Chapter 349 The Glory of Martial Arts Films (1)
There is an old saying, "Eat on New Year's Eve, wear on the first day of the first lunar month."
People in Hangzhou pay attention to eating, especially during the Chinese New Year. Some dishes need to be eaten from New Year's Eve to Lantern Festival. The most famous one is "Ten Bowls", including ingot fish, ingot meat, white-slayed chicken, easter eggs, warm pot, eight-treasure dish, Ruyi dish, lotus root, Changsheng fruit, and beans.
It was rare that he didn't film outside during the New Year. After Django discussed with his parents, he invited Zhou Lingwei and his family, as well as Zhou Caiwei and his family of three who happened to go back to their parents' home for the New Year this year, and Mo Lan, who would not go to his mother's new family for the New Year this year, have fun together.
For the New Year’s Eve dinner, because my aunt at home went back on holiday and there were too many people, she went directly to the hotel to order a table of dishes.
When Django came to the kitchen, he wanted to make ten bowls of noodles by himself to get a good meaning.
The "django" is "no spring water when ten fingers are touched", so he is naturally different. If you don't say anything else, you can still do it, although it may be just similar in shape and not good in taste.
"I'll help you." Zhou Lingwei followed in, rolled up her sleeves, looked at the full kitchen table, and asked, "How do I... help you?"
Obviously, she can't cook.
Django pointed to one of the bags and said, "Please wash the bean sprouts for me."
He chose five of them from ten bowls to make them. After all, there is a main course, so the meaning will be done in one go.
One dish is a "warm pot", which tastes warm and has a reunion.
The second dish is the "Eight Treasure Vegetable", and the main ingredients are soybean sprouts, because they are sprouted soybeans, which symbolize "hair".
The three paths are "longevity fruit", which means health and longevity.
The four paths are "Sand Spring Scroll", which means sweetness and blessings.
The five dots are "eastern eggs", but they are actually peeled eggs. Is it called Easter eggs? I want to get a good start.
Even though it's a side dish, it's not easy to make.
After more than an hour of busy work, I finally got my job done and the dishes I ordered at the hotel were delivered.
More than a dozen people sat around a temporary dining table that was combined with two tables, which was very lively.
Raise your glasses and say "Happy New Year" to each other, and the New Year's Eve dinner begins in a warm and joyful atmosphere.
Django became the central figure on the dinner table, and the topics were basically around him, and almost all words of praise or praise.
Ruo was as thick as a steel plate and couldn't help but blush.
but……
As he ate, Django suddenly felt that this New Year's Eve dinner seemed to be missing something.
There were more than a dozen dishes on the dining table, which were extremely rich, but there were not a single one.
The TV is on, and the Spring Festival Gala of CCTV is playing.
It seems that everything you should have is there.
By the way!
Django finally thought of it, without the familiar "Spring Festival Overture", and as long as he hears this song on earth, he will know that it is the New Year.
Every year on New Year's Eve, the family sits around in front of the steaming New Year's Eve dinner, and eats while watching the Spring Festival party may be a childhood memory for many people.
but……
Speaking of the Spring Festival Gala, there are two worlds that are different, both of which are getting worse every year.
Although it is criticized by netizens every year and is named the worst in history, there are still people watching it year after year, even if they just turn on the TV to do other things.
Perhaps, the Spring Festival Gala has long become an indispensable part of the New Year.
After the New Year's Eve dinner, more than a dozen people were divided into groups, chatting, those who grabbed red envelopes, those who played mahjong played mahjong, and they played until half past eleven before leaving for the cinema.
There are many like Django and others, and New Year's Eve is a sleepless night.
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Yanjing, Guangming Cinema.
"There are only two positions in the corner of the last row of Hall 6. Do you want to buy it?"
"purchase."
"Confirm? This is not a VIP hall."
"It's okay, didn't I wear a mask and a hat? You just buy it."
"Okay, then I'll buy it."
"Hurry up, don't let someone snatch it."
...
Two people at the ticket office.
The baseball cap, scarf and mask are fully armed with Xia Duoyu. He is the boss of the Sesame Open Team and the director of "Back to 1997 Be a Singer".
The person dressed normally next to him was his agent Ma Zhu, who was also his wife.
Their Sesame Open Team focuses on the Spring Festival period a year. When the reputation and box office get better and better, their courage becomes greater. This year, this movie "Back to 1997 Be a Singer" signed a guaranteed contract of 3.5 billion yuan.
Xia Duoyu didn't take it seriously in "The Investiture of the Gods 2", and only the only thing to pay attention to is "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer: The Oriental Unbeaten".
He never underestimated Django, so before it was released, he filled all kinds of marketing methods and carefully prepared promotional materials, posters, shooting highlights, trailers, etc. He even recorded three variety shows on the same day just to promote the movie.
He was exhausted all day and night, but a "live broadcast accident" increased the popularity and attention of the movie a lot.
Is this what people do?
but……
In essence, the source of a movie being badly reviewed or not bought by the audience is always the story that is untouchable, that is, it depends on the quality after all.
So just after getting off the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, I went straight to the cinema to see how the number one rival "The Smiling and Proud Wanderer: The Oriental Unbeaten".
"The attendance rate of his movies is really terrifying, but the momentum is slightly worse. Otherwise, there would be nothing else to do in the box office battle between the Spring Festival movies in the past three years." Xia Duoyu sighed at the cinema full of cinemas.
"It's mainly a script issue. It's not as exciting as the TV series. There are several movies, and "Detective Chinatown 1" is better." Ma Zhu expressed his views on Django's movie.
"But this movie is a martial arts theme that he is good at..." Xia Duoyu's face became solemn, and he said, "I always have a bad premonition!"
"Bao, the New Year people say this..." Ma Zhu knew that her husband was under great pressure and hurriedly comforted: "Don't worry, it's not a big problem for our movie to exceed 3.5 billion."
While the two were talking, the film was staged.
[In the 22nd year of Wanli of Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese Fusang Kingdom was united in various vassals, fighting for hegemony. The vassal lord Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeated all the heroes and unified Fusang. Some of the defeated vassal samurai were unwilling to surrender. They gathered in the southern coastal areas of the Central Plains, waiting for the restoration of the country, colluded with local tyrants, and had other plans...]
In the camera, there is a hall, one is the Japanese Fusang warriors, and the other is the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty East Factory. In the strong wind, their clothes fluttered in the wind.
It is worthy of being the benchmark for costumes and props in the film and television industry. It is truly well-made. It is hard to imagine that there were already so many colorful and complex clothing in that era.
Xia Duoyu, both directors, saw the extraordinaryness of this movie "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer: The Oriental Unbeaten" at first glance.
First, we use retro filters to grasp the right amount of time. While looking full of age, it will not damage the temperament of the characters and scenery.
Chapter completed!