bayedsolid Chapter 580
Chapter 580
"The heavy rains we missed in those years, the love we missed in those years;"
I long to hug you, to embrace the courage I missed.
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On the big screen, the movie was nearing its end. At Shen Jiayi's wedding, her former high school classmates took a group photo with the bride and groom, and someone suggested that they wanted to kiss the bride.
The groom proposed that if he wanted to kiss the bride the way she wanted to kiss him, he should kiss him the way she wanted to kiss the bride.
While others were criticizing the groom, Ko Ching-teng, who was standing on the far side, rushed over and hugged the unsuspecting groom.
This scene elicited laughter from the audience in the theater.
But as the music started, the flustered groom was pushed backward by Ko Ching-teng, and the laughter gradually subsided.
Everyone has a Shen Jiayi in their youth.
Perhaps she didn't bang on her door like Ko Ching-teng did on a rainy night, nor did she run out of phone battery during an earthquake, and she wasn't so childish as to hold a fighting tournament on campus to prove herself, only to get beaten black and blue.
But there's always that one scene in movies, maybe it's someone sitting behind you poking someone's back with a pen, passing notes during class, pulling the girl in front of you's ponytail, and then arguing loudly with her afterwards.
The restlessness and confusion of youth means you don't know how to express your feelings, so you deliberately use this childish way to attract the girl's attention.
How boring a relationship would be if there wasn't anything that made you willing to do something silly.
Most of the attendees were college students, but there were also some adults who had already entered the workforce, as well as invited media personalities and film industry professionals.
The vast majority of people consider this film a masterpiece.
Unlike previous youth films that touted the pain of youth but were actually full of melodramatic clichés, this movie doesn't feature abortion or stomach aches. The entire narrative revolves around memories, first love, and emotions.
Just like the movie title "You Are the Apple of My Eye," it's a breath of fresh air in recent years' youth films.
The key is that the movie is never boring. Whether it's the plot pacing, the dialogue, or those little jokes that bring a smile to your face, they all manage to engage the audience's emotions and keep them entertained as the movie unfolds.
The ending scene is even more classic.
The male lead, Ko Ching-teng, didn't have a single line of dialogue. He expressed all his feelings over the years with just one action, bringing the regrets of his youth to their peak at that moment.
Lu Qingfeng heard a young man behind him exhale deeply.
I don't know what I was thinking.
As the subtitles appeared, the audience spontaneously applauded.
The lights came on, and the host came to the front of the screen to invite the main creative team on stage.
Lu Qingfeng and the others went up on stage to greet the cheers.
"Let's start with the director. We'd like to greet the audience and introduce ourselves."
The host proceeded with the meeting's agenda.
Wei Ze took the microphone, then the male lead, then the female lead, until the microphone reached Lu Qingfeng's hands.
"Hello everyone……"
"what!"
He had just finished speaking when he was interrupted by a scream.
He continued only after the initial excitement had subsided slightly.
"Thank you everyone, I am Lu Qingfeng."
Another burst of enthusiastic cheers erupted, almost suffocatingly so.
"Everyone is so enthusiastic!"
The host then took over the conversation and began interviewing each person one by one.
It mainly focuses on the director and the two lead actors' vision and thoughts on the film, interesting anecdotes from filming, and how they portrayed their characters.
"Lu, as an author, what are your thoughts after watching this movie?"
There will definitely be an interview with him.
Lu Qingfeng picked up the microphone.
"Director Wei Ze is amazing; he perfectly turned words into images."
He understands the power of mutual flattery in business.
But it wasn't entirely a compliment either.
This movie is definitely different from the one in my previous life. When a novel is adapted into a movie of less than two hours, different screenwriters will produce two different scripts, not to mention that the entire film team has changed.
The movie in the previous life was written and directed by the original author, Giddens Ko. Before making this movie, he had already made a short film.
Therefore, the original film, in terms of shooting techniques, cannot be said to be good, it can only be said to be acceptable, and it is definitely not good.
Wei Ze was different; he was a professionally trained cameraman, and his camera work, composition, color tone, and plot transitions were far superior to the previous version.
The resulting effect is naturally better.
Wei Ze took the microphone.
"I feel unworthy of Lu's praise. You all saw the last scene, right? Actually, it was Lu who suggested filming it this way. You all saw how good the result was. Lu deserves the most credit for the whole movie."
He kept praising Lu Qingfeng.
The reason, of course, is to generate buzz, since Lu Qingfeng, the author, is the most popular character in the entire production team.
The atmosphere at the meet-and-greet was great, and the social media attendees could all tell that the film has a very promising market outlook.
Making movies is always a high-risk investment; nine out of ten movies may lose money. Before the finished film is released, no one knows what the outcome will be.
We've all seen movies that boast amazing pre-production hype, a great script, and an incredibly star-studded cast, only to turn out to be a complete mess.
The movie "You Are the Apple of My Eye" has already shown the initial qualities of success: a good story, selling points, and a unique character compared to the clichés of past youth films.
If you have these points, you basically won't lose money. How much profit you make depends on the marketing and promotion.
Then someone thought of another question.
If this movie becomes a huge hit, the copyright to Lu Qingfeng's novel will probably be snatched up by others.
The entire meeting lasted about half an hour, and at the end, the host asked a question.
"Finally, let's each summarize what youth is in a sentence. Director Wei, let's start."
Wei Ze thought for a moment.
"Youth is when you don't grow old because you're getting older, but because you insist on holding onto your youth."
This is a line from the poetry collection "My Solitude is a Garden" by Middle Eastern poet Adonis.
Yu Jianghang: "Youth is like a breeze that blows occasionally."
This quote comes from Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw.
Ning Yi: "Youth is a fleeting dream; when you wake up, it has already vanished without a trace."
This is a famous line from Shakespeare.
Finally, the microphone ended up in Lu Qingfeng's hands.
He already knew the answer in his heart.
"Youth is like a heavy rain; even if you catch a cold, you still hope to go back and get soaked in it again."
This is a sentence from the novel "You Are the Apple of My Eye".
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A little later, this sentence became a trending topic on Weibo.
At the same time, the final trailer and theme song "Those Years" were released, and a vigorous promotional campaign began following the positive reviews of the first screening.
Of course, this isn't the only movie spending heavily on promotion; with the arrival of the summer movie season, this box office battle has just begun.