A great director who grew up happily

Chapter 446: Uncle Long Arrives Uninvited

Of course the cinema was not empty. On the contrary, because there were so many fans, many who did not get tickets sat on the steps near the aisle.

The staff who had been waiting for a long time escorted Han Yifei and Wang Yidi in.

"How long has it been since it started?" Han Yifei asked.

"It's been forty minutes since the show started."

Yang Jiajia replied that she was very free in the company and Chen Jinnian had never given her any work tasks. She was like a mobile team within the company, going wherever she was needed. So when she learned that there was going to be a movie viewing party, she took the initiative to participate in the work of the crew and rushed over to join in the fun.

"What are the fans' feedback on the movie?"

"It's okay. These are all fans waiting to meet you. Even if the movie is bad, no one will leave early." Yang Jiajia joked and brought the two to the front.

The lights in the cinema suddenly turned on, and the darkness in the room was swept away. Fans were surprised to find Chen Jinnian and Wang Yidi coming out of the corridor.

The entire theater was in chaos in an instant, with cheers and shouts coming one after another, and no one was paying attention to the movie playing on the screen.

This is also the reason why Chen Jinnian must separate the audience area and the media area. One is for interest and the other is for profession. Putting them together will only interfere with each other.

After barely controlling the atmosphere on the scene, Chen Jinnian and Wang Yidi led the staff to distribute small gifts for watching the movie to everyone, and took the microphone to answer questions from fans.

This includes future film shooting plans and, of course, the relationship progress that fans are most concerned about.

The only question he didn't give a direct answer to was the question about variety shows.

"Don't ask me about variety shows. I haven't planned anything yet. Apart from those episodes, I haven't participated in any other variety show recordings."

"What about the Poetry Competition? Didn't CCTV invite you?" a fan, skilled in archaeology, asked. "Cheng Mengyu in the first season, and Wu Meimei in the second season—two talented beauties have emerged in quick succession. Aren't you going to prove yourself to the boys?"

"I have proved it. Didn't I lose to Cheng Mengyu?" Chen Jinnian said.

"You lost narrowly at that time. Cheng Mengyu said in an interview that if you could say one more sentence in response, she would be the loser." The fan continued to ask.

The goal is actually very simple. They want to encourage Chen Jinnian to appear on the variety show. The third season of the Poetry Competition will be broadcast continuously. With Chen Jinnian's strength, as long as he participates, he will be the champion of every episode, and you can watch it for several days in a row.

Fans certainly don't want to miss it.

Unfortunately, Chen Jinnian didn't fall for it at all. "Cheng Mengyu and I were classmates. We even teamed up to participate in the city's academic competition. I know her abilities very well. I don't believe her lies."

"Wow, you guys are from the same school," other fans exclaimed.

When participating in the competition, the program team respected the contestant's ideas and concealed the information about him and Cheng Mengyu, so that most people did not know that the two were classmates.

"Of course, our school is still very strong."

If it were in other crews, the leading actor would have been interrupted by the host or director if he answered questions unrelated to the content of the movie.

Unfortunately, this is not like other crews. The person with the most power on the scene is Chen Jinnian himself. He is willing to chat with fans and no one else can interrupt him.

In the end, it was not Chen Jinnian who answered the fans' questions, but Chen Jinnian walked to the seats and asked the fans questions, asking where they were from, which school they graduated from, and what interesting things were there.

After asking around, I actually found out that there were a few alumni of Communication University of China.

"Have we met before?" Chen Jinnian felt that he looked familiar.

Yu Na and her best friend nodded frantically, "We're the school TV station now. We once blocked you in the teaching building, but you managed to slip away."

"Senior."

Chen Jinnian exclaimed, instantly recalling the scene just after school started last year.

Yu Na smiled happily. She didn't expect Chen Jinnian to still remember her. "You said you'd talk to me when you have time, but a year has passed and you still don't have time. You're really busy."

At that time, she naively believed that "the monk can run away, but the temple cannot." However, not long after that, Chen Jinnian simply took a long vacation and left, leaving even the temple behind.

“It’s quite busy indeed.”

Chen Jinnian smiled slightly awkwardly. He was not busy, he simply forgot about the school TV station.

Just as Chen Jinnian was interacting with fans, cheers came from the front row of the theater. Chen Jinnian thought it was Wang Yidi handing out autographed photos.

But when he turned around, he found that it was Jackie Chan who entered the cinema under the protection of his team members.

Before a new film is released, Jackie Chan will organize many meet-and-greets. Some are more formal and will last longer to promote the content of the new film and the motivation for its creation. Some are more casual and are simply to meet with fans and take photos.

His meeting today is a more casual one, so there is still time to come and take a look after it ends.

"Hello, hello."

Jackie Chan smiled and shook hands with the audience in the front row. He also took the time to wave to the audience in the back row, responding to everyone's enthusiasm.

Originally fans of Chen Jinnian and Wang Yidi, faced with Jackie Chan's friendliness, switched sides and became Uncle Long's die-hard fans.

After Chen Jinnian walked down from the spectator seats, Jackie Chan said with a smile, "I'm sorry, I didn't disrupt your plans."

"We had no plans, just chatting with friends."

"Then can I watch your movie?" Jackie Chan pointed to the screen.

"Of course, it's our honor. Jia Jia, come on, bring a chair to Jackie Chan."

"Oh, oh." Yang Jiajia hurriedly agreed and ran out. She was glad that she did not stay in bed today and rushed over to participate in the movie viewing party. She could even see Jackie Chan who came to support her. It was incredible.

Jackie Chan refused the audience's request to give up their seats. After the staff added seats, he and Chen Jinnian sat in the corner of the last row of the theater and continued to watch the movie which was already halfway through.

Different people have different habits. Some directors like to sit on the edge of the first row, some directors like to sit in the middle of the theater, and Jackie Chan likes to sit at the back.

Because cinemas in the early years were really rubbish, especially the sound system, Hong Kong Island cinemas would save as much as possible in order to make money, so they needed to check in advance to see if there were any problems.

Jackie Chan didn't know the previous plot, but with Chen Jinnian explaining it to him, he was still able to understand the main storyline.

But it was not quite what he had imagined. Chen Jinnian actually changed the protagonist to a female.

If you look at it from his perspective, it might be better if the main plot was changed from best friends to lovers, or even siblings. There would be no need to waste time making the audience believe in the friendship between best friends, and the audience's desire for revenge could be directly aroused.

Then you just need to set up a group of villain bosses and let the protagonist fight from beginning to end to complete the revenge mission. It will be a standard revenge movie.

When the climax battle scene began and the rhythmic BGM sounded, Jackie Chan's eyes lit up.

“You don’t shoot like an action movie.”

"What is that?" Chen Jinnian asked.

"It's like a two-hour action game."