Although Helian Bei was not there, he and Zhou Yiyang had the same opinion.
After he finished filming the movie he starred in, he felt that life was not worth living.
To be honest, if there really are viewers who watch movies just for fun, and end up watching this movie because of the overwhelming marketing on Douyin and Weibo, Helian Bei can already imagine how low a score these viewers will give this movie in the end.
Thinking of this, Helian Bei was actually praying in his heart, hoping that Zhou Yiyang would not promote the movie on a large scale.
It’s better to wait until the official word of mouth comes out before promoting it slowly.
It has to be said that Helian Bei’s ideas coincide with Zhou Yiyang’s.
In the following two days, the only ones who were anxious were Helian Bei's fans.
"It's going to be released in two days, why is there no promotion yet? Xiao Liu, do you know what's going on?" Forty-year-old Sister Wang was sitting behind the cash register, but only she knew that all her energy was focused on her small mobile phone.
Xiao Liu, who was on the train, put on his headphones. He first tucked his briefcase under his arm a little tighter, and after a while he said:
"Sister Wang, I don't know either. Maybe the company has its own ideas!"
Sister Wang pouted. Although she also liked the tender and delicate Zhou Yiyang, Helian Bei was her original love.
"No!" Sister Wang frowned. "In this day and age, the saying 'good wine needs no bush' is outdated! Except for me, none of us old sisters knew that Abei had a new movie coming out! I wonder if our Abei's new movie is going to flop!"
Wang Jie has been hanging out with Helian Bei's fans and has learned a lot of fan jargon. Now she's worried that no one will be interested in this movie.
After all, she read online that if an actor stars in a movie that flopped, he would be abandoned by capital.
She really couldn't imagine how sad she would be if Helian Bei could only play supporting roles in movies in the future.
"How about we fans promote it on our own?" Sister Wang thought about it, but she couldn't come up with any good ideas.
At this time, a customer came to the store. Sister Wang thought of her son who was still in high school, so she immediately smiled and greeted the customer with a smile.
"Little sister, what would you like to eat?" Sister Wang asked very gently.
The little girl smiled foolishly, but held her boyfriend's hand and said, "Boss, please recommend something!"
Half an hour later, after they had happily finished their meal, the proprietress suddenly called them over. "Um, do you like watching a movie?"
The young couple was stunned for a second, but still replied politely: "I watch it occasionally, if I have time."
The proprietress hummed a sound. She felt that her behavior was too crazy and was no different from those young people reported in the news.
"Well, let me recommend a movie to you. It's coming out the day after tomorrow, called 'Crane City by the Sea.'" The proprietress said seriously, "But I saw it's an art film, so don't treat it as a comedy."
The two young people smiled at each other and thought it was quite interesting that the boss lady personally recommended a movie to them.
They nodded and wrote down the name of the movie.
"Thank you. We'll go see it when we have time."
After they returned home, the little girl searched online and found out that the movie was actually starring Helian Bei.
"This lineup is very luxurious, but I haven't seen any related publicity." Her boyfriend asked in a low voice after seeing it.
The little sister shook her head: "Then should we go and see it?"
"It's an art film, and I remember some media critics saying it was quite depressing." My boyfriend had already logged into Douban expertly: "Will you like it?"
"Forget it then!" The little girl crossed out the movie and pointed to a romantic film that was very popular on Douyin. It was released on the same day as "Crane City by the Sea": "This one is good, highly recommended for couples, watch this!"
Old Liu on the train seemed to be inspired by Sister Wang, and he also tried to chat with the person sitting next to him in the carriage.
After all, Lao Liu was a salesman, and his ability to travel around the country depended on his eloquence. It took him almost no time to start chatting with the people around him.
However, every time he recommended a movie to them, the people around him would show a very subtle expression.
They stared at Lao Liu, as if wondering if this man was a scalper selling movie tickets!
However, out of politeness, these people still asked Lao Liu about the subject matter and content of his movie.
When they learned that this was an art film, they all laughed.
"Hey, sister, I think we should stop wasting time." Lao Liu held up his phone and reported his experience in the group chat: "No one watched it. When they heard it was an art film, and maybe even a tragedy, they looked at me like they were about to point at my nose and tell me I was a fool."
"But if this movie doesn't do well at the box office on the first day, will the screening schedule be cut?"
A person in the group who is very professional in movie box office research stood up:
"That's right, the cinema's schedule changes in real time. Generally, cinemas will adjust their schedules after the third day, which is Sunday. However, for art films, some ruthless cinemas may schedule them in daytime or midnight slots that almost no one watches."
This is a very subtle cut in the screening schedule. Judging from the number of screenings per day, the number of screenings will remain the same. However, the original prime time screening schedule has been changed to 7 or 8 in the morning, which is almost equivalent to being abandoned by the theater.
When Sister Wang heard this, she clutched her chest, as if she was about to faint:
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