June 20, 2004. .

There is only one day left before the official global launch of "The Matrix".

Minghu Culture held a grand global premiere at the Minghu Film Center in Shuntian Prefecture.

Yes, we didn’t choose the United States or Europe, but China.

Most of the Chinese entertainment industry came to support the show. Even if they did not receive an invitation, they had to take advantage of their face and get a ticket to show their face.

First, almost all the big names in the Chinese entertainment industry will appear, and every greeting may be an opportunity. Second, there are too many reporters, which are basically the attention of the whole people, so the number of reporters will probably break a series of records. Although there are many big names, you will definitely not be able to grab any shots and reports, it is better to show your face than not show your face? What if you don’t pay attention to what news you encounter?

And compared to the premiere ceremony of other movies, this is not just a celebrity party. Celebrities, no matter how big you are, they are all supporting roles at this ceremony.

First of all, the bosses of major domestic film companies, record companies, distribution companies and theater companies came to support the show. In the past, let’s not talk about anything else, the bosses of theater companies were respected by the big names. Then, as the alma mater, the principal of Shuntian Film Academy brought several old professors to stand up for his disciples, which was a great face. Then, leaders of major TV stations including Huaxia TV came to support the show, but the question was indeed nothing.

And the greatest face comes from the government of course.

Although most people were confused, the person who knew it in his heart immediately knew it when he saw the middle-aged woman who was accompanied by Qi Jie, and when he found out the other party's identity, he immediately knew it.

Deputy Director of the General Office of the State Council.

Vice-ministerial level.

At the same time, those who rushed over to support the show were Assistant Minister of Culture, Director of the US Department of Foreign Affairs, Director of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, Zhao Sicun, Deputy Director, and the relevant important leaders who can follow the culture and film and television on the ground of Shuntian Mansion were extremely grand.

You know, even if it is a movie, no matter how awesome it is, unless it is a special movie like the government, or a work that is like "The Gate of Life and Death" and "Red Sorghum", which has won world-class reputation for Chinese movies and Chinese culture. Otherwise, government departments will only pay attention to it silently and will not really stand up and support it at all, let alone attending such a premiere with a strong commercial nature?

However, if you count carefully at the premiere of "The Matrix", the two top national institutions in related fields, the deans of Shuntian Film Academy and the Huaxia Conservatory of Music, are not low-level. In addition to the three serious vice-ministerial levels, this is definitely a huge face.

This shows that the government has recognized the success of Minghu culture in recent years, a series of external expansions, and the export of Chinese culture.

Therefore, for those and companies who are willing to do these things, the government even stands up and stands up for them, supports them, and endorses them.

In this context, to be honest, no matter how big the entertainment industry is, it will not be ranked.

All the superstars who received a little bit of rumor in advance were very low-key, and they did not dare to show off in front of the official, but Li Qian. Although he was used to being low-key, at this time, he couldn't keep it low-key even if he wanted to.

When I shook hands with the senior leader at the vice minister level to express my gratitude, the other party smiled and said, "The senior leader asked me to bring a message, he said he is your fan and fan, and he is also your movie fan. I hope you will produce more good works in the future and strive to promote our national culture to the outside world."

At least a dozen officials present and the accompanying staff on Minghu Culture heard this, and they were really not low-key. Li Qian had to express his gratitude repeatedly and said that he would continue to work hard.

Then, the man asked again: "I recently learned about the situation and found that many people are not optimistic about your new movie, especially when it is not optimistic about its situation in Europe and the United States. How about it, do you have a clear idea?"

Li Qian smiled and said, "No problem."

So the other party laughed and said, "The leader said that Li Qian is a real genius."

The audience laughed.

But Li Qian suddenly felt under a lot of pressure.

The leader said all this. If "The Matrix" is lost, it will be a slap in the face!

Although he was full of confidence in this movie, in fact, he had never taken any risk after walking step by step over the years, and he took every step very steadily, even so, who was not nervous at this time, and he couldn't help but start to sweat.

Fortunately, when the premiere ceremony opened, the audience's response felt quite good.

Minghu Culture did not make the premiere very programmatic because of the attendance of the official level of heavyweights, and even tried its best to cover up the official level of involvement and downplayed it to a certain extent.

There is no leader’s speech, nor is there a grand introduction to the leader.

For moderate entertainment programs, a few songs, the host interviews several important actors, talks about interesting stories during shooting, and then the movie begins to play.

When the movie was over, Li Qian took the important members of the crew to appear, accept everyone's applause and congratulations, and then simply accepted questions and exchanges from several reporters on the scene, and then announced the end.

After the premiere, in fact, the movie will be released worldwide in less than a few hours.

According to geographical location, in fact, more than four hours after the global premiere, audiences in Japan could already buy tickets to enter the venue, and the midnight performance of this movie was early.

And an hour later, the midnight game will begin in South Korea, the Philippines and other places.

At 12:00 at night, the midnight pre-season of this movie will officially land on more than 5,000 large screens in nearly 4,000 cinemas across the country. This is definitely the largest release scale and midnight pre-season scale in the history of Chinese movies!

You know, although cinemas and movie canvases are increasing every year, so far, the big screen nationwide has only been just over 10,000 yuan.

Only Li Qian's works and science fiction blockbusters can achieve this level of release in China.

Because as long as he has his name as an endorsement, even if the film is actually a mess, the theaters are not worried that no one will watch it under such a screening scale.

"My Savage Girlfriend", "Huang Feihong", "Red Sorghum", "Cauliwa", his past four director works, "Big Name", "Huang Feihong: The Man Should Strengthen Self-Enhancing", etc., as well as his powerful influence and appeal that is unparalleled in the Chinese entertainment industry, all make him the most reassuring film director in China and the most reassuring theaters.

None of them, he is the only one.

So, "The Matrix" came here.

Globally, he will land in the early stages of midnight in more than 30 countries around the world at midnight at midnight on July 20, that is, after midnight on July 21, and officially land in the film market in more than 40 countries around the world after dawn. Chinese films have unprecedented global synchronous release scale.

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The taxi stopped, Liu Zhongxin paid the money to get off, and saw his friends from afar.

This is the entrance of an ordinary cinema in Suzhou Prefecture.

It was eleventh at night.

Liu Zhongxin quickly walked over and met with his friends. Then he got a movie ticket that his friend bought for him. He was relieved. He first turned around and scattered the cigarettes, then lit them himself, looked at the tickets under the light of the street lights, and asked subconsciously: "How is the tickets sold?"

The friends laughed in unison: "It's sold out!"

Then everyone talked about what they had seen just now, "When we bought the tickets, the seats were not very good. Fortunately, they came for more than an hour, otherwise there would be no tickets!"

"Just wait for you, we'll see a lot of people coming out of the movie, and many people are complaining to each other!"

Hearing this, many people laughed.

I am proud and gloat.

At this time, someone said, "Maybe because everyone is not used to the early performance at midnight, so many people think that even in the middle of the night, there are probably not many people who will watch it, so the tickets are definitely easy to buy, so they didn't take it seriously and came over to buy tickets!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone nodded.

So Liu Zhongxin patted Wu Peng's shoulder beside him and smiled: "That's how Dapeng is foresighted! He is worthy of being a die-hard fan!"

Wu Peng laughed twice and said seriously: "It's normal! You have all watched the trailer, how cool, I don't believe it. I won't rob the tickets for this movie! We want to see it at midnight, which is one of the first people in the world to see it. Of course, we have to show some initiative! Besides, that's the leader!"

"Yes, that's the leader!"

Many people responded to him when they heard this.

Most of their group of people were classmates in college. They liked Li Qian's works when they were studying. After graduation, many people stayed in Suzhou Prefecture, so they became a small fan organization without any so-called organizational system and no such activities. Even whenever Li Qian's album is on the market, anyone who has time will say hello, count the numbers, and take the initiative to buy everything everyone wants. Li Qian has a new movie, or it is just a movie from Minghu Culture, and it is the work of other directors. Everyone often goes together to buy tickets to watch movies, eat something to chat after watching the movies, and so on.

This so-called movie fans and fan organizations are not in any way, and they are not close at all, but in today's China, it is basically everywhere.

For example, at this time, in the cinema where they bought tickets, many people gathered together to chat and wait for the movie to start. At this moment, those who hid outside to wait for someone or smoked were basically in groups of three or five, and even a large number of girls came to watch the midnight event.

After all, Li Qian is famous for taking both men and women, and his fan base is well-known for a wide range.

Waiting for the opening, everyone chatted casually outside, and before they knew it, the topic returned to "The Matrix", someone said vividly

"I have read many posts, all of whom are lucky enough to be drawn. They all attended the premiere ceremony this afternoon. According to them, this film is a big deal! It is extremely awesome! They all said that this film must be watched again and again. It is very beautiful and cool in the first time, but there are some things that will be unfathomable after watching it. So, almost everyone who watched the premiere ceremony said that they would come to watch the early stage of the midnight show tonight."

"I have also read a lot of posts! Some people say that this is one of the most awesome science fiction movies he has ever seen! Of course, it is also the most awesome science fiction movies made by Chinese people! It is said that even if it is compared with those awesome science fiction blockbusters in Hollywood, it is absolutely not weak, and even compared with any science fiction blockbuster, it is a top awesome!"

"Damn it, that's it!"

"Hahaha, don't worry, you'll see it in a while!"

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At midnight, after twelve o'clock.

The Matrix, which is all over China, kicked off early in midnight.

Liu Zhongxin and Wu Peng quickly lined up to check tickets and entered the venue, and found their seats to sit down.

At this time, in Japan, the early game of midnight has ended.

Countless boys and girls walked out of the cinema, each of them looked so excited that they looked extremely excited, with red faces, and they were discussing something with each other happily as they walked.

Even because of the excitement of emotions, their voices were much louder than usual. In addition, it was already late at night and the surroundings were very quiet, which made their voices louder.

However, no one realizes that there is any difference.

Because most people who just watched this movie seem very excited and very excited.

Some people even couldn't help but complain, "Why is there only one midnight show in the cinema? You can still continue to have three o'clock games! It seems that you will go back and watch it now!"

Someone else ran to the ticket seller who was already sleepy and asked if he could book a ticket for tomorrow now.

The answer they got is of course not possible.

The situation of tomorrow's screening has not been determined yet, how can I sell tickets?

So everyone had to leave disappointed.

Of course, there are still many people who will not worry about not being able to see the second time tonight after watching it, but will hurry home as the first group of viewers in the world to see "The Matrix" except for the premiere. They are eager to share their movie experience on the Internet.

Because that feeling is really great, it makes people who have watched movies feel very excited and proud, so they really want to share their experience with others.
Chapter completed!