Chapter 233 Screening
As the lights above dimmed, the Huayi Huanxing title sequence, which was learned from Paramount, rose slowly.
The two kings and a group of senior executives nodded secretly upon seeing this.
Xu Kun and Huayi each contributed 500 million to this film. Huayi's title credits will definitely be added when the film is released, but the fact that Xu Kun took the initiative to add Huayi's title credits to the rough cut still really helped the people at Huayi.
Because it was a rough cut, subtitles introducing the main creative staff had not yet been added, so after the Huayi opening, it went straight to the main topic.
At this time, apart from Xu Kun and Bao Qiang, the most nervous person present was Qin Lan. She subconsciously held Huo Siyan's hand beside her, but found that Huo Siyan's palm was also wet.
Qin Lan was stunned at first, but then he felt it was natural.
After all, Huo Siyan was once Xu Kun's rumored girlfriend, and the two did have an intimate relationship. Even though they have drifted apart now, it is impossible for him to completely let go of his old lover.
However, Qin Lan only guessed half right. Although Huo Siyan was not completely relieved about Xu Kun, she was filled with conflicting emotions in her heart.
She hopes that Xu Kun's films will be successful, but she also doesn't want Xu Kun's films to be a huge success.
Only if Xu Kun's movie is successful can she continue to bully others in Huayi; but if Xu Kun's movie is a big success, wouldn't it prove that her original practice of hedging her bets and drifting away from Xu Kun was a complete joke? !
As for Xiong Naijin on the other side, he was just here to join in the fun.
But she is also the one who has the most confidence in Xu Kun among all the female stars, because she recently witnessed with her own eyes the whole process of Gan Wei's rise from obscurity to overnight fame under Xu Kun's remote control.
I heard from Gan Wei that CCTV has bought the broadcasting rights of "Seeing Words as Faces" and it is expected to be officially broadcast on CCTV-1 after the new year as CCTV's opening variety show.
By then, Gan Wei's fame will surely reach a new level.
Normally the two sisters would talk about Brother Kun as if he were a towering figure. Now that Brother Kun has spent most of his family fortune to make a movie, how could the movie be bad?
Li Bingbing was a little absent-minded and once again recalled the scene when he first met Xu Kun.
Who would have thought that the man who was nicknamed the second "King Xiaoyao" by the crew would develop to this level in just a few years?
And according to what Xu Kun said just now, if this movie becomes popular, it will be equivalent to blazing a "new path". By then, Xu Kun will surely soar to unprecedented heights.
Remembering that Li Xiaolu had said she wanted to hire him and shaved Fan Bingbing's head into a yin-yang style, Li Bingbing subconsciously looked at Fan Bingbing, only to see that Fan Bingbing was staring at the screen intently, with the corners of his mouth unconsciously raised in a seductive angle.
Li Bingbing has seen this kind of expression many times. He must be planning something bad!
Is he trying to trip up Xu Kun?
She can't be that stupid, right?
Fan Bingbing certainly doesn't want to trip up Xu Kun, but he is thinking about cooperating with Xu Kun. However, whether to cooperate or not, and to what extent, will depend on the quality of the film.
As everyone had different thoughts, the plot of the movie gradually progressed, and soon it came to the fateful encounter between Meng Hao and Niu Geng at the airport.
When people saw Niu Geng, played by Baoqiang, drinking a large can of milk in a fit of anger, sporadic laughter was heard in the cinema, but it soon died down.
This made Baoqiang, who was secretly observing everyone's performance, very frustrated. At the same time, he was also a little confused and self-doubting. This was obviously a big laugh point in the play, so why didn't anyone laugh?
Is there something wrong with my performance?
But Brother Kun clearly said...
Xu Kun, who was sitting in the center of the front row, did not think there was anything wrong with this. The people at Huayi were watching the film with the purpose of scrutiny, so their emotional involvement was naturally far less than that of ordinary audiences.
So even though the movie was full of jokes, at most there were only a few sporadic laughs in the theater. Most of the time it was quite quiet, with only the occasional whisper of discussion.
It was not until the small hotel where Meng Hao, played by Xu Kun, entered the wrong room and was mistaken for an adulterer and beaten up that laughter broke out in the screening room.
This is not because Xu Kun's humor overshadows Bao Qiang's, but because compared to milker Niu Geng, these business elites can better empathize with the perspective of real estate boss Meng Hao.
After this burst of laughter, it seemed as if some kind of seal was broken, and the laughter became noticeably more frequent.
After the happy ending of the New Year’s Eve dinner, the scene suddenly changed and an easter egg appeared in which Liu Shishi received the task of interviewing Meng Hao, and then gradually faded.
slap~
The lights in the projection room were turned back on.
Wang Zhongjun stood up first and motioned Xu Kun to go up on the stage. Seeing this, the others also stood up, and then, led by Wang Zhongjun, a thunderous applause broke out.
Xu Kun hurriedly called Bao Qiang to come on stage, and then the two of them bowed to the audience.
"Yeah!"
When the applause died down, Wang Zhonglei also jumped onto the stage, patted Xu Kun on the shoulder and laughed, "I knew you could make it. My brother and I argued for you at the board meeting!"
Wang Zhongjun also smiled and said, "Xiao Xu, you gave us a big surprise this time!"
Feng Xiaogang then nodded and said: "You can achieve such results in your first film. You are indeed a good director."
As he said that, he threw the notebook in his hand to Xu Kun: "But there are a few places that need to be improved. This is what I just wrote down. You can revise it later."
Xu Kun just saw him writing and drawing, but he didn't expect that he was actually finding faults in the movie.
I took the notebook and flipped it open to take a look. I found there were seven items in total, three of which were connected together and could be summed up in one word: "useless".
This refers to Dawei played by Wang Kai.
In fact, when Xu Kun was editing the film, he also felt that the character of Dawei was not vivid enough, and deleting his content did not seem to have much impact.
But considering that there was such a person originally, Xu Kun finally chose to keep Wang Kai's plot - now that Feng Xiaogang has also said so, he might as well cut some more parts later.
Everyone in the screening room discussed Xu Kun, Bao Qiang and the plot of the movie for about twenty minutes before Wang Zhongjun took the lead to leave.
Out to the corridor.
Wang Zhongjun smiled at Xu Kun and said, "Director Feng and I still have some things to do. So, let Zhonglei accompany you to Huayi first. When Director Feng and I finish our work, we can celebrate together."
As he said this, he also reminded Wang Zhonglei to make sure to accompany Xu Kun well.
Xu Kun said modestly: "Boss Wang, this movie hasn't been released yet, let's celebrate it..."
"Eh~"
Wang Zhongjun interrupted him and said, "It is worth celebrating that Huayi has a talented young director like you joining us!"
We agreed to only sign an actor contract.
However, at this juncture, Xu Kun didn't want to spoil the fun in front of everyone. Anyway, he would definitely not give in when he negotiated the contract after the New Year. After all, Huayi Brothers had done a lot of bad things. In order to avoid a falling out in the future, he had to at least leave himself a way out.
After watching Wang Zhongjun and Feng Xiaogang enter the elevator, Xu Kun followed Wang Zhonglei to visit Huayi.
Also traveling with them were Ge You, Huo Siyan, and Qin Lan. Huo Siyan was so friendly to Qin Lan that Qin Lan naturally would not take the initiative to expose the fact that she and Xu Kun had parted ways.
In fact, Ge You was filled with emotion after watching the movie. Although he has always supported Xu Kun and even went to Northeast China to play a minor role, he never expected that Xu Kun could produce such a work on his first try.
Originally, the newspapers boasted that he was the successor of Feng's comedy, but it was just an exaggeration to attract attention. But now, after watching the movie, the title of successor of Feng's comedy is actually well-deserved.
However, the comedy directed by Xu Kun is very different from Feng's comedy.
"Uncle~"
As he was sighing, Xu Kun took advantage of Wang Zhonglei going to the bathroom and quietly came up to him and asked, "Why were Director Feng and the others so happy when they first met?"
"I'm not too sure either."
Ge You thought for a moment and said, "It seems to be because I watched some funny skit."
(End of this chapter)
