Chapter 422 Coming soon (too late, Chapter 3 will be released tomorrow)
From the World Expo to IAMX, and now, the publicity of "Avatar" has reached the extreme. As the saying goes, everyone who should know knows, and people who shouldn't know also know.
People who should know want to see it, and people who shouldn’t know also want to see it after knowing it.
There has never been a movie with such terrible publicity and popularity. Even the original "Lord of the Rings", "Transformers", and "Harry Potter" were probably far behind when they were released in 3D.
The only time left is to wait for the release.
Just like the countdown to the Chinese college entrance examination, all obsessed movie fans are staring at the countdown to the release of "Avatar".
The first screening of "Avatar" is on December 23, 0:00, midnight premiere.
It is now 22:00 on December 19th, three days and 74 hours before the midnight premiere...
In two hours, the "Avatar" online ticket booking system will be officially opened, and all movie fans around the world can use it to reserve seats in advance.
But if you want to make a reservation, you have to be very technical!!
There are more than 20 IMAX theaters in North America, and there are hundreds of millions of fans in North America who want to watch "Avatar"...
There are at least more than 200 million movie fans in China, and there are only more than 20 imax theaters...
There are at least 100 million movie fans in the EU, and the IMAX hardware does not have more than 30 seats...
Hundreds of millions - VS - 20, the gap is too big, absolutely a drop in the bucket, so grabbing movie tickets in an IMAX theater is definitely as difficult as climbing to the sky.
Not only IMAX theaters, but also 3D theaters are extremely scarce. So when grabbing tickets, whoever gets the tickets first will be the winner in life!!
All movie fans are eagerly waiting for this moment to arrive.
At this time, Wang Shang's secretary Jiang Xiaowen came to the villa where the "Avatar" team rested with 15 IMAX movie tickets and distributed them to the hungry group of people: "The boss said that the cinema will arrange a back door for you to enter, and then
After watching the movie, go out through the back door so as not to be recognized by movie fans, and since it’s dark, it shouldn’t be a big problem.”
Little Robert quickly grabbed a ticket, kissed him a few times, and laughed loudly: "I knew the boss was the best!"
Others were also overjoyed when they got their tickets.
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23:40, there are still 20 minutes left before "Avatar" ticket sales.
At this time, countless movie fans looked at the time and sat nervously in front of the computer.
"Don't watch videos, don't download, don't open programs that take up network transmission speed..."
"Why do we have to open the ticket sales channel at 0:00? It's so confusing!"
"Bullshit, if we open it at noon, wouldn't there be more people competing with us? It's best late at night!"
While they were waiting, they used words to vent their tension.
Everyone is ready, as if they are fighting...
My palms are sweaty, my forehead is sweaty, my shirt is wet...
The clock keeps ticking, and the minute hand keeps moving closer to the 12 position...
In one of the Internet cafes, a rich man commanded a dozen young men and said: "Everyone, come on! Whoever grabs the IMAX movie ticket will be rewarded with US$200! The 3D ticket will be rewarded with US$50!"
These young men are all regulars at the Internet cafe. They were originally here to play games, but tonight a wealthy stranger barged in and offered a large reward to anyone who helped get the tickets. It didn't take much time anyway, so these young men agreed.
This kind of thing does not only happen in this Internet cafe. Similar things happen in other Internet cafes. Movie fans from all walks of life use various methods to grab tickets for "Avatar". They know how popular "Avatar" is. Once they don't get it, they
You have to wait several days to buy tickets and enter the cinema.
They didn’t want to wait even a day, let alone several days, so they came up with various tricks. Unfortunately, the security of the ticketing system was very high, and there was no way to use software to grab tickets, so they had to manually
Rob.
Time keeps passing...
The clock finally pointed to 23:59:50...
Countless movie fans in major cities around the world began to press the F5 refresh key quickly!!
The tycoon in the Internet cafe waited until the time started and immediately shouted to everyone: "Now, refresh! Keep refreshing! As soon as the ticket window appears, choose a seat and pay immediately!!"
As regulars at Internet cafes, those young men naturally have very fast hands. They quickly operated the computer, ordered seats, paid online, passwords, and paid...
The Internet cafe was suddenly filled with the sound of keyboards and mice...
This is the legendary keyboard master...the legendary hand speed of 200...(囧).
The rich man looked at everyone nervously, hoping to get good news from them.
"Sorry, that seat has been reserved!!"
"Sorry, that seat has been reserved!!"
"Sorry, that seat has been reserved!!"
One by one, the young men raised their hands dejectedly and said.
"..." The rich man wanted to run away! After thinking about it, he loudly ordered: "Buy again, and exchange it for size 24... If it doesn't work, immediately exchange it for size 25..."
Before the rich man finished his roar, one person quickly raised his hand and said excitedly: "I bought it!! IMAX!!!!"
"Okay!!" The rich man jumped up excitedly and shouted, pumping his fists.
"Keep up the good work!! IMAX ticket rewards are US$200 and 3D tickets are US$50!!"
The stimulation of money makes the boys breathe harder!!
Twenty minutes later...
The first three days of pre-sale tickets for "Avatar" online have been sold out, and tickets for the fourth day (December 26) will not go on sale until the 21st.
And this wealthy man who offered a reward in the Internet cafe only succeeded in getting one IMAX-3D ticket for the midnight premiere, and one 3D ticket for the noon on December 24th. The result was terrible, but it also proved that this ticket is really difficult to grab.
Winning the midnight screening of the premiere was considered a great joy. With a wave of his hand, the rich man generously increased the reward by US$100 to the young man who helped him get the tickets, bringing the total to US$300.
The next day, major entertainment media around the world reported on the problem with last night's ticket sales.
""Avatar" went crazy before it was released! All the tickets for the first three days were sold out in less than an hour!!" - "Paris".
"The ticket rush for "Avatar"! It's hard to get a ticket! According to system records, the three-day IMAX tickets at the International Cinema in Hollywood were sold out in just 5 minutes, while the 3D tickets only took 25 minutes.
It was completely sold out, and this was the result of system delays." - "Hollywood Reporter".
"The rush to get tickets for "Avatar" can be said to be a matter of choosing one person among ten thousand people. It not only requires speed, but also luck. Congratulations to those friends who bought the tickets." - "Calcutta Entertainment News".
"With the tickets for the first three days, it is really difficult for movie fans to watch movies with their friends. It is estimated that most people go to the cinema alone." - "Modu Film and Television News".
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But at this moment, the Internet was already going viral.
"I want IMAX tickets at a high price. Within 1,000 kilometers around the New York area, the 23rd day ticket is 3,000 US dollars, the 24th day ticket is 2,000 US dollars, and the 25th day ticket is 1,000 US dollars!" A rich man started to throw money to beg for tickets.
"Haha, you two, no need to ask for votes, no one will sell them!"
"Yes, who would be so stupid to sell tickets, and it's an imax ticket, which is a super rare ticket!"
“Definitely showing off your wealth!!”
All of a sudden, a lot of movie fans burst into tears...
However, there are few people selling tickets, but there are many people exchanging tickets.
"My girlfriend and I have separated the show, please exchange the tickets, please help!"
"Please exchange your tickets. Isn't it good to watch a movie alone?"
"Avatar" is gradually approaching its release time amidst the excitement.
According to global time zones, New Zealand and Australia, the countries closest to the east of the International Date Line, enter the new day first, so the first countries where "Avatar" was released were New Zealand and Australia.
On the night of December 22, 2012, many cinemas in New Zealand and Australia welcomed a large number of audiences early. They were very strange. They came in one after another at 21:00, but they were always waiting.
hall, without entering the cinema.
They don't talk much, but their only characteristic is that they look at their watches and check the time.