The Best Director

The time soon came to the beginning of August. During this one and a half months, Wang Yang continued to live a reclusive lifestyle, doing movie promotion work every day.

After two months of viral publicity, the effect has reached its peak. Now there is no need for Lions Gate employees to post posts. There will be more discussion posts about "Kevin's murder" on various Internet forums. The rumors spread more and more, and the more they spread, the more tricky they were. The official website of "Spiritual-Ghost Records" was once blocked and could not be opened, forcing Lionsgate to replace the official website server.

Some web portals also began to report on this strange event on the Internet. The headline on Yahoo was "Spiritual Murder Adapted into a Movie?" However, this news report only clarified the recent rumors on the Internet. After all, the viral propaganda method of "Spiritual-Ghost Records", let alone movies, zoomed in to the entire Internet history, this method is also groundbreaking.

Therefore, Lionsgate and Wang Yang welcome Yahoo's report. This is a free advertisement with very effective results!

After the report was released, the traffic on the film's official website surged several times, and posts in various places such as communities and forums also began to show the desire to find out whether the whole thing was true or false. This also indicates that the time is ripe for the film to be released on the market, and if it is not screened, it will be a failure. When the media starts to seriously investigate this matter, the truth will soon surface, and the audience who learned the truth will lose their curiosity. Won't go to the cinema anymore.

The preparations for the release of "Spiritual-Ghost Story" have already been completed. As early as a month ago, the film passed the review of the MPAA. As Wang Yang expected, it was assigned a PG-13 rating; a few days ago Earlier, Lionsgate also made 25 copies of the movie film and sent them to 25 movie theaters in five cities including Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Today is the first day of the trial screening of "Spiritual-Ghost Story". This film does not promote the director or actors, so naturally there will be no premiere ceremony, which is for blockbuster movies; The show starts at midnight and ends in the early morning of the next day. Although it is the most suitable time to watch horror movies, this time is also used for sleeping, especially now that it is summer vacation. Movie fans watch a blockbuster movie at night. It was spent, and one can imagine how many people stayed to watch the midnight show.

The schedule and screening time are not good, but the market target that this film attracts is clear from the very beginning, those people who are aroused curiosity on the Internet, they will make a special trip to the cinema to watch, regardless of the screening time Day or night. So Wang Yang doesn't worry much about the schedule, he doesn't rely on the uninformed audience who just go to the cinema to watch a movie for entertainment.

Although there is no official premiere ceremony for the film, it does not mean that Wang Yang does not have his own premiere ceremony. He is now with Jessica, and the two of them are on the drive to the cinema.

Wang Yang is wearing a new set of black clothes today, which looks very serious. With his tall and straight figure, he looks "in good shape". And Jessica is also very beautifully dressed, with fluttering brown hair and a sweet and charming face, all of which make her exude a charming girlish style.

In the Fox car, Jessica was looking at the road ahead, holding the steering wheel with both hands; Wang Yang was sitting in the passenger seat, listening to brisk radio music, when suddenly his cell phone rang, and he pressed the temporary play music button , took out his mobile phone and looked at it, and smiled at Jessica next to him: "It's Rachel calling."

Jessica turned her head to look at him quickly, and said, "Oh, then say hello to her for me."

"Hi, Rachel!" Wang Yang answered the phone with a nod of his head, with a cheerful tone, and said with a smile: "Jessica and I are going to the cinema, and Jessica asked me to say hello to you!" He brought the phone to Jessica's lips, and Jessica smiled and said, "Hi, Rachel, good evening."

"good evening,

jessica. "Rachel over there laughed in a normal voice.

After saying hello, Wang Yang put the phone back to his ear, looked at the bright night view of the city center outside the car window, and said excitedly: "We will be able to see "Ghost Story" in the cinema soon, haha, it's really exciting look forward to!"

"Sounds really fun." Rachel responded lightly to Wang Yang's words, and she suddenly seemed to be joking and asked: "Is it just you and Jessica to see it? Wow, wow! Yang, don't you On a date?"

"No, haha!" Wang Yang couldn't help but smiled and glanced at Jessica. Jessica, who couldn't hear their call, made a playful face with a smile, and said, "Are you talking about me?" Wang Yang said to her Shrugging, explaining to Rachel again with a smile: "You know, Zachary, like you, can't go to the movie theater; Joshua went to another movie theater to investigate the situation there, so that's it."

In fact, Joshua originally wanted to watch it with them, but his idea was killed by Jessica in the cradle, and then Joshua went to another cinema. Going to see the premiere of his first movie with Wang Yang, Jessica didn't want to bring Joshua, the noisy guy, just her and Yang. But now listening to Wang Yang's words, she felt a little depressed. Why did Yang explain these things to Rachel?

On the phone, Rachel sighed suddenly in frustration, and said, "Jan, I really want to fly to Los Angeles to watch "Ghost Story" in the cinema, but you want me to hide in York University and not show my face, it's really annoying Crazy!" She said "God" a little angrily, and immediately apologized and said, "I'm sorry, Jan, I'm just upset. The movie I'm starring in is coming out and I can't watch it. Seriously , I really envy you, this will be a very unforgettable experience."

"I'm sorry, Rachel." Wang Yang apologized sincerely. He could hear that Rachel was very unhappy. This was the first time he heard Rachel lose her temper. She was always so graceful, smiling slightly, showing Two sweet dimples, but she also loses her temper sometimes.

In fact, he really hoped that Rachel could come to Los Angeles and watch the movie together, but Lionsgate would not allow it. What if someone recognized Rachel in the movie theater? Wearing sunglasses, a hat, and a mask? Wouldn't that be more noticeable? In order to ensure that there are no accidents in the test screening stage of the film, Lionsgate chose to be extremely cautious.

Wang Yang could only comfort him with a smile: "But you will definitely see it, Rachel, and I think it will be screened in Toronto soon."

"No, I will watch it in Los Angeles." Rachel's tone returned to calm, and she smiled: "Okay, then I won't bother you. I don't have to watch the movie, so I have to go to bed, good night!"

"Okay. Good night, Rachel." Wang Yang hung up the phone, sighed slightly, and said helplessly to Jessica next to him: "Rachel is a little unhappy, she has been looking forward to seeing herself on the big screen, But now..." He shook his head, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion; "If everyone can watch it together, Rachel, Zachary...everyone is here, how happy you would be, Jessica."

"Hmm..." Jessica nodded lightly. Of course everyone would be happy to watch it together, but it would be even happier if they went to see it together. She sympathized with Rachel in her heart and understood Rachel's annoyance; but she was also very happy and excited in her heart. She and Yang went to the premiere together to witness an important moment. This feeling is really good.

She is witnessing the fulfillment of Yang's dream. When she was a child, she heard Yang say that when she grows up, she will become a director and make a movie; Shooting starts, distribution is sought, and now the movie is about to hit theaters. She is witnessing every step, and she has seen all the difficulties and joys, which makes her feel very happy.

Thinking about this, Jessica couldn't help but glanced at Wang Yang next to her, her heart beating fast with disappointment. He is not as childish as his peers at all. He is wise and mature, sticks to his ideals, is talented and humorous. Compared with Jack Frank and those disgusting fawning and showing off, Yang looks so "cool" ", and he will soon become the youngest released film director...

Hi, what are you thinking Jessica! She shook her head, interrupted her thoughts, and continued to drive intently.

The movie theater they went to on this trip was the "Vita Projector" movie theater where they met and reunited that day. Because this movie theater is located in the city center and is very close to several universities such as USC, it became a Lionsgate movie theater. One of the company's shortlists, and then Wang Yang chose it as one of the twenty-five theaters to test it out.

After parking the car in the parking lot, Wang Yang and Jessica came to the Vitai Projector Cinema. It was already close to 12 o'clock in the morning. Although the lights were brightly lit, there were not many customers in the ticket hall of the cinema.

On the poster wall of the ticket office, Jessica was pleasantly surprised to find the figure of "Spiritual-Ghost Story" in the corner. She excitedly waved to Wang Yang and said, "Yang, come here! Look, "Ghost Story" poster!"

"Wow! Really?" Wang Yang hurried over, and sure enough, he saw a poster of "Ghost Story" stuck on the wall. The poster was designed very simply. In the middle was a picture of a dark bedroom, which was his apartment. In the bedroom, the top and bottom of the poster are all black, and some advertisements are written, "Do you know what is going on while you are sleeping?" Lionsgate logo, etc., no producer, director, actor information.

"It's great..." Wang Yang stretched out his hand and gently stroked the poster on the wall. Jessica looked at him smilingly, with tenderness in her eyes.

Although the poster was only pasted in a corner with a small cost, Wang Yang was still almost trembling with excitement. His movie poster was pasted on the poster wall of the movie theater! He clenched his fist and smiled at Jessica, "Let's go in!" Jessica nodded.

"Hello, we want two tickets for "Spiritual-Ghost Records"!" At a glass ticket counter, Wang Yang smiled in a good mood. He saw the fat middle-aged white conductor looking for tickets, and he took the opportunity to ask He said, "Hey, buddy, how is the ticket sales for this movie? Are there many people watching it?" Jessica immediately looked at the fat conductor with a look of wanting to know.

The fat conductor took out two movie tickets in a deadpan manner, handed them to Wang Yang, and said lazily: "Oh, this movie? Don't worry, young man, the seats inside are empty." He looked at Jessica, and suddenly his eyes widened. Liang, regaining his energy, smiled at Wang Yang with a wink and said, "You are such a lucky guy. Remember, don't make such a big noise."

Both Wang Yang and Jessica were stunned, and Jessica walked away in embarrassment and annoyance. Wang Yang rolled his eyes at the conductor, was speechless and didn't want to explain anything, and paid 12 dollars for two tickets. Then he and Jessica walked to the No. 2 cinema hall.

In the dark movie hall, there were really not many people, it was empty, only sporadic audiences. Although there are still more than ten minutes before the start of the movie, the ticket sales situation for this show is obviously not very good.

"Yang, it's nothing. There are twenty-five movie theaters. Maybe it's just that this one is a little quieter." The two stood at the top of the movie hall, and Jessica comforted Wang Yang.

Wang Yang gave her a "don't worry" look, and said: "I'm fine, Jessica, don't worry about me. In fact, this situation is within my expectation. As long as someone comes to see it, it's important Yes, they left the movie theater and would recommend their friends to watch it, that’s the most important thing.” He shrugged with a smile, and said, “You know, there always needs to be the first person to eat a crab, and they eat it Crabs, other people know that crabs are delicious. As long as this movie frightens them, the more frightened they are to death, the more they will encourage their family and good friends to watch. People are like this, they have been frightened, In my heart, I hope that others will come to be scared, and then they will make fun of those people, look at you, it's so pitiful to be scared!"

And this is also without the viral marketing of the Internet. Whether it can achieve this effect depends on whether watching the movie can frighten the first batch of audiences.

Jessica nodded. She was also terrified when she saw it for the first time. Then, as Yang said, she was full of hope to see Irene and other good friends being frightened. She smiled and looked around at the scattered audience in the seats below, and said, "Well, I think they will be quite frightened!"

The movie hall that can seat nearly 500 people is very empty, and the seats are first-come, first-served, so the two have many choices. They still sat in the same position when they met last time, leaning on the back of the chair, Wang Yang He asked Jessica with great interest, "Hey, I remembered that day, we actually sat together in such a big movie hall, wow, it's amazing! Jessica, why are you sitting here?"

Jessica shook her head and smiled at him: "I don't know, this is one of my movie-watching habits. When I go to the cinema, I like to sit in this seat." Wang Yang raised his thumb and praised: "Good habit, here It's the best place to watch a movie!" Jessica nodded and said, "I think so too."

In fact, there are some things that both of them have forgotten. For example, Wang Yang once said to Jessica when he was a child, "Do you know where the best place in the movie theater is? Ha, I don't know, let me tell you..."

The two chatted for a while, and soon it was the opening time of the 12 o'clock midnight show. There were not many new audiences in the movie hall, and it was still sporadic, with less than 10% of the audience seated.

At this time, the movie hall was very quiet, and the audience were all looking at the big screen in front of them, only to see the logo of Lions Gate on the screen. After a few seconds, the big screen turned into darkness, and then Kay played by Zachary Wen appeared. He took a selfie for the camera and said with a smile, "Hi everyone, I'm Kevin! This is our new home!" There was no re-editing of the movie, and the version shown was the one that Wang Yang took to seek release .

On the screen, Kevin walked around the apartment with a DV player in one hand, filming the kitchen, bedroom and other places of his and Mel's new home, and introduced it in a cheerful tone.

"Oh...!" In the dark movie hall, the audience suddenly exclaimed in a low voice. They were "scared" by the strong shaking shot of Kevin You's apartment, and the big screen couldn't save the DV camera. The picture quality is poor, and when the camera shakes, the screen is blurred everywhere.

Wang Yang suddenly felt a little nervous. Will these limited audiences accept camera panning and rough picture quality? He vaguely heard a man's voice from two or three rows behind the auditorium saying: "Jesus! Is someone crazy? Oh, is this a movie? My God, how could this be..." Then, he heard someone Said: "Man, don't you know? This is edited from real DV tapes, this Kevin is actually dead..."

The movie continued to play, and it took more than 30 minutes before Wang Yang let go of his nervousness, and secretly heaved a sigh of relief, no one left the table! The first half hour is a checkpoint for a movie. After watching the movie for more than half an hour, the audience will usually watch it until the end of the movie. The audience in the cinema hall was indeed getting more and more involved, and even the small discussions in the auditorium behind were gone, only occasionally, they would hear some heavy breathing and exclamation.

Wang Yang looked around, and smiled at Jessica next to him, suppressing his voice, "Hey, it looks pretty good!" Jessica also had a happy face, and said, "Well, the best part is yet to come, they will be killed Terrible."

At the end of the movie, there are more and more frightening places. When the audience saw Rachel's crazy performance in front of the mirror, their scalps were numb; when they saw the ghosts flashing by on the TV screen in the hall, their hearts were depressed. Almost suffocating. These psychological horror techniques successfully made them scare themselves, and their mental strings became tighter and tighter, to the point where they were about to collapse.

Soon, the movie came to the end. Listening to Kevin's screams, each one was more desolate and powerless, looking at the empty bedroom, the whole movie theater rang out "Oh my god" one after another. Holding their heads, some shrank their bodies subconsciously. Kevin's screams made them feel chills, goose bumps all over their bodies, and even trembled slightly uncontrollably.

"Tap Tat Tat..." The scariest part of the movie is about to come. Hearing the footsteps in the corridor, all the audience held their breath. Wang Yang also became nervous again. It depends on whether he can frighten them into success. This is it...

The footsteps stopped, and a few seconds later, Kevin was suddenly thrown in!

"Ah!!! Ah——" the audience in the movie hall suddenly yelled crazily. They were so frightened that they could only react instinctively, screaming uncontrollably, and the sound of the audience falling. It was someone who was scared The whole person turned over backwards. The audience screamed out of control, and someone yelled in a tearful tone: "Help, help!"

Wang Yang looked at them, listened to these screams, clenched his fists tightly, and his eyes became moist. Isn't this the dream he pursued? Get people crazy for his movies, he did it, look at the freaked out audience, he did it! He succeeded!

"Yang, I'm proud of you." Jessica next to him said softly to Wang Yang, she took out a tissue, handed it to Wang Yang, smiled, and said what Wang Yang said on the day of the reunion: "Maybe you need this."

"Thank you, did you give this back to me?" Wang Yang took the tissue with a smile, wiped the corners of his eyes, and pressed his sore nose again. He looked at the still-shocked audience around him, and sighed with a smile: "Jessica, I'm just so happy. I just think 'Wow, that's great!', you look at them, with their screams , made me feel that all of this is worth it. What are the grievances and setbacks before? Look at it now, it’s great!"

Jessica said softly: "I know, Yang, I know." She also felt a lot of emotion when thinking about Wang Yang's journey, looked at Wang Yang and said, "Yang, this is what you have been pursuing since childhood. "

"Yes!" Wang Yang stretched out his hands, as if embracing the entire cinema, and he sighed with a smile, "I found it."