"Are you ready to watch? I heard that tickets are difficult to buy." said the colleague next to me.
Zheng Yuer took off her headphones and said in surprise: "Isn't it not released yet?"
"It hasn't been released yet, but today's scalpers have great eyes and hands."
A colleague said helplessly: "They have already purchased the tickets in advance through internal staff, and then sold them at triple the price or even higher."
Zheng Yuer couldn't believe it. She turned to the search engine and searched for relevant information on the Internet, only to find that there were many such statements.
Now it has just entered February of 2004, and the deep winter sky is covered with heavy snow. The news that "Titanic" will be released at the end of March is spreading wildly on Weibo, forums and other places. The broadcast of the trailer also makes people
Every movie fan was so excited at this moment that they almost forgot about the coldness of winter.
However, the news about scalpers selling tickets on behalf of others is also very popular on the Internet. Under Legendary Pictures’ official Weibo, many people are reporting this news, but Legendary Pictures has not responded at all.
On Li Qing's Weibo, countless fans write words of longing and admiration for Li Qing every day, and there are hundreds of comments every minute, so that people who want to give feedback about scalpers' ticket sales have no way to post.
Every comment was instantly drowned out by other fans, and it didn't become a trend at all.
As a result, the entire fan base was in panic, and netizens who were worried that they would not be able to buy tickets even booked several movie tickets at high prices from scalpers.
However, within two days, Legendary Pictures, which had been silent for so long, suddenly issued a statement regarding rumors that scalpers were selling tickets at high prices, and in the statement released a series of measures to put an end to scalpers selling tickets at high prices.
Wang Rui, general manager of Legendary Pictures, also held a press conference afterwards to ensure that all movie fans would watch the movie normally.
At the press conference, regarding the proliferation of scalpers, Wang Rui also claimed that he would strengthen cooperation with relevant departments and would not tolerate the phenomenon of scalpers selling tickets at high prices in the market. At the same time, Legendary Pictures has also strengthened the rigor of the ticket sales system with major theater chains.
Citizens in major cities can use their ID cards to purchase tickets for one person, one game, one time, eliminating the possibility of scalpers flooding the market.
At the same time, major theater chains also expressed their stance immediately, conducted strict internal reviews, and implemented zero tolerance for all scalpers in the market.
After these measures were promulgated, the entire domestic film market was in jubilation.
With the blessing of these news influences, "Titanic" once again left a deep impression on the audience.
At the end of February, the trailer for the final version of "Titanic" was released, revealing more details about the movie.
Many movie fans felt a huge shock when they saw the huge ship broken at the waist and sinking to the bottom of the sea.
The seawater gradually covers the deck, and under the dark night sky, the stars twinkle, and the insignificance of human beings is vividly reflected at this moment.
The special effects in the film were so realistic that people couldn't even tell that it was shot in a huge water tank.
The trailer also showed a chaotic scene of thousands of people gathered together. Everyone was panicking and running wildly on the tilted cruise ship. Many people could not suppress the fear in their hearts, like dropping dumplings from the deck more than ten meters high.
Jump into the sea.
After watching the final trailer before its release, the ratings of "Titanic" skyrocketed on major domestic film review websites, with ratings reaching as high as 9.4 points and more than 100,000 comments.
This naturally includes Li Qing's influence, but it is undeniable that people's expectations for this film are beyond any other film in the world.
However, in China, many people are not optimistic about the final box office of "Titanic" due to the trio of Li Qing, Emma, and Scott, as well as the fact that it has an investment of 300 million US dollars.
After all, if you want to recoup your capital, "Titanic" will have to earn more than 900 million US dollars.
This is a huge challenge, and for Legendary Pictures and Max Pictures, it's do or die.
Soon, the end of March is coming.
In the last week before its release, "Titanic" held grand premieres in the United States, Japan, Europe and other countries.
According to the inertia of Hollywood film and television companies, premieres must be held in the countries with the highest box office in the world. For Hollywood, China is not enough to attract their creative staff to come here specifically to hold premieres.
However, with Li Qing's insistence, the premiere of "Titanic" was finally successfully held in the capital.
On this day, Legendary Pictures invited many well-known domestic movie stars and more than a dozen top film critics in the industry, plus two hundred lucky viewers who won tickets through a Weibo lottery. The premiere of "Titanic" finally broke through
Four hundred people.
Li Qing also specifically turned down all premiere invitations from abroad, returned to China, and participated in the premiere event held by Wanxing Cinema in Beijing.
Li Qing did not walk on the red carpet, but appeared in the screening hall immediately when the show was about to begin.
At that time, the entire screening hall was dark and silent, and no one noticed Li Qing's arrival.
Li Qing wore a mask and sat alone in a corner with his waist bent, preparing to watch the movie. The first reason why he did this was to better examine his film from the audience's perspective, and the second reason was to not cause any arousal.
riot.
Soon, the approval logo of China Radio and Television appeared on the big screen, and then subtitles such as the joint production of Legendary Pictures and Max Pictures and the names of the main creative staff also appeared one by one.
After a while, the main film started.
Compared with a series of Li Qing's past films, such as "Westward Journey", "The Truman Show", etc., none of the films gives people huge suspense at the beginning. The flashbacks of "Westward Journey", "The Truman Show", etc.
The questions at the beginning of "The World" are all motivation to attract the audience to continue watching.
But "Titanic", from the first minute to the 30th minute, was as dull as water. Even with the support of Li Qing's appearance, it still caused the audience to yawn again and again.
There was even a murmur at the scene: "When will the ship sink?"
"What a boring plot..."
"Is the life of European and American aristocrats all like this?"
"Ocean, you are all water..."
"Is this a big production with an investment of 300 million US dollars? Li Qing is going to be in trouble this time!"
Including the media at the scene, almost everyone had more or less disappointed thoughts when watching "Titanic". In addition, they knew in advance the reason why the giant ship Titanic would inevitably sink.
As a result, people's interest in watching "Titanic" has been greatly reduced. Many people came from all over the country. After a long journey, they were already exhausted. After watching "Titanic" for a while, they were fascinated by the plot.
The slow pace made people drowsy, and some people even fell asleep on their seats.
The media did not give special treatment because Li Qing starred in "Titanic". After watching it for half an hour, they all began to write comments on their own handwritten manuscripts.
Even professional film critics sighed and shook their heads, thinking that the big production with an investment of 300 million US dollars was mediocre. Everyone looked disappointed, let alone the actors who were invited to watch the movie.
Even Chen Xindao couldn't help but sigh: "It's too plain and straightforward. I still think highly of Scott. If you don't make good science fiction films, you will die and make literary films... Sure enough, the risk of casual transformation is very high."
It’s huge!”
"This is a trick for Qingzi." Jiang Meier, the queen of literary and artistic films sitting next to her, also shook her head and said: "Foreign directors are still suitable for fast-paced Hollywood blockbusters. They cannot produce the essence of such literary and artistic dramas."
Even Ma Xuzhen was worried: "The boss may be in trouble this time."
Everyone seems to have seen the future box office performance of "Titanic", which is really miserable.
At this moment, the film entered a rather ambiguous stage. Li Qing held a paintbrush and began to sketch the body of Emma. This scene made many drowsy viewers suddenly excited——
ps: I went to attend a friend's wedding in the past two days. Sorry, I will speed up the update.