2233 House of Flying Daggers
Although I had predicted the movie viewing craze early on, even when it was previewed, I must not take it lightly; but the actual situation is still far beyond imagination.
On December 3, there were two days before the preview of the "Breaking Drummer", but the six theaters in Los Angeles and New York had already started queueing. The most spectacular scene appeared in the lower city of Manhattan, New York, and more than 300 fans arrived at the scene for 48 hours in advance to queue up.
This is just a preview of an independent art film, but during the preview, a fanatical fan effect similar to that of "Star Wars" broke out. This is definitely a unique landscape in the North American market. Even if the person involved is Ren Li, such a grand occasion is still far beyond imagination.
Even William and Graham were frightened.
After they arrived at the scene, at least more than one hundred viewers lined up at the entrance of the theater - and there were also literary youths who came to the art theater to watch on weekdays and nights. The chattering discussion was definitely a unique feature of the West Hollywood area, which reminded people of the summer nights in Europe:
After nightfall, groups of local residents walked out of the house and enjoyed the coolness and comfort of the hot air gradually settled down. They gathered in a bar at the corner of the block, holding a bottle of beer, standing by the street, chatting with familiar friends whom they had just met. Gradually, the entire block was full of figures, but they did not seem crowded at all, but added a little bit of life to the bustle.
Be casual, comfortable, comfortable, enjoy.
It must be emphasized that there are still 48 hours before the preview!
"Star Wars" is a belief, and countless fanatical movie fans are willing to give everything for it; then, does this mean that Renli is also becoming a belief?
This is a scene that William had never seen before.
As time goes by, the number of viewers queuing at the entrance of the cinema continues to increase. A rough statistics show that more than 500 people have gathered on the scene.
This is a bit outrageous!
Later, William realized that this had become an online hotspot similar to the "Ice Bucket Challenge". Countless Internet celebrities began to participate, and countless netizens also wanted to join in the fun - even if they were not interested in Renli or the movies at all. The problem is that the discussion about "Entertainment to Death" is still spreading on the Internet, while netizens' actions promoted the wave of entertainment to Death in another way, which is really ironic.
But no one cares.
More and more people join the queue to join in the fun. They don’t care whether they can see the movie or what the movie means to Don Quixote. They just try to prove that they appear on the scene in the form of photos or videos, just like clocking in, and then become their own capital to show off. That’s all.
However, their actions made Don Quixote, who really longed to see the movie, complained.
There are more and more people, and there is a unique scene of traffic and endless flow at the door of the art theater. This is another wonder in the Internet era; then things gradually deviate from the track, and the emergence of scalpers is the most direct refraction, like a mirror, reflecting the impetuousness and absurdity of the entire era.
First of all, someone bought the team at the forefront at a high price, rising from the opening price of 300 and finally rising to 10,000, but it still couldn't stop the momentum, which caused a surprise at the entrance of the theater, and then things began to be confused - the positions behind also started to start auctions, and it seemed that all the top 300 positions were on sale, and the higher the price, the more expensive they were; no matter whether the parties were willing to transfer their position, they would become the target of the scalpers.
And it was wave after wave. After the first wave of scalpers asked, the second wave of scalpers continued to come forward, and bombarded them in turn, which was very annoying.
Seeing the order on the scene being off track, becoming more and more chaotic, more outrageous, and more exaggerated, William Graham could not continue to bear it anymore and stood up - Don Quixote did not organize activities for today's preview screening, mainly because the preview screening itself does not require publicity and preheating, and it is more of a communication between the audience and the movie. William and Graham also hope to devote themselves to the movie, but now it seems that things are on the verge of losing control and order must be regained.
William and Graham quickly contacted the familiar Don Quixote, and then passed through ten to ten, making all the movie fans unite to resist the scalpers, and excluded all the interference factors as much as possible, forming a wall of iron, and expelling the fish one by one. The chaos at the scene finally gradually restored order.
At least the first 150 positions are like this. Only real hard-core movie fans will come to queue up early, and only real movie lovers will pay for everything, both for fame and for profit, just to be able to see the movie at the first time. This is a kind of faith from the heart.
But faith cannot be purchased.
Although there were more or less "traitors" in the second half of the team, the scalpers' abacus's calculations were finally effective, but in the end they were only a minority group and could not create further waves. Instead, the so-called "movie fans" in the trading position and the scalpers who were eyeing them became the targets of Don Quixote's attention. The scalping eyes burst out with substantial power, making people feel a little weak.
The chaos is moving in another direction; but this is just the situation at the entrance of the theater, and there is another situation on the Internet.
First, some people sell queue positions, then some people sell "false" movie tickets that do not exist at all, and then some people sell queue services tomorrow and the day after tomorrow and even the future.
The surrounding industries around the preview of "Explosive Drummers" seem to be extremely prosperous, and you can clearly and vividly feel the excitement and excitement of the entire social network. The wave of "entertainment to death" not only did not fade, but also became more and more intense. Everyone is eager to get a piece of the pie from this topic storm.
This is undoubtedly the most ironic thing.
Harvey Weinstein made a frank joke in an interview, "I wonder what Lanley thinks about such a scene? Do you like it or reject it?"
This is just a small joke, but the words hidden in the cotton still made Hollywood feel the true meaning of Harvey:
Regardless of whether Lan Li likes it or not, such a messy chaos is closely related to him. Who else would the judges of the old scholar college who were disgusted with the Internet bubble besides taking off their anger against Lan Li?
Beauty is in trouble.
Although such words are not appropriate here, the meaning is very accurate. When people try to shirk responsibility or try to divert their attention, they just need to easily push the mistake to "beauty": Who made you so sank so much? Who made you so swaying? Who made you so charming?
Obviously, this is all Lanli’s fault. Because Lanli, the entire film industry, the entire Hollywood, and the entire news industry, has become a mess. It’s hateful!
Harvey's ability to judge the situation and capture people's hearts is always excellent. He knows clearly when to give a fatal blow is the best choice, and he also knows clearly when to retreat to advance to achieve twice the result with half the effort.
An unexpected news incident and an unexpected movie viewing craze, two seemingly unrelated things have become a thorn buried by Harvey in the hearts of the judges of the college. Before the "Explosive Drummer" was released, prejudice has taken root and sprouted invisibly.
This is Harvey's ability.
Obviously, this is definitely not a situation that can be predicted in advance, and even William, who was on the scene, could not predict the direction of things.
The scalpers never retreated, but instead cruised around like sharks, waiting for an opportunity to move. A slight loophole could become their breakthrough; this stalemate continued until the beginning of the movie, and after nearly forty-three hours of confrontation, it was finally possible to come to an end temporarily.
William felt unprecedented fatigue, both physical and mental, and was excited to meet Don Quixote again and tighten the scalpers on his face. He stacked up layer by layer and suppressed heavily. When the excitement and passion subsided, fatigue surged like a tide.
"Huh!" William had already yawned four times in just two minutes, and could not stop it. Then the other Don Quixotes around him seemed to have been infected - wait, or maybe others had infected William?
"Will." Graham hit William with his shoulder, and said anxiously when he saw William's exhausted eyes, "I think they did it on purpose?"
"Who?" William's thinking speed was a little unsatisfied.
"Scalpers. There are unknown elements mixed with them." Graham carefully said his guess, "Think about it, even if they were to queue up or movie tickets, they held on for twelve hours, and then realized that we were absolutely impossible to compromise, and there was no need for them to stay any longer, but the fact is, they followed us for two days until the last moment, why? Is this sure it wasn't intentional?"
William still didn't react and stared at Graham blankly, "...uh, you mean, they were deliberately following the queue until the end? But why?"
"You are just repeating my words, I'm asking you why?" Graham became more and more convinced the more he thought about it, and his emotions became a little anxious.
William opened his mouth slightly, but his head stopped working, and he was a little dull, just staring at Graham.
Chapter completed!