0103 [Bringing excitement]
At noon, after dinner at the restaurant, Wan Xiaohu, Wang Zhonglei, Zhou Xun and Chen Kun, led by the staff, came to the Xiguang University Auditorium. Here, everything had been arranged, and a huge poster hung down from the main teaching building of Xiguang University.
The poster is a few meters long and wide, and you can see it as far away as you go.
In the center of the poster is Chen Kun's image. There is a huge skull on each side of the shoulders. The two skulls form a butterfly wings. And because of the effect of light and shadow, it looks like Chen Kun is nailed by a cross made of light and shadow.
At the top of the poster are two lines of characters "co-produced by Huayi Brothers and Dandelion Film Company" and "the first science fiction masterpiece of domestic films". On the left side of the skull, there is a line of characters "Yu Na: Zhou Xun", and on the right line of characters "Su Ye: Chen Kun".
The second half of the poster is a huge Chinese and English subtitles, "Butterfly Effect", "the-butterfly-effect". Below the subtitles are several names, Chen Daoming, Zhao Wei, Lu Yi, Hu Jun, Xu Jinglei, Guan Zhilin. Below the names, there are another line of small characters, which can't be seen clearly even if you don't get close. "Director: Wan Xiaohu".
This poster is extremely cool and extremely eye-catching.
Originally, the film festival hosted the room only arranged two small posters, which were placed on both sides of the entrance of the auditorium. Wang Zhonglei thought the poster was too small and unattractive, so he designed this huge poster. When designing, Wan Xiaohu wanted his name to be enlarged, but he was not embarrassed to mention it. No matter how big his name was written, few people knew him.
Because the school broadcast the notice in advance, the auditorium was full of college students, chatting and flirting.
Wan Xiaohu asked Zhou Xun and Chen Kun to follow the staff first to communicate with their classmates in the auditorium. He and Wang Zhonglei were waiting outside to see if any directors came to support him.
At about half past, Zheng Dongtian and Xie Jin came by car, and several movie publishers were accompanied.
Wang Zhonglei stepped forward: "Director Zheng, Director Xie, you two are here, Penghu Shenghui, please sit in there quickly."
Wan Xiaohu also stepped forward and said hello: "Director Zheng, Director."
Xie Jin said while walking: "A few of us old guys said that we each found a place to support us. Lao Zheng and I recognized Xiaohu and also wanted to see domestic science fiction films, where is science fiction."
Zheng Dongtian and Xie Jin were sent in, and within a few minutes, Zhang Yang and Zhang Yuan came over together again.
"Wan Xiaohu, come uninvited, didn't you disturb me?"
Wan Xiaohu laughed: "Where do you think, please hurry up. I can't even be happy."
Following Zhang Yang and Zhang Yuan, an unexpected star actually came.
"Xu Qing?" Wan Xiaohu was surprised.
Xu Qing is now a first-tier actress in the mainland, graduated from the 88th performance department of Beijing Film Academy, and is a target of being highly pursued by the media at this film festival.
Xu Qing smiled sweetly: "Why, don't you welcome me?"
"How is that possible?" Although Wan Xiaohu was surprised, he immediately reached out to shake Xu Qing.
Wang Zhonglei also stepped forward and shook hands with Xu Qing: "Miss Xu Qing is here, this meeting will shine brightly."
There were many reporters waiting at the door, and they quickly took photos.
There was a smile on his face.
This time, I stayed at the "Butterfly Effect" meeting, not only did I meet two old directors, but also two new directors support me, but now there is a big star Xu Qing. Don't have too much news material. Originally, this film festival had not yet arrived, and the real big-name stars were not present.
The new film meeting will be held in just three days, sixteen movies, plus the foreign film exhibition this afternoon and the Hong Kong and Taiwan film exhibition tomorrow morning, which is equivalent to twenty or thirty movies, all of which are concentrated in one piece. The stars of each crew must take care of their meeting and will not have too much exchange.
Having four directors and one star in support shows that Huayi Brothers and Wan Xiaohu are worth a lot of face.
It was two o'clock and the auditorium gate was closed.
As the director, Wan Xiaohu took the microphone handed over by the staff, walked to the big screen, and cleared his throat: "Cough, I'm very happy to hold the "Butterfly Effect" meeting at Xiguang University. Thank you to the organizer of the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival and Xiguang University for providing the venue. Thank you Director Zheng, Director Xie for your visit, Zhang Yang and Zhang Yuan for supporting the show, and Miss Xu Qing for your support. Thank you for your classmates for coming to participate."
The staff had already debugged the projector, and Wan Xiaohu was short-speaking: "The Butterfly Effect is a science fiction movie. As for me, science fiction is more like an extension of a dream, giving the movie a flying wing. It does not allow the rules and regulations of reality to bind our hearts. This is the charm of science fiction movies. I hope that the next ninety minutes of watching the movie will bring you a different feeling, thank you."
With awesome applause, Wan Xiaohu walked off the stage and sat with several directors.
On the big screen, the movie officially began to be screened.
Everyone watched quietly.
Ninety minutes passed in a flash.
When the ending sound rises.
"The parallel multiverse of quantum mechanics explains that in the garden of cross paths, there will always be a road that allows people to be happy at every node in their lives. On that completely happy road, there is only one you are walking..."
The screen goes off.
Countless students clapped hard, and for a whole minute, they were heard like a tide.
Wan Xiaohu stood up and faced the hundreds of students in the auditorium, bowed repeatedly to express his gratitude. Not only did he fail to stop the students' clapping, but he burst into greater applause.
Amid the applause, several classmates actually cried when they watched the movie.
After soothing for a while, the students finally calmed down.
"I was very happy after seeing everyone's reaction, which means that the filming was successful. Although your reaction was similar to when I was previewed in Hong Kong, I was most excited at this time. If there are people in Hong Kong and politeness is greater than the truth, this time, it is a real applause. Thank you. If you have anything you want to ask and communicate, you can just say it, I know everything and say everything."
As soon as Wan Xiaohu finished speaking, a classmate raised his hands.
"Please say it."
The classmate stood up, and Wan Xiaohu waved his hand: "Everyone communicate, don't stand up, just sit down and say."
The classmate then spoke excitedly: "Director Wan, can you play it again? I feel that the movie is so exciting, but I haven't fully understood it yet."
"Okay, let's make the sound a little bit smaller. Students who don't understand will continue to watch, and we will continue to communicate."
A student wearing glasses raised his hand and said, "Director, I saw the poster that it was a science fiction film, so I came over. Actually, I didn't have much expectations. I always thought that domestic films could not make science fiction movies. After watching "Butterfly Effect", I was so excited. For me, this is not just an excellent and superb science fiction film, but also a way of narrative film that I had never been exposed to before. In the end, four small pictures appeared around the painting. The director wanted to say, are there any possible results in it?"
Wan Xiaohu leaned on the chair and said, "The last ending note, the theory of introducing parallel worlds, is to explain this result. I originally thought to shoot the theme more positively, but later in the shooting, I felt that sacrifice was also a great thing. These two ideas fought in my mind and I couldn't give up, so I put all the content together. Let you choose which result to accept."
"Then you use Su Ye and Yu Na's family portrait as the last scene of the finale. Do you want to say that you chose to be successful in the end?"
"Maybe comedy can make everyone feel better."
Another student raised his hand and said, "I want to know, Director Zheng and Director Xie, what do you think of the movie?"
Zheng Dongtian and Xie Jin gave each other humbly, but in the end, Xie Jinxian said: "Xiaohu is the best student director of Beijing Film Academy. In terms of humanistic care, this "Butterfly Effect" may be more like the Hollywood style, sacrifice and redemption, and symbols of personal heroism. As a domestic science fiction movie, we cannot force too much. If we can do our business well, it will be successful."
Zheng Dongtian said: "I think it's very good for us older generations, Xiaohu's generation, and the future. Science fiction films are a bit far away from us, but the students gave the answer with applause, which is great."
Wan Xiaohu quickly expressed humility: "There are many flaws in the movie."
Xu Qing smiled and said, "The two directors have evaluated "Butterfly Effect" from a professional perspective, and I will talk about it from the audience's perspective. After watching it, what I thought most was that if I had such ability, I would go from where to change. Really, I have rarely been so devoted to watching movies over the years."
"Then Xu Qing, where do you want to change?" Wang Zhonglei interrupted.
"Mr. Wang, let's talk about it first."
"No one wants to know if I said it."
Xie Jin suggested: "It's better, let's ask the classmates first."
The topic turned to students, and many students briefly said when they wanted to start changing and what path they wanted to take. After the students said that, it was the director and the stars' turn.
"Zhou Xun, when do you want to change?"
Zhou Xunxiao said: "I never thought about changing. Many past mistakes have made me who I am now. Perhaps some of them are unforgettable. They have made me grow to who I am today."
Wang Zhonglei nodded: "This is a insightful statement, so how can Director Wan say it?"
Wan Xiaohu laughed: "I am living a good life now, filming movies, college studies, and a bunch of good friends. Life is full of expectations. Going back in the past, I think there is no better life for me to choose."
"This is the manifestation of a proud person." Zheng Dongtian pointed with a smile.
In the midst of joy, time slipped away quietly, and the meeting of "Butterfly Effect" ended successfully.
Until Wan Xiaohu and others were about to leave Xiguang University, there were still many students gathered around and expressed their feelings after watching the movie.
"I feel that "Butterfly Effect" is very good, just like "The Matrix". I can't understand it for the first time, but I feel shocked after the second time. I never thought that this feeling would be brought to me by a domestic movie. It's incredible."
"It's not enough to read it twice. I feel like I haven't understood the details yet."
"The hero tried hard to change everything, but the more he changed, the more he got. Later, the mother told him with love not to try to put himself in regret, but to face everything bravely. And the name Su Ye is Jesus, the reverse is Jesus. This is God who cannot change everything, can he be himself?"
"Su Ye's love for Yu Na is so great. You never know how much I love you, even if you change the world for you..."
The moment he got on the bus, Wan Xiaohu put his foot in the car, stood on the ground with his kick, and said with a smile: "Movies are stories, life is reality. I don't expect "Butterfly Effect" to change reality. I just hope it can bring you some excitement. Thank you for your support."
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