Riding the wind of rebirth

After having dinner at An Siyuan's house, Zhou Zhi gave the large blue and white dragon-patterned jar he had found today to An Siyuan for temporary safekeeping, and took Mai Xiaomiao back to the hotel.

Because it was the premiere, there was already a long queue outside the hotel with people of all races, and everyone was excitedly discussing the upcoming movie.

This reminded Zhou Zhi of the "crisis" when "Waterworld" was shown in Hongqi Village. That movie was also over-promoted before. Although the movie itself was not necessarily that good, it was marketed as the world's first blockbuster with an investment of over 100 million yuan, which caused people to queue up in Shu University to prevent water damage.

As a result, the flight was delayed that day, causing all the audience members who had bought tickets to be unable to watch the show, and it almost caused a big incident.

Fortunately, Zhouzhi provided free services in time to allow everyone to watch movies while waiting for new films. Fortunately, the films finally arrived and the problem was solved.

Of course, there won’t be a crisis like the one in Red Flag Village here, but it seems that "Independence Day" has also been marketed.

When I passed by the team, I heard the conversation. It turned out that as early as the post-production stage of the film, 20th Century Fox had begun large-scale commercial operations, spending million US dollars to insert film advertisements during the Super Bowl final of the Professional Football League. It also established cooperative relationships with Trendmasters Toy Company, Molson Coors Brewing Company and Coca-Cola to produce film peripherals.

This actually also marks the complete IPization of the movie. At this point, the movie is no longer just a movie, but a cultural symbol. Countless cultural products will be produced around this symbol. The movie is just one of the largest, most important and most profitable products of this cultural symbol. In addition, there are many peripheral products.

Although it cannot catch up with the movie, the various benefits added up are still considerable, which maximizes the profits.

Zhou Zhi and Mai Xiaomiao didn't have to queue up, they held hands and watched the excitement, walked through the crowd, and felt the enthusiasm of the fans. When they walked to the door of the hotel next door, Karam and Rose were already waiting at the door, wearing the film and television peripheral baseball caps with F18 fighter planes painted on them, and tiptoed anxiously.

When they saw Zhou Zhi and Mai Xiaomiao, they waved their hands: "George! Lily! Over here!"

"Have you eaten?" Zhou Zhi pulled Mai Xiaomiao over to the two of them, not forgetting to look back at the crowded crowd, muttering, "Those guys squeezed me to a sweat!"

"Don't you need to eat?" Rose asked excitedly, "I'll buy a bucket of popcorn later! Where's the ticket?"

"Oh, I have to ask the front desk about this!"

I went to the front desk and showed my room card. The manager on duty checked it on the computer screen and took out four tickets. "These are the four tickets you booked, Mr. Zhou. Please take them and follow me."

The four of them followed the manager and took the elevator to the restaurant. After opening the elevator door, they were surprised to see a very lively scene. There was also a cocktail party, which was somewhat similar to the buffet before the auction of the Hanhai Group. There were already many people here holding glasses and chatting and laughing.

“Hey, this is…”

"Mr. Zhou, we have a small premiere here. The crew will be here soon, and there will also be a lucky draw. I wish Mr. Zhou and his friends a good time and hope they can win a prize!"

“Thank you…” Before Zhou Zhi finished thanking the manager, he heard Karam and Rose behind him exclaiming “Wow”, like country folk coming to the city.

This is a five-star hotel. Nowadays, many Chinese people still worship foreigners "equally", not knowing that foreigners are also divided into different levels. Even among Americans, the vast majority have never been to a five-star hotel, including Karam and Rose.

The single-story Rockefeller was very luxuriously decorated, probably specially designed for similar events. The four of them came to the food area with laughter. Zhou Zhi picked up a small cake and gave it to Rose: "If we had known there was food here, we wouldn't have eaten out. This is good, we can save popcorn!"

There were some exquisite snacks on the table, in addition to cakes, chocolates, and the remnant of the island nation's economy before the Plaza Accord, and some Japanese sushi and other dishes on the table. American desserts were really a bit too sweet, Zhou Zhi was not used to it, and Mai Xiaomiao was also a little uncomfortable with it. He didn't dare to eat too much at An Siyuan's house before, but now he felt that he could still have a taste of it.

Some of the sushi are filled with red fish meat, some with white shellfish meat, and on top of them are piles of small dark brown balls and large pink balls.

If Cai Nan were here, he would definitely be able to explain it clearly, but this is beyond Zhou Zhi's understanding. He only knows that the one below is pickled caviar, and the one above is probably processed fresh caviar.

He couldn't tell whether it was sturgeon roe or salmon roe.

"Whatever it is, let's try it first." Zhou Zhi asked Mai Xiaomiao, "Want one?"

"Yeah." Mai Xiaomiao was also eager to try.

Zhou Zhi put the whole piece of sushi into his mouth and found it quite delicious after chewing it. The rice was seasoned with a special vinegar, which had a fragrant sweet and sour taste, plus the freshness of kelp and shellfish. The mustard was added just right, very soft, and just enough to blend out the slight fishy smell of the fish roe, leaving only a special salty and fresh taste.

"Very good." Zhou Zhi nodded: "No wonder we don't use Japanese soy sauce, it turns out that the fish roe itself is salty."

“Is fish roe naturally salty?” asked Mai Xiaomiao.

"It doesn't seem to be." Zhou Zhi swallowed most of the sushi, and chewed the remaining part in his mouth carefully to distinguish it. Then he said, "It's definitely not. The canned old stuff at the bottom is not worth mentioning. The fresh fish roe at the top must have been soaked in some soup."

Karam and Rose consciously moved away from the two of them. We may be rustic, but we also know not to study food carefully with you two when everyone is discussing the rise of Hollywood's film and television industry and the endless stream of high-quality blockbusters.

Fortunately, the incident did not last too long. After everyone drank a glass of unidentified cocktail, there was a small commotion in the venue. It turned out that the roadshow crew had arrived.

But it wasn't Will Smith who showed up, so the place didn't get too crazy.

In line with the slightly elegant environment here, the crew sent the two screenwriters of "Independence Day", Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin, and Bill Pullman, who played the president in the movie, to the roadshow.

There are also some simple question-and-answer games between the host, screenwriters and actors, and the host also encourages everyone to ask questions to the roadshow team.

Bill Pullman is a very handsome guy, who appears to be more gentle than in the movies, but he is very funny and humorous, and can make everyone laugh as soon as he opens his mouth.

"Bill, do you feel that you have too few parts in the movie?" Seeing that Bill was very friendly and humorous, some fans started to tease him.

The host also took the opportunity to lead everyone in making a fuss, demanding that Bill Pullman must answer.

Bill Pullman laughed and said, "I did suggest that Roland add a scene where I duel with the alien leader, so that I can be worthy of the role of the president. However, Dean Devlin's Republican Party strongly opposed it, thinking that I was trying to build momentum for another Bill."

Everyone burst into laughter, but only Americans could understand this kind of political joke. (End of this chapter)