Chapter 191 Premiere
At 6:30 pm on November 3, a lively scene was in front of a cinema in Shibuya, and the movie burst drummer screening was about to begin.
Domestic and Hong Kong media, as long as they are in Tokyo, almost all arrive at the screening. For the media, there are two most worthwhile news for the film festival. One is the Chinese-language film festival, which won a grand prize, or was sought after by the audience; the other is that who is embarrassed at the film festival, such as staying on the red carpet for too long and being driven away. These two news are the most eye-catching and are also the audience's favorite to watch.
Zhang Ran's movie was criticized by judges, and many reporters had already planned the title in their hearts that the drummer Tokyo suffered bad reviews, and half of the audience left. Zhang Ran's movie was criticized again, and the drummer was criticized by bullying on the scene. The drummer was criticized by the drummer in the movie was criticized by bad reviews, etc.
If the audience likes the burst drummer and applause is constantly, they don’t care. Anyway, domestic audiences can’t see it, so they can’t say whatever they want. There are too many such examples, such as Zhang Yimou’s ambush, although there are many curses in China, it is quite popular abroad. The applause lasted for more than ten minutes during the Cannes screening. However, domestic media reports have many news such as Cannes’ appearances and criticisms, and the ambush screening and being criticized.
There are many media present in other countries. Most of the movies shortlisted for the main competition unit are works by new directors. Some have made three or four movies, but they are also unfamous internationally. Zhang Ran's movies have won awards at the Fantasy Film Festival, and their report cards are more eye-catching than many people.
The first one to appear on the red carpet were Japanese stars officially arranged by the Film Festival. In order to prevent the red carpet from being too deserted, the Film Festival often arranges domestic stars to attend the red carpet to create an atmosphere. Otherwise, there would be no one in the entire red carpet except the crew, which would be too miserable. However, the third-tier stars were arranged to walk the red carpet. Except for Japanese journalists, reporters from other countries basically did not recognize them and were lacking in interest.
Keiko Kitagawa got together with Takashi Yamada. At first, she didn't know that the blue invitation letter Zhang Ran gave her was very expensive and could walk on the red carpet. She thought it was similar to movie tickets. It was not until she was seen by the seniors of the firm that she understood the value of the blue invitation letter. Takashi Yamada's office was invited by the Film Festival to attend the red carpet, and they became partners.
Keiko Kitagawa is a pure newcomer. Although she looks good, she has no shortage of beautiful faces for the film festival and has not attracted much attention. However, the atmosphere on the scene makes her feel like she is in a dream. She likes this feeling and makes up her mind to study and perform well. Become a big star in the future!
When the Shuangtong crew appeared on the red carpet, it not only received warm welcome from the audience, but also became excited. Liang Jiahui was very famous. Rene Liu won the Best Actress Award at the Tokyo Film Festival. Their appearance made the originally deserted now suddenly become enthusiastic.
Next, Liu Ye and Dong Jie from the lover crew in the sky appeared. The huge sound caused by the fans on the scene surprised many reporters. Many people did not expect that Liu Ye and Dong Jie were so popular in Japan. In fact, this is not surprising. Last year, the man and dog starring Liu Ye was released in Japan and achieved a box office of more than 300 million yuan; and the happy time starring Dong Jie also had a box office of tens of millions of yen in Japan.
When Yamada Yoji appeared on the red carpet, all the reporters were shocked, especially Japanese reporters. You should know that Yamada Yoji is a national director of Japan. Zhang Ran is just a famous newcomer and can't be fought. How could he appear here? What's more, his movie Qingbinge has just been released at dusk. It's incredible that he actually attended the screening of other movies!
"Oh my God, it's Mr. Yamada!" A Japanese reporter exclaimed and asked the Chinese reporter next to him, "How could Director Zhang Ran know Mr. Yamada?"
"I don't know!" The Chinese reporter was also confused. If it were an American director, it would be understandable. After all, Zhang Ran studied in the United States. But he really couldn't figure out why he had something to do with Yoji Yamada.
"Zhang Ran is so amazing that he actually invited Yamada Yoji." Not only other reporters did not expect that, even Zhong Dajun was very surprised.
"Mr. Yamada, why did you have a burst drummer? Do you know Zhang Ran?" Before Yamada Yoji walked to the interview area, the media reporters couldn't wait to start asking.
"I know that he is a very thoughtful young man. He has a deep understanding of art and film. Such a young director is very rare. I am very interested in his movies. Today, the purpose of my visit is very simple, just to enjoy an excellent movie." Yoji Yamada likes Zhang Ran very much and answers with a smile.
Yamada Yoji's words shocked the reporters on the scene again. No, Yamada Yoji actually looked up to Zhang Ran so much and watched his movies? Is he really that excellent?
As the owner of the movie, the burst drummer crew is naturally the finale, and they are the biggest stars of this red carpet show.
Jay Chou is the biggest star in the crew. As soon as he appeared on the scene, the atmosphere suddenly became crazy. The reality of the scene appeared for a second. Then, it was like a volcano explosion, screaming, shouting, cheering, and the beating shock came to his head like a huge wave.
Zhang Ran is unfamiliar to Japanese audiences, and there is no difference from Zhang Jingchu and Feng Yuanzai. However, there are many international students present, and many people know that he is handsome. This is an era of looking at faces, and handsomeness is particularly popular. When Zhang Ran walked on the red carpet and smiled from everyone's hand, the cheers at the scene were deafening. Although they are not as good as Zhou Jielun, they are not far away.
The red carpet has always been a stage for female celebrities to compete for beauty, and male celebrities are often a foil. However, domestic female celebrities walk on the red carpet of film festivals have never been much media attention, because domestic celebrities always wear cheongsams on the red carpet, which looks very old-fashioned. Take Dong Jie for example, whether she attends the opening ceremony or screening this time, she wears cheongsams.
Zhang Ran felt that when the first group of actresses went abroad with their works more than ten years ago, it was understandable that they chose cheongsams. At that time, everything in China was waiting to be rejuvenated and they longed for international attention. When the actors stood on the red carpet and podium, they did not think of their own image, but as Chinese people, they wanted to show images with Chinese characteristics, and cheongsams were particularly representative clothing. But over ten years have passed, China has undergone earth-shaking changes. It should show more different things, show the modern side, and show the personality of the younger generation.
Zhang Jingchu's dress at the opening ceremony refreshed many people. However, the stars gathered at the opening ceremony, and everyone's focus was not on her, and it did not cause any response. But now it is different. Today is her home court. And the dress she wore is even more beautiful today.
Today she was wearing a blue long-breasted skirt with bamboo leaves embroidered on it, which was both the texture of cloisonné enamel and the breath of naturalness. When she walked, she seemed to blowing through the bamboo forest, and the bamboo leaves swayed in the wind. It was both the oriental and classical charm and the charm of modern and fashionable.
The photographers around him made a wolf howl and pressed the shutter frantically. The "click" sound was connected, and a strong flash rushed towards him like a silver wave, making people squint their eyes.
Zhang Jingchu showed an elegant look, showed a charming smile, slowly moved her steps, presenting her moving figure in the camera lens.
The person who was different from the photographer was Zhang Ran. When Zhang Ran walked to the interview area, many reporters asked in a row: "Director Zhang Ran, are you looking forward to the awards this time to participate in the Tokyo Film Festival?"
"Zhang Ran, your film judges gave a very bad review. What do you think?"
"Director Zhang, some people think that your movie was made to cater to the tastes of Western media. What do you think about this?"
As long as there are enough explosive points, they will do anything. Sometimes there is no news, and they will make up some sensational news. Now there is a lot of criticism of Zhang Ran in China. If Zhang Ran criticizes the media and criticizes domestic audiences, it is definitely big news, so they stir up Zhang Ran's emotions without any scruples.
Zhang Ran knew that the reporter was provoking and wanted to make big news. Although the news they reported was fake and he was scolded by netizens very badly, he knew that he could never scold him. If he scolded himself, then it would become unreasonable.
He would never be fooled!
The best counterattack is to slap the facts in the face!
Zhang Ran looked up and saw the person on the movie channel carrying the camera to shoot at him. He couldn't help but smile: "If the movie is really that bad, how could it be shortlisted for the main competition unit? I don't have that much face, right? Of course. I said that my movie is good, and you won't believe it. But I believe that after watching the movie, you will like it!"
There were also reporters who wanted to continue the difficulties, but Zhang Ran did not give them a chance to continue. He bowed and walked to the cinema with the crew members.
Feng Yuan gave Zhang Ran a thumbs up: "I am worthy of being a director, I am stable enough!"
Zhang Ran laughed silently and said, "I have confidence in the movie and look forward to their performance after watching the movie!"
Walking into the screening room, under the guidance of the reception staff, Zhang Ran and the others came to their seats. However, he did not sit foolishly, but found many guests who came to show their gratitude.
However, what was unexpected was that Yu Minghai and Zhang Zhiliang were also present. Zhang Ran didn't know whether they were covering up their ears or deliberately provoking them. He walked over and looked at Yu Minghai and said lightly: "Mr. Yu has good methods. Before the explosion drummer has been released, he has already received a lot of bad comments. So far, no merchant has come to ask about the copyright of the movie!"
Yu Minghai said with a winning smile: "You are very good at making movies. Not only have you been shortlisted for the Tokyo Film Festival, but you have also won so many nominations at the Golden Horse Awards. However, unfortunately, you may be the same as the Film Festival at the Golden Horse Awards and will eventually win nothing!"
Zhang Ran really didn't believe that Yu Minghai's hand could stretch so long, and smiled and gave a thumbs up: "I didn't expect that your hand would reach the Golden Horse Awards. I'm waiting to see your methods!"
Yu Minghai waved his hand and said, "No, it has nothing to do with me, it's because you stepped on the line yourself. This is all the words, believing it or not depends on you!"
Zhang Ran looked at Yu Minghai indifferently, and then looked at Zhang Zhiliang with a malicious smile. He felt a sudden change in his heart and realized that there might be something wrong. He thought about it. There was no violation of the rules in his movie and smiled: "Actually, I came here to tell you something. I didn't want to worry about you too much, but you insisted on choosing a war. So how to fight next and what level it will be not yours!" After saying this, Zhang Ran stopped talking and turned to his seat.
The audience did not wait too long, the lights went out, and the noisy screening room gradually became quiet.
Zhang Ran stopped chatting with Zhang Jingchu and sat upright; Zhou Jielun and Feng Yuan were staring at the screen; and many reporters were waiting for the beginning of the movie with a joke-looking attitude; others were also focused on the screen.
Chapter completed!