hollywood draw

"Hey, boss."

The door of the manager's office was knocked, and the ticket seller Ramon Miller pushed open the door and said in a hurry: "You'd better go out and have a look. The ticket window and the front desk are too busy."

"Ahh?" Sam Mills stood up from behind the desk, followed the ticket seller in confusion and walked out of the office.

As soon as he entered the ticket hall, he understood what was going on. There were long queues in both ticket windows, and the same was true for the product window.

This scene made people think that they had remembered the date wrong. Usually, only on Saturday and Sunday mornings, movie fans who have worked for a week will walk into the theater in groups, provided that the popular movies still have to appear.

Without even thinking about the reasons, Sam Mills suppressed all his doubts, trotted into the back desk, and opened another ticket window to divert the fans who were queuing up to buy tickets.

"3 pictures of the Matrix, thank you." A Mexican boy handed over a handful of change.

"Wait a minute, I'll issue the ticket for you right away."

After skillfully issuing tickets, making changes, and then the next one. After seven or eight consecutive movie fans who bought "The Matrix" passed, a relatively alternative voice suddenly penetrated into his ears.

"Hi man, two recent games of "Hulk"."

"Okay, the latest game "Hulk"." Sam Mills raised his head and found that it was a white couple. He took the money and repeated the other party's request and was ready to issue the invoice.

This is his ticket window, the first "Hulk" movie ticket sold today.

"No, Hani, let's watch The Matrix."

The girl's opposition was loud, which made him stop working and look up at the young couple again.

"The newspaper said that "The Hulk" is just a copy, and there is no "The Matrix" written by Wayne himself. Honey, did you not realize that the others in front came for "The Matrix"?"

The girl's reason is quite convincing, and the boy fell into hesitation for a while, but he was still trying to convince the other party. "Jenny, but the male protagonist of "The Matrix" is Guy, which is so disgusting..."

"That's better than a bad copy," the girl rolled her eyes and said without hesitation: "At least "The Matrix" is a work by Wayne Greenberg, and the film is definitely not lacking in excitement."

"Ok." Although he was a comic fan, the boy chose love and turned to the window and said again: "Sorry, man, give me two recent episodes of "The Matrix".

"No problem, two recent games of the Matrix."

Remarks like this appeared countless times in the morning, and Sam Mills also heard them countless times, most of the time, the Matrix won.

Of course, there are many fans who come directly for "The Hulk", after all, this is a popular monster this summer.

Until no one lined up outside the window, Sam Mills took a look at the time and it was almost twelve o'clock noon. He recalled the abnormal traffic in the morning, but was still a little confused.

But he was sure that in the whole morning, the attendance rate of each episode of "The Matrix" would not be less than 60% to 70%, and the attendance rate was definitely very high.

Moreover, most of the fans who bought "The Matrix" came in groups, which was in sharp contrast to the fans who bought "The Hulk".

"Can it be another phenomenal R-level film..."

He muttered softly, and he reached out and closed the temporary ticket window. In the same situation, it is hard to think of "The Joker" back then.

The film suddenly broke out without any preparation in the theater, and then he shook his head unconsciously. The passenger flow of "The Matrix" is indeed very large, but it is still much worse than "The Joker" a few years ago.

He was planning to see the situation in the morning, and there were only more fans in the afternoon. When he was about to return to the office and seize the time to rest for a while, the chatting sounds of several fans who had just finished the show stopped him.

"A shit-like movie! This is too far from the Hulk we imagined."

"Yes, no wonder Wayne would say this is a copy, damn it, I fell asleep bored behind me!"

The two young men kept cursing the film and walked past Sam Mills, which actually aroused his curiosity. How bad can the film be that disappoints the movie fans to that look like.

At the same time, a burst of fierce applause came out, and the "The Matrix" in another theater also ended. The applause not only spread to the outside through the theater, but also lasted for a long time.

"It's like this all morning." The ticket inspector appeared beside him, and said with exhaustion on his face: "After every game of "The Matrix", you can hear a large number of applause from movie fans, no exception, Sam, this movie is about to create a miracle."

"Everything?" He looked at the ticket inspector in surprise.

"Yes, every game!"

Before the two of them could continue chatting, the door of the screening hall was pushed open from inside, and a large number of movie fans lined up to walk out, many of them had flushed on their faces, and some friends were still talking about the plot.

"Neo is so cool, God, it would be great if he could buy his windbreaker."

“And sunglasses.”

"And there are cell phones."

"Don't you think Trinity is the coolest?" A movie fan's words instantly resonated more.

"Yes, my God, she's incredible."

When talking about the heroine Trinity, a sound of saliva suddenly spread around.

Groups of people passed by the two of them. Sam Mills only now discovered that the surrounding shops in the theater were crowded with fans who had just come out, and there were more people queuing outside.

It was not until the crowd passed that he seemed to suddenly wake up and ran to his office immediately. Without having to close the door, he picked up the phone on the desk and dialed the number of the head office.

This is not just a special situation in one theater. Similar situations have occurred in countless theaters across North America. Just after noon, the phone number from the headquarters of the three major theater companies began to ring frequently.

Starting Friday afternoon, it seemed like there was a tacit understanding. The three major theaters together increased the screening rate of "The Matrix" and added more screens to screen the film.

In the city center with huge traffic, some theaters have reached the point of being crazy. Every fifteen minutes, a "The Matrix" will start to be screened.

At around 2 pm, the phone number from Warner Bros. distribution department also began to ring frequently. It was just a phone number from some small theaters and large chain companies, and they directly called the CEO office.

"...No problem, 800 copies will be sent tonight, OK, that's it."

Jeff Robinoff hung up the phone with a snap, looked at Bruce Rosenblum, who was sitting at the desk, and showed a happy smile.

"It's okay to say that the copy issue is, at most, the factory can work overtime to print! But around..." Bruce Rosenblum frowned when he said this. "Now the phone number of the distribution department is almost blown up by the replenishment phone number, we have to think of a way."

"I didn't expect it to explode so quickly." Jeff Robinoff sighed and said, "How long can our inventory last?"

"At most, it can only be around Monday. If you follow the sales trend this morning, you may be sold out on Sunday. The main ones are sunglasses, Neo's windbreaker, and various pendants. By the way, even expensive mobile phones are asked by movie fans."

"I remember that's just props...wait." After halfway through, Jeff Robinoff stopped, and the two of them thought of a solution at the same time.

"I'll contact the mobile phone manufacturer right away. Believe me, someone will be interested." The distribution manager stood up and prepared to leave. The faster this kind of thing, the better, because Warner Bros. was not prepared enough to start and obviously underestimate this movie.

"So quickly."

There are many reasons for the sudden outbreak of "The Matrix". I'm afraid that even Wayne himself underestimated the influence of the name Greenberg. Coupled with the audience's reputation brought by early previews, fans' curiosity about this film has reached the highest level.

If someone is interested in observing carefully, you will also find that there is a characteristic of the movie fans who come to watch on Friday. More than 90% of them are young people, or rather, they are young people between the ages of 20 and 28.

This situation has not attracted attention during the day. After most people get off work at night, more young people flock to the cinema, which aroused the curiosity of the media. They all want to know what the reason has caused a large number of young people to go to watch the movie in groups.

Young people walked into the theater in groups and then excitedly entered the surrounding shops. They have become a unique landscape. Even Los Angeles, which is in the hottest season of the year, often appear on the streets of Los Angeles wearing black windbreakers and large sunglasses.

When the noisy night passed, Wayne had just gotten up and walked into the restaurant, Nina revealed the mystery of the young man entering the theater.

"Boss, you're going to give Daisy a raise." The assistant lady was surprised in her tone, putting a report on the dining table, and before she could pick it up and watch it, she explained excitedly.

"It's the Internet! Daisy is simply a genius! She mobilized young people in the movie fan organization and released a lot of information through the Internet."

Yes, only a large number of young people will go online, so they will not care about the gossip reports in the media. Ignoring authority is the main feature of contemporary young people. They only believe in the information they have received in person.

Wayne was also shocked and a little stunned. He didn't even expect that the first movie to use the Internet to promote would be "The Matrix" or it started by accident. Daisy would never know what this means.

Thinking of the content in "The Matrix", he suddenly realized that all this was like being arranged by God.

"Call Warner Brothers now and ask for more publicity investment in this area!" He wanted to slap himself hard at this moment. No one in the world knows the influence of the Internet more than him, and he habitually ignores it.