The movie's current pre-sale box office results are good. Nie Dan and his friends have already paid for a portion of the movie tickets for the midnight premiere. This can be considered a gift from Nie Dan and his friends to Jiang Se for the release of his new film.
As the midnight premiere of "About I Love You" approaches, many people who have booked tickets for the premiere of "About I Love You" have entered the large and small cinemas in the capital.
He Cong was also among a group of audiences, waiting for the movie to be released.
She arrived at the cinema at 11:30 and had made a series of preparations. She even bought a cup of coffee and ordered a large can of popcorn in the cinema to prevent herself from falling asleep due to boredom during the movie.
She was accompanied by one of her best friends, and the two women were laughing and chatting about Jiang Se's new movie.
As for Jiang Se, Chinese audiences are no longer unfamiliar with her. Many people even remember her extraordinary beauty and temperament when they mention her.
But in He Cong's heart, her impression of Jiang Se is different from that of others, and her feelings towards Jiang Se are very complicated.
She still remembered the scene when Jiang Se's back appeared in Zhao Rang's "The Ninety-ninth Love Letter", which satisfied everyone's definition of a goddess.
Zhao Rang chose Jiang Se to play the role of "Goddess with Back View" in the play, which conquered the taste of the public. However, it was also because of this role that Jiang Se, who was still a newcomer at the time, and Zhu Pan had a big fight. As a result, after a few days of release, the box office of "The 99th Love Letter" was first bombarded, and then no one was interested.
Although Zhu Pan escalated the matter and was banned by Century Galaxy afterwards, the box office of "The 99th Love Letter" was also affected.
This movie should have been more than that. Whether in terms of the plot or the acting skills of the male and female protagonists, it should not have ended up in such a miserable way. Cui Xing, who played the male lead in the play, did not win any awards for this drama. Instead, this drama became a movie in his acting career that his fans are reluctant to mention.
As a loyal fan of Cui Xing, He Cong had some complaints about Jiang Se at that time.
But unlike Zhu Pan, whose career went downhill afterwards, Jiang Se's career went smoother after signing with Century Galaxy. Several movies she starred in were released one after another after "The 99th Love Letter", and all of them were well received regardless of whether they were supporting roles or not.
Especially the role of Doukou in "Beijing Events" earned her great fame.
He Cong also went to the cinema to watch this movie at that time. Even though she had preconceived prejudices against Jiang Se, she could not deny that she liked the character Doukou played by Jiang Se in the play.
After struggling for a long time, when she learned that Jiang Se had another movie "About I Love You" released, she hesitated for a moment and still decided to watch the premiere with a very subtle feeling.
It seemed as if he was impressed by Jiang Se's face, but also a little resentful that when she reminded the audience of such a good movie as "The 99th Love Letter", they only remembered the quarrel between her and Zhu Pan.
He Cong seemed to come with a somewhat picky mentality, as if he wanted to find the shortcomings of Jiang Se's movie in order to strengthen his prejudice against her.
"I once heard that Jiang Se was nominated for the Best Actress in the Film Festival for her role in About My Love for You because Century Galaxy did the public relations for the film festival jury."
Her best friend was a college classmate of hers. When the time came, the two women were still awake and were waiting to watch the premiere of the midnight show.
After graduation, He Cong's best friend also worked in the entertainment industry to some extent, and was well-informed. Her words further confirmed He Cong's picky attitude towards this film:
"Before filming this movie, Jiang Se played some minor roles. Her most important role was Doukou in "Beijing Events". This is her first time playing a leading female role. It's not certain whether she can hold her own."
The best friend curled her lips and showed disdain on her face. Unlike He Cong who was a fan of Cui Xing, she liked Zhu Pan very much. She had been following Zhu Pan since Zhu Pan starred in his first movie.
After Zhu Pan had a quarrel with Jiang Se, she had a lot of opinions about Jiang Se. Even though she liked Doukou in "Beijing Events", it did not affect her dislike for Jiang Se at all:
"What's more, Zhao Rang's previous dramas were all known for portraying male protagonists, from "The Heart", "Little Actor", to the last "Love Letter", which one was not based on the protagonist's growth experience, and then mixed with love?"
My bestie smiled and took a sip of coffee:
"But I heard that this time, 'Caring' is almost entirely about love. Zhao Rang gave up what he is good at and went to compete with Gu Jiaer for food. Do you think it will be good to watch?"
He Cong also nodded, and her bestie sighed:
"The movie is a full 146 minutes long. It is said that in order to maintain the integrity of the movie, this much time was left after editing. The press release released by Zhao Rang said that he would rather reduce the number of screenings due to the length of the movie than let the audience miss a single minute of it." She laughed twice when she said this:
"The audience might want to leave after 46 minutes, so how can they hold on for the next 100 minutes?"
She yawned:
"Drink more, or you won't fall asleep when you go to the cinema later and won't want to wake up."
In order to avoid this situation, He Cong thought about it and realized that what she said made sense.
The film was nominated for Best Actress at the Film Festival, but due to some means used by Century Galaxy, the nomination was not appropriate. It was also the first time for Jiang Se to play the female lead. Although she had a pretty face, in He Cong's opinion, this face was not enough to support her throughout the whole show.
Director Zhao Rang temporarily changed his shooting style, making the film a little confusing.
While there was still some time, she went online to look up the reviews for About I Love You, and discovered that in addition to the 7% expectation rate on the film database, a few people had already rated the film, and the score had reached 92 points!
This made He Cong curious. Movie reviews had already appeared under "About I Love You", and the first review was from Liu Pinbo, a well-known media person. He gave the movie a high evaluation, and the review read:
After watching the premiere of "Love", I couldn't calm down for a long time! This can be regarded as a milestone work of Chinese love art films in recent years!
Liu Pinbo's film reviews have always been sharp. Now he has given such a high evaluation to "About I Love You". Many people in the movie database were very surprised.
The best friend noticed He Cong's behavior and leaned over to take a look. When she saw this comment, she sneered:
"It seems that Xia Chaoqun is quite resourceful."
She didn't really believe what Liu Pinbo said. (To be continued)