Chapter 204 202. The power of fans
"What time does the second show start?"
"I checked, it's 9:55, don't worry, we can enter in ten minutes."
"Well, be patient, be patient, for my brother's box office, we must do our best!"
Jing Han listened to the voices of encouragement from her friends around her, and a bright smile appeared on her face. As one of the administrators of Nie Wei's fan club and one of the organizers of this viewing group, she likes to see the enthusiasm of her companions.
Because she knows very well that the energy transformed by this enthusiasm will help Nie Wei, as long as it helps Nie Wei, then she will do her best.
"Captain, another group is here." Suddenly someone ran to Jing Han's side and said.
"How many people?" Jing Han asked.
"About 30 or so." The man replied.
"Not many, break up and organize them into the first and second teams. Wait, I'll go and tell them first and then you can organize them." Jing Han was very general-like, and he arranged a place for the more than 30 people in a few words, but at the end of the speech, Jing Han remembered something and temporarily organized the actions of his companions.
In less than a minute, Jing Han was already standing in front of the thirty or so newcomers.
"Are you Sister Jing Han?" A little girl who looked only fourteen or fifteen years old looked at Jing Han with admiration in her eyes. In the fan group, Jing Han's status was very special. He was the only civilian administrator in the official forum, and the closest administrator to the fans. He was the recognized elder sister among the fans.
"I am Jing Han, hello, little sister." Jing Han greeted very friendly. Under the gaze of the fans, with a smile, she loudly instructed: "Everyone is new here, and everyone is here to support my brother, but I still hope that everyone can listen to me here. I hope everyone will remember that when you enter the cinema, you must first pay attention to order, and don't throw away the packaging bags of food and drinks..."
Jing Han loudly read out several rules that had been announced in the group a long time ago. These were summarized by him and the fans after more than an hour of discussion. She didn't know if the fans who came here had seen these rules, so every time a new partner came, she always had to read them again.
The reason why she was so serious was that she was afraid that the inappropriate behavior of the fans would affect Nie Wei's reputation.
More than 30 fans listened to Jing Han's recitation carefully, responded loudly, and then joined the movie-watching group with the help of Jing Han and his companions, waiting for the next show to start.
It was half past nine soon, and the theater began to check tickets for the next round of movies.
A couple walked out of a theater, listless, and obviously not satisfied with the movie they had just watched.
"I said I wanted to watch Turn Left, Turn Right. I've read the picture book, and the movie must be not bad. You insisted on watching this foreign movie and listening to them talking about it. It's not interesting at all."
"Okay, okay, I'll satisfy you. Let's watch another one. What do you think?" The boy looked at the time. After watching another one, it would be the perfect time to get a room, so he immediately suggested with a smile.
The girl was not stupid. When she heard the boy's words, she knew what he was up to, but she had already been in love, so she didn't expose it, but agreed to it.
But when the two walked to the ticket office, they were dumbfounded.
"No? Just now we saw two halls full of people waiting in line. How come they are sold out so quickly?" The boy asked the ticket seller in disbelief.
The ticket seller smiled and explained, "It's not sold out, but they are booked directly. Both halls are booked. You should wait until tomorrow if you want to watch. Look, aren't they coming in?"
As he was talking, the ticket seller suddenly saw a line of people pouring into the door in an orderly manner, and immediately pointed at them and said.
The couple turned around and looked at the group of people who walked into the cinema in a row, and they were immediately stunned...
In the same city, in another large cinema, the same thing happened, but the shocked people changed to another group, including Lu Ying.
Lu Ying is a reporter. Today's task is to ambush in the cinema to collect the attendance and evaluation information of major movies in the summer season. However, she didn't expect that she would encounter the time when Nie Wei's fans collectively booked the theater. This reporter who has seen a lot of ups and downs couldn't help but stand there in surprise, stunned for a long time.
When she came to her senses, most of the fans who had booked the theater had already gone in. Seeing this, she quickly grabbed a little boy.
"Are you all Nie Wei's fans?"
"Of course, we are all Nie Wei's fans. Today's event was collectively organized by our fan forum." The little boy answered with a proud expression, as if he was very proud to be a fan of Nie Wei.
Hearing the boy's answer, Lu Ying's eyes turned, and then with a touch of cunning, she asked with a smile: "Is it because your idol said something that you came to book the theater?"
"Bullshit, you are talking nonsense!" Before the little boy could answer, someone on the side shouted angrily.
Lu Ying looked up and saw a girl in her twenties looking at her with disgust, as if she was a very evil person.
"We are all spontaneously organized, so we were not instigated by anyone. Brother may not know the news that we organized a movie viewing group now, so don't make malicious guesses." The girl was obviously a wise person. As soon as she heard Lu Ying's question, she knew that the reporter was holding back something bad.
Lu Ying was speechless by the girl's powerful words. She was even more shocked by the fans' defense of Nie Wei, and she also heard some interesting news from the girl's words.
Is this group of fans completely organized spontaneously? To be honest, she did not believe it, but the girl's attitude just now did not seem to be lying. Thinking of this, she hurried to the nearby Internet cafe and logged into Nie Wei's fan forum, and found that there was really a call for action, and it had nearly 20,000 replies.
When she opened it, the rows below were all responses to the call for watching the movie. The more she read, the more shocked Lu Ying was.
What kind of fans does the star Nie Wei have? How did they cultivate them? They are too united.
However, after the shock, Lu Ying was ecstatic. Tens of thousands of fans organized a group to watch the movie for their idol. This is simply big news. For a tabloid like them, it can be the headline of the next day.
Thinking of this, Lu Ying hurried back to the cinema and found the smiling cinema manager to understand the situation. She collected materials from the other party's slightly happy answer, and then prepared to write this big news when she got home.
Thinking about the headlines and the red envelopes, Lu Ying couldn't help but smile, and the manager sitting opposite smiled exactly the same. The expression and eyes revealed the same yearning...
In fact, when the final midnight box office statistics came out, the managers of major theaters were also blinded by the box office data of the movie "Turn Left, Turn Right".
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, 1,071,200 yuan, there is no mistake."
"Okay, thank you." After hanging up the phone, Du Qifeng looked at Nie Wei with incredible eyes.
Liang Yongqi, who was standing by, looked at Du Qifeng with an abnormal expression, and felt a little nervous. He was afraid that the box office would be bad, so he asked quickly: "Director, how is the result? Tell me quickly."
"Uh, not bad, quite good." Du Qifeng came back to his senses after being shaken by Liang Yongqi's arm twice, and then immediately smiled brightly and answered.
When he heard Du Qifeng say it was good, Liang Yongqi's worries were put down, but he was also more curious.
"How much is it? Director, don't keep us waiting."
"Okay, okay, I'll tell you, the box office in Taiwan is 2 million Taiwan dollars, and in Hong Kong it is 260,000 Hong Kong dollars. As for the mainland..." At this point, Du Qifeng suddenly looked at Nie Wei again. Under Liang Yongqi's urging, he spit out a number after a long time.
"One million and seventy thousand!"
"How much?"
"Breaking one million? Is it Chinese currency?"
When the people in the room heard this number, their eyes widened, because this number was too unexpected, even including Nie Wei himself.
Looking at the surprised expressions of the crowd, Du Qifeng smiled helplessly. He was also shocked when he heard this number just now. What surprised him even more was the little news given by the other party, which was why he kept staring at Nie Wei.
"I want to thank Nie Wei here." Thinking of this, Du Qifeng said, making the surprised people suddenly a little confused.
But soon Du Qifeng cleared their confusion.
"Nie Wei's fans specially organized a viewing group to book a theater for our movie. I heard that nearly 10,000 people participated in the event. I heard from friends there that these kids contributed at least 300,000 to our mainland box office. We can break through the one million box office thanks to their help." Speaking of this, Du Qifeng looked at Nie Wei with a hint of gratitude.
The box office is the life of the director. Nie Wei has made great contributions to the success of breaking one million on the first night. As the director of this movie, he was surprised and impressed by Nie Wei's appeal, and was also full of gratitude. He felt more and more that it was a correct decision to choose Nie Wei as the leading actor in the beginning.
As for Nie Wei, when he heard that his fans had spontaneously organized a viewing group of nearly 10,000 people, and even booked the theater, and even contributed more than 300,000 box office data, all these were worth Nie Wei's shock for a while.
Because from these messages, Nie Wei's smart head can instantly calculate a set of amazing numbers, and behind these amazing numbers is the love of fans.
Thinking of this, Nie Wei couldn't sit still, and stood up and said, "I'll go back to the hotel room first."
"Go, and remember to thank your fans for me." Du Qifeng knew what Nie Wei was going to do when he heard this, and immediately agreed.
After getting that news, he can no longer ignore the power of Nie Wei's fans, and now it seems that the biggest contributor to the box office of this movie may be the big boy in front of him.
Liang Yongqi sat aside without saying anything, just looking at Nie Wei with extremely envious eyes. After all, as a star, it would be such a happy thing to have such fans who support him.
He hurriedly took Luo Kai and others back to the room. After entering the room, Nie Wei immediately ran to the computer, opened the webpage, and logged into his fan forum.
"Brother Nie Wei's first movie is finally going to be released, at 17:00 tonight. We have always been looking forward to seeing Brother on the big screen. Now we are finally getting our wish, so in order to respond to our brother's first movie, we specially set up a movie-watching group to support Brother in the form of a private theater. If there are "only" who are willing to participate, please leave a message directly under the post, and we will announce the gathering place in time."
A call for action was posted in the most eye-catching position of the fan forum, and was highlighted in red by the forum administrator, so Nie Wei saw it at first glance after opening the forum.
The more than 20,000 replies below made Nie Wei rub his eyes, as if he was dreaming, but after clicking on the thoughtful messages, he clearly understood that these were the support of fans.
"Brother's first movie, you must support it."
"I saved pocket money for a month, and I will watch the cinema until it closes tonight!"
"I have been looking forward to this movie for a long time, of course I will not miss it, sign up and count me in."
"And me..."
Each message represents the heart of a fan. After reading them one by one, Nie Wei's eyes were wet unconsciously.
"Nie Wei, you have the best fans in the world." Behind Nie Wei, Luo Kai, whose eyes were already red, patted Nie Wei on the shoulder and said.
He knew very well that after tonight, Nie Wei would no longer be a pure newcomer in the film industry. He also had his own box office appeal, and these fans were the best proof.
Moreover, this kind of appeal is very scary, because these fans are not going for the movie itself, but for Nie Wei. However, this kind of appeal also requires the star to maintain it with heart.
Nie Wei just browsed the posts, and Luo Kai beside him picked up the notebook that Nie Wei had placed beside him and also browsed the fan forum.
Ten minutes later, Luo Kai suddenly shouted in surprise: "Nie Wei, look at the latest post, your fans have posted the tickets for the private screening."
"Where?" Nie Wei heard this and quickly entered the new post to search, and soon found the post that Luo Kai mentioned.
Clicking in, it was indeed full of people showing off their movie tickets. Each fan was like a child seeking credit, and what they said made Nie Wei smile.
After thinking about it, Nie Wei logged into his account and replied to this post.
"Thank you, everyone. Everything is self-evident. No amount of thanks is enough to repay your support. Tonight, I will have a beautiful dream, and you must be the protagonists in my dream."
This message was soon discovered by careful fans, and the post immediately changed from showing the ticket stub to a communication post with Nie Wei. Although it was past midnight, both parties were obviously still immersed in joy and excitement, and no one was sleepy. Nie Wei simply sat in front of the computer and chatted with his fans for most of the night. It was not until after three o'clock that he was persuaded to fall asleep by enthusiastic fans.
However, when Nie Wei was sleeping, the box office storm of "Turn Left, Turn Right" in the mainland also attracted the attention of the media. A series of reports were also reported in the early morning of the next day, which caused a lot of discussion.