Chapter 201: The Press Conference of the Magic City Movie Chapter
Chapter 201 Press Conference at the Magic City Film Festival
The appearance of Lu Zheng and Jing Tian can perhaps only be regarded as a small episode.
But Wang Hao did not ignore them just because they were useless to him at the moment.
After all, Wang Hao also knew that the other party’s background and strength were indeed strong, especially their relationship with Bandai, which seemed unclear.
Bandai Future is one of the larger cinema chains in China. If Wang Hao wants to gain a foothold in the entertainment industry, he will have to deal with them.
So this relationship still needs to be maintained, because you never know when it might be needed.
Of course, this relationship is definitely not useful now.
Wang Hao’s main focus now is on the post-production of the movie "Source Code".
Relationships are always just relationships. If you want to truly stand firm and go far, you ultimately have to rely on your strength and your works.
Because Galaxy Interactive Entertainment invested a lot of energy in the early preparations for "Source Code" before the project was launched, so at this moment in the later special effects production, everything is going very smoothly, and the production progress of various special effects is also very gratifying.
By mid-June, more than half of the film's special effects work had been completed.
With these prepared movie materials, Wang Hao finally cut out the first two-minute trailer for "Source Code".
After finishing this, Wang Hao did not supervise the special effects department as closely as before, but handed the remaining work to Zhang Yang.
As for himself, after dealing with the company's backlog of work in recent times and learning about the broadcast performance of the TV series "I Am a Special Forces Soldier" some time ago, Wang Hao comforted his girlfriend Wan Qian who was neglected because of the filming, fed her well, and then took her and several assistants on a plane to Shanghai to attend this year's Shanghai International Film Festival.
As the first international A-class film festival in China recognized by the International Association of Film Producers, and also one of the 15 international A-class film festivals in the world, the Shanghai International Film Festival was first held in 1993, and this is the tenth edition.
Every June, the nine-day Shanghai International Film Festival is held as scheduled. It has become an important part of Shanghai’s cultural life, attracting countless audiences from home and abroad. It also plays an important role in promoting Chinese films to the world.
The organizers of the Shanghai International Film Festival attached great importance to the arrival of the great director Wang Hao. As soon as the plane landed, someone came to pick them up.
Wang Hao and others arrived at the hotel in the organizer's special car, where they also met Xu Peng, vice president of Shanghai Film Group, one of the organizers of the event.
"Mr. Xu!"
"Director Wang!"
The two people who met in the hotel lobby greeted each other with a smile, and then Xu Peng asked first.
"Director Wang, have you finished producing your new movie?"
"Mr. Xu, how can you start supervising the work as soon as you meet us? Even if Moying invested money, it wouldn't be necessary!" Wang Hao joked with a smile, causing Xu Peng to laugh.
"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this. Let's not talk about this."
Xu Peng waved his hand happily and talked about another thing.
"I heard that Director Wang is going to make a big move at the film festival this time, and he has specially invited the city's main leaders to come. It will all be up to you then."
"Then don't worry, the leaders will definitely enjoy their trip." The two reminisced for a while and had dinner together.
In the next two days, everyone from Galaxy Interactive Entertainment rushed to the Magic City International Film Festival’s venue, the Magic City Grand Theater, and began setting up the venue.
Soon, as movie lovers from all over the world gathered here from afar, the Shanghai International Film Festival finally officially began on June 6th.
The entire Shanghai International Film Festival is divided into four sections: competition unit, film market, film forum, and international film screening.
The competition unit will not be held until the last day of the film festival. As for the first few sections, Wang Hao and his team are mainly interested in the international film screening section.
In the Area B exhibition hall where the event was held, Galaxy Company had already occupied the best and largest booth. The area around the booth was decorated with a dark blue curtain like the starry sky, dotted with countless shining fragments. From a distance, it really looked like a galaxy had descended.
In the days before the event, the booth had been repeatedly screening several films including "Buried", "The Shallows", "The Call", "Lost on Journey" and "The Wandering Earth".
I have to say that excellent movies will shine wherever they are.
After just a few days of screening, the screens at Galaxy Interactive Entertainment were crowded with audiences from all over the world watching these movies.
And the reputation of these films is quickly spreading among the audience attending the film festival.
Especially after those movies were screened one after another, the various connections between the Easter eggs became more obvious, which made many audiences talk about them with relish.
It feels like playing a puzzle and decryption game, which is really addictive.
So when the ninth day came and Galaxy Interactive Entertainment was the only one left in the entire Zone B exhibition hall, and the dark blue decorations were spread throughout the entire exhibition hall, many viewers had no objection at all.
And at the top of the booth in the center of the exhibition hall, the large words "Galaxy Pictures Cinematic Universe Launch Conference" were particularly eye-catching.
As time approached two o'clock in the afternoon, the fans who had received publicity from Galaxy Interactive Entertainment at the film festival spontaneously gathered in Hall B.
In addition to them, film purchasing companies and media reporters who came to participate in the film festival also came here curiously after receiving publicity from the film festival organizers.
However, when they sat down in the exhibition hall, the latecomers attracted many people's attention.
"It's Cheng Long! Why is he here?"
The media reporters present raised their cameras and pointed them at Cheng Long who walked in from the gate. They kept pressing the shutter button and also took pictures of Fan Binbin who was following behind him.
After the two of them entered the venue, the boss of Eagle King also strode in, and Huo Wenxi followed beside him.
Then came Xu Peng, vice president of Magic Film Group, a senior leader of the propaganda department of the Magic City government, Han Sanye of Huaying Group, the brothers Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei of Huayi Company, Lu Zheng and Jing Tian of Starry Pictures, Howard Bruno of Columbia Pictures and Keita Miyamoto, vice president of Sony Pictures.
These people sat in the front row of the exhibition hall under the gaze of everyone. After everyone arrived, the "Movie Universe Launch Conference" of Galaxy Interactive Entertainment Film and Television Group finally officially began.
(End of this chapter)