5:30 pm.

After passing two security checks, all guests and audiences entered the screening room on the second floor.

This time, there was no lounge for the guests to rest, and the crew went straight to the main meal.

Host Sa Beining came on stage and immediately entered the process after saying hello: "Next, let us welcome the creator of "The Great Wall" with warm applause!"

Bang bang bang...

Endless applause sounded.

The audience applauded and looked towards the back of the stage in excitement.

Fang Ziheng took the lead, wearing a straight light blue suit, with a tall and straight figure, extraordinary handsomeness, and a calm and confident aura in his steps.

The four leading actors, Zhang Fengyi, Da Tiantian, Nie Yuan, and Hu Jun, are in the middle, followed by Zhang Guoli, Liu Ye, Deng Chao, Chen Kun, Yang Xue, Liu Tao, and a foreign white actor.

These seven people are the seven leading actors in the movie under the four leads.

"Tsk tsk, it's really a big cast and a big production!"

"That's not true. Liu Ye, Deng Chao, and Chen Kun can all support the leading male role in a movie, but in "The Great Wall" they are willing to act as a green leaf to set off the others."

"Fang Ziheng must be awesome. If it were another director, you can try it!"

"Hey, stop shouting, listen to how Fang Ziheng brags."

Although they already knew the main creative cast of the movie from the trailer and promotion process, the audience was still shocked to see everyone make a collective appearance today.

Nothing else.

The cast of "The Great Wall" is too strong.

Liu Ye, Deng Chao, and Chen Kun are the three top actors of the Mesozoic era, especially the first two who are extremely popular. Each of them has a film with a box office of over 1 billion.

Chen Kun is a bit weaker, but not much worse.

There are two paintings, one with a box office of over 500 million, one with a box office of over 400 million, and "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" with a total box office of over 700 million.

It can be said that in the current Chinese film industry, only Fang Ziheng can gather the three of them to join a movie at the same time.

In addition, veteran drama stars Zhang Fengyi, Zhang Guoli, Nie Yuan, a popular young actor in his early years, Hu Jun and Liu Tao whose national popularity was not inferior to that of the Deng Dynasty, and Da Tiantian, a popular young star of the new generation.

In terms of casting, "The Great Wall" can be said to attract audiences of all ages.

The production budget of up to 150 million U.S. dollars gave Fang Ziheng great confidence, allowing him to freely choose the roles.

There is no need to consider the issue of actors' remuneration.

After introducing himself, Fang Ziheng led everyone to bow to the front.

"Thank you very much for coming to the premiere of "The Great Wall", thank you, thank you everyone!"

Later, without Sa Beining's guidance, Fang Ziheng held up the microphone and talked about his thoughts on the filming of "The Great Wall".

"Time has passed, and it has taken a full year to bring the movie to everyone, which has made everyone wait for a long time."

"The movie "The Great Wall" has been around since 2010. I remember one day Mr. Song from Wanda Film and Television came to me and said that he wanted to make a movie with the theme of the Great Wall to fight against the invasion of alien beasts."

"The Great Wall is one of the eight wonders of the world. It is a treasure left over from China's thousands of years of history. It has protected the Chinese people from foreign invasions countless times. I was very interested in it and agreed to cooperate without even thinking about it.

After that, I read the first draft of the script of "The Great Wall". It was originally planned to be set in the Song Dynasty, but I thought it was inappropriate and took the initiative to change it to the Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty."

Having said this, Fang Ziheng paused, looked at the audience with a smile and asked: "Does anyone know why I changed it to Tang Dynasty instead of Song Dynasty?"

"The Song Dynasty was too weak!" A guy on the right side of the screening room raised his hand and joked loudly.

"Ha ha.."

"There's nothing wrong with it. The Song Dynasty was too weak. Even foreigners couldn't do it. How could they have the strength to attack the alien beasts?"

There was a burst of laughter from the audience, and the atmosphere became more and more lively.

Fang Ziheng also laughed, gave everyone a thumbs up, and affirmed: "Yes, the Song Dynasty was a one-sided affair, which is really not suitable as the background of a movie with this theme.

In addition to this reason, the reputation of the Tang Dynasty is also an important factor. Many overseas countries have established Chinatowns. The Tang people and Tang people are the people of the Tang Dynasty!

The prestige of the Tang Empire was built through war after war. Regardless of soft power conditions or hard military conditions, the Tang Dynasty is the most suitable dynasty to be selected as the era background of "The Great Wall"."

As soon as these words came out, the audience was still laughing, without thinking about it, they just thought that Fang Ziheng's choice was good and wonderful, and he was worthy of being a super master screenwriter.

The people in the film industry present in the audience had different expressions. Some had a flash of enlightenment, some were deep in thought, and some had gleaming eyes and expressions of admiration.

Citing the Tang Dynasty as the background of the era is for the sake of overseas markets and global box office results!

Unexpectedly!

Fang Ziheng took all these issues into consideration at the beginning of the film's preparation.

Respect others and judge yourself.

Can I achieve such a forward-looking vision?

At this moment, many filmmakers are asking themselves.

Unknowingly, his peers raised Fang Ziheng's status to a higher level in their hearts.

After chatting about a few filming issues, Fang Ziheng made a concluding speech: "The ugly daughter-in-law has become the father-in-law. How the movie will be will be revealed soon."

"Finally, let me talk about my expectations for the movie. The mainland movie market has a box office of 1.6 billion. Thank you all."

After speaking, he handed the microphone to Zhang Fengyi who was standing aside and bowed again to thank him.

Bang bang bang...

Deafening applause came like a flood.

The reporters below the stage clicked their cameras frantically to take pictures of Fang Ziheng making remarks about the box office from all angles.

1.6 billion!

Another "Looking for the Dragon"?

No one thought he was bragging. Instead, they thought he was a bit humble today.

They thought that Director Fang Da would sing a high-key tone today and shout the slogan of breaking 2 billion.

Journalists are overthinking.

Fang Ziheng doesn't have much confidence in "The Great Wall". No matter how much he talks about it, it won't be as good as the audience watching the movie in person.

The mainland has exceeded 1.6 billion. As long as the results of "Looking for the Dragon" are maintained, the goal will be achieved!

In addition, reporters were not asked to ask questions just now. After the movie, the media reporters will definitely not let him go.

You can brag about it then, but you can't do it now. There are still a row of leaders sitting in the audience.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Fang Ziheng felt calm, waved his hand and strode off the stage to the center of the first row.

On the center chair, there is his exclusive name tag.

Director: Fang Ziheng.

On the left and right sides, there were several important leaders sitting.

As for Wang Zhongjun, Wang Changtian, Yu Dong, Song Ge, Shao Xiaoli, Zhang Qiang and others, they were all arranged to sit in the second row.

There weren't many name tags on the chairs in the first row. Apart from the film's creators and other leaders, only Wang Jianlin and Chen Yu were on the list.

Fang Ziheng slowed down, greeted the leaders, and finally took his seat safely.

With his current status, there is absolutely nothing wrong with him sitting in the C seat at the premiere of a movie he directed.

It's not like when "The Unknown" and "Tang Detective 1" were released, like a little daughter-in-law, she had to nod and bow to everyone she saw.

In the second row behind, Shao Xiaoli smiled, seemingly relaxed, but in fact he felt unusually emotional.

Hengyu Media is getting stronger and stronger, and Fang Ziheng, the leader, is also becoming more and more powerful, reaching extraordinary heights in just a few years.

Whether it is net worth, fame or status, looking at the entire Alibaba, there are only a few people who can compare with it.

And among these people, he, Shao Xiaoli, is not included.

He is now a little worried, fearing that Fang Ziheng still won't buy it at the thank you dinner later and will continue to hold on to UC's shares.

In this way, not only will it fail to complete the tasks assigned by Hang Chengma, but it may even create a formidable enemy for Alibaba Pictures Group.

As for the wild words Hang Chengma released before coming, the operability is actually very low.

While sitting in charge of Alibaba Pictures Group these days, he did not really let Zhang Qiang, Zhang Wei and others manage the company, and he also had an in-depth understanding of the entire film and television industry.

In the current film and television industry, or the entire entertainment industry, Hengyu Media is definitely the most outstanding one.

The output of movies and TV series ranks first in the country.

The level of production, the number of famous directors, great directors, and popular star artists are even better than those of the three giants: Huayi, Guangxian, and Bona.

The publicity resources and distribution channels are also at the top of the industry. Except for the big brother China Film, they are not weaker than any other film and television company.

Coupled with the four companies of Tudou Video, Qidian, Tiantian Dongting, and Hengyu Cinema, Hengyu Media has completely become a new generation of "one brother" giant.

Although this ‘first brother’ is still far behind China Film Group, Oriental Mingdu Media Group in Shanghai, China’s largest urban mainstream media, digital media group Focus Media, and other 100-billion-dollar asset groups.

But Hengyu Media’s position in the film and television field is untouchable by anyone in the entire country of China.
To be continued...