Chapter 71 North American Film Viewing Liu Tianxian

Bringing China Film Group into the game is a way of returning the favor.

After all, in the original history, China Film Group cooperated with Star Magnesium to jointly create the China Film Star Magnesium Cinema Chain Company.

The so-called end of the business model is nothing more than lending and collecting rent, but cinema chains are a good business for collecting money without doing anything, not to mention the huge influence of owning a cinema chain in the film industry.

Even famous directors and producers have to try to maintain good relations with theaters.

Now that China Film Group has extended an olive branch, Jiang Heng has to give something back!
Allowing China Film Corporation to participate in the production and distribution of "Pacific Rim" can not only bring fame and benefits to the other party, but also provide Jiang Heng with convenience in filming, which can be regarded as a win-win situation of cooperation.

For a period of time afterwards, Jiang Heng continued to revise the script at home, occasionally going out for social events, and his life was quite comfortable.

Back in Colombia, Pascal led the company's senior executives to repeatedly analyze the box office of "Lion Camel Ridge" and believed that it had the potential to cause a huge sensation, and finally decided to promote it vigorously.

Various outdoor advertisements are everywhere, and there are also promotional messages for "Lion Camel Ridge" on radio, television, the Internet and other media.

For a time, all Americans and Canadians who had the slightest interest in movies knew that there was a super mythical blockbuster produced in China that would be released in the summer.

In a high-end apartment in the city center of New York, Liu Tianxian was writing furiously.

Although she was only thirteen years old, she had already grown into a beautiful lady, but her face was still a little childish.

She was born in 87 and attended elementary school in Wuhan. It was not until 97 that she started studying in the United States.

When I first came here, I definitely wasn’t used to it and I didn’t have many friends.

But after a long time, I got used to it.

But recently, some classmates always called her to ask her what the story of the movie "Devil's Land" (the English title of "Lion Camel Ridge") that was promoted as very good was and whether it was good or not!
Liu Tianxian was also confused at first. Her mother was very strict with her and many entertainment activities were prohibited.

Fortunately, I have read "Journey to the West". After learning that "Devil's Land" was adapted from the chapters about Lion Camel Ridge in "Journey to the West", I popularized this story to my classmates and commented that it was very exciting and worth looking forward to.

But she didn’t know how the movie was, and instead had to wait for her classmates to give her feedback.

"Crystal Liu, I really can't believe that this movie was made by a Chinese director. It's so shocking that I don't know how to describe it. It feels better than any Hollywood blockbuster I've ever seen. Really, the scene where the protagonist turns rocks into armor and fire into a cape is so cool that I feel like I'm going to pee...!"

The most famous little gangster girl in the class kept talking on the phone about how good the movie was and strongly recommended that I go see it.

Liu Tianxian reacted indifferently, because her classmate had such an exaggerated personality and liked to use the most exaggerated words to describe everything.

"Well, okay, I'll go and see it when I have time. Thank you!"

After hanging up the phone, she started to work on her homework again.

Her mother had very high expectations for her and hoped that she could complete the credits as soon as possible, so even though it was summer vacation, Liu Tianxian was still studying hard.

The phone rang again, and another female classmate called, "Crystal Liu, you really should go and watch this movie, it's so good, the plot is so smooth that you can't stop watching it, and the visual effects are way better than any other movie! The dinosaurs in Jurassic Park are so shocking, and every 'super monster' that appears in it is more powerful than the Tyrannosaurus Rex, especially the scene where the bird with golden wings swooped down from the sky and grabbed the protagonist. It almost suffocated me!

No, I have to go see it again tomorrow, do you want to come with me?"

"Well, maybe next time. I still have a lot of books to read!"

"I really don't understand why you Chinese are so anxious and tired. You obviously have plenty of time, so why do you have to complete the credits in advance?"

Liu Tianxian didn’t know how to explain it. Fortunately, this classmate just wanted to share his own viewing experience. Seeing that Liu Tianxian was silent, he just hung up.

For several days in a row, Liu Tianxian kept receiving such feedback, and it kept appearing in his mind: That is a really good movie, maybe I should really go and see it!
During dinner that day, Liu Xiaoli suddenly asked, "Xixi, what have you been doing these past two days?"

Liu Tianxian looked up blankly, then shook her head and lowered her head to eat.

"If you have anything to say, just say it, don't keep it in your heart!" Liu Xiaoli continued. "Well, recently, my classmates all said that the movie Lion Camel Ridge is very good!" Liu Tianxian said softly.

"Lion Camel Ridge?" Liu Xiaoli was at a loss.

Her husband said, "It's the one filmed by the director of 'Infamous' and 'The Matrix'. My colleagues said it's very good. If I wasn't busy with a case recently, I would take you there!"

Liu Tianxian's eyes lit up, but she still said nothing.

"Really? Then we can take a look!"

Liu Xiaoli said to herself, and then looked at Liu Tianxian, "See how those things I asked you to learn are going?"

"I have learned all the lessons and have done all the questions!"

"Then let's go this weekend, dear!" Liu Xiaoli said to her husband.

The latter said, "Okay, I'll go buy the tickets later. I heard that this movie is very popular and tickets are hard to come by in the better theaters."

Liu Xiaoli smiled, "It may be hard for others to get a ticket, but it certainly won't be hard for you!"

"of course!"

On a weekend in mid-August, Liu Tianxian and her family of three went to a movie theater in Manhattan.

Looking around, there are audiences dressed neatly and beautifully.

When discussing the amazing box office performance and reputation of "The Devil's Land", people also used a pretentious tone.

"I can't believe that so many Hollywood blockbusters were defeated by a Chinese movie!"

"Yes, how could such an advanced audio-visual language be born in such a backward place? Aren't they the best at filming poor and backward things?"

"I can't figure it out!"

"These big Hollywood companies were determined to enter the Chinese market, but before they knew it, they were beaten into the market. It's really shameful!"

“But it is said that the audio-visual effects of this film are super shocking!”

"If it weren't for this, why would I queue up to watch Chinese movies!"

"that is!"

Liu Tianxian, who was in the team, listened to the discussion of those Americans and suddenly had a strange thought in his mind.

Perhaps studying hard is not the only way out.

After a while, they finally came in.

After entering the theater and taking a seat, and watching a few opening advertisements, the main film began.

The result is an exciting scene where a monk is killed. Fortunately, it is not rated NC-17 and she is accompanied by a guardian, so the young Liu Tianxian can watch the movie.

As a result, when I watched it later, I found that compared with the audio-visual images later, the stimulation in the front was really not even an appetizer.

Liu Tianxian had only one thought in her mind, "This movie is too exciting!"

(End of this chapter)