I make a thriller, it's God chasing and feeding

Chapter 38 [Halftime]

"This... together with us, there are only half of the people in one session."

April [-]st, April Fool's Day,
Although this festival is not that important in the Tang Dynasty, at night, there will still be some young people going to the streets together to play.

As a horror film, the filming of "The Old Corpse in the Mountain Village" is scheduled for the evening.

And because of the premiere, the theater chains led by Light and Shadow Media have given a range of three screenings.

The duration of the movie is 96 minutes, and the three scenes add up to nearly five hours.

Counting from [-] o'clock to the closing of the cinema in the early morning, there is a wide range of choices for the audience.

But in fact, as the first scene of the premiere, the movie "Old Corpse in the Mountain Village" failed to complete even a full house.

On the ticketing platform, seat selection is only half of the number.

What's more, this also includes the share of more than a dozen people in the crew.

As my own film, the premiere of course deserves support.

Moreover, they also want to see the evaluation and performance of real audiences after seeing this film.

But in the end, they were all disappointed.

"Today is April Fool's Day, and it's another rest day. There are so few people here."

Zhang Yuming's face was full of pessimism, "Wouldn't it be less in the next few days?"

It's all advertised like that, and the premiere can only attract less than half of the audience.

Is this stereotype too much?

Not even given a chance?

"The premiere is at seven o'clock in the evening, maybe it's just in time for dinner."

In the waiting area of ​​the cinema, Lu Zhengyi glanced at the other people who were mourning, and said comfortingly, "Most people come to the cinema to watch movies, and they will not be alone, and the cinemas are all opened in some shopping malls. It's normal for everyone to finish their meal before going to see it when it's time for dinner."

"I see that the next two games are almost half-time seat reservations."

"I switched the location to urban areas. Except for those remote small theaters, those large theaters near shopping centers can more or less have some audiences, and a few of them can reach half of the seat reservations."

"It seems that the promotional efforts have been enlarged, and the effect is quite good."

Others did not feel comforted.

What is it called, there can still be some audiences more or less.

Did Director Lu's request be so low?
Spending so much time and energy just for two or three kittens?
"The current situation, I feel good, there is still hope, much better than I expected."

Compared with the pessimistic expressions of the actors and crew, the assistant director Zhang Yu looked cheerful this time.

He wasn't as upset as he was when he only saw the comment section.

"Director Zhang, is this still a good situation?"

Zhang Yuming, who didn't have to be impatient, opened his mouth, and Chang Zhengwei asked.

"Of course."

Zhang Yu was in a good mood, "Before I saw these reserved seats, I felt that no one would come to the cinema to watch our movies."

"Compared with these two, it must be good."

Everyone else was a little speechless.

Why are the director and the assistant director both in such a good mood?

Especially the director, he invested most of the money for this film.

Just this little audience is not enough to pay back!
"Actually, it's really good."

Lu Zhengyi looked at them, feeling a little helpless, "Maybe, everyone cares too much about the box office on the premiere day."

"But whether there is a need to care about the premiere depends on the situation. For a film like ours that has stereotypes and newcomers, why would anyone be willing to be there to support the premiere? Don't we all have to wait and see first?"

"After all, the movie tickets are not cheap. We went out to play happily, but ended up spending 40 or [-] yuan to watch a bad movie. Not to mention wasting time, it also affects mood and money. Who wants it?"

"Score, it depends on what kind of evaluation these audiences will give after watching the film and leaving the theater."

"So for this premiere, the important thing is not how many audiences come, but whether there are audiences."

"Some films are made without even an audience. No one knows whether they are good or not."

"Now there are people in twos and threes who are willing to come to find out the bottom line, and even today's April Fool's Day is still halfway, I think it's good!"

Aren't these veteran actors leading the box office for the premiere of a sold-out movie? Otherwise, there are traffic stars.

Like their crew, they don't have anything they want.

If it weren't for the big names like Shu Wen and the others to help with the publicity, there might not even be an audience for this half of the show.

With this achievement now, Lu Zhengyi is satisfied anyway.

The rest, you can only look at the quality of the film.

If this is good, there should be audiences behind.

But if it's not good, no amount of publicity resources will be used.

"Okay, okay, it's time to get ready to enter." Lu Zhengyi clapped his hands and stood up. "The phones are all turned off. Wait, if someone sits next to me and plays with the phone, ruining my movie-watching experience, I won't be polite."

Zhang Yu and the others laughed and stood up, turning off their phones in front of him.

On the side, many waiting audiences and staff in the theater cast their gazes over.

Such a large group of people piled up in this rest area, just like a company team building and watching a movie, which is quite eye-catching.

But that's it.

Lu Zhengyi stood up. That big, muscular man was wearing a black peaked cap. He looked fierce, and he didn't look like a good stubble.

It belongs to the type that most people meet on the road and don't even want to look at it, for fear of being blackmailed.

A large group of people went through the ticket gate and walked into the cinema lively.

In April, the weather is not too hot.

But the closed and stuffy movie theater already has air-conditioning.

The movie hadn't started yet, and advertisements and theater fire protection knowledge were being played, and the lights in the aisle were still dimmed.

Lu Zhengyi and his team were the most punctual, sitting on the seats row by row.

Then they stared at the eyes and looked at the seats by the entrance.

Every time a young couple enters the arena with sticky milk tea, they nod their heads in satisfaction.

Fortunately, the lights in this theater were turned off quickly, otherwise, people would have been scared away.

"Why are there so many people in horror movies?"

"Is this movie very popular recently?"

"It's almost half the time, it's the first time I met you."

"Oh, look at what is written here, it was taken by Lu Yiyong's son."

"I told you to pick that literary film earlier, you watch this, there are so many people..."

……

And as the lights in the theater dimmed, some small conversations began to sound.

Nothing more, they are all surprised that there are so many people in a horror movie.

From time to time, some people took out their mobile phones to check the news of the movie.

Of course, for those couples who come to the theater to watch horror movies, the atmosphere is good, and it is suitable for couples to further their relationship, it is not suitable.

(End of this chapter)