Entertainment, I just like making movies

Half past five in the afternoon.

After passing two security checks, all guests and audiences entered the screening room on the second floor.

This time, there was no lounge for the guests to rest, and the crew went straight to the main meal.

Host Sa Beining came on stage and immediately entered the process after saying hello: "Next, let us welcome the creator of "The Great Wall" to his debut with warm applause!"

Bang bang bang...

Endless applause sounded.

The audience applauded and looked towards the back of the stage in excitement.

Fang Ziheng took the lead, wearing a straight light blue suit, with a tall and straight figure, extraordinary handsomeness, and a calm and confident aura in his steps.

The four leading actors Zhang Fengyi, Da Tiantian, Nie Yuan, and Hu Jun are in the middle, followed by Zhang Guoli, Liu Ye, Deng Chao, Chen Kun, Yang Xue, Liu Tao, and a foreign white actor.

These seven people are the seven leading actors in the movie under the four leads.

"Tsk tsk, it's really a big cast and a big production!"

"That's not true. Liu Ye, Deng Chao, and Chen Kun can all support the leading male role in a movie, but in "The Great Wall" they are willing to act as green leaves to set off the others."

"It has to be Fang Ziheng who is awesome. If it were another director, you can give it a try!"

"Hey, stop shouting, listen to how Fang Ziheng brags."

Although they already knew the main cast of the movie from the trailer and promotion process, the audience was still shocked to see everyone make a collective appearance today.

Nothing else.

The cast of "The Great Wall" is too strong.

Liu Ye, Deng Chao, and Chen Kun are the three top actors of the Mesozoic era, especially the first two, who are all famous. Each of them has a film with a box office of over 1 billion.

Chen Kun was a little weaker, but not much worse.

There are two paintings, one with a box office of over 500 million, one with a box office of over 400 million, and "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" with a total box office of over 700 million.

It can be said that in the current Chinese film industry, only Fang Ziheng can gather the three of them to join a movie at the same time.

In addition, veteran drama stars Zhang Fengyi and Zhang Guoli, Nie Yuan, a popular young actor in his early years, whose national popularity is not weaker than Hu Jun and Liu Tao of the Deng Dynasty, and Da Tiantian, a popular young star of the new generation.

In terms of casting, "The Great Wall" can be said to attract audiences of all ages.

The production budget of up to 150 million U.S. dollars gave Fang Ziheng great confidence, allowing him to freely choose the roles.

There is no need to think about actors' remuneration.

After introducing himself, Fang Ziheng led everyone to bow to the front.

"Thank you very much for coming to the premiere of "The Great Wall", thank you, thank you everyone!"

Later, without Sa Beining's guidance, Fang Ziheng held up the microphone and talked about his thoughts on the filming of "The Great Wall".

"Time has passed, and it has taken a full year to bring the movie to everyone, which has made everyone wait for a long time."

"The movie "The Great Wall" has been around since 2010. I remember one day Mr. Song from Wanda Film and Television came to me and said he wanted to make a movie with the Great Wall as the theme to fight against the invasion of alien beasts."

"The Great Wall is one of the eight wonders of the world. It is a treasure left over from China's thousands of years of history. It has protected the Chinese people from foreign invasions countless times. I was very interested in it and agreed to cooperate without even thinking about it.

After that, I read the first draft of the script of "The Great Wall". It was originally set in the Song Dynasty, but I thought it was inappropriate and took the initiative to change it to the Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty. "

Having said this, Fang Ziheng paused, looked at the audience with a smile and asked, "Does anyone know why I changed the name to Tang Dynasty instead of Song Dynasty?"

"The Song Dynasty was too weak!" On the right side of the screening room, a buddy raised his hand and joked loudly.

"Ha ha.."

"There's nothing wrong with it. The Song Dynasty is too weak. Even foreigners can't do it. How can they have the strength to attack the alien beasts?"

There was laughter in the audience, and the atmosphere became more and more lively.

Fang Ziheng also smiled, gave everyone a thumbs up, and affirmed: "Yes, the Song Dynasty was a one-sided affair, which is really not suitable as the background of this kind of movie.

In addition to this reason, the reputation of the Tang Dynasty is also an important factor. Many overseas countries have established Chinatowns. The Tang people and Tang people are the people of the Tang Dynasty!

The prestige of the Tang Empire was built through war after war. Whether it was soft power conditions or hard military conditions, the Tang Dynasty was the most suitable dynasty to be selected into the era background of "The Great Wall". "

As soon as these words came out, the audience was still laughing. They didn't think much about it. They just thought that Fang Ziheng's choice was good and wonderful. He was worthy of being a super master screenwriter.

The people in the film industry present in the audience had different expressions. Some had a flash of enlightenment, some were deep in thought, and some had eyes shining with admiration.

Citing the Tang Dynasty as the historical background is for overseas markets and global box office results!

I didn’t expect that!

Fang Ziheng took all these issues into consideration at the beginning of the film's preparation.

Respect others and judge yourself.

Can I do it with such a forward-looking vision?

At this moment, many filmmakers are asking themselves.

Unknowingly, his peers raised Fang Ziheng's status to a higher level in their hearts.

After chatting about a few filming issues, Fang Ziheng made a concluding speech: "The ugly daughter-in-law has become the father-in-law. We will find out soon how the movie will be."

"Finally, let me talk about my expectations for the movie. The mainland movie market has a box office of 1.6 billion. Thank you all."

After speaking, he handed the microphone to Zhang Fengyi who was standing aside, and bowed again to thank him.

Bang bang bang...

Deafening applause came like a flood.

The reporters below the stage clicked their cameras frantically to take pictures of Fang Ziheng's box office announcement from all angles.

1.6 billion!

Another "Looking for the Dragon"?

No one thought he was bragging. Instead, they thought he was a bit humble today.

They thought that Director Fang Da would sing a high-key tone today and shout the slogan of breaking 2 billion.

Journalists are overthinking this.

Fang Ziheng doesn't have much confidence in "The Great Wall". No matter how much he talks about it, it's still not as good as the audience watching the movie in person.

The mainland has exceeded 1.6 billion. As long as the results of "Looking for the Dragon" are maintained, the goal will be achieved!

In addition, reporters were not asked to ask questions just now. After the movie, the media reporters will definitely not let him go.

You can brag about it then, but you can't do it now. There are still a row of leaders sitting in the audience.

Fang Ziheng felt calm in his heart, waved his hand and strode off the stage to the center of the first row.

On the center chair, there is a special name tag of his.

Director: Fang Ziheng.

On the left and right sides, there were several important leaders sitting.

As for Wang Zhongjun, Wang Changtian, Yu Dong, Song Ge, Shao Xiaoli, Zhang Qiang and others, they were all arranged to sit in the second row.

There weren't many name tags on the chairs in the first row. Apart from the film's creators and other leaders, only Wang Jianlin and Chen Yu were on the list.

Fang Ziheng slowed down, greeted the leaders, and finally took his seat safely.

With his current status, there is nothing wrong with sitting in the C seat at the premiere of a movie he directed.

It's not like when "The Unknown" and "Tang Detective 1" were released, like a little daughter-in-law, she had to nod and bow to everyone she saw.

In the second row behind, Shao Xiaoli smiled, seemingly relaxed, but in fact he felt unusually emotional.

Hengyu Media is getting stronger and stronger, and Fang Ziheng, the leader, is also becoming more and more powerful, reaching extraordinary heights in just a few years.

Whether it is net worth, fame or status, looking at the entire Alibaba, there are only a few people who can compare with it.

And among these people, he, Shao Xiaoli, was not included.

He is now a little worried, fearing that Fang Ziheng will still not buy it at the thank you dinner later and will continue to hold on to UC's shares.

In this way, not only will it fail to complete the tasks assigned by Hang Chengma, but it may even create a formidable enemy for Alibaba Pictures Group.

As for the wild words Hang Chengma released before coming, the operability is actually very low.

During these days at Alibaba Pictures Group, he did not really let Zhang Qiang, Zhang Wei and others manage the company, and he also had an in-depth understanding of the entire film and television industry.

In the current film and television industry, or the entire entertainment industry, Hengyu Media is definitely the most outstanding one.

The output of movies and TV series ranks first in the country.

The level of production and the number of famous directors, directors, and popular star artists are even better than those of Huayi, Guangxian, and Bona.

The publicity resources and distribution channels are also at the top of the industry, not inferior to any other film and television company except China Film Group.

Coupled with Tudou Video, Qidian.com, Tiantian Dongting, and Hengyu Cinema, Hengyu Media has completely become a new generation of "one brother" giant.

Although this "big brother" is still far behind China Film Group, Oriental Mingdu Media Group in Shanghai, China's largest urban mainstream media, and the digital media group Focus Media, which are assets worth hundreds of billions of dollars, there is still a big gap.

But Hengyu Media’s position in the film and television field is untouchable by anyone in the entire country of China.

Huayi is not good. Although it is the first listed company and its total market value will soon exceed 60 billion, Huayi Cinema Line lacks information and the production content cannot keep up with Hengyu Media.

Wanda Film and Television is not good enough. Every "Great Wall" film has to be co-operated with Fang Ziheng. Apart from Wanda Cinema Line, the rest is nothing.

Alibaba Pictures Group is even worse. It has no funds and publicity resources and cannot even build a decent production team.

Shao Xiaoli sighed slightly, thinking of Ali's well-prepared large-scale entertainment business group, and murmured: "Only by going all the way on the road of pan-entertainment, Ali will have a chance to surpass Hengyu Media and dominate China's entertainment market."

His voice was very soft and inaudible, and Zhang Qiang and Wang Zhongjun on the left and right sides didn't notice at all.

In the third row, Lin Feifei and Andy sat in the middle, while directors such as Lao Mouzi, Feng Pengtong, Chen Daren, Xu Ke, Wu Jing, Wen Muye, Hao Yi, and Su Lun were on both sides.

Seeing that Fang Ziheng was the first to step off the stage, Wu Jingchao Wen Muye smiled softly: "The director still has his own personality. He left immediately after speaking, leaving the actors as targets."

"The director is confident. He doesn't like to be in the limelight. I won't do it if it's his place. I won't step down until my mouth is dry and my mouth is dry."

Wen Muye laughed and did not hide his inner feelings.

This guy had a loud voice, and what he said was heard by Feng Pengtong and Chen Daren.

Feng trousers twitched the corner of his mouth, remembering the scene when "1942" premiered, when he stood on the stage and talked eloquently, bragging to the media.

Nima

Fang Ziheng's appeal has reached the point where he doesn't need to be publicized for the audience to buy it.

What about him?

I have to go back to filming comedy next year.

I'm jealous.

Feng Pengtong let out a long sigh, and his interest suddenly waned.

Also thinking the same thing as him was Chen Daren.

Lao Chen is not envious of Fang Ziheng. He wants to be more open-minded about the success of young people. His starring role is Lao Mouzi who is unconvinced.

Since the 2008 Olympics, he has been admiring Lao Mouzi.

In the past, he could comfort himself with the Palme d'Or.

Not anymore. The era of commercial movies has arrived, and movie box office has become mainstream.

Especially after the release of "Partners in China", Lao Mouzi made a box office of 800 million in one fell swoop with his realistic-themed movies, and is heading towards 1 billion.

One movie firmly established Lao Mouzi as the ‘film master’!

‘Master of Film’!

He, Daren Chen, also wanted to return to the top and go up to have a good look at the beautiful scenery at the top.

Compared with the sighs and envy of the directors, the celebrity artists in the next few rows fell into the category of envy.

The objects of everyone's envy and jealousy are naturally the leading actors of "The Great Wall" on the stage, especially the dazzling Da Tiantian who stands in the center of the stage.

Great Tiantian!

With an investment of US$150 million, she is the female lead in the largest Chinese-language film "The Great Wall"!

Some female celebrities are almost crazy with jealousy at this moment!

150 million US dollars!

Even if they were sold, they wouldn't be worth that much money, and it turned out to be their second movie with a female protagonist.

The director is still Fang Ziheng!

Even though they are big-hearted and brainless, they know very well that with Fang Ziheng's help, Da Tiantian will soar to the top of her career.

Another Liu Qianqian-like character will sit on their heads and poop and pee!

Thinking of this, many female celebrities feel inexplicably heartache, chest pain, and pain everywhere. They want to rush on stage to tear Da Tiantian to pieces and occupy her position.

And more female celebrities turned their attention to Fang Ziheng at this time, their eyes were shining, and their little thoughts were better than the others.

If she can win the favor of Director Fang, my aunt will be the fourth girl Fang, and her future achievements will definitely far exceed those of the coquettish bitches around her.

A movie premiere made the guests in the audience react in various ways.

Half past six in the evening.

The creators finally finished chatting and the movie started playing.

In the screening room, the lights dimmed.

The bright curtain on the stage slowly opened, and a super-large IMNX giant screen 15 meters high and 22 meters wide appeared.

The dragon logo flashed, and several production companies such as Wanda, Hengyu and China Film passed by one after another.

Immediately, a majestic background music slowly reached the ears of 2,800 people in the screening hall through full-dimensional Dolby sound.

"Great Wall"!

The huge screening hall fell silent for an instant, and everyone concentrated on listening to the music while watching the Great Wall of China appear on the giant screen.

That is a miracle of mankind and the pride of China.

The camera flies around the Great Wall, eventually folding into a reddish retro parchment scroll.

The beacon was lit, and the beam of light reached the sky.

The beam of light spans thousands of miles, from Chang'an, the most powerful city in the world a thousand years ago, to the border of the Western Region, and all the way to the great food country of Persia.

Hoho

Alien beasts appeared, extremely ferocious, and easily slaughtered a group of soldiers from the Great Food Country, leaving only Bailey Liu Johnke, who played the role of the middle-level noble of the Great Food Country.

John Ke was chased by alien beasts and fled all the way from the border of the Western Region to Tianque City, where he was finally rescued by Da Tiantian.

The first battle comes.

The vanguard battalion led by Da Tiantian and Nie Yuan patrolled the surrounding areas and had a small battle with the pursuing alien beasts.

The alien beasts retreated, and everyone took John Ke back to the city.

At this time, Deng Chao appeared on the scene, dressed in armor and came to the city lord's mansion, reporting to General Xue Rengui the recent tragedy that occurred in the village outside the city.

"Grand Governor, three villages outside the city have been attacked by unknown persons. Judging from the wounds on the villagers' corpses, these unknown persons are likely to be wild beasts!"

"Beast?"

After hearing Deng Chao's words, Zhang Fengyi's eyes narrowed, he stood up suddenly, and asked in a deep voice: "Have you brought back the corpses of the villagers?"

"Go back to the general. I brought back a total of 263 corpses. They were all placed in the mourning hall in the west of the city."

"Come on, take me to see it!"

With that said, Zhang Fengyi waved his hand and walked out of the desk.

On both sides of the conference hall, eight generals wearing Shenwu Mingguang armor stood up and followed him out.

The army had just changed defenses when they encountered villagers being attacked. At this moment, everyone looked serious and cautious.

After going out, the group met Da Tiantian and others who were returning to the city.

Through John Ke's description and the cooperation of Tianque City, military doctors examined the villagers' corpses and confirmed that there was indeed a small group of wild beasts that attacked the people under Tianque City's rule.

At this time, everyone still didn’t know that the strange beasts were not just a small group, but a huge swarm of beasts.

Just when Xue Rengui dispatched more city defense troops to inspect the city and bring the surrounding villagers back to Tianque City.

Outside the city, a white wild wolf king stood on a high mountain, licking his scarlet tongue and staring fiercely at Tianque City.

Ouch

The white wolf let out a deep roar, wagging its tail and slowly retreated, leading hundreds of beasts away from the forest.

Seeing this, the appetites of all the viewers were whetted.

Let’s not talk about the subsequent plot, White Wolf’s vivid special effects production alone is worth a movie ticket.

You get what you pay for, and the $150 million production did not disappoint them.

Then, the plot comes to the second massacre!

Under the ice and snow, all kinds of beasts attacked, from the depths of Mobei to the Western Regions, attacking countless towns, small countries, caravans, and envoys paying tribute to the Tang Dynasty along the way.

For a time, the entire Western Region border turned into a mess, with screams everywhere, corpses strewn everywhere, and countless casualties.

The people along the entire Silk Road and the Thousand Mile Corridor of the Western Regions were running for their lives, running towards Tianque City.

Everyone knew that in the face of the ferocious beast tide, they could only survive by escaping to Tianque City, and the Tang Dynasty's army would protect them.

Urgent letters were sent from various places on the borders of the Western Region to the imperial capital Chang'an.

The imperial capital of the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an City.

Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi had just ascended the throne and was planning to hold a grand dinner during the Lantern Festival next year.

He wanted to tell the world, tell foreign countries, and let those foreign envoys appreciate the power of the Tang Dynasty.

In the imperial garden, Li Zhi was in a good mood, traveling with the beauty, feeling very at ease.

Chen Kun and Yang Xue appeared on the scene, traveling together in the Imperial Garden, chatting about the Lantern Festival, foreign envoys, and the recent military reports coming from the Western Regions.

night.

In the Zhuque Building, Li Zhi, who had regained his imperial demeanor, was alone in his study, looking through the urgent military information that Xue Rengui of Tianque City had sent with Haidongqing.

The beasts mutated, gained some intelligence, and were able to organize herds of beasts to attack humans on a large scale.

According to the current information, the number of the beast herd is no less than 100,000. Xue Rengui requested to mobilize the army in the pass to wipe out the beast tide in one fell swoop and protect the people of the Western Region.

The next day.

Li Zhi took out the military newspaper at court and asked the ministers for their opinions.

"Your Majesty, I support General Xue's opinion and dispatch a large army to destroy the alien beasts!"

"Wei Chen agrees. We, the Tang Dynasty, have always been the ones to fight against others. Whether they are foreign races or beasts, anyone who dares to challenge the power of our Datang Empire will surely suffer disaster!"

"I second the proposal!"

"I also second the proposal!"

Without any delay, the Central Committee of the Tang Dynasty was unprecedentedly united at this moment and unanimously agreed that it was time to dispatch a large army to eliminate the alien beast craze.

Subsequently, Li Zhi issued an imperial edict and signed an order to mobilize troops from Yumen Pass.

Within a month after the order is issued, the army must gather in Tianque City and be controlled by Xue Rengui, the governor of Mobei.

Datang was never afraid of any opponent.

Whether it's a human or a mutated beast!

In this way, Li Zhi's order made the border area of ​​the Western Region more lively.

The scene changed, and the army arrived at Tianque City.

Just when Xue Rengui was about to mobilize his troops to find the alien beast's lair in order to kill it with one blow, a wave of hundreds of thousands of beasts took the lead in attacking Tianque City.

An unprecedented battle started outside Tianque City.

Originally, Fang Ziheng was planning to launch a battle to defend Tianque City, but before the army arrived, the alien beasts attacked the city in advance.

There were not many soldiers in Tianque City, and they started a desperate fight with the alien beasts at the city gate.

Later, something was discovered during the filming. If the strange beasts were allowed to enter the city, even if the army finally arrived to counterattack, Tianque City would be destroyed.

Once Tianque City was destroyed, the reputation of the Tang Dynasty would definitely decline.

Even Tianque City, which is regarded as a sacred city and a city of heaven by the countries in the Western Regions, can be breached. That's all the story of the Tang Empire.

Considering this, Fang Ziheng immediately adjusted the script and changed the battlefield to outside the city.

The army of the Tang Dynasty, led by Xue Rengui, in front of tens of thousands of ordinary people from the Western Regions and small royal families who fled to Tianque City, defeated the attacking beast tide of 100,000 in one battle.

How ferocious and crazy the beasts were when they came, and how miserable they were when they retreated. Only ten or twenty thousand of the hundred thousand beasts were left to escape.

on the big screen.

The sound of killing shook the sky, and the soldiers were armed and iron horses.

After three waves of arrows, the forward battalion charged with lightning speed, breaking up the formation of the beast tide.

Then came the heavy cavalry of the Xuanjia Army of the Tang Dynasty, like an unwavering and generous city wall, resisting the overwhelming tide of beasts.

Finally, the army surrounded them, divided a hundred thousand beasts of all kinds into twelve pieces, and annihilated them one by one.

In one battle, the tide of alien beasts was crippled, and the Tang army became famous.

On the wall of Tianque City.

There are countless heads lying on the ground. They are all nobles and royal families from the countries in the Western Regions, and they have come to Tianque City to seek refuge.

Hundreds of nobles from foreign countries witnessed with their own eyes the feat of the Tang army killing strange beasts, and all of them looked shocked and their courage was shattered.

Everyone on the city gate was frightened.

They looked at the howling and escaping strange beasts, and a seed of unrivaled power and invincibility of the Tang Dynasty was planted in their hearts.

Half an hour later, the final battle ended.

The whole army of the Tang Dynasty attacked between the black mountains and white waters, leading directly to the nests of the alien beasts, and eliminated the culprits of the cholera in the Western Region, Mobei and other places in one fell swoop.

After the movie is over.

The entire screening room was silent, just like the advance viewing party held at China Film Group that day. Everyone looked excited and immersed in the military might of the Tang Dynasty.

The power of being invincible, killing enemies to the point of fear, and striking thousands of miles away leaves everyone in awe.

Too strong!

So true!

The plot layout and special effects of "The Great Wall" are almost flawless, and it is a blast throughout.

This kind of explosion is not a Hollywood popcorn movie with a simple story and special effects.

This kind of explosion mainly depends on the presentation of the plot, which is reflected in the boldness and courage displayed by the Tang Empire from top to bottom, from the inside out when facing threats, as well as the sky-swallowing spirit that despises the world.

After a full ten seconds of silence, sparse applause erupted in the screening hall.

Immediately, the audience came to their senses and the applause gradually increased and became louder.

Bang bang bang...

Bang bang bang...

All 2,800 viewers stood up, and everyone’s applause gathered together and resounded throughout the second-floor screening room.

At this moment, everyone was extremely excited.

I have just entered the movie, and I haven’t come out of the movie yet.

While applauding, everyone put themselves into the Tang Empire and became a member of the movie.

An unprecedented strong sense of pride as a Chinese nation quietly rose from my heart.