.
The crew completed the filming of the movie amidst such a strong smell of artillery fire, and according to intelligence, HN's "Voice of YN" radio station also reported on the broadcast the news that Xie Jin was filming "Garland Under the Mountain" at the border,
The words were harsh and filled with threats and intimidation.
At the same time, news continues to spread that YN agents have sneaked into our territory in an attempt to interfere with and sabotage the filming of the film.
Lin Chaoyang's narration made Tao Yushu terrified. She did not expect that the filming of "Wreaths Under the Mountain" would face such a severe test.
"Sincerity leads to gold and stone. The comrades on the crew have taken such big risks and made so much effort. If they see the movie being so popular, they will also be very happy." Tao Yu said with emotion.
"Of course."
"Garland Under the Mountain" has shown extraordinary momentum since the first day it was released. The hard work and dedication of director Xie Jin and all the crew are crucial, but more importantly, of course, the original novel has been selling like crazy for four years.
Reader base of more than 8 million copies.
The tens of millions of readers accumulated in four years made this movie a phenomenal hit once it was released.
In just two or three days, the cinemas in all districts of Yanjing were almost full. The scene of Lin Chaoyang going to the movie that day was constantly replayed in the screening hall, which made the audience shed tears.
Because of the popularity of the movie, many movie theaters had to temporarily add theaters to meet the audience's eager viewing needs.
But even so, there are still many viewers who have to queue up in long queues to watch movies. It has become normal to queue up early in the morning to buy tickets to watch movies. The Capital Cinema standing on West Chang'an Street has seen audiences queuing outside the cinema again after a long absence.
situation.
It's the coldest month of winter now, and it's really hard to queue up outside. Many people are willing to seek favors and seek connections in order to watch the movie as early as possible. Some people even sell movie tickets. The original price of a 10-cent movie ticket has been increased to 30-50 cents.
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It's a bit expensive, but you can watch the movie early and save yourself the trouble of queuing. Many people are willing to pay for this expensive movie ticket just to see "Garland Under the Mountain".
This kind of scene is not only happening in Yanjing, but also in other cities in China. Millions of moviegoers flock to cinemas every day.
These audiences include men, women, old and young, as well as workers, peasants, government officials and businessmen. There are no differences in age, status or cultural background among these people sitting in the cinema. They are all loyal viewers and fans of "Garland Under the Mountain".
A week after its release, the dominance displayed by "Wreaths Under the Mountain" eclipsed the domestic films released at the same time. Even "Left Behind the Curtain", which is famous for its grand scenes, could not compete.
If the popularity of the movie as soon as it was released was due to the popularity of the novel readers, then the popularity of the movie a week after its release was due to the charm of the story and characters of the movie itself.
Since the second day after its release, "Garland Under the Mountain" has also become the focus of reports and attention from major domestic media.
"Yanjing Daily" reported: "Garland Under the Mountain" is a rare artistic masterpiece, and director Xie Jin has created another brilliant achievement.
"China Youth Daily" published an article ": A Hymn of Patriotism" and wrote in the article:
Since its release on December 10, "Wreaths Under the Mountain" has won widespread praise from the film industry and movie audiences for its profound emotional expression and strong patriotism.
This movie is not only a visual and emotional feast, but also a hymn dedicated to the great motherland.
"Garland Under the Mountain" tells the story of the war in southern Xinjiang and the soldiers' efforts to protect their homes and country. After the movie was released, the People's Liberation Army Daily also praised the movie:
It 100% restores the essence of the original novel, and displays the patriotic spirit of our army's officers and men who dare to fight and sacrifice in the new era from all aspects and angles. It is a patriotic film with profound social significance.
"Shaanxi Daily", "Hunan Daily", "Liberation Daily", "Wenhui Daily", "Guangming Daily", "People's Daily", "Worker's Daily"...
There are more and more media and news reporting on the movie "Wreaths Under the Mountains", and the level is getting higher and higher. From local media to central media, the movie-watching frenzy caused by "Wreaths Under the Mountains" is sweeping China.
Loved by ordinary audiences, praised by the film industry, praised by official media, and encouraged by the government...
The film "Garland Under the Mountain" mobilized the patriotic sentiment of the entire Chinese society from bottom to top, and infected more audiences to enter the cinema.
It is impossible to collect detailed box office data in this era, but the fullness of movie theaters in various cities across the country is even better than that of "Romance in Lushan", "Shaolin Temple" and "Wrangler" released in previous years.
At the same time, distribution companies at the provincial and municipal levels continued to issue copy purchase requests to China Film Company.
200 copies, 250 copies, 300 copies...
Chapter completed!