my time as a director

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Chapter 106 Word of Mouth Diffusion

"There are a little few people."

Finding a good seat to sit down, Tong Liya looked around, and all 80 seats were empty.

Li Qian was very satisfied, "Wanda is a hall. There are about 200 seats in this hall. Thirty or forty people are already seated, which is pretty good."

Except for the two press conferences, the publicity has not started yet, and it is beyond Li Qian's expectation to have so many people.

After all, "Certificate of Voting" had just been released, and it was at the time when it was very popular. Among the thirty or forty people, at least half of them were diverted from there.

Either there were too many people and I didn't get a good seat ticket, or I heard other viewers say how depressing and uncomfortable they were, so they switched to other movies.

For movie theaters in prime locations like Wanda, it is normal to not be able to buy tickets during the Lunar New Year stalls during prime time at night.

Last year, when "The Golden Flower" was first released, there were long queues in countless movie theaters across the country. It was like buying a train ticket during the Spring Festival. Many movie theaters had an occupancy rate of 100 during prime time at night.

After waiting for a minute or two, twenty or thirty spectators came in one after another, and the attendance rate almost exceeded 2.

There are less than 70 spectators, which is not bad for an average movie theater.

After all, most movies across the country are small halls, with seats in the early 100s.

A movie can seat 70 audiences, which is far beyond Li Qian's expectation.

Even if at least half of the people here originally planned to watch "Certificate of Fame", but did not watch it for various reasons, but watched "Frequency of Life and Death", it at least proves that "Frequency of Life and Death" will not be ignored by the audience.

Some movies are like this. Even if the audience doesn't want to watch the movie, after entering the movie theater, they will ignore it and don't think about it at all.

Of course, this number is already very low compared to the location in Beijing’s CBD, Wanda’s flagship cinema, during the prime time of the New Year’s Eve night, 70 audiences is already very low. "Certificate of Voting Names" is playing in every hall.

Li Qian also roughly looked at the age and gender ratio of the audience. There were fewer men than women, and there were also a few parents with children.

Soon it was time, the lights in the cinema were dimmed, and the show was about to start.

Li Qian adjusted his posture, leaned back on the chair, and prepared to enjoy his own movie.

Although I have watched it twice in the small screening hall of the studio before, it is another feeling in the cinema with so many audiences around, and I can also receive feedback from the audience in real time.

The show begins.

After the dragon logo and title, the big screen was ablaze, and a huge fireball—the sun appeared in sight.

With a little explanation from the narrator, the northern lights, which have been rare for decades, appeared in the sky.

The audience who came here specifically for this movie were a little surprised. Could it be this sci-fi movie?

Soon, the movie told them the answer.

Deng Chao, who was unhappy in life and looked like a decadent youth, contacted his father who died in the fire 20 years ago through an old-fashioned radio.

Changing the past again and again, the father successfully escaped from the fire and rescued the trapped people.

Because of changing the future, the mother who should be alive in the future died in a serial murder case.

In the end, the father and son traveled across time and space and worked together to change the fate of themselves and their families, and everyone survived without incident.

The warm and happy ending is just right for the atmosphere of the Lunar New Year.

When Li Qian was watching the movie, he was also paying attention to the reactions of the hundred audience members.

But there was no special reaction, and they all watched the movie quietly.

The good news is, no one quit.

After 90 minutes, the screening of the film was over, and Li Qian and Tong Liya also left with the audience.

Blending into the crowd, Li Qian tried to hear some comments from them.

"I didn't expect this movie to be quite good. I was worried that it was a horror movie."

"It's really touching, especially seeing the father and son talking face to face on the screen. When I think of the 20 years between them, I feel sad."

"After seeing my father being suspected of being the murderer of the serial murder case, I was worried that he would die later to save his wife. Fortunately, the director did not commit Wen Qing in the end."

A man and a woman were chatting about the plot just now, and Lu Chao, who was walking behind, couldn't help interjecting, "That wasn't a face-to-face chat, it was two shots, but they were edited into one frame."

The man who spoke looked back at Lu Chao, wondering if the man was sick, and didn't speak to him.

Being ignored, Lu Chao closed his mouth in resentment, turned back to his girlfriend and said, "I didn't lie to you, this movie is really good, and now I have watched the three movies of Li Qian, and I will be his from today on." fans."

You fake fan!

Li Qian next to him was slandered when he heard this, and he became a fan only after watching the third movie.

But it was rare to meet his fans, Li Qian asked with a smile, "Brother, are you familiar with the director of this movie?"

"Familiar, too familiar."

Lu Chao became interested, and chatted with Li Qian with great interest, "You don't know, the director of this movie has made two online movies before, one is "Sniper Phone Booth" and the other is "Jaws" , both movies are very good, I recommend you to watch them."

"That's it, then I'll go back and look for it. You just said that you are a fan of this director?"

"That's right, his first movie just came out, and I was the first to watch it. Later, I also waited for "Jaws" within a second. This time "Frequency of Life and Death" is also the first screening in Beijing. I came early in the morning to buy tickets, so I can be regarded as Li Qian's earliest fan."

The girlfriend next to me was a little strange, "Lu Chao, didn't you buy it when you came here at night?"

After finishing speaking, his complexion changed, "Okay, you have planned to watch this movie for a long time, right? You also said to accompany me to watch "Voice of Fame", but on the way, you kept saying that others said "Voice of Fame" was too dark and too dark. It's depressing, it will be uncomfortable to watch, so you don't want to watch movies with me at all."

Lu Chao quickly said, "No, no, I really bought the ticket when I came here in the afternoon. Didn't you watch me buy it?"

Li Qian shook his head, seeing signs of arguing between the two of them, he quickly left with Tong Liya on his arm.

Before I went far, it seemed that I heard a real noise.

Lu Xun said that one must be honest and not bragging. The ancients were honest and never deceived.

However, he actually has fans, and it seems that he is still a fan who can fool his girlfriend for his movie.

Iron powder!

At the same time, in first-, second- and third-tier cities such as Beijing, Modu, Yangcheng, and Shenzhen, "Frequency of Life and Death" was screened 60 times at the same time.

Guangxian also has less than 90 local promoters across the country, and 60 people were selected to be in charge of film copying, and each person was assigned two security guards, all from different security companies.

A copy of five discs, three people kept separately throughout the whole process, to minimize accidents.