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Chapter Four Hundred and Nine: Old and New(1/2)

Just like Xiamen is often considered the capital of Fujian Province instead of Fuzhou.

As the capital of Shandong Province, Quancheng is far less famous than Qingdao.

Moreover, in the recent "rating", Qingdao was recognized as a new first-tier city, while Quancheng, the provincial capital, only fell to the level of a second-tier city.

From this aspect alone, it actually doesn’t stand out.

But even in second-tier cities like Quancheng, the creative team of "Wushuang" will not let it go. You can imagine the intensity of this intensive roadshow schedule.

After all, a road show may be ordinary in Kyoto or Shanghai, but in cities where celebrities are not often seen, it can often become a sensational news event in the city.

In other words, the investment-output ratio of road shows in second-, third- and fourth-tier cities is higher.

Established first-tier cities such as Kyoto, Shanghai, and Nanyue have long been gradually abandoned by distribution companies. These cities are only used for premiere press conferences and will not invest more budget in road shows in first-tier cities.

Because the cost of road shows in first-tier cities is high, the effects are poor, and they have little impact on theater film schedules.

Especially after the ticket replenishment strategy was further restricted, road shows have actually become the core competitiveness of many distribution companies.

Scarce resources such as actor roadshows are usually placed a week before and after the release.

All the main creative members, including Ding Zhi, flew to three cities in a row in 36 hours.

As a second-tier city, Quancheng is naturally placed in a relatively low position.

On the 27th, the main creative staff dragged their tired bodies and finally arrived at Quancheng.

“It’s still very lively!”

Seeing the organizer evacuating and comforting the excited fans, Ding Zhi sighed with some surprise.

"After all, this is the venue for your road show, Brother Zhi. I saw someone on the Internet saying that the tickets for this road show were sold by some scalpers for nearly two to three thousand yuan. They are still priced but not available."

"Hiss~"

Even Ding Zhi couldn't help but take a breath when he heard the words of Xiao Li, who was in charge of the road show and was responsible for the specific docking matters.

This is indeed a bit exaggerated.

"Wushuang" is a feature film and does not use many special effects, so IMAX technology is not used.

Although online ticket replenishment has been canceled through policies, there are policies and countermeasures, and there are still ways to "discount" it.

On average, even if there are no special discount tickets of 9.9 and 19.9 yuan, it is not difficult to control the price of movie tickets at 20-30 yuan.

Even if you don't count the ticket supplement, in a second-tier city like Quancheng, the top price is only about 50 yuan. As a result, scalpers have raised the price to almost fifty or sixty times.

Of course, this price may be very unusual, but it is also an incredible thing.

When this happens, do you blame the scalpers?

That must be strange, but scalpers are just like cockroaches. If you kill one, there will be another nest, which cannot be eliminated.

Blame fans for being stupid and making too much money?

Stupid is indeed stupid. It feels like taking money is just for burning.

One thousand yuan, just look at it from a distance across the stage, and then spend a thousand yuan of hard-earned money in vain.

But what can I say? The reason why they are so "stupid" is actually because they like themselves. It is actually somewhat inappropriate to complain in turn at this time.

"The next few shows...were all sold out, right?"

Xiao Li nodded and said matter-of-factly, "It's all sold out. Except for the free tickets that were given away, the ones sold online were basically sold out as soon as they were released."

In addition to online ticket sales, generally speaking, part of the roadshow is given to some film critics, and complimentary tickets from the media are not sold to the outside world.

For example, the road show movie tickets in the hands of a certain top 100 UP owner are actually of this type.

As a result, there will be fewer online tickets for external sales, and it will become more "rare and valuable".

"Tsk tsk..."

For a moment, Ding Zhi didn't know what to think.

"With your popularity and popularity, Brother Zhi, this kind of thing is completely normal."

Of course Ding Zhi knows that this kind of thing is normal. There is no end to the number of scalpers. If there is demand, there will be supply. If there is demand, there will be a market.

For example, the previous road shows, especially those in first-tier cities, must have been more exaggerated, but Xiao Li didn't mention it, and Ding Zhi naturally didn't spread the word in this regard.

"Suddenly I feel that Brother Zhi, you are really different! I usually work on road shows in the company, and I have met many big names and superstars, but none of them are as concerned about this kind of thing as you are.

of."

Xiao Li is also an old man in the industry. Due to the nature of his work, there are not too many stars in the entertainment industry to welcome him.

Celebrities dote on fans. Most of them are based on personality. Most of them just show it in front of the stage. In private, there are really not many who care about the audience or fans.

Ding Zhi waved his hand and ignored Xiao Li's flattery.

"Come in."





Today is the first serious date between Lao Goose and that girl Guan.

After all, in his opinion, the cup of coffee he drank on a blind date had nothing to do with the word "date".

Logically speaking, when going on a first date, watching a movie is actually a moderate and cost-effective choice.

After all, what option is there that can allow a man and woman who are not particularly familiar with each other to spend 90-120 minutes without embarrassment?

On the set, you can also see a person's quality and usual habits from the details.

For example, if someone is watching and chatting with you about his own opinions on part of the plot, he must have a more self-centered personality.

Or maybe in a movie theater, if you don’t think much of the other audience members who feel loud or disturbing, then you probably don’t care much about your partner’s feelings either.

After all, it's only a small thing.

After watching it, the two of them also discussed the plot of the movie, so there was no need to worry about running out of topics to talk about.

Even more in-depth, you can also guess the concept of the other person's character through his views on the plot of the movie.

It can be said that it achieves multiple things with one stone.

And what’s even more rare is that Lao Goose happens to have two movie tickets or two road show tickets. If you say this is not God’s will, then what is God’s will?

Then it wasn't until he was in front of the cinema door that Lao Goose suddenly became anxious.

On this first date, is it appropriate to take the girl to watch a police movie?

As a "Ding Chui" who is the host of the commentary show, Lao Gou knows Ding Zhi well. His suspense-type works, even if they are not spooky and scary, at least involve blood.

Should I choose a romance movie?

After thinking about it, I felt that although Ding Zhi's national popularity is high enough now, what if this girl is a fan of that...that Wang Yizhan?

To put it bluntly, it’s not that Lao Goose has no confidence in Ding Zhi, it’s more like he has no confidence in himself.

After all, if you are calm and relaxed, it is because you don't care. If you like it, you will worry about gains and losses.

He guessed that regardless of whether he fell in love at first sight or fell in love with her, he seemed to be somewhat interested in the girl.

Fortunately, when the girl came to him, all those worries seemed to disappear in an instant.

Because Miss Guan is dressed very beautifully today.

The sharp-eyed old goose even noticed that the girl even had her hair curled, which matched well with today's outfit.

It’s hard to say whether a girl who dresses up carefully for a date cares about her date. After all, some girls must dress up beautifully whenever they go out.

But if a girl dresses casually on a date with you, then she probably doesn’t really care.

After checking in and entering the theater, the second son and the girl sat in the cinema hall.

Miss Guan looked around curiously, and found that except for a lot of guns and cannons, it seemed to be no different from her usual movie experience.

The point is, the main creative staff of "Wushuang" has not been found, and most importantly, Ding Zhi has not been found.

This road show was not held in a sports center or an event center of a large supermarket, but at the largest IMAX theater in Quancheng.

In this way, even though this is a road show, the process is not much different from the usual movie watching process.

"What's wrong?"

Lao Goose noticed the girl's strange behavior.

"No, it just feels different from what I imagined."

"Actually, the so-called road shows are not as special as most people think. At most, after the feedback is completed, the director or the main creative staff will come out to make an appearance. Some road shows may not even lead to the final screening of the film."

"Wouldn't that just turn into a dry celebrity meeting?"

"Isn't that just a celebrity meeting?"

During the question and answer, Lao Goose did not deliberately show off his "extensive knowledge", but only gave the necessary answers to the girl's questions.

Usually when you first get to know someone, your peacock-like display of desire will often lead to bad things.

It is often believed that women need to be reserved in relationships, but men also need to maintain a certain degree of "reserve".
To be continued...
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