Chapter 186 186: Release (1)

Author: Chen Wangdong

Chapter 186 186: Release (1)

Fang Long has many friends in the circle and is very good at showing off. In addition, Xu Ning is very popular, so the screening ceremony was held very grandly.

The theater we chose has been decorated from the inside out to look like "New Police Story" since eight days ago.

A dozens-meter-long promotional poster for "New Police Story" also hangs on a giant billboard outside the mall.

on the poster,

Fang Long's face was stained with blood and he held a gun with both hands. Xu Ning was wearing a black suit and white shirt with a bloodstain on his face, giving him a cynical second-generation image.

Many citizens and tourists who came to Sanlitun for shopping could not help but stop and look at this giant poster.

Especially women,

They were immediately attracted to Xu Ning as soon as they looked at it. It took many women three or four seconds before they looked away to see what kind of poster it was.

When they discovered that it was a promotional poster for a movie starring Xu Ning and Fang Long, they already had an urge to watch it.

For nothing else,

Just to see Xu Ning!

Because, girls really like the good looks of handsome guys.

In fact, if you look at the ancient puppet shows and fairy tale dramas of later generations, you will know that most of them are watched by girls.

Don't look at the fancy costumes in these dramas, the hemiplegia in the fight scenes, and the 50-cent special effects in attacks, but the actors are all handsome guys.

Because the target audience of these dramas is women, men's feelings are somewhat ignored.

This led to 'some' male netizens commenting: What kind of rubbish TV series...are far less good than the martial arts dramas of 20 years ago.

Ordinary men may not understand how harmful being handsome is to girls, but readers who love to read online articles will understand, because everyone is handsome.

When men look at beautiful women, they mostly get addicted after seeing them for a few times...and don't do anything else, but girls are different.

Many girls can think of the names of their future children when they see handsome guys on the street, and they will excitedly take out their mobile phones to share them with their best friends.

Fang Long has been in the industry for so many years and knows this very well, so he regards Xu Ning as the biggest selling point of this movie.

at this time,

In the screening room,

Hundreds of insiders were seated.

In addition to major media and film critics, there are also many friends in Beijing invited by Fang Long and Xu Ning to help out.

Such as Han Sanping, Feng Xiaogang, Zhang Guoli, Ge You, Jiang Wen, Li Bing'er, Zhang Jizhong, Yu Zhengxiang, Wei Yong'an... and Zhao Benshan, who is on a business trip in the capital these days.

Before entering the venue, I saw my uncle, whom I had not seen for a long time. They hugged each other warmly and exchanged greetings for a long time.

After entering the screening room, the creator of "New Police" greeted the guests and introduced the movie, and everyone took their seats.

Zhao Benshan had already reserved a seat for Xu Ning. When he got off the stage, he walked over to sit next to Benshan.

Uncle Benshan has decided to appear on the Spring Festival Gala again this year and will continue to perform skits with Gao Xiumin and Fan Wei.

However, the specific role has not yet been determined, and the screenwriter is working non-stop on writing the script.

After sitting down, the guests in the venue took advantage of the movie to chat with each other, and Xu Ning also started chatting with Zhao Benshan.

"I have received news that you will also attend the Spring Festival Gala this year, and then our uncle and nephew will share the stage again."

"Haha, I will bring some beer to see you then and drink some more with Uncle Zhao." Xu Ning said with a smile.

"You kid, after the screening is over, you can drink again at the hotel. I want to see if you have been drinking too much in the past two years."

"The amount of alcohol I drink is still the same, but I will drink well with Uncle Zhao tonight. I have to drink even if I can't..."

As soon as the two of them finished speaking, the movie started playing, and the theater darkened, and everyone watched silently and tacitly.

The first scene of the movie adopts the form of flashback, recording the protagonist Chen Guorong, played by Fang Long, who is in despair after the mission fails.

Subsequently,

A young man played by Nicholas Tse appears. Because he was helped by Chen Guorong, he has admired the police since he was a child.

Seeing the drunk Chen Guorong, he thought of the case a year ago and decided to pretend to be a policeman sent by his superiors to assist Chen Guorong in handling the criminal case.

Then the scene changed, and the time was set to a year ago, when Fang Long handsomely solved a kidnapping case.

The resolution of this crisis is very characteristic of Van Loon's previous action movies, with teeth clenching, climbing over railings, and finally an explosion in the sewer.

After seeing this,

Many people in the cinema applauded, and Feng Xiaogang and Fang Long even whispered and discussed.

The shooting and editing techniques in the first few minutes are really good, which shows the production quality very well.

The film critics and media people in the back row were looking at the timer and quickly recording key information in their notebooks.

The video lasts 8 minutes and 50 seconds.

Azu, played by Xu Ning, appears on the scene. In the scene, Azu is sitting on the top floor of a bank building with a group of will-o'-the-wisp teenagers.

The camera swept past Xu Ning, photographed the other people one by one, and then settled on Azu.

It was the first time for many film critics to see Xu Ning on the big screen. When they saw that ruffian face, they were attracted.

"Xu Ning's acting skills are incredible. With just one expression and one look in his eyes, he brought the character of Azu to life."

A male film critic in his 40s whispered to a female colleague in her 30s next to him. The female colleague nodded:

"Indeed, Xu Ning and I exchanged a few words just now. He is really handsome in real life, but he doesn't have the cynical attitude in the movie."

The film critic in his 40s continued: "This is acting. Look at the young actors today. I dare say that none of them can act as well as him."

"Indeed, otherwise he wouldn't have become famous so quickly. At that time, he played Duan Lang in the TV series "Wind and Cloud". His acting skills were still a little immature, but now he is very mature."

This kind of discussion accompanies the entire movie, and until the end, there are still filmmakers and media people discussing Xu Ning's acting skills.

Not long after,

The video reaches the 30th minute.

The protagonist Chen Guorong knelt down and begged for mercy to save his teammates, but his teammates still died at the hands of Azu.

After Chen Guorong carried out the bodies of his teammates, the abandoned factory behind him exploded violently.

This one shot alone cost millions of Hong Kong dollars, so Fang Long's movie is very expensive.

After escaping from death,

Chen Guorong knelt down helplessly and cried loudly.

The scenes of the past few minutes are difficult to see in previous Van Loon movies, and they are very different from his tough guy image.

Everyone in the screening room was surprised when they saw this scene, especially Han Sanping, Feng Xiaogang and others.

This is not the Fang Long they remembered. In the previous movies he made, he beat up villains all the way.

Nothing like this time, being beaten up by the villain!

A film critic wrote down a line in his notebook: "Fang Long's new film changes his previous style and compromises with the villain. Can he still be able to fight at the age of 50?"

One media person wrote four words: "Seeking transformation," followed by a big question mark.

In 1985, when the 31-year-old Fang Long was filming "Police Story 1", he dared to jump directly from the fifth floor of the shopping mall to the first floor without wearing any safety equipment. He only grabbed a pole with 220V voltage.

And today, 19 years later, the 50-year-old Fang Long knelt down and begged for mercy from the villain in the movie. This is something that many people can't imagine.

Therefore, many film critics present felt that the reviews of this film would definitely be polarized after its release.

Some of Fans' die-hard fans will criticize the movie as rubbish, while others will refute it, believing that the characters are more fleshed-out.

These are two irreconcilable views, and everyone present, including Fang Long and Xu Ning, had already anticipated this.

But in the screening room, several professional film critics also wrote in the article:

"The appearance of Xu Ning may greatly weaken this opposition, because his aura and fan base are enough to offset the bad comments about Fanglong.

This sentence is very correct,

The reaction from all parties after the video was released was the same. Even though some people were scolding Fang Lung for changing his style, more female fans dismissed them.

These,

It’s all thanks to Xu Ning’s fans!

The power of female fans is too powerful. This is still the era before Weibo. If there was Weibo, it would be even more powerful.

During the two-hour playing time, only three people went to the bathroom, and everyone else was watching the movie seriously.

It has to be said that Fang Long has a lot of face. The people present did not come in or out. Most of them must be giving Fang Long face.

Xu Ning still has a few years to go before he can reach this status, but he is not in a hurry. After all, he is 26 years younger than Fang Long.

The screening of "New Police Story" didn't end until 5 p.m. The moment it ended, everyone in the hall stood up.
To be continued...