Chapter 403 Hot Promotion
When the lights came on, the venue erupted in thunderous applause.
Although everyone would applaud every time there was a premiere of Jiang Heng's new film, it felt like it was just a formality.
But deep down, most people feel that the film is of high quality and deserves the applause!
There's no other reason, the visual effect is just too harsh.
The primitive land, the demon clan's heaven, and the fighting scenes are all novel, shocking, and worth scrutinizing.
As for the plot, it has many twists and turns, and is smooth and easy to understand.
Not only did he "sacrifice Chang'e to heaven" to enhance Houyi's strength, but he also pointed out the method of Chang'e's resurrection, which gave everyone expectations.
This makes the audience look forward to the next work even more. They want to see the plot after Chang'e's resurrection and how she gets to Guanghan Palace.
I also want to know how exciting it will be when the war between witches and demons breaks out.
In short, the visual feast is unavoidable.
For a moment, many guests and audiences in the venue felt a sense of anticipation and excitement.
The host invited Jiang Heng to the stage and asked him to share his thoughts with everyone.
Jiang Heng then talked about the spirit of resistance represented by "Houyi Shooting the Sun". The style must be there.
Then it was time for the audience to ask questions. Because the movie took so long, I only answered three questions.
The first question was asked by a female audience member, who surprisingly said that Chang'e was so beautiful in the film that it was beyond words, but she was completely useless and was just a pretty vase.
Is there any suspicion of discrimination in Director Jiang’s setting?
To be honest, Jiang Heng was a little confused when he heard this question. Is this even possible?
I hurriedly said of course not, it was mainly to highlight her beauty.
After all, Chang'e is probably the most beautiful female character in Chinese mythology.
The description of Nuwa in "The Investiture of the Gods" is nothing more than "like a fairy from the Rui Palace descending to the earth, or Chang'e from the Yue Palace descending to the world." It says that Nuwa is as beautiful as Chang'e, which shows how beautiful she is.
If Chang'e is given more combat power, it will reduce the audience's impression of her "beauty".
The audience listened and were very satisfied with the performance.
The guests and audience present also felt that Chang'e in the movie was so beautiful that it was beyond words.
As for Yan Xinchen who played Chang'e, there seemed to be a big gap between her image on the screen and her performance was not even one-tenth of the character!
Another boy wearing glasses asked, "The story and picture quality of the film are both very good. Does Director Jiang plan to develop it into a "3A" game?"
Jiang Heng nodded slightly and said with a smile: "Of course, the carrier of cultural promotion is not only movies, games are also very important. In addition to the 'Honghuang series', 'Journey to the West' is also preparing to develop '3A' games!"
The boy was instantly excited after hearing this and asked how many years it would take to be online.
"Three years, there will definitely be a model launched within three years!"
There were many male game fans in the venue, and they were excited but also a little skeptical when they heard this.
After all, the development time of many foreign "3A" games is very long. But when you think about the fact that Director Jiang has basically fulfilled all the promises he made over the years, these people still choose to believe it.
The last question was when the audience asked when "Journey to the West" would be filmed again. He said that "Hou Yi Shoots the Sun" was very good and he liked it very much, but he hadn't seen a "Journey to the West" movie for a long time and he preferred Monkey King to kill everyone on the screen.
When these words were spoken, many in the audience started to boo.
Jiang Heng replied with a smile, saying that he would consider it, and that a "Journey to the West"-like film would definitely be released in a year or two.
At this point, the audience questions ended, and all aspects of the premiere ceremony of "Hong Huang: Hou Yi Shooting the Sun" also ended.
Later, the film distributor prepared a reception dinner for the guests. As it was late and far away from the capital, all the guests attended.
The scene was lively and bustling with people toasting each other.
Some film critics, however, were thinking about the content of the film while eating, and pondering from which angle to explain the film.
After all, the writing angle must be novel and well-reasoned to expand their influence! Back at the hotel, some of them wrote about the bloody sacrificial culture from Hou Yi's sacrifice to heaven.
Some people associate the struggle between the imperial court and local tyrants with the fact that the Emperor of Heaven appointed the mountain and water gods.
Of course, most people just talk about the plot, special effects, and fighting scenes, and give some praise.
As for the major entertainment media, they praised the film from various angles and said how good it was.
As a result, the audience is looking forward to the film even more, and some are calculating the time, thinking of going to see it on the day of its release.
Some went to look for promotional information about the advance screening of "Primordial Chaos: Hou Yi Shooting the Sun" and prepared to grab a ticket online to get a sneak peek.
The crew also divided the cast and crew into three teams and headed to several important box office cities in the country to start preview promotional activities.
As for the film's director Jiang Heng, he has already arrived in Tokyo by plane and will start promoting the film here.
"Hou Yi Shooting the Sun" is a Chinese mythological story. Such films are quite popular in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia, so the publicity here must be strengthened.
Moreover, the film has a somewhat tragic tone, which makes it more likely to be loved by Japanese audiences, so the first stop for overseas promotion was Japan.
After attending the premiere promotional event in Tokyo, Jiang Heng immediately flew to South Korea, then Los Angeles, and then to the UK.
It can be said that Jiang Heng’s publicity activities before the film was released were still very powerful.
In the mainland, it is the 15th day of July.
Wang Changtian called Li Delai to his office and asked, "Can you go out for a walk?"
The latter smiled and said, "Why, do you want to go to the cinema and see it in person?"
Wang Changtian said: "The box office performance is likely to break records. I just want to go to the scene to see how popular it is!"
When watching the movie at the premiere, Wang Changtian was shocked once again.
Why do I say again? It’s because I have been shocked many times before.
However, Jiang Heng's special effects in the film are too outstanding. Even though there is some aesthetic fatigue, it is still exciting in that viewing environment.
Wang Changtian just wanted to motivate himself to make a film like this someday.
What you said is probably impossible because it is impossible to find a suitable director.
But people always have to have some thoughts, right?
Wang Changtian and Li Delai brought a film crew to the Wukesong branch of China Film Red Cinema. Sure enough, there was a long queue in front of the cinema, all of them were young people who came to watch the movie.
The reporters went down to interview, while Wang Changtian and Li Delai watched from afar.
"Director Jiang's dominance in the Chinese-language film market will probably be unbreakable in the short term!" Wang Changtian sighed.
Li Delai said, "Don't even think about it. If you ask me, I'd just try to find another way and think of another way!"
"What type do you think is good?"
"Comedy, like Lost in Thailand, with such a low budget, but a box office of over 1 billion, it's a small investment that brings big results.
If you try to imitate Director Jiang and make blockbusters, you will most likely lose money! "
Wang Changtian nodded with a somewhat worried expression, "The problem is, there is no suitable director!"
Li Delai smiled, "I contacted Guangtou Xu, he is very interested in our company's preferential policies!"
(End of this chapter)