Huayu: From an ordinary person to a happy director

Chapter 137: Renewing Glory

Chapter 137: Renewing Glory
On September 9, the premiere of "A World Without Thieves" was held at the Great Hall of the People.

Starting from Hero, no matter how big or small the film's investment is, as long as there are box office ambitions, there will be a premiere. No matter how small the premiere is, it can still get the support of a group of stars and media reports, which can be regarded as a kind of publicity.

And the premiere of A World Without Thieves was huge.

"A World Without Thieves" has a strong cast. It is directed by international director Shi Lei and stars Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau, mainland actress Liu Tao, Wang Baoqiang who just became famous through "Soldier Assault", and Wang Jinsong, Gao Yuanyuan, Wan Qian, Jin Dong, and Feng Yuanzheng are all good actors.

Everyone who could come from the mainland and Hong Kong circles came to the premiere, even people from the singing, dancing and drama circles came.

Previously, only people from the film and television industry attended the premiere, but now people from the entire entertainment industry have come.

In addition, some companies in the Internet circle also sent people to attend the premiere.

Shi Lei could understand why people from the singing, dancing and drama circles attended the premiere, after all, they were all from the entertainment industry. However, it was beyond Shi Lei's expectation that people from the Internet circle would come.

When Liu Yan told him this, he was surprised. He didn't know what people in the Internet circle meant, but if others didn't take the initiative, he wouldn't ask.

Whoever is anxious should take the initiative, but he doesn't take the initiative anyway.

As there were quite a lot of people attending the premiere, the ceremony was held in the Great Hall of the People.

Shi Lei was already familiar with the premiere. He just said a few words to the main creators and then started showing the film.

Some people like to brag about a film before watching it, but he likes to watch the film first and then be interviewed.

Others focus on boasting before watching a film because they are not confident. If they watch the film first and then interview, the quality of the film will affect the content of the interview and the publicity effect of the premiere.

If there is a lot of material from pre-film interviews, if the quality of the film is not good, you can give red envelopes to the media so that they will focus on reporting the pre-film interviews.

One-hour interview after watching the film, and another one-hour interview after watching the film, and we will have all the materials.

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Most of the lights were turned off, the film began to play, and the story of "A World Without Thieves" was presented to everyone.

The male thief Wang Bo and the female thief Wang Li are a pickpocketing partner and also a pair of desperate lovers.

The two set a trap in a rich man's house, used deception and threats to steal the man's BMW, and then traveled thousands of miles to the West to resell the car.

Wang Li finds out that she is pregnant and wants to escape from this precarious life, but the shame of their identity as thieves makes her doubt whether she and Wang Bo can be good parents.

Therefore, his mood was very complicated, and Wang Bo had no idea about this, and the two had several conflicts on the way.

On the return train, the two met a migrant worker named Sha Gen (played by Wang Baoqiang), who wanted to return to his hometown to build a house and get married with the money he earned working in the west.

Sha Gen didn't believe that there were thieves in the world and insisted on taking the money on the road. Wang Li, who had met Sha Gen once before, was deeply moved by his simplicity and decided to protect Sha Gen and the money in his bag to help him realize his dream of a world without thieves.

There was another pickpocket gang on the bus who wanted to steal Sha Gen's money, so Wang Bo and Wang Li started a series of open and covert struggles with this gang.

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In the end, Wang Bo sacrificed himself to preserve Sha Gen’s dream of a world without thieves and completed his redemption.

clap clap clap...

The applause was not heard.

Everyone applauded enthusiastically. It was the first time that the premiere was held in the Great Hall, and Shi Lei was unable to judge the attitude of the crowd through the applause.

Some directors can roughly know whether their film is popular or not by looking at the applause now, but he doesn't have that ability.

He just assumed that everyone thought "A World Without Thieves" was good.

Shi Lei brought the main creators on stage to be interviewed.

There are all kinds of entertainment media, and the questions asked in the interviews are also varied.

Compared to before, the questions asked by the media now are more friendly.

Taolin Films is the largest private film and television company in China, so they are naturally generous. They gave red envelopes to every reporter, and they arranged everything in advance. Shi Lei won the Oscar for Best Picture. The recently released "300" earned $4.8 million worldwide. He is a veritable international director and a young director promoted by the Chinese government.

For both public and private reasons, journalists will not report recklessly at critical moments.

All I can say is that Shi Lei is too powerful. Not only is he a well-known international director, but he is also the boss of several companies. He can make reporters unemployed with just a few moves.

Under this premise, no reporter would be willing to offend Shi Lei.

Shi Lei did not commit any crime that would warrant such righteous journalists risking their lives to expose it.

So the reporters were all friendly and didn't ask any negative questions.

The creators' answers were quite standard, and Liu Dehua even made a few humorous jokes to liven up the atmosphere.

Other invited directors, actors, singers, etc. also gave positive comments.

Everyone was having a great time and praised "A World Without Thieves" to the sky.

Previously, this treatment was only available to director Zhang Yimou, but now Shi Lei is one more person.

Zhang Yimou conquered mainland audiences through one film after another, including both commercial and art films.

Shi Lei influences the mainland through his international fame.

He directed a movie that grossed $4.8 million worldwide and won the Academy Award for Best Picture, so it was inevitable that he would be sought after by everyone.

In mainland China, Shi Lei's status as a director is second only to Zhang Yimou!
Time passed quickly, the interview ended, and the media took action again, with positive reviews about "A World Without Thieves" flooding in.

There is also an overwhelming amount of positive publicity on the Internet.

[The movie is very good and the plot is first-rate. ]

【Liu Dehua is very handsome! 】

[Liu Dehua performed very well, handsome and cool, and touched my heart. 】

[Liu Tao acted very well, especially the last crying scene, I cried with her.]

[Liu Tao is really a good person. She turned over a new leaf for the sake of her unborn child.]

【Gao Yuanyuan is really beautiful. 】

[Xu Sanduo's new play, Xu Sanduo is still the same, silly and cute. ]

[Xu Sanduo, when will you stand up? I don't want to see you being bullied again.]

[The bandit leader played by Wang Jinsong is very distinctive, both elegant and fierce, very contradictory.]

[Jin Dong is a really handsome policeman. He fooled both groups.]

【This is a very meaningful movie, you can go and watch it. 】