Chapter 898: Premiere
The release date of "The Magician of the Early Century" is coming soon. On the morning of this day, the movie premiered at the same time in Suhua, Ninghai and Tokyo - but surprisingly, the premiere of Phoenix Company seemed very mediocre. △
The premiere of ordinary movies is usually held very grandly. The production chamber will send a strong cast and director lineup to participate. Ordinary movie fans cannot buy tickets for the premiere. Most of the audience is relatives, friends and media of the film staff.
The same is true for the premiere of "The Magician of the Early Century", but it is not very grand. Although the senior executives of Phoenix and the production staff of DreamWorks arrived at the cinema, there were no important speeches before the release.
As a speaker on Manga Island, a director said in one sentence: "Everyone welcomes to the premiere of "The Magician of the Early Century". Next, please enjoy this movie!"
The simple and straightforward speech surprised all the audience. Sitting in the middle of the audience, Liu Yun, who was invited by Meng Huo, quietly approached Han Xuan's ear and asked: "This is my first time watching the premiere of the movie. Is it that simple?"
Han Xuan was also surprised and shook her head after hearing the question: "I don't know either, but it probably isn't..."
She had never attended the premiere, but because she was invited by Meng Huo, she was afraid of making a fool of herself on the spot, so she searched the movie premiere online before. The premiere should have an interaction between actors and production team members and audiences, which is not such a simple ceremony.
"Because this is not an ordinary movie..." Li Yu whispered when she heard the conversation between the two: "There are no actors in animated movies, and you see the painters seem to be very nervous. Maybe they have deliberately arranged the reduction links."
She guessed some of the answers. But in fact, the premiere is so simple. It is mainly because this premiere is optional. The premiere of the movie is usually scheduled before it is officially released, mainly to attract more viewers to watch it when it is released with the help of the media and the premiere audience.
But "The Magician of the Early Century" did not have this step. The next show after the premiere is to be released publicly. There is no promotional period in the middle. The quality of the animation and promotion can be directly judged by the comments of ordinary audiences, so the premiere has no effect - so this premiere is just a formal premiere.
"Maybe Meng Huo's side will have a high priority..." Liu Yun said: "But then again, why did he invite us over? But he ran to Tokyo?"
"There is nothing to do about this, it must be a work need." Han Xuan smiled and said, "Okay, stop talking, the movie is about to begin."
Although the premiere was held simply, the invited audience and the media did not reduce their expectations for "The Magician of the Early Century". Han Xuan just saw a viewer in front of her looking back and glaring at them, as if warning them not to speak.
After the girls calmed down, the lights in the screening room were completely extinguished, and the Dreamworks logo began to appear on the screen - the phoenix, but what is strange is that the color of this phoenix is silver. It flew around the center of the screen, leaving a track of flames and disappeared.
Phoenix is the unified symbol of Phoenix Company. However, in different businesses and departments, the shape of Phoenix’s logo is different, and the meaning seems to be different.
"I haven't seen this opening animation before..." Liu Yun thought to herself: "But ting is handsome..."
In a cinema in Tokyo, Meng Huo turned to Bai Yan and said, "This animation is simple."
In fact, DreamWorks Phoenix Animation was not this, but the directors seemed to be dissatisfied with the original version, so they changed to this one - Bai Yan smiled and said, "It's not over yet, this opening animation is interesting."
Just as she finished speaking, the flames of the phoenix disappeared did not disappear immediately, but slowly spread from a circle to the sides, and then formed the title of "The Magician of the Early Century".
"So that's it..." Meng Huo nodded secretly. This was a good idea. The flame left by the phoenix became the title. All animations can do this in the future. The reason for using silver flames is probably to cooperate with one of the protagonists of the movie, the thief Kidd!
The monster thief Kid gives people the feeling of a white noble man, and it is perfect to describe it as a silver flame.
Moreover, this model can bring more diversity to future movies. For example, if "Clannad" is going to make a movie, the color of the phoenix can turn into cherry blossoms, and the cherry blossoms flames left in the middle of the screen can evolve into very beautiful animation titles.
"Other departments can also learn this..." Meng Huo thought to himself that the shape and animation of the phoenix logo between various departments of the Phoenix Company are different, but except for DreamWorks, other departments generally use golden phoenixes. This is the traditional phoenix image, but the idea of changing colors is quite good.
"Maybe the company can develop these logos into a series of phoenix images..." He thought wildly, and at this moment, he heard a deep breath coming from the audience behind him.
"Kidd is out!", "Oh my God, he is so handsome..."
Meng Huo looked up and found that the movie had begun. The movie started with the monster thief Kid. His figure soared in the night. Even Meng Huo, who was not the first time he watched it, felt chic and beautiful, not to mention the people he saw for the first time.
Then, Kid stopped flying in the dark, stopped on a balcony to rest, and was discovered by Ayumi of the teenage detective team.
"Who are you? Mr. Vampire?"
"No." Kidd jumped off the balcony lightly: "I'm just tired of flying, so I just stopped and rested for a while."
"I'm just a magician."
He bent down, pulled Bumi's hand, and kissed it on it.
This is a very classic scene. Meng Huo knew that many female movie fans in his previous life liked the scene of Kid bent down and kissing Bumi's hand. When this episode was broadcast, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous. Will this scene have the same effect in this world?
Whether it is the picture or the lines, Meng Huo made DreamWorks restore 100% - even the picture is improved. If it does not create the effect it should have, the Magician of the Early Century will fail.
Bai Yan was also a little nervous when she greeted this scene. She knew that this was a very important picture in "The Magician of the Early Century". If it could not resonate, the classic scenes behind would be difficult to attract attention.
Fortunately - when Kidd kissed Tomi's hand, the girls in the theater once again let out a low scream.
"Ahhhhh! Oh my god! My heart is about to get drunk with this move of Kid!"
"So handsome, Aomi is so lucky!"
"My saliva is about to flow out, I really want to become Arimi..."
Meng Huo and Bai Yan both raised their ears and listened to the movements of the girls behind them. The lowly comments from them made the two of them breathe a sigh of relief, and then they couldn't help but smile at each other - it seems that the picture of "The Magician of the Early Century" has passed.
The picture has passed, but the most important thing is the plot. After Kidd's transitional plot ends, the story of "The Magician of the Early Century" officially begins. This story starts with the Romanov dynasty's royal secret treasure - the Egg of Memories. When this secret treasure was exhibited in an art gallery, Kidd suddenly sent a "crime preview letter" to capture this priceless treasure of royal art.
So the president of the consortium that owns this secret treasure asked Xiaolan's father to assist the police in investigating and prevent the easter egg from being stolen by Kid. Conan naturally followed - and then unfolded the story of "The Magician of the Early Century".
The process of unfolding this case is not new. In the animation version of "Detective Conan", the similar routine of introducing the protagonist into the case was used countless times. However, since the opponent this time was the rare monster thief Kidd, which was rare in the animation, it was a bit clichéd, which also has a strong attraction to movie fans.
And after that, the subsequent plot development was also opened. Conan and his group came to their destination and met another familiar high school detective, so they decided to investigate the case together. The roles they appeared also added to the secretary of the Russian Embassy, jewelry art merchants, Roman dynasty researchers, professional photographers, etc.
After the roles were all present, everyone finished reading the secret treasure easter egg together, and then began to interpret the clues of Kidd's trailer, but they interpreted the time and place incorrectly. It was not until the correct trailer time came that Conan was surprised to find something wrong.
He quickly ran to stop Kidd with another high school detective, and Kidd had already started to act and the two sides began to chase.
This chase scene is very exciting. Conan chases Kidd flying in mid-air on a densely traffic street. Although the two did not conflict, the chase process was very exciting.
“It’s true that I still feel more like watching it in the cinema…”
Meng Huo thought to himself that the cinema's huge screen and perfect sound facilities can give the audience the feeling of being in the spot. Conan's feeling of riding a skateboard in the traffic was as exciting as playing a racing game. He could feel that the atmosphere in the entire theater became tense with the plot.
This is due to the good special effects, the fast-changing pictures and exciting music are combined very closely, making an ordinary chase scene full of courage, Meng Huo also has to be impressed by this. He can draw good paintings and tell good stories, but in terms of scenes and special effects, he is really not as professional as those directors.
However, after this chase, when the police were not prepared, Kidd successfully stole the memory egg. Although Conan had tried his best to stop it, he was still one step too late.
"Hey? Why is this like this?" Seeing the monster thief Kid leaping away from the sky with an easter egg, the cinema began to make noise. This time it was not only the audience, but also many reporters and visitors.
"Kidd stole the easter egg? What else is there to say later?", "It's too simple!", "No, it's only been more than twenty minutes now!"
Amid the noise, the other person next to Meng Huo, Eiji Takashima couldn't help but be curious and asked Meng Huo in a low voice: "I said, President, is there a problem with the source of the film? Why did Kid steal the easter egg like this?"
"The Magician of the Early Century" tells the story of this secret easter egg. The purpose of the movie was to protect Conan from being stolen by Kidd. If the easter egg is stolen by Kidd, wouldn't the movie end?
Now the movie is only broadcast for one fifth or twenty minutes. If the easter egg is stolen, what story will the movie tell in the next four-fifths of the time? For other stories, wouldn’t it be the same as the animation version?
The animated version of "Detective Conan" is an episode of more than 20 minutes, one episode at a time.
"The president shouldn't have put five short stories together and then turned into a movie?" Eiji Takashima had such an idea in his mind, but it was too ridiculous. If that was the case, then what kind of movie was - it was obviously an animation, and the audience had to be angry!
"Don't worry, it's not over yet!" Meng Huo said to Takashima Eiji with a smile: "If you keep watching carefully, this story is not over yet."
Eiji Takashima was relieved and said, "How could Meng Huo make such a low-level mistake?" As if he heard their conversation, some noisy reporters around him stopped talking, and then looked at the big screen. He Xi actually said this, and there must be a turning point in the matter.
Sure enough, within two minutes, when Kidd flew over a sea-crossing bridge with an easter egg, a red light spot suddenly appeared on his body, and a black figure holding a sniper rifle appeared below...
"Ah!", "Sniper rifle!" A burst of exclamations rang out in the theater, and then it immediately became quiet again. Some girls covered their mouths, as if they had seen the next development-
With a "bang", Kidd, who was flying in mid-air, was hit by a sniper gun. His flight trajectory suddenly lost control and fell into the sea. The secret treasure easter egg also fell to the ground. When Conan arrived, Kidd's figure was gone, leaving only fragments of Kid's glasses, an injured pigeon, and an easter egg on the ground.
Although the easter egg was not stolen and the movie was not over, Kidd became life and death unclear. The sudden change shocked the audience in three theaters including Tokyo. No one expected that things would develop like this. Could Kidd die in this theatrical version of the movie?
"No, this plot is too bold!" Qin Ya from Manga Island was pale. The moment Kidd was shot, the girls in the theater screamed out loud. They were watching this mysterious and handsome monster thief and being cool, not to see him die!
And if Kidd died in "The Magician of the Early Century", the movie will indeed be successful - it will arouse the anger of a large number of female fans. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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