King of Special Effects

Chapter 477 , We Are Friends! (18)

Today, well-known film figures from home and abroad are gathered here, and the weight of this year's Pudong International Film Festival is also very heavy. So far, two Chinese-language films have broken into the top ten highest-grossing films in the world.

The first "Under Deep Space" currently squeezes out the original "Black Panther" to occupy the ninth position with a box office of 1.48 billion US dollars.

The second one is "Progress", which is still in theaters. So far, this movie still occupies the fourth position, but as time goes by, markets in various regions are developed one after another, and there is a great chance that it will be promoted to the fourth place. Four places.

Domestically speaking, these two films were created by Yi Yang, but in terms of international vision, this film was shot in China.

For the first time, a Chinese film has the strength to compete with foreign blockbusters.

At this year's Pudong International Film Festival, Yi Yang is undoubtedly the most representative figure of Chinese films.

Yi Yang even saw someone holding up a sign with the words "Big Love Yi Yang" among the crowd at the entrance of the Comedy Academy.

I have to say that this kind of behavior from the fans is very touching.

Yi Yang, Zhang Jin, Zhang Yu, and Cai Tiaofen went to the meeting place inside through the guest channel at the entrance of the college.

When checking the invitation letter, the security guard took a special look at Yi Yang. He couldn't believe that such a big director actually came here on foot.

"Yi Dao, welcome!"

Yi Yang took back the invitation letter: "Thank you!"

At this time, someone behind recognized Yi Yang and shouted Yi Yang's name.

Upon hearing this, Yi Yang turned around and waved hello to everyone.

After stepping on the red carpet, after several such experiences, Yi Yang didn't like the reporters or photographers who took photos around him.

Those who should say hello say hello, they pat theirs, and go their own way.

On both sides of the red carpet, apart from the reporters, there were also many drama school students. They formed a team. When they saw Yi Yang, they shouted the name 'Yi Yang' loudly.

Yi Yang was carrying a backpack on his back, walking with Zhang Jin and the others, dressed as an assistant, seemingly without any sense of existence.

But after so many movies, especially the two sci-fi movies "Under Space" and "Progress", although Yi Yang seldom shows up in the public eye, the public is familiar with his face as if he was a As familiar as a popular movie star.

In a few years, Yi Yang conquered the audience with one high-quality film after another. More importantly, the audience felt that Yi Yang had raised Chinese films to a higher level.

Let Chinese movies no longer represent bad movies. Of course, when people talk about movies, they will no longer talk about how domestic movies compare to foreign movies.

The length of the red carpet was no more than 100 meters. Yi Yang strolled past, attracting the shots of almost all the reporters and photographers on site.

There are also those students who took pictures with mobile phone video.

Celebrities with advertising endorsements will stay in front of the billboards of their endorsed brands for a short while, allowing reporters and photographers to capture them.

The same is true for Zhang Jin, who received two brand endorsements after the "Under Deep Space" hit.

Yi Yang has nothing to do with advertising. He came here today simply to participate in the film festival.

After walking the red carpet, we entered the main venue, which is a large hall with trapezoidal surroundings and a stage in the middle of about 40 square meters in front of us.

It's more than three o'clock in the afternoon, and many people have already taken their seats.

Yi Yang walked in, and the college student who served him politely led Yi Yang to his place.

The seats in the second row, and the names written on the surrounding positions are all big names in the film industry, some domestic and foreign.

On the position to the left of him is the name of Director Cameron.

I know Director Cameron. Although Liangyi Media and Fox cannot reach a cooperation, this does not affect Yi Yang and Director Cameron becoming friends. He has not arrived yet, but now the film festival is about to start. He should be coming soon too.

Yi Yang picked up the drink next to his seat, took a sip, and looked around.

Not far away, Huang Bai was waving to himself, judging by his appearance, he should have just arrived.

He whispered a few words to the people next to him, and then walked up to Yi Yang's position.

"I saw you outside just now!"

Yi Yang smiled and shook hands with him: "Brother Bai!"

"No, no, now I should call you brother. You are the big brother. A movie has directly broken into the top five in the global box office. You have made our Chinese movies proud once."

Although this is true, Yi Yang really doesn't feel anything. His goal is not just to be in the top five, but to be number one.

"I just saw the New York Times report about your film yesterday, and they said this is going to be a year when the status of Hollywood movies is seriously threatened."

Huang Bai sat in the row behind Yi Yang, and the name plate at that position had the word Xu Zheng written on it.

"Brother Bai, what are you busy with now?" Yi Yang chatted with him in a homely manner: "Are you making a new movie?"

Huang Bai nodded: "It's filming, but it's not going well!"

"Oh?" Yi Yang was taken aback: "Why didn't it go well?"

"Everything is going well, the funds are insufficient, the progress of filming is seriously delayed, and the shooting conditions are relatively difficult. I have been filming a scene for half a month!"

"Are you directing?"

Huang Bai nodded: "This is the second movie I directed!"

"Why can't I see any news about this? What subject matter?"

"It should be considered an action movie, or maybe a gangster movie, almost. Have you seen "Kekexil"? It's that type, a story between forest police and poachers."

Yi Yang nodded and said with a smile: "After this is over, show me the script. You are short of funds, but I have money!"

Huang Bai smiled: "That's a good relationship, I was thinking about asking you to play a guest role just now?"

"when?"

"Just this month, the Western Regions are now covered by heavy snow, and the crew can't shoot. They just retreated into Ebony City and plan to set up a studio there to shoot other scenes first."

Now the preparations for "The Three-Body Problem" have not been completed, and the release of "Progress" is also in progress. Yi Yang is really not that busy, and it is not impossible to go to Huang Bai's studio to see it.

More and more people entered the arena, and Xu Zheng also came after a while.

Huang Bai stood up: "I'll send the electronic file of the script to your mobile phone later, you can take a look!"

A few minutes later, Director Cameron also arrived.

I haven't seen him for a few months, and his hair seems to be grayer again.

Seeing Yi Yang sitting next to him, they were pleasantly surprised, and the two first gave a hug.

Cameron waved his hand: "I'm sorry about the cooperation, I can't convince them!"

Yi Yang smiled and said: "Thank you very much for your help, sir. We are also very sorry that we failed to reach a cooperation with Fox, but we are friends, right?"

Cameron nodded: "Yes, we are good friends, and I am very happy to have you as a friend."