The TV series "The Conspiracy" is divided into three parts. Wang Baoqiang's role is only in the first part "Listen to the Wind". Now it is all over, but he still can't relax because "A World Without Thieves" is about to be released and he has to be busy with "A World Without Thieves" Even though he was clumsy and not good at words, he still had to appear next to Director Feng. This was a good training for him. At least he learned some speaking skills and became smarter.
The release date of "A World Without Thieves" is December 3rd, which is considered to be the first shot of the annual Lunar New Year. Its premiere will be on the evening of November 30th in Shanghai. In order to attend this ceremony, He Ping and Mai Chong postponed their trip to Taiwan for another day.
At noon on the 30th, Mai Chong, He Ping and their respective assistants quietly boarded a flight to Shanghai.
At five o¡¯clock, Mai Chong and his party arrived in Shanghai, and the Shanghai branch of Tianxia Group sent someone to pick them up and take them to the premiere venue. Tianxia Group has branches in major cities across the country, among which Guangzhou and Shanghai are the largest. Luo Qingqing is a member of the Shanghai branch, but Mai Chong did not see her in the pick-up team. Mai Chong was a little disappointed, but she was not a big shot in the Shanghai branch, so it was normal for her not to show up for such a reception task.
The premiere venue is Shanghai Cinema, which is the main venue of all previous Shanghai International Film Festivals. In order to welcome the guests who came to the premiere, the cinema also specially laid out a red carpet. There are no red carpets on both sides of the carpet. Spectators who bought tickets and journalists who were not invited inside.
He Ping, Mai Chong and others walked the red carpet under a flash of lights, entered the large-capacity theater, and found a seat in the front row. To the left and right of Mai Chong were He Ping and Mu Weiyu, and next to He Ping was Stephen Chow. , he came earlier, and the two nodded to each other as greetings. When Mai Chong saw Stephen Chow, the first thing he thought of was Huang Shengyi. Now Huang Shengyi will almost never appear at the Tianxia headquarters. She will officially withdraw from Tianxia after the official release of "Kung Fu" , to join Xinghui, but before that, she still has to use her "stay or go issue" to attract the media's attention and do her little bit to promote "Kung Fu".
Stephen Chow and Feng Xiaogang symbolize the two characteristics of comedy in the north and the south. One is Hong Kong-style nonsensical, and the other is Beijing-style humor. The media also speculated on who is better and who is worse among the three blockbusters for the Lunar New Year, "A World Without Thieves" and "Kung Fu", which are both comedy movies. , who will win in this highly hyped box office war? Feng Xiaogang guest-starred in Stephen Chow's "Kung Fu" and knows a little bit about "Kung Fu", but Stephen Chow doesn't know much about "A World Without Thieves"¡¤ This made him eager to see this new film by Feng Xiaogang, who is both an ally and an opponent. Feng Xiaogang is known as the originator of Lunar New Year films in the Mainland. His films always achieve excellent results during the Lunar New Year period. Last year, a low-cost "Mobile Phone" even came close to becoming the runner-up in Chinese films that year. Although the king of comedy, Stephen Chow, is famous He is impressive, but his movies are rarely introduced to the mainland, and he has not made much achievements at the box office in the mainland. In this regard, he is not as popular as Feng Xiaogang. However, Stephen Chow's popularity cannot be underestimated. He is very confident to compete with Feng Xiaogang. .
When Mai Chong and others sat down, the audience was already packed. Feng Xiaogang and Andy Lau, Liu Ruoying, Ge You, Wang Baoqiang and other creative staff had been interviewed by reporters for half an hour backstage, and now they all came to the stage one after another.
The lively audience suddenly became quiet, and everyone was waiting for Feng Xiaogang's speech.
Feng Xiaogang was a little excited when he saw the darkness in the audience. Although his previous films had a strong commercial flavor and high commercial value, he always felt that they were literary and artistic films performed in the form of comedy, but they were not obscure. It is a difficult art film, but a popular art film that ordinary people can understand. This time, although the film is still funny, it has many commercial elements, including the joining of big names from Hong Kong and Taiwan, the application of high-tech special effects, and the ambiguity between men and women. There are dramas that make you cry, you can literally get whatever you want, and of course there are cute product placements. All these practices have one purpose, which is to attract more people to the cinema and earn money for the company. More benefits.
It can be said that this is Feng Xiaogang's transformational work, symbolizing his ambition for commercial movies. The success of this movie is related to whether his next movie can get the full support of investors. This depends on whether the audience will Like it, Feng Xiaogang was naturally a little nervous, but also a little looking forward to it.
After Feng Xiaogang spoke, Andy Lau, Liu Ruoying and other major actors also spoke one after another. Everyone received warm applause. After all, they are all big stars with many fans. Only Bao Qiang, who is not well-known to the public, gave a mouthful. When I thanked the director in not very authentic Mandarin to thank Brother Hua Yingjie, Uncle Ge, I received only a few applause. There were still too few people who knew him. After all, the Golden Horse Awards ceremony has not been broadcast in the mainland, and "Blind Shaft" does not have much influence in the mainland market. It can only be seen in some underground theaters. Most people who know Baoqiang are because of him and??Chong also won the Golden Horse Best Newcomer that year, and became Mai Chong's fellow disciple. He only became famous because of the promotion. Otherwise, with his humble appearance, he would not be able to let many people know about such a famous figure. .
At the beginning of the movie, after the pre-roll ads and the title animation, the first people to appear are Rene Liu and Fu Biao. Fu Biao has a close personal relationship with Feng Xiaogang. We had collaborated with him before, and the relationship was going well at the time. Mai Chong glanced over and saw him on the left side of the first row. With him were Fan Wei and Feng Yuanzheng, who also guest-starred in "A World Without Thieves". They were all guest stars and didn't have many roles, so they didn't go on stage. They just silently supported their old friends off the stage.
The story of "A World Without Thieves" is not complicated. It is adapted from a short story in the late 1990s. It tells the story of a pair of mandarin duck thieves who want to protect the honest and kind-hearted Shagen's belief that "a world without thieves". The story of a male thief named Wang Bo who sacrificed his life in a battle with a theft gang.
If you just read the original work, this will be a literary film that explores the good and evil of human nature, but its director is Feng Xiaogang, and his golden partner Ge You plays the anti-theft gang leader No. 1 in the film, which determines that this film must be It does not explore human nature in an boring way, but is full of humorous jokes that make people laugh. Although Ge You is a supporting role, every line is very bright, and the pair of stupid thieves played by Fan Weifeng and Feng Yuanzheng are also very funny. They just appear. It's rather abrupt and doesn't match the overall style of the film. However, these problems will only appear in film critics' articles. The audience will not care about that. They only know that these stupid thieves are funny and bring them joy. This is enough.
The more than 100 minutes of watching the movie was very enjoyable. After the end credits, there was another video. This was a promotional film on anti-piracy jointly produced by Huayi and Tianxia companies. The film was very short, less than one hour. Minutes, it mainly explains the reporting hotline and reporting reward clearly, and encourages the public to supervise illegal activities in the audio and video market. This short film will continue to appear in "A World Without Thieves", "Lanling Mask" and "Kung Fu" The end of the movie.
"A World Without Thieves" received an excellent reputation at the premiere. This is a good start. In the next two days, "A World Without Thieves" will be screened in Hong Kong and Beijing respectively before its official release. warm up.
People from the Tianxia branch have already booked a hotel for Mai Chong and his group. The next day they will go to the Taiwan Golden Horse Film Festival to promote "Lanling Mask". However, Mai Chong did not check in. Mu Weiyu didn't pay attention, so he drove away in a company car and called him. He said that he was going to see an old friend and he might not go back tonight. He would be there tomorrow. I'll get to the airport on time.
"Hmph, what an old friend, why don't we just go to see Luo Qingqing!" Mu Weiyu thought angrily. She had already expected that once Mai Chong arrived in Shanghai, he would definitely not let go of this opportunity to meet Luo Qingqing, and she also didn't expect it. It was too much to be a villain and not let them meet. What was hateful was that he sneaked away without saying a word to himself. This was simply a sign of distrust in himself. Now Mu Weiyu regrets not installing a satellite positioning system on him. , if I knew his current whereabouts, I would definitely run over and ruin his good deeds!
Mai Chong didn¡¯t expect that his silent departure would arouse such great resentment from Xiaoyu. At this moment, he was driving to Luo Qingqing¡¯s residence.
He had memorized the address early on, just so that one day when he came to this city, he could suddenly appear at her house, knock on the iron door, and give her a warm hug.
Of course, because he did not hide his itinerary, it is estimated that Sister Qingqing should know that he has come to Shanghai. This feeling of surprise may be greatly reduced.
"Ding dong" no one opened the door, "ding dong ding dong" still no one opened the door, "ding dong ding dong ding dong" Well, no one should be at home. Sister Qing Qing is a workaholic, but it's almost nine o'clock. There's something wrong with not going home yet. Girls should stay at home at night, right?
Since no one opened the door for him, he should open it himself. Although the security door was a bit troublesome, it didn't bother Mai Chong. He easily opened the two doors with the keys and key ring on hand, and then entered Sister Qingqing's room. Of course, the home in Shanghai must be closed and it must be pretended that no one has been there.
The living room was large and tidy, but Mai Chong was a little different, because it didn't look like Luo Qingqing's style. Mai Chong walked around and looked around the place. He was sensitive and found that there was more than one person living here, because there was There are two bedrooms, and there are two sets of toiletries in the bathroom, both of which are very kawaii style. Could it be that Sister Qingqing is hiding her beauty in the golden house here.
Just then Mai Chong heard the footsteps of two people, no matter what, they are back! This was not the right time to appear carelessly in the living room. Mai Chong hurriedly turned off the lights, then entered one of the bedrooms and put himself in the living room.?Hiding under the quilt