No more tickets

"What do you mean?"

Hearing this, Luo Xiao was somewhat puzzled, not knowing exactly what Wei Yan meant.

Seeing Luo Xiao's confused gaze, Wei Yan began to explain.

"The logic is very simple. Promotion also requires a fermentation process; it's not like you get results immediately after promoting something."

"For instance, if you want to watch a movie and someone recommends one to you saying it's good, you won't have a concept of how good it actually is. Most people won't have an urgent desire to watch it immediately just because of one person's recommendation."

"But if this promotion ferments for a long time and many people start recommending the movie to you, you will definitely think that the movie must be really good and that you must go see it."

"People are followers. When they see many people buying something, even if it isn't very practical, they will still think about buying one."

"So, don't be anxious yet. As long as the promotion is there and our movie's word-of-mouth is there, once the promotion ferments to a certain degree, it will definitely explode."

Luo Xiao and Wang Bin nodded slightly as they listened to Wei Yan's words.

With these words from Wei Yan, they both felt a little relieved.

…

Yuanban Platform,

The comments under the review for [demon subduing record] had begun to show many different opinions.

"Brother Liang is awesome. This movie is really good; I just finished watching it last night."

"Brother Liang is still the same Brother Liang. The movies he recommends are just good. [demon subduing record] is amazing."

"Is it meaningful for a movie with no fame to hire so many paid trolls now?"

"How much per post? Count me in."

"Paid troll your mom. I just finished watching the movie yesterday. Good is good; it's several times better than the other movies currently showing in theaters."

"I thought Brother Liang had changed, recommending a movie without any famous actors. I thought he started selling out for money, but I didn't expect this [demon subduing record] to actually be good."

"Recommended, highly recommended. [demon subduing record] should be the best movie in August. For those who want to watch a movie, I suggest going to see this one."

"Brothers, I'm planning to go watch it tonight to see if it's actually good. I'll come back to review it after I finish."

"…"

Inside the Room,

He Yunliang looked at the comments under the [demon subduing record] review he posted, which had already exceeded ten thousand, and smiled slightly.

Based on his many years as a film critic, the development of [demon subduing record] to this point already indicated that the movie was about to take off.

Because he was not the only film critic.

After he published the review of [demon subduing record], other film critics would certainly notice it, especially when they discovered how lively the comments under the [demon subduing record] review were.

They would definitely want to go watch [demon subduing record] to see if it was really good.

This would lead to more film critics publishing reviews of [demon subduing record], and every film critic has a group of followers.

Plus, [demon subduing record] was genuinely good.

He believed that within a few days, this previously obscure [demon subduing record] would definitely appear rapidly in everyone's field of vision.

…

Two days passed in a flash,

Sheng Bai Shopping Mall,

A couple, holding hands, took the elevator directly to the top floor, looked around, and then headed straight toward the cinema in the distance.

Arriving at the cinema's ticket counter,

"Hello, give me two tickets for [demon subduing record]."

The man looked at the ticket seller and spoke softly.

"Hello, [demon subduing record] only has a midnight showing. Are you sure you want to wait?"

The salesperson smiled as they spoke to the man.

"Is there no other time slot? My friend saw it at 8 o'clock. How can there only be a midnight showing?"

The woman beside him couldn't help but ask.

"I'm sorry, our cinema's scheduling for [demon subduing record] has always been the midnight slot; there are no other time slots."

The ticket seller explained patiently, while secretly wondering to themselves.

Why have so many people been watching [demon subduing record] these past two days?

Just this evening alone, no fewer than 60 people had asked about [demon subduing record]. It seemed like this matter needed to be reported to the supervisor.

After hearing the salesperson's words, the woman took out her phone, appearing to send a message.

Soon, the woman looked up at her boyfriend.

"My friend went to Tianda Cinema."

Hearing this, the man checked the time and then spoke slowly.

"It's too late to get to Tianda Plaza at this time. Why don't we find a place to eat first, and after we finish eating, we'll come back for the midnight showing."

"Hmm."

The woman nodded, and the two headed back toward the elevator.

While walking, a faint sound of grumbling reached the salesperson's ears.

"What a lousy cinema. Playing such a good movie at the midnight slot—do they not want to make money?"

"Honey, calm down. This cinema is no good; we'll change to another one later."

"Stop talking. I told you to buy it online, but you insisted on not buying it online. You're making me so mad."

…

Tianda Cinema,

Several women walked together toward the ticket counter of Tianda Cinema.

"Give me five tickets for [demon subduing record]."

"I'm sorry, there are no more tickets for [demon subduing record]."

The ticket seller said apologetically to the five women in front of them.

"No more? How is that possible?"

One of the women said, unable to believe it. She remembered that when she came to watch [demon subduing record] two days ago, the entire cinema wasn't even half full.

So, while shopping with friends nearby today, they happened to pass by Tianda Cinema, and she decided to bring a few friends to watch the movie together.

But two days ago, not many people were watching [demon subduing record]; how could there be no tickets today?

She looked at the ticket seller with some suspicion.

"I'm talking about [demon subduing record]. I remember two days ago there weren't many people in the screening hall; how can there be no tickets now? Please look again carefully; did you make a mistake?"

"Hello, I did not make a mistake. The tickets for [demon subduing record] are indeed sold out."

The ticket seller said with a smile to the five women.

Since yesterday, tickets for [demon subduing record] had started selling very well.

So much so that today, the tickets were sold out early.

"What about the midnight showing? I remember there was a midnight showing."

"I'm sorry, the midnight showing is also sold out."

The salesperson shook their head apologetically.

Hearing this, the woman turned to look at her companions with an apologetic face.

"I'm sorry, I didn't expect that there would suddenly be no tickets left."

"It's okay. Since the tickets are selling so well, it at least shows that this movie is really good. Let's come watch it tomorrow."

One of the women said with a smile, and the group left Tianda Cinema together.

…

Mingri Group,

Lanpian Film and Television,

Luo Xiao looked at the latest box office report and finally smiled with relief.

After several days of fermentation, the box office growth of [demon subduing record] had suddenly accelerated.

Just yesterday, the box office was over 4 million, and today it had directly doubled to 8 million; this was simply a leap in growth.

"As expected of Wei Yan; his judgment is truly accurate. Sure enough, after a few days of fermentation, the box office of [demon subduing record] has started to rise significantly."

Wang Bin said with a relaxed face as he looked at the box office report.

You have to know that when the box office growth rate was very low a few days ago, he was extremely worried.

After all, once the box office of a released movie is too low, it might be pulled from theaters in one to two weeks.

Now that the box office had grown significantly, he was finally a bit relieved.

"Otherwise, why would they say that Wei Yan is the person President Chen values the most?"

Luo Xiao nodded with a smile and then spoke calmly.

"Submit today's box office report to President Chen. Such a good thing, surely President Chen will be very pleased; we haven't failed his expectations."