Chapter 293
Even children know that princesses have the right to choose (from a passerby's perspective)
"Beauty and the Beast" is released on Friday, and tickets for the opening day are quite hard to get.
Li Jiahui had no interest in this kind of princess movie, but her daughter Yaoyao wanted to watch it very much. After coming back from school, she pestered her to buy tickets and kept asking when they could go to the cinema.
In order to fulfill Yaoyao's wish, Li Jiahui opened the ticket purchasing software. You wouldn't know until you see it. This movie is so popular that the best viewing area at the theater closest to her home was almost sold out for the Friday night show.
If she hadn't quickly bought the last two tickets in the middle area, they would have had to sit in the corners.
After dinner, Li Jiahui took Yaoyao to the movies. She originally thought that the audience were all children like Yaoyao, but she didn't expect that the proportion of adults was higher. They also distributed some "support peripherals" at the scene, which could be obtained for free with movie ticket stubs.
Li Jiahui accompanied her daughter to queue up. Yaoyao brought back a transparent fan with a Q-version figurine in a princess dress on it, and the words "Ling Suisui" and "Belle" were written on it.
Ah, it turns out they are all fans of Ling Sui.
Li Jiahui is not a fan, but she is very familiar with this name. Ling Suisui's face often appears on her colleagues' tablets and on the TV at home. Yaoyao also bought a lot of photos of Ling Suisui. She said his name was pb?
Since it wasn’t expensive anyway, Li Jiahui allowed Yaoyao to spend money on chasing stars. She had an unhappy childhood, so she tried hard to be a happy mother.
Before the movie started, Li Jiahui had no expectations for "Beauty and the Beast". She just thought she was there to play with the kids and just sit in the cinema for two hours.
But there is something really special about Diland's movies. The scenes, costumes, styling and special effects are all exquisite, the dubbing is particularly nice, and the actors' performances are very natural. She was drawn into it without realizing it. The first part of the story fits her impression of fairy tales, while the new version at the end is somewhat subversive but also reasonable.
She likes Belle's bravery and wit, and thinks such a film and television character can be a positive role model for her daughter; she would smile like an aunt when Belle was interacting with the beast, and even though she knew that Belle's tears could break the curse, she still felt sore in her eyes when the beast was about to die.
Damn it, how could an adult who has experienced so much be moved by such fairy tale-like sentimentality? We can only blame Ling Sui for acting so well, her emotions were completely carried away.
It was not until the lights in the theater came on and the movie ended that Li Jiahui hurriedly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes. Fortunately, Yaoyao was crying so hard and just now she burst into laughter following the plot that she didn't pay attention to the situation on her side.
After watching the movie, the mother and daughter walked home.
Along the way, Yaoyao was humming the movie theme song. Princess Dilande's singing and dancing are traditional features in the movie. Ling Suisui's skirt-flipping movements were particularly beautiful, which left a deep impression on Li Jiahui, and Yaoyao has been imitating her.
I guess after this weekend, this song will become a hit among elementary school girls. However, judging from the distribution ratio of the audience tonight, adults should like it too.
Li Jiahui was happy to see Yaoyao so happy, and she felt that the two movie tickets were well worth buying.
She couldn't help teasing her daughter: "Yaoyao, do you want to marry a prince when you grow up?"
Yaoyao is already eight years old, and is no longer at the stage where she can say whatever she wants about such topics. She blushed a little and was unwilling to answer her mother's question.
Li Jiahui then joked: "You want to be a princess, and a princess must marry a prince."
"No!" Yaoyao retorted, "Belle stayed in the castle because she wanted to. If she didn't want to, the beast couldn't force her. Belle has weapons, she can beat the beast."
Li Jiahui was stunned for a moment.
She remembered that, strictly speaking, Belle was not of royal origin, and her correct identity should be "Princess". It’s just because Diland put her in the same series as Snow White, Sleeping Beauty and other characters that she is also called "Princess".
However, Li Jiahui did not intend to emphasize this matter, because she knew that in her daughter's heart, "princess" represented noble character rather than bloodline status.
The reason why she was stunned was because Yaoyao said Belle was willing. An eight-year-old child knows after watching the movie that the princess has the right to choose, but what was she saying just now?
"You are right, Mom was wrong."
Li Jiahui bent down and looked her daughter in the eye: "Belle can make the choice. When Princess Yaoyao grows up, she must also follow her heart and make a decision."
Yaoyao liked this name, but felt embarrassed, so she ran to the front shyly.
She was humming as she walked, and occasionally she would shake her skirt, imitating the moves in the movies. As a result, she didn't pay attention to the road and ran into a pedestrian head-on.
Li Jiahui hurried forward, took a look to confirm that Yaoyao was okay, and then quickly apologized to her.
"It's okay, as long as the kid isn't hurt."
The lady wearing a hat and a mask didn't mind. Her voice sounded gentle and she seemed to be smiling.
Li Jiahui turned sideways to make way for the other person, but Yaoyao kept staring at this person.
"Ling Suisui!" she suddenly called out, "Are you Ling Suisui?"
Li Jiahui widened her eyes. Is there such a coincidence in the world?
——It’s true. Ling Sui just finished a roadshow. She has been a frequent flyer for too long recently. Anyway, it's all exercise. Instead of running in the gym, she wants to take a city walk today.
In order not to attract other passers-by, Ling Sui put his finger on his lips and made a gesture to keep quiet. Yaoyao nodded excitedly, not only covering her mouth with her hands, but also looking around vigilantly.
What should you do after you meet a celebrity? Li Jiahui has now recovered from her shock.
If she were to look, she would not be able to tell that the person in front of her is the same Belle in the movie. Yaoyao could actually recognize her. She must be a true fan.
She hesitated and said, "Um...Princess Belle? My daughter likes you very much. Can you take a photo with her?"
Li Jiahui thought for a long time but still didn't know how to address Ling Suisui, so she just used the character's name.
"sure."
Ling Suisui took off one of her masks on her own initiative. Because she was much taller than Yaoyao, she also picked Yaoyao up with both hands.
Wow, I was hugged by my idol!
Yaoyao was very happy and grinned at the camera of the mobile phone. When taking photos, she could only make the "V" sign, which she learned from Li Jiahui. Ling Sui stretched out her hand, and they both made a heart shape with their hands.
After Ling Suisui put Yaoyao down, the child still felt a little unsatisfied.
She touched her head and asked her, "Did you go to see my movie today? Was it good?"
"It's beautiful! I want to watch it again." Yaoyao's eyes were full of stars. "Princess Belle is so beautiful and so smart. She is an extremely powerful princess!"
Ling Suisui thanked her and asked Li Jiahui: "Madam, do you think the movie is good?"
Hearing the other party address her in such a formal manner, Li Jiahui inexplicably felt as nervous as if she was being called upon by the teacher to answer a question in class.
She thought for a moment and said, "I think it's pretty good. The castle is beautiful, and the costumes are pretty too. I want to buy the same children's clothes for my daughter... Although it's adapted from a fairy tale, it won't look childish when shown to adults... It's a very interesting movie."
Li Jiahui scratched her head and said, "I'm sorry, I don't watch many movies, so I don't know how to write a movie review. My vocabulary is too limited."
"It's okay, you don't have to be nervous about it." Ling Suisui smiled gently, "I'm glad to hear the audience's real feedback, this is exactly what I need, thank you for supporting Beauty and the Beast."
The chance encounter ended like this. After returning home, Li Jiahui still felt a little unbelievable.
When she was looking through the photo album, she sent the photos to Yaoyao's phone watch at her request. Then she felt a little regretful. Why didn't she take a photo with Ling Suisui? Even if I ask Yaoyao to help me press the shutter, that would be fine.
Alas, she was so surprised at the time that she forgot about it. What a pity.
Li Jiahui posted a photo of Yaoyao and Ling Suisui on her Moments. Almost the next second after the update was posted, someone liked it, and a series of screams and lemons appeared in the comment section. Her private message list was also flooded with inquiries about where she met Ling Suisui and whether it was too late to go there now.
Although she knew that Ling Sui was very popular, Li Jiahui was still stunned by the fact that he was so popular that he received over 100 likes in just five minutes.
She always thought that many people no longer use WeChat Moments, but she didn’t expect that everyone is just a lurker!
Li Jiahui couldn't reply to so many messages, so she edited one and copied them one by one. She didn't say the exact location, just a vague approximate location, and it took them some time to walk back home, as Ling Suisui had already left.
New chat windows were still being added to her private message column, and the little red dots in her circle of friends quickly turned into 99+. Li Jiahui finally realized how popular Ling Suisui was. Perhaps you have to reach this level of household name before you can call yourself a national top star.
She checked her Moments for a while and found that many people had posted their movie ticket stubs for Beauty and the Beast, and a colleague had even written a long review of the film.
[I unilaterally declare that this is the best movie in the Princess Diland series. The entire film was produced with great care, and Diland created a beautiful world for audiences of all ages.
Here, true love has nothing to do with appearance, and the premise of love is mutual respect. The scene of Belle raising the musket is worthy of being recorded in Durand's film history. Its significance does not lie in how wonderful the scene is, but in the fact that it formally established the princess's independent status. How can it not be considered a milestone?
It's not that I'm kidnapped and have no choice, but that I can defeat you, but I'm willing to stay for you. What Belle gained was not the sympathy of the beast, but she used her firepower to make the other side learn what respect means. Two equal personalities are slowly attracted to each other through daily contact. This is the ideal state of true love.
In addition, the plot of the movie basically restores the animation and has made many upgrades in details. It finds a good balance between innovation and retro, promoting the core of truth, goodness and beauty of the original work while also introducing women's attitude and thinking when facing love.
Belle is neither a devotee nor a coerced person. She will frankly say, "I have to be careful that you don't hurt me." She will also generously admit that she is attracted to the beast's heart and tell him that personal charm has nothing to do with appearance - the premise here is that the beast starts to do "fur management", which is probably a little irony of Dirand making men perform beauty service.
Belle is confident, intelligent, talented, decisive and brave. Her actor Ling Suisui is an actress with a strong aura and her own halo. I am very happy to see such a spirited Belle on the screen. She really makes me believe that true love will overcome all difficulties in the world. 】
Li Jiahui liked this post on WeChat Moments. Although she didn’t have any specific, systematic ideas in her mind, she felt that these were what she wanted to say.
To be honest, if I had seen this message earlier, I should have read it to Ling Sui according to this.
If she surfs the Internet, she will find that reviews and discussions about "Beauty and the Beast" are dominating various platforms. Not only is this movie extremely popular on the Internet, with almost every ant passing by asking if it's good, it also performed strongly at the box office on the first day.
So far, "Beauty and the Beast" has earned 60% of the box office with 30% of the screenings. The extremely high attendance rate will tell everyone whether the audience likes it or not.
Seeing the box office reaching over 300 million yuan (including pre-sales) on the first day, the domestic entertainment industry peers were silent.
Except for a few big-budget films with large traffic and big stars who are still planning to hold on to see who is the winner, other films that have not yet been released are hesitating whether to change the date, and those that have already been released are considering withdrawing.
The big devil is here, you trembling little fish, better get out of the way.
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