A different director [entertainment circle]

After the first promotional video of "Hundred Schools" was released, many people immediately objected, because many of the plots were inconsistent with historical facts. As a movie called "Hundred Schools", it was really dissatisfying.

But before Qin Yan took the initiative to stand up and explain, the netizens had already started to defend Qin Yan.It is also because of the lessons learned from the past. In 10 years, a movie called "Confucius" was released.

With an investment of 1.6 million and a box office of 1 million, it has proved that the market is not interested in movies with a quality close to documentary.

If we pursue the facts in everything, this film should not be the center of the circle, but should be a documentary filmed by the state.

"Director Qin didn't say at the beginning that his film would be completely faithful to history, right?"

"But can the country really accept this adaptation?"

"For a movie, as long as it satisfies the audience."

Regarding the disturbance on the Internet, Qin Yan did not participate in the discussion.He knew from the beginning that "Hundred Schools" would be the most controversial of all his works, but he didn't care.

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In the hotel room, Carl urged Kong Xiuming: "Can you hurry up? What if there is a traffic jam on the way!"

Kong Xiuming dared to take off his pajamas, and when he was thinking about what to wear to go out, Karl threw over the clothes he had already chosen, and Kong Xiuming said helplessly: "Okay, okay, I'll change right away, don't be so excited. "

Today is finally July 7th, which is the premiere day of Qin Yan's movie "Hundreds of Schools: Prosperity".

Carl and Kong Xiuming naturally wanted to watch Qin Yan's movie together, but this time it was a little different.

Carl continued to urge: "Hurry up, I heard that people in your country are very enthusiastic about Director Qin. If you go late later, you won't be able to squeeze in."

That's right, Karl and Kong Xiuming are now in Huaguo Pingcheng, and the two of them are preparing to attend the premiere of "Hundred Schools".

After graduating from their doctorates, the two chose to stay in the school to do scientific research, and they also had enviable winter and summer vacations.

Kong Xiuming thought that he would not be able to return to China to reunite with his parents during the Spring Festival this year, so he returned to China during the summer vacation, and Karl naturally followed back with a cheeky face.

In fact, Karl has followed Kong Xiuming back to China more than once or twice in the past two years, and Kong Xiuming and his family are used to it.

However, no one expected to hear the news of the release of Qin Yan's new movie "Hundreds" just after returning to China.

This made Kong Xiuming and Carl completely excited. You must know that both of them are genuine fans of Qin Yan.

In particular, Kong Xiuming regretted many times before that he was not able to participate in Qin Yan's offline activities.This time he also worked hard to participate in the event and try to buy tickets.

But with tens of millions of movie fans, there are only more than 200 tickets for the premiere for movie fans, so Kong Xiuming is naturally not so lucky.Who knew Karl got two tickets in the end.

Carl didn't tell Kong Xiuming about the ups and downs in the middle.

Although Kong Xiuming was very excited in his heart, Hua Guo always paid attention to the fact that Mount Tai collapsed before him, and he didn't change his color. Seeing Carl jumping up and down, he couldn't help complaining:

"You are so excited, can you understand movies?"

This sentence is not only Kong Xiuming, but also something that many Chinese and foreigners have been worrying about-whether overseas audiences can really understand movies with Chinese cultural themes.

Not only to understand the main plot of the movie, but also to see the history, politics, and culture behind it, and to see Huaguo, a country with a splendid civilization that has been passed down for thousands of years.

Carl immediately said confidently: "Why can't I understand it! I have studied Qin Yan's promotional video and online pre-viewing instructions during this period of time!"

In order to better understand "Hundred Schools", Carl did a lot of homework during this time.

The release of the first promotional video of "Hundred Family" attracted a lot of attention on the Internet. Most of the countries in the Chinese culture circle have a certain understanding of the plot and content, and it is not difficult to watch, but it is hard. the whites and the blacks.

Qin Yan's solution was not to explain, but to release 5 promotional videos in a few days, each of which was about 1 minute long.

Among other things, seeing this 1-5, the audience became excited.

Whether domestic or international, the film and television industry rarely releases so many promotional videos.After all, most of the promotional films are re-editing the content of the finished film.

No matter how good your editing skills are, the camera cannot lie.Everyone is an audience of Sherlock Holmes, and it is very possible to infer the content of the movie through the promotional film, and the sense of surprise brought by the movie will be greatly reduced.

Who knew that Qin Yan did not take the usual path. Except for the first promotional film, the five newly released promotional films did not involve the specific content of the movie at all.

It is not so much a movie promotional film as it is more like a cultural promotional film shot by Qin Yan for the Olympics.I found a theme related to various schools of thought, and extended a short story, which is short and full, which makes people full of curiosity about Huaguo culture.

Moreover, these five short films also used a lot of special effects, coupled with the starring of well-known actors such as Xie Beiyang and Xi Qianqian, the plot is also closely related to "Hundred Houses", which made overseas audiences scream.

Does this work?The effect is quite obvious, and more and more overseas audiences are paying attention to Qin Yan's new movie.

And they don't bring too much negative impact to the movie, but they are rarely used because their production price is there.

It is not like a general movie promotional film, which can be cut out according to the finished film.Don't look at these seven or eight minutes, the money spent is millions of dollars.

Other film crews, if they have so much money, they have better and more effective ways of publicizing.

Carl is a microcosm of overseas audiences. After watching the promotional videos, he began to take the initiative to understand the stories behind these promotional videos, historical allusions, and mythological elements...

In fact, Qin Yan also prepared corresponding promotional materials after the production of the promotional film, in order to help foreigners better understand the relationship between various schools of thought and the history of Huaguo, and is ready to send out according to the needs of the audience at any time .

Who would have thought that within half an hour after the promotional video was released, a large number of netizens would take the initiative to help them popularize the plot?Moreover, these science popularizations are accurate and interesting, and Qin Yan can't find any mistakes after reading them.

There is no way, Huaguo netizens, especially Qin Yan's movie fans, are really worried about Qin Yan's new movie.

Even if Qin Yan doesn't post these promotional videos, they will try their best to promote Qin Yan on overseas networks.

Because of the existence of the global network, Huaguo people also have many channels for overseas events. On many international platforms, Huaguo culture can also be seen by more global netizens.

These are all different from the world Qin Yan once lived in. After all, culture can only progress if there is communication.

Seeing that Kong Xiuming was still arranging his clothes slowly, Karl couldn't bear it any longer. He went straight up and helped Kong Xiuming pick out his favorite coat.Then when Kong Xiuming was putting on his clothes, he went directly to Kong Xiuming with the shoes and squatted down to help him put them on.

Regardless of Kong Xiuming's reaction, Carl took Kong Xiuming out after finishing all this.

The two originally thought that the theater where the premiere of "Hundred Schools" would be held would be crowded with crowds and banners, but the number of people outside the theater was far less than they had imagined.

It is true that there are still many people squatting on the sidelines, but it is completely incomparable with the 1.5 million pre-sale box office of "Hundred Houses".There are even few promotional materials, making others wonder, are there really so many people buying movie tickets?

And as the premiere time of the movie approaches, there are fewer and fewer movie fans around. Shouldn't other movies be waiting for the arrival of the director and actors?

Kong Xiuming and Karl, who knew little about the domestic entertainment industry, didn’t know much about it. Kong Xiuming said to Karl: “I didn’t expect there were quite a few people, so I said there’s no need to come so early.”

Carl also muttered: "Fans in your country chase stars and still have wisdom."

Hearing what the two of them said, the taxi driver who was looking for change said:

"It's so few people. I came here to pull an order just now, and it was very crowded. Now the movie is about to start, and many people have left."

Only then did Kong Xiuming realize that this kind of scene might only be seen at the premiere of Qin Yan's movie.Everyone really wanted to watch the movie, not Qin Yan himself.

Isn't it because of the movie that they fell in love with Qin Yan?Now that the movie is about to premiere, the real movie fans must have already bought the movie tickets for the premiere.Don't watch the movie, run to the entrance of the movie theater to feed the mosquitoes?They won't be so stupid as to do these things that don't matter.

And according to past practice, Qin Yan and Xie Beiyang will enter a crazy business model during the film's release.

There are plenty of opportunities for offline events and meet-and-greets, but there is only one chance for the premiere!If they didn't watch the movie immediately, post a Moments, write a movie review, how dare they claim to be fans of Qin Yan and Xie Beiyang!

As for the custom of having so few support materials on the spot, it was completely learned from Xie Beiyang.From the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Pond Fund back then, when Xie Beiyang was picked up in the backyard, the banner hand-picked by Xie Beiyang became a sacred object of Xie Beiyang's support club.

Other support items can not appear, but the banner must be present.Wherever Xie Beiyang appeared, the support club would send the banner to the local support branch.

Not to be outdone, Qin Yan's fan club customized an identical banner, but unfortunately, there are too few opportunities to use it, and the chances of two banners appearing at the same time are even rarer.

And now the two banners are placed at both ends of the cinema hall, and the support clubs of the two have sent people to guard them.There are many scalpers, paparazzi, and second-hand traffickers who have already targeted them, and the sacred objects must not be lost.

The domestic entertainment industry is not surprised by this. This is the characteristic of Qin Yan and Xie Beiyang's fans. Driven by them, the fans of other actors of "Hundred Family" have also learned and learned.

It can be seen from the previous publicity that their idols are proud of being able to make a movie with Qin Yan, isn't this what they like?

Kong Xiuming and Karl got out of the car and walked a few steps when someone ran up to them and whispered, "Brother, do you have tickets for the premiere? We'll buy them at a high price."

Originally, Kong Xiuming's character would definitely not have much to say to these scalpers, but he suddenly wanted to know the price of the two tickets that Karl got, so he couldn't help but ask, "How much can you offer?"

Who knew that the scalper directly reported a 5-digit number, which surprised Kong Xiuming.For a meeting, can the price really be so high?

This was the ticket that Karl Xin worked so hard to find for him. Kong Xiuming walked straight into the cinema without any thought.He and Karl were not short of money, so why gave up the opportunity they had been waiting for for many years.

But I didn't expect that after walking a few steps, there would be a few young people, who seemed to be fans of Qin Yan and the others. They also wanted the tickets in their hands, and the price was so high that even Kong Xiuming's heart was moved.

Carl and Kong Xiuming on the side have been together for so many years, and they have learned Chinese quite well.He directly took Kong Xiuming's hand and walked forward: "Anyway, we don't miss the money, so let's go to the movies."

This is already the largest and most advanced 3D screening hall in Pingcheng, and it can seat more than 430 people.Half of it was given to the main creators and entertainment media, and the remaining half was given to movie fans and audiences.

When Carl was seated, he also saw many white and black audiences, all of whom were movie fans from all over the world.For Chinese directors, Qin Yan is probably the only one who has this kind of treatment.

When the protagonist Qin Yan and Xie Beiyang appeared in front of everyone, the cheers in the arena were deafening. Kong Xiuming wished he had four hands, so that he could use two hands to applaud and two hands to plug his ears.

Everyone has forgotten how long it has been since the two of them appeared in front of the media together.Then when Chen Lingsong, Xi Qianqian and other actors filed out, the cheers were also continuous.

When Kong Xiuming looked at Qin Yan and Xie Beiyang, his eyes lit up. He had liked them for so long. This was the first time he saw them both offline. He grabbed Carl excitedly and howled wantonly .

I have never seen Kong Xiuming so excited. Carl said sourly from the side: "Be happy."

Kong Xiuming was indeed excited, but when he thought that Karl had found these two tickets for him, he gave Karl a bright smile.

"Ah."

Seeing the smile on Kong Xiuming's face, Carl felt jealous and happy again.

Although the two tickets cost him a lot of money and almost emptied all his private money, seeing the smile on Kong Xiuming's face, he still felt it was worth it.

Qin Yanhe and all the main creators talked without chatting a few words, so he said directly:

"I know that everyone has a lot of things they want to communicate with us. But I'm afraid I'm too excited, and I will spoil everyone if I'm not careful. Who makes me the most gentle and tolerant person to fans?"

There was a sigh of relief in the audience, if you are a fan, why don't you play and disappear?

Qin Yan didn't explain either, he was indeed fond of fans, but the way he doted on them was different.

"For the best movie-watching experience for everyone, let's chat after watching the movie." Qin Yong shamelessly said in the most gentle voice.

Hearing his idol speak so softly, the audience immediately rebelled and agreed loudly: "Okay."

The movie started playing soon. Although the communication just now made everyone feel excited, when the lights started to go dark, everyone quieted down.

They are fans of Qin Yan, how can they embarrass Qin Yan in the theater, they must abide by the etiquette of the theater, and never whisper to each other when it is not necessary, fans of other actors also learn from them.

Dark and quiet, this is the perfect environment for watching movies.

At the beginning of the screen, there is an ink painting. Qin Yan introduced the history of Qin destroying the six kingdoms and unifying the world through the form of ink animation.

If you haven’t watched the previous trailer, you may think that this is a purely historical drama, but you have watched the trailer full of fantasy elements, and then read some words in it, such as "dangerous" and "demon rampant". We all know that the plot may not be that simple.

The one who was most excited was Karl. He didn't know much about the history of Huaguo.

But whether it was the arrangement of the animation plot just now or the concise and clear English subtitles, Karl was soon immersed in the history of Huaguo.

Because of the first trailer, everyone thought that the plot of "Hundred Houses" would start from Qin, but who knew that when the camera turned, there was a scene of Shui Huaisang and Gongshuzi sitting opposite each other.

It turned out that Shui Huaisang was listening to Gongshuzi's lecture, and the two of them were played by Xie Beiyang and Chen Lingsong respectively.

Many words in this plot come from that from the "Mo Jing".

Shui Huaisang said rather boredly: "Teacher, I have learned these things a long time ago. If you have time to stare at me reading every day, why don't you stare at the younger brother and younger sister? You can't make things difficult for me every day just because I'm smart."

Gongshuzi was not angry when he heard the words: "Do you know the story of our Mohist Gengzhuzi?"

Shui Huaisang looked impatient: "Of course I know, you just want to say that those who can do more work, that I am a thousand-mile horse. But the problem is..."

Let Shui Huaisang continue to talk about the reason why the Mohist school was once divided.No matter how much Gongshuzi dotes on Drowning Huai Sang, he doesn't want to mention it, so he took the book in his hand and patted Shui Huai Sang on the head:

"Speak carefully! Don't be willful, you have to learn more."

Shui Huaisang also knew that he had made a slip of the tongue, and muttered in a low voice, "Understood, Juzi, everything you said is correct."

Unlike the plot speculated on the Internet, the real prosperity of "Hundred Schools" should be in the Spring and Autumn Period, but the current timeline is obviously after the Qin Dynasty unified the six countries, and the founders of the Hundred Schools such as Mozi have long since died.

The old man played by Chen Lingsong is not Mozi, but the leader of the Mohist generation—Juzi, whose real name is Gongshuzi.

As the plot progresses, everyone gradually understands why this movie is called "Prosperity".

No matter how fair the evaluation of Qin Shihuang is in history, it is undeniable that after Qin Huang unified the world, the world did indeed move towards prosperity.

At the same time, the film also gave a lot of shots of the Mohists.

Shui Huaisang said boredly, "Julian, what's the point of us living in this valley all this time? When can we go out of this valley to have a look?"

Gongshuzi let out a long sigh, and said to Shui Huaisang, "This world is not as peaceful as you think."

The next plot shows the history of Mohism.Since the death of Mozi, the famous Mohist school has been divided into four parts.Among them, the branch of Gongshuzi is better at the art of mechanisms, and is the top craftsman in the world, and has a high reputation among the people.

But these years, the Qin Emperor implemented a tyrannical government throughout the country, but all the leaders could not escape the pursuit of the Qin army. Gongshuzi had to take his students away from the world and find a valley to hide stand up.

Although Xie Beiyang's appearance is very exciting, it can be seen that Xie Beiyang and Gongshuzi are the well-deserved protagonists in the movie, and Shui Huaisang is like an immature girl in front of him. Young people, there is no way to compare with Gongshuzi's wise image.

Although Xie Beiyang was full of curiosity about this world, he didn't dare to show it in front of Gongshuzi.

Although this Mohist faction can find a place of Taoyuan and escape political persecution for the time being, they always have to communicate with the outside world.

No matter how concealed they were, it seemed that King Qin had to kill them for a reason.

Suddenly, one day, Gongshuzi received Chuanxin from another school, a lifelike mechanism bird, holding a secret letter in its mouth—King Qin has sent someone to your place, leave quickly.

Gongshuzi let out a long sigh: "The sky is so big, where else can I go?"

Shui Huaisang said sonorously: "Why are you afraid of Qin Shihuang? Could it be that we can't do it with our strength, this stupid emperor? If it doesn't work, contact the descendants of a hundred families."

Although Gongshuzi was very dissatisfied with Qinhuang's behavior, he seemed to know something secret. He said to Shui Huaisang, "Things in this world are not as simple as you imagine."

Gongshuzi suddenly ordered: "All disciples obey the order and head east immediately."

As soon as the giant gave the order, the disciples of the Mohist family began to pack their luggage. Then Kong Xiuming, Karl and all the audience saw a quite shocking scene.

That is, this small town built by the Mohist school suddenly came alive.

All the houses suddenly gave birth to limbs and stood up from the mud, as if they were born with these limbs.A small village that was quiet and peaceful just now has turned into government houses in an instant.

Before Kong Xiuming said anything, Karl excitedly took Kong Xiuming's hand and said, "I know this is the mechanism technique of the Mohist school."

In the previous promotional video, the extraordinary power of several schools was reflected. There are speculations on the Internet about the special features of other schools. The most guessed about the Mohists are "Ranger" and "Organ".

Of course, the mechanism technique in reality would not be so exaggerated, but after all, this is not the real world. According to Qin Yan, this is a fantasy world full of fantasy.

Although Shui Huaisang was unwilling, he would still follow Gongshuzi all the way away from the Central Plains, just hoping to find a place to settle down in this world.

However, the fact is that there are always people who will not let them go, and there are endless chasers along the way, and the disciples of the Mohist family continue to suffer casualties.

Shui Huaisang also felt very puzzled, could there be a traitor among them.

Gongshuzi actually regards Shui Huaisang as the future successor of the Mohism mechanism technique, so he has to tell Xie Beiyang some secrets that he has been trying to hide.