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Chapter 255 An Unstoppable Audiovisual Feast (5000-word chapter!)

"Good afternoon, dear viewers. I'm Zhou Bai, a reporter from Fuji Xun. We're on Workers' Stadium North Road on the East Second Ring Road. In front of us is the premiere location of "Now You See Me"."

"Now we can already hear the cheers of the fans in front of us, and more and more fans are walking in the direction of Gongti. Now let's interview a random audience member."

Zhou Bai looked around, and walked towards a girl who was coming from the right.

"Hello, are you here for the movie premiere?"

The girl sized them up, and facing the camera, she brushed her long hair on the side of her face, and said with a slight smile, "Is there any movie released recently? I just watched "Red Cliff". The movie is very good. Liang Chaowei, Mrs. Kim Sungwu He's handsome, but Xiao Qiao doesn't match him, and Li Ji's makeup is too scary."

The girl showed off her skin to the camera, "Zhao Yun is not handsome enough, Mr. Hu should play Zhang Fei."

"Not much to say, my friend is still waiting for me in Sanlitun."

As soon as the girl finished speaking, she gave the photographer a charming smile, and left with her bag twisted and twisted.

"Brother Zhou, look at her smiling at me."

The photographer was a young guy. The girl was dressed very coolly on this hot day. This glance made him blush and felt a little embarrassed.

"Laughing at your head, it's because your camera is tilted and aimed at people."

Zhou Bai cursed with a smile, then found a man, but it turned out he was also going to Sanlitun.

It's only a few hours, let's go to the bar.

"By the way, Brother Zhou, why did she only talk about Xiao Qiao and Li Ji just now? I don't think Zhao Wei's Sun Shangxiang is good-looking."

"You are stupid, is Zhao Wei as beautiful as her?"

The young photographer was thoughtful, "Oh, so that's how it is."

Fortunately, I caught a few fans and movie fans who went to watch the stars live, otherwise it would be embarrassing.

After interviewing around for a while and checking the time, Zhou Bai led the photographer to the stadium.

"There are so many people, at least a few thousand people."

At least as far as the eye can see, there are posters posted everywhere, and the neon lights in the venue are flickering.

"walk into."

Enter from one side of the aisle, and come to the other side of the red carpet, stars from all walks of life are vying for beauty, twice the fans are frantically shouting the name of their idols, holding signs in their hands.

Fan Binbin, Zou Xun, Zhao Wei, Li Binbin, Xu Jinglei, Wang Xiaoming, Chen Kun, Zhang Hanyu
"Basically everyone is here!"

It was too late to sigh, so I took a favorable position and started to shoot.

After about half an hour, more violent cheers suddenly broke out at the entrance.

The Lord is here!

All the reporters at the scene cheered up instantly.

"Let's go ahead."

Knowing that Tang An walked the red carpet very quickly, Zhou Bai went to the interview area to wait in advance.

However, Tang An was at his home stadium this time, and the fans all came to watch his movies, so they stayed on the red carpet for a while longer.

While walking and signing, the red carpet of more than 100 meters has been walked for more than a minute.

call!
The ear finally became much quieter, Tang An continued to walk forward with Tang Yan on his arm, dealing with the reporter.

Zhou Bai, who had a favorable position, was the first to speak.

"Director Tang, congratulations on the release of your new film. "Red Cliff" surpassed [-] million in the first four days of its opening weekend. Under such pressure, how much box office do you think "Now You See Me" can get in the first week?"

"The box office is determined by the audience. I can only do my best to make a wonderful movie and dedicate it to the audience." Tang An smiled slightly.

"Before, Director Tang, you predicted that "Red Cliff" had a first-day box office of 2500 million, which is almost the same as the truth. Then how much do you think "You Now You See Me" will have at the first-day box office?"

Tang An couldn't complain anymore. Wu Bo told reporters on the second day after the premiere that he predicted that "Red Cliff" would be 2500 million on the first day, as if he would ask him to pay if it didn't arrive.

As a result, the next day was more than 2400 million. When he was interviewed, he didn't mention Tang An's good vision at all, and kept praising Wu Yusen there.

"2000 million, I hope to have that number."

Tang An reported a number cautiously, hoping not to be slapped in the face.

However, what the reporters were thinking was: I hope the day after tomorrow I can be slapped in the face!
Silently recorded in the small notebook in their hearts, if there is no 2000 million, they will not have to spray Tang An to death.

And "Red Cliff" is currently showing, "Now You See Me" is not without rivals.

"According to the predictions of relevant organizations, "Red Cliff" is likely to become the first mainland film to break through the [-] million mark. Does Director Tang think "Now You See Me" can reach this figure?"

"Our goal is 3 million, and I have the confidence to achieve this achievement." Tang An said confidently.

The box office on the first day is hard to say, after all, unlike "Red Cliff" which had no rivals when it was released, and it came out early in the morning the day after tomorrow, if you open your mouth to say 3000 million, you will be slapped in the face soon.

Although 3 million can't be guaranteed, it won't be too far behind. By then, the movie will be drawn soon, and I won't be afraid of being slapped in the face.

The interview lasted for a while, followed by Deng Chao and the others, and they all answered a few questions from the reporter.

After pestering for half an hour, they walked into the arena.

"Han Dong, you are here."

"Hello Yu Dong."

"Hi, Dong Wu."

"Hi, Dong Dong."

He took the crew to say hello one by one, and the bosses and senior management of several major companies arrived.

The premiere ceremony still turned into an opportunity for Huayi's stars to show off, half an hour passed, and it was like watching flowers on horseback.

The show on the stage was very boring, but the thousands of viewers behind them found it very interesting, even if they didn't know a few of the stars above.

"Han Dong, "Red Cliff" broke [-] million in four days, which is a record."

Tang An leaned over to Han Sanping next to him and smiled.

"It's not difficult for director Tang's film to exceed [-] million in four days, but the publicity campaign is much stronger." Han Sanping said with a smile.

"Mr. Han was joking. It's unlikely to break 8000 million in four days. More than [-] million would be pretty good." Tang An said with a smile.

Han Sanping glanced at him and sighed, "Yeah, the two movies are released together, squeezing each other's space. If it's on the Lunar New Year file, it's not a problem to break 4 million in [-] days."

Well, it's about the schedule again.

Tang An smiled helplessly, "It's not what Director Wang asked for. Just to catch up with the release at this time, I sleep in the company every day and lost almost 10 catties."

Han Sanping smiled noncommittal.

It is inevitable that "Red Cliff" will explode, and even if there is one more "You Now You See Me", there is hope to break [-] million.

If "Now Now You See Me" can withstand the pressure of "Red Cliff" and earn [-] million, or even [-] million at the box office, then the market for the entire summer will once again reach a new height.

[-] million, [-] million, or even higher!

This is exactly what Han Sanping wants to see, and now he hopes to see "Now You See Me" continue to be successful.

Soon the show was over, and the host of the premiere came on stage.

Beijing TV Station, Guang Xian, and Movie Channel each sent a host.

Tang An led the production team to the stage amidst applause from the audience.

"Hello everyone, it's a great evening to join the premiere of my new film, Now You See Me"

Several actors also briefly introduced themselves.

Sit down one by one with your legs crossed.Tu Wei from the movie channel first asked the question.

He smiled and said, "Director Tang, you whet everyone's appetite before each movie is released. Every time it is a new genre, it is unpredictable."

Tang An pretended to be surprised and said, "Why? Actually, I think my name should be quite appropriate. "Shark Beach" is about sharks on the beach, and "Horror Cruise" is a horror story that happened on a cruise ship. "

""Super Body" explains it better. With a body with super powers, the only thing that can't be guessed is "The Wind"."

"Now the literal meaning of "You Now You See Me" is easy to understand. A team of thieves, a team that uses magic to steal, is still doing earth-shattering cases."

Haha, you explained it very well.

But who has never seen the movie, who would have thought that this is based on the answer!
"That is to say, Deng Chao and the four of them played a group of thieves. From the previous trailer, the money robbed from the bank was all scattered in the performance hall. The four of them didn't take it. Is it similar to Grand Theft What about the role?"

Xie Chen, the host sent by Guangxian, asked curiously.

Tang An nodded, "They have classic elements of grand thieves, just like the ancient Yizhimei and foreign Robin Hood. This is why people like them. They are not just jugglers, they are people with a social conscience.

"Otherwise, if they just rob everywhere for their own entertainment, they will become real robbers, lawless and lawless."

"In the movie, every one of their thefts is purposeful and not for their own gain."

"There are a lot of magic scenes in the movie, are they all done by themselves?"

"Of course, for this film, the few of them made a surprise contact with Magic for several months beforehand."

"Then can you perform for a while, and let us open our eyes first."

As the leading actor, Deng Chao certainly did his part, took the poker prepared by the staff, and began to perform fancy shuffling techniques.

Overlap shuffling, dovetail shuffling, triple-cutting, waterfall cards, all the moves of the meeting were performed again.

"The next step is a technique that you often see in movies. Please keep your eyes open."

Deng Chao smiled mysteriously at the audience. The cards were stretched and compressed with the opening and closing of his hands like a flower, making a "swiping" sound.

"Wow!"

"so cool!"

"Fuck, this trick is often seen in "God of Gamblers"!"

The audience was stunned by Deng Chao's technique, and the scenes that could only be seen in movies in the past actually appeared in front of them.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out that the cards were flicking from one hand to the other, as if they were pulling ramen noodles.

Even the host was shocked and looked incredible.

"Is this true? Is there a mechanism for playing cards?"

Tu Wei took the poker and touched it twice before confirming that it was the same as ordinary poker, only with slight differences in thickness and hardness.

"It turned out to be true. I always thought that those cards were connected together."

"I also specially practiced magic tricks for filming, that's called dedication!"

"Every time I make a movie, I learn a skill, and I won't starve to death in the future."

The quality of the movie can be seen from the attitude of the director and the actors. Being able to learn magic for making movies is serious enough for the audience to trust.

After half an hour, the movie officially started.

The lights in the stadium suddenly dimmed, and then the big screen in the center of the stage slowly lit up.

Everyone cheered up and enjoyed the movie seriously.

At the beginning of the movie, there is a little handsome guy playing poker in his hand in front of the mirror.

Deng Chao is actually pretty handsome, he's fun when he's flamboyant, and he's pretty good when he's serious.

"The more you think you see, the closer you see, the less you actually see"

"Because the more you think and see, the easier it is to be deceived."

A very meaningful line.

Then a card flew out of the palm of the left hand, and the four fingers of the right hand were holding it side by side. It was the Jack of Hearts.

After snapping his fingers, it instantly turned into an Ace of Hearts.

The opening is a little magic, although it is ordinary, but with the mysterious and mysterious lines, it can be regarded as attracting the attention of the audience.

Then Deng Chao performed magic tricks on the street at night, when the skyscraper behind him turned into the one that the audience was looking for.

"I'll go, this is a no-brainer!"

"It's really a seven of diamonds!"

"What's the matter, the mansion must have been bribed."

"No, think about the deck of cards that Deng Chao quickly turned over just now, which card do you remember?"

"Fuck, I seem to only remember a seven of diamonds!"

"It's true, it seems that it was the longest stop on the square seven just now."

The camera slowly rises, and the entire building and a small half of the city are in the frame.

Then the scene shifted to Omen, where Liu Ye was performing mind reading skills, and this trailer has already been let go.

But what the trailer didn't show was that a man in a hooded sweater was watching the scene outside.

Immediately afterwards, Deng Kai stole other people's wallets and watches on the cruise ship, and accidentally bumped into the man in the hooded sweater while escaping.

The next magic trick is Tang Yan, performing escape magic.

Die so soon?

The audience began to realize that it was fake that Tang Yan was killed by a piranha in the trailer, and they stared wide-eyed not to miss any details.

Everything is the same as in the trailer, with bright red blood overflowing from the water tank.

Even after seeing it several times, some timid viewers can't help but look away.

As expected, Tang Yan was not dead, and when the spectators were panicking, she suddenly appeared in the middle of the crowd.

A man in a hooded sweater also appeared in the crowd again.

Now even the most stupid people knew that there was something wrong with that person, and they all guessed who it was.

The answer was quickly given, and the other three found a playing card from their pockets and wrote a location.

It was Deng Chao who summoned them, and a funder asked him to perform magic tricks to promote his insurance company.

Through a short conversation, the four knew each other when they were not well-known.

The plot advances to the scene of robbing the bank, and there is a plot that did not appear in the trailer and was filmed in Gongti at that time and was not shown to the audience.

Just when the money in the vault was blown up by the wind, the general manager of the bank who was about to get off work received a call and immediately rushed to the vault with the security guards.

The screen switches back and forth between inside the vault and outside the vault.

"Has it been discovered?"

Everyone's hearts tightened, and they subconsciously believed that they were really robbing a bank more than 2000 kilometers away.

The door of the vault opened slowly, and the moment the door was pushed open, the hearts of the audience rose to their throats.

But there was nothing in the vault except the signed playing card.

"Isn't it true that the robbery was successful across more than 2000 meters?" Someone murmured in disbelief.

"Although filming can be done separately, if there is a reasonable explanation in the film, it can only be like this!"

"Hurry up and reveal the answer to the mystery. It's the first time I've seen such a magic trick."

The audience is more and more looking forward to the next plot.

The sky is full of money and rain, and the feeling of watching it on a big screen more than ten meters high is completely different from watching it on a computer.

Although not as shocking as the scene, it is enough.

The suspense did not last long, and the magic revealer played by Wu Gang quickly revealed the answer for the audience.

It turned out that the vault was just below the stage, and that person didn't cross over, he just fell to the ground.

And the money in the bank vault has been tampered with by the four of them, turned into counterfeit money, and will be automatically burned within a fixed period of time without ashes.

But how did they know it had to be the bank, and the autographed playing cards?

New questions came to mind again.

One doubt after another, one link after another, makes the audience want to stop.

It's like reading a novel and encountering a broken chapter dog!

This question did not wait too long, and the movie answered it immediately.

The four of them followed, hypnotized, and hinted for a long time, so that the man came to visit Omen at that time and watch the magic show.

Robbing the bank was still under the watchful eyes of the public, and now Interpol came to arrest people.

However, it was useless and there was no evidence, so he was released again.

Then there was the second magic trick, and all the money from the insurance tycoon was transferred to the accounts of the audience.

The police came to arrest him again, and while fleeing, Deng Kai overturned his car and exploded.

The second half was almost all about magic. The roofs of the tallest buildings in downtown Singapore were full of people, with 3D projections on the floor surfaces.

A few of them jumped down from a 600-meter-high building, and their bodies turned into a large pile of banknotes in the air, which fell down in the wind.

In the end, Wu Gang was framed and went to prison. When Deng Chao went to visit him, he told him that the man who drowned in the river because of an accident 20 years ago was his father.

Deng Chao also confessed his plan to the other three, which was understood by his companions.

Liao Fan, who had seen through the whole incident, found them alone and told them that he would find evidence to bring them to justice.

A little over 100 minutes later, the movie is over.

"Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa"

An unstoppable audio-visual feast made all the audience, including industry insiders and celebrities at the scene, applaud spontaneously.

The applause of thousands of people echoed in the gymnasium, slowly drifting into the distance, spreading farther and farther.

Tang An stepped onto the stage again to express his gratitude to the audience.

No one heard, two people in the crowd whispered there.

"How about it, what flaws do you see?"

"It's hard to say, the movie has revealed the secret, let's go back and study it."

(End of this chapter)