The Best Director

The weather in the morning was sunny, and a section of red carpet was laid at the entrance of Beijing New Century Cinema. At this time, a large number of movie fans gathered on the carpet. They all seemed to be young people in their 20s, and there were also immature middle school students with youthful faces. They were all full of smiles, holding cameras, posters and other things in their hands, looking at the theater from time to time, laughing and chatting with each other.

If my class knows that I got Wang Yang's autograph, haha!, What are you showing off, Wang Yang is still waving at me! SAY-HI!, Damn, you guys are envious, cool Dead! Haha!, Natalie Portman is so beautiful!, She and Wang Yang seem to be very good!, I didn't expect Wu Yanzu's Mandarin to be worse than Wang Yang., Amazing Yang can still speak our Beijing accent.... Nearly ten security guards at the gate vaguely listened to these words and guarded the gate absent-mindedly. They also chatted and discussed: These students are crazy, Wang Yang, Wang Yang's yelling made my ears hurt., There are hundreds of tickets in it, more than one thousand, and they were all sold out at once, and I can't buy them with money. , are you crazy?, That's a good seat, and the stitched ones are sold for thousands of dollars!... Ding Ding Ding Ding—— The screening hall of the theater's premiere was full of seats, and the audience looked at it. The slot machine on the big screen is rolling, full of excitement and anticipation, 1/260000+ chance, will you win the prize?

The Fall of Las Vegas has come to the final shot, and just as the slot machine was about to stop slowly on the third frame, the singing sounded and the screen went dark, and the credits appeared: Director: Wang Yang; Screenwriter: Wang Yang, Ben Mozrich...

First there was a low exclamation, followed by thunderous applause. The entire screening hall seemed to be boiling. The audience who came here especially for the name kept applauding. Although there was no big scene in this movie, it made them feel excited; Compared with European and American audiences, those little but delicate pictures of thoughts, the extreme pleasure of sweeping the casino...they feel more deeply and are more involved.

Seeing the miraculous game table counting cards, the team was silent but communicating smoothly, and seeing the playing cards flying all over the sky... Many viewers felt shocked, it was amazing!

Hearing the deafening applause and the smiling faces of the crowd, Han Sanping, who was also applauding at the much-anticipated premiere, couldn't help feeling a little emotional. He glanced at Wang Yang and the others who stood up with a smile. I really know how to make commercial films! Although it is meaningless and weird, the music is loud and noisy, the camera cuts are scary, and they are changed before they can be seen clearly, a lot of lines that cannot be heard... But there are so many stars,

There are six people in a team! And the money is thrown away casually, young people like it!

Han Sanping suddenly felt that the Jade Guanyin released this year's Lunar New Year is not enough, just Zhao Wei and Nicholas Tse, how can they be big stars? But now he and Feng Xiaogang are pecking hard at adapting Zhao Benfu's novel A World Without Thieves. He wants to invite the biggest celebrities from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China to play the leading roles, including Andy Lau, so that Xiaogang can learn more from this Miracle Yang made some elements that young people like, such as action special effects, funny lines... He doesn't believe that he can't make a blockbuster commercial film!

Damn it, it's so beautiful! Chen Lisen, who was watching with his friends in the auditorium, clapped his hands vigorously. It cost hundreds of dollars to grab the tickets, but it was really worth it! It was a real pleasure to watch... He turned his head to look at a few classmates and friends, and praised: You really deserve to be called Miracle Yang! You are right, I now feel that the gambling movies in Hong Kong are far from funny, and the real adaptations are different. ! Too professional, nothing to say!

Yes, it's really professional. Isn't this called a gambling film?! A tall and thin boy wearing rimless glasses nodded and questioned excitedly, and a beautiful girl with fashionable dress and long hair next to him whispered in a nympho: Oh my god, why is Wu Yanzu so handsome!? Suddenly, I got a little excited...they are on stage! She couldn't help shouting excitedly: Wang Yang——!

The big screen behind the stage has finished scrolling the credits, and replaced it with a promotional poster. Wang Yang is wearing a black long thin windbreaker jacket and jeans, and his casual clothes are youthful; Wu Yanzu in a suit jacket and jeans is also very handsome; together Also on stage were Natalie and Rachel, both dressed in casual fashion with light makeup and ponytails.

Hi everyone! A few people came to the middle of the stage and took the microphone handed over by the staff. Wang Yang looked at the audience with media reporters and ordinary movie fans, and greeted happily. The applause and applause are equally exciting, especially those who applaud are Chinese people who make him feel very kind, and have the same wonderful feeling as Chinatown.

The movie fans immediately responded loudly, and some audience members in an area of ​​the auditorium stood up, and some uncontrollably shouted: YOUNG——

Thank you, thank you. Wang Yang raised his palm with a smile, and Wu Yanzu and Natalie, who were holding the microphone, also smiled. After the chaotic sound stopped, looking at the audience, Wang Yang said with a smile: Thank you for coming here to participate in this premiere! I am very happy to get everyone's applause, and I am glad to see that everyone likes The Fall of Las Vegas I am very happy to come to China, to be here.

This time he was on stage to say hello and thank you, so he didn’t express much emotion, he just smiled and said: “This movie has a lot of Chinese elements, the male protagonist is Chinese elements, and the director is also Chinese elements. This may be the reason. I feel that this place is really kind and warm, thank you everyone!

Hehe! Many audience chuckled a few times. In fact, Miracle Yang's Chinese is indeed very fluent, and there are no grammatical errors. However, the accent is sometimes a little weird, but it is enough for translation.

Among the other three people on the stage, Wu Yanzu can basically understand Mandarin, and it is troublesome to speak it; Natalie can understand and speak simple and daily expressions. Most of her Chinese is chatting with Wang Yang and practicing bickering. Of course, many times I can’t express clearly; while Rachel is only limited to the hello and goodbye specially learned for this trip, and now she can’t understand what he said, and she only has a puzzled smile on her face. .

Hello everyone. After Wang Yang said, it was Wu Yanzu's turn after thunderous applause. The audience and fans are naturally more familiar with him. Last year's Xinzha Junior Sister let more people know this gentle and handsome guy. He held up the microphone and laughed in broken Mandarin: I'm also very happy that everyone likes it. This movie is a big challenge for me. Fortunately, the director said that I did a good job...so please support me a lot!

There was another burst of warm applause in the theater, these are the places that are worth the fare! Seeing Natalie Portman raised the microphone, the movie fans fell silent. I heard that she can speak Chinese. Is this true?

Hello, everyone! Natalie did not disappoint the audience, and greeted the audience in non-standard Mandarin with a smile. There was a lot of applause and cheers from the audience. Whenever a foreigner comes to China, there is a regular part of learning to speak a few words of Mandarin. Seeing her speak so well now, the fans are naturally very happy. And Natalie was also very happy to feel the enthusiasm of movie fans when she walked the red carpet before.

This premiere is a different and special experience. I sincerely thank everyone for their support and blessings. Natalie paused as she spoke, as if she was organizing her words. Wang Yang said, Do you need a translator? ?” She looked at the audience with a thoughtful smile, and she looked at the audience without paying attention, and said with a smile: “The Fall of Las Vegas is one of the most... exciting movies I have acted in. COOL, your applause is also COOL, thank you!

Good!! The applause in the auditorium erupted instantly. Because she called the applause by name, the audience applauded especially hard this time. The decibel was even louder than Wang Yang's just now. Many movie fans laughed and laughed, Natalie Portman will also say that it's exciting, it's so exciting! Next is Rachel McAdams, can she speak Chinese?

You howl, everyone howl! Rachel raised the microphone, smiled and said the greeting she had practiced many times, and there was a burst of applause from the audience. The audience didn't think there was anything wrong, but Wang Yang wanted to laugh , She couldn't correct it after teaching so many times, she was still very surprised: What's the difference between Howl and Howl?

To the disappointment of the movie fans, Rachel laughed and said something in English after finishing her opening remarks. After a few sentences, Rachel laughed again in mechanical Chinese: A tight back is a very weak spring. I’m holding on to AND-CHINA! She forgot the words and her tongue was slurred, so she had to smile and finish the last words in English: Im-very-happy-to-see-you-all-here! Thank-you! thanks!

The audience gave out loud applause again, Wang Yang held back his smile and clapped his hands together, Natalie murmured softly, and muttered without making a sound: Back Beibei... But Rachel felt that she said it very well, it was the last Too anxious, she smiled and looked at the translator next to her.

Hello, everyone! Wang Yang swallowed the laughter that didn't come out, and translated into the microphone solemnly: I can see that you who live on the other side of the world like and support The Fall of Las Vegas and my performance, it was a great surprise and honor. I played a smart female detective in this movie, but you can see that I have never surpassed MIT's genius, which is regrettable.

He smiled, Wu Yanzu and Natalie also smiled, and he continued: When I saw traditional Chinese decorative clothes for the first time, I was moved by its charm. I will buy a lot of things this time. , look at the Great Wall. He paused for a moment, then smiled and said, Beijing is a very beautiful city, I love Beijing and China! Finally, I am very happy to meet you here, thank you!

There was deafening applause in the theater, and the fans stopped applauding until the four main creators walked off the stage, and the Beijing premiere also came to an end.

MIT-21-TEAM will not be released in China until August 16; but in North America, the weekend box office rankings for the new week from August 8 to 10 have been released. This is the second weekend of August, last weekend 21, which won the championship with 49.67 million, continued to make the media industry an expected surprise and continued to surprise Flame Movie. After it received 75.26 million box office in the first week, the weekend decline was only 31.5%. 34.02 million at the box office!

This allowed it to defend the championship of the weekend rankings, and the total box office in North America also exceeded 100 million to 109 million, and it only took 10 days!

The 31.5% drop change is also the least among the top 12 this week. The critically acclaimed drama The Age of Pentium both fell 32.2%, and Pirates of the Caribbean fell 33.9%.

For this result, the Huo movie really feels like discovering another treasure in a treasure. Is this true story that is of interest to men, women and children so attractive? Word-of-mouth from film critics and public word-of-mouth are two thumbs up, let the audience who waited too much in the first week make a decision? The new battlefield in the same period is not competitive enough? Maybe there are all these reasons, and the result is that the box office broke 100 million in 10 days, and Miracle Yang rose crazily.

With a total North American box office of 1.552 billion, Wang Yang's ranking officially surpassed Chris Columbus and Robert Zemeckis, and rose to the second place in history. At the age of 23, he continued to catch up with the 57-year-old Steven S. Pierberg. The 109 million of MIT-21-TEAM is also catching up with the 164 million of How to Get Away with Law. It seems that the days when it will rule the two movie genres of gambling and liar are not far away.

Ranked second this weekend is the newly released action film SWAT, starring Colin Farrell, Michelle Rodriguez and others. 10,000 box office, but the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes is only 48%, and the audience likes it 63%.

The newly released Hot Mom and Hot Girl ranked third with 20.2 million. This movie is a remake of the 1976 version, starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan, with 88% freshness And 60% of the audience likes it, which means that this is an acceptable commercial film without any surprises. However, Lindsay Lohan, who has an amazing performance in A Couple Made in China and was born as a child star, really makes people see her bright future. prospect.

The fourth place is American Pie 3 with 10.46 million, the fifth place is Pirates of the Caribbean with 10.12 million, and The Pentium Era with 9.95 million... After the morning premiere, after lunch and rest, the afternoon The premiere press conference was held in the news hall as scheduled. In addition to Wang Yang and four people, there were nearly 400 media reporters, newspapers, magazines, TV and the Internet... After the photo session, there was a question and answer session. A row of cameras It was erected behind the crowded reporter seats. In the camera, Wang Yang and Natalie were sitting behind a long table, and there were microphones, mineral water and other things on each position of the table.

Director Wang, can you predict the box office in Mainland China for The Fall of Las Vegas? Your expectation?

The question-and-answer session has been going on for a long time. The reporters rushed to raise their hands and asked questions to the four of them. Among them, Wang Yang was the one who received the most attention. At this time, the male reporter from Sina.com asked another question, which was also the current focus. So, will Miracle Young perform miraculously in China? In order for everyone to understand, the official female translator arranged by China Film immediately translated clearly into English.

Of course I expect the higher the better. No one thinks too much at the box office. Wang Yang answered a cunning answer with a smile, and the reporters below all laughed. Can you say a goal? Wang Yang thought for a while, there is no need to say those words now, and said with a smile: I hope I can surpass myself! I will be very happy if I can break through 100 million.

This is obviously not the answer that the reporters want, like exceeding the tallest Titanic in history is, but Miracle Yang itself is a hot news, and it doesn't make any difference whether there is such eye-catching content. Another female reporter from a daily newspaper got a chance to ask questions. She got up with a microphone and asked, Mr. Wang, you said just now that 'the box office is too much'. Is this what you most want to get when you come to China this time?

Looking at her big serious face, Wang Yang was slightly taken aback. She meant to say, Did you come to China for the box office and making money? Incidents create news. For example, in Los Angeles, a reporter asked about the topic of challenging Spielberg. In any case, these are very impolite ways of asking questions, and he can choose not to answer them; but for this question, he doesn't want to be as if he defaulted.

Did I say it wrong? As far as the sentence itself is concerned, 'no one thinks too much at the box office', did I say it wrong? Wang Yang smiled and asked the long-haired female reporter. Can't help but let out a chuckle. Wang Yang didn't mean to attack anyone, and said seriously: The box office represents a lot, one of which is the audience's love for the movie...

Natalie and Rachel next to him felt dissatisfied for him. The atmosphere of the press conference was originally very pleasant, but this question was too much. The smiling Wu Yanzu sighed in his heart. Even he, an actor, knows that if it is purely for the box office, it is better to go to Europe, Australia and other countries for promotion from a commercial point of view, because even if the mainland of China can get 300 million box office, it may be just Earn millions of dollars?

Wu Yanzu is not aware of the share ratio of the mainland theaters, and the agreement signed between The Fall of Las Vegas and the China Film Group, according to some situations in Hong Kong and what he knows, the theaters will share half, and if China Film Group will share another 50% , Roughly calculated that the 300 million box office flame movie will be divided into less than 10 million US dollars, and taxes must be paid. But that's 300 million box office! Now he understands that 100 million box office in the Mainland is very high.

The reason why very few Hollywood film production teams go to Hong Kong and the mainland for publicity is because there is no money to make, so the company does not arrange, and the schedule is used in other countries. Now Wang Yang really misunderstood this question. Wu Yanzu knew very well that when he was filming on the set, the director was very excited to mention the promotional plan to go to China all day long. It's the same as coming to Beijing to learn martial arts when I was young.

I came to China this time for publicity, and also to meet my fans and everyone, it's that simple!

The premiere of the movie is over, and the crew's promotional work is coming to an end soon, but his personal schedule has just begun! After Wang Yang finished speaking, he ignored the female reporter, looked at the reporters who were busy taking notes, and said with a smile, Next question.

(to be continued)