Chapter 259 Have You Heard of Netflix?

Outside a newly opened cinema in Chaoyang Business District, Beijing, various movie posters are posted all over the glass door.

Among them, the most eye-catching one is a scary poster posted in the center.

This poster uses black and gray as the background, and in the center of the poster, there is a red door.

This door is half open, and the open part is pitch black, which seems to represent that it is very dark outside the door, but in the darkness, there is a bloodshot pupil, looking directly at everyone looking at the poster, breaking the third wall.

At the top of the poster, there are three bloody big words.

"Don't Knock on the Door"

Below the poster, there are a few small lines of white words:

Directed by Liu Meichuan.

Starring: Lei Jiayin, Sun Yizhou, Jiang Shuying, Liu Zhiyang, Zhang Han, Tong Liya.

And the group of leading actors on the poster are now in Hall 1 of the cinema, accompanying Director Liu Meichuan, waiting for the movie to start.

"Don't Knock on the Door" is naturally not qualified to hold a premiere.

From the director to the actors, none of them are well-known.

The director is a new director who just graduated, and the actors are all students who have just graduated or are still studying at the performance department of the Central Academy of Drama and Shanghai Opera.

Who can be invited to the premiere with this group of people?

So after "Don't Knock on the Door" was scheduled, although there were some online and offline promotions, after the trailer was released on many online platforms, it was directly released.

Liu Meichuan and others, if they want to watch this movie, they have to buy their own movie tickets and go to the cinema to watch it.

After discussing it, these creators bought tickets for the same show and watched this movie together, which is a "debut" for many creators.

In the fifth row, Lei Jiayin was still chattering in Liu Meichuan's ear: "Director, my head is really not big."

"This is just the visual effect of the filming."

"Don't call me Big Head. If this nickname gets out, how can I survive in the circle in the future?"

"Other people's nicknames are Chaoyang Xiaoyanzu and Magic City Jin Chengwu, but I am called Lei Big Head. Isn't that annoying!"

Zhang Han, who was sitting on the other side of him, grinned when he heard this, showing a "domineering president" smile, and happily put his arm around Lei Jiayin's shoulders: "Jiayin, accept your fate, this nickname is the most vivid for you."

"What is Chaoyang Xiao Yanzu, Magic City Jin Chengwu, do you think you deserve this title?"

"Why not?" Lei Jiayin was anxious: "I was going to be a model, but during the interview, Teacher Lu took a liking to me at first sight and said that I had a good image and was suitable for being an actor, so I took the Shanghai Opera exam!"

"My score was still second in the country at that time!"

"After entering the school, no one said that I was not handsome!"

"Why don't I deserve to be called Magic City Jin Chengwu?"

Don't mention it, don't mention it, Lei Jiayin was really handsome when he was young, a real little fresh meat, except that his head was a little big, there was no disadvantage.

Jiang Shuying especially gave face and agreed: "Lei Zi is indeed praised by everyone in school, and the teacher also likes him."

"Look, he was spotted by the Magic City Drama Center as soon as he graduated, and we couldn't get in even if we wanted to."

Lei Jiayin then started to show off, causing other actors to laugh frequently.

They are all newcomers, and they are different from those old-time actors who clearly separate their work and private lives in the crew.

After filming "Don't Knock on the Door", students from the two schools of Chinese opera and Shanghai opera have become very familiar with each other, calling each other brothers and sisters.

Everyone gets along with each other and the atmosphere is very good.

Director Liu Meichuan is not very old, and "Don't Knock on the Door" is his first feature film, which has a different meaning. He also gets along very well with everyone.

Ten years later, twenty years later, when these actors have made a name for themselves in the circle, this will be a very deep network of contacts.

The contacts in this circle are gathered and managed in this way, especially the school faction.

"Okay, stop making trouble."

"The other audiences are almost here, and the movie is about to start."

"Be quiet."

Liu Meichuan spoke, and immediately the other creators quieted down. The director's words are still very effective.

Everyone cast their curious eyes on the big screen.

Except for Liu Meichuan, the other leading actors had not seen the edited film, and did not know how they performed, nor did they know what the director would edit it into.

To be honest, Liu Meichuan was so young, and it was his first work, so everyone was a little worried in addition to being excited.

They were worried that the final film would not be good, and would be edited in pieces.

Soon, in the screening room where about one-third of the audience sat, the lights began to go out, and the big screen slowly lit up.

The movie began to play.

On the other side, in another Light and Shadow Times Cinema not far from Chaoyang Light and Shadow Times Cinema, Liu Yifei and Wu Yuan, wearing masks and glasses, also walked into the cinema.

Unlike Liu Yifei, who was mainly staring at the posters, Wu Yuan was carefully observing the layout of the cinema and the attitude of the ticket seller from the moment he entered the door.

This was the first time he had opened a cinema from his company.

Beijing is one of the key cities for the development of Light and Shadow Times. In Beijing alone, there are five cinemas, and another cinema is under construction.

Later, Lin Wei plans to open five more cinemas and one movie studio.

After all, this is the capital, one of the mainland cities with the highest consumption level, and the only one that can stand shoulder to shoulder is the Magic City, which focuses on economic development.

After observing with thoughtful eyes for a while, Wu Yuan nodded with satisfaction.

As a mid-level and high-level executive of a theater chain from Hollywood, Lin Wei does have two skills.

The layout of the cinema is very modern, very similar to European and American cinemas. The ticket sellers are also well trained, smiling and speaking softly. When the audience has difficulty in making a choice, they will also carefully introduce the characteristics of each movie being screened. However, there was no active motivation to promote which one, and the choice was still left to the audience who bought tickets.

"Holding the movie tickets that Xiao Zhang had bought in advance yesterday, Wu Yuan took Liu Yifei's hand and entered the theater through the ticket gate and stepped into Theater No. 2."

The biggest feature of a newly opened cinema is that all the equipment is new.

Sitting on the seat in the screening room, Wu Yuan could even smell a faint smell of leather.

This shows that the cleaning staff of the theater have a good attitude towards their work. They wipe all the seats in the theater every day or even every half day to prevent any odor from remaining.

"Brother, have you seen this movie?" Liu Yifei asked enthusiastically, interrupting Wu Yuan's thinking.

He smiled slightly: "I haven't seen the finished film, I've only roughly read the script."

"Horror movies made in the mainland were only made in Hong Kong and Taiwan in the past." Liu Yifei was still very interested: "I don't know if the content is exciting or not."

"You've read the script, but no spoilers are allowed!"

One of Liu Yifei's major hobbies in life is watching horror movies.

Moreover, I stayed alone on the sofa at night and watched DVDs.

Wu Yuan didn't know why a little girl like her would like to watch horror movies.

What's more interesting is that she also likes watching cartoons.

It's not the kind of Japanese animation, but a cartoon movie that's geared towards younger audiences, the kind made by DreamWorks.

In Liu Yifei's words, watching this kind of cartoon does not require any brain use and is very relaxing and enjoyable.

Watching horror movies is very exciting and can relieve stress.

As for literary films, although she also watches them, most of them are watched with a learning attitude, and she even takes notes.

Just like directors working on movies every day, it's not relaxation and entertainment at all, it's just another kind of overtime.

In order to meet their movie-watching needs, two private screening rooms were built in the basement of the large mansion in Dongshan Villa, allowing Wu Yuan and Liu Yifei to screen movies at the same time.

But every night when he was studying at La La Film, Wu Yuan could hear the screams coming from the screening room next door.

Don't get me wrong, it's not Liu Yifei who is screaming, but the hoarse voices of actors in horror movies.

His girlfriend is not very courageous. She would not scream out of surprise while watching a horror movie, and then rush into his arms for a hug.

Unfortunately, life has lost a great joy.

Who hasn’t imagined taking his girlfriend to the cinema to watch a horror movie, and then his girlfriend screams and hides in his arms, while he displays his masculinity and hugs his girlfriend and comforts her softly.

However, the reality is completely different.

As the movie "Don't Knock" began to be screened, Liu Yifei stared intently at the plot development on the screen. She also said "tsk tsk" from time to time and kept commenting: "How dare they open the door?"

"If you don't run when you hear the sound, why are you standing there stupidly?"

"What the hell, why are you pretending to be Sadako with all your hair covering your face?"

"Haha, the hero's head is so big, it's almost as big as the two heroines."

"But these actors did a pretty good job, and they felt quite immersive."

"Brother, has your company signed them?"

Liu Yifei, who had been staring at the screen since the screening, finally had time to turn around and chat with her boyfriend.

Then, she saw Wu Yuan, whose lips were trembling slightly, his hands clenched on the armrests, and his pupils were constricted.

Although I have read the script, the text and the sudden thriller shots are very different, and the visuals and effects are completely incomparable.

After being stunned for a moment, Liu Yifei burst out laughing, overjoyed: "Brother, aren't you scared?"

"Don't you dare watch horror movies?"

"Who doesn't dare to watch?" Wu Yuan glared at Liu Yifei, put his hands back on his legs, and coughed dryly: "I'm just a little too immersed in the scene."

"You know, as an excellent director, you must first have a high enough fantasy ability. I just put myself too much into the movie and felt the same as the protagonists."

"Yes, yes, senior brother is really awesome." Liu Yifei said nonchalantly.

It’s better not to expose the false cover of her boyfriend.

However, as soon as his eyes rolled, Liu Yifei immediately thought of many interesting things, and she discovered a weakness of Wu Yuan!

"Ahem." Seeing Liu Yifei's little witch look, Wu Yuan immediately guessed what she was thinking. It was nothing good anyway, so he had to quickly change the topic: "These new actors are pretty good, but the company Not all signed.”

"Only Lei Jiayin, Jiang Shuying, and the newcomer named Liu Zhiyang signed into the company."

"The company plans to do a big project next, and both Jiang Sumying and Liu Zhiyang will participate in it."

"Big project?" Sure enough, Liu Yifei was immediately attracted.

"What big project?"

Wu Yuan's lips curled up: "Internet streaming media."

"Sissi, have you heard of Netflix?"