Chapter 252: Premiere of

In Shanghai, at the Red Cliff premiere event, Da Tian Tian, sitting in the back row, stared at the screen and laughed foolishly.

On the big screen, Jin Chengwu, playing Zhuge Liang, was fanning two pigeons, and Liang Chaowei's Zhou Yu asked curiously, "What are you doing?"

Zhuge Liang replied, "I just finished bathing the pigeons."

Zhou Yu asked again, "Aren't you afraid they'll catch a chill!"

The audience in the hall roared with laughter, while in another scene, Jin Chengwu's Zhuge Liang stared into the distance, with Liang Chaowei's Zhou Yu standing behind him.

He asked, "What are you looking at?"

Zhuge Liang waved the fan and said, "I need to calm down a bit."

Then Zhou Yu stood shoulder to shoulder with Zhuge Liang and said, "I also need to calm down a bit."

"Ha ha!" Da Tian Tian laughed so hard her hair shook, leaning on Liu Yifei's shoulder, "This is just too funny!"

Liu Yifei kept a cool expression and, surprised, asked, "What's so funny?"

"Is it not fun?"

Liu Yifei gently shook her head, "Your sense of humor is too low!"

She actually didn't want to come over, but Jing Tian said to come and see how Red Cliff turned out, then report back to Jiang Heng, so he could have a clear idea.

Liu Yifei thought the move was of little use, but in the end she still accompanied Jing Tian.

The two didn't contact the Red Cliff crew; instead they bought expensive tickets from scalpers, so their seats were relatively far back; otherwise they couldn't sneak into the front rows.

After the event lasted a little over an hour, the two put on hats and sunglasses and left together with the large crowd of viewers.

Back in the car, Da Tian Tian said, "What do you think, how was it?"

She was still in the stage of watching the spectacle and couldn't truly comment on its merits, which is why she dragged Liu Yifei along.

"Hmm, it feels average, not like the Three Kingdoms I imagined!"

"In what way is it different?"

Liu Yifei thought for a moment, "The Three Kingdoms were a period of war, bloodshed, and cruelty; Cao Cao's poem says 'white bones lie exposed in the fields, a thousand miles without a rooster's crow.' The era should also be full of heroic spirit, and Prime Minister Zhuge and Grand Commander Zhou Yu shouldn't appear like that!"

Jing Tian was shocked, "You even know Cao Cao's poem?"

Liu Yifei was also puzzled, "You, don't you read books normally?"

Jing Tian's face turned awkward, "I've read it, but later forgot. So, do you think the film will be popular?"

Liu Yifei shook her head, "I don't know, but I don't like it!"

Jing Tian said, "Actually I don't like it much either; both of us are normal people, and two normal girls don't like this movie, so it probably won't be very popular!"

Liu Yifei was shocked pale at the words, speechless for a while, thinking to herself, this logic is really damn powerful!

Before she could say anything, Jing Tian cheerfully exclaimed, "Ha ha, now you can see that 'Zhu Zion' will dominate the summer slot!"

Liu Yifei laughed, thinking to herself, "'Pacific Rim 2' made a $1 billion worldwide box office, what did I say?!"

The two chatted idly for a while, ate something, and took a flight back to Jingcheng in the afternoon.

Jing Tian, being impatient, rushed toward the Havoc in Heaven set, and Liu Yifei followed.

She shouldn't be so idle, but after Pacific Rim 2, Liu Xiaoli thought her daughter had become an 'international star', so TV dramas were definitely off the table, and even movies with slightly weaker scripts or investments couldn't be taken, leaving Liu Yifei with little to do, which meant she was often dragged around by Da Tian Tian.

"Brother, this time we are definitely going to win!"

At the Havoc in Heaven set, Jing Tian told Jiang Heng, who was sitting behind the monitor, about her viewing experience at the Red Cliff premiere and her assessment.

Jiang Heng was a bit confused, "Wasn't Red Cliff premiering in Jing? Why did you go to Shanghai to watch it?"

Da Tian Tian's face turned awkward, "I didn't think of that at first!"

Jiang Heng was speechless; truly a rich kid, treating a plane like a bus!

He immediately laughed, "You guys are thoughtful!"

He then shouted to Jing Tian, "Go rest well back there, we also need to start concentrated promotion right away!"

Given Jiang Heng's huge box‑office draw at this moment, the special‑effects blockbusters produced by Faction: Outstanding Rising Film Company have a very short concentrated promotion period.

The focus is basically on the roughly ten days between the premiere and the public release, covering promotion both domestically and abroad.

Domestically, only one premiere is scheduled in Jing, set for Sunday, July 2.

Because there were still a few days left, Jing Tian didn't want to leave immediately, and Jiang Heng ignored her, continuing to shoot without mentioning it.

Da Tian Tian, standing by bored, went out and bought bubble tea for the whole crew.

Liu Yifei followed, full of envy.

She doesn't lack that money, it's just that she feels she can't pull off something like this.

But that night, she paid for the whole creative team to have a midnight snack, watching Yuan De, Yuan Hua and others laughing, she silently sighed at Jiang Heng's good fortune in love.

In the blink of an eye, a few days passed, and finally the premiere of 'Zhu Zion' arrived.

This event was held at the Political Consultative Conference Grand Hall, with the red carpet starting at 1 p. m. and the film screening precisely at 2 p. m.

Many book and film fans arrived early, braving the midday sun to line up; at the entrance there was a long queue, a sea of people.

"My god, there are just too many people!"

Many students at the venue's first reaction was that sentence.

The press corps even treated this event as an important 'battle'.

It truly was Director Jiang's new film premiere; not only were there many on‑site viewers, but even more stars and big names, and the red‑carpet guests almost rivaled those at several mainland film festivals.

The first to walk the red carpet were those of slightly lower stature, with Zhao Liying among them.

She played the role of Tian Ling'er in the film; in the original novel her scenes were decent, but in the movie she could only be considered a minor supporting character.

Nevertheless she didn't mind the role; as a complete outsider with no acting experience, being able to appear in Jiang Heng's special‑effects blockbuster and even play a female supporting role opposite the male lead satisfied her greatly.

As time went on, more and more star‑power celebrities walked the red carpet, including Hong Jinbao, Zhou Xingxing, Ge You, and Han Sanping, among others.

Jiang Heng was the last to appear; under a massive poster board he signed his name, his figure impressive, and Liu Yan, wearing a tuxedo, called out to Jiang Heng.

"Hello Director Jiang, I'm glad to see you again on the red carpet. There are still over twenty minutes before the film 'Zhu Zion' meets the media, reporters, and audience friends here; many of them are fans of the original novel and have been looking forward to this movie for many years. Do you have anything you'd like to say to them?"

Jiang Heng took the microphone, smiled, and said: 'Actually, I have also been looking forward to the movie Slay the Immortal for many years. It is different from previous mythological blockbusters; for example, in the Journey to the West series films, Sun Wukong appears at the peak of his martial prowess right from his debut. In Splitting the Mountain to Save Mother, Erlang Shen also possessed divine abilities from childhood, and his growth process is skimmed over.'

But in the movie Slay the Immortal, we will see an ordinary, plain boy who gradually grows into a cultivator with divine abilities, with a substantial portion dedicated to depicting his growth process.

This process can be called mortal cultivation!

(End of chapter)