Author's note: If you haven't watched "Detective Chinatown", I suggest you watch it first. The movie is quite good and you can watch it for free on iQiyi. (This chapter briefly writes some movie plots, but many details cannot be written.)
On the evening of June 28, the car Chen Minhao was traveling in got closer and closer to the premiere venue, and the noisy shouts became louder and louder.
The car finally stopped, and Chen Minhao pulled on his tie. Facing the photographers and screaming audiences who were desperately pushing forward, he waved confidently and calmly, with flawless demeanor.
Chen Minhao found his place in the front row of the theater. The crew of "Detective" invited some well-connected film critics. In addition to the film critics, there were many stars and celebrities who came to support the show, as well as some lucky audience members who got tickets.
Many people came to support Chen Minhao for his sake: Chinese little girl Wan Anqi, well-known director Zhao Yao, former deputy director of the People's Art Troupe Xi Gu Xingxi, music producer Wu Hongrong, popular niche students Zhang Xinyi, Lin Xiuzi, etc. wait.
Before the movie was screened, producer Tian Lin, director Hu Defa and several leading actors took the stage to give brief speeches.
But since it was a premiere, the focus was naturally on "showing". The lights in the theater were turned off, and everyone was quietly waiting for the movie to start.
Director Zhao Yao can be regarded as the guide for Chen Minhao's performance. After Chen Minhao participated in "Bingdilian" directed by Zhao Yao, he truly entered the acting industry.
For a director, there are two things that bring the greatest sense of accomplishment in his career. One is to produce a great work, and the other is to discover new actors with potential.
Zhao Yao thought of the handsome young man wearing a casual suit on stage just now, and he felt really old. Two years ago, Chen Minhao could only rely on his outstanding appearance to be a male supporting actor with facial paralysis in his TV series. But two years later, he is now a starring actor with a box office investment of over 100 million. His progress in the past two years is what
Although Zhao Yao is optimistic about Chen Minhao's future development, he is not very optimistic about the movie "Detective". "Comedy" and "Detective" themselves are unrelated elements, and if they are forcibly paired together, they may be inconsistent. feel.
In addition, Zhao Yao is also worried that Chen Minhao's decision to star in the movie may be a bit hasty, especially since the actor opposite Chen Minhao is the best actor Wang Ruozhou. If the gap between the two's acting skills is too large, it will inevitably cause serious stress and affect the audience's viewing experience.
While Zhao Yao was thinking wildly, the film officially started.
"Classmate Shao Fei, why do you want to apply for the Criminal Police Academy?"
"Is this question difficult to answer?"
Then the camera quickly switched to show a teenager lying on the bed, and an old woman's voice came from next to him: "If you fail the exam once, just take it twice, it's no big deal. I bought you a plane ticket and went to Curry Country. Someone will Receiving you, he is my cousin, the nephew of your aunt’s husband’s cousin’s daughter-in-law, and your distant cousin, the famous Chinatown’s number one detective, Jiang Long.”
Before the young man could speak, the camera switched and the screen showed a scene of Wang Ruozhou playing Jiang Long singing in a KTV.
The camera turned again, and several police officers found a dead body in the warehouse, and then two groups of police officers quarreled over the ownership of the case.
Director Zhao Yao's brows wrinkled unknowingly. The movie had already started for 5 minutes, and he didn't even understand what Hu Defa, the director of "Detective", wanted to express.
As a director, Zhao Yao knows very well that the first fifteen minutes of a movie are so important. If the director cannot make the audience accept the tone of the movie and immerse them in the plot of the movie in the first fifteen minutes, the audience will be entertained for more than an hour.
But by the time the movie played for fifteen minutes, director Zhao Yao was already immersed in the plot of the movie.
At this time, the cinema was filled with laughter. The fragments that flashed quickly before have been strung together by a thread. Jiang Long was mistaken for a murderer by the police. Jiang Long, Shao Fei and the police launched an interesting chase on the street.
Zhao Yao saw that this clip was a bit of a tribute to a classic shot, but Hu Defa controlled the rhythm very well, and the just-right soundtrack, coupled with the outstanding performances of Chen Minhao and Wang Ruozhou, successfully made all the audience laugh.
After the two escaped from tracking, Shao Fei squatted on the ground, panting: "Didn't you say we were going to the Grand Palace? Police, police, police, why did the police arrest you?"
"Why?"
"I ask you!"
"why why?"
"The police said I committed murder!"
"Who did you kill?"
"How do I know who I killed?"
Zhao Yao nodded slightly and exchanged a look with Xing Xi next to him: Wang Ruozhou's acting skills have improved again.
Zhao Yao touched his chin. Chen Minhao also performed well. He seemed to have made extraordinary progress and was completely different from the other two. His language, movements and expressions were all very well executed, especially his eyes, which were very expressive. Zhao Yao couldn't help but doubt himself. Did I fail to tap into his potential
The more Zhao Yao watched, the more he felt that the movie box office was going to explode. In fact, the plot is not complicated: after Shao Fei failed in the police academy, he came to Curry Country to relax and went to his distant cousin, Jiang Long.
If Shao Fei is a little fresh meat, Jiang Long is the antonym of a little fresh meat. He is ugly, vulgar, and lustful, and the two of them do not get along well with each other.
But Jiang Long was accidentally involved in a murder case. After going through some twists and turns, Shao Fei finally believed that his wretched cousin was not the murderer, and decided to help him clear away the suspicion and restore the truth of the case.
The character Shao Fei looks silly and stuttering at first glance, but he has reasoning and observation abilities that are beyond ordinary people.
In fact, when the plot has developed to this point, many film critics have already understood why Chen Minhao was so embarrassed during the promotion. It is because in this movie, the character of Shao Fei is the one who really drives the main line and is the male character. host.
The so-called dual male protagonists are just to take into account the actor Wang Ruozhou's face.
The character played by Chen Minhao is very complex. He looks cute but is actually smart, and cheerful but is actually lonely.
Shao Fei met Siyuan, a young and lovely girl in Curry Country, which made this messy movie brighter for You.
Siyuan, this angelic girl, has a miserable life experience. She is an orphan.
Siyuan was met by Shao Fei when he was investigating the case. She was a classmate of the deceased's son.
Shao Fei and Siyuan went from being silent at the beginning to becoming familiar and enthusiastic later on. Siyuan asked Shao Fei a question: "If you put a piece of white paper on the table."
Shao Fei immediately folded the white paper in half and stood it on the table. Siyuan's expression immediately showed admiration and surprise.
Unfortunately, this is a detective suspense film, not a romance film. When Siyuan's adoptive father appeared, Shao Fei sensed something was wrong, and the clues in his mind were suddenly connected.
Many viewers thought the adoptive father was the murderer. In the play, the adoptive father is also the murderer found by the protagonist Shao Fei. Shao Fei speculated that his motive for the murder was that he learned from his daughter's diary that her daughter had been raped.
When Siyuan committed suicide and went to the hospital, his grieving adoptive father said to Siyuan: "I love you."
Siyuan looked into his eyes and replied, "I know, Dad."
The adoptive father said stubbornly: "No, you don't know, I love you." Then he jumped from the window.
Just when the audience thought that the case was over and Jiang Long was avenged, the movie suddenly took a new turn.
Shao Fei discovered that Siyuan recorded things in his diary that were impossible to happen. The victim was a gay, how could he possibly rape the girl Siyuan
When Shao Fei found Siyuan with questions, she still showed an angelic smile. Shao Fei looked at him coldly and told another story:
A man's son disappeared. He suspected that his son's disappearance was related to a girl, so he began to follow the girl. After the girl discovered that the man was following her, she forged a diary. She fabricated that she had been raped by a man and wrote down in her diary her thoughts and methods of killing the man.
The girl deliberately let her adoptive father see the diary. The stimulated adoptive father followed the method in the diary and killed the man who lost his son.
Siyuan listened quietly without any special reaction, as if he was listening to another story. He smiled warmly and said, "You seem to have stopped stuttering."
Shao Fei was a little disappointed and said to Siyuan: "You pretend I didn't say anything."
Siyuan picked up the book in his hand and said: "This book says that individual lives are different, but the total amount of good and evil remains the same. Everyone plays their own role from birth, some are good and some are evil. What about you?"
Shao Fei looked back at Siyuan, and the girl suddenly laughed strangely.
Most viewers thought that the plot was about to end when it reached 99%. Then, just when the audience was relaxing, the director gave such a shocking shot, which undoubtedly gave the audience a fatal blow, and many viewers were frightened.
Director Zhao Yao is naturally not among the uninformed and frightened audiences.
He knew that this shooting technique is called: Kubrick's gaze, which is a way of shooting people's faces commonly used by people named Kubrick: the head is slightly tilted downwards, and the eyes are looking directly at the camera. It is mainly used to create horror and excitement. An uneasy atmosphere.
Just the next second, the girl replied with a sweet smile like an angel: "What you said is very good, but I really don't understand."
Shao Fei said nothing, picked up a piece of paper on the table, folded it in half, and then stood on the table.
Although director Zhao Yao was not frightened by the girl Kubrick's gaze, he had to admit that the last five minutes of the movie were a stroke of genius, turning the movie from an ordinary time-killing movie into a masterpiece.
Director Zhao Yao fell in love with this movie. He immediately bought a ticket for the July 1 release on his mobile phone because he found that there were many details in the movie that he had not noticed: such as everyone's different religious beliefs, the movie At the beginning: "Shao Fei, why did you apply for the Criminal Police Academy?", why did such a question make Shao Fei fail, etc.
Many film critics communicated their approval of the movie with their eyes. Some film critics were worried that the inspiration for watching the movie would disappear, so they immediately wrote down their own movie reviews in their notebooks with pens.
"The logical conception is rigorous, yet there is no lack of secular thinking."
"The plot keeps reversing, and all the actors in this movie have good performances. Except for Wang Ruozhou, the performances of the two young actors are amazing."
In addition to the film critics, other audiences present expressed their affirmation of the film reviews with applause and cheers.
After the film ended, many reporters gathered around Chen Minhao and wanted to do an interview.
"Estimation of the final box office?" Chen Minhao smiled and said: "The box office of a movie is a very complicated issue, but after watching the film just now, I am very confident."
(End of chapter)