Ximending Golden Lion Cinema, Taiwan's first multi-hall luxury cinema, once again served as the premiere venue for Wang Zijun's film.
As before, in order to satisfy Wang Zijun's unique hobby, the premiere of "et" will still be held in the evening, and will be screened together with other theaters in the north and south of Taiwan.
?According to Wang Zijun, this way, we can better experience the charm of the movie with movie fans.
As Wang Zijun¡¯s first Chinese-language film after his return, Zhang Jingyu, the new director of the Information Bureau who had just taken office for three months, was invited to attend the premiere.
Wang Zijun invited Zhang Jingyu to come, naturally to express his closeness and cooperation. He hoped that Director Zhang would be more noble in the future and just mean it when reviewing the works.
Zhang Jingyu is in his 40s this year. Like his predecessor James Soong, he is a relatively traditional mainland official. This guy didn't have much trouble with Li Denghui, so as soon as Li Denghui came to power a few years later, he quit politics and became the president of a university.
"Director Zhang is really flattering, please take a seat!" Wang Zijun ran over to greet him personally, as if he was a member of his own family.
"No, I'm honored to be invited by Director Wang." Zhang Jingyu held Wang Zijun's hand for a long time and said to the two accompanying officials behind him, "Director Wang is a proud Chinese, and even Americans have to admit it. Director Wang¡¯s artistic level. Today, I also came with the attitude of learning to appreciate art.¡±
"Director Zhang, you are too polite." Wang Zijun sweated wildly. Zhang Jingyu's attitude was so low that Wang Zijun felt a little guilty.
Zhang Jingyu has a completely equal attitude. Even with a little flattery. The main reason is what happened before the filming of "et" this time. At that time, the script of "et" was submitted for review, but because the Taiwanese agent in it was a negative image, it was rejected directly.
Unexpectedly, a few days later, the civil servant responsible for reviewing the scripts received a personal instruction from Chiang Ching-kuo, saying that the review of artworks should be tolerant and not make excuses.
The officials working below were so frightened that they were sweating profusely. At that time, the Jiangnan murder case had just broken out. If anyone were to submit the "et" script for review, they would definitely be considered to be alluding to Taiwan's intelligence and security departments. He would not be able to pass the trial even if he tried for a hundred years.
After being frightened, "et" was sent to the censorship department for review after it was filmed. The censorship department approved it without even watching it. This is also the reason why "et" was released so quickly. If it were any other director, the censorship and review process would take a few weeks at the earliest. How could Wang Zijun's film be released in three days after it was completed?
The main creative staff of the film arrived one after another, and classmate Xiao Qiang, who only played a role in the film but always ran to the set, also came. But classmate Xiao Qiang is very shy today. She didn't speak much after seeing Wang Zijun. It seemed that Wang Zijun's behavior of seducing the little girl had left a psychological shadow on her.
The appearance of Zhen Zhen and Ke Junxiong also won a lot of applause. There were even a few old movie fans at the scene who specially grabbed tickets for the premiere to see Zhen Zhen.
As for Xiao Qiang¡¯s appearance, the reporters attending the premiere were very excited. Wang Zijun never lacks beauties around him. Whenever there is a beautiful woman, there is news. Although the innocent and beautiful girl in front of me claims to be Wang Zijun's descendant, if something really happened between the two, wouldn't it be more exciting?
In recent years, paparazzi and gossip magazines have emerged in Hong Kong in an endless stream, and their counterparts in Taiwan have also followed suit. Although reporters in Taiwan still face news control. But some entertainment magazines have begun to use photos of half-naked actresses on their covers. This was unthinkable a few years ago.
Wang Zijun picked up two young actors on the stage. Five-year-old Hu Shanshan and ten-year-old Lin Zhiying were easily picked up by Wang Zijun with one hand. Next to them stood a fifteen-year-old boy named Chen Yueqi, who played Lin Zhiying in the movie. brother. Behind them is a row of teenagers, all of whom are actors in the film.
After taking pictures for a while. The interactive session of the game began, and Information Director Zhang Jingyu was also brought on stage to play a game with a five-year-old girl. The director's prank and the little girl's naivety and confusion made everyone in the audience laugh.
"Thank you for your hard work, you three!" In the audience, Wang Zijun was apologizing to the three girls in the back row.
Lizzie, Michelle Yeoh and Ira Croatia were also invited by Wang Zijun to attend the premiere. After learning kung fu for three months in Hong Kong, these three girls came to Taiwan for military training for more than a month. They were really tortured. That's enough.
But the effect of training is obvious. The charm of the three women has not diminished, and they have also added a bit of dashing and heroic appearance. The only regret is that all three of them are a little tanned.
The most speechless of the three girls was Michelle Yeoh. She was originally going to film "The Royal Sister" at her boyfriend's Garbo company, but as soon as she heard that Wang Zijun wanted to film the film, she immediately dropped the original film and came over. Until now, "Royal Senior Sister" has been released for more than a month.?Zhong Chuhong, who plays the heroine, became famous again with this film, but the scenes Wang Zijun asked her to film have not yet started filming.
"Mr. Wang, can I ask, when will our movie be filmed?" Michelle Yeoh couldn't help but ask. Her Cantonese is slightly better, but her pronunciation in Mandarin is unclear. She now asks directly in English. .
"Well, after the Chinese New Year." Wang Zijun said.
Michelle Yeoh is sweating like crazy. We have to wait at least two and a half months after the Chinese New Year. It is estimated that the second part of "The Royal Sisters" will be released by then.
Wang Zijun comforted him: "Actually, this kind of training is very good for you. If you become a female star in the future, the training of these few months will be the foundation of your career. Even if you don't do professional female beating, after having this experience Finally, you can also explore your acting career, and exercising is a good thing in itself.¡±
The words made the three women want to roll their eyes. Since Ila Croat won the runner-up in the Miss Hong Kong Finals, she has had numerous film offers in the Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia. Just to be able to be the heroine in Wang Zijun's film, she turned down all of them. . For Ila, who comes from an ordinary background, this is simply heartbreaking. If she had taken on those roles in the past six months, she would be able to live in a small villa now.
Lizhi was also a little panicked, mainly because she was too popular half a year ago. The media calls every day to ask for interviews, and various directors come to invite her to film. But after several months of secret training, she suddenly found that she had been completely forgotten by the media, and not a single word about her could be seen in newspapers and magazines.
What Lizhi is most worried about is that if Wang Zijun temporarily changes the heroine and replaces herself, then she will be in vain.
Seeing the worries on the faces of the three women, Wang Zijun smiled and said: "Okay, okay, three little fools. From now on, you will be the Sigourney Weaver of Asia. What you gave up before is nothing compared to what you will get in the future." It¡¯s just a trivial matter.¡±
Sigourney Weaver is the heroine of the "Alien" series and the goddess in the hearts of countless movie fans. Like Monica who starred in Wang Zijun's "Titanic", she is synonymous with sexy and charming.
When Wang Zijun said that they would become the Sigourney Weavers of Asia, Lizhi was very happy and asked: "Mr. Wang, are you saying that you want to make "The Three Heroines of the East" into a series of movies, and we will star in them from now on? ?¡±
Wang Zijun nodded and said: "As long as you don't cause any scandals. Unless you don't want to act anymore, then I guarantee that you will star in the "Three Heroes of the East" series within ten years."
"Really?" The depression on the three women's faces just now was wiped away, replaced by beautiful expectations for the future. Wang Zijun promised to let them be the heroines for ten years. For girls who have never made a movie and dream of becoming big stars, the temptation is too great. Compared with this promise. The few months they spent training in silence some time ago are simply not worth mentioning.
"Roar!"
A tiger roar came from the high-end audio equipment in the screening room, and the classic Tiger Descending Mountain title sequence from Wang Film Company appeared on the screen. The word "Íõ" on the tiger's forehead gradually enlarged, and finally formed the words "Wang's Film Company". After that, the entire screen went black, with only the five characters "Wang Zijun's Works" flashing in the center of the screen.
The screen was still dark, and the names of the crew and leading actors popped out one after another. However, the dark scene was gradually moving, and there were clear footsteps in the darkness.
From the audience¡¯s point of view, they only know that something is hiding behind the tree, avoiding the search of many people. Since Wang Zijun only revealed that it is a science fiction film about aliens, some viewers who have watched "Star Wars" even speculated whether a human escaped from an alien base. Evading alien capture.
But they soon learned the answer. It turned out that it was not aliens who were capturing humans, but humans who were capturing aliens.
When et revealed his true identity, most of the audience was stunned. Because in existing movies about aliens, the aliens in them are all powerful or have super powers, and there are even evil aliens who want to enslave humans.
But the alien in front of him is only a little taller than a five-year-old child, and he looks stupid. He had no strength at all, and he was still being chased all over the mountain by humans.
It¡¯s so, so subversive of the stereotype of aliens!
The following plot is even more speechless. As a rare alien, he is even afraid of human children and hides in the utility room without coming out.
Many people come to see science fiction, fights, and spaceships, just like in "Star Wars." But there was none of this. Instead, a little boy became friends with a thin alien, and then there were all kinds of trivial things in life. The alien actually followed the child and learned to watch TV, use chopsticks, and drink milk
Some viewers began to feel disappointed, but theyIt quickly attracted attention again. Various plots that make people laugh will not make the audience feel dull.
Let the audience not feel bored and watch the movie honestly. This is the basic quality of a successful director. Wang Zijun naturally masters this very well. After the script is written, he must carefully revise it. There must be a breaking point every few seconds to attract the audience, and there is no time for the audience to doze off and go to the toilet.
(By the way, Wang Jiawei actually fell asleep watching "The Grandmaster" by Wong Kar-wai. Although "‡å" is full of cold jokes that can freeze people to death, it is better than falling asleep while watching "The Grandmaster".)
"Haha, that alien uses chopsticks so funny!"
"How was that alien photographed? It looks just like the real thing. There are still figures in the eyes."
"Wang Zijun won't really capture an alien for filming, right?"
""
In addition to the various weird and clumsy behaviors of the aliens, the focus of the audience's attention is how the aliens perform.
Some directors who attended the premiere, as well as directors who secretly went to other cinemas in Taiwan to watch Wang Zijun's new film. At this time, he was completely kneeling. Let alone letting them make this kind of science fiction film, even if it were filmed for them to watch, they still wouldn't understand how the aliens were filmed.
Some people use this sentence to describe art masters: Everyone can understand the meaning of the works of the previous masters, but you don¡¯t know how they made them; now, everyone knows how they made the works of the current masters, but they don¡¯t understand. What's the point.
Wang Zijun is indeed a master, film critic Liao Yizhou, who was watching the film at the premiere, sighed in his heart. Compared with the so-called new wave movies in Taiwan that you can't understand for a long time, Wang Zijun is obviously much more arrogant.
The fun and relaxation slowly passed, and the agents who captured ET gradually discovered traces of aliens. The atmosphere at the scene also became tense. Because of a series of funny life plots and the clumsy and cute appearance of the alien, the audience has obviously accepted the alien and regards it as a weakling worthy of sympathy and love. They all hope that it will not be caught by the agents.
As the aliens become "sick" and become dying, the audience's mood begins to become sad and moved again. Government agents who were originally regarded as villains are now actively treating aliens together with medical staff.
"et wants to go home!"
The little alien said this sentence over and over again. There is a place in the distant and deep night sky that is its hometown.
When the little alien sacrificed his life energy to save the little boy from a "strange disease", but his heartbeat stopped, the audience's emotions were finally brought to a sad peak, and some emotional audience members even began to shed tears. .
The alien is dead?
Most of the audience thought the movie was almost over. This movie will have a tragic ending, and some people have even begun to complain that Wang Zijun has just made the big tragedy "Titanic", and now he is making a science fiction tragedy. Isn't it enough to earn too many tears?
In this atmosphere of sadness and despair. The alien's fingers suddenly moved.
The background music suddenly changed from solemn to cheerful. The little boy pretended to have a stomachache and took away the aliens from the agents, which made the audience burst into laughter.
Then countless movie theaters in Taiwan began to burst into laughter, especially the clumsy chase scene, which made the audience feel stomachaches from laughter.
"Wow! Mom, look, the bicycle is dusty!" In a screening room. The seven or eight-year-old boy pointed at the screen with envy.
Not only the little boy¡¯s bicycle, but also all the bicycles escorting the aliens away flew up. That classic finally appeared. In the blue night sky, there was a huge blue moon. A little boy carried an alien on a bicycle and flew through the moon, leaving an amazing silhouette.
The picture is astonishingly beautiful, perfectly combining science fiction, mystery and poetry.
According to statistics, in the months after the screening of "et". In many countries and regions where the screening was held, bicycle sales suddenly increased
The aliens finally came home, and the audience couldn¡¯t help but smile on their faces.
From the initial surprise, to the warmth and laughter, especially when the alien learns to talk, and learns to use chopsticks, watch TV, and eat little by little, these are enough for the audience to regard it as their own growing up child. In the end, it goes from sadness to joy, and then ends happily, leaving the audience with an unforgettable memory.
When the music ended in the screening room of the premiere, the audience stood up and applauded the director.
Zhang Jingyu, director of the Information Bureau, held Wang Zijun¡¯s hand and said: ¡°Director Wang¡¯s works are indeed extraordinary. I, a person who doesn¡¯t watch movies very much, watch them all.Gotta relish it. By the way, how did that alien come about? "
Seeing several reporters surrounding the camera, Wang Zijun explained with a smile: "We first made a model of the alien and controlled its movements through circuits. As for speaking, we asked professional dubbing personnel to dub it, and then used computer technology later. and traditional film processing techniques for composite processing.¡±
"Okay, okay, you are worthy of being the boss of a computer technology company. He knows how to use high technology. Our other directors in Taiwan must also learn from it, otherwise they will lag behind those in Hollywood." Zhang Jingyu kept praising.
This is the first time Zhang Jingyu has interacted with Wang Zijun since he became the director of the Information Bureau. The two of them are showing off to each other, making those who can see clearly feel disgusted.
The two shook hands and parted. The reporters were still reluctant to leave. They each pestered their interviewees in the screening room. Lizzie and Michelle Yeoh were also under the attention of the reporters.
Wang Zijun had bodyguards blocking his way, so his departure was relatively smooth. Xiao Qiang, who was surrounded by reporters, faced this situation for the first time. She didn¡¯t know how to deal with it, so she could only stick to Wang Zijun¡¯s butt and follow him away.
After getting in the car, Wang Zijun asked Xiao Qiang: "Are you angry in your heart? Why don't you talk to me anymore?"
"I'm not." Xiao Qiang lowered her head and said. She didn't know whether she was really not angry or not talking to Wang Zijun.
Wang Zijun said: "It's very late, how about I take you home."
"Okay." Xiao Qiang wanted to refuse, but somehow he agreed.
Wang Zijun said to the driver: "Amai, go to Yonghe first."
Amai turned around and Wang Zijun leaned on the back seat, closing his eyes and concentrating without saying anything. The car suddenly became quiet.
The roof lights in the car were turned off, and the back seat was so dark that I couldn¡¯t see clearly. Such an environment made Xiao Qiang confident and bold and turned to look at Wang Zijun. Although she could only see an outline, she still stared at Wang Zijun stupidly for a while, as if she wanted to study whether flowers would grow on his face. .
For nearly half of the previous filming, Xiao Qiang would come to the scene to watch for a while. At that time, I thought making a movie was messy and simple, but after watching the completed film today, Xiao Qiang felt that Brother Wang was really awesome.
It is easy for little girls to worship big heroes and big figures. Xiao Qiang has grown up listening to various rumors about Wang Zijun since she was a child. This kind of worship has already taken root in her heart, and it was not until this moment that it finally sprouted and broke ground. ! ~!
{PiaoTian Literature www.PiaoTian.com thanks all book friends for their support, your support is our greatest motivation}