novelslam Chapter 194 Original Code Preview
Chapter 194 Original Code Preview
This preview screening caused a huge stir!
As soon as Su Qing released the news, the screening room at Yuanjian was immediately packed with people.
Originally, Su Qing only notified a few legitimate investors, such as China Film Group and Shanghai Film Group, as well as a few main actors in the production crew.
As a result, as soon as the news leaked out, the entire Beijing entertainment circle came running!
Wang Changtian, the boss of Enlight Media, has arrived, as have the two Wangs from Huayi Brothers.
Even Jiang Wen and his group came uninvited, each one insisting on squeezing into the screening room.
Gu Heng welcomed all the people who came to join in the fun.
Anyway, the film is edited out, and it'll be put to the test sooner or later.
Consider this a preview of our foresight.
The huge screening room was packed with over a hundred people, all craning their necks, eager to see what earth-shattering thing Gu Heng had come up with after months of working in the editing room.
Gu Heng took his seat in the front row with an air of nonchalance.
As soon as I sat down, I felt an extremely resentful gaze fixed on me from behind!
Feeling like a thorn in my side, feeling like sitting on pins and needles!
Gu Heng turned around and met Huang Xiaoming's eyes, which looked as if they had suffered a great injustice.
Clearly, the victim has also come to his senses and has finally figured out who the mastermind behind the film crew's mishap was!
Huang Xiaoming has been appearing on various shows and making appearances lately, and he has poured out his grievances on camera, tearfully accusing the crew of "The Original Code" of inhumane "bullying" inside stories.
They agreed to go to great lengths for their brothers, but when it came to Gu Heng, it turned into his brothers stabbing him in the back!
What's worse is that after the show aired, netizens across the country were laughing, and not a single fan came out to feel sorry for him!
Xiaoming's heart is shattered to pieces!
Gu Heng, with his thick skin, pretended not to see anything and his gaze swept smoothly across Huang Xiaoming's face.
Brother Xiaoming, please forgive me this time!
Besides, don't just glare at me! Turn around and look at Liu Qianqian sitting in the back! She's the one laughing the loudest!
Sitting next to Liu Qianqian, Liu Xiaoli watched the group of young people exchanging glances and making a ruckus, and felt speechless.
What kind of mess is this?!
What kind of serious film crew shoots like this? This is clearly a prank!
My own obedient daughter, after spending so much time with Gu Heng, has abandoned her fairy-like image and is starting to show signs of turning ruthless...
Gu Heng ignored them and gestured to the projectionist, "Alright, alright, everyone's here. Turn off the lights, let's start the film!"
The theater went dark, and the movie officially began.
In fact, the most important things in science fiction films are two things: special effects and science fiction concepts.
If you only have special effects but no concept, it's just a dry, lousy popcorn movie.
If you only have a concept but no special effects, it's just a poorly made online movie.
Only when the concept is truly integrated with the special effects as the skin can it be called an excellent science fiction film.
And clearly, in 2009, Gu Heng delivered a satisfactory answer to everyone!
For more than an hour, everyone in the audience was held firmly in their seats.
Everyone was completely immersed in the eight-minute loop world that Gu Heng had created.
The cycle of reincarnation, the repeated failures and despair, the pace is so fast it's suffocating!
When the movie ended and the lights came on.
Han Sanping, sitting in the front row, slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "Great! This kid has never disappointed!"
On the other side, Wang Zhongjun from Huayi Brothers watched with gleaming eyes, then turned to his younger brother and whispered, "Holy crap, this movie is amazing! It's going to be a huge hit! Bro, how much of the project did we get again?"
Wang Zhonglei's face stiffened, and his lips twitched twice: "Brother, we...we didn't get involved. The industry wasn't optimistic about this project at the time, so we didn't invest."
Wang Zhongjun: "..."
This is so heartbreaking, I can hardly breathe! The joy of the IPO has instantly been halved!
Lu Yang, sitting in the back row, was thrilled and filled with longing: When will I be able to make such an awesome film!
Mr. Li Xuejian stroked his beard and nodded with satisfaction. The quality of the film was worth the effort of him fooling around with the crew.
As for our male lead, Huang Xiaoming...
He sat in his seat, watching the screen, a smirk creeping up his face: "Tsk, as expected of me! That sense of destruction, that explosive power, I'm fucking cool!"
Hmm, it seems like something strange has gotten mixed in.
The test screening went as expected well, even exceeding everyone's expectations.
Everyone seems to already be able to see the money flying everywhere after "Source Code" is released.
However, Gu Heng's troubles have only just begun.
As soon as the others left, Gu Heng strolled to the door of his office and saw several burly men blocking the door completely!
The bosses: Han Sanping, Ren Dong, Lu Zhen, Wang Changtian, and the two Wangs.
"Director Gu, you've kept this from us for so long!"
After the preview screening, the other bosses who were just there for fun were all looking regretful and ready to leave.
However, on the big screen, the credits after the main feature rolled for a full three minutes, and then the bonus scene of Gu Heng desperately dragging the little fox and Grandpa Li Xuejian to reshoot the scene appeared!
"Holy crap, what is this thing?"
When this Easter egg was revealed, the bosses' eyes lit up with envy.
Although no one knows why Gu Heng hid this thing at the very end of the credits.
But anyone with a brain who's not completely brain-dead understands: there's obviously a sequel!
Who starts an actor's appearance only after the credits have finished?!
At this moment, Han Sanping and Director Ren of Shanghai Film Studio looked extremely unwell, staring at Gu Heng as if he were a scumbag who had seduced and abandoned his lover.
You didn't mention this when we were discussing the share of revenue!
Everyone thought you were just making a one-off sci-fi film and that was it!
Now it's all good!
We now know why this Easter egg was created.
The whole world knows now!
If we had known earlier that you were going to create a series of large-scale IPs, would we have been unable to afford it?
Why not just throw money at it and take care of everything afterwards?
Look at those hungry wolves who didn't get on the bus, their drool is practically dripping onto the ground!
Wouldn't they swarm in like madmen to grab a share of the next installment's investment?! They'd be too busy protecting their own interests to even think about it!
As for the dazzling Lu Zhen, he was currently looking down at his nose and contemplating his own thoughts.
Although I also think Director Gu did something wrong.
But I'm just here to freeload. You can talk about Director Gu, but you can't talk about me.
What can Gu Heng do?
The idea for the Easter egg was only conceived during filming.
Gu Heng originally planned to create a version without any Easter eggs.
But then he thought again, he should see how well people would accept the Easter egg.
It seems that people are quite accepting of it now, but perhaps a little too much.
"Gentlemen, what are you doing at the door? Come in and talk."