Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

This cinema, located in a prime area of ​​the city, is divided into two floors.

It can accommodate thousands of viewers to watch movies at the same time, making it a large cinema.

Langmeyer chose the premiere here because of its convenient transportation and enough seats.

The pre-sale tickets for the premiere of "The Mummy" were all sold out in less than a day as soon as they went on sale.

Even though the ticket price is twice as expensive as usual, many people still want to take a sneak peek.

After all, after such a long period of publicity and watching the trailer broadcast on the TV station, everyone is very curious about this drama.

They all wanted to see what the special effects that Longmeyer said were comparable to "Star Wars" looked like.

Lin Daoqiu led a group of cast and crew members and sat in the middle row. At this time, the surrounding lights had slowly dimmed and the movie was about to start.

"The pre-sale situation is good, most theaters are already full, and more than 80% of the remaining pre-sale tickets have been sold."

Before coming, Longmeyer had already learned about the movie's pre-sale situation from various channels.

Overall, "The Mummy" is off to a good start. As long as it can meet or exceed the audience's expectations, this drama will definitely be a hit.

"Don't worry. You have seen the special effects technology of "The Mummy" many times. Don't you still have confidence?"

Lin Daoqiu turned to look at Langmeyer and asked with a smile.

Langmeyer is naturally very confident. Otherwise, he would not have kept a smile on his face all day today, as if he had picked up money.

At this time, the big screen had already lit up, and after Universal's iconic title sequence passed by, the pyramids of ancient Egypt appeared on the screen.

The previous plot has not changed. The love affair between the wizard Immorton and the pharaoh's wife Aksu-nam was discovered by the pharaoh, and they teamed up to kill the pharaoh.

After Aksu-nam committed suicide, in order to resurrect his sweetheart, Immorton entered the city of death, stole the Bible of the Dead, and then prepared to cast a spell to resurrect his lover.

At this time, Lin Daoqiu's attention was not on the movie, but on the reactions of the surrounding audience, because at this time, the first special effects scene would appear.

Although they have seen it many times and are very satisfied with the special effects, in the end it still depends on whether the audience buys it or not.

When Aksu-nam's ghost floated out of the Black River, many people at the scene held their breath.

This was the first time they had seen such special effects. Although it didn't look very realistic, it was enough to scare people.

Those who are timid may even close their eyes quickly after reading it.

I don't know who shouted.

"Oh my god, what is this? It's so scary."

As soon as he finished shouting, many people at the scene nodded inwardly.

But this is just childish, because after Immorton was caught, he was made into a mummy and then was tortured.

When his coffin was filled with those moving black beetles, many people at the scene began to scream.

Because this scene is so disgusting that it makes people’s heads feel numb when they see it.

As the plot progressed, screams would be heard from time to time on the scene, which they thought they were before.

This "The Mummy" is not much different from the previously released "Raiders of the Lost Ark". It is just a good-looking adventure action movie.

But no one could have imagined that Lin Daoqiu would actually make this play into a movie that is almost like a monster.

The magic inside, those disgusting bugs, and the plot in the City of Death all feasted the eyes of the audience.

When at the end, the protagonist played by Mel Gibson killed Immorton, the theater immediately burst into thunderous applause.

After the movie ended, the lights came on, and Lin Daoqiu and all the cast and crew stood up and accepted the thunderous applause.

It can be said that this 96-minute movie made their hearts beat faster and was very enjoyable.

"Lin, congratulations. Judging from everyone's reaction, your film "The Mummy" will definitely be a great success."

"I also want to congratulate you, because this proves that your vision is correct."

After Lin Daoqiu and Longmeyer shook hands, the two hugged each other.

The reporters at the scene quickly took pictures of this scene.

The next day, after the premiere of "The Mummy", major Hollywood and film-related news magazines all used big headlines to write "The Mummy" is coming.

On the first day of box office alone, "The Mummy" easily scored over 10 million at the box office.

Moreover, the number of spectators entering the venue continued to increase, and many people who had already seen it bought tickets to watch it again two or three times.

Many reporters and film critics have given Lin Daoqiu great praise.

"I want to apologize to Mr. Longmeyer because he once said on TV that the special effects of "The Mummy" were comparable to "Star Wars". At the time, I thought he was bragging, but it turned out to be true."

A well-known film critic solemnly apologized to Longmeyer in his column.

Because when Lin Daoqiu and Longmeyer were on "Late Night" before, Longmeyer once said that the special effects of "The Mummy" are the same as those of "Star Wars".

At that time, many people scorned Longmeyer's words and even thought he was talking nonsense.

Because most people believe that the best special effects movies in the world right now are undoubtedly the "Star Wars" series, and there is simply no film that can compare with it.

But the appearance of "The Mummy" gave these people a hard slap in the face.

Even because of "The Mummy", a TV station specially invited experts to appear on a program to discuss the question of whether mummies can be resurrected.

And those museums that collect mummies started to have long queues, everyone wanted to see with their own eyes what the real mummies looked like.

"What's wrong? You came to me suddenly. Do you have something to say?"

After the movie is released, Lin Daoqiu's work is considered complete.

He left all the follow-up matters of "The Mummy" to the people of Universal.

After all, the film's distribution company is Universal, and that's their job.

Lin Daoqiu can take the opportunity to relax and prepare to travel to Europe with Brigitte Lin.

"Mr. Lin, the two of us have a question that we really can't figure out, so we want to find the answer from you."

Sammo Hung looked at Lin Daoqiu solemnly, as if what he wanted to ask was a very serious matter.

Lin Daoqiu didn't think too much, he just nodded and agreed.