$350: The Glory of Martial Arts Films (1)

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There is an old saying that goes, "Eat on New Year's Eve and wear on the first day of the first lunar month."

People in Hangzhou pay attention to food, especially during the Chinese New Year. Some dishes are eaten from New Year's Eve to the Lantern Festival. The most famous one is the "Ten Bowls", which include Yuanbao fish, Yuanbao meat, white-cut chicken, colored eggs, hot pot, eight treasure dishes, Ruyi dishes, Ou Fu, longevity fruit, and bean paste spring.

It was rare that Jiang Ge did not shoot outside during the Chinese New Year. After discussing with his parents, he invited Zhou Lingwei's family, Zhou Caiwei's family of three who happened to be back to her mother's home for the Chinese New Year this year, and Mo Lan who did not go to her mother's new home for the Chinese New Year this year, to celebrate the Chinese New Year together.

For the New Year's Eve dinner, since the aunt at home had gone back on vacation and there were too many people, he went directly to the hotel to order a table of dishes.

When Jiang Ge came to the kitchen, he wanted to make ten bowls of rice by himself, in order to get a good meaning.

That "Jiang Ge" was "ten fingers never touched the water of spring spring", he was naturally different, apart from other things, he could still make ten bowls of rice, although it might only look similar, but not taste right.

"I'll help you." Zhou Lingwei followed in, rolled up her sleeves, looked at the full kitchen table of dishes, and asked: "How can I... help you?"

Obviously, she didn't know how to cook.

Jiang Ge pointed to one of the bags and said: "Help me wash the bean sprouts."

He chose five from the ten bowls to cook, after all, there was a main dish, so it was enough to show his intention.

The first one was "warm pot", which tasted warm and had the taste of reunion.

The second one was "eight treasures dish", the main ingredients were soybean sprouts, because it was sprouted soybeans, symbolizing "prosperity".

The third one was "longevity fruit", which meant health and longevity.

The fourth one was "sand spring rolls", which meant sweetness and blessings.

The fifth dish is "Easter Eggs", which are actually preserved eggs. They are called Easter Eggs because they want to bring good luck.

Although it is a small dish, it is not easy to make.

After more than an hour of hard work, it was finally completed. The dishes ordered at the hotel were delivered.

More than a dozen people sat around a temporary dining table made of two tables, which was very lively.

Raising their glasses and saying "Happy New Year" to each other, the New Year's Eve dinner began in a warm and joyful atmosphere.

Jiang Ge became the center of the table. The topic was basically around him, and almost all of them were praises and compliments.

Even though he was as thick-skinned as steel, he couldn't help blushing.

However...

While eating, Jiang Ge suddenly felt that this New Year's Eve dinner seemed to be missing something.

There were more than a dozen dishes on the table, which were extremely rich, but not less at all.

The TV was on, and it was playing the Spring Festival Gala of CCTV.

It seemed that everything was there.

That's right!

Jiang Ge finally thought of it. Without the familiar "Spring Festival Overture", as long as you hear this song on Earth, you know that it is the Chinese New Year.

Every New Year's Eve, the family sits around the steaming New Year's Eve dinner, eating and watching the Spring Festival Gala may be the childhood memory of many people.

However...

Speaking of the Spring Festival Gala, there is a match between the two worlds, both of which are getting worse year by year.

Although it is criticized by the majority of netizens every year and is called the worst in history, there are still people watching it year after year, even if they turn on the TV to do other things.

Perhaps, the Spring Festival Gala has long become an indispensable part of the Chinese New Year.

After eating the New Year's Eve dinner, more than a dozen people split into several groups, chatting, grabbing red envelopes, and playing mahjong. They played until half past eleven before leaving for the cinema.

There are many people like Jiang Ge and his friends. New Year's Eve is a sleepless night.

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Yanjing, Guangming Cinema

"There are only two seats in the corner of the last row of No. 6. Do you want to buy them?"

"Yes."

"Are you sure? This is not a VIP room."

"It doesn't matter. I'm wearing a mask and a hat. Just buy them."

"Okay, I'll buy them."

"Hurry up, hurry up, don't let anyone snatch them away."

...

Two people at the ticket office.

The one fully armed with a peaked cap, scarf, and mask is Xia Duoyu, the boss of the Sesame Open Door team and the male lead + director of "Back to 1997 as a Singer".

Next to him is his agent Ma Zhu, who is also his wife.

Their Sesame Open Door team focuses on the Spring Festival with a comedy every year. As word of mouth and box office get better and better, they become more and more courageous. This year's "Back to 1997 as a Singer" directly signed a minimum contract of 3.5 billion.

Xia Duoyu doesn't care about "Fengshen 2". The only thing he should pay attention to is "Swordsman: Invincible in the East".

He never underestimated Django, so before the release, he used all kinds of marketing methods to prepare promotional materials, posters, shooting highlights, trailers, etc., and even recorded three variety shows on the same day, just to promote the movie.

He worked day and night, and he was exhausted, but someone else's "live broadcast accident" greatly increased the popularity and attention of the movie.

Is this what a human would do!

But...

In essence, the reason why a movie is badly reviewed or not bought by the audience is always that the story is not moving, that is, the quality is the key.

So just after coming down from the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, he went straight to the cinema to see what the number one rival "Swordsman: Invincible in the East" was like.

After buying the tickets, Xia Duoyu and Ma Zhu waited for a while and checked their tickets to enter the hall.

"The attendance rate of his movies is really terrible, but the stamina is a little bit weak, otherwise no one else would have had a chance to compete in the box office of the Spring Festival movies in the past three years." Xia Duoyu sighed as he looked at the packed theater.

"It's mainly the script problem. It's not as exciting as the TV series. There are several movies, and only "Detective Chinatown 1" is relatively outstanding." Ma Zhu expressed his opinion on Django's movie.

"But this movie is a martial arts theme that he is good at..." Xia Duoyu's face became solemn, and he said, "I always have a bad feeling!"

"Puh, puh, puh, talking about these things during the New Year..." Ma Zhu knew that her husband was under a lot of pressure, and quickly comforted him, "Don't worry, our movie will not have a problem exceeding 3.5 billion."

As the two talked, the main film was played.

[In the 22nd year of the Wanli reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty, the feudal lords of Japan and Fuso rose up and competed for hegemony. The feudal lord Toyotomi Hideyoshi overwhelmed the heroes and joined the Fuso. Some of the defeated vassal warriors were unwilling to surrender and gathered along the southern coast of the Central Plains, waiting to overthrow the country. They also colluded with local traitors and had other intentions...]

The camera shows a hall, with Japanese and Fuso warriors on one side and officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty Dongchang on the other. In the strong wind, their clothes fluttered in the wind.

It is worthy of being the benchmark of costumes and makeup in the film and television industry. It is truly well-made. It is hard to imagine that there were so many colorful and complex costumes in that era.

Xia Duoyu, as a director, saw the extraordinaryness of "Swordsman: Invincible in the East" at first glance.

First of all, the retro filter was used, which was well-measured. While it looks full of age, it will not damage the temperament of the characters and scenery.

Secondly, the use of composition, perspective, light and color, etc., is not the most perfect, but it is the most appropriate, constructing a very textured picture.

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