"Really? How could I lie to you?" Cui Zhangcheng said confidently on the phone:
"It's been airing for 25 minutes. Before I called you, the number of views had already reached 160 million. I guess it will be on the news on domestic media portals later."
Cui Zhangcheng knew that Shu Peien was optimistic about Jiang Se's future development. Jiang Se was the star that Shu Peien valued most in the past decade. In recent years, several of his film reviews were written for Jiang Se.
Shu Payen is also one of the few members of "Centennial Filmmakers" in China. The "Centennial Filmmakers" held every three years in the Sacred Theater in the United States is a ceremony he cannot miss. In the past few years, he was in poor health and had just undergone a heart surgery, but he still forced himself to attend.
He had already booked his flight ticket to attend this year's World Centennial Film Art History event and planned to stay abroad for 30 days.
The "Centennial Filmmakers" event only lasts for twenty days, and he plans to set off at the end of November. After the award ceremony on December 20th, Shu Peien should have returned to China after attending the closing ceremony, but he deliberately postponed his return flight for a week because he wanted to be the first to watch "God's Redemption" starring Jiang Se in North America before returning to China.
Cui Zhangcheng knew his schedule and understood that he did this because he was planning to write another film review for "God's Redemption".
In recent years, Shu Peien has written less and less. It is rare that he encounters a movie that makes him want to write a film review, so Cui Zhangcheng is naturally happy.
"I've already watched the trailer. It's very good, grand and magnificent. The short film of just a few minutes has whetted my appetite. I didn't have the concerns I had at the beginning." He praised: "I can only say that Cesare is worthy of being Cesare. The movies he directed are not ordinary."
At this point, Cui Zhangcheng had already whetted Shu Payne's appetite, but he still kept it a secret:
"Teacher Shu, there is another very strange thing inside, but I won't tell you yet. You have to go and see it for yourself to understand."
When he said this, Shu Peien was already a little impatient. Cui Zhangcheng obviously knew his character. Hearing the sound of him hurriedly getting up and walking, he smiled and said:
"I won't bother you watching the trailer for now. But after you finish watching it, give me a call and we can discuss the plot."
"Okay." Shu Pain nodded, "We'll talk later."
He hung up the phone, put his notebook on the coffee table next to him, opened the study door, and turned on the computer.
My wife, who was watching TV outside, turned off the volume and followed me in, a little worried:
"Did Cui Zhangcheng assign you another task?"
She kept muttering: "You are not in good health, you can't stay up late anymore..."
The computer was still starting up, and Shu Penn rubbed his hands:
"Zhang Cheng called and said that the trailer for 'God's Redemption', which I had been following, has been released. I was worried that the investors were delaying the release of the trailer because there was a problem with the release plan. Now I am relieved."
It is rare for a talented actress in China to join such a large-scale production crew. Shu Payen is afraid that the film's release plan will be delayed, which will have an adverse impact on Jiang Se's future development.
He turned on the computer and clicked on the official website of "God's Redemption" as if he was familiar with it. His wife walked to his side and saw that a three-minute trailer of "God's Redemption" had been played on it.
About four or five minutes passed from the time Cui Zhangcheng called to the time Shu Peien opened the webpage, but by this time the number of online views had soared from the 160 million that Cui Zhangcheng had originally said to 170 million.
Being able to collect so many on-demand views in just over half an hour, one can imagine how much the global audience is looking forward to "The Divine Redemption", a movie written by Cesare.
Shu Payen did not rush to open the video immediately. Instead, he followed his habit and took a look at the video and other news released by the "God's Redemption" crew.
The number of messages on the official website has reached 200,000, most of which are in English, with a wave of messages from Chinese netizens in between.
In addition to a trailer video, the crew also released a carefully crafted poster this time.
As the undisputed male lead of the crew, Donald's photo naturally occupies most of the poster. He is wearing a priest's robe, with his upper body appearing in the camera. His smile seems pious, but his eyes reveal a lot.
Donald is indeed Italy's national treasure actor with solid acting skills. Even a static poster image can tell something is wrong.
That look seemed like confession, prayer, and supplication, blending ambition, desire, and indifference into it, but his expression was still sincere and honest.
But it was not Donald who caught Shupein's attention. What he was focusing on was a blurred, translucent black shadow that looked like an angel with its wings spread, covering most of the poster.
At first glance, this poster gives people the feeling that Donald is praying to God after discovering the appearance of a miracle. What he is praying for can be seen from his face and eyes. Perhaps it is power, status, or even more.
What is interesting is the "god" that did not appear directly. Judging from the trajectory of the reflection, "she" should be a female body curve. The reason why the film crew did not let her appear directly is most likely a metaphor, hinting at the whereabouts of the "god". It is very likely that it is everywhere, or it may be believed that it is just an "illusionary" legend.
What's more, it is marked with black shadows, and it is also explained that this "god" does not bring light and hope, but most likely represents disaster and ominous things.
In short, if you look at a poster carefully, everyone will always get different feelings from it.
At the bottom of the message board, many people also noticed this poster, and many foreign netizens raised their doubts:
Jack's pet cat: Why didn't I see any shadow of Laura in the official posters and trailers of "God's Redemption"
As the person with the ID 'Jack's pet cat' said, the official poster did not feature the female lead Laura as everyone initially thought, which attracted the attention of many Laura fans. For some reason, Shu Payen remembered a piece of news that happened a few years ago when the crew of "God's Redemption" made the news.
There are rumors in the industry that there were some twists and turns during the filming of this movie, but the media did not find out any useful information at the time, and the investors intended to suppress the matter, so in the end the matter was left unresolved and did not become a big deal. (To be continued)