superstar director

Chapter 593 Star Wish
Chinese people all over the world are shocked by the ratings of the Spring Festival Gala directed by Ning Sheng. At the same time, with the end of the new year, the competition for the Lunar New Year films in major film markets around the world has become more intense!
Especially the third day of the Lunar New Year, which coincides with Valentine's Day in the West, so there are quite a few new films selected to be released on this day, including the "Star Wish" filmed by Ning Tong last year, which was also released nationwide on this day!
Before that, Ying Bao participated, and the "King of Killers" starring Jie Ge had also been released for three weeks. With Cheng Long's "Serious Crime Squad", you earn more than me, and jointly won nearly 50 billion yuan. The domestic box office, and the new films released on Valentine's Day on the third day of the Lunar New Year include: "Star Wish", "Monster Hunt 2", and two younger cartoons "Bears 5" and "Pigman".

Among these four new films, the media and the public agree that only "Monster Hunt 2" can pose a danger to "King of Killers" and "Crime Squad", especially since the pre-sale of this sequel has already broken many records. The domestic record shows people's expectations for him, and the publicity is indeed very grand, with many stars, and it is screened simultaneously throughout Asia. Judging by his momentum, his three movies are not taken seriously at all.

Needless to say about those two animations, and although "Star Wish" has the popular Ning Tong and Zhang Yixing starring, let's look at the director of the movie, Wang Qiang!

What a familiar name, a comedian who makes you grin just by hearing the name!

If this is a comedy starring him, people might be willing to buy tickets to have fun, but when he actually appeared in the director's position and made a love movie, it's not only his fans Feeling dazzled, even fans of Ning Tong and Zhang Yixing feel that their idols have signed a lot of favors and have to pay back, or was Wang Qiang drunk and forced to sign directly?Otherwise, everyone really didn't understand how they would agree to be the hero and heroine for Wang Qiang!

Since the filming of this film started last year, some media have blatantly sarcastically asked, "Did Wang Qiang think that by making a few films with Ning Cheng, he could copy Ning Cheng's director talent and become the next genius?"

Although Ning Sheng was added as the name of the screenwriter of the movie, many people still had some expectations, especially when the media revealed that Ning Sheng invested half of the production cost of the movie, many Ning Sheng Fans feel that since Ning Sheng is so supportive, no matter how poor Wang Qiang's ability is and how embarrassing Zhang Yixing's acting skills are, with Ning Sheng and Ning Tong as siblings, the movie will not be too bad, right?
Early this morning, the heroine Ning Tong was pulled over by Wang Qiang to promote the premiere. Although their total investment in this film was only 5000 million, as his first work, Wang Qiang attached great importance to it. At the premiere, almost all the friends I knew in my circle were brought over to help out!Of course, Ning Cheng, an old acquaintance, can't help but also go for a walk!
February [-]th, Valentine's Day, is the favorite holiday of countless crazy men and women, and it is also the day that countless single dogs hate the most. However, for movie fans, what they need to worry about is which movie to watch today.

In the few days when the premiere ceremony was held in the imperial capital, there were only two films, not to mention, there were still some films that were released directly without the premiere ceremony.

In the International Cinema of the Imperial Capital, Ning Cheng was chatting with Shi Shi, and on the left side were friends who came to support Wang Qiang's first movie like Ning Sheng, including Huang Bai, Xu Zheng, Deng Chao, Dapeng, Liu Yan, etc. A group of friends who have worked with Wang Qiang, or have a very good relationship, and on his right are a series of main creators of the "Star Wish" crew: director Wang Qiang, heroine Ning Tong, and actor Zhang Yixing——they are all scattered Sitting separately, some talked to someone to relieve the tension in their hearts, and some closed their eyes to rest their minds, showing a different aloofness than usual.

Now they are in the lounge of Imperial Capital International Cinema, waiting for the premiere to start.

"Is there anything wrong with what I'm wearing today?"

Wang Qiang looked very nervous, and looked around his whole body from time to time, afraid that there might be stains on his clothes, or something inappropriate, "Although it is not the first time to participate in the premiere, but as a director , this is really my first time—”

Ning Cheng looked at him and comforted him, "It's fine, don't be nervous, it's just to show off on stage, and the audience below won't eat you."

Wang Qiang still couldn't help being nervous, "When I was an actor, I didn't need to worry about that. Anyway, after the performance, if there is any problem, the director will be there, but now I am the director myself, and today there are so many multimedia! I am really worried. In case something happens--"

So multimedia?
Ning Cheng smiled noncommittally, knowing that Wang Qiang was too nervous!

The movie "Star Wish" has never been favored, and was even boycotted by many fans of Ning Tong and Zhang Yixing. Before that, there were blockbusters such as "The King of Killers" and "Serious Crime Squad", which had a good reputation at the box office, but these three films completely stole the limelight.Even if Letian Film and Television does its best, the number of media that can come today is probably limited.

Not long after, the premiere ceremony finally began.

Hall 1 of Imperial Capital International Cinemas is the largest, and Lotte Film and Television also took this place as the venue for the premiere.A group of people went in and sat down first, waiting for the media and audience to enter.

As the director of the film, Wang Qiang sat in the middle of the first row, with Ning Tong on the left and Zhang Yixing, the two leading actors in the film, on the right.The three of them sat there, and it felt a bit weird, as if a big brother who moved bricks was inserted between two handsome men and beautiful women!
Ning Sheng was sitting right behind Wang Qiang, Shi Shi and Ying Bao were sitting behind Ning Tong, and Huang Bai was sitting behind Yi Xing. They also got to know each other very well when filming "Extreme Challenge". Before the reporter came in, everyone said to each other Gossip!

Wang Qiang was probably still a little nervous or bored, so he picked up a topic and asked Ning Cheng, "Brother Ning, have your previous movies premiered here?"

"No." Ning Sheng nodded, "If my movie has a premiere, it will be held at Wanda."

Wang Qiang added: "That's right, Wanda is bigger than here, and the environment is better. It's a pity that there is the premiere of "Monster Hunt 2" there today, otherwise it would be better for us to go there."

Ning Cheng smiled, and said: "Movies are based on quality and word of mouth. The premiere is just for fun. It's just the last publicity method before the release. Don't worry too much about it."

Although Wang Qiang is a director, Ning Sheng also participated in a lot of adaptations of this "Star Wish" script. The assistant director has been helping out during the on-site shooting, and sometimes he will directly call Ning Cheng for advice when encountering problems. In short, this The movie was pieced together by Wang Qiang bit by bit. Although he worked very hard and exhausted all his energy during the process, but now facing the tension and anticipation of the upcoming release, he actually felt a little uncertain. of.

It’s like what a primary school student has just learned. Under the guidance of the teacher, he understands and completes it. When he answers the same type of exam questions alone, he still has no idea what kind of answer he can do. Yes, there is no way, it is the first time after all!

Not to mention Wang Qiang, even Ning Tong and Zhang Yixing were actually a little apprehensive about the film's performance.

As one of the Huaxia members who debuted from EXO, Zhang Yixing has maintained a high popularity in the first line through years of hard work, but his achievements in film and television works are not very satisfying to be honest!

Especially the few starring movies on the big screen are all mixed up in the ranks of bad movies with a score of less than 5 on Douban, which also makes his fans and himself very distressed.

On the contrary, some small supporting roles in TV dramas may have received a lot of praise, which made his team consider whether to temporarily give up the big screen and focus on the small screen. After all, TV dramas are becoming more and more popular nowadays. The increase in popularity will not be much worse than that of the movie.

This time "Star Wish" can also be said to be the last big screen attempt of Zhang Yixing's team. In fact, when they took over this drama, they rushed for Ning Sheng to participate in the screenwriting, and the heroine Ning Tong came, otherwise As far as director Wang Qiang is concerned, with a production fee of 5000 million yuan, it is really impossible to invite a popular niche like Zhang Yixing!
As for the other heroine of the movie, Ning Tong is not worried about her own future, or what will affect her popularity, but this movie hit the street. For her now, it is just a few words for her That's all, it doesn't affect her popularity and status in the slightest.

What Ning Tong is worried about is that it is the first time that she has so many crying scenes in a play, and the director is a beginner like Wang Qiang. She herself does not know how she will perform in this play. Many seniors have said that how an actor performs sometimes has a lot to do with the director, so if the performance this time is bad, Ning Tong will be upset that someone will question her acting skills again.

The three film creators are all worried, and some fans who support them are even more worried. Now "Star Wish" has many opponents, not to mention those that have been released before. The much-anticipated "Monster Hunt 2" alone is An insurmountable mountain.

Coupled with the competition from other movies, the prospect of "Star Wish" is really very confused!
But it's useless to think about it now, the movie has already been made, and everything that can be done has been done, the personnel are exhausted, and the next step is to obey the destiny!

Anyway, it is 5000 million investment, plus 5000 million publicity expenses, no matter how bad it is, with the popularity and popularity of Ning Tong and Zhang Yixing, there will be no problem for the film to recover the cost, right?

The media slowly entered the arena, and the audience also came in one after another. When the time was almost up, the host came on stage. After a long-winded introduction, the main creators were invited to the stage and stood in a row. At first glance, it seemed that they were criticizing The conference, almost didn't hang a sign on the chest.

After standing firmly on the stage, looking at the audience, Wang Qiang's heart went cold at that moment.Things seemed worse than he expected.

Although the 1 seats in Hall [-] were fully occupied, judging by the number of long guns and short mirrors, there were not many media, only five or six.The rest are fans holding "Ning Tong" or "Zhang Yixing" cheering signboards. Obviously, this venue is full only because of the popularity of these two people!
I've only heard that tickets for the premiere are hard to get, and you can only get them if you have a relationship. The premiere of their "Star Wish" turned into a personal meeting of the two leading actors. This makes him a bit embarrassed as a director. !

However, it is said that the host who switched careers from singing duets has some skills. He just watched for a long time below, but he didn't see anything strange on this guy's face.Facing such a premiere that can be described as "strange", this guy is as enthusiastic as he is hosting the Spring Festival Gala, and he is also very professional!
Ning Cheng looked at Wang Qiang's face from below and knew what was going on. When the main creators came on stage just now, he glanced behind him, so he naturally knew what was going on!Now I just hope that Wang Qiang can complete the premiere step by step, just don't make any jokes!
After all, this is not the first time this has happened. In the past when Xiaoxianrou was in power, it was not news that all the movie premieres were full of supportive fans of Xiaoxianrou. Anyway, these movies are for making money, and it doesn’t matter who the director is , Of course, under normal circumstances, except for the few lucky ones at the beginning, the movies that can make money solely by relying on the popularity of Xiao Xianrou, the rest are bleeding psychologically. The short but glorious golden age of Xiao Xianrou!
Above, Wang Qiang was listening to the host with a smile on his face as he pulled the producer of Lotte Film and Television to ask some rehearsed brain-dead questions, while thinking in his heart: The film promotion plan seems to have no effect, and then we will see Ning The popularity of Tong and Zhang Yixing has attracted many people to enter the venue, and then wait to see how the movie's reputation will be!
"It's really not easy. I heard that there were many difficulties during the filming. I believe the audience must be very interested in this. I wonder if you can talk about it?"

The host has already switched the target from the producer to the heroine Ning Tong.Facing the host's question, Ning Tong smiled and said what he had rehearsed: "Of course. Well, how should I put it? Let's take the location shooting as an example—"

According to the sequence of rehearsals, the director Wang Qiang was the last to talk and played the finale role. He was also the least popular, lest the audience get up and leave because they didn't want to watch him!

After Ning Tong, Zhang Yixing, and Wang Qiang finished speaking, it finally came to the reporter's question, so a temperamental beauty was the first to ask, "Excuse me, the screenwriter column on the promotional poster has Ning Sheng's name. Did the printing staff make a mistake, or did Ning Sheng really participate in the creation of the movie, if so, how much role did Ning Sheng play in the script creation of the movie, and is this movie also considered Ning Sheng's screenwriting work?"

Because Ning Cheng, the subject of the reporter's question, was still sitting in the audience, the host had no choice but to invite Ning Sheng to the stage. Don't worry everyone, I asked Ning Sheng to write his name on it, so audiences who like Ning Sheng, please come and support our "Star Wish"!"

The audience couldn't stop laughing at Wang Qiang's trick-or-treating promotional methods. Ning Cheng took the microphone on stage and said, "Director Wang Qiang is right. I did participate in the creation of the movie script, but that's all. The movie script was written from the very beginning. I only participated in a small part of the adaptation, so you can say that this film is a work that I participated in the adaptation of the script, but you cannot say that it is my work, because it belongs to director Wang Qiang's work!"

(End of this chapter)