Chapter 481 Wang Zha
The enthusiastic applause lasted for a full minute before gradually fading away.
However, when the lights came on and Xu Kun walked to the front with the main creative team, the applause suddenly rose again, with a few shouts of "Director Xu is awesome!"
It took a full five minutes before the audience finally calmed down.
Xu Kun felt relieved at this time. He had participated in many premieres in recent years, but this was the first time he had seen such a warm response.
This proves that my nearly two years of hard work have not been in vain.
After Xu Kun suppressed his excitement and spoke in unison with producer Feng Xiaogang in his prepared thank-you speech, Hu Die, who was temporarily serving as the host, could not wait to announce the start of the interactive session.
The main thing is that if the announcement is not made, some reporters will not be able to help but rush to the stage to interview.
Before Hu Die finished speaking, the raised arms in the audience gathered into a forest. Not only the media reporters in the front row, but also the audience in the back row raised their hands excitedly.
Hu Die was just about to select colleagues from Beijing and Taiwan from the press box as agreed in advance to give the interactive session a good start, but he suddenly discovered that the wealthy middle-aged man next to Han Sanping also raised his hand high.
This person seems to be...
After confirming the other party's identity in his mind, Hu Die hurried over and handed the microphone directly to the other party.
Director Wang was stunned for a moment after receiving the microphone, then took a deep breath and said, "This movie is well made! I am very honored to be able to watch this wonderful movie on behalf of the Film Bureau today. I also sincerely hope that more similar excellent works will emerge in China in the future!"
After hearing what he said, the audience in the back row didn't feel anything, but the media reporters and people in the circle in the front row were a little agitated.
This is the official statement from the Film Bureau!
Apart from those promotional videos on science, education, culture and health, this should be the first time that a purely commercial blockbuster has received such official evaluation at its premiere, right?
Even Zhang Yimou’s “Hero” didn’t receive this treatment!
Hearing the whispers around him, Director Wang's blood cooled a little. He adjusted his collar uncomfortably, wondering if he had gone too far by being so direct.
But after recalling the plot of the movie, he gradually became more determined, because this is indeed a rare commercial movie.
More importantly, in addition to reflecting the spirit of Dongda soldiers who are not afraid of hardships, sacrifices, and are high-spirited, the film also demonstrates the country's increasingly powerful influence through the performance of the Thai military.
If this plot happened before the Olympics, it might have attracted some doubts, but now it seems so appropriate.
For this reason alone, this movie deserves its own tone, and even surpasses it!
Thinking of this, Director Wang nodded slightly towards the stage, then handed the microphone directly back to Hu Die and sat back in his chair.
As soon as he sat down, he saw Han Sanping grinning at him. Director Wang shrugged at him and said, "I am too young to act like a teenager. I'm afraid I'll be criticized when I go back."
Han Sanping couldn't help laughing when he heard this.
At the same time, he felt a little regretful that Xu Kun submitted the film too late. Otherwise, China Film would not have promoted "Meng Meng Stands Up" so hard and would have directly put its energy into "Operation Kunpeng". The effect and reputation would definitely be a world of difference!
At this time, Xu Kun also led the main creators to bow to the audience and said: "Thank you to the leaders of the Film Bureau for your kindness to our "Operation Kunpeng" crew."
The effect of this opening is much better than having reporters from Beijing and Taiwan come forward.
However, Hu Die hesitated for a moment and finally named the Beijing and Taiwan reporter as the second one. After all, she would be reporting for CCTV before the New Year, and at this time she had to pay more attention to her reputation with her old employer.
"Director Xu."
The reporter from Beijing and Taiwan first congratulated Xu Kun on his box office success, and then pretended to be curious and asked: "I heard that our movie is adapted from a true story?"
"To be precise, it was adapted from a real event. In 06, I happened to hear Baoqiang mention it..."
After introducing Mr. Fu's heroic deeds, Xu Kun continued, "At that time, I had an idea. If Mr. Fu had not been able to escape in time, the country would definitely send people to rescue this old hero, and any brave soldier would never refuse this mission. Later, this idea led to the script of Operation Kunpeng."
After a pause, he said regretfully, "We had originally invited the old man to attend the premiere so that he could meet everyone, but unfortunately the old man has not been feeling well recently, so he had to regretfully miss it."
Mr. Fu's deeds had been publicized before, but many people present were still unaware of it. After listening to Xu Kun's moving narration, they couldn't help but have a deeper feeling about the sentence "lurking for eleven years and providing more than 900 intelligence reports."
At this time, Hu Die had already called out to the second reporter.
The question raised by this reporter was much more pointed: "Director Xu, before watching the movie, what everyone was most looking forward to in your new movie was the plot predicting the CD crisis, but I didn't expect you to say that through the mouth of a Thai general - would this be suspected of belittling Thailand's image, as if they were begging us for help?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the front and back rows suddenly presented a state of ice and fire.
Ordinary viewers of the film later discussed the issue, some felt that it was indeed inappropriate, while others thought it was normal.
The latter accounted for the majority. After all, it was the University of Tokyo that played a stabilizing role during the Asian financial crisis. Now that the CD crisis has occurred again, it is normal for the Thais to ask us for help.
Especially now that Americans have started to spread rumors, hoping that China can rescue the market, and even came up with the G2 theory - if the United States is like this, can Thailand be more valuable than the United States?
This is also the reason why Director Wang feels that this movie is appropriate and timely. If it had been broadcast during last year's National Day, there would definitely be a lot more people questioning this matter.
The reporters in the front row wanted to know how Xu Kun would answer this question rather than expressing their own thoughts, so they all looked at the stage with bated breath.
"Absolutely not."
Xu Kun smiled at the reporter and said, "Our film received a lot of help from Thailand. We expressed our gratitude for their support at the beginning and end of the film. How could we deliberately belittle Thailand?" "But the Thai side may not see it that way!"
The reporter disagreed and continued to ask: "In addition to the CD crisis, I noticed that in the previous plot, you also mentioned through the shooting range owner that Dongda would support the Thai Chinese to regain power. Do you think the Thai military government will turn a blind eye to such things?
You know, even now, the Red Shirts who support the former prime minister in the streets of Bangkok are still fighting against the Yellow Shirts who support the military government. If they are misled by this..."
"That was just a joke."
Xu Kun spread his hands helplessly on the stage.
“But the Thai side may not think so!”
The reporter who asked the question kept repeating his point of view.
"It seems that this journalist friend knows a lot about Thailand." Seeing that his appetite had been whetted, Xu Kun finally revealed the answer: "But you still don't know enough, because if you know enough, you will find that the person who plays the Thai general in the movie is actually the former Thai Defense Minister."
As soon as these words were spoken, there was an uproar in the audience. The reporter who had repeatedly reminded "friendly countries to be surprised" opened his mouth in surprise.
Xu Kun then dropped another bombshell: "If you think the Minister of Defense cannot represent the views of Thailand, then I am honored to inform you that this gentleman has officially become the Prime Minister of Thailand on the 17th of this month."
This blow has completely killed the "surprise among friendly nations" theory. You said that Thailand might have objections, but it turned out that the person who said the controversial lines was the current Prime Minister of Thailand.
Moreover, the other party spoke Thai in the movie, with Chinese subtitles used for translation, so there was no possibility of being deceived.
While the reporter was confused, the audience was excited.
Before coming here, what everyone was most looking forward to was Xu Kun's prediction of the American CD crisis in the movie, followed by Xu Kun's performance in the fighting scenes in the movie.
It turns out that the movie gives much more than that, and now there is even a super big easter egg revealed!
A movie in which the Prime Minister of a country personally participated, who has ever seen this before? !
Although Thailand is not a powerful country, it is well-known in Asia and even has a high reputation around the world - although its most famous thing is a bit speechless.
Such a passionate and exciting plot, so many amazing gimmicks, and the unprecedented rise of patriotic enthusiasm after the Olympics...
At this moment, countless people in the theater had a premonition that a new domestic box office record, a new record that broke the ten-year curse, was about to be born!
Under the bombardment of this heavyweight easter egg and the influence of this strong premonition, the questions asked by several reporters afterwards were all filled with strong emotions and flattery, making it sound as if all the reporters in the front row were hired by Xu Kun.
This is actually not surprising.
The Hong Kong and Taiwan journalists who love to find fault and sabotage are now afraid of Xu Kun because of the incident at the beginning of the year, and the astonished remarks of our friendly countries who worship foreign things have been hit hard by the new Prime Minister of Thailand.
The rest are naturally just voices of praise and glorification.
By the time those who were stunned recovered and wanted to ask other tricky questions, the interactive session had already moved to the audience seats in the back.
"Brother Kun~!"
The first person to ask a question was a beautiful female college student: "Are the muscles you show in the movie real, or did you use props?"
Xu Kun smiled and said, "Part of it is the effect of makeup, but more of it is my own foundation."
The female college student's eyes lit up when she heard that: "Can we see it live?!"
As he spoke, he pointed the microphone at the audience around him.
There was a sudden booing from the surroundings, and then the booing quickly spread, and even Feng Xiaogang on the stage began to take the lead in instigating Xu Kun to "sacrifice his statement."
In order to avoid being accused of faking it, Xu Kun had no choice but to take off his shirt to reveal his muscular body.
Then the little girl shouted again: "It's not clear here, can I go up to the stage and touch it..."
This guy is really a big shot in the community. Xu Kun was afraid that others would rush up and follow his example, so he quickly said that there was video recording equipment on site that could be connected to the big screen.
Then he was forced to show off his muscular body in front of the camera, causing the girls in the back row to scream.
Compared to the shots in the movie that over-emphasize muscles, Xu Kun's real body shape is much more smooth, which can highlight his powerful strength without being bloated and weird like some big guy.
"Write it down. Write it all down."
At the same time, Wang Zhonglei instructed the publicity department to record this scene, and lamented that Xu Kun would do anything to make the movie a big hit at the box office.
If it were those "artists", it would be impossible to ask them to create such a gimmick for the sake of box office.
uh~
The exception is performance artists with exhibitionism.
(End of this chapter)
